Daily Archive: Sunday, February 16, 2014

(Trinidad Express) Kris “KI” Persad created history as the youngest artiste to be crowned Chutney Soca Monarch in 2012.

ABU DHABI, UAE,  CMC – West Indies resurrected its campaign at the ICC Under-19 World Cup with a crushing 167-run win over Zimbabwe in a Group C fixture at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi today.

(Barbados Nation) A man was in custody last night after the body of a woman was found in her former home at Fort George Heights, St Michael.

A female taxi driver was early today found murdered at the back of a resort on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway hours after she went missing.

(Trinidad Express) Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj said yesterday that based on the murder detection rate from 2001 to 2013, the killers of 3,813 people are walking free in the country.

Justice Rabi Sukul has been disbarred from the United Kingdom Bar after it was discovered that he intentionally misled his client by drafting false grounds of appeal in a drugs related case and he has since been asked to immediately resign as a judge of Guyana’s Court of Appeal.

By Evi Paemelaere – (Panthera) In the land of giants, the jaguar stands strong and proud on the coat of arms, and adorns many banners and brochures to attract tourists who are happy to pay for catching a glimpse of America’s largest cat here in Guyana.

In the quiet farming community of Philippi on the Corentyne, Bertely Matheson, 70, was relaxing in a hammock in her yard when The World Beyond Georgetown dropped in.

Three functioning breathalyzer kits are inadequate for the police, Traffic Chief Superintendent Hugh Denhert has acknowledged, while stating that these much needed pieces of equipment are included in the force’s budget every year, but not procured.

The New Sococo Enterprise, a local producer and exporter of coconut milk and fruit juices, has once again been linked to the drug trade, following the revelation of a reported plot by United States and Italian crime syndicates to export hundreds of kilogrammes of cocaine from Guyana to Italy.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will sit in Guyana for the first time this week.

With some new mid-rise buildings sinking due to poor foundation works in Georgetown, the City Engineer’s Department has made it mandatory for geo-technical reports to be submitted before construction can take place.

The feeling of joy is a strange emotion. It can derive from momentous events – winning the great championship, realising a long-nourished ambition, owning one’s own home at last.

In the last few years almost every significant Caribbean country has announced that they are upgrading their port facilities and preparing to compete to attract the larger post-panamax vessels that from some time in 2015 will be transiting an enlarged Panama Canal.

From Clifton  Ross in Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago yesterday suffered a 17-run defeat to Barbados in the final of the 2014 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/NAGICO Regional Super 50 tournament  in a thrilling  encounter at the Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad.

“What you’re looking for is right in front of you,” Namvula said.

Some things remain the same: political turmoil, taxation, potholed roads, and bad food in restaurants being four examples. 

Commitment to hygiene According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sanitation is about the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human waste.

Former Guyana Open champion, Mike Mangal was declared winner of the inaugural Noble House Memorial Cup golf tournament yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy last week revealed that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) would be aiming to produce 216,000 tonnes of sugar this year but said that the figure was preliminary and likely to increase.

By Dacia Whaul Lester ‘De Professor’ Charles, told ‘the truth’ on Friday night at Demerara Park, and the judges believed him; it earned him the 2014 Mashramani Adult Calypso crown and $600,000.

Renowned for its cultural exploits locally, Hits and Jams Entertainment will now look to provide recreation in the arena of sport.

I had earlier cautioned readers to be sceptical of the widely held view that the European Community’s (EC) denunciation of the Sugar Protocol (SP) in 2009 was “the final nail in the coffin of Guyana and the rest of Caricom’s sugar industry.” 

Power has been restored in Port Kaituma and consumers began receiving 24-hour electricity yesterday, this newspaper was reliability informed.

DESCRIBED by the West Indies Cricket Board as “the legendary Pakistan off-spinner”, Saqlain Mushtaq has been added to the team’s coaching staff for the couple of Twenty20s and the solitary One-Day International against Ireland in Jamaica at the end of the week.

Cryptanthus commonly called Earth star comes from the Bromeliacea family and originates from the subtropics of Central and South America.

St Anne’s Primary School’s ‘Fantasy Water Queen’ Mash’ on the National Park tarmac during the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

Pupils of St Angela’s Primary with their ‘Princess of Eldorado’ float performing on the National Park tarmac during the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

President of the GOA, KA.Juman Yassin revealed the names of Guyana’s representatives for the South American Games in Chile and also disclosed that the Queen’s Baton will be arriving in Guyana on March 2.

A close female relative of shot auto dealer Deokarran ‘Ram’ Sanasie was reportedly questioned about the shooting incident, following information gleaned from the injured man, a police source said yesterday.

 CARACAS (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marched in central Caracas yesterday to call for peace and make a show of political strength after this week’s deadly violence at street protests.

Justice Desiree Bernard, who is set to retire as a judge in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the near future, has left a legacy locally, regionally and internationally not just as a woman in the judiciary but also as a tireless worker on women and gender equality issues.

Justice Desiree Bernard, who is set to retire as a judge in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the near future, has left a legacy locally, regionally and internationally not just as a woman in the judiciary but also as a tireless worker on women and gender equality issues.

GENEVA (Reuters) – International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologised to the Syrian people for the lack of progress at peace talks in Geneva after their second round ended yesterday with little more than an agreement to meet again.

The three-night, four nation Goodwill Boxing Tournament got off to a scorcher Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and the locals did not disappoint as they delivered a knockout night of boxing.

A 13-year-old Enmore North boy was found hanging in his bedroom early yesterday morning and relatives are at a loss as to what might have caused him to take his life.

When I interviewed the head of the Inter-national Monetary Fund’s Western Hemisphere division last week, he didn’t mince words about the possibility of Venezuela descending into even greater economic chaos.

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Dear Editor, I do not usually engage in exchanges in the press with non-lawyers on matters of law.

The Region 7 float ‘Mash Galore Celebrating 44’ at the Children Costume Parade yesterday, sponsored by GT&T.

 ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament approved a law boosting government control over the appointment of judges and prosecutors yesterday, after a heated debate and a brawl that left one opposition lawmaker hospitalised.

The nation’s best wheelsmen will be on their saddles again today competing for lucrative cash prizes when Roraima Bikers Club (RBC) teams up with George Humphrey and Clifford ‘Toto’ Johnson to stage the eighth annual George Cumberbatch event.

On Friday evening the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing concern over the political unrest in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and regret at the loss of life.

(Continued from last week) You may recall that we were discussing the features to which special attention must be paid when we are purchasing or adopting a young puppy. 

 Dear Editor, I would like to thank Stabroek TV for their prompt response to my letter dated February 12 regarding the lack of DirecTV in the Rupununi.

Vidya Baksh of Kawall Primary with her float ‘Bird Cherry Tree’.

Top seeds Narayan Ramdhani Nicholas Ali on Friday evening reached the men’s doubles final of the annual GUMDAC sponsored badminton tournament played at the Queen’s College badminton court.

 CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s classical music superstar Gustavo Dudamel is facing vitriolic criticism from some supporters of the country’s political opposition who accuse him of keeping silent during unrest this week that killed three people.

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