Daily Archive: Friday, March 7, 2014

Amid a flurry of criticisms of the composition and terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr Walter Rodney, Attorney General Anil Nandlall this afternoon issued a defence.

In observance of international women’s day celebrated on March 8 every year, the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand hosted a luncheon today for women in the Education Sector. 

In observance of international women’s day celebrated on March 8 every year, the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand hosted a luncheon today for women in the Education Sector. 

In observance of international women’s day celebrated on March 8 every year, the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand hosted a luncheon today for women in the Education Sector. 

The Guyana Police Force today said that up to the end of February this year, armed robbery had risen by 42% compared to the same period last year.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) today called on government and GECOM to  discharge their responsibilities so that local government elections can be held by August 1, 2014.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Latin American presidents will meet next week to discuss the unrest in Venezuela that has left at least 20 dead and convulsed the South American OPEC nation, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said late on Thursday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Veteran left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul has risen one place to third in the latest ICC Test batting rankings released on Thursday.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican singer Tessanne Chin delivered a scintillating, high-energy performance of Donna Summer’s Last Dance at the White House last night, earning sustained applause from an audience headed by US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – The resounding thud of South Africa’s fall on home soil capped an intriguing season of test cricket that has seen the establishment rocked and an ambitious Australia return to court with a swagger.

The Ministry of Education yesterday presented contracts to the University of Guyana for the execution of works under the World Bank-funded US$10M University of Guyana Science and Technology Support Project.

By Desilon Daniels Clifton Marks, 22, of Mahdia yesterday became the latest road fatality following an accident along the Linden-Soesdyke highway that left seven other persons injured.

The vast majority of the populace is not prepared for the holding of local government polls by August 1st, according to Minister in the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker, who says to go ahead would result in the waste of a lot of money.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Batting star Chris Gayle has returned to the West Indies squad for the three-match Twenty20 series against England starting Sunday.

By Desilon Daniels Shawn Ravindra Ramai, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) driver accused of causing the death of Claude McPherson in a hit-and-run late last month, was yesterday set over $2 million in bail on multiple charges after denying any wrongdoing.

During the past five weeks, over 800 students were able to get a glimpse into the  world of aviation and its operations at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

The main opposition APNU has voiced concerns over the composition and terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recently set up to determine how political activist Dr.

Slingerz FC and Boystown FC, Jamaica, played to an exciting 1-1 draw when the Vizion Sports and Entertainment Agency Caribbean Inter-club football matches commenced on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

A Good Hope, East Coast Demerara man is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hos-pital (GPH) after he was shot during a hold-up early yesterday morning.

(BBC) Joe Root will miss England’s Twenty20 matches against West Indies after breaking his right thumb in Wednesday’s one-day international win in Antigua.

Residents of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, yesterday pledged to “hit the streets” of Georgetown to protest their dissatisfaction with the stances taken by APNU and the AFC with regards to the AML/CFT (Amendment) Bill.

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – This year’s Regional 4-Day Tournament continues today with a full slate of matches.

The Board of Directors of Guyana Stockfeeds Incorporated (GSI) yesterday said it has not paid some $80M in dividends to shareholders because of a court challenge filed by one of them, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday wrote the Administrator of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Dr Walter Rodney stating its unwillingness to associate itself with the work of the Commission as it was not convinced about the purpose or the process of the COI.

While the City Engineer says there is an approved plan for a massive five-storey building being erected at the corner of Camp and Robb streets, the Vice-Chairman of the City Works Committee, Anthony ‘Trini’ Boyce says he has seen none.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) anticipates rolling out its online tax payment system sometime this month, and is currently engaging stakeholders.

On February 28, the Education Ministry’s Schools Welfare Department in collaboration with others visited `E’ Field, South Sophia and found 48 children who were not in school.

(BBC) England captain Stuart Broad says he is “baffled” by a decision to change the ball during his side’s series-clinching one-day win over West Indies.

A Kitty man was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison for an armed robbery charge and is still facing potential sentencing for six other similar charges.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz crushed minnows St Lucia 5-0 in their international friendly on Wednesday, to ease to their second victory in four days.

Sixty-two graduates of the University of Guyana’s School of Education and Humanities were honoured for their outstanding academic performance in 2013 at the faculty’s Students Honour Roll Ceremony yesterday.

