Daily Archive: Friday, September 13, 2013

(Trinidad Express) Heavy showers yesterday ushered in a freaky Friday for Diego Martin residents, who spent the early hours in a futile fight against floodwaters that ravaged their homes and belongings.

Camex Restaurants Inc., Franchisee of Church’s Chicken, Mario’s Pizza and Quiznos proudly announces the opening of their fourth Franchise, Juici Patties from Jamaica.

(Trinidad Express) The long-ballyhooed “food security facility” project, combining arable land in Guyana’s continental space and capital from Trinidad and Tobago, gained the status of official policy in Finance Minister Larry Howai’s September 9 budget.

A student from St. John’s College holding a sign calling for more parental involvement in education as thousands of students, staff and other supporters, from schools in Region Four, today marched in celebration of Education Month.

Cabinet has given the green light for the purchase of patrol boats to the value of $156M US$762,000).

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing today, said that the Venezuelan delegation that crossed into Eteringbang, Cuyuni/Mazaruni last month has offered an apology for the breach in the agreement under which they were allowed to enter the country.

Dr. Rosh Khan (left) of the Global Shapers Georgetown Hub handing over teaching materials last month to the headmaster of the Kurupukari Primary School as part of a stationery drive.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday said that the Guyana Police Force’s Forensic laboratory is nearing completion.

The Florida trial of Gerard Lopes for the murder of his adoptive mother Natalie Belmonte is nearing its end and yesterday the defence suggested that the two had been engaged in a consensual sexual relationship, something that the victim’s sister flatly denied.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Former India fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has been banned for life on spot-fixing charges, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said today.

An Australian company has applied to the environmental authorities for an authorization for large scale gold mining at Black Water Creek, Kaburi Area, Region Seven which will use cyanide in its recovery operations and an impact assessment now has to be done.

Police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for four persons in relation to fraud and forgery.

(Barbados Nation) More than 200 workers at telecommunications company LIME have been informed that September 30 will be their last day of work.

(Barbados Nation) Over 500 000 flying fish may have to be dumped following discovery of contamination by health officials over the last several days.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – All four Indian men convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi were sentenced to death today, a decision the judge said sent a message to society that there can be no tolerance for such a savage crime.

Lodge-Meadowbrook moved one step closer to qualifying for the knockout stages when they defeated Buxton 73-44 in the group round of the Mackeson-sponsored Trinity Grid Pacesetters Inter-ward basketball tourney on Wednesday.

The crème de la crème of Guyana’s distance athletes are expected to compete on Sunday morning when the Neal and Massy Group Ainlim 10k road race runs off along the East Bank Highway.

Guyana and Suriname are exploring the possibility of jointly patrolling the Corentyne River to crack down on cross-border piracy and smuggling and although army Chief of Staff Gary Best envisions this happening within the next six months, he says Guyana could be ready at any short notice.

Omar Williams, a Surinamese national has been charged with Monday’s slaying of former disc jockey Sheldon Cheddie.

With Government finding it difficult to attract the investors and syndicated loans to complete the controversial US$52 million Marriott Hotel project, a British Virgin Islands-incorporated investor has offered to purchase the superstructure with a view to finishing it, Stabroek News has learnt.

As part of the investigation into the murder of Corentyne rice miller Lallapersaud Juggerdeo, police have taken his weapon for ballistic tests.

A three-member team of pugilists will wing out to Barbados today to compete in a two-day Invitational Youth tournament which boxes off tomorrow in Bridgetown.

Of the many priorities that the two countries share, commercial relations have the greatest potential to improve the prosperity of the citizens of Guyana and Canada, Ottawa first female High Commis-sioner to Guyana Dr Nicole Giles says.

Photographs of Rondy Jagdeo, the prime suspect in the murder of biker Kirk Davis, have been emailed to police in Suriname following his reported sighting in the neighbouring country, acting police commissioner Leroy Brumell announced yesterday, while saying that an arrest is expected soon.

Guyana has commenced negotiations with the European Union (EU) that will lead to the formulation of a Forestry Law Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan to effectively bring the governance regime of the country’s forest resources under international scrutiny and enhance its environmental bona fides.

