Daily Archive: Sunday, May 26, 2013

New York State Senator John Sampson who has been charged with embezzling funds for his campaign is now at the centre of a new investigation by the FBI of retainer fees paid to him by a Guyanese businessman.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC – West Indies big-hitter Kieron Pollard smashed an invaluable unbeaten half-century to help propel Mumbai Indians to a 23-run win over Dwayne Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings and to the capture of the Indian Premier League title here today.

LONDON, CMC – Veteran West Indies batsman Shiv Chanderpaul and Leeward Islands stroke-maker Chesney Hughes both struck half-centuries in an century opening stand, to lift Derbyshire to a six-wicket victory over Scotland in the Yorkshire Bank 40 here today.

(Barbados Nation) Police have arrested and charged Terrence Caswell Meusa, 43 years, a Guyanese national, for the offence of arson, in relation to a fire which occurred at the Rio Guest House, St.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Colombia and the Marxist-led FARC rebels have reached agreement on the critical issue of agrarian reform, the two sides said today in what appeared to be a major step forward for the peace process aimed at ending their long war.

MONACO,  (Reuters) – Germany’s Nico Rosberg won Formula One’s showcase Monaco Grand Prix for Mercedes today, 30 years after his world champion father Keke triumphed on the streets of the Mediterranean principality.

A Lodge resident was this morning shot in a drive-by shooting on Orange Walk in the vicinity of Charlotte Street, multiple police sources have confirmed.

(Barbados Nation) The women of Barbados are “exhausted” by lyrics about their body parts during Crop Over in which lewdness has replaced creativity.

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old schoolboy was among two people shot dead on Friday evening by police, almost half-hour after he and three men robbed a Caparo woman of an undisclosed sum of cash.

(Trinidad Guardian) Heavily armed police officers from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) last week raided the offices of financially troubled insurance company Clico and its parent company, CL Financial, looking for evidence to support the criminal case that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is building against former high-ranking executives of the companies.

The Guyana-registered vessel from which over US$11 million of gold was spectacularly carted off by thieves last November in Curaçao, remains docked on the island and the crew is now in witness protection because of their testimony in a case that may ensnare senior officials.

The small, normally quiet village of Yeovil, West Coast Berbice, was recently alive with activity when two groups of 40 high school students came from Connecticut, USA to help build a multi-purpose centre.

Four persons are missing after their boat capsized at the Matouk Falls on the Cuyuni River, Region Seven yesterday.

An Albouystown mother of four died at the Georgetown Public Hospital after reportedly suffering three heart attacks while waiting for more than 12 hours for critical medical attention and relatives, while calling for the emergency room staff on duty at the time to be disciplined, said that woman was badly treated.

Minister of Works Robeson Benn says government is to hold a series of meetings with a view to deciding how the Cheddi Jagan International Airport(CJIA) expansion will continue in the wake of the budget cuts of over $5 billion.

President Donald Ramotar wants to create conditions to improve political trust, which he says is necessary to bridge differences and move the country nearer to its goals.

A 62-year-old man is in police custody in Berbice for allegedly sexually molesting his step-granddaughter; the matter is also engaging the attention of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) On Friday last, teachers questioned the 10-year-old girl after they observed that she had attended school later than normal.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds says plans for the state-run National Communications Net-work (NCN) to be given satellite uplink capabilities were dashed by the opposition-led budget cut this year but critics say this occurred after the Learning Channel—for which the government is paying TVG for satellite services—was already set up.

Four Sophia Care Centre children, who were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment on Friday for vomiting and diarrhoea, are still in the Paediatric Ward where their conditions are being monitored.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-West Indies head coach Otis Gibson says the Caribbean cricketers will arrive in England for the Champions Trophy full of confidence on the strength of their triumph at the ICC T20 tournament last year.

Despite injury concerns and the inclement weather, the national 15s rugby squad is forging ahead with their preparations for their NACRA senior men’s Southern Caribbean Championship away game versus Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday.

I get a modest monthly American Federation of Musicians Union pension cheque which I deposit in the bank here, but it takes 30 working days, yes 30, for foreign cheques to clear (money laundering; fraud, etc, is the reason you’re given) which means, taking in weekends, foreign holidays and ours, that it’s actually closer to 45 days.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dogged by inconsistency with the bat throughout his career, Denesh Ramdin is hoping to put his dodgy form behind him and make a fresh start for next month’s ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales.

Four months have passed since Anna Catherina teenager Safraz Sattaur hanged himself and the Ministry of Education is still to comment on whether the probation officer involved in the incident was attached to the ministry.

WORCESTERSHIRE, England, CMC-West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell will play for Worcestershire County Club in the Friends Life t20 tournament scheduled to start next month.