A suspected electrical fire on Monday afternoon gutted two houses in Crab-wood Creek Corentyne (CWC), leaving six more persons homeless.

Annandale will face Strathspey Primary School in today’s semi-finals of the Central East Coast zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Festival at the Enterprise ground at 10am, with the winner taking on Enterprise in the finals from 12 noon.

The Government Technical Institute (GTI) had a fire scare on Wednesday afternoon and Principal Carl Benn says he is thankful for the student Occupational Health and Safety Programme offered by the institution.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – If the tough get going when the going gets tough, then the Formula One season starting in Australia next week should offer Sebastian Vettel ample opportunity to roll up his sleeves and play the paddock hard man.

The United States Embassy hosted a celebration to observe World Wildlife Day, bringing together the World Wildlife Fund Guianas and the Guyana Wildlife Division along with faculty and students from the University of Guyana.

Alpha United led by an Edison Gomes double, defeated Buxton United 2-0 in the opening encounter of the Vizion Sports and Entertainment Agency Caribbean Interclub football matches at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Wednesday.

Representatives from 24 schools competing in the Milo/Petra Organization Schools Football tournament attended a two-day awareness workshop on Gender-based Violence in the boardroom of the Health Ministry.

A Croal Street Georgetown man, who allegedly robbed another man on the Essequibo Coast of jewellery, a cell phone and $13,900 was yesterday remanded to prison.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Serie A team Cagliari, led by midfielder Daniele Dessena, are taking on entrenched homophobia in Italian soccer by wearing rainbow coloured laces in their boots to express solidarity with gay people.

National Coach Esuan Crandon and Manager Alvin Johnson are optimistic about today’s second-round home game against defending four-day champions Barbados, though they acknowledged that it will be a pivotal game for the so far winless Guyanese.

It may not have been a ground-breaking event in the context of providing training for micro and small business owners, but this week’s three-day training session for business owners and potential business owners marks the partial fulfillment of a commitment made by the Small Business Bureau to those entities seeking to sign up to benefit from what the Bureau has to offer.

A man who was allegedly caught with over 100 grammes of cannabis hidden in a lunch bowl was yesterday remanded to prison after denying the charge in a city courtroom.

The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) commences its 2014 under-15 season today, with the ECB/ Sterling Products and Doodnauth Samaroo Construction U-15 50 overs inter-association tournament.

Evidence of collusion between some Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) contractors and consumers to evade disconnection for non-payment of electricity bills and to secure electricity services illegally had led to termination of employment agreements with a number of contractors, a well-placed GPL source told Stabroek Business on Tuesday.

El Dorado and Rising Star will do battle in the finals of the South Essequibo Cricket Committee (SECC) Edward Skeete T20 competition on Sunday at Pomona ground on the Essequibo Coast from 1.30pm.

Evidence of the emergence of an increasing number of micro and small business initiatives in recent years has raised questions about the longer-term future of the small business sector as a whole.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – One of the first people on the scene after Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp told a court on Thursday he feared the Olympic and Paralympic star, now on trial for murder, might kill himself with the same gun.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) holds close the indomitable spirit, bravery and sacrifice of national heroine Kowsilla, on the 50th anniversary of her death.

Guyana’s manufacturing sector remains restricted to “primary processing of agricultural, mineral and forest products” on account of meagre local demand, high energy and transportation costs and inadequate, unaffordable and non-incentivised financing, Guyana Manufac-   turing & Services Association (GMSA) President Clinton Williams told the Association’s Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony last evening.

(BBC) England batsman Jos Buttler is “one of the finest finishers in cricket” says West Indian legend Viv Richards.

Dear Editor, As a student of Zeeburg Secondary School I am ashamed of my home away from home.

Dear Editor, I have been following the Lamaha Gardens playground sale and for reference reproduce the contents of the tender notice placed in the Guyana Chronicle on November 16, 2012 below.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s centre-forwards again failed to score against South Africa on Wednesday but it turned out to be nothing more than a minor inconvenience thanks to another inspirational performance by Neymar.

Deborah Dey believes that the printed invitation makes its own statement.

