Articles published on Wednesday, May 29, 2013
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – An Argentine prosecutor accused Iran yesterday of establishing terrorist networks in Latin America dating back to the 1980s and said he would send his findings to courts in the affected countries.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s sports ministry said the country’s cricket chief should resign to avoid a conflict of interest, four days after police arrested his son-in-law in connection with an illegal betting scandal in a cricket league.
The police today said that Christopher Spencer also known as Trevor Spencer or Cerwin Ross is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to rape.
President Donald Ramotar today requested a meeting with the Leader of the Opposition, David A.
PORT LOUIS, (Reuters) – Former CONCACAF leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer should face the full force of the law for their alleged misdemeanours during the two decades that they ran the confederation, Domenico Scala, the head of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee said on Wednesday.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has fired an employee of its Licence Revenue Department after it was discovered that she fraudulently facilitated the issuance of an undisclosed amount of driver’s licences.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed the number two of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan region today, three security officials said, in what would be a major blow in the fight against militancy.
(Trinidad Express) Brutally frank. United States Vice-President Joe Biden diplomatically described his discussions with Caricom leaders as “completely open, completely frank and completely straightforward”.
Guyana received a stark warning last month about missed deadlines and the need for a serious approach to addressing deficiencies in its anti-money laundering legislation, ahead of the ongoing 37th Plenary Meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) where the country’s progress is being evaluated.
The young manager of a lumberyard was yesterday afternoon found dead in the cottage he lived at the rear of the Land of Canaan establishment, with what appears to be a deep cut to the throat and injuries to his skull.
An elderly man was found dead on Monday evening at his Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo home, where it is suspected that he was bludgeoned to death.
Human rights activist Karen de Souza has condemned the treatment meted out to a 14-year-old rape victim by the officers at the Turkeyen Police Station, where the girl was made to wait eight hours for a female officer to accompany her to the hospital for a medical certificate.
Police yesterday detained one of the suspects in the murder of Adrian Richmond, who was attacked and stabbed to death at a dogfighting event on Sunday.
Police have not been able to make any progress in their investigations into the May 8 beating to death of Nigel Lowe in Sophia but according to a senior police official at some point someone will reveal information that could lead to arrests and charges.
Murder accused Rudolph Williams admitted to chopping the woman he is now charged with killing and claimed he was sorry for what he had done, according to a statement to police that was admitted into evidence at his trial yesterday.
Caricom and the United States yesterday signed a Trade and Investment Frame-work Agreement (TIFA) that sets out an agenda “to drive strengthened” ties between the two sides.
Disgraced former New York Police Department head Bernard Kerik was released yesterday morning from a federal penitentiary in Maryland, according to the New York Daily News.
Over 1000 laptops were yesterday distributed at centres in Region Four bringing the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Secretariat closer to achieving the 6,000 target during this current phase of distribution, the Government Information Agency said last night.
A former clerk of North American Resources Incorporated was yesterday remanded to prison after denying a charge that he embezzled 10 ounces of raw gold from the company.
A Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara man was yesterday shot while resisting bandits during a robbery attempt at his store.
Local journalists are expected to benefit from a four-day workshop that is being hosted by the University of Guyana Centre for Communication Studies (UGCCS), the Institute for International Journalism of Ohio Univer-sity’s Scripps College of Communication, and the United States Embassy in Georgetown.
A US$10M science and technology programme for the University of Guyana is set to get underway but the advertisements for it are only being placed in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle.
Region Ten Vice Chairman Byron Lewis says while there is much to celebrate as Guyana observes its 47th independence anniversary, more investment needs to be made in youth and Berbice River residents must be seen to be equally important as those in other parts of the country.
Three communities (Wales, Cane Grove and One Mile Linden) will this week, benefit from a joint eye care mission by overseas and local eye care specialists.
Murder accused Selassie McFarlane, Seretse Rogers and Marcus Roberts were set free yesterday by Justice Navindra Singh, who found that there was no evidence to implicate them in the 2008 killing of Jermaine Ziage Anderson.
Yesterday, the Commissioner General of the GRA – Khurshid Sattaur and several department heads gave the media a tour of the ground floor of the new facility on Camp Street where most of the services are accessed by customers.
The Ministry of Health will not be commenting on the circumstances surrounding Farida De Souza who died at the Georgetown Hospital after suffering three heart attacks during a 12-hour wait at the institution, until there is a meeting with her son.
Works Minister Robeson Benn yesterday announced that his Ministry will be taking over the responsibility of carrying out whatever reconstructive/repair works are necessary on the collapsed St Ignatius Bridge.
Detailed proposals for the road construction project between Georgetown and Lethem are to be presented in June, Gail Teixeira, Presi-dential adviser on Govern-ance revealed to Region Nine residents.
A vendor, who said that he was wrongfully arrested by the police, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
A bicyclist is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck down on the Houston Public Road yesterday.
CARDIFF, Wales, CMC– West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has cautioned that conditions could play a major part in determining the outcome of matches in the Champions Trophy which start in the United Kingdom next week.
The world’s four largest international tobacco companies have forged a joint venture to fight the illegal trafficking of excisable consumer goods such as tobacco and alcohol.
LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – Graeme Swann took six wickets and 10 in the match as England dodged the rain clouds hovering over Headingley to wrap-up a 247-run second test victory over New Zealand yesterday and secure a 2-0 series triumph.
Former West Indies left hander Assad Fudadin is viewing his recall to the West Indies `A’ team for Sri Lanka’s upcoming tour of the Caribbean as a great stage to showcase his hunger to once again don West Indies colours at the highest level.
The Disabled People’s Network (DPN) of Region Five closed its activities for Blindness Awareness Month with a sensitization workshop yesterday, made possible through a donation of $50,000 by the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.
Den Amstel Porknockers on Sunday last defeated Uitvlugt Warriors by two goals to nil at the Den Amstel Ground, Uitvlugt in the lone Guyana Football Federation Super League encounter contested.
PARIS, (Reuters) – After fickle Parisian weather and the exploits of a French heroine kept Novak Djokovic waiting to make his bow at Roland Garros yesterday, the world number one began his quest to complete his grand slam collection in style with victory over David Goffin.
Dear Editor, There has been much publicity, at least in the media, about the “mega investments” of Bai Shan Lin.
(Cricinfo) West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has picked out hosts England as the team to beat in this year’s Champions Trophy because of their familiarity with conditions in the early summer.
(Reuters) – South Africa captain Graeme Smith will be out of action for at least four months, and maybe much longer, following ankle surgery, according to a senior Cricket South Africa official yesterday.
Dear Editor, A remarkable thing happened recently. The University of Guyana was unable to participate in the University of the West Indies Games (Jamaica) owing to financial constraints.
(Reuters) – World number one Tiger Woods is to compete in the inaugural Turkish Open in Antalya in November, the European Tour said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Are Guyanese writers so bad? The statement by Dr David Davydeen on the quality of submissions to Caribbean Press seem to speak more of exasperation and lack of editing resources than of the capacities of the Guyanese literary aspirant.
ST. JOHN’S , Antigua, CMC-St.Kitts will host the Regional Under 19 cricket tournament this year but the start of the event is being pushed back by a week to facilitate training camps, the West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Two of the most violent gangs in Honduras announced a truce yesterday under a church-brokered drive to stem a tide of violence that has turned Honduras into the world’s most murderous country.
Dear Editor, The elected members of the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Development Committee are seeking to have their Independence Message published as they were not afforded the opportunity to deliver same at our community flag-raising ceremony held in Kwakwani.
Dear Editor, I’m a frequent listener to the debates in parliament by both the government and the opposition on various matters.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar pointed to the relationship between criminal deportees and increased crime and violence in Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean in yesterday’s discussions with United States Vice-President Joe Biden.
DEAR PRESIDENT DAVE CAMERON With the impressive showing of the West Indies Women’s team at the recent World Cup, the West Indies Cricket Board should now be structured to include influential and knowledgeable women in decision making roles to facilitate further advancement of the Women’s game in every territory in the Caribbean.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have filed an indictment against the operators of digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve, accusing the Costa Rica-based company of helping criminals around the world launder more than $6 billion in illicit funds linked to everything from child pornography to software for hacking into banks.
Dear Editor, I am again forced to write publicly on a matter that has resurfaced.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder personally approved a decision to subpoena Fox News telephone records as the Justice Department investigated an unauthorized leak regarding North Korea, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
(Reuters) – Former Olympic pole vault champion Sergei Bubka will announce his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee yesterday, a source close to the Ukrainian has told Reuters.
Gordon Richards and Alex Moore won their respective divisions at last weekend’s Precision Pistol Shooting competition shot at the TSU Range at Eve Leary.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba will begin offering broader Internet access next month through 118 outlets around the country, according to a decree in the government’s Official Gazette on Tuesday, in a step long awaited by many Cubans.
Dear Editor, The explanation offered by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) concerning the inability to select a team from the Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA) to represent the nation’s interest in the recently concluded regional championships in The Bahamas, can’t be allowed to go unremarked.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan members of parliament, already among the world’s best-paid lawmakers, voted yesterday 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.
(Ian Bremmer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.)
The 43rd annual meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Board of Governors in St Lucia last week, had the aura of a stocktaking of the state the region’s economies, in a context of persistent difficulty being experienced by many of the member countries.
(BBC) A song from 1966 Bollywood blockbuster movie Suraj (Sun) has been voted the best-loved track by BBC Asian Network listeners.
(Reuters) – Tony Parker delivered a season-high 37 points as the San Antonio Spurs completed a sweep of Memphis on Monday with a 93-86 victory that booked a trip to the NBA Finals.
Dear Editor, Are Guyanese/Guyana better off since the white man left?
We are now in our 48th year of independence and the most cursory analysis of our dailies will leave us in no doubt that, notwithstanding the claims that we have made significant progress since 1966, and particularly since 1992, for many, Guyana is a very unhappy place.
Muscle power on West Front Road on Monday.
Politikles
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has since Independence suffered from poor leadership from not just politicians but across the board, Richard Byles, co-chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Com-mittee (EPOC), has declared.
