Daily Archive: Saturday, February 15, 2014

We time: The national School of Dance en route to the National Park with their float, ‘Is We Time Fuh Mash’ during the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

Hinterland Scholarship students’ float, ‘Remembering Our Folklore in 44’  during the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

The Region 5 float ‘Uniting Our Culture for a Better Tomorrow’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Barbados defeated Trinidad & Tobago by 17 runs to win the NAGICO Super50 Regional cricket tournament at the Queen’s Park Oval today.

Splendour: Pupils of Success Elementary School with their float, ‘The Splendour of Eldorado’ at the National Park during the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

South Ruimveldt Primary School’s  pupils with their float, ‘O Beautiful Guyana’ at the National Park during the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

Fire blazing: Pupils of Selman Fraser Nursery School dance around their float, ‘A Blazing Fire’ at the National Park during the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

It’s a party! Ithaca Primary School’s float ‘Partying Under The Sun’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

The Region 3 float ‘Birds of a Feather’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

The Region 6 float ‘Folklore Revelry’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

Students from the Rama Krishna Primary School tramping behind their float ‘Folklore Fusion 44’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

The Winfer Gardens Primary School float ‘Faces of a Bright and Splendid Tomorrow’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

The Monar Educational Institute float ‘Bush Dai Da Gon Get Yuhi’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

The North Georgetown Primary School float ‘The Legend of Anansi’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

The Cummings Lodge Secondary School float ‘Educating and Celebrating Our Culture’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

De Professor grounding with fans after winning the Mash calypso crown with ‘Is the truth’.

De Professor performed ‘Is the truth’ to an enthusiastic crowd last night and won the crown.

It has come to the attention of the Office of the Chancellor that Justice Rabi Sukul , a Judge of the Court of Appeal of Guyana, was on February 3rd 2014, disbarred by the Bar Council of England and Wales.

Nearly eleven years after a landslide destroyed the Moco-Moco hydropower plant in Region Nine it seems unlikely that it will ever be rehabilitated.

A team from the National Geographic Channel completed filming the 30th show of ‘Monster Fish’ in Guyana, a series that documents, aquatic ecologist Zeb Hogan in his quest to save the world’s largest fish.

President Donald Ramotar (third from left) meeting with members of the religious community on Friday to update them on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill at State House.

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Sir Charles Michael Dennis Bryon (left) yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Leader of the Opposition Brigadier David Granger MSS MP at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Hadfield Street, Georgetown.

Queen’s College during their performance in the Steel Band preliminaries of the children’s Mashramani competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Pretoria, (Reuters) – Mitchell Johnson bowled Australia to a comprehensive 281-run victory over South Africa after taking his match haul to 12 wickets on the fourth day of the first test at SuperSport Park on Saturday.

The Ministry of Tourism on Thursday launched the seventh edition of Guyana Where and What, a pocket book/ guide that was published and edited by Gem Madhoo-Nascimento.

(Jamaica Observer) DANCEHALL deejay Tommy Lee Sparta was yesterday charged for breaches under the Anti-Lottery Act.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., (Reuters) – In a stinging defeat that could accelerate the decades-long decline of the United Auto Workers, Volkswagen AG workers voted against union representation at a Chattanooga, Tennessee plant, which had been seen as organized labor’s best chance to expand in the U.S.

“When something wrong and is know you know//Stand up, stand up and say it is so…” Many people who see Paul Budnah around will associate this song from the Link Show with him.

Guyanese-born poet, writer and academic David Dabydeen is perhaps one of the most colourful literary artists of his time.

Hi Everyone, Looking to brighten and perk up your food and beverage?

By Donald Duff The Lusignan Golf Club’s Noble House Memorial Cup golf tournament, aimed at honouring past stalwarts of the club is expected to get cracking today and will subsequently be held annually.

The Guyana Baseball League and E Networks yesterday announced plans to work together to further popularize the sport.

By Orin Davidson It’s been  three years since Guyana’s football has been rid of the Colin Klass -led Guyana Football Federation (GFF), but déjà vu is set  to  engulf the sport all over again, under the current administration.

The government yesterday confirmed that Guyana has gotten a reprieve over the non-passage of crucial anti-money laundering reforms while warning opposition parties that the legislation must be updated before the end of month when a progress report is due to regional body, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

The Rupununi Music and Arts Festival kicked off yesterday and will run until tomorrow with the small savannah village of Annai hosting several international performers, including the American alternative rock band Filligar.

After being defrauded of more than $2.2 million by way of a bogus cheque it received, Caribbean Chemicals yesterday warned business owners to be alert and not fall victim to a “well organised” gang preying on businesses countrywide.

NY, USA — These days, World Masters indoor sprint champion and record holder Val Barnwell feels like a ‘proud papa worthy of emulation’.

A rare 19th century stamp from British Guiana is expected to be sold for up to US$20 million when it is auctioned in New York in June.

Link Show 30 is set to begin with a gala event at its new venue, Parc Rayne, Rahaman’s Park, Houston on February 20 from 7.15 pm.

By Dacia Whaul For motorists tired of traffic jams and long delays while travelling in the city, relief may soon be in sight.

The Government of Guyana yesterday expressed grave concern over the escalating political unrest in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, while saying the resulting loss of innocent life is regrettable.

A popular football coach was crushed to death by a truck yesterday morning on Mandela Avenue.

The officials along with the pugilists competing in the three-day, four-nation, International Goodwill tournament paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Sport yesterday before the competition boxed off last night.