The United States Government has agreed to send an official from the US Department of Commerce to sensitise local state officials, business organisations, exporters and potential exporters to the requirements of the Food Safety Modernisation Act (FSMA), regulations which set a number of challenging new criteria for the importation of food items into the US.

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday remanded Raymond Pestano, 36, and his father, Roy Pestano, 60 to prison again after the jury was unable to come up with a unanimous verdict in a murder case.

Dwayne Charles, the man shot by a businessman hours after allegedly carrying out a $2M raid at his store, was remanded to prison yesterday on armed robbery charges.

The length of time that it took to conclude the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) setting out the parameters for an initiative designed to enhance T&T food security can perhaps be excused on the grounds that the MOU had to do with making large tracts of local land available to the government of the twin-island Republic.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said yesterday that he has arranged his time and life to ensure that he can manage both his ministerial duties and his role as the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

Representatives of local and regional state and private sector entities, and from the United States, Canada, Brazil, India and China will participate in an October 3 International Business Forum which will be coordinated by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) as part of a series of events being held to mark the association’s 50th anniversary.

Two men are now in prison on remand after they allegedly used a gun to stick up and rob an internet café worker.

Guyana’s formidable five-man unit will be ready to roll and compete as a team when the annual four-stage Bigi Bergi Road race in Suriname pedals off today at 14:00hrs in Paramaribo.

BK Western Tigers edged Camptown FC 1-0 when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League Georgetown Zone Playoffs continued on Wednesday at the Tucville Community Centre Ground.

Eight families from Manawarin, Region One yesterday received keys to their new homes as part of the Housing Ministry’s Hinterland Housing Pilot project under the second Low Income Settlement Programme (LIS-2), the Government Information Agency reported.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Design companies tending to the details of fashion shows have more to think about than skirt lengths and handbag clasps – they must decide whether to seek US patent protection for their looks.

Camptown Football Club’s inaugural Troy Cook Memorial tournament which was slated to commence today at the club’s Campbellville ground has been postponed until further notice.

Andy Adams, 24, who was charged with murdering Nizamudeen Khan on August 6, 2007 walked out of the High Court in New Amsterdam a free man yesterday after the jury came back with the unanimous decision of not guilty.

Last week’s official announcement that Chinese will occupy almost a third of the booths earmarked for international exhibitors at this year’s GuyExpo has elicited a muted response from local private sector bodies.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- West Indies batting legend Brian Lara will travel with the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force to India for the upcoming Champions League T20 which begins next week.

The body of a man of East Indian descent is currently at the Lyken Funeral Parlour after he was involved in a fatal accident at Yarrowkabra at around 7pm yesterday.

Former national under-19 opener Robin Bacchus is looking to dominate this year’s Senior Inter-county Tournament if selected to the Demerara team and hopes that his performances are good enough to land him a spot in the national team for the 2014 Regional Super 50 tournament.

A Port Mourant Training Centre’s (PMTC) volleyball team led by national player Luen David last weekend placed second against Team Suriname when they participated in the Red Bull Beach Volleyball Cup Competition held at the Hotel Torarica’s Beach Volleyball Court in Paramaribo, Suriname.

A 19-year-old employee of the Baganara Resort drowned yesterday afternoon in the Essequibo River after he reportedly wandered away from his colleagues and went into the river.

(Reuters) – Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has returned his 2000 Olympic medal to the U.S.

(Reuters) – Five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has written off Saul “Canelo” Alvarez as just “another stepping stone, another opponent” ahead of their much-hyped super welterweight title fight in Las Vegas tomorrow.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s substitute goalkeeper Richard McCallum has conceded that a second half blunder on his part allowed Costa Rica to score in their drawn world cup qualifier here on Tuesday.

Chairman of the Linden Interim Management Committee (IMC) Orrin Gordon has described industrial action by Linden municipal workers as “misguided”.

GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United States and Russia began high-stakes talks yesterday on Moscow’s plan for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons as Damascus formally applied to join a global poison gas ban, but Secretary of State John Kerry underscored that U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Almost a quarter of former sportsmen have battled with health, addiction or financial problems after retiring, according to a British survey published yesterday.

Dear Editor, Ms Tamanisha John’s letter entitled ‘Education along with youth involvement must be promoted to achieve gains” published in SN on September 6, highlighted the need for individuals to improve themselves academically, as an important cog in the wheel of empowering the nation’s youth, alongside the programme of “servant leaders” being developed by the Linden-based organisation, Youth Vision.

