Daily Archive: Saturday, September 28, 2013

Works Minister Robeson Benn with Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Adaeze-Oduah, at the 38th ICAO General Assembly in Montreal, Canada last week.

In Richmond Hill, New York on Friday evening, President Donald Ramotar addressed a packed house at Fairfield Pavilion owned by a Guyanese American where he spoke about the current political situation in Guyana and fielded questions from the audience.

The annual Sheep and Goat Exhibition and Gymkhana held at No 6 Village, West Coast Berbice last Sunday attracted many persons who were treated to horseracing, sack race and buns eating competitions.

The miners association today noted with deep concern the rise of the cost of the US dollar to approximately $212 and reemphasized its call for the Guyana Gold Board to make partial payments to miners in foreign currency.

(BBC) The 2013 Miss World pageant has been won by Miss Philippines, Megan Young, on the Indonesian island of Bali.

(Trinidad Express) POLITICIANS are wicked! This was the response by acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams yesterday when asked about reports that gangsters have been awarded contracts to repair police stations in the Port of Spain Division.

The police say they are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of Curtis Mc Garrel of Cottage, Mahaicony, ECD, whose body was discovered by a motorist on the Public Road, ECD at about 0240h.

Former Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Herbert ‘Herbie’ Harper passed away yesterday at the age of 89.

The Russian martial arts and combat sport known as Sambo will be introduced to Guyana’s martial arts practitioners this afternoon at the National Gymnasium with the Guyana Sambo and Combat Sambo Federation (GSCSF) set to showcase the thriving martial arts form at the inaugural ceremony.

A murder charge was yesterday laid against the suspect in the murder of policeman Michael Cumberbatch, who was gunned down at his North Sophia home on Monday evening.

Four Brazilian miners were killed and one injured after they were trapped in a mining pit collapse in the vicinity of Eterinbang, in Region Seven yesterday.

Medalists at this year’s 41st Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships, Devon Davis, Kerwin Clarke and Alisha Fortune were commended for their podium worthy performances yesterday.

Guyana’s first credit reporting bureau, Creditinfo Guyana, was yesterday launched and it is expected to make the financial landscape in Guyana more efficient and pave the way for small and medium enterprises to better access credit.

US Ambassador Brent Hardt says Guyanese need to see officials prosecuted for corruption and other malfeasance if they are to have assurance that the justice system goes after persons who commit such crimes.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Former 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell and his MVP teammate Sherone Simpson are to face the disciplinary panel of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission in January of next year.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has procured several pieces of equipment which will go towards the completion of its 26-megawatt power plant at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara (WBD), which it expects to be operational by next April.

A man was fatally shot during a gambling row over $500 in the vicinity of the London Base Taxi Service on Mandela Avenue early yesterday morning.

A contractor died after an accident at the Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara, after he was thrown from his bike when he ran into the open door of a minibus and was then run over.

A Child Advocacy Centre to provide services to children who have been physically and sexually abused will begin operation next month.

Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) General Secretary Coretta McDonald yesterday accused the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) of denying teachers just and legal promotions every year by ignoring the agreed criteria for advancement.

National coach, Hassan Mohamed resumes his cycling calendar today at the National Park with the staging of the ninth annual Laparkan Holdings Limited 11-race programme.

Collin Bowman yesterday took home his almost three-week-old daughter Keziha Sharon Bowman from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), but still has no answers about what caused the death of his wife Sharon hours after she delivered twins on September 9.

Twelve matches are set to be contested today at Thirst Park  when the Petra Organization/ Courts Guyana Incorporated in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited stages its fourth Pee Wee U11 football tournament.

Attorney Charrandas Persaud has left the Alliance for Change (AFC) and says an even bigger surprise will follow when he declares which party he would be joining.

Winner of the Antigua junior invitational competition Afruica Gentle will today throw down the gauntlet to the country’s number one U18 player Nicola Ramdyhan in the final of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Courts-sponsored girls’ U18 category.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone yesterday, the highest-level contact between the two countries in three decades and a sign that they are serious about reaching a pact on Tehran’s nuclear programme.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) on Thursday launched its inaugural over-40 T20 competition for sub-association teams affiliated to the DCB.

The national men’s Sevens rugby team received a timely donation of 20 training jerseys yesterday at the National Park from Ansa McAL under the Stag brand ahead of their international duty in November.

(Reuters) – Ronaldinho is in a race against time to be fit for the Club World Cup in December after suffering a serious groin injury, South American champions Atletico Mineiro said yesterday.

(Cricinfo) Mumbai Indians were huge favourites going into two previous encounters with Lions in the Champions League, and on both occasions they had come up short.

The Early Childhood and Development (ECD) programme was launched yesterday and according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster it is the “ears and eyes” to ensuring children’s rights are not violated while at the same time laying the groundwork for them to lead productive lives.

The search for oil in Guyana’s waters is heating up with one company preparing to make a decision on having a rig mobilised to conduct exploratory drilling, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud said yesterday.

(Cricinfo) Mervyn Westfield, the former Essex cricketer, has spoken publicly for the first time about the chain of events which led to him receive a prison sentence for spot-fixing as part of an anti-corruption campaign headed by the Professional Cricketers’ Association.

IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno on Thursday met with President Donald Ramotar on the side-lines of the 68th United Nations General Assembly and recommitted to furthering cooperation on addressing the challenges facing the country on energy.

