Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor along with his parents Rishi and Neetu Kapoor celebrated Diwali at Times Square, New York as a part of promotions for their upcoming film ‘Besharam’.

MOHALI, India, CMC- An impressive four wicket haul by mystery spinner Sunil Narine failed to stifle an unrelenting Sunrisers Hyderabad who recaptured the momentum to seal a four wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago in the Champions League T20 here on Tuesday.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her position as the opening speaker at the U.N.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr Herbert Thompson Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) has resigned with immediate effect.

(Barbados Nation) Out of a coma and recovering well. That medical report card on the condition of the Mighty Sparrow came from a daughter, Michelle Francisco, who described the Caribbean cultural icon as being “conscious” and “progressing well,” a development which has lifted the spirits of his family and millions of fans.

After 3 hours of deliberation at the High Court, a jury this afternoon returned a unanimous verdict, finding murder accused Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ guilty of the 2010 murder of Troy Collymore.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government has decided to pull out of its planned arrangement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) to have the corruption-tainted Canadian conglomerate SNC-Lavalin build the $1 billion Penal Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre. This

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ two-day Heritage sports was declared a great success, with the finals seeing over five thousand spectators.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with the National Trust of Guyana yesterday opened its annual Heritage exhibition at the Guyana National Museum, under the theme “Expressions of our Heritage”.One

A rank of the Tactical Service Unit (TSU) was last evening gunned down in his yard by persons eyewitness say were known to him.

Heavily-armed pirates carried out at least two attacks on fishermen at Iron Punt, in the Pomeroon River on Saturday night and escaped with a fishing boat and engines, and leaving the crew of one vessel adrift until they were rescued by the Coast Guard.

A taxi driver was killed during the wee hours of yesterday morning in a collision at the intersection of Robb and Wellington streets.

With six points under their belt and leading the points table currently, defending champions Demerara will face their toughest assignment of the Pepsi senior Inter-County one day tournament when they take on Berbice from 9:00am at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda today.

Last year’s gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships, Devon Davis mirrored that achievement when he posed and flexed his way to the top of the podium once again on Sunday at this year’s edition in the Dominican Republic.

Veteran broadcaster Ron Robinson was last evening hospitalised at Georgetown Public Hospital following a motorcycle accident.

(Trinidad Express) – Trinidad national Ravindra Ramrattan was among several people killed in a terrorist attack and siege at a Kenyan shopping mall that entered its third day yesterday.

A controversial call in the final moment marred Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust’s 80-78 semi-final upset win against Plaisance/Vryhieds Lust when the Trinity Gird Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters Basketball Club Mackeson Inter-ward tourney continued on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Fruta Conquerors fell agonizingly short of qualifying for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League after crushing Pele 4-1 on Sunday in the final fixture of the Georgetown Playoffs at the Tucville Community Centre ground.

Trinidad and Tobago edged Guyana by a 1-0 score line when action in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Cup continued in Mendoza, Argentina on Sunday.

Roger Moe was installed as the President of West Ruimveldt giant BK Western Tigers as the club held its biannual general meeting at the West Ruimveldt Community Playfield on Sunday.

Neither the President nor any member of his cabinet has any form of authority to make interpretations of the Consti-tution enabling them to state with authority that legislation passed in the National Assembly was unconstitutional, says former Chief Parliamentary Counsel Bryn Pollard.

Murder accused Tyrone Rowe also known as ‘Cobra’ yesterday said that he was innocent and knows nothing of the charge levelled against him.

Den Amstel FC led by an Andre Hector helmet trick mauled Wales FC 8-0 when action in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Stag Beer Senior League continued at the Den Amstel ground on Sunday.

Guyana’s national multi-discipline team arrived safely in Palembang, Indonesia for this month-end’s Islamic Sports Solidarity Federation (ISSF) Games which will see Guyana participating in athletics, karate and taekwondo.

The family of Vanessa Seeram is still awaiting word from police on whether the mother of two, who was discovered in a chair at her De Hoop Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) residence with a belt wrapped tightly around her neck, took her own life or was killed.

The police have taken statements from the two women ‒ one a Trinidadian ‒ who were rescued by the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) and the Ministry of Human Services & Social Security last Friday evening from 14 Miles in Region 7 where they were being forced to remain by a shop owner until they paid off increasing debts.

In a quest to encourage Guyanese to live healthier lifestyles so as to the prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases, which are placing a burden on the health care system and causing deaths, the Ministry of Health last week launched the ‘Fit it, Weight No More’ health and wellness campaign.

World Master’s Two 74kg power lifting champion and dead lift record holder Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby departed for Orlando, Florida yesterday on a quest to successfully defend his title at this year’s World Masters Championships.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc has issued a warning against the dumping and burning of garbage near its new Sophia Sub-Station.

Works are slated to reinforce recent repairs to the collapsed Supenaam stelling access way later this week, following which a review of the structure will be undertaken.

The Caribbean region has seen the sharpest reduction in new HIV infections since 2001 at 49% but discrimination, limited access to treatment for vulnerable groups and violence against women, which is a key factor in vulnerability to the virus, are hampering national responses.

Guyana’s top juniors Gavin Lewis and Afruica Gentle recorded comprehensive victories last Sunday at the National Racquet Centre in the Courts-sponsored lawn tennis junior tournament.

A Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice couple yesterday appeared before the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court charged with neglecting and ill-treating their nine-year-old son and with disorderly behaviour.

PORT-OF-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC- Zoe Swift found the nets five times as Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 17 women’s team trounced Grenada 10 goals to nothing in the final round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifying here over the weekend.