This week I continue my discussion of Phase 2 (project selection and sequencing) in managing Guyana’s public investment programme.

Last week, Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, wrote to the leaders of all of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.* 

Latin American presidents who support the decriminalization of marijuana won a big diplomatic victory in recent days when the 34-country Organization of American States issued a report that considers that option as one of several policies that might help reduce the region’s drug-related violence.

Naomi King yesterday set a new record in the girls’ 9-10 100m freestyle event at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) National Long Course Championship at the National Aquatic Centre yesterday.

Guyanese will be able to assess the future of the PPP, and the government it leads, by the way in which it treats with the electoral defeat of 2011 at its upcoming Congress.

One day Karen (not her real name) was making a reasonable living as a gold miner.

CEO of Digicel Gregory Dean says that the company has started to prepare for the breaking of GT&T’s decades-old monopoly on international voice and data services, for which government has signalled an early August deadline.

There was one topic of conversation in the VIP lounge of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on April 9, 2000, as players and commentators assembled for flights to their scattered destinations following the Asia XI v World XI fund-raising match.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is still considering whether the contract of Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodoo will be renewed or not.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Lebanese guerrilla movement Hezbollah said yesterday his group would stay in the Syrian war “to the end of the road” and bring victory to its ally President Bashar al-Assad.

By Orin Davidson Guyana’s Olympic Games sprint prospect Kadecia Baird is stepping up  plans for her best ever outdoor season this year  and hopes to better her personal best performance.

Season of the hovercraft:  This scene at College Road, Wortmanville near Hardina St was repeated throughout the city yesterday.

There is an exact relationship between how language is used and how power is exercised.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Indian conglomerate Confident Group has agreed to sponsor the West Indies cricket team for the ICC Champions Trophy in the United Kingdom next month and ICC World Twenty20 2014 in Bangladesh, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Brazil will cancel or restructure almost $900 million in debt owed by African countries, a Brazilian official said yesterday, as part of a plan to increase future funding to the continent.

Local swimmers won three medals yesterday at the 22nd Barbados Aquatic Centre International swim meet at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, St.

Dear Editor, I always say that I will never turn my back on any animal that needs help, so I do hope this horse forgives me for not doing more, more quickly.

LONDON (Reuters) – British counter-terrorism police yesterday arrested three people suspected of involvement in the killing of a soldier hacked to death in a London street by two men shouting Islamist slogans.

The Deaf Association of Guyana (DAG) has received a quantity of full table tennis gear for the development of deaf sports in Guyana, compliments of Rubis Guyana Inc, a release from DAG said.

Vantage point: Young boys catching the dirt bike racing at Better Hope Ground, East Coast Demerara on Thursday from a vantage point.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assasinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the government to deny any knowledge of hauntings.

Canna commonly called Canna Lily comes from the Cannaceae family originating in South America.

East Coast champions Plaisance edged tournament heavyweights Back Circle 1-0 Friday night as the Guinness Greatest of the Streets National Championships commenced at the Demerara Park Tarmac (Banks DIH Parking Lot), Industrial Estate.

Film-maker Michael Gilkes promises to give viewers an insight into the lives of the Makushi people living in Surama Village in the Rupununi in an “exciting and interesting way” when he rolls out his new film titled ‘Maira and the Jaguar people.’

Dear Editor, There is a saying, ‘silence is golden,’ and in the letter section of SN, I have been pretty quiet, just observing the commentaries on many issues facing the nation and refining my comments to deal with the most important criteria, and that is, to reach the truth; the truth is the essence of social transformation and the essence of silence, while examining the facts results in a golden pathway ‒ a pure pathway ‒ to the truth.

The political issue which has been eating up column inches in the nation’s newspapers over the past few weeks relates to proposed legislation rejoicing in the somewhat cumbersome title of ‘The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill.’ 

Sunday Cartoons

Flooded yards in Hayley Street, Wortmanville yesterday after overnight rain, which continued for most of the day (Photo by Arian Browne)

(Trinidad Express) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard Friday night recommended an international forensic investigation into the Section 34 e-mails released by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.

Dear Editor, Despite its production and severe management problems, GuySuCo has still been able to add a touch of class to its sugar estate environs –albeit a superficiality.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Egypt to act swiftly on economic reforms to secure a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan, saying the measures were needed to get further aid from the US Congress, an American official said.

Coffee in Heaven You’ll be greeted by a nice cup of coffee when you get to heaven and strains of angelic harmony.

Multiple South American 10k winner Alika Morgan will miss today’s  Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) Independence half marathon says the athlete’s coach Leslie Black.