Daily Archive: Monday, July 22, 2013

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrived in Brazil today on his first foreign trip as pontiff and was swarmed by well-wishers as he drove into Rio de Janeiro, where more than one million people are expected to gather to see the first Latin American to head the Roman Catholic Church.

Former PPP mandarin Ralph Ramkarran today accused the present leadership of destroying the party and tarnishing its image.

(BBC) – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William has given birth to baby boy, Kensington Palace said today.

Digicel Guyana CEO Gregory Dean has expressed the concern that Government through its Telecommunications Bill is seeking to mandate how companies invest in the sector rather than allow the forces of a free and open market to determine how investments evolve.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Professor Archibald McDonald, incoming principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, said the institution, over the years, has not been as integral to the Caribbean’s and, in particular, Jamaica’s development as it should be.

(Barbados Nation) Customer service complaints against LIAT have soared to another level with one passenger planning an online petition to boycott the airline, while another passenger has had four hiccups in the last six weeks, culminating in luggage lost between St Vincent and Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) Guyanese Dr Alfred Sparman is fighting back. He has filed a suit in the Supreme Court to overturn the Barbados Medical Council’s decision not to register him to practise as a cardiologist, and is seeking damages for loss of profit and disruption of his practice.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – The death toll from a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China’s western Gansu province today more than doubled to 54 people, the municipal government said, with hundreds injured as many homes in affected areas collapsed.

A Skeldon sugar estate worker perished when a fire completely destroyed his home at Crabwood Creek (CWC), Corentyne early yesterday morning.

A Dynamic Engineering employee contracted by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead at approximately 16:00hrs yesterday.

The Public Utilities Commis-sion (PUC) yesterday advised that the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will face penalties if the utility fails to live up to customer service standards including responding to complaints within a specified time.

By Marcelle Thomas   As their Air Services Limited plane took to the skies from the Ogle International Airport on Monday, Sheldon Williams and his wife Urmilla Rajesh laughed when the pilot asked another passenger at which airstrip she was supposed to land.

By Jeff Trotman Lindeners have been called upon to resume protests if, in the next 30 days, government fails to honour the agreements it brokered with the region on August 21 last year to stop a month-long agitation against a proposed electricity rate hike.

A fire, which occurred early yesterday morning at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD), razed a house two families once called home.

By Jeff Trotman Former PNCR parliamentarian Aubrey Norton has called on Linden and Region Ten residents to refrain from blaming the government for everything and to strive to be self-sufficient and engage in micro-businesses.

Years after being granted a mining licence and following illegal mining on its concession, Canadian mining company Romanex is finally moving to begin mining for gold and is in the process of contracting another company to do so.

(Reuters) – Misbah-ul-Haq’s unbeaten half-century steered Pakistan to a six-wicket victory over West Indies in their rain-affected fourth one day international at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia yesterday.

Add the Mr. Guyana title to Kerwin ‘Chisel’ Clarke’s bulging resume.

A year after he was shot in his foot by police in Linden, Ray Wills is still unable to walk without help.

Photos by Orlando Charles The Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue was transformed into Region Seven as Waramadong Secondary through an inspired Whazir Bascombe second-half performance blanked Region One winners, Santa Rosa Secondary 4-0 in their Digicel national quarterfinal encounter.

The GBTI branch on Regent Street  will require minor repair work after a Ford F 150 reversed yesterday into one the the pillars near the bank’s entrance at high speed.a

A miner was remanded to prison on Friday after he was charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking following a drug bust at his home.

Lodge resident Sherwin Johnson, who has been accused of threatening his wife, was last Tuesday placed on $15,000 bail and bonded to keep the peace.

Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2013 will be hosted by the Government of Guyana, October 4-12, under the theme `Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security and Rural Development’, according to a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture.

A man was charged on Friday for allegedly entering another man’s yard and picking his coconuts.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts & Nevis,  CMC – Barbados defeated Guyana by eight wickets and the Windward Islands and Jamaica took first innings points against the Leeward Islands and Trinidad & Tobago respectively, in the first round of the Regional Under-19 three-day cricket tournament here.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – China has brought cheap consumer goods, roads and schools to many parts of Africa over the last decade but the continent’s leaders are increasingly pushing for it to provide more of what many Africans want most: jobs.

