Daily Archive: Sunday, February 2, 2014

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will meet here on February 17 to hear three cases as well as hold a special sitting to mark the retirement of Justice Desiree Bernard from the Court.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won an Academy Award for the film “Capote,” was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday in what a police source described as an apparent drug overdose.

During investigations into an armed robbery committed on Devanand Ramdial on January 31, 2014, at his residence at South Amelia’s Ward, Linden, the police have arrested six men between yesterday and today, a release from the police said.

The police say that at about 0515h today, security guard Omar Bynoe, 34 years, of Agricola, was in a motor vehicle at Middle Road, La Penitence, when he was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

(Trinidad Express) Banking giant RBC Financial (Caribbean) Ltd is continuing to streamline its operations, this time sending home 20 employees from its Business Development Unit at a number of branches across the country.

An Agricola woman was found dead in her backyard with her throat slit late Friday night, following an attack suspected to have been carried out by her son’s jealous girlfriend.

Story by Tifaine Rutherford with photos by Arian Browne I bet that you have never heard of a road called ‘Carilla Street,’ unless, that is, you are from De Willem.

In the face of a court ruling that the National Assem-bly’s power is limited to either giving or withholding approval of the budget estimates, the opposition parties have signalled that for Budget 2014, they will not approve line items that do not have their support.

Who is the owner of the 9mm gun that was recovered at the scene of the Eccles shooting?

The section on Financial Procedures in the Standing Orders of the National Assembly is the same today as it was in 1969.

In drizzling, windy conditions at the National Park yesterday, top veteran Junior Niles reigned over a field of the nation’s premier riders and carted off the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored 11-race cycle programme.

A bright new future for West Indies cricket dawned last week.

I have a dear friend whom I admire in all things and who herself writes beautifully and clearly but who has what I consider a blind spot.

Two different appeals in relation to the 2012 budget cuts case will be filed with the Guyana Court of Appeal.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League will recommence today with eight  matches at four different venues across the nation.

In recent months, observers of Guyana’s tourism industry have noted the contributions coming from both government and private sector in a number of energetic moves that translate into very hopeful signs for the industry.

Government agencies have performed poorly in relation to the concession licences acquired by the logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) and substantial improvement will be needed in the process towards reaching a timber trade agreement with the European Union (EU), two forestry experts say.

A senior citizen woke up yesterday morning to find the tail lights and back windscreen of his motor car smashed in, while the front windscreen was badly damaged.

Governments, tourist boards, and the travel industry spend millions of dollars each year to create a positive picture of the Caribbean and the visitor experience; a sense that all is well in a country and that a destination and a vacation will provide a happy and memorable time. 

Guyana Defence Force Chief-of-Staff Brigadier Mark Philips was last Monday elected President of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) at the Annual General Meeting of the association held  at the Police Officers Mess, Eve Leary.

President Barack Obama’s remarks about immigration during his State of the Union address — and the ovation they drew from most Democratic and many Republican legislators — are fuelling high hopes that Congress will finally reach an agreement this year to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants.

Within the past years a large number of illegal weapons have been seized by the police and while there are efforts on the part of the local ranks to trace their origin and how they end up here, a Caribbean-based network which will soon become reality will help in this regard, says Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

Introduction The world sugar prices for the period 1960 to 2013, which I presented last week, were formed in the ‘free market,’ where the sugar bought and sold is not subject to governmental regulation and control.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai voters go to the polls under heavy security today in an election that could push the divided country deeper into political turmoil and leave the winner paralysed for months by street protests, legal challenges and legislative limbo.

Introduction On January 28 last, a meeting was held in Linden that could be considered the continuation of a process that started last year to rebuild the region’s economy. 

CARDIFF, Wales, CMC – A debutgoal for Trinidad and Tobago striker Kenwyne Jones saw Cardiff City take a 2-1 victory over Norwich City in the English Premier League yesterday.

The Lethem Power Company (LPC) has agreed to decrease the cost of electricity it supplies to residents of the area.

About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters; how well, they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along; How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For the miraculous birth, there always must be Children who did not specially want it to happen, skating On a pond at the edge of the wood: They never forgot That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer’s horse Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Aid agencies in Syria have evacuated hundreds of people from the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Yarmouk, a government-aligned Palestinian group said yesterday, in a rare moment of coordination between the government and rebel forces.

The Cricket Development Committee of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club continues to attract sponsorship for youth cricket at the school level.

Over the last few weeks I have been writing about fungus and pests. 

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated Pre-Mashramani tournament which will be played in two categories, the Open and Over-40, will be played on February 14 (Valentine’s Day).

St George’s Cathedral is seeking financial help for the rehabilitation of its building which has been in a state of serious disrepair for quite some time.

MUNICH (Reuters) – The top US defence official yesterday underscored the Obama administration’s intention to shift the focus of its foreign policy away from military might toward diplomacy.

Chess, like music and mathematics, has its prodigies. Extraordinary chess talent, similar to mathematical and musical abilities, is demonstrated early in life, and once identified, has to be carefully cultivated.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan test batsman Umar Akmal has been detained by police for questioning after being accused of assaulting a police warden in his hometown of Lahore.

Nothing is straightforward in Guyana. Last week Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang issued his ruling on the cuts to the government budget made first by the opposition political parties in 2012, which will almost certainly be appealed to the Court of Appeal and the Caribbean Court of Justice.

(Trinidad Guardian) A mandatory penalty of 25 years in jail, meant to send a powerful message to would be drug traffickers, was yesterday deemed unlawful by the Appeal Court in long-awaited decision.

Dear Editor, The reporters present at the recent presentation of my team and I, to the Natural Resources Sector Commit-tee, seem to have missed the main messages that we sought to convey.

VIENNA (Reuters) – Aus-trian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Academy Award for his role as a German defence attorney in the acclaimed 1961 courtroom drama Judgment at Nurem-berg, has died at age 83.

Dear Editor, I refer to your Stabroek Business editorial dated Friday, January 31, 2014 on the Food Court accident and the Ministry of Labour.

The time has come for persons working in the construction sector to have basic training in occupation, health and safety practices since for too long they have been putting their life and health at risk, according to occupation, health and safety expert Dale Beresford.

Sunday Cartoons

(Continued from last week)  Buying a healthy puppy The best age at which to buy a puppy is when he/she is about eight weeks old. 

(The Sports Xchange) – The Oklahoma City Thunder proved they are the hottest team in the NBA, winning their 10th successive game with a 120-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.