An eight-year-old boy from Supenaam Creek is now dead following an accident that occurred on the Good Hope Public Road, Essequibo Coast yesterday.       

Courts Guyana Inc. has once again lent its corporate support to sports associations.

A call for improved education for young girls was among a number of improvements mentioned when over 40 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) joined the international cry opposing violence against women at the One Billion Rising event yesterday.

Police are pursuing a line of investigation that security guard Kenneth Kanhai may have been shot dead because he was witness to a murder in which several persons have been committed to stand trial in the High Court.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) yesterday advertised a public hearing on February 20 on a complaint by a Digicel customer of being charged $1.20 for a voice prompt prior to an unanswered call going to voice mail.

An auto dealer was shot by a gunman last evening while drinking with several persons opposite his business place on Light Street, Alberttown.

Dear Editor, In response to the letter in Stabroek News of February 13, (‘The PM should say which bargain and policy he is referring to’) Prime Minister should like an opportunity to answer the questions put: 1.

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the corpse of Jamaican Beverley Gardner, who was found dead in a city hotel last month, uncovered over 60 cocaine pellets in her stomach, police officials said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The ideas we have proposed in the paper justifying Unity and Human Development (UHD), can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/18odYmG.

Dear Editor, Please permit me the opportunity to respond to a letter penned by Mr Bevon Currie dated Thursday, February 13 under the caption ‘Vanessa Kissoon was treated with disrespect by decision-makers in APNU.’

Three men were yesterday committed once more to stand trial in the High Court for killing a Campbellville woman and then dumping her body in a septic tank.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed agonisingly short of his third test century as India overhauled New Zealand’s first innings to reach 201 for five at lunch on the second day of the second test yesterday.

Dear Editor, In a commentary aired in January 2004 I said this: “During the years [1966 to 1976] the average rainfall per annum was 132.45 inches; the past 10 years [1993-2003] produced an average [rainfall] of less than 75 inches per year and everyone went to sleep in complacency, and this included the chairman of the D&I Board, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture and the government.” 

Godfrey Stewart, called ‘Dougla’, who was accused of murdering his common-law wife Jacqueline George, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter when the murder trial started yesterday in the High Court, before Justice Franklyn Holder.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s government kept dozens of student protesters behind bars yesterday as unrest still rumbled across Venezuela following this week’s violence at political rallies that killed three.

PARIS/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – France said yesterday it plans to send another 400 troops to help combat a crisis in the Central African Republic as U.N.

By Jeff Trotman The One Mile Primary School, which was destroyed by fire during the 2012 July/August electricity protest in Linden, will be replaced by a state-of-the-art institution by February 2015.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-West Indies failed to press home an advantage against South Africa and crashed to a 94 run defeat in their opening game of the ICC Under-19 World Cup at Dubai’s International Cricket Stadium here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Regardless of the ranking Guyana may have on the global Press Freedom Index, few can deny that the country has come a long way when it comes to freedom of press and freedom of expression.

The Indian Cultural Centre screens Hungama (2003) at its Lot 67 New Haven, Bel Air, Georgetown location today from 5.30 pm.

(The Sports Xchange) – – – – Forward Taj Gibson scored 16 points and the Chicago Bulls finished on a 17-4 run to secure a 92-76 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at the United Center on Thursday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Food and financial services conglomerate GraceKennedy Limited is setting up its own distribution business in Africa, starting with Ghana this month     through new subsidiary GraceKennedy Ghana Limited, and is already laying the groundwork to start manufacturing from the continent.

Members of the Task Force on Fuel Smuggling and Contraband on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the use of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Floating Patrol Base, which is located in the Pomeroon River.

Dear Editor, I had an issue with GPL during the year 2005.

Living in Guyana, it’s easy to lose hope, in our leaders, in our institutions and our people.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Freedom of expression is under threat in India, publisher Penguin Books India said yesterday, adding that it had little choice but to withdraw from sale a controversial book on Hinduism by a U.S.

TCL Guyana Inc (TGI), as part of its strategic plan to increase sales by promoting the use of cement in the construction of roads, partnered with the Ministry of Public Works last weekend to demonstrate the use of the soil cement stabilization technique to effect road repairs.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were killed yesterday afternoon after they murdered a businessman in Cunupia.

Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks many of us have witnessed the PPP’s machinery in overdrive trying to create a rift within APNU.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal resigned as chief minister of Delhi yesterday, frustrated by obstacles put in the way of an anti-corruption bill, and immediately proposed fresh municipal elections for India’s capital.

Dear Editor, I would like to make appeal for Mr Christopher Ram, a true patriot and great contributor of insightful and informative contributions on the affairs of our beloved Guyana, to reconsider his decision about making submissions to Stabroek News.

The Rotary Club of Demerara, as part of its celebration of Rotary International’s 109th anniversary, hosted a dinner to mark World Understanding Month last Tuesday at Duke Lodge.

Murder accused Morris Roberts, called ‘Moses,’ who was on trial for killing a man in 2009, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison on the lesser charge of manslaughter by Justice Franklin Holder in the High Court.

(Jamaica Observer) Seven local private companies have teamed up to pump J$23.75 million, over three years, into a new national recycling initiative, Recycle Now Jamaica — a public/private partnership with the Government.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – More than 76,000 people fled their homes and flights were grounded across most of Indonesia’s densely populated island of Java yesterday after a volcanic eruption sent a huge plume of ash and sand 17 km (10 miles) into the air.

BBC footage of the flooded Thames valley shows hundreds of houses underwater, marooned by another bout of extreme weather.