Daily Archive: Monday, January 6, 2014

Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) staffers today monitoring scanner operation from control room NUTECH Mobile scanner commissioned by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

A section of the gathering today at the meeting of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association which was attended by President Donald Ramotar.

President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association, Patrick Harding addressing a meeting of miners today at the Regency Suites, Hadfield Street.

President Donald Ramotar (centre) and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar (right) greets Robin and Sheron Persaud, the proprietors of the new Park Vue Hotel at Farm, East Bank Demerara.

The newly commissioned Park Vue Hotel at Farm, East Bank Demerara.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) will be closed to vehicular traffic from 22:00hrs on Wednesday up to 04:00hrs on Thursday, to facilitate repairs after a vessel collided with the bridge, causing damage yesterday, according to GINA.

A robbery suspect under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital late this afternoon managed to escape after snatching a policeman’s gun, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed.

Arson demolished the Venezuelan Embassy and damaged offices used by the Organization of American States in St.

This APNU photo shows a stretch of the fragile sea defences at Mahaica today.

A team of officials from A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) led by Shadow Minister of Public Works Joseph Harmon, MP, today visited Mosquito Hall, Unity, Mahaica (Demerara-Mahaica Region).

Work underway at compromised sea defences at Mosquito Hall/Lancaster. Residents have complained about two separate problems in the fragile sea defences in the area which has seen a dam and parts of a wall crumble in recent weeks.

Police say that the body of the man found at Liliendaal, ECD, on Friday January 03, 2014 has been identified as that of Rafael Campbell, 30 years, of Beterverwagting, ECD.

Spurned lover Jermaine Maynard, accused of murdering Carlisa Matthews at Stabroek Market on New Year’s Eve, made his first court appearance earlier today at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The nude decomposing body of a woman was discovered around 10.30 am today in a clump of bushes near the Dredge Creek Health Centre, Upper Pomeroon River.

NELSON, New Zealand,  CMC West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has blamed second-string players for his side’s poor results in recent times and accused them of not making use of the opportunities given to them.

(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s murder toll now stands at 12 for the year, while there have been 13 reported homicides, after two men were gunned down in Maloney on Saturday. Police

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Environmentalists are up in arms over the Government’s decision to defer Jamaica’s application to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the Portland Bight Protected Area to be declared a biosphere reserve.

A 72-year-old man is dead and his wife hospitalized in a serious condition after they were attacked by three men at their Zealand, Mahaicony home sometime between 6 pm and 9 pm on Saturday.

More than sixteen months after a landmark deal was signed between the government and Region 10 to end five weeks of unrest on electricity tariffs which saw police killing three protesters, none of the committees set up have  produced results and the long-awaited TV station is still not on air.

A vessel travelling south along the Demerara River hit the Demerara Harbour Bridge during the 5 am retraction yesterday morning.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh has blamed the opposition for the decision by Muri Brasil Ventures Inc (MBVI) to pull out from its mineral survey deal.

A second area of the brittle Mahaica sea defence has crumbled.

President Donald Ramotar says he is pleased with construction on the intended Marriott-managed hotel in Kingston which is said to be on track for opening in August.

Twenty-nine domestic violence-related murders occurred in 2013, with 21 of the victims being women and girls.

Moments after stepping off a minibus, a 43-year-old man was on Saturday struck down by the same bus and later succumbed to his injuries at the Skeldon Hospital.

Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger has paid tribute to Dr Granger pays tribute to Desrey Fox, née Caesar, former Minister in the Ministry of Education who died in a traffic accident on 11th December 2009.

A team of 10 civilians set up to oversee police reforms is continuing its work despite three resignations  and it has completed an analysis of the weaknesses and strength of the force.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies selectors have called up three players to join the team in New Zealand for the two-match Twenty20 series.

Having completed five years of service on the Berbice River crossing, the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.

Guliana and Leonela Jacobs, two sisters, who grew up in Kwakwani, held a party for two hundred children in their hometown last Friday.

Following their 3 – 2 win over Santos in the final of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer Cup on January 1 at the Providence  National Stadium, newly formed Slingerz Football Club is still jubilant.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) at a simple presentation ceremony at Olympic House on High Street Saturday handed over trophies and cash prizes to the various division winners of the recent Champion of Champions event.