Dear Editor, I am not going to rehash some of the pervasive concerns with Vishnu Bisram and the cloud of suspicion, manipulation, bias  and tampering that perpetually hangs over his ‘polls’ with respect to sample size, sample manipulation, demographic errors, selective sampling, improper poll questions and the like.

The Guyana Manufac-turing & Services Associa-tion (GMSA) wants to see “closer collaboration and stronger partnerships” among entities which the association’s President Clinton Williams calls the “research and development institutes” to provide scientific data that would aid the performance of the productive sector.

(ICC) Cricket Australia’s National Selection Panel yesterday advised that Mitchell Johnson will return home to Australia today to rest ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh and will not take part in the Twenty20 Series against South Africa beginning on Sunday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Wednesday’s National Basketball Association games.

Dear Editor, The Reverend Gideon Cecil’s evasive and at times outright false missive (‘The Caribbean Press should be commended for its willingness to publish young writers,’ SN, March 6) is yet another example of the embarrassing lengths to which the Ministry of Culture is willing to go to distract attention from  issues of accountability affecting the Caribbean Press I’m going to ignore the red herring commentaries on the quality of my prize-winning work, as well as his adoption of Dr David Dabydeen’s discredited argument that my interrogation of the press is some elaborate extortion mechanism, and deal instead with his claims relevant to the issues at hand.

Stock market updates

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Dear Editor, This February, the AKWAABA Centre of the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) was a hive of cultural and economic activity for the celebration of African History Month.

(ICC) Australia’s 245-runs victory in the third and final Test in Cape Town against number-one ranked South Africa has not only helped it win the series 2-1, but has also allowed it to finish in second position on the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings table at the 1 April cut-off date.

It appears that many ordinary Jamaicans have been able to mount a successful lobby for more political attention to be paid to the increasingly high-profile infusion of the Chinese economic influence in their country.

A section of the attendees at the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Ltd’s (GMSA) 50th anniversary award presentation dinner held last evening at the Pegasus Hotel.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – With their next test series in Sri Lanka in July, Cricket South Africa (CSA) say they are in no rush to find a replacement captain for Graeme Smith, who retired from the sport at the conclusion of the third test against Australia on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I am quite surprised that such a trivial matter, involving the use of an ATV by a youngster during a recent cricket match at the Enmore Community Centre was publicized in your letter column (‘Save the Enmore Community Centre from these obnoxious individuals,’ SN, February 25).

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba accepted a proposal by the European Union to open negotiations on a new political accord, saying yesterday it was willing to discuss human rights as part of discussions that would end what it considers a one-sided relationship with Europe.

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/ BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Crimea’s parliament voted yesterday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte from U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A Venezuelan soldier and a motorcyclist died in a confused melee sparked by the opposition’s barricading of a Caracas street, officials said yesterday, boosting the death toll from nearly a month of violence to 20.

The latter-day Chinese have fashioned a gem of wisdom which advises that “women hold up half the sky”.

Dear Editor, On Monday, February 24, a daughter of Guyana’s soil, stalwart of the Christian faith and missionary from Georgetown to Akawini in the Pomeroon died at the golden age of 87 years. 

Kwasi ‘Ace’ Edmondson has not quite forgotten the moment of victory, but he cannot afford to live on it.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is hopeful that findings of the long overdue  Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of the late Dr Walter Rodney, will bring closure to a very painful and embarrassing episode in the national and political history.

LA JOLLA, California,  (Reuters) – When President Bill Clinton announced in 2000 that Craig Venter and Dr.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – – A group of Kashmiri university students who cheered for Pakistan during a cricket match against India have been charged with disturbing communal harmony, police in India’s Uttar Pradesh state said yesterday.

Contrary to what we posited in our editorial last Friday, that authoritarian regimes generally view making concessions, including being brought to the dialogue table, as a sign of weakness, the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, affirmed that same day that the Peace Conference launched by President Nicolás Maduro was not “a sign of weakness.”

(Barbados Nation) LIAT WILL LOOK at cutting some of its most unprofitable routes over the next three months as part of a programme to fix the cash-strapped airline.

(Trinidad Express) AN application for a habeas corpus writ to have nine members of a Canadian ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect released from detention in Trinidad and Tobago was yesterday dismissed by a High Court judge in Port of Spain.