Keisha Edwards started designing and sewing her own clothes in order to guarantee that when she stepped out she wouldn’t look like anyone else.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has named 26 athletes to  compete in the second leg of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) billed for October 17-21 in Suriname.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-led oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, and its Indian partners have made a “beautiful” oil discovery off Brazil’s northeast coast and it will produce a minimum 100,000 barrels of petroleum a day starting in 2018, the company’s chief executive officer said yesterday.

(Cricinfo) The Indian Supreme Court has allowed N Srinivasanto contest the BCCI elections set for tomorrow but has said that if he wins he cannot take charge as president as long as it is hearing the case before it related to him and the board.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that demands the eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons but does not threaten automatic punitive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government if it does not comply.

The lifeless body of Aubrey Glasgow was fished out of the Kuribrong River, in Region Seven, on Thursday, two days after he fell in.

Dear Editor, While the Mayor, his Deputy and several of the councillors often use the excuse of limited finances for their failure to provide quality services to the residents of the municipality, the council’s unwillingness, neglect to account for the money it receives is a matter of grave concern to us at the Ministry of Local Government & Regional Development and to the PPP/C government.

During Carifesta in Suriname, I took the opportunity to ask many of the participants a simple yet deep question – Do you think of yourself as a Caricom citizen, why/why not?

BOGOTA (Reuters) – An American pilot was killed and a US co-pilot seriously injured yesterday when their plane crashed while on a mission to eradicate coca plants in southern Colombia, police said.

MYSORE, India, CMC- The twin-spin attack of Nikita Miller and Veerasammy Permaul has put West Indies A in firm control against India A on the third day of their four-day unofficial test match here yesterday.

Joseph Stewart, held in a police sting operation earlier this week, was yesterday charged with conning two persons out of $300,000 by pretending he could get them land at Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

Hi Everyone, I have a friend visiting who is watching her cholesterol intake and so each morning, I make her scrambled egg whites.

Dear Editor, Both private contractors and the NDC of LBI/Better Hope garbage collectors collect and take away garbage from resident taxpayers’ homes from LBI to Better Hope on the East Coast of Demerara faithfully every two or three weeks, respectively.

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will call a confidence vote in parliament after a showdown with centre-right partners in his fragile coalition scuppered a vital package of budget measures yesterday and took his government to the brink of collapse.

ST .JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- At least two cricket coaches have welcomed the appointment of two former West Indies players on the coaching staff of West Indies teams.

The Miss Guyana Universe 2013 pageant is now full swing after the launching ceremony which was held Sunday last at the Palm Court, Georgetown where the contestants were introduced.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday named 16 players to be encamped ahead of the visit of the Bangladesh U19 cricketers to Guyana.

A West Coast Berbice man was yesterday sentence to 30 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to a violent robbery.

(Cricinfo) Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has, through his lawyer, denied the allegations made against him by Mumbai Police in its chargesheet on the IPL betting scandal.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Incorporated wishes to respond to the letter titled ‘Broken sewerage system disrupts vending at Water Street Mall’ published in the Guyana Times on Friday September 27.

HAVANA (Reuters) – US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson arrived in Cuba yesterday where he said he hoped to facilitate improved relations with the United States and see imprisoned US contractor Alan Gross.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Gambia’s president warned the United Nations General Assembly yesterday that gays were a threat to human existence, along with excessive greed and obsession with world domination, and criticized other countries for regarding homosexuality as a human right.

A taxi driver and former Criminal Investigations Department (CID) intelligence officer was on Thursday remanded to prison on a charge of having an unlicensed firearm and ammunition in his possession.

MYSORE, India, CMC- West Indies A team batsman Assad Fudadin says an attentive approach to conditions in India spurred him to his first half century in his debut innings on the sub continent.

Dear Editor, I have recently read of NICIL’s generosity when it was reported that it had offered an unnamed partner in the Marriott Hotel being built in Guyana a 67% share for putting US$8M in a $58M investment.

Dear Editor, The APNU is waging psychological warfare on the Guyanese people.

Guyana Fashion Week has announced that it will publish an online magazine for its first fashion week and 6th edition of the event.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s troubled spinner Monty Panesar has been given a suspended one-match ban for threatening and intimidating behaviour towards an opponent, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.

It’s hard to determine who’s more excited about R&B singer R Kelly performing live at the ‘Redemption Concert’ which will be hosted at the Guyana National Stadium – R Kelly or his local fans.

An investigation has been launched into the theft of some equipment from the Quamina Street, Headquarters of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), its head Mahender Sharma said on Thursday.

Deaf Expressions, produced by Deaf Theatre Guyana, is on at the National Cultural Centre tomorrow from 5 pm.

Bulgaria will forgive US$2.9 million of the debt of Guyana, according to a report in the Bulgarian media.

Dear Editor, I certainly did not expect that Dr Henry Jeffrey would add his weight to the greatest hoax intended to destroy a political party in Guyana.

 (A Guest Column by Sherlina Nageer* to mark the Latin American and Caribbean Day of Action for the Decriminalisation of Abortion) Women have always been having abortions.

  (Trinidad Express) – Thirty-two-year-old police constable Ramond Aguillera appeared before Magistrate Christine Charles in the First Court yesterday, charged with perverting the course of justice contrary to section 5(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1987.

“Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small”; wrote the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Eighteen-year-old Surrey batsman Dominic Sibley was bowled out for 242 against Yorkshire yesterday after entering the record books as the youngest double centurion in English county cricket.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is hosting a ‘Pick-it-Up’ Guyana clean-up exercise in Linden and at the Uitvlugt beach today and tomorrow from 6.30am.