Daily Archive: Friday, March 14, 2014

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown was arrested today in Malibu, California, on a warrant issued for a probation violation related to his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, the Los Angeles County Sheriff said.

In celebration of the first anniversary of popular radio station 94.1 Boom FM, parent company Hits and Jams Entertainment will host the ‘I love Boom Concert and Award Show’ tomorrow, March 16 at the National Park, Georgetown from 20:00hrs.

At about 1245h. today, the police say that one of their ranks responded to a report received of a suspicious-looking man on the roadway at ‘C’ Field, Sophia.

Caribbean Container Inc received an award in recognition of contributions to the sustaining of waste recycling for a greener environment when the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association held its annual awards on March 6 at the Pegasus Hotel.

Air Services Limited received an award from the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association in recognition of their drive to develop the aviation sector which GMSA says has impacted positively on tourism, forestry and mining.

In Recognition of their contribution to Guyana’s infrastructural development Trinidad Cement Limited received an award.

An award was bestowed on Brass Aluminum and Cast Iron Foundry in recognition of their innovativeness with the production of metallic products and sustaining markets within the ambit of CSME.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says that the government will continue to invest money in the sugar industry and is convinced that there will be a turnaround in its fortunes.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Playing plenty of domestic Twenty20 matches in similar conditions hold the Indian bowlers in good stead for the ICC World T20 in Bangladesh, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said today.

(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese man working on a house in California fell to his death yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Military radar data suggests a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for nearly a week was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off course, heightening suspicions of foul play among investigators, sources told Reuters today.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday accused the opposition of shifting the goalpost on the stalled anti-money laundering bill as he led a “stakeholders” consultation on the contentious legislation in the city.

A policewoman stationed at the Supreme Court was yesterday charged with fleecing a woman of $480,000 by forging the acting Chief Justice’s signature.

A maiden century from Sunil Ambris