Daily Archive: Thursday, November 7, 2013

Months of wrangling by the political parties over who was to blame for the threat of blacklisting ended tonight with the opposition voting in Parliament against the anti-money laundering bill.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee was today admitted to the Woodlands Hospital.

Yesterday, the New Amsterdam Hospital presented new wheelchairs to three children with disabilities, two of whom attend the Special Needs School in Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam.

The opposition this afternoon voted against the reading of a petition in the name of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) urging favourable consideration of the anti-money laundering bill.

A Partnership for National Unity today condemned President Donald Ramotar’s decision to ignore one of the four local government bills which seeks to remove certain functions from the Minister of Local Government.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri yesterday conducted a simulation exercise involving over 300 persons including airport, airline, hospital, fire service and other emergency personnel, to testing their readiness for an emergency.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1930h.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Move over Black Widow and step aside She-Hulk: Marvel Comics is introducing a new superhero – a 16-year-old Muslim-American girl named Kamala Khan, to reflect the growing diversity of its readers.

(BBC) Sachin Tendulkar scored just 10 runs in the first innings of his penultimate Test as India took control on day two against West Indies in Kolkata.

(Trinidad Express) Judas. Traitor. Betrayer. These were the words flying about yesterday after Independent Liberal Party (ILP) councillor Faaiq Mohammed broke ranks with his party and voted in favour of the United National Congress (UNC).

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri yesterday conducted a simulation exercise involving over 300 persons inclusive of airport, airline, hospital, fire service and other emergency personnel, testing their readiness to an emergency such as a mock plane crash.

Three months after his party voted for the passage of four local government bills, President Donald Ramotar has assented to only three of them and government said it hoped time would resolve issues over the remaining one.

Guyana suffered complete outages in its international telecoms traffic and internet services yesterday for around five hours after offshore damage to the Suriname Guyana Submarine Cable System (SGSCS).

Laboratory tests on the Goldfinger-brand sweets, one of which was consumed by three children at White Water, North West District, resulting in them falling ill, have confirmed the presence of cocaine and the police are trying to determine how it ended up in the possession of a shop owner there.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has slammed Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy’s response to its concerns over licensing Chinese vessels to fish in Guyana’s waters as an attempt to hoodwink the public.

A taxi driver was yesterday charged with throwing firecrackers at a group of people in Alexander Village.

A popular Essequibo Coast newspaper vendor was struck down by a car and killed yesterday as he was delivering newspapers in the Sparta area.

KOLKATA, India, CMC- A day that started with much promise ended in an anti-climax for West Indies, after a half-century from Marlon Samuels failed to ignite their batting, as newcomer Mohammad Shami triggered a collapse to give India an early advantage in the first Test yesterday here.

President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) Ronald Alli says that he will be issuing a statement on the perceived conflict of interest situation created by the wife of the Minister of Finance being in her position at the Audit Office.

A group of men yesterday discovered the body of a man lying face down in a gutter near the Ruimveldt Police Station.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has announced that several streets in Georgetown will soon be designated one way streets to reduce traffic congestion and aid the fight against crime.

A US-based Guyanese man charged with shooting his wife in October waived his preliminary hearing on Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court, Kansas the Topeka Capital Journal Online reported yesterday.

Two women arraigned on charges of assaulting each other were each ordered to pay court costs on Tuesday after they opted not to proceed with their complaints.

APNU will not alter its stand on the anti-money laundering bill, which it maintains needs more work before passage, according to leader David Granger, who says the main opposition also sees the need for the establishment of a Public Procurement Commission (PPC) but believes the two issues are not tied to each other.

Registration for the upcoming seventh annual ‘Ride For Life’ five-stage cycle road race will close on Monday.

Lower East Coast Bulls, West Bank Demerara Mavericks, Georgetown Bears and Lower East Bank Lions yesterday recorded commanding victories when the third round of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/Raj Singh Insurance Company-sponsored O40 20-overs-a-side tournament continued.

Several persons were injured yesterday when a minibus and a car collided on Main Street in the vicinity of the Palm Court Restaurant and Bar.

Guyana Football Feder-ation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias says that the FIFA Goal Project will be officially moved from its current location of Orangestein, Essequibo to the Leonora Synthetic Track Facility on the West Coast of Demerara.

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) in collaboration the founder members of Rollers Volleyball Club of New Amsterdam will stage the inaugural Rollers Old Boys Champion of Champions lien volleyball competition for teams in Berbice.

Laparkan Shipping is among hundreds of international logistics providers participating in the November 6 – 8, 2013 Americas Air and Sea Cargo Show and Conference at the Miami DoubleTree Hotel and Convention Centre.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) on Monday scored a 54-run win over Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) as the Georgetown Cricket Association/Carib Beer first division T20 tournament continued.

