Daily Archive: Saturday, January 4, 2014

Muri Brasil Ventures Incorporated has announced that it is no longer pursuing its geographical and geophysical survey in the New River area under the PGGS granted by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission.

As part of a renewed drive to establish the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC) nominees are now being invited from the public for this body.

Perfectly decked out at Gravity on Old Year’s Night.

…and the glamour at Gravity on Old Year’s Night.

Seems it was like red wine and beer for this couple at Gravity on Old Year’s Night.

Stabroek News sports reporter Clifton Ross (left) at the Gravity night club on Old Year’s Night.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – New Zealand beat West Indies by 58 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method to win the fourth One Day International (ODI) here at Saxton Oval and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

A 21 year old mother of two was last night stabbed to death following an argument allegedly with her reputed husband on the East Coast of Demerara, in what seems to be a continuation of the violent killings that plagued 2013.

The police force will now have a direct feed from Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras installed in the city following approval by the Defence Board.

Training for members of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) by The Emergence Group (TEG) of the United States is expected to begin sometime this month, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee announced yesterday.

The body of a 16-year-old boy was discovered yesterday at the Kitty seawall in the vicinity of the 1823 Monument and he is believed to have drowned.

Three persons were yesterday injured in an early morning shooting at the Ghetto Flex Bar at James and Albouys streets, Albouystown.

Rocky Cumberbatch called Rocky Alexander was arraigned and remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a manslaughter charge.

After more than one week of flooding at Charity, Essequibo Coast and on the Pomeroon residents are fearful of the risk of disease and furious at the Neighbourhood Democra-tic Council (NDC) for what they believe to be negligence in maintaining drainage and irrigation structures at Charity.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday proposed a new ‘social contract’ in order to promote national unity and foster economic development.

Two groups of rural women agro-processors have been chosen to participate in the finals of the Accenture-funded `Making Markets Work’ project’s Entrepreneurship Awards ceremony to be held in Lethem during the week of January 20th.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling for the constituting and proper funding of all constitutional offices and pledges to continue its advocacy of advancing rights and the rule of law.

The Maritime Administration Depart-ment says it is currently investigating the incident in which  six fishermen went missing on December 26, 2013.

The Ministry of Home Affairs acknowledges that it has been haphazard over the reforms recommended in the 2003 Disciplined Forces Commission report and has pledged urgent action this year.

The Ministry of Public Works is monitoring the disintegrating sea defence at Mosquito Hall, Mahaica and permanent works are planned this year, a source says.

While many persons spent New Year’s Day with relatives and friends, the Bush Lot Rising Stars, First Division Cricket team chose to host less fortunate persons and provided them with tokens.

The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday announc-ed that a series of one-way streets will be introduced in a bid to ease fatal accidents and traffic congestion.

A major archaeological find in the Berbice area, which has attracted foreign researchers was among the highlights referred to yesterday when Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Frank Anthony reviewed the last year.

Recently appointed captain of the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) team Steven Jacobs, yesterday said that the decision not to play for his country this year was based on his desire to take his career to another level adding that he hopes it will enhance his leadership skills in his quest to one day lead Guyana.

A 17-year-old from Agricola was remanded to prison yesterday for allegedly holding up a family on Old Year’s Day at Back Street, Mc Doom.

West Indies players Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Veerasammy Permaul. Fresh from their exploits in the test series against New Zealand, yesterday joined the national squad preparing for the upcoming Super50 and regional Four Day tournaments.

  The Ministry of Home Affairs polygraphed ranks of the police force’s  Narcotics Branch and Crime Intelligence Unit in 2013.

President of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Alfred Mentore said yesterday that 2014 will focus on the continued development of the sport’s next ambassadors while plans to turn the club into a multi-sporting facility for the community and country are currently in the works.

Candacy Baveghems has always had an interest in theatre. She loves reading, loves books and recalls, “… every time I read a new book I’d see myself acting out the roles of my favourite character,” but because of a lack of confidence, she never thought “anyone would want to or enjoy seeing me on a stage”.

Despite the challenges, President of the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) Gregory Rambarran said the group completed 70% of its 2013 programme and he anticipates a more productive 2014.

The future of the Caribbean Press is in jeopardy if the 2014 budget for a permanent editorial board is not passed, Culture Minister Frank Anthony has said.

I know I said all of this before, but it really is worth repeating.

Hi Everyone,  One of the things about communicating is knowing when to say what, to whom, and how to say it.

Two men charged with stealing cell phones yesterday appeared separately before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty and one was jailed and the other remanded.

Nigel Hinds, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and former national basketball and hockey player says he has an action plan to take basketball in Guyana to its pinnacle over the next four years if he is elected president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) at the upcoming Annual General Meeting.

Lindener Murtland Lawson who smashed a door at Republic Bank was yesterday handed an 18-month jail sentence when he appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Courts.

Despite a drastic decline in its traditional attendance, co-founder of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major has dubbed this year’s edition of its football tournament a “great success.”

