Daily Archive: Saturday, July 13, 2013

Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh today signaled that this Thursday’s sitting of Parliament is critical for matters relating to the Amaila Falls project.

The police say that the four persons who were believed missing after a mishap today in the Cuyuni River have been accounted for.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Seven peacekeepers were killed and 17 wounded when they came under heavy fire from gunmen in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region today, the peacekeeping force said, the worst toll from a single incident since their deployment in 2008.

The police say they are investigating reports that at about 2245h.

At about 1900 last night Kevin Harrison, 24 years, of Ideal Road, Soesdyke, EBD, was fatally stabbed to his back by another man during an argument at Soesdyke.

(Trinidad Express) A Curepe man was yesterday placed on $1,000 bond after he appeared in court charged with throwing missiles at Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga on Thursday, during the final of the Cel­kon Mobile Cup tri-na­tion series  at the Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain.

(Trinidad Guardian) ON Monday July 1, Housing Roodal Moonilal announced to reporters his “ intention”  to approach “in a day or two” the “editor and owners of the Guardian”.

(Reuters) – Bollywood’s most famous villain Pran died in a Mumbai hospital on Friday after prolonged illness.

The Hope Canal Project will not be completed by its extended August 31st, 2013 deadline as previously intended, Agricultural Minister Leslie Ramsammy announced yesterday, while giving assurances that the need for an extension for the project will not require additional funding.

By Dena James Music cart operators were yesterday told they need to modify the way they operate if they wanted to stay in business but voiced objections to proposals to regulate them.

Eight former employees have sued the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) claiming wrongful dismissal stemming from the results of lie detector tests.

Twenty-seven-year-old Joseph Williams, called “Joey,” was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murdering Victor Da Silva, who was shot dead during Monday’s $8M armed robbery on Water Street.

The high cross-border movement between Suriname and Guyana has led to the creation of a Bi-National Commission for Collaboration on Health between the two countries.

After nearly a two-year hiatus, the West Indies cricket team arrived in Guyana yesterday, as they seek to upset the touring Pakistan in the two ODIs to be played in Guyana at the Providence stadium starting tomorrow.

The gravol injection administered to toddler Nicholas Cox couldn’t have caused him to stop breathing, according to the doctor’s report given to Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), which is being accused of overdosing him and causing him brain damage.

By Duncan Saul in Mabaruma Photos by Orlando Charles Santa Rosa Secondary overcame Hosororo Secondary 3-1 in their semifinal encounter as action in the Digicel Secondary Schools National U18 Football Tournament continued at the Mabaruma Community Centre ground yesterday.

Next to the decrepit wooden bridge that leads into Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara are two piles of crush and run gravel.

A cease work order is to be issued to halt a sand mining operation at Sand Hills, Demerara River, following a protest by members of the Major family yesterday morning in front of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).

World number 26, Nicolette Fernandes, shone in both the Men’s and Women’s categories on the third day of the Digicel’s Senior National Squash Championship at the Georgetown Club Courts last evening.

University of Guyana (UG) Vice-Chancellor Professor Jacob Opadeyi yesterday denounced claims made by an online news site iNews report that he had uncovered acts of corruption at the institution and called for a retraction of the story and an apology.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Haiti forward Jean-Eudes Maurice scored twice to give his side a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in CONCACAF Gold Cup, Group B yesterday.

Public Works Minister Robeson Benn yesterday said that he is not in favour of and will not be recommending the lowering of the 15% travel tax at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri (CJIA).

 (Reuters) – Unheralded PGA Tour rookie Patrick Reed found himself in major-winning company yesterday after charging into a three-way tie for the lead in the second round of the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois.

The disappointing performances from Guyanese sprinters continued yesterday morning when Carifta Games bronze medallist, Tirana Mitchell was eliminated in the preliminary round in the Women’s 200m at the IAAF World Youth Championships in the Ukraine.