With the first shipment of fertiliser from Venezuela under the PetroCaribe Agreement missing its mid-September deadline the Agriculture Ministry is promising the arrival of the 5,000 tonnes of urea by the week’s end.

The Guyana Water Inc’s (GWI) Georgetown Sanita-tion Improvement Programme (GSIP) has now begun work at the Princes Street and Louisa Row junction.

MYSORE, India, CMC- Captain Kirk Edwards says a new venue and format would not pose any threat to a momentum already established by the West Indies A team on their current tour of India.

In observation of Education Month and in keeping its objective of improving children’s literacy the Guyana Book Foundation donated over 18,000 books to 133 schools in three regions.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Australia’s batsmen could be fed a diet of bouncers after England named Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Chris Tremlett and Boyd Rankin in their Ashes squad yesterday, said former test player Nasser Hussain.

A new Conservative government will take power in Norway next month and questions are being raised about the future of the Nordic country’s climate initiative given its almost US$700 million in unspent climate forest aid including to Guyana.

Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA has donated over 100 books to the optometry programme at the University of Guyana.

At the Blairmont Court yesterday, Magistrate Rondell Weaver placed a Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice man on $175,000 bail on charges of break and enter and larceny.

Four persons are in custody assisting detectives with brutal murder of Yadram Jaggai, called Muffy, 36, of Lot 254 Number 48 Village, Corentyne.

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday remanded a 22-year-old to prison after he appeared before her to answer to a charge of robbery under arms.

LJUBLJANA, (Reuters) – An inspired France won their maiden basketball title in any major competition after overwhelming Lithuania 80-66 in an enthralling European championship final on Sunday.

A Lancaster Village, Coren-tyne man was yesterday charged with the murder of the man whose body was found in an abandoned house last week.

Dear Editor, It hurts me whenever I pass our Parliament Building and see vagrants, people with mental problems, the destitute and beggars lying and sitting on the walkways.

(Reuters) – Former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal has become the newest minority owner of the Sacramento Kings, which California investors bought in May after a tug-of-war with a Seattle group, a team spokeswoman said yesterday.

Phillip “Shoelace” Paul, accused of the murder of shopkeeper Kamal Ramsahoye, is due to go on trial in November.

(Cricinfo) Sunrisers Hyderabad will make their Champions League T20 debut today on the back of some impressive performances during the qualification stage of the tournament.

A 28-year-old, Meadow Bank man was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $48,000 after he was found guilty of being in possession of narcotics.

Dear Editor, I must commend my friend David Hinds for taking the initiative to lead the charge for African Guyanese to empower themselves and to become self-reliant.

A 25-year-old man was yesterday granted his pre-trial liberty in the sum of $20,000 when he appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rondell Weaver to answer charges relating to domestic violence.

Roxan Rowe and Akule Aseyika were the grand prize winners among a group of 24 persons who won prizes in the MoneyGram ‘Back to School’ Promotion.

BENGALURU, India, CMC- Allrounder Andre Russell is still on a high as he continues to celebrate his history making feat playing for West Indies A against India A in the lone T20 match of their tour on Saturday.

Dear Editor, To Christpen Bobb-Semple, the latest (publicised) victim of the monopoly Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, I extend sympathy, solidarity and support (‘Problem with GT&T service,’ SN, September 23).

Dear Editor,       On September 20, 2013 I received telephone calls from some of the residents who are house-lot owners of Five Miles, Bartica who had been advised by two ministry officials on August 30 that they were to be relocated from this housing scheme since the land was eroding and as such was not suitable to build on.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya said its security forces had taken control of the Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist fighters killed at least 62 people, and that police were doing a final sweep of shops early today after the last of the hostages had been rescued.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England recalled troubled left-arm spinner Monty Panesar yesterday and named three uncapped players in a 17-man squad for the return Ashes test series in Australia that starts in November.

RANCHI, India, CMC- Captain of Trinidad and Tobago cricket team the Red Force, Denesh Ramdin, has expressed disappointment with his team’s batting after their 25-run win over Brisbane Heat in their opening match of the Champions League T20 here on Sunday.

AVANA (Reuters) – Cuba published rules and regulations yesterday governing its first special development zone, touting new port facilities in Mariel Bay in a bid to attract investors and take advantage of a renovated Panama Canal.

Dear Editor,   Regarding ‘Victorious Merkel must reach out to leftist rivals’ (SN, Sep 23), the results were hardly surprising and the advice nothing new. 

UNITED NATIONS/SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said yesterday he expects the UN Security Council to agree on a resolution to enforce the chemical weapons deal with Syria and appeared to back off French calls for the measure to threaten force against President Bashar al-Assad.

Dear Editor, Mr Brynmor T I Pollard, SC, a prominent member of the Guyana Bar apparently seeks the removal of Home Affairs Minister Mr Clement Rohee.

By Dominique Moisi  Dominique Moisi is Senior Adviser at The French Institute for International Affairs (IFRI) and a professor at L’Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

On Sunday Irma was vending at one of the many Sunday markets that are held in Region Four.

(cricinfo) Heavy rain in Ahmedabad washed out both games on day three of the Champions League T20.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Paraguayan and Venezuelan government representatives plan to reestablish dialog during their visit at the United Nations General Assembly in New York after Venezuela was accepted to Mercosur, South America’s trading block, without Paraguay’s approval.

By Michael Adler (Reuters) – The feel-good mood engendered by promising overtures from Iran’s new President Hassan Rouhani and President Barack Obama has raised hopes for a settlement in the Iranian nuclear crisis.