Dear Editor, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to respond to a letter in Stabroek News of July 18, 2013 under the caption `Needs to know where children have been placed.’

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a graduation party at a home in Venezuela’s central Bolivar state and killed eight people, including six teenagers, the country’s public prosecutor said yesterday.

COLON, Panama,  (Reuters) – Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized North Korean ship that carried arms from Cuba have found the two MiG-21 fighter jets the Cuban government had said were on board, the government said yesterday.

Slingerz FC led by a Devon Millington first half double pummelled Young Achievers FC by a 5-0 score line as action in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Stag Beer Senior Football League continued at the Den Amstel ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, The West Indian Association was formed over thirty years ago; the founders were the late Mr J B Charles and Mrs Joyce Prowell. 

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica,  CMC –  Guyana took advantage of a low scoring match to secure a two-wicket win over Jamaica in their Regional two-day Under-15 Cricket Tournament on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Mexico left it late but ultimately prevailed 1-0 over Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday in Atlanta, setting up a CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final with Panama who made light work of Cuba in a 6-1 win.

Dear Editor, It is with keen interest that I read both articles published in the Kaieteur News editions of July 3 and July 4 respectively.

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica,  CMC – Led by an all-round performance from Saiba Batoosingh, Trinidad & Tobago defeated Leeward Islands by 10 wickets in their Regional two-day Under-15 Cricket Tournament on Saturday.

Dear Editor, It appears to me that the AFC opposes and deposes all and every motion of the government, whether these benefit the echelons and cronies of the party in power or the vast majority of the present and future generations of Guyanese. 

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica,  CMC – A half century from Captain Emmanuel Stewart led the Windward Islands to a seven-wicket win over Barbados on the final day of their two-day Regional Under-15 Cricket match on Saturday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England completed a crushing 347-run victory over Australia with a day to spare in the second Ashes test yesterday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Dear Editor, I write to bring to your attention a particularly ominous situation being perpetrated by a prominent resident in the community.

Dear Editor, Why is the state’s resources not distributed equally among all the people?

A historical perspective and the challenges ahead (Part II) Last week, we began a discussion of organizational management because of its relevance to both the public and private sectors but more especially in the light of the myriad of problems facing a number of state institutions. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former double Olympic champion Sebastian Coe wants the ban for athletes failing drugs tests to be increased from two to four years, he said yesterday.

TAME, Colombia,  (Reuters) – Nineteen Colombian soldiers were killed in clashes blamed on the country’s Marxist FARC guerrillas, defense ministry sources said yesterday, the heaviest casualties the armed forces have suffered since the government began peace talks late last year.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Chris Froome won the 100th edition of the Tour de France yesterday to become the second British champion in successive years.

President Ramotar’s use of language such as terrorism and blackmail to describe the defeat of two matters on Thursday in the opposition-controlled legislature pertaining to the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project obscures a very important point. 

GULLANE, Scotland, (Reuters) – After huffing and puffing at the British Open so often in the past, Phil Mickelson finally blew the house down by romping to a three-shot victory over Swede Henrik Stenson in golf’s oldest major yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Bahamian police suspect eight bodies discovered on the beach of Grand Bahama on Saturday to be illegal immigrants as investigations into the circumstances of their deaths continue.

MUTARE, Zimbabwe,  (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s sole television station, state-owned and tightly controlled by President Robert Mugabe, is targeting the private life of his arch rival Morgan Tsvangirai with “attack ads” aimed at discrediting him before July 31 elections.

GULLANE, Scotland, (Reuters) – Former test paceman Darren Gough believes Graeme Swann could one day be regarded as England’s finest spinner and rates fast bowler James Anderson as the country’s best-ever exponent of the new ball.

Interviews and photos by Rayon Harrinandan and Arian Browne Stabroek News recently visited Linden and while there asked the man/woman in the street about the issues affecting them.

Dear Editor, It has been three months since I reported to the GT&T customer fault-reporting section through 097 about my landline which has a problem, I even visited the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph department at Philadelphia Street to report the problem.

(Reuters) – Mickey Arthur has blamed Cricket Australia (CA) for forcing him to take legal action over his “unfair” sacking as coach of the national team and said the incident had caused major damage to his career and reputation.