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has lauded the local housing programme as extraordinary and expressed hope that the private sector would assist with the investment programme for housing in his country.

Dear Editor, One would have thought that the conduct of minibus conductors following the fatal accident at Brickdam and Louisa Row a few days back would have engendered some positive change, but it was not to be.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Behind China’s aggressive drive to root out corruption is Wang Qishan, a historian-turned-economist who once felt so bad about getting free parking that he reportedly sent a colleague back to pay the fee.

Guyana Shield countries for October Water Management workshop A workshop on water management in the countries of the Guiana Shield is to be held in Cayenne, French Guiana from October 23-25, 2013.

Ten new medical doctors have recently commenced working in Region Ten.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – The Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) has slammed Cricket Australia’s “devastating” decision to overlook Perth as a host venue for the test series against India in 2014-15.

Dear Editor, The Linden Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) is going through the mill of politics. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Jamaica’s head coach Winfried Schafer says he is confident the Reggae Boyz can qualify for next year’s World Cup in Brazil despite its cellar position in the CONCACAF hexagonal standings.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro launched a state council yesterday he said would counter economic “sabotage” by opposition-linked business leaders he accuses of artificially creating product shortages.

A joiner is now dead after he was crushed by a canter truck on the Spring Gardens Public Road while making his way home from a wedding house on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Brian Vitori grabbed five wickets and opener Tino Mawoyo scored a half-century as Zimbabwe took control of the second test against Pakistan with a 185-run lead yesterday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 528’s trading results showed consideration of $3,032,354 from 65,994 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 527 which showed consideration of $8,872,380 from 460,598 shares traded in 10 transactions. 

Dear Editor, The process of privatizing the United Kingdom Royal Mail through a stock market flotation will begin in the coming weeks, the United Kingdom government confirms, and many Guyanese are wondering if our government has a plan to do likewise with the perennial loss-making Guyana Post Office Corporation.

Dear Editor, An advertisement appearing in the SN of August 18 on page 17A captioned ‘Guyana Football Federation Expressions of Interest’ has left me amazed.

Work on the building that will house the first Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) office in Berbice is expected to be completed by month end and will soon lessen the time it takes for Region Six residents to access certain legal services.

(Trinidad Express) – The decision to remove the fuel subsidy on Caribbean Airlines (CAL) was based on what was best for Trinidad and Tobago, not necessarily Caricom, Finance Minister Larry Howai has said.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has told Sri Lanka Cricket not to renew his contract when it expires at the end of January.

(Trinidad Express) Gangsters are brandishing far superior high-tech weapons than the police and other law enforcement agencies in this country.

Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine and his Venezuelan counterpart Rafael Ramirez on Wednesday signed an agreement that establishes the functional and governance structure to oversee the development of the giant Loran-Manatee gas field that straddles the Trinidad and Tobago/Venezuela maritime border.

By Amos Sarrouy: Based on an interview with Sophia Dannervig Hauch and Anders Andersen   Guyana is only benefiting minimally from a tourism industry that delivers far greater returns to other countries in South America.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has agreed to turn over all her navigation data and official observer logs on her record-breaking swim from Cuba to southern Florida last week, after skeptics raised questions about the grueling crossing.

Our July 19, 2013 editorial (Trying to understand ‘convergence’) had attempted to make sense of Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran’s “New Caribbean Convergence Model,” as set forth in the inaugural issue of the Caribbean Journal of International Relations and Diplomacy, which advocated widening the scope of Caricom, through alliances with the wider Caribbean, in pursuit of production integration and “building competitive industries globally.”

Academic, Historian, Ideologue/Military Officer.  Now Leader of the People’s National Congress and Leader of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) – and Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition. 

Dear Editor, Walter Rodney is not dead. He has risen. He has a new name and body.

(Reuters) – A fast-moving fire that started in a custard shop raged through several blocks of boardwalk and businesses yesterday in Seaside Park, New Jersey, a shore town that was still rebuilding from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.

Shadehouse training: The recent Partners of the Americas ‘Farmer to Farmer’ programme has done much to popularise Shadehouse farming across communities.

Three Venezuelan men were yesterday each fined $30,000 and ordered deported for entering Guyana illegally.