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) wishes to acknowledge your publication’s January 1, 2014, letter captioned, ‘Envelopes received from Guyana had been cut open and retaped.’

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams extended her winning streak over Maria Sharapova to 14 matches following a 6-2 7-6 (9-7) win in the semi-final of the Brisbane International yesterday.

(Billboard) – Beyoncé’s self-titled album racks up a third week at No 1 on the Billboard 200—the longest run at No 1 for any album since last April.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green says his first wish for the New Year is for government to end its flagrant violation of the Constitution and call local government elections.

(Headline Entertainment) – Reggae Grammy heavyweights Sean Paul and Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley have hit the streets with a new collaboration, Riot, which has been creating high levels of anticipation in fans of the duo for the release of the video.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – TheWest Indies women’s team will have a full camp in New Zealand ahead of their eight-match series next month The World Cup runners-up will arrive in NewZealand on  February 10 for a one-week camp as they prepare to face the White Ferns in three One-Day Internationals and five T20 Internationals.

The Georgetown Medical Centre Laboratory has been recertified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

Dear Editor, Please record these modest reflections on glimpses into the lives of three Guyanese freedom fighters 1982-1992. 

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC- West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo has brushed aside speculation that flamboyant opener Chris Gayle will be back in the side in time for the two T20 matches to end their tour of New Zealand.

Dear Editor, “There are two or three writers who feel they can write whatever they like about Africans.”

A woman who intervened in a stick-up found herself in the victim’s place as she was then robbed, the court heard yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood producers nominated slavery drama 12 Years a Slave, 1970s con-men caper American Hustle and space thriller Gravity along with seven other films on Thursday for the top Producers Guild Award, a key indicator of sentiment in the race for the best picture Oscar.

(EUR) After winning one copyright-related lawsuit, rapper Rick Ross has just filed one of his own.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Trebling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third and prevent 200 million premature deaths this century from lung cancer and other diseases, researchers said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, It is amazing how the Minister of Agriculture refuses to be reconciled to the fact that he knows less than he professes about the sugar industry, and in the most recent instance very little about cane farming.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC- TheWest Indies will be without the services of their test and T20 captain, Darren Sammy, for the rest of the One Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand.

Two men, one accused of stealing and the other of receiving the stolen items, on Thursday appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Former West Indies cricketer Xavier Marshall is protesting his exclusion from a 44-man Jamaica trial squad preparing for the new regional season starting later this month.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday ruled out serving another term after an election due by May and threw his support behind Nehru-Gandhi dynasty scion Rahul Gandhi to lead the country if their party wins the vote.

Just minutes before midnight on December 31, Carlisa Matthews was shot dead allegedly by her former partner.

(Billboard) – Final sales totals are in; how did 2013 stack up against previous years?

Dear Editor, I was told that with great power comes great responsibility.

(Barbados Nation) Entrepreneurs are being encouraged to follow the example of Barbadian businessman Sir Kyffin Simpson and take advantage of Guyana’s vast reserves of arable land.

(Jamaica Observer) The Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing has failed in its attempt to keep the death toll below the 300 mark.

Tessanne Chin walked away from The Voice with the statue, $100,000 and a recording contract, but it won’t be her first time recording an album.

MADRID/PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Spain stepped in yesterday to try to resolve a cost dispute over the expansion of Panama’s canal, which has triggered a sell-off in the shares of Sacyr SA, the Spanish builder leading the project.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Steve Smith scored a sparkling century and put on 128 for the sixth wicket with Brad Haddin to rescue Australia and push the hosts to a respectable 326 all out on the first day of the fifth Ashes test against England yesterday.

 Dear Editor, Can you imagine, Editor, that we procure 80 per cent of the medical supplies of this nation from one person to the tune of some $4 billion?

(Reuters) – Angelo Mathews made amends for missing a century in the first innings with a gritty unbeaten 116 in the second as Sri Lanka racked up a solid lead in the opening test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cubans awoke yesterday for the first time in half a century with the right to buy new and used vehicles from the state without special permission, but markups of 400 percent or more quickly dashed most people’s expectations.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court yesterday renewed the authority of U.S.

Naleenie Narine, an Agricola, East Bank Demerara farmer yesterday morning welcomed two additional bulls via the Government’s Artificial Insemination (AI) programme.

Four days ago the temperature in Winnipeg fell to -31°C (with a mind-numbing -48°C wind chill), the city’s coldest day in 80 years and colder than surface temperatures at the North Pole and on Mars, according to the Manitoba Museum. 

Dear Editor, Please afford me some space in your letters column to express my wishes for peace and prosperity to my fellow men at the dawn of this New Year, and ask all of them to join with me in this expression.

LAZARO CARDENAS, Mexico, (Reuters) – When the leaders of Mexico and China met last summer, there was much talk of the need to deepen trade between their nations.

The funeral of the Chief Librarian Gillian Thompson will be held today.

(EUR) So far Will Smith hasn’t publicly commented on the death of his TV uncle James Avery (Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince) who died New Year’s Eve.