Daily Archive: Thursday, August 1, 2013

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has a higher mission than just making it in Hollywood: she wants to break down stereotypes of Indians in Tinseltown’s eyes and maybe make things easier for her compatriots who live in the United States.

The body of three-year-old Doukuan Edwards of Industry, ECD, was found in a creek at Marudi, Soesdyke/Linden Highway at about 0900h.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Sukdeo Singh, 86 years, of New Hope, EBD, whose body was found under a heap of grass in his yard with suspected chop wounds at about 1400h.

At about 2100h. last night, Alexander Murray, 67 years, of Baroda Avenue, Bel Air Park, was pinned by an excavator which toppled while in operation at Pamela Backdam, Mahdia, police say.

Investigations are being conducted by the police into a fatal accident that occurred at about 1230h.

The process of fast-tracking the regularisation of Brazilians working in the local gold industry could now begin in earnest following a call issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs for more than 600 miners, mostly Brazilians to report to the ministry’s Immigration Division.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Marion ‘Lady Saw’ Hall could easily have taken on the lead role in any of Tyler Perry’s Madea-themed movies.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwe’s election as a farce today after his rival President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in power for Africa’s oldest head of state.

(Trinidad Express) The re-election  of Jack Warner as the Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West will do “untold damage” to this country’s international image, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley warned yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Legal action will be taken against Sir David Simmons, who chaired Concacaf’s ethics committee which reported that former government minister Jack Warner was fraudulent in his management of Concacaf and the ownership of the Centre of Excellence.

-family had been plagued with domestic violence By Tifaine Rutherford  An East Bank Essequibo man went on a chopping rampage around 6pm at Zeelugt North, Squatting area yesterday, killing two children and badly wounding his reputed wife before fleeing the scene.

If there is no national consensus on the Amaila hydropower project, the prospective developers will pull out.

Opener Lendl Simmons’ 42 backed up by some fine spin bowling from Veerasammy Permaul and Sunil Narine, helped the Amazon Warriors script a 19-run win over visitors Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Steel in the Amazon Warriors’ first home match at the Guyana National Stadium,

A Caribbean Airlines employee has been arrested in connection with the cocaine bust at the Cheddi Jagan airport over the weekend as the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) widens the probe that may be targeting a “big time” drug dealer.

Chairman of GPL’s Board of Directors Winston Brassington says that a re-tendering for the US$858 million Amalia Falls Hydroelectric Project, though not impossible, would send a negative message to the investors who are providing the majority of the finances to facilitate the venture.

Murder accused Brian Blount who was found hanging in his cell at the Georgetown Prisons on Monday died as a result of asphyxiation, according to a post-mortem examination done yesterday but the relatives say they still have questions.

A man was shot to his abdomen last evening as gunmen tried to rob Johnny P Supermarket in South Ruimveldt Park.

Data compiled during an International Press Institute (IPI) visit here in April lends weight to accusations of discrimination by the government in the distribution of official advertising, the press body has said.

Less than 24 hours after the Linden Interim Management Committee (IMC) averted  industrial action by deciding to pay an additional $1.8M monthly to its employees, Minister of Local Govern-ment Norman Whittaker has said no to the main revenue raising measure.

Many vendors are selling food in the midst of garbage at the Anna Regina Market.

When her boyfriend ended their relationship, Sophia resident Sharon McAllister allegedly took a bottle to his face, Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court was told on Tuesday.

A vendor got a shock yesterday when several constables attached to the City Constabulary turned up to dismantle his mobile food cart.

The People’s National Congress Reform  has expressed sadness over the death of Shiv Sahai (Steve) Naraine, CCH, a former member of the PNC and Senior Minister of Works and Transport in the Forbes Burnham government of the 1970s and 1980s.

A New York physician has been arrested on charges of illegally selling painkiller prescriptions to two patients.

While charges of receiving stolen articles were on Friday dropped against security firm owner Richard Khanai, he was warned that similar charges can be instituted against him tomorrow when he makes his required police log in.

