Daily Archive: Friday, January 31, 2014

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Guyana made an impressive start to their NAGICO Super50 campaign with a massive 114 run win over Ireland, picking up a bonus point in the process.

Bride and groom at the Wedding expo today at Duke Lodge, Kingston.

Roraima Airways Inc. launched its “The Race to the Altar” wedding expo today at Duke Lodge, Kingston.

The spring tide and the seawall along Carifesta Avenue.

Debris was brought over the seawall by today’s high tides.

The island life after today’s spring tide.

This boat could be very useful

Fetching water in a flood?

Going with the flow – the area around this shop was flooded.

Water rushed into this home and furniture had to be piled up.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British actress Sienna Miller spoke on Friday of her anger that “titillating” information about her affair with James Bond actor Daniel Craig had been made public at the phone-hacking trial of a former Rupert Murdoch tabloid editor.

The Ministry of Agriculture today issued a warning over possible severe weather.

The U.S. Embassy, in partnership with the U.S. NGO One World Youth Project (OWYP), the University of Guyana, and educational institutions in the United States and Guyana, is bringing students together in a dynamic cross-cultural exchange, a release from the embassy today said. 

The U.S. Embassy, in partnership with the U.S. NGO One World Youth Project (OWYP), the University of Guyana, and others is bringing students together in a cross-cultural exchange, a release from the embassy today said. 

(Barbados Nation) Several workers at the National Housing Corporation received letters ending their employment this morning.

Besieged sea defences are in line for a $4b injection from the European Union but it will first require the government spending $5.5b over the next three years and fulfilling a host of conditions.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry today warned about an upsurge in fake messages on the internet purporting to come from the bank and asking for information.

Two men were shot dead and three others injured when a gunman opened fire on them at a rice field in the Port Mourant backdam around 3 pm yesterday.

The court ruling that the National Assembly acted “unlawfully and unconstitutionally” by effecting cuts to the 2012 budget estimates is to be respected but remains subject to the right of appeal and it is for the National Assembly to determine and direct the way forward.

The teen boy, who has accused three police officers of raping him at a police outpost, was arrested yesterday after he climbed on to the roofs of two Robb Street properties, including the Stabroek News building, to evade an abusive relative who claimed he had fabricated the allegations.

A Post-Mortem Examination (PME) is expected to be done today on the body of security guard Calvin Booker, 47, who was found dead in the compound of the Russian Embassy, Kitty Byways yesterday morning.

The boy fatally shot on Wednesday during a robbery was positively identified by relatives yesterday as 15-year-old Leon McCurdy.

Small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) may soon see increased access to loans as the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) moves towards swift scientific analysis and processing of applications with the unveiling of a risk management project.

The man wanted over the fatal shooting of  police constable Quincy Wright yesterday walked into the Sparendaam Police station on the East Coast of Demerara and turned himself in, a police source said.

A 21-year-old man was on Wednesday night found stabbed to death in the ransacked shop where he worked at Tiger Creek Backdam, North West District (NWD).

High tides swamped the Parika stelling, East Bank Essequibo late yesterday afternoon,  flooding the area around the police station.

An alleged “lil hustle” has landed a Golden Grove woman in jail after she was accused of trying to mail 24 grammes of cannabis, hidden among toilet paper rolls, to Issano, in the Mazaruni District.

A lodger of the East La Penitence Night Shelter will be taking up residence in the Camp Street jail for the next month after he was found guilty of assaulting a security guard.

Ryan Brown, whose body was retrieved from the Mazaruni River on Tuesday, died from asphyxiation but also sustained blunt trauma to his head and his back.

(WICB) Port of Spain, Trinidad – Jamaica defeated the Windward Islands by 14 runs in a close encounter in the opening match of the NAGICO Super50 in Port of Spain.

Fined for damaging his neighbour’s plastic tables, an East Ruimveldt man yesterday told a city court that he was acting out of frustration at the late night gambling parties being hosted next door.

A Bagotville miner, accused of stealing three gallons of crab oil from a Mahdia businessman, was granted bail when he appeared yesterday in a city court.

A twenty-two year man was yesterday found guilty of stealing $180,000 worth of milk powder, for which he will spend the next year in prison.

Magistrate Sunil Scarce on Wednesday remanded a man allegedly found with two grammes of cocaine to prison.

Opposition Leader David Granger has announced that the main opposition APNU will withhold support from certain government bills in the National Assembly unless it gets an assurance from the executive that bills already passed would receive presidential assent and those already enacted would be operationalised.

The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) has renewed its commitment to bringing the perpetrators of the Lusignan massacre to justice as the nation marks the sixth anniversary of the killings.

Punt Trench resident Aubrey Reid was sentenced to a three-year jail term on Wednesday, after he was found guilty of possession of narcotics.

The Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme has embarked on a community-based outreach programme at Mocha, East Bank Demerara that seeks to educate residents about the benefits of composting.

Golden Jaguars Intern-ational and Slingerz FC midfielder Vurlon Mills said that although the departure of mercurial winger Dwain Jacobs to arch-rivals Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United was shocking, it will not weaken the Vergenoegen giants.

Guyana Defence Force winger William Europe says he feels slighted by his omission from the recently released Guyana Football Federation proposed local national team roster because he has proven himself over the years.

A Lodge resident, who was charged with attempting to rob a man about to enter a minibus, was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment despite his claims that he was “an innocent man”.

The Guyana Malta Supreme Senior team will today commence their tenth Regional 50-over title hunt when they clash with the unpredictable Ireland in the second match of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) NAGICO Super50 tournament.

