Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 12, 2014

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Protesters battled soldiers in the streets of Caracas again on Wednesday as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a month of demonstrations against Venezuela’s socialist government.

Following a two-day summit in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caricom Heads today issued a statement calling on all “relevant parties” to enact long-stalled anti-money laundering legislation here.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has chosen acting Deputy Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield as the new Chief Election Officer.

Natton Anthony Stoute is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of shopkeeper Bibi Shaniza Bhola which occurred on 2014-02-26 at Rock Creek, Cuyuni, Mazaruni.

(Barbados Nation) Desmond Haynes wants his name removed from the Greenidge & Haynes Stand at Kensington Oval.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates will host the first leg of this year’s Indian Premier League cricket (IPL), the organisers said today.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched an online tax and mobile payment system, with the hopes of promoting greater transparency while making access convenient to taxpayers.

An advertisement appearing in today’s Stabroek News says that Hotel Tower is up for sale.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday interviewed the four shortlisted candidates for the post of Chief Elections Officer (CEO) and a decision on who is the successful applicant will be announced later today.

Caricom Heads of Government are calling for Guyana to pass the anti-money laundering amendment bill, while warning of potential complications for the region in the event of the country’s failure to do so, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said last evening.

By Desilon Daniels A 15-year-old Pouderoyen boy is dead following an early morning accident at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara yesterday and responding officers are now under fire after they allegedly failed to render immediate assistance to him despite a quick response.

Charles Woolford, called ‘Tony,’ will have to face a second re-trial for the 2009 murder of his wife, after a jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on his guilt yesterday.

The role of the community in preventing the downward spiral of children in danger of falling through the cracks was highlighted yet again in the case of 14-year-old Andy, who was killed last week after a truck ran over him as he lay sleeping on the Foulis, East Coast Demerara roadway.

Alana Taylor, who police say was wrongfully charged with armed robbery, was granted a bail release by a High Court judge yesterday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is ready to prosecute former cashier Gregory Alistair Ewan Barnes, accused of embezzling hundreds of  millions, when he returns to Guyana after legal proceedings in the United States of America, GRA Commis-sioner-General Khurshid Sattaur said yesterday.

The police will be sending DNA samples collected in the murder of Paradise teen Patricia Younge to neighbouring Brazil for testing, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud who says that a second person of interest is still being sought.

The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration needs to cut its losses and diversify the industry by getting into ethanol production, according to industry expert and member of APNU, Tony Vieira.

One of the men accused of killing Lakeram Bishundial during a robbery at Hope, East Coast Demerara, yesterday said that he had never seen his co-accused prior to their first court appearance when they were charged with the murder.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that the Chairman of the Caribbean Community Dr.

A 52-year-old man was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he fell from a four-storey building on Hadfield Street.

Dennis Harris, who succumbed at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after cutting one of his wrists in a drunken rage while trying to force his way into his house last week, died of severe haemorrhaging caused by a punctured vein, an autopsy has found.

The policeman who was guarding Dexroy Brown, who escaped from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Monday while under police guard, is under close arrest.

It has been three weeks since the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) re-turned the file on the Colwyn Harding baton rape investigation to the police with instructions to do more work but ranks are still apparently trying to complete those tasks.

Esther Mohammed, the 14-year-old who was struck by a car in an accident on Monday on the Unity Public Road, is on the road to recovery, relatives have said.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- A blistering knock from Captain Darren Sammy led West Indies to a five wicket win over England in the second T20 International at Kensington Over here yesterday.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Caricom leaders are moving forward with a plan to seek reparations from the former slave-owning states of Europe, according to a lawyer for the island nations.

Over 300 residents of the Crabwood Creek, Corentyne area benefitted from free medical care last Sunday when the Guyana International Relief Organisation (GIRO) conducted an outreach.

Guyana Coach Esaun Crandon slammed his team’s irresponsible batting performance after their horrific home game loss to defending Regional 4-day champions Barbados on Sunday, but was still optimistic about his players resolving their errors ahead of their upcoming match against the Windward Islands tomorrow.