The Ministry of Labour has announced a drastic improvement in school attendance, punctuality and performance, and a reduction in students’ indiscipline, based on the preliminary results of the School Retention Programme implemented via the Tackle Pilot Project to stop child labour by keeping children in the school system.

The man arrested in connection with the shooting to death of Tyrone Boodhoo has been released from custody after he provided investigators with an alibi.

One of the policemen accused of rape by one of the females recently rescued from a human trafficking operation in Region Seven has been released from police custody after it was discovered that he was not present at the time of the alleged incident.

(Reuters) – The Brooklyn Nets officially acquired Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce from the Boston Celtics yesterday as part of a nine-player blockbuster trade that puts them on the short list of NBA title contenders.

Roger Tappin, the truck driver on trial for causing the death of a 12-year-old boy by dangerous driving, was yesterday found not guilty.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – A controversial incident involving England’s Stuart Broad was played down by players from both sides after a gripping third day of the first Ashes test at Trent Bridge yesterday.

The first week of the 37th annual ‘Teach Them Young’ Cycling Programme which commenced on Monday in the National Park attracted in excess of 30 riders.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is advising customers who are powered by the Sophia Substation to prepare for a disruption of service on Sunday from 8 am to 5 pm in order to facilitate a major upgrade operation at the Sophia 69kV substation.

(Reuters) – Four-times major winner Ernie Els, who will defend his British Open title at Muirfield next week, missed the cut in the Scottish Open at Inverness on Friday.

Dear Editor, We were distressed when we opened the July 3 issue of the Stabroek News and saw the faces of the three young men who have been condemned to death. 

Ten persons yesterday graduated from a gym instructor and administrator training programme for a gym that is to be established this August which will cater for inmates at the Georgetown Prison.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has been banned for two one-day internationals for maintaining a slow over rate during the one-wicket defeat by India at the Tri-Nation series final in Trinidad on Thursday.

A shopkeeper was remanded to prison on Thursday on a charge of unlawful possession of an unlicensed semi-automatic handgun, despite a tearful plea in which he denied knowledge of the weapon and accused police of making a false arrest.

Dear Editor, I regret the unresolved disagreement over my Business Page column of May 5, 2013.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Ian Bell and Stuart Broad shared an unbroken century partnership to lift England to 326 for six on a compelling third day of the first Ashes test against Australia yesterday.

Twenty-three-year-old Alicia Bess, who on July 2, outshone two other beauties to become Miss Jamzone Guyana 2013, says that despite her success there is much she needs to do to prepare for the pageant’s upcoming international leg.

Welcome ‘Summer’ vacationers: members of the Diaspora and the average Guyanese who wants to explore the lost wonder of the world known as Guyana.

SAINT-AMOND-MONTROND, France, (Reuters) – Alberto Contador made up lost time with a tactical masterstroke in Friday’s 13th stage of the Tour de France, showing he would not let an opportunity slip to topple overall leader Chris Froome.

A man, who hit his sister across her back with a scrubbing board because he was angered by the way she was treating their mother, was on Thursday ordered to be on good behaviour for the next 12 months or go to jail.

Dear Editor,    There seems to be a very irrational and misinformed opinion in GuySuCo about how farmers get their canes cut, whilst the estates are experiencing a shortage of labour and can’t harvest their canes on time.

Dear Editor, I refer to the statement from the Agriculture Minister and Mr Leekha Rambrich of the Guyana Rice Producers Association saying the paddy price is the same as the last crop ($4,000- $3,700 per bag). 

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – The inventor of “Hot Spot” technology apologised to England yesterday over an error which caused the dismissal of Jonathan Trott during the first Ashes test against Australia.

Hi Everyone, After all the talk about buttery shortbread cookies last week, I am keeping my promise to share with you the late Urmia Cummings’ butter cookies which she called Teatime Cookies.

Since a boost which followed the release of a revised feasibility study earlier this year, Canadian mining company Guyana Goldfields has seen its stock value drop by 60% for 2013, according to a report in Forbes.

Dear Editor, I am a television host on the live call-in programme on TTS Ch5 in Bartica.