Members of the Kashif and Shanghai Organization yesterday went through the rules of this year’s 24th edition of their year-end football tournament with representatives of the Georgetown, West Demerara, East Coast and East Bank secondary schools at the Water Chris Hotel.

  When police responded to noise report against miner Yogesh Singh, he cursed them, a court heard on Tuesday.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony is scheduled to deliver the feature address at the opening ceremony of the highly anticipated Guyana Softball Cup 111 which is scheduled to bowl off tomorrow at the legendary Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda Ground.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is reporting that the second crop harvest is 95 per cent completed and that paddy being shipped to mills is in great condition.

l Association for Women’s Football (NAWF) has donated 20 pairs of football cleats to the recently founded Little Diva Flames Football Club on Monday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque says that the regional body looks forward to strengthening development cooperation and friendship with Israel.

President Donald Ramotar has given assurances to Region Nine residents that they will reap all the benefits from a five-year Hinterland Tourism Development Plan that will focus on marketing Amerindian villages as adventure destinations in sport fishing and birding publications.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The year dawned with a cloud hanging over Rafael Nadal’s career but will end with him on top of the world after a win over Stanislas Wawrinka at the ATP World Tour Finals yesterday that illustrated why he is in the pantheon of tennis greats.

(Reuters) – Paceman Dale Steyn returned from a brief vacation to inspire South Africa and spinner Imran Tahir took four wickets as they throttled Pakistan’s batsmen to win the third one-day international in Abu Dhabi by 68 runs yesterday.

(Reuters) – South Africa test captain Graeme Smith has been withdrawn from their last three one-day internationals against Pakistan because of “post concussion syndrome”, team manager Mohammed Moosajee said yesterday.

A La Penitence resident was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after being charged with the theft of a sheep, which was then sold at a fraction of its value Orlando Wilson of 77 Middle Road, La Penitence yesterday pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, Further to the publication of several comments and articles on Guyana’s Third National Report indicating an elevated deforestation rate, I wish to dispel any misinterpretations of the report.

Dear Editor,   I would be pleased to have an opportunity to present, to a wider audience, views and attitudes which I had sought to engender in the address that I gave at       last Thursday’s (2013-10-31) “National Best Performers Ceremony”, hosted annually by our Ministry of Education – views and attitudes which I had sought to capture in the title of my address, but which seemed to have been missed by our reporters in their reporting.

  Plaisance resident Brenda Beaton, described by police as a known shoplifter, found herself before a court yesterday after a tin of milk that she allegedly stole fell out of her skirt during a confrontation with a guard at a city supermarket.

The Embassy of the French Republic in Suriname collaborated with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to offer a one-week training programme on techniques for investigation of drug trafficking to twenty-three ranks of the GPF.

Dear Editor, It has been indicated that Cevons Waste Management/Dartmouth Skips Rental is being paid 38 million dollars for the moving of garbage from the Stabroek Market and we would be happy to clear the air.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned to death in 2004 with radioactive polonium, his widow Suha said yesterday after receiving the results of Swiss forensic tests on her husband’s corpse.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Henrique Capriles held a private meeting in Rome with Pope Francis yesterday and sought his mediation in the South American nation’s tumultuous internal politics.

Dear Editor,   Ms. Melinda Janki, chief architect of the Amerindian Act of 2006, rushed to the defence of her creation in a letter to your newspaper (`Amerindians currently have fundamental rights and freedoms equally with other Guyanese’, SN Oct 29, 2013), in response to my observations of the status quo.

Jamaica has now become the first independent Caribbean country to have no criminal defamation laws – including seditious libel – on the books, according to the International Press Institute (IPI).

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – All-rounder Shane Watson could recover from a hamstring injury in time to face England in the first Ashes test starting in two weeks, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

Dear Editor,   I had in fact sought to limit my input to the letter columns to offer analysis of national issues, GuySuCo and the Broadcast Authority etc.

Nation’s Promotions will look to deliver a knockout night of boxing when they present ‘The Linden Showdown’ at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground on Boxing Day.

BOGOTA/HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a “fundamental agreement” on the guerrillas’ future in politics, one of the thorniest issues addressed in peace talks in Cuba, according to a joint statement yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) Small forward Paul George poured in 31 points and added 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 99-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons Tuesday night.

The pattern of a preponderance of girls among the hi-flyers at the National Grade Six Assessment along with the Caribbean Examination Council’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) as well as the 3,000-odd annual graduates of the University of Guyana is a possible indication of the balance of the sexes in Guyana.

For decades, great and noble Guyanese souls fought for democracy to become our solid foundation, believing it would lead to us realizing our true potential as a nation.

Dear Editor,   Diwali was once my favourite festival when there was a halo of devotion to it.