Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 18, 2013

PHOENIX, (Reuters) – Ken Norton, the former heavyweight boxing champion who famously broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw in a 1973 bout, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Arizona, according to his friend and corporate manager Patrick Tenore.

President Donald Ramotar and Minister of Education Priya Manickchand with 173 top performers of the National Grade Six Assessment who were recipients of laptops today at the Theatre Guild.

Electricity supply in Berbice was disrupted today as a result of extensive structural damage caused by a vessel that ran into the Company’s pump house at Canefield Power Station, a release from the Guyana Power and Light said.

At about 1350h. today, police say that Lochanie Yaspaul, 52 years, of Hibernia Village, Essequibo Coast, was riding a bicycle along the Hibernia Public Road when she was struck down by a motor car that was travelling behind.

Police today said that Addisena Benjamin, 24, called “Yai” is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Junior Joseph and the attempted murder of Lovern Williams which occurred on May 21, 2012.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As investigators intensify their investigations into the murder of popular music producer Patrick Samuels, otherwise called ‘Roach’, according to reports from Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), Police intelligence have led them to carry out a search of the jail cell of Adijah Palmer, otherwise called ‘Vybz Kartel’.

(Trinidad Express) A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl who died in Chaguanas on Monday is believed to have been beaten to death.

(Trinidad Express) CHUTNEY singer Rajin Dhanraj is in hospital and listed in a critical condition.

(Trinidad Guardian) Veteran calypsonian The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) is out of a coma.

(Trinidad Guardian) Security has been beefed up at the Maximum Security Prison, Arouca, after reports surfaced that emissaries of a Latin American drug cartel were planning the escape of alleged drug trafficker Edmund Quincy Muntslag.

Leader of the Opposition and APNU David Granger met with a group of overseas-based Guyanese in New York to discuss ‘the way forward’ for the country including with economist Tarron Khemraj who was associated with the AFC at the last elections.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines (CAL), which has received almost TT$2 billion from the People’s Partnership Government, has already raised its airfares.

A Campbellville youth, believed to be the mastermind behind recent robberies on the West Demerara area and Wakenaam island, is being sought by police, who on the heels of 17 arrests are confident that they have smashed the gang responsible for the attacks.

Guyana’s multi-discipline sport team of 22 members departed these shores yesterday morning for the South American Youth Games which will be held in Peru from September 27-29.

An East Coast Demerara man was crushed to death last night after the overloaded Route 48 minibus he was conducting slammed into a car at the intersection of Brickdam and Louisa Row before landing on its side.

ABC Academy Principal Bernard Chandra was yesterday charged and placed on $40,000 bail after he allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill his wife.

A jury yesterday convicted Guyana-born Gerard Lopes Belmonte, 23, of the murder of his adoptive mother, Natalie Belmonte, rejecting a defence claim that he had consensual sex with her and then passed out while someone else killed her.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) said yesterday that Guyana will be represented by five athletes from three disciplines at the Islamic Sports Solidarity Federation (ISSF) Games in Palembang, Indonesia at month end.

A St Ignatius Secondary School student is reportedly clinging to his life in a Brazil hospital after he was stabbed by a schoolmate on Monday afternoon.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s football chief, Captain Horace Burrell, has appealed for ‘understanding’ and ‘patience’ from residents on the island, angry over the country’s fading hopes of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil next year.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Najam Sethi, caretaker chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), said yesterday he would quit if the courts continued to interfere with his job.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia’s soccer chief Frank Lowy has warned FIFA not to rush a decision on switching the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the northern hemisphere winter and said other bidders should be compensated if the move goes ahead.

A diarrhoea outbreak in the Wai Wai village of Masakenari has claimed the life of a child but the outbreak has been successfully contained, the Guyana Informa-tion Agency (GINA) has reported.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh lauded the importance of investing in education at a bursary awards ceremony sponsored by Benjamin’s Bakery of Buxton in honour of six students who were successful at the recent National Grade Six Assessment.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara says he was impressed with Chris Gayle’s leadership of the Jamaica Tallawahs during the recent Caribbean Premier league T20 tournament.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were arraigned on robbery with violence charges, while one of the accused faced four additional charges.

Defending champions Demerara will today select the final 14-man team to participate in the 2013 Pepsi senior inter-county limited overs  tournament commencing Saturday 21 at Bourda.

A Fyrish lumberyard proprietrix was yesterday beaten and robbed by two men who visited the business place under the guise of customers and later escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash.

Two persons were yesterday granted bail and placed on a bond to keep the peace after they allegedly assaulted each other.

The annual Courts-sponsored golf tournament, which will feature the best local players, will get underway Saturday at the Luisignan Golf Club course.

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc. (GSCL) yesterday announced the rescheduling of their quarter and semi-final for their second 12/12 tournament matches following the unavailability of the Everest Cricket Club ground this weekend.

A security guard who was allegedly found selling drugs in a sting operation by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Monday night was yesterday refused bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

BANGALORE, India, CMC-Jonathan Carter scored an intelligent century to help fashion a 55 run victory as West Indies A squared their Series against India A here  yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-West Indies spinner Sunil Narine says he is hoping to draw from his experience playing in the Indian Premier league (IPL) to help Trinidad and Tobago in the Champions League T20 starting this weekend.

Chairman of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) Board Ramesh Dookhoo says the airport modernisation project will continue from an allocation of US$20 million ‘mobilisation advance’ made under the 2012 national budget but is unable to say how far that amount will carry the US$138 million project.

