Daily Archive: Friday, February 21, 2014

Articles published on Friday, February 21, 2014

World Understanding and Peace Month

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (right) and Opposition Leader David Granger (second from right) along with a Central Georgetown Rotary Club official planting a tree today in the National Park to mark World Understanding and Peace Month.

Windies beat Ireland to draw the series

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC- A herculean face saving effort put history on hold allowing West Indies to pull off an 11 run victory over persistent Ireland and draw the two match T20 international series at Sabina Park here today.

Ukraine president announces early poll, reduced powers

KIEV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich announced concessions to his pro-European opponents today, including a plan to hold early elections, but it was unclear whether the opposition would accept such an EU-mediated deal to end a violent crisis.

In happier times: (from left to right) Vishnu Persaud, Deokarran ‘Ram’ Sanasie and Patsy Sanasie

Wife denies plotting hit on shot auto dealer

Patsy Sanasie yesterday denied having any role in the attempted hit on her husband, auto spares dealer Deokarran ‘Ram’ Sanasie, who was shot by a gunman last Friday and she suggested that her husband may be “mentally sick” after he accused her and her brother of plotting to kill him.

The winners pose with their hardware following Wednesday’s tournament at the GDF ground. (Orlando Charles photo)

UG Wolves upset Yamaha Caribs

Under the floodlights of the GDF ground on Wednesday, the UG Wolves howled to a 26-14 upset victory over the star-studded Yamaha Caribs to lift the GDF’s 48th anniversary 7’s rugby trophy.

John Flores

Flores off to South American volleyball congress

Newly appointed President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation John Flores and delegate Andrea Flores travelled to Brazil on Wednesday morning to attend the 68th South American Volleyball Confederation Congress set for February 19-22 in Rio de Janeiro.

Bernie Ecclestone

UK judge finds ‘untruthful’ Ecclestone paid bribes

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British judge found yesterday that Bernie Ecclestone had paid bribes to a German banker as part of a “corrupt agreement” linked to the 2005 sale of a stake in Formula One – an issue at the heart of Ecclestone’s forthcoming bribery trial in Germany.

Republic Bank’s New Market Street headquarters

Republic Bank signs on to small business project

A second commercial bank has signed on to the Low Carbon Micro and Small Enterprise Develop-ment Project (LCMSEDP) being administered from within the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, paving the way for significantly enhanced access to lending for medium and small enterprises registered with the project.

Councillor Anthony
‘Trini’ Boyce

Councillor urges probe of structure without foundation

An “urgent and thorough enquiry” into last week’s discovery that a multi-storey structure under construction in the capital could provide important insights into irregularities in the procedures associated with the erection of buildings in the capital, a city councillor has said.

EU seeks peace as Ukraine death toll hits 75

KIEV, (Reuters) – European Union ministers sought to broker a political settlement in Ukraine after gun battles between police and anti-government protesters brought the death toll to 75 in two days of the worst violence in the country since Soviet times.

Dwayne Smith

Dwayne Smith to defend his Single Wicket title

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- The Most Valuable Player of the just concluded NAGICO Super50 tournament, Dwayne Smith, is to defend his Caribbean Single Wicket Cricket title when the 2014 tournament gets under way in June, organizers have announced.

 Khurshid Sattaur

Some importers uneasy over new random 100% container searches

While Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Khurshid Sattaur has been touting the recently instituted Random Selection of Imported Goods for Examination exercise as a means of impacting positively on the level of transparency associated with Customs inspections of imports, the private sector has been expressing its own sometimes divergent views on the process.

We wanted to bat first — Sammy

(Jamaica Observer) After the West Indies lost to  Ireland in a Twenty20 (T20) International for the first time ever, captain Darren Sammy suggested that perhaps his team would have been better served to bowl first when he won the toss.

 Lamido Sanusi

Nigeria suspends anti-graft central bank governor

LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi yesterday, removing an increasingly outspoken critic of the government’s record on tackling rampant corruption in Africa’s leading energy producer.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 551’s trading results showed consideration of $4,352,071 from 102,665 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to session 550 which showed consideration of $52,981,402 from 437,637 shares traded in 9 transactions. 

Exploiting Mash

One of the more forgettable memories of our annual Mashramani celebrations is the utterly deplorable state in which the streets, walkways, and canals are left once the revellers have come and gone.

Caricom Statement

Following our Foreign Ministry’s statement, last Friday, on the situation in Venezuela, on which we have already commented (February 16), there have been several statements by other nations and organizations.

Lecture on Indian immigration

Professor of Caribbean History and Head of the Caribbean Studies, London Metropolitan University, Clem Seecharan on Wednesday evening, delivered a lecture on the Indian background and the context of Indian immigration in this country, and also the nature of the relationship between Africans and Indians in this country at the Umana Yana.

Fundraiser for children’s charity

The first Canada-Guyana Medical Partnership Coalition’s fundraiser and silent auction was last night held at the Canadian High Commissioner’s Residence to garner funds for Guyana Help the Kids (GHTK).