Daily Archive: Thursday, June 20, 2013

Three men were killed this morning and two others seriously injured when a small pick-up owned by the Bosai mining company slid under a truck it attempted to overtake on the company’s internal road.

Public Face Every so often, a story is told or a report appears in the media about public-private partnerships. 

(Jamaica Observer) ANCHOVY, St James — A 14-year-old student of Anchovy High school was fatally stabbed allegedly by one of her classmates during a fight on the main road near the school as they headed home at the end of the morning shift yesterday afternoon.

Fire before dawn today completely ravaged the Golden Lion Chinese Restaurant at the intersection of Camp and D’Urban streets and the nearby Supreme Snacks which is just east of the restaurant.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today announced that former Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo, will lead a high-level team of experts to identify solutions to enable small, poor and climate-vulnerable Commonwealth countries to fight climate change.

Acting Chief Justice, Ian Chang yesterday struck out Opposition Leader David Granger and Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh as defendants in the budget cuts case brought by the Attorney General on the ground that they are MPs and can’t be sued, sparking a declaration by APNU that it will contest the decision and accusing the government of not wanting to present witnesses for cross-examination.

Members of the magistracy, police and state prosecutors yesterday benefited from a workshop aimed at enlightening them on ‘A Confiscation Guide for Guyana’, drafted by Alex Ferguson and facilitated by the British High Commission.

Enough is still not being done by the Guyana Government to effectively tackle Trafficking in Persons (TIP), according to the 2013 US State Department report on the issue, which recommended that the administration hold offenders accountable with jail time.

With the completion of a report into the  death of 28-year-old Luan Rodney and her unborn child, the obstetrician who was on duty at the time has been sent on administrative leave pending a decision by the Chief Medical Officer.

Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Bibi Shadick yesterday declared that from this year, broadcast licence fees will be no less $2.5 million per year.

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall says that the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)  has set August 26th as the actual deadline for Guyana to submit anti-money laundering amendments but AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan says the Minister is misinterpreting the correspondence.

Members of APNU and the AFC are scheduled to be taken on a flyover of the alignment of the road to the planned Amaila Falls Hydropower Project as part of a bid by government to bring them up to date with details of the project and progress made thus far.

Members of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday met with Minister of Labour Nanda Gopaul to iron out issues as it pertains to the implementation of the national minimum wage.

Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday remanded mason Wayne Williams who is accused of threatening to burn his wife’s house down and break her neck after she locked him out of their home on Father’s Day.

During Tuesday’s sitting of the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court, a pastor was placed on $10,000 bail and ordered to keep the peace for allegedly assaulting a young man.

A five-year-old girl, who was reportedly left unattended yesterday, was rescued from the burning bottom flat of their Lot 93 Block ‘F’ North Sophia home by her grandmother.

To highlight coconut and coconut products’ development, the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) will host a ‘Grand Coconut Exposition’ tomorrow from 09:00 to 16:00hrs at the Guyana Shop, Robb and Alexander Streets, Lacytown, Georgetown.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports last evening launched the third annual drama festival at the National Cultural Centre.

Police at the Vigilance Station yesterday intercepted motorcar, PRR 2880 and arrested two persons suspected of committing a robbery at Plantation Hope, Bath, West Coast Berbice around 11 am.

Residents of Barnwell North, Mocha Arcadia are calling on the relevant authorities to address the various concerns affecting their community, especially the constant flooding.

Labour Minister Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul says government is taking a firm stand against employers who flout Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) standards and has submitted to Cabinet for review a draft order setting out guidelines and working conditions for the mining sector.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat forced an already absorbing NBA Finals to a deciding Game Seven after a thrilling 103-100 overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday tied the series at 3-3.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud led a team from Guyana at a UNDP-organised convention in Rwanda where discussions centred on that country’s efforts at solid waste management and explored the possibilities of sharing mining technologies.

Team Guyana (Back Circle) led by captain Wayne Wilson will depart these shore today to compete in the second staging of the Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge 2013 which will be held in St Vincent and the Grenadines from June 21 to 23.

Turkey’s Charge d’Affaires Kurtulus Aykan said his country is looking forward to building partnerships with Guyana in social development areas.

Beverage giants Ansa McAl officially concluded its ‘Crown Your Community’ promotion on Tuesday when it handed over a John Deere grass cutter valued at $600,000 to the management of the Mackenzie Sports Club’s (MSC) as part of a $3m ground renovation.

National hockey stalwart Ulrica Sutherland says further international fixtures against higher ranked opposition in future is required for the continued development of the female hockey team.

Dr Vindhya Vasini Persaud last Saturday replaced her late father, Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud, as President of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha following an election at a Special General Meeting of the Sabha held at the Dharmic Sanskritik Kendra, Prashad Nagar.

In commemoration of World Olympic Day, National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will on Saturday

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) at a meeting at the Anna Regina fire station boardroom on Tuesday donated 30 footballs, medals and three trophies to the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Essequibo Football Association (EFA).