Two young men who share the same address were yesterday bonded to keep the peace after they were granted bail for assaulting each other.

BANGALORE, India, CMC-Emerging West Indies cricketer Ashley Nurse says he is working hard to establish himself as a genuine all-rounder following a blistering half century for West Indies A against India A on Sunday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose is accusing cricket officials in the Leeward Islands of ignoring his request to work with players in the sub region.

Suspected robber Kirk Bacchus, who was wearing a t-shirt with a Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) logo at the time he was shot dead by police on Monday, was not an employee of the utility company.

Following the deaths of two of its members this month, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) says it is concerned for all of Guyana’s law-abiding citizens.

The Guyana National Women’s hockey side departed the shores yesterday to compete in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Cup which will be held in Mendoza, Argentina from Saturday and last for one week.

A Chinese company is set to edify and prepare local agricultural entrepreneurs at the upcoming GuyExpo to find more efficient, technological and innovative ways in both production and marketing.

Defending softball champions Memorex defeated opponents Universal DVD Titans by nine runs in  a thrilling encounter in the second Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc.

New Amsterdam United defeated Hope FC 1-0 in their east zone matchup when action in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) U20 tournament continued at the Scott’s School ground in New Amsterdam on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Region Six Chairman David Armogan recently made mention of the heat in schools causing children to perspire profusely and attributing it to the hot period at this time of year. 

Both the East Bank and East Coast four-lane extension projects which are currently ongoing ought to be completed by June of 2014, according to the Work Ministry’s Manager of Roads and Bridges Department, Ron Rahaman.

As it prepares to launch a fitness campaign, the Ministry of Health’s Chronic Disease Unit (CDU) will host a workshop for gym instructors/group leaders tomorrow from 10:00 hrs at the Regency Suites, Hadfield Street.

Yolo Entertainment in collaboration with the Guyana Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) will stage the inaugural ‘Super Sevens Basketball Challenge’ in October at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

The Government of Guyana welcomes the agreement between the USA and Russia which “averted a humanitarian disaster had an attack on Syria been launched.”

Dear Editor, I had commented shortly after the 2006 election, in a letter captioned the ABC of politics, on Ms Gomatie Singh’s lament that the leadership of the AFC did not keep faith with her when they denied her a seat in parliament.

UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Diplomats from five key nations kicked off talks yesterday on a Western-drafted UN Security Council resolution to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons even as France and Russia clashed over Moscow’s insistence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is innocent in an August 21 poison gas attack on civilians.

A man was yesterday granted $20,000 bail for allegedly being in possession of a can of mace and 1 gramme of cannabis.

Dear Editor, As an elderly person, it seems that our society suffers from intransigence in dealing with serious social issues.

Rastafari Patriarchs crushed Santos Masters by a 3-0 score line when action in the Rastafari Patriarchs Masters football tourney continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC), ground Bourda on Sunday.

MONROVIA (Reuters) – The son of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has resigned as chairman of the West African nation’s state oil company, NOCAL, a statement from the president’s office said yesterday.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s famous beach resort of Acapulco was in chaos yesterday as hotels rationed food for thousands of stranded tourists and floodwaters swallowed homes and cars after some of the most damaging storms in decades killed at least 55 people across the country.

The Tucville Community Centre ground will come alive when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League Georgetown Zone Playoffs continue today with two fixtures.

Dear Editor, Please allow me this opportunity to thank Mr Christopher Ram for reminding me of my obligations to the National Assembly.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff yesterday called off plans for an October state visit to Washington because of revelations that the United States spied on her personal communications and those of other Brazilians.

Chief of Staff Brigadier General Mark Phillips is serenaded by members of the Guyana Defence Force Band Corps after he received the army colours and a march past at the Change of Command parade at Base Camp Ayanganna yesterday.

The quarter-final round of the Mackeson-sponsored Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters inter-ward basketball tournament continues today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Mandela Avenue with a double header.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday that Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani appears to want to open a dialogue with the United States and that he is willing to test whether this is the case.

Dear Editor, September 14, 2013 will make three years since the brutal slaying of Sheema Mangar who was employed at the time of her death at the Demerara Bank Ltd.

A jury yesterday started deliberating on the case of a Guyanese woman who was murdered in 2011 allegedly by her adoptive son.

Dear Editor, I’m a proud Guyanese who is expressing my congratulations to the many doctors and professionals who recently returned with honour, after studying away from families, relatives and friends for years in the socialist island of Cuba, which has had an embargo imposed upon it for fifty years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US lawmakers are calling for a review into how the suspected shooter in Monday’s rampage at the Washington Navy Yard received and maintained a security clearance, despite a history of violent episodes.

Road repairs dominated when the National Procurement Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened bids at it Main Street Office.

The Oxford dictionary gives the definition of apartheid as “a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race (and) segregation on grounds other than race.”

Police yesterday released the wife of murder suspect Rondy Jagdeo, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud confirmed.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A clash between gangs killed at least 16 inmates at a Venezuelan prison in the latest bloodshed to afflict the notoriously over-crowded penal system, the government said yesterday.

The country’s top junior lawn tennis players all recorded comprehensive victories over weekend, when the Courts junior tournament got underway at two venues around Georgetown.

As we advert to a world rearranging itself, there can be little doubt that in the midst of this suggested rearrangement is the role of a United States deeply involved in various aspects of Middle Eastern affairs that have certainly been reverberating over the globe as a whole.

Members of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation worshipping at a church service the organisation held last evening at the Guyana Girl Guides Pavilion.

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