Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 28, 2013

At about 1450h today, the body of Thandu Singh known as Khemraj Singh, 22 years, of Land of Canaan, EBD, was found in a cottage at Land of Canaan with a wound to his throat, police said.

A Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara businessman is now undergoing surgery to remove a bullet from his shoulder after being shot by one of five thieves during a foiled robbery attempt at his shop earlier today.

France has drawn up a blacklist of 17 countries including Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica for not investigating foreign aid fraud, banning the use of their banks in the distribution of development funds.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenyan members of parliament, already among the world’s best-paid lawmakers, voted on Tuesday to increase their salaries to more than 130 times the minimum wage in defiance of government plans to cut them as part of spending reforms.

The police say that at about 2030h last night, the body of Azad Ghanie, 64 years, of Vergenoegen, EBE, was found in his home with injuries to his head.

(Trinidad Express) Local banks are on track to being compliant with US tax legislation, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), by next year’s deadline, Bankers’ Association president David Dulal-Whiteway said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A man charged with murder following the torture, beating and stabbing of alleged purse thief Neil Hamilton pleaded guilty  to the lesser charge of  manslaughter in court yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Drama unfolded in downtown Port of Spain yesterday morning when gunmen stormed a jewellery store in the heart of the capital city in a daring robbery attempt and murdered a security guard.

Shawn Nelson, the sanitary technician who was shot to his head early Sunday morning, succumbed to his injuries yesterday in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, while his shooter remains in police custody and will now likely be arraigned on a murder charge.

The body of a third person from last Saturday’s Cuyuni River ill-fated boat trip was recovered yesterday morning, confirming relatives’ worst fears.

The dogfighting promoter, at whose home a man was fatally stabbed on Sunday evening during arguments over losses from one of the matches, was previously charged with cruelty to animals after being caught organising pit bull fighting in the past, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud is appealing to witnesses in the murder of police corporal Romein Cleto to come forward, while saying that the evidence that led them to charge Shaka Chase looked clear-cut.

Loans by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry for 2012 rose by 46.8% over the 2011 figure, driving its profit for the period up by 32% and the bank says it is gearing for stricter money laundering laws and compliance with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

CARDIFF, Wales, CMC- The West Indies team will continue their preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy at the Cardiff Wales Stadium this afternoon as teams continue to arrive for the prestigious tournament.

Universal DVD Berbice Titans maintained their winning streak at home by defeating the Georgetown Lions by four wickets in the final of the 2013 Independence Cup 20/20 competition held Sunday at the Albion Sports Complex ground, Berbice.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president Christopher Matthias accompanied by GFF Vice President of Competitions Collie Hercules  departed Guyana Sunday to attend the 63rd FIFA Congress in Mauritius.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Wednesday told the annual CDB meeting that Guyana is aggressively diversifying its economy but he expressed concern at the decline in loans to members and called again for the bank to craft a viable strategy for Caribbean development.

Linden Champions Silver Bullets eliminated Georgetown Champions Leopold Street 2-0 as action in the inaugural Guinness Greatest of the Streets National Championships continued at the Demerara Park Tarmac (Banks DIH Parking Lot), Industrial Estate on Sunday.

The intense rivalry between Amy Grant and Sarah King ended Sunday with Grant getting the better of her opponent en route to winning the girls 11-12-years-old 100m backstroke and 50m freestyle events of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association Long Course Independence championships at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal.

PARIS (Reuters) – France is testing samples of suspected chemical weapon elements used against Syrian rebel fighters and smuggled out by reporters from Le Monde newspaper and will divulge the results in the next few days, a senior French official said yesterday.

Guyana track and field athletes copped 10 medals at last weekend’s Hampton International Games at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Unsolved high profile killings are piling up for the Guyana Police Force.

As the Guyana Sugar Cor-poration (GuySuCo) struggles with making quotas and fully realising the path to mechanisation, Chief Execu-tive Officer Paul Bhim says that revamping the Port Mourant Training Centre’s curriculum is in the works.

By Cosmo Hamilton Dear President Cameron. In his book – A History of West Indies Cricket, published in 1988 and chronicling West Indies cricket from 1906 through 1987, the late Jamaica Prime Minister Michael Manley wrote – “At a political level, the University of the West Indies apart, cricket is the most completely regional activity undertaken by the people of the member states of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation will stage its annual Intermediate and Masters Championships on Sunday at the University of Guyana Campus.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) last Thursday hosted its inaugural Tribute to Teachers Programme, honouring 61 students and 57 teachers in Berbice County for their exceptional performances during the last school term.

The six-man chequered flag chasing team of local speed demons suffered mixed fortunes in the first leg of the two-day Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) which concluded on Sunday at the Dover Raceway in St.

LONDON (Reuters) – Around a thousand far-right protesters shouting “Muslim killers, off our streets” marched through central London yesterday against a backdrop of swelling anti-Muslim feeling following the killing of a British soldier last week.

By Anna Ramdass Trinidad Express United States Vice President Joseph Biden applauded the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force which serenaded him and his family with the sweet sound of the steel pan upon his arrival in Trinidad last night.