 (This is Part Five of a series of five reviewing the reports of the Guyana Forestry Commission for 2005-12 which were tabled in Parliament on November 7th,  2013)      By Janette Bulkan and John Palmer   In the fourth article in this series, we addressed some specific topics raised in the eight GFC annual reports (2005-2012) which were tabled at the National Assembly on 07 November 2013. 

FLORIDA,  CMC- Guyana International defender John Paul Rodrigues has signed a two-year contract with Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soca League (NASL).

Dear Editor, We believe that each and every person in Guyana has the right to a decent standard of living.

The January 29, 2013 report, “Acme Photo Studio downsizes,” incorrectly stated that the owners had advertised the property for sale for $100 million.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka crushed a hapless Bangladesh by an innings and 248 runs with more than a day to spare to claim the first test and go 1-0 up in the two-match series yesterday.

 Dear Editor, I have read the Chief Justice’s decision and I have reconciled it with the constitution.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) RK Sharma on Saturday outlined the company’s strategic direction for the development of telecommunications locally, in the context of what it perceives to be its preeminent role in the sector.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Wednesday’s National Basketball Association games: – – – –   Thunder 112, Heat 95 Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant scored 33 points to lead the Thunder past the Miami Heat, who received 34 points from forward LeBron James.

Dear Editor, It appears, every time the Minister of Home Affairs makes a public statement, his pronouncements are so full of shaky positions, fallacious assertions and indefensible claims, that if one wants to take issue with them, one must choose some tiny aspect of the statement with which to argue.

Another local ICT service provider has weighed in the ongoing industry-wide controversy over the alleged leaden-footedness of the government in the allocation of bandwidth to private sector ICT service providers and what is widely believed to be the negative impact on the development of the sector.

Time and again in recent years the point has been made publicly that the significant increase in the construction of large buildings in various parts of the country ought to be more than sufficient cause for us to shine a more prominent spotlight on the issue of safety and health in the building sector.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Injured captain Darren Sammy says Liam Sebastien is capable of leading Windward Islands to a successful defence of their regional Super50 title captured last year.

Dear Editor, I hereby give full solidarity to the people of Number 48 for taking the simple, democratic and non-violent stance to block the road, their road, the people’s road to dramatize their disgust at the extreme criminality and inaction of the police.

(Reuters) – Australia replaced injured batsman Shaun Marsh with Phillip Hughes yesterday while clearing fit-again paceman Jackson Bird to join the team in South Africa for the three-test series starting on Feb.

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram and Mike Persaud’s ongoing exchange of letters is an important debate in this country.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 548’s trading results showed consideration of $10,741,266 from 364,899 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 547 which showed consideration of $970,866 from 24,686 shares traded in 3 transactions. 

FLORENCE, Italy,  (Reuters) – American student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty yesterday for the second time of the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher, in a retrial that reversed an earlier appeal judgment.

(Reuters) – Red Bull designer Adrian Newey went back to his drawing board yesterday after another nightmare day for the Formula One champions in pre-season testing in southern Spain.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s alarming injury list has finally eased with the Proteas confident of fielding a full-strength side against Australia in the first test starting on Feb 12.

Dear Editor, Leader of the Opposition David Granger used his New Year message to highlight two calls, one for a social contract and the other for 2014 to be the year of the worker.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – For about the 10th time in a row the Six Nations is being described as “the most open for years” as Europe’s rugby elite shuffle for supremacy having suffered their usual November southern hemisphere hidings.

Guyana’s manufacturing sector can anticipate having to comply with a range of new occupational safety and health (OSH) regulations as the time draws closer for the enactment of legislation prepared for the sector by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City’s new mayor yesterday announced a settlement with a civil liberties group that sued the city over its stop-and-frisk practices, which he fiercely challenged as a candidate, paving the way for court-ordered reforms to take effect.

Dear Editor,   Guyana is indebted to both the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News for their diligent, independent reporting, without which we surely would have been duped by the PPP.

(Reuters) – Scotland pipped Kenya to secure their third World Cup appearance yesterday while United Arab Emirates (UAE) also booked their ticket for next year’s marquee 50-over tournament in Australia and New Zealand.

 Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr Mike Persaud’s missive ‘Hinds should be offered full membership in PPP’ (SN, Jan 28) in which he misconstrues and misstates my argument on ethnicity in general and on ethnic parties in Guyana and incorrectly attributes quotes to me.

BRUSSELS/MADRID,  (Reuters) – The European Union will agree next month to deepen relations with Cuba in its most significant overture to the communist nation since diplomatic sanctions were lifted in 2008, people close to the matter told Reuters.

Whatever the official pronouncements coming out of the second summit of leaders of the 33-member Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC), in Havana, Cuba, earlier this week, under the theme, ‘Eradication of hunger, poverty and inequality in Latin America and Caribbean States’ and whatever President Donald Ramotar and Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett have to report on efforts to combat inequality, recognition of the challenges facing Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace, the summit will probably be remembered as historic for other reasons.

Hello all.  Today’s date, thirty-first January 2014, marks two significant personal landmarks for me. 

CAMBRIDGE, Md.,  (Reuters) – Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday took their first step toward reforming an outdated immigration system as they floated a series of principles intended to guide a possible legislative effort this year.

Yogurt may not yet have secured a market share similar to fried chicken or hamburgers, but Gail Russell is determined to stake her claim, driven by the knowledge that she is in the business of selling a valuable commodity: healthy eating.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy hit a sizzling nine-under 63 to lead the first round of the $2.5 million Dubai Desert Classic by two strokes yesterday, bolstering his hopes of claiming a first European tour win since 2012.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai (right) handing over a cheque valued $800,000 to Winston Anthon, Toshao of Kaikan, Region 7 as representatives of the other hinterland communities and staff of the ministry look on.