Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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At about 1530h. today, the police say that a boat ferrying passengers from Port Kaituma to Mabaruma struck a log in the Barima River, NWD, causing passenger Shevonne Anthony, 19 years, to fall overboard.

Police say that at about 0230h today, the body of Victor Ramsabad, 32 years, of Diamond, EBD, was found with suspected marks of violence in a compound at Friendship, EBD.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A court in Pakistan charged former military dictator Pervez Musharraf today with the 2007 murder of Benazir Bhutto in an unprecedented move likely to anger the all-powerful army.

A 28-year-old Albouystown resident was stabbed to death this morning. Tolasicy Marshall called ‘Talo’ of Hogg Street sustained two stab wounds just after 11 o clock.

Was Sithe Global’s insistence on raising the loans guarantee ceiling a means of securing a safeguard for the loans that were to be made available to the Amaila Falls hydropower project by the IDB and the Chinese Development Bank (CDB)?

The police today said that cognisant of an article that appeared in the Stabroek News yesterday under the caption `Miner stabbed to death at Aranka’, and which dealt with the death of Keith Wallerson, the force wished to explain that based on investigations conducted so far, the circumstances surrounding Wallerson’s death appear to be different.

Businessman Asad Ishoof passed away on July 31st at the age of 68.

(Trinidad Express) Almost a billion dollars was yesterday approved by Cabinet’s Finance and General Purposes Committee for the National Oncology Centre (NOC) in Mount Hope.

Veteran PPP insider Clement Rohee was yesterday unanimously elected as General Secretary of the party after President Donald Ramotar declined to seek another term and former President Bharrat Jagdeo has made it into the pivotal Executive Committee (ExCo).

The Private Sector Commis-sion (PSC) is calling on the main opposition, APNU to take up President Donald Ramotar’s offer to recommence talks on the Amaila Falls Hydro Project in good faith and in the national interest.

Tiger Creek shopkeeper Ann Marie Carter yesterday faced a new human trafficking charge stemming from the alleged inducing of another woman into prostitution.

A driver died after being pinned by a tractor that toppled on a hill at Orealla, Corentyne River on Sunday.

The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and its members have to evolve in the face of the wave of technological advancements and the push towards digitisation.

Promoters of the Slingerz Caribbean Summer Jam yesterday rejected assertions by Jamaican dancehall artiste Mavado that they are to blame for his no-show on Saturday and said statements by the artiste to this effect were false and malicious.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is seeking the assistance of the public to locate a man wanted for questioning in relation to narcotics trafficking.

Shaune Bourne, who was involved in the Agricola smash-up that resulted in 17 persons suffering injuries on Sunday, succumbed yesterday at the Georgetown Hospital.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Gary Best was yesterday promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, the Govern-ment Information Agency reported.

Nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) are under investigation for their treatment of an expectant mother, who lost her baby during labour at the facility.

Running Brave Athletics Club dethroned Police Progressive Youth Club in the IV annual Boyce/Jefford Classic championships, winning half a million dollars at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden, Sunday.

President Donald Ramotar is hoping a new GuySuCo board would be installed in a month’s time.

Guyana’s Sachia Vickery has earned a wild card to play in this year’s US Open lawn tennis tournament following her win USTA Girls 18 triumph on Stadium Court, Barnes Centre, San Diego recently.

Residents of Parika Façade, East Bank Essequibo are calling on Region Three officials to remove squatters living on the government reserve in front of their properties who are blocking passage into and out of their yards.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Toppling Usain Bolt from his sprint throne could take a while yet with the untouchable Jamaican star of track and field still looking down on those who seek to challenge his reign.

The post for Chief Election Officer is open to international applicants as well, sources close to the elections commission have clarified.

Education is not the sole purview of the professional educators. This view was reiterated at the recently-held Linden/Region Ten Education Forum, held at Watooka House under the theme: “Linden/Region Ten Education, Crisis or Opportunity.” 

(Reuters) – Young Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has suffered a recurrence of a back injury and is expected to miss the return Ashes series against England in another setback to his injury-plagued career, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

President of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Bissoondyal Singh yesterday said that the club’s 13th annual cricket academy will aid in the improvement of each participant and also the general standards of Guyana’s cricket from the youth level to the senior cricketers.

A gold miner was charged last week with possession of an unlicensed firearm.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South African Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, prayed and wiped away tears at a court hearing yesterday which set a March 3, 2014 start date for his trial.

Dear Editor, As is to be expected, the government has tried to put the best spin on the recent CXC results.

Anne-Marie Hutson, the trainee nurse who was doused with acid last Wednesday morning, is recovering at the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital where she remains a patient.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces have arrested the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, state media reported last night, pressing a crackdown on his group.