Guyana School of Agriculture led by a Emmanuel Archibald’s 13 points  defeated hosts Marian Academy in a U20 encounter 20-15 as action in the Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Marian Academy School Court, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand again found Graeme Swann a difficult conundrum as the off-spinner bowled England towards another convincing victory in the second and final test yesterday.

Police are investigating one of their own after a rifle and matching rounds disappeared on Sunday night.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC – West Indian batsman Dwayne Smith who inspired Mumbai Indians to several wins in the Indian Premier League is celebrating success in his first major final.

Guyana’s Leon Seaton Jr. swam to a bronze medal in Barbados on Sunday when the 22nd Aquatic Centre International swim concluded at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in St.

The last of the 16 children who were taken to hospital on Friday following bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting was to have been discharged from hospital yesterday after being kept for observation and the completion of medical tests, as it was revealed that contaminated icicles might have caused their illness.

Alberttown residents are fed up with the Mayor and City Council’s lack of effort to clean drains and alleyways and are calling for action.

LONDON (Reuters) – A hundred years ago this week, the premiere of Russian emigre composer Igor Stravinsky’s pounding, pagan, pulsating “The Rite of Spring” caused a near riot in Paris and changed the face of modern music.

CHESTER- LE-STREET, England, CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Shiv Chanderpaul and his Leeward Islands teammate Chesney Hughes were dismissed cheaply as Derbyshire lost to Durham by 43 runs by way of the Duckworth Lewis method in the Yorkshire Bank 40 on yesterday.

Dear Editor, A shortage occurs when demand exceeds supply for a good or service. 

Dear Editor, As one who was instrumental in making the coming of the Dental Boat to the Pomeroon River a reality, I wish to inform the critics that the boat is operational and serving the upper and lower Pomeroon residents in the field of dentistry.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Daniel Brands ensured it was no regular Monday at the office for Rafa Nadal when the Spaniard came desperately close to being shown the door after walking on to Chatrier Court to begin his hunt for an eighth French Open title yesterday.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s Alejandro Toledo was grilled in Congress yesterday over his family’s purchase of a luxury home in Lima, making him the second former president to face inquiries that could narrow the 2016 presidential field.

(Reuters) – Fire aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship forced it to dock at Freeport, Bahamas, yesterday, with all passengers and crew safe but the rest of the trip cancelled, the cruise company reported.

Dear Editor, In the letter column of the Sunday Stabroek of 10th March, 2013, Ms.

Dear Editor, It is time the Minister of Culture takes a long, hard look at his management and accountability methodology and then authentically seek a progressive way forward – his contortions on the issue of the Caribbean Press are increasingly embarrassing, and may tend to indicate that there are more fundamental problems with his stewardship other than just governance, as indicated by Dr.

SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Chilean and Argentine authorities yesterday declared a red alert and ordered the mandatory evacuation of a 25-km (15.5-mile) radius around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border between the two Andean nations.

TORONTO (Reuters) – Two top aides quit Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s office yesterday as the embattled leader of Canada’s biggest city faces lingering allegations he was caught smoking crack cocaine on video, accusations he has firmly denied.

(Barbados Nation) – The issue of police allegedly beating confessions out of people in their custody is a worry not only for Barbadians, but for the Guyanese community as well.

Dear Editor, My attention was recently drawn to an obituary on Ayube Hamid (late renowned broadcaster) in the Sunday  Stabroek of 25th January    2009  in which it was incorrectly  mentioned that he was a founding member of Gandhi Youth  Organization.

 By Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is also Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals.

(Reuters) – The Brooklyn Bridge reopened yesterday evening after being closed for almost two hours at the end of a holiday weekend while New York City police investigated an unattended vehicle.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that Shawn Nelson has been shot in the head in a drive-by shooting incident.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Some 14 police stations across the island are to be retrofitted to house juveniles once they are taken into police custody.

Women benefit from diabetic programme: A group of women in Region Six benefited from a six-week diabetic programme, organised by Guyanese Women Unite in Service & Education (Guyfuse), in partnership with Guyanese Women in Development.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s worst riots in years might benefit a far-right party in elections next year if scenes of immigrants burning cars and smashing up buildings cause voters to rethink their traditional welcome to foreigners.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Irrfan is no stranger to Hollywood. The Indian actor, who uses only his first name, has played roles in acclaimed films such as Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire and A Mighty Heart.

GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay told governments yesterday that trying to fight terrorism by limiting personal freedoms and mistreating suspects could only worsen the problem.

(Jamaica Gleaner) –  The murder trial involving dancehall entertainer Adijah Palmer, who is popularly known as Vybz Kartel, and five others linked to the death of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams has been pushed back to November.

Dear Editor, On behalf of myself and all Berbicians, especially on the Corentyne, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Mr Bobby Ramroop for giving us Radio Guyana Inc 89.5FM.

Fix the road and shorten the journey: Regional Vice Chairman, Region Ten, Byron Lewis points to one of the many bad patches on the 36-mile road between Linden and Ituni.

For reasons that have to do with more than the incident itself, there are eye-opening lessons about the use and abuse of power and the limits to power which we in Guyana can learn from South Africa’s recent so-called “wedding plane scandal.”