For unveiling: The 1823 slave rebellion monument designed by Ivor Thom waiting to be unveiled.

The state and defence yesterday made their final arguments to the jury in the Lusignan massacre trial.

Over sixty persons were seen and diagnosed for treatment on the first day, Monday, as the annual Overseas Medical Assistance Team (OMAT) to Linden commenced this year’s six-day pro bono clinic at the Linden Hospital Complex.

The third edition of the Digicel National U-18 Secondary Schools Football Championships which concluded on Sunday at the Police Sports Club (PSC), ground, Eve Leary has been nothing short of a phenomenal success.

Stick dance: Dancers performing on stage on Saturday at the Square of the Revolution as the Ministry of Culture launched this year’s Emancipation celebrations with a libation ceremony, speeches and cultural presentations from various groups around the country.

Two of the three Simon Pures who will represent Guyana at the South American Youth Games in Peru, in September, Tefon Green and Travis Fraser will highlight the amateur segment of the 29th edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card.

Over forty vendors of the Kitty Market met the mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, chair of the Public Health and Market committee, Ranwell Jordan, other councilors and officials of the council on Tuesday to discuss the future of the facility.

The Ministry of Public Works on Tuesday received bids for a series of sea defence works to be undertaken countrywide.

The recent announcement by Reunion Manganese Inc that its pre-feasibility study has indicated proven and probable mineral reserves of 26.3 million tonnes with an average grade of 14.2% manganese has been welcomed by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA).

HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe police vowed to crack down on any attempts to leak early results from yesterday’s vote, complicating plans by some civic groups to pre-empt official announcements by the country’s election commission.

First Infantry Battalion on Tuesday morning ran away with the inaugural  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Unit road race title winning at the expense of Base Camp Ayanganna and 31 Special Forces Squadron respectively.

Defending champion and number-one seed Anthony Downes thrashed Johnathan Christie in straight sets in their men’s Open singles quarterfinal encounter as action in the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open lawn tennis tournament continued at the company’s Recreational Club, Kaieteur Street Bel-Air Park on Tuesday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Sergei Bubka expects the body to approve sanctions for doping offences by athletes’ entourages at a meeting of their executive board in August.

Flying Ace Cycle Club’s Elijah Bhajadder blitzed the field and carted off top honours in Sunday’s eighth annual Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) 50-mile road race in Berbice.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida,  CMC- New Jamaica head coach Winfried Schafer says he will attempt to lure controversial striker Marlon King out of international retirement in an effort to revive his team’s chances of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka overwhelmed South Africa by 128 runs in the fifth and final one-day international yesterday to complete a 4-1 series defeat.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – New revelations from former security contractor Edward Snowden that U.S.

Dear Editor, With respect to a news item on the Amaila forum in Stabroek News of July 31, Capt Gerry Gouveia was reported as saying that it was unrealistic and unjust to include the cumulative cost of the financing for Amaila over the duration of the project and to refer to the total cost as the cost of the project.

Dear Editor, ‘Police’ is a good word to start a conversation with or an even better word to start an argument.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen looks poised to play in the third Ashes test against Australia at Old Trafford from today after recovering from a calf injury.

WASHINGTON/ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s executive director at the IMF refused to back the Fund’s move this week to keep bank rolling Greece, citing risks of non-repayment, and the Fund itself said Athens might need faster debt relief from Europe.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Nearly one million US dollars will be up for grabs in prizes in the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League, organisers have announced.

Dear Editor, As the PPP congress comes to a close on Sunday in Port Mourant, the whole assembly will sing  in unison the words, “To keep the red flag flying,” which will be repeated more times than the words, “Oh, beautiful Guyana.”

(Reuters) – Former Australia coach Mickey Arthur has come to a financial settlement with Cricket Australia (CA) following his sacking from the national team last month, the two parties said in a joint statement yesterday.

The following game was played in 1965 between Dragoljub Velimirovic and Lubomir Kavalek in Belgrade.