Dear Editor, The fiasco swirling around the hydropower project is indicative of the political chaos inherent in Guyana and no end is in sight for our people and our country.

CINCINNATI, (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka won a showdown between the world’s two top players by beating number one Serena Williams in a three set 2-6 6-2 7-6 thriller in the final of the Western and Southern Open Sunday.

Minister of Labour Dr Nanda Gopaul says that the trade union movement is an important and necessary body as it is a political voice for workers and looks out for their interests.

Dear Editor, Allow me to write on behalf of those troubled families who continue to lose loved ones to the evil tragedy of domestic violence.

WASHINGTON/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The Guardian, a major outlet for revelations based on leaks from former U.S.

Stunt bikers from the USA once again had crowds rising to their feet and gasping in disbelief as they flew through the air in gravity defying, eyeball popping moves at the National Park on Sunday night.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC-Barbados and Guyana have maintained their unblemished record in round three of the West Indies Women T20 tournament in Grenada yesterday Barbados thrashed St.Vincent

Dear Editor, In reacting to Stabroek News’ thoughtful editorial of Friday, August 16, endorsing the recognition of Colin Campbell’s contribution to Bookers Sugar Estates, I must apologise to Ian McDonald for my delinquency in not thanking him for his fine memorial to Colin, who like his elder brother Jock, notwithstanding colonialism, exemplified not only a fine taste for sugar, but also an acute and sensitive ear for the human resources (then personnel) issues of the day.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC- Jamaica have moved closer towards capturing the Regional under 19 50 overs title after dismissing the leeward Islands by four wickets in Round six here on Sunday.

Living up to its motto “We Serve,” the New Amsterdam Lions Club on Friday last presented a cheque for $40,000 to Melissa Chase of Canefield, East Canje.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – An estimated 29,000 Syrian refugees have entered northern Iraq since Thursday in one of the largest crossings in Syria’s two-year-old conflict and the influx is continuing, the United Nations said yesterday.

By Ambassador D. Brent Hardt GEORGETOWN – At the recently concluded Invest-ment Conference organized by the Canadian High Com-missioner with the support of the U.S.,

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr Omar Davies yesterday announced a 25 per cent increase in fares for the public transportation sector.

Dear Editor, I am responding to Lurlene Nestor’s missive captioned ‘Granger, PNCR and APNU took a principled position on Amaila’ (SN, Aug 19). 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Monty Panesar is to leave county side Sussex after the club launched an investigation into the troubled England spinner being fined by police for urinating in public.

Reception for CBU delegates: President Donald Ramotar (centre) and two of the delegates attending the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s 44th General Assembly at a reception at State House last night.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Member of the United Kingdom House of Lords Baroness Nuala O’Loan has expressed alarm over the reported high number of fatal shootings by the Jamaican police.

SACRAMENTO,  (Reuters) – California authorities won court approval yesterday to force-feed some prisoners on a hunger strike after officials voiced concerns that inmates may have been coerced into refusing food in a protest against the state’s solitary confinement policies.

(Reuters) – Former Mexican drug kingpin Eduardo Arellano Felix, who pleaded guilty to laundering money for the notorious cartel that bore his family name, was sentenced yesterday in California to 15 years in prison in what law enforcement officials called the end of an era.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-A second Hollywood actor, Gerard Butler, has taken an equity interest in a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Franchise, Jamaica Tallawahs, as the tournament heads for a climax this weekend.

Dear Editor, Mr Boston now seems to have been adopted as the official mouthpiece of the group headed by Messrs Claude Raphael, Ronald Williams and Bissoondyal. 

Dear Editor, Section 8 of the Labour Act Cap 98:01 reads as follows: (Note that the Committee referred to is an Advisory Committee composed of employers and employees and such other members the Minister may deem fit.)

(Reuters)-  Fast bowler Kyle Jarvis has quit the Zimbabwe national team to take up a three-year contract with Lancashire and has been replaced by medium pacer Shingi Masakadza in the squad, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – The family of a prominent Cuban dissident killed in a car crash on the island last year said yesterday they had filed a lawsuit in Spain against two Cuban army officials they allege were linked to his death.

Up to last Friday the Ministry of Education was yet to release the findings of its investigation into the death of Joshua Hubbard.

GT&T bursaries: The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on August 16, 2013 recognized the results of 17 of its employees’ children at its annual bursary award presentation ceremony.

Politikles

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – From sending solar-powered balloons into the stratosphere to offering free Wi-Fi in parks, Google is quietly spending hundreds of millions of dollars on nascent Internet services that may one day challenge the telecom and cable companies.