A D’ Edward, West Bank Berbice man lost his life last Tuesday while assisting two fishermen to search for their stolen engines along the Berbice River.

The condition of Annetta Samaroo, 45, who was shot when two men barged into her Fyrish, Corentyne house on Sunday, killing her older sister, has improved.

The fact that the national cricket team was vanquished inside of three days by defending champions Barbados at home in the second round of the West Indies Cricket Board’s regional four day encounter might for some be inconsequential, trivial, no big thing for, after all, this is Guyana and such things often do not merit a second thought, or, are soon forgotten.

A businesswoman is now free on $20,000 bail after she was charged with assaulting and verbally abusing her neigbhour.

The Guyana National Rifle Association’s (GNRA) small-bore section organised Queensway Cup team competition saw the club’s ‘A’ team being crowned winners last Sunday at the Timehri pistol ranges with the `B’ and `C’ teams placing second and third respectively.

No one has been charged as yet following the sexual molestation of a five-year-old girl.

Brian Hackett emerged victorious when the Maurice Solomon Accounting Firm Stableford tournament concluded Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast of Demerara.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Libya’s parliament voted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan out of office yesterday after rebels humiliated the government by loading crude on a tanker that fled from naval forces, officials said, in a sign of the worsening chaos in the OPEC member state.

Ali Majeed, an executive member of the Working Peoples’ Alliance (WPA), yesterday staged a one-man protest outside the Vlissengen Road offices of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to settle a three-year-old billing complaint.

The Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) in collaboration with Scotia Bank and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) through its Pepsi brand, officially launched the 4th edition of the Pepsi/Scotia Bank Football tourney yesterday at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.

The Community Police Group (CPG) at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice was recently resuscitated and the newly elected members say they are willing to serve diligently.

Cathyana Jameer’s hat-trick was not enough to stop Lachmansingh Primary School from winning the West Berbice District as action continued yesterday in the Guyana Cricket Board/Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Festival at D’Edward ground, West Coast Berbice.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysia’s air force chief has denied saying military radar tracked a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner over the Strait of Malacca, adding to the mystery surrounding the fate of flight MH370, which vanished on Saturday with 239 people aboard.

Dear Editor, I gave been in the trucking for hire business for over 20 years.

National left-hand batsman Vishaul Singh says his intention for the remainder of the 2014 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day tournament is to build on his current form while endeavoring to cement his place in the Guyana middle-order.

Members of the main opposition APNU will not be attending the public consultation on the stalled anti-money laundering amendment bill slated for the Guyana International Conference Centre tomorrow.

Dear Editor, Guyana has been expanding its rice production and export levels with the assurance of having preferential access to the Venezuelan, EU and Caribbean markets.

(Reuters) – A bitter dispute between the CIA and the U.S.

Dear Editor, We learnt from several press reports that the Caribbean heads of states are now meeting in St Vincent and one of the vexed, contentious and divisive matters on their agenda to be discussed is the legalizing and decriminalizing of the use and sale of marijuana for medicinal and personal purposes in the Caribbean community.

The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into allegations levelled at a police officer at the Providence Police Station by a woman, who says she was assaulted by the rank in the presence of her young children after trying to report an accident.

The Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) 2014 Under-15 Inter-Zone Competition will bowl off today with matches at the Everest Cricket Club and Demerara Cricket Club grounds respectively.

VALPARAISO/SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Michelle Bachelet took over the presidency of Chile in a ceremony loaded with symbolism yesterday, promising to stick to her tax-and-spend campaign pledges to fight social inequality despite a sharp economic slowdown.

Dear Editor, As election test bubbles flow, I venture to share the thoughts of an ordinary observer.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South African track star Oscar Pistorius had a row with a policeman who picked up his gun after pulling over his friend for speeding, saying “You can’t just touch another man’s gun,” the friend told his murder trial yesterday.

(Reuters) – An assistant referee has died after being beaten up by spectators during a second division match in Ghana, the Ghana Football Association said in a statement yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Former West Indies Women cricketer Amanda Samaroo slammed an unbeaten century to ensure defending champions Moosai Sports maintain their one hundred percent record in Trinidad and Tobago’s Premier Division 40 overs competition.

