Daily Archive: Sunday, May 12, 2013

(Reuters) – Nineteen people including two young children were shot today when gunfire erupted at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, police said.

(Reuters) – Tony Stark’s superpowers lifted blockbuster “Iron Man 3” back to the top of movie charts in the United States and Canada, beating out a strong debut over the weekend for lavish Jazz Age drama “The Great Gatsby.”

RANCHI, India,  CMC – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine snatched four wickets to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to an easy five-wicket win over Chris Gayle’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League here today.

The Guyana Police Force says that a news item in the Kaieteur News today that the “Brazil mob” may have executed Turkeyen couple Totaram Mohotoo and Bhagmattie Mohotoo on Thursday is “totally false”.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Phillip Paulwell, says the Information Commutation Technology (ICT) sector is poised for continued growth with the Government providing some US$20 million for the expansion of office space.

NEW ROAD, Worcester (CMC) – West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 79, his highest score of the season, as Leicestershire drew their Division Two County match with Worcestershire on Saturday.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Maryann Sunita Nauth, 31 years, whose body was found in a room at K&VC Hotel on South Road in Georgetown with multiple stab wounds at about 0215h today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It now appears certain that the Jamaican Government received even more air support from the United States than has already been reported.

(Barbados Nation) Non-nationals who are victims of domestic abuse in Barbados are being told not to put up with it because they are protected by the laws of the land.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said today it appeared likely that the novel coronavirus, which has killed 18 people in the Middle East and Europe, could be passed between people in close contact.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is facing a potential write-off of approximately TT$200 million in losses, including TT$60 million lost from what executives say could amount to credit card fraud related to airline ticket purchases.

It is known to law enforcement authorities that cocaine and marijuana are moving freely across the Guyana/Suriname border but an existing agreement between the two countries is preventing it from being tackled, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

Quite a few indentured labourers who were brought from India were placed at Rose Hall sugar plantation, East Canje.

In direct contravention of three cease-work orders Chinese firm Bai Shan Lin continued to remove laterite and sand from Moblissa and Bamia respectively up to Thursday afternoon.

Relatives of the Mohotoos, who were found burnt to death inside their Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara home, went into panic mode yesterday after reports surfaced of suspicious men and a car matching the description of one seen speeding away from the house after explosions were heard.

Brutally raped and later sexually assaulted twice by different persons was three times too many for Simone Daniels.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has again called for all clauses which dilute the constitutional right to life to be removed from the Constitution and for the systematic removal of justification for violence from specific legal statutes.

The Ninth Ministerial Meeting of PetroCaribe and the Summit of Heads held in Caracas, Venezuela on May 4 and 5 saw an agreement that the programme will be continued in its present form and that states will review proposals for a PetroCaribe economic zone to further strengthen ties.

Police have made no arrests thus far in the armed robbery of Looknauth Lumber Yard at Coldingen Industrial Estate, East Coast Demerara, on Friday afternoon by two gun-toting bandits, sources have revealed.

A fourth person has been detained as investigations continue into Wednesday’s fatal attack on Nigel Lowe, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud who said that ranks are making little progress in the case.

A teenage farmer was unintentionally shot in his left foot by a man with a 12-gauge shotgun in the backlands of Letter Kenny, on Friday morning.

I’ve read with great attention President Barack Obama’s article in The Miami Herald earlier this week on how to improve US relations with Latin America.

What has become of the $20.8 million water cannon? More than two years after it was bought it remains parked at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) drill square, Eve Leary even as questions are raised about its usefulness.

Guyana’s rifle shooters endured mixed fortunes on the opening day of individual competition at the West Indies Fullbore shooting championships at the Paragon ranges in Christ Church, Barbados yesterday.

Introduction In assessing Guyana’s public investment strategy I have described both the Marriott Hotel project and the presidential spectrum giveaways as “opportunistic rogue investing.”

Renowned for theatre in Guyana for over four decades, the Theatre Guild will tonight be transformed into a serious battleground for chiseled physiques when the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding Fitness Federation (GABBFF) stages its annual Novice and Intermediate Bodybuilding Championships.

A friend of mine, who knows I love Martin Carter, alerted me to a recent letter in the press by Ruel Johnson that contained a poem by Martin apparently written in the dark days of our suspended constitution.