GPHC style: Staffers of the Georgetown Public Hospital decked out in their Emancipation Day wear yesterday.

Dear Editor, Mr Sherman Thompson seem to have missed the point I was making in my letter, ‘The PNC stands to benefit…’ (July 30).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament announced itself to the world with a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours, smiling schoolchildren, beautiful dancers, screaming fans, pulsating music and fireworks broadcast around the globe.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- West Indies are in a tough pool for the next International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup to be staged in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

GUANGZHOU, China/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook believes that “over the arc of time” China is a huge opportunity for his pathbreaking company.

 Dear Editor, Now that the water has receded I really support the call for the usual Sunday night lime to return to the Georgetown sea walls.

Sight screen: Students from the ER Burrowes School of Art painting a sight screen at the Carifesta Sports Complex on Carifesta Avenue on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 before the start of Caribbean Airlines Flight 526 to Kennedy Airport (15:55 hrs departure), it really got off to a bad start.

We imitate the society around us. This social theory, which the French thinker Rene Girard expounds with particular eloquence, explains why we behave the way we do, and why society stumbles into its blind spot of a default future.

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds…” Bob Marley (Redemption Song – 1980) One hundred and seventy-five years ago African slaves who had been brought to this part of the world were freed ‒ some four years after the Slavery Abolition Act was passed ‒ from that abominable condition which effectively dehumanized both the masters and the enslaved.

This edition of Ask the Consul addresses common questions applicants ask when they intend to travel outside the United States.

NASSAU, Bahamas,  CMC- The Bahamas Olympic Men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team has been presented with bronze medals from the Sydney Olympic Games of 2000.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A slowdown in China has hit its financial markets hard this year as fund managers cut exposure to the world’s second largest economy, but some investors say it may be time to jump back in.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Debutant teenager Nicolas Pooran stunned the Guyanese Amazon Warriors but Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel fell short by 19 runs in their Caribbean Premier League encounter at the Providence Stadium Wednesday The 17 year old wicket-keeper batsman blasted six sixes and one four on his way to a 24 ball 54 that earned him the fastest innings award.

(Trinidad Express) In a complete departure from practice, President Anthony Carmona has changed four of his senators in mid-term, a move that is unpre­cedented in Trinidad and Tobago’s post-Republican history.

Today marks the 175th anniversary of Emancipation when most of those enslaved in the British colonies ceased to be in bondage.

By Winston McGowan This is an edited version of an article which first appeared in Stabroek News in the ‘History This Week’ series on September 7, 2000.

By Cecilia McAlmont  This is an edited version of a ‘History This Week’ article which first appeared in Stabroek News on July 29, 2010 The Emancipation Act which was passed by the British Parliament in 1833 came after more than four decades of agitation and setbacks by the British Anti-Slavery movement.

This is an edited version of a column by A J McR Cameron which first appeared in Stabroek News on July 23 1988.

By Cecilia McAlmont  This is an edited version of a ‘History this Week’ column which first appeared in Stabroek News on August 4, 2011 In British Guiana, the dominant planter class felt that because of the availability of Crown land and abandoned estates, when apprenticeship ended the ex-apprentices would abandon the sugar estates which would lead to a labour shortage, the collapse of the sugar economy and by implication, the end of ‘civilised society.’

Almost 174 years ago eighty-three men and women who had been freed from slavery paid the price of 30,000 guilders for what was then known as plantation Northbrook, a cotton plantation of about 500 acres, and today that plantation is known as the village of Victoria, fondly referred to as the ‘first village.’

By Cecilia McAlmont  This was first published by Stabroek News on May 26, 2011 as part of the ‘History This Week’ series.

This is an edited version of an article which was first published by Stabroek News on July 9, 1988 under the rubric of the A.J.McR.

The Museum of African Heritage for years has been working to keep the rich cultural history of Africans alive and administrator Jenny Daly said that the museum is not just a treasure chest of African art but is also active in revitalizing African folklore groups around the country.