The Table Tennis Academy of Warren Hackshaw, ELishaba Johnson and Sunil Logan won twice when the Guyana Table Tennis Association teams league tournament continued Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Mandela Avenue.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud acknowledged on Friday that more had to be done to monitor mining activities for environmental transgressions.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – The runner-up in El Salvador’s presidential election said yesterday he was asking the country’s electoral tribunal to annul the tight contest after refusing to accept the outcome.

(Trinidad Express) Something definitely went wrong and health officials were responsible for the death of baby Simeon whose head was cut open during a Caesarean section on Carnival Saturday.

(The Sports Xchange) –The two-time NBA champion Miami Heat snapped a rare three-game losing streak, beating the Washington Wizards 99-90.

SEVASTOPOL/KIEV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government appealed for Western help yesterday to stop Moscow annexing Crimea but the Black Sea peninsula, overrun by Russian troops, seemed fixed on a course that could formalise rule from Moscow within days.

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) says that while it recognises the strides women in Guyana and across the globe have made regarding gender empowerment and equality, it is also important to reflect critically on the barriers that continue to impede further progress.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A court has ordered the operators of two new hydroelectric dams in western Brazil to redo their environmental impact studies on the suspicion they have caused extensive flooding in the area.

Dear Editor, I read with much interest a letter by Eric Phillips, executive member of ACDA on Laurence Clairmonte Clarke, who was a loyal life member of ACDA.

MACAU,  (Reuters) – Growing numbers of Chinese are using the country’s state-backed bankcards to illegally spirit billions of dollars abroad, a Reuters examination has found.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-The draft for the second edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be held on April 3 in Jamaica, officials have announced.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, (Reuters) – A judge in the Cayman Islands fined a Louisiana man $600 yesterday for forcing a Delta Air Lines flight to make an emergency landing after he got into a drunken argument with his wife aboard the plane on their anniversary.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Lawyers filed a federal class action lawsuit against the United Nations yesterday to seek compensation for almost 1,500 Haitian victims of a cholera epidemic blamed on U.N.

A patient unbeaten innings of 48 from 110 deliveries from Kevin Sinclair guided West Berbice to an eight-run first innings lead over New Amsterdam/Canje in the Berbice Cricket Board/National Communication Network under-15 inter zone two-day tournament which commenced yesterday at the Cumberland ground.

The Guyana Water Inc yesterday received tenders for the supply and delivery of electro mechanical equipment as it seeks to upgrade services countrywide.

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram, not M Maxwell, publicly puts himself out there as a reputable and skilled pollster.

The Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) will be hosting a one day, four teams cricket competition on March 30th.

On 27th February, the People’s Progressive Party, A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for Change without the permission of the Guyana Trades Union Congress divvied-up the latter’s property and processes.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris, who bowled his country to a series victory in South Africa last week, is hoping knee surgery will prolong his test career through the 2015 Ashes at least.

Dear Editor, The PPP has been in office for almost twenty-two years and during that time politics has been a zero sum game; it’s all or nothing for them. 

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is encouraging the public to have their premises recertified every ten years as this can greatly aid in mitigating fires of electrical origin.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Rahul Gandhi, the heir to the dynasty that leads India’s ruling party, on Tuesday compared opposition leader Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler – his sharpest attack yet on a rival who is forecast to beat him in an upcoming general election.

Given the deep-seated divisions and stalemate that have characterized the 10th parliament, any type of all-party agreement is music to the ears and welcoming news to all Guyanese.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says he hopes to commission the $3.6 billion Hope Canal by the end of April and expressed certainty that the new addition to Guyana’s water management infrastructure will be operationalized by or before June.

If the PPP really wanted the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism bill (AML/CFT) it would have been passed since 2011 when it had the majority. 

Dear Editor, In last year’s budget first-time home-owners with a mortgage not exceeding thirty million dollars could deduct the interest payable on such mortgages from their taxable income so it would not be subject to personal income tax.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – French bank BNP Paribas has signed a five-year contract to extend its title sponsorship of the season-ending WTA Championships, continuing its long association with tennis.