Daily Archive: Sunday, January 19, 2014

CASTRIES, St. Lucia,  (Reuters) – Authorities in the Caribbean island of St.

A fire did serious damage on Friday to a Treasury Department building on Nevis, ruining records and computer services that an official on the Caribbean island said were vital to government operations, the Associated Press reported.

(Trinidad Express) The United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is in this country investigating the $.6 billion cocaine bust in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, which originated from Trinidad and Tobago, the Sunday Express has learnt.

The wreckage of what is believed to be a Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane that went down close to Olive Creek, Middle Mazaruni yesterday has been spotted, Minister of Transport Robeson Benn says.

A fire which occurred around 22:00 hrs yesterday gutted a Regent Street business establishment and scorched the two building to its sides.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – An inspired Ana Ivanovic blew the race for the Australian Open women’s title wide open when she stunned overwhelming favourite Serena Williams in the fourth round at Melbourne Park today.

A Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) plane is missing after going down shortly after take-off from the Olive Creek, Region Seven airstrip yesterday morning and a search and rescue operation is underway to find the Canadian pilot and Guyanese cargo handler who were on-board the aircraft.

By Dacia Whaul with photos by Arian Browne There was no one out in the streets when Sunday Stabroek visited Anna Catherina recently.

Colwyn Harding, the young man who has accused the police of a brutal sexual assault which has rendered him immobile, said yesterday that when he was initially taken to the hospital the doctor never provided a diagnosis and he did not ask because he was in too much pain.

The Donald Ramotar administration and the United States government are preparing for dialogue on the USAID-funded $300 million Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project and discussions are expected to centre on whether implementation of the project will be put on hold as talks continue.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has included Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard in a provisional 30-member squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 Men’s Tournament in Bangladesh.

Six persons are now homeless, after fire gutted a two-storey wooden house at Topoo Village, Albion, Corentyne Berbice.

National middle-order batsman Leon Johnson is adamant that Guyana is one of the better teams in this year’s NAGICO Super50 tournament with the potential to win its 10th Regional 50-over title when the competition bowls off on January 30 in Trinidad and Tobago.

A police constable was yesterday admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot by two men who had robbed him.

Mining is set to recommence at the Omai gold mines and machinery is currently being assembled and is scheduled to be operational this month.

The man who was shot by a Rural Constable at Annandale, East Coast Demerara on Friday morning during an attempted robbery is still alive, according to the police.

Having invested US$14 million since commencing operations here, logging company Vaitarna Holding Private Incorporated (VHPI) is in an advanced stage of setting up its promised wood processing facility at Wineperu, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud has said.

The Cricket Administration Bill was deferred for the third time during Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly due to the absence of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dr.

A 17-year-old was early yesterday morning shot and injured outside the Palm Court Night Club on Main Street.

They offered opportunities for Keiran Powell to entrench himself as the West Indies opening batsman as his palpable potential indicates that he should be.

Professional musicians can operate in the large developed cities of the world without ever leaving the familiar comforts of their home town, but when, through recordings, they become known internationally, being “on the road,” as musicians term it, becomes a significant part of the way they live. 

Some of the best-known international institutions have just released their economic forecasts for Latin America in 2014, and most of them agree that this will be a better year than 2013 in the region.

NEW YORK, CMC – Legendary West Indies cricketers Sir Clive Lloyd and Michael Holding are among cricket luminaries announced in a recently established Honorary Advisory Board of the American Cricket Federation.

(Portions of this article were first published elsewhere in 2010, but attracted no comments.

A construction worker, who was injured when a pile of zinc sheets fell on him on Sunday last at the Gafoor’s Shopping Complex, Houston, East Bank Demerara is scheduled to undergo surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Friday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Jamaican allrounder Ramaal Lewis will lead a 15-member West Indies team to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

In little over a week’s time the second summit of CELAC, The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños) will take place in Havana.

Recently I paid a visit to Trinidad and while there made a remarkable discovery.

The modest participation by Guyana at the chess Olympiads in 1978 and 1980 reverberated well among other Caribbean nations owing to its stellar performances.

Business focus A new year has begun and many businesses are getting in stride with implementation of the plans that they would have developed for execution in the unfolding operating period. 

The overseers of both the delayed East Bank and East Coast four-lane expansion projects are optimistic that whatever works that are incomplete will be finished by the stipulated deadlines.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal beamed with delight after laying down an emphatic marker with a brilliant display of all-court tennis to charge into the last 16 of the Australian Open yesterday.

Comedy is hard work.  It is also very deceptive.  The current success that it enjoys on the Guyanese stage, and the apparent lightheartedness of it all, the fun, the hilarity, the shooting nonsense to make people laugh, deceives everyone into believing that it is easy. 