Junior athletes will set alight the Police Sports Club ground today as the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) host the annual IAAF World Athletics Day Championship from 9am.

Guyana exists politically in a state of virtual reality. In the film The Matrix and in George Orwell’s novel, 1984, such realities were creatively and brilliantly portrayed. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Listless Trinidad and Tobago slumped to a heavy innings and 22-run loss in the Regional Four-Day final, to hand Barbados their 21st first class title here yesterday.

The diaries of William Gladstone, one of the greatest British prime ministers, are astonishing.

On a cool, breezy day at the National Park yesterday, veteran riders Paul Choo-Wee-Nam and Stephen Fernandes blew away a star studded field in the feature 35-lap event of the Powerade 11-race cycle programme.

A few days ago Jamaica’s junior Minister of Foreign Affairs,Arnaldo Brown, announced that his government intends setting up a comprehensive database of its professionals and investors living overseas.

Introduction Guyana joined the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in 2002, twelve years after it was established in May 1990.

A second half hat trick from Pele’s Okeene Fraser dismantled Uitvlugt Warriors 7-1 as action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League 2012/2013 season continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Friday.

The firearm marking machine which was donated by the Organisation of American States (OAS) in 2011 is functioning well, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud who said that so far there has been no known case where any of the marked guns have been linked to any crime scenes.

Mother’s Day shopping done! Four siblings heading home along Front Road, East Ruimveldt with their gift.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and was heading for a third term as Pakistan’s prime minister.

Dear Editor, I note that President of the GCCI, Clinton Urling, has joined GAPE in expressing dissatisfaction with graduates from the University of Guyana (SN, May 11).

Russelia equisetiformis commonly called Firecracker or Coral Plant comes from the Scrophulariaceae family.

ACCORDING to Clyde Butts, he and his selection panel went for Dwayne Bravo to take over from Darren Sammy as captain for next month’s Champions Trophy and the later ODIs against India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan at home because “we believe it is best that we freshen the leadership of the team in this format.”

World Junior silver medalist Kadecia Baird was beaten by Columbia College’s Olivia Baker in the Women’s 400m dash at the 46th Annual Glenn D.

Public Buildings in a pristine state (circa 1900) (top) and Bartica Grove (n.d.)

Dear Editor, In most businesses it is the employees who determine the efficiency of the enterprise and thus its success.If

(Trinidad Guardian) Over the last ten years T&T’s population has grown by only seven per cent and there is an ageing “population bulge” problem, Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development Dr Bhoe Tewarie says.

REYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Twin car bombs killed 43 people and wounded many more in a Turkish town near the Syrian border yesterday and the government said it suspected Syrian involvement.

The boys’ U-11 category of the Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel National Junior Squash tournament sponsored by Woodpecker Products Ltd and being played at the Georgetown Club Courts is turning out to be a straight fight between unbeaten Gianni Carpenter and Shomari Wiltshire.

Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter by Lloyd Davidson on the issue of the restoration of fire hydrants (‘Has the private sector tried to persuade the authorities…’ SN, May 11).

Foremost among the ‘Bard’s’ outstanding qualities are the timelessness and profundity of so many of his poetic lines. 

Dear Editor, The number of school dropouts has been increasing at an alarming rate throughout Guyana, and when this is mentioned, this government  comes up with some concocted story claiming otherwise.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s best known political grandee, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, looms large in the history of the Islamic Republic – now registered to run in Iran’s presidential election next month he may also get the chance to carve out its future.

Former Caribbean U17 squash champion Jason Ray Khalil received a scare from Ben Meckdeci Thursday night at the Georgetown Club Courts when the Guyana Squash Association in collaboration with its number one corporate sponsor Digicel ran off night three of its National Junior Squash tournament sponsored by Woodpecker Products Limited.

Continued Having already discussed the important matters that surround the pre-whelping period, we’ll concentrate today on the issues associated with labour and the actual delivery.

Sunday Cartoons

The continuing controversy over whether or not the late Mr Burnham should receive the Order of the Companions of O R Tambo has once again drawn public attention to a spectre which has long haunted the PNC and the country at large, namely, the assassination of Dr Walter Rodney.

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Clean trenches in Georgetown(?) (n.d.)  (Photo from a postcard courtesy of Mr David Balderston)