January 26 is now the confirmed date of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) grand horse meet which was initially scheduled to be run off on Boxing Day at the club’s track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

Dear Editor, “Madam Speaker, our Government continues to place the highest priority on ensuring the long term viability of our sugar industry by increasing its competitiveness.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia obliterated England’s batting in a shade over 31 overs to claim a thumping 281-run fifth test victory with more than two days to spare and seal only the third 5-0 sweep in the long history of Ashes series yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is difficult, if not impossible, to compare players from different eras, however there is no denying that Sir Garry Sobers and Jacques Kallis are the greatest all-rounders of their respective eras.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Serena Williams laid down an imposing marker ahead of the first grand slam of the year by powering to a 6-4 7-5 victory over Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka at the Brisbane International on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to extend a happy and successful 2014, to the football fraternity country wide.

San Antonio Spurs clip Los Angeles (The Sports Xchange) —Center Tiago Splitter scored a season high 22-points as the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 116-92 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer’s hopes of starting the year with a long-overdue title ended in failure yesterday when the Swiss was beaten by local hero Lleyton Hewitt in the Brisbane International final.

Dear Editor, Having read Minister of Culture Frank Anthony’s latest lament on the “troubles” plaguing the Caribbean Press, I reiterate my call for his resignation on the count of perpetual incompetence.

Dear Editor, The prevalence of domestic violence in our country has long ago reached alarming proportions and it would appear that hands are tied or the know-how to deal with and eliminate this scourge is absent.

(Reuters) – With next week’s Australian Open in mind, a weary Venus Williams has opted to skip the Hobart International while her American compatriot Sloane Stephens has pulled out of the Sydney International with a minor wrist injury.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League won a violence-plagued parliamentary election whose outcome was never in doubt after a boycott by the main opposition party.

Dear Editor, I refer to a report in Stabroek News’ online edition of January 1, 2014, captioned ‘Focus on training teachers as ministry zeroes in on quality of education.’

By Fatimah Jackson-Best   Fatimah Jackson-Best is a Muslim woman, a researcher, and a writer.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United suffered a stinging 2-1 home defeat by Swansea City in the FA Cup third round yesterday as their former fortress of Old Trafford was ransacked for the fifth time this season.

MILWAUKEE/COLUMBUS,  (Reuters) – As the Midwestern United States shivered through the region’s lowest temperatures in two decades and forecasters warned that life-threatening cold was heading eastward, officials in Chicago and other districts said schools would be closed today.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Sporting officials in the Bahamas are gearing up for a busy schedule of activities on the sporting calendar for 2014, according to Minister of Sports, Dr Daniel Johnson.

Dear Editor, Every country needs its civil society. It is that collective that reflects the values and soul of the nation.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago, CMC – Two regional umpires have been named among 14 umpires who will officiate in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014 to be staged in New Zealand, starting this month.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Flawed geological studies of the terrain of the Panama Canal by its operator has led to big cost overruns in the project to expand the waterway, the building consortium at the center of a dispute with Panama’s government over the plan said on Saturday.

The year 2013 was not a particularly good one for governance, transparency and accountability.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC –Organisers of the inaugural International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF)World Relay Championships are trying to keep within the five million dollars budget which is set for the event.

Dear Editor, The dialectic approach adopted by A A Fenty in reaching a questionable conclusion on the matter of sovereignty has nothing to with his false claim regarding the merit of the position adopted by Dr Roger Luncheon in criticising US ambassador Brent Hardt for what can only be described as an audacious assault on the authority of the cabinet of this country. 

  Photos and interviews by Desilon  Daniels Lovern Blair,  teacher: `I spent my Old Year’s Night at church with my family.

The announcement on Saturday by Muri Brasil Ventures Inc (MBVI) that it would no longer pursue its controversial Permission for Geographical and Geophysical Survey (PGGS) in the New River Triangle in southeastern Guyana has to be seen as a positive result for society’s struggle for openness and accountability in governance.

(Jamaica Observer) CLARK’S TOWN, Tre-lawny — The Bottom Town community in Clark’s Town, Trelawny, is trying to come to terms with the fatal stabbing of 13-year-old Holland     High student Jevaughnie Gordon, who was allegedly killed by another teen in the community on Friday night.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – What do infant mortality and elephant poaching have in common?