As part of its ongoing process to regularize the ‘Sport of Kings’ locally, the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) will visit several race courses across the country this weekend to register all two-year old horses.

Witness

A Leonora mother of eight has been missing since July 6, according to her common-law husband.

There is no doubt about it. This year’s Miss Jamzone International is shaping up to be a formidable pageant given the line-up of entrants.

SEATTLE,  CMC- Two-time defending champions Mexico defeated Canada two nil Thursday night to revive their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign.

Dear Editor, Inevitably, in the wake of Vincent Alexander’s seismic revelations of what would have amounted to subverting the will of the people in favour of the People’s Progressive Party, there will be – outside of the inevitable cowardly campaign to seek to discredit him – a barrage of rhetorical questions about the late timing of these revelations.

The Food and Drug Department is recalling a batch of Rugby Enteric Coated 81mg aspirin tablets manufactured by Advance Pharmaceutical Inc as there has been a mix-up resulting in these bottles actually containing 500mg of acetaminophen tablets.

SEATTLE,  CMC- Panama scored a one nil victory over Martinique in Group A of their CONCACAF gold Cup match at CenturyLink Field on Thursday night.

MONTEVIDEO,  (Reuters) – South American leaders had strong words for Washington yesterday over allegations of U.S.

Dear Editor, It is interesting to note that at page xxxii of the Sunday Chronicle of June 30, 2013, the Guyana Prison Service, through the Ministry of Home Affairs; invites applications “for the positions of four (4) Medical Officers (Georgetown, Mazaruni, Timehri and New Amsterdam) on GS 10 – $207,224 per month (Revised 2012).”

Vendor Wazim ‘Wazie’ Baksh is being accused of three counts of fraud, including receiving outboard engines using a forged $4 million cheque, all of which he denied at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The St Lucia-based ASX Modeles Agency has launched a chapter in Guyana and Debra Allen, Fashion Designer and owner of the brand, promises to raise the standards of modelling in Guyana to the place where our models can excel internationally.

Dear Editor, I read Tony Vieira’s letter (SN, July 9) titled, ‘Compa-rison with Iacocca and Bloomberg was nonsense,’ which was a response to my letter in SN of July 7.

Guyana Fashion Week (GFW) is set to be launched on August 4 at Herdmanston Lodge in Queenstown and those desirous of participating still have a chance to do so as the final audition will be held next Sunday, July 28 at Water Chris from 2 pm to 5 pm.

PORTLAND, Oregon,  CMC- CONCACAF says it has identified a suspect accused of attempting to bribe two Belize players into throwing their Gold Cup match against the United States.

A man, believed to be homeless, was last evening the victim of a hit and run on Homestretch Avenue.

Dear Editor, Guyana is one of the few countries where there is free education and health delivery services at the primary level.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court upheld the conviction yesterday of a former leader of the Shiite Muslim community in Trinidad and Tobago for his role in a conspiracy to bomb New York’s John F.

International superstar Sean Paul has released a new single “Entertainment” featuring 2Chainz and Juicy J, a club smash available now on iTunes.

I know a man who once drove a good, smart and perfectly sane woman to the brink of insanity.

While it is still too early to say where the political crisis in Egypt will end, the military’s decisive role in any settlement is already clear to most informed observers.

Politikles

(Barbados Nation) Loan delinquency is at an all-time high in Barbados’ commercial banking system.

(Reuters) – Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting made an unbeaten 169 in his final match for English county Surrey to ensure he ended his first-class career with a bang on Thursday.

Earlier this week, Air Services Ltd (ASL) Captain Feriel Ally took time out to congratulate young Joanna De Oliveira of the Port Kaituma Primary School and to present her with a trophy for being the student from that area with the highest marks in Mathematics in this year’s National Grade 6 Examinations. 

Five individuals have volunteered to work along with the Ministry of Home Affairs on behalf of pushcart vendors after a meeting on the regularisation of the business ended with concerns over proposed measures and a prototype of what the government believes a pushcart should look like.