The finale of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/East Bank Football Association (EDFA) Knockout Tournament will commence today at the Grove Community Centre ground.

Relatives of the man whose body was discovered at Dochfour, East Coast Demerara around 12:30 am on Friday, came forward last evening and identified the man as Saresh Gobardhan.

Red Thread member Joy Marcus has challenged former Minister of Labour and current PPP/C parliamentarian Manzoor Nadir to walk in the shoes of the poor class of citizens before making a determination of the adequacy of the salaries they earn to maintain their families.

East Coast Football Association (ECFA) Vice President Eton Moses said yesterday that suspension of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) executives by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Congress was warranted, following their disregard for the entity’s ruling.

A man was early yesterday morning dipped out of a trench at Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast after he was reportedly missing since Old Year’s night.

The Water Street pump is now in working order, says City Engineer Colvern Venture.

Dear Editor, Two years ago there was a furore in some quarters when employees of the Guyana Energy Agency were being dismissed after allegedly failing a polygraph test.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is seeking Mark Sauers in connection with cocaine found at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Friday last.

The battle for Georgetown continued yesterday with these workers, who said they were contracted by the Ministry of Public Works, attempting to manually clear the Hunter Street trench.

Pest attacks are common in both indoor and outdoor plants.  If you allow them to get out of hand, serious damage can result. 

Continued from last week  Hernias Colloquially, all over the English speaking world, people describe hernias as ‘ruptures’. 

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has no knowledge of a proposed US$500 million agricultural and forestry investment by the Malaysian syndicate, Wee Boon Ping Group of Companies.

(The Sports Xchange) – Chris Bosh scored 25 points, LeBron James had a near-triple-double and the Miami Heat stifled the Philadelphia 76ers to fashion a 101-86 victory and snap a three-game slide.

KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in the heart of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing 21 people including three United Nations staff and the International Monetary Fund’s top representative in Afghanistan.

Riding in style: This man was spotted at De Willem yesterday riding an interesting modified bicycle.

Betrothed Guyanese couples will have the opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid wedding of their dream compliments of the Roraima group.

Two women were injured in a road accident on the public road at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara yesterday after a policeman car’s collided with a minibus.

SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) – Syria’s main political opposition group in exile agreed yesterday to attend internationally sponsored peace talks, and said for the first time three rebel fighting forces also wanted to take part.

Dear Editor, Amidst the allegations and defences in the unfolding Colwyn Harding matter, I reserve judgment. 

A six-man Jamaican team comprising four boxers and two coaches have confirmed their participation in the International Goodwill Competition here next month.

Examining the last century or so of the industrial life cycle of Guyana’s sugar industry, it is observed that the period up to the late 1960s and early 1970s marked the phase of its maturity.

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has extended a purge of official bodies to the banking and telecoms regulators and state TV, firing dozens of executives in moves that appear to broaden Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s backlash against a corruption investigation.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says a $43 million bridge at Moruca has been disastrously done and the contractor has abandoned the work.

(Reuters) – Opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad struck his maiden test hundred but Pakistan’s hopes of a series-equalling victory looked distant on the third day of the third and final test yesterday.

Busted! This private car had its wheel locked after its driver parked it at the Timehri Bus Park on Cornhill Street yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Harding allegation of torture by means of a baton pushed into the anus of a prisoner is an act of sheer brutality.

JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese government forces said they seized the flashpoint town of Bor back from rebels yesterday and Uganda’s army claimed credit for the operation, highlighting the depth of its involvement in the conflict.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema took a feeble Real Betis apart to fire Real Madrid to a thumping 5-0 win that put them level with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga yesterday.

Dreadful things happen in this society, but nothing quite appalled the nation as much as the allegations which were publicized last week concerning Colwyn Harding, who is currently in the Georgetown Public Hospital under treatment. 

NOVA ESPERANCA DO PIRIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Alex Lacerda and Paulo Maues drive a silver pickup to an outdoor sawmill near the edge of the Amazon rainforest.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A judge with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has said there is no mechanism to enforce the judgement following the recent ruling in the case involving the Jamaican national Shanique Myrie.

A woman will work hard in the house of someone else as a domestic but many times she cannot rest when her day is over; instead she has to hurry home to strip brooms to sell, or prepare for her night job as a security guard, or in some cases, sell fish.

Amerindian cuisine restaurant Tuma Sálá was launched yesterday at the Umana Yana in Kingston.

Dear Editor, I refer to my column, ‘Righting the wrongs: the role of the Ombudsman,’ (SN, January 18) in which I inadvertently stated that the role of the Ombudsman was enshrined in our Constitution in 1996.

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