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) in collaboration with Trinidad Cement Limited Guyana Incorporated yesterday launched their 16th annual Cricket Academy which targets the fundamentals of the sport while tackling other issues.

Local and foreign speed demons will have to wait a bit longer to start their engines for the race meet which was scheduled for July 7 at the South Dakota Circuit because it has been postponed.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East’s so-called Shi’ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was “becoming a full moon” as Iranian influence spread.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan government’s proposed code of ethics for the media is a threat to free speech, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Opener Lendl Simmons hit an unbeaten 51 to steer West Indies A to a convincing five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka A in their second T20 cricket match at the Arnos Vale complex yesterday.

(Reuters) – Revived Afghan peace talks hit their first roadblock yesterday, a day after they were announced, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government would not join U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Hosts England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa ‘choked’ in yet another semi-final when they were bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions at The Oval yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Injury concerns have forced double Olympic silver medalist Yohan Blake to pull out of the Jamaica National Senior Championship scheduled to begin today.

Dear Editor, It is great news that the Government of Guyana has announced the digitalization of the Indian indentureship records, a project that a group of Guyanese and I initiated in New York, replicating what was done in neighbouring Suriname.

LONDON, CMC- West Indies off spinner Sunil Narine has maintained his number one position in the ODI bowling rankings following the first round of the ICC Champions Trophy in England.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Three members of Jamaica’s Under 19 beach volleyball teams have been denied United States visas which would have allowed them to pass through that country enroute to Portugal for next month’s FIVB World-level Championship.

Dear Editor, Within recent times, the unwelcome development of slashing councillors’ allowances has taken an unenviable prominent place in our local media.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba will resume immigration talks next month after a break of more than two years, the State Department said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica, – Jamaica has given the new board of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) a month to indicate how it intends to use the Air Jamaica brand in the future.

By Ambassador D. Brent Hardt Yesterday Secretary of State John Kerry released the 2013 United States Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report reviewing the efforts of countries worldwide to combat the scourge of modern day slavery. 

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Gyula Horn, who as Hungary’s last communist foreign minister ripped a hole in the Iron Curtain in 1989, has died at the age of 80 after long illness, the government said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In reference to your daily edition of the Stabroek News, dated June 18, I read with much concern about the President Ramotar’s address to the police at the recent commissioning of the police training centre, and for a moment I felt that he was only addressing a part of the problem that he was referring to.

FORTALEZA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Neymar struck with a stunning early volley for the second Confederations Cup game in a row and brilliantly set up the second goal to give Brazil a 2-0 win over Mexico yesterday.

I surrender! No one seems to be doing anything about this gaping hole on the railway line embankment at Lusignan.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An anti-gang bill is to be tabled in Parliament next week, National Security Minister Peter Bunting has said.

Mud bath: This minibus yesterday swerved from another, careening into a murky trench at Norton and Chapel Sts.

Giddy-up! The horse-drawn cart must have been fancied to get across the road first but it seems the donkey-drawn cart got the better of the race. 

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin yesterday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Reuters) – World champions Spain will field a second-string side against Oceania champions Tahiti in the Confederations Cup today but are unlikely to show any mercy in what is expected to be a one-sided carnival of soccer at the Maracana stadium.

Dear Editor, This is in regard to news items relating to New York State Senator John Sampson (SN, May 6, etc) who has been charged with embezzlement, etc, in New York.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is urging property owners who owe the municipality taxes to pay up now.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spanish golfer Jose Maria Olazabal has won the Iberian nation’s most prestigious sports award, the Prince of Asturias prize, after he captained Europe’s Ryder Cup team to a stunning win against United States last year.

Tales of poor literacy skills in this country fail to move Government with the urgency that this emergency requires.

SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s two biggest cities agreed yesterday to revoke an increase in public transportation fares that set off demonstrations that have grown into nationwide protests against poor public services, inflation and corruption.

Watch it roll! Old time tyre fun in Buxton yesterday. (Arian Browne photo)  

At the end of last month, a high-level international panel, which had been meeting under the auspices of the United Nations to look at the world beyond the 2015 end of timetable of the Millennium Development Goals, submitted its report to that body.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A deputy speaker of parliament was arrested on three counts of indecent assault yesterday, six weeks after he was first detained on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, police said.

(Reuters) – Nearly six years after her model-to-actress career move, Deepika Padukone says she is finally being praised for her acting in films and not just for her good looks.

Delay: A fender-bender near the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday afternoon created delays.

Dear Editor, To those who have paid varying degrees of attention to the fortunes (?)

NEW YORK/NASHVILLE,  (Reuters) – Legendary country singer and songwriter Slim Whitman, known for his smooth falsetto and high-pitched yodeling talent, died in Florida yesterday at the age of 90, his son-in-law said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking TV series “The Sopranos,” died on Wednesday vacationing in Italy.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will hold a series of community meetings across the city to encourage citizens to participate in finding solutions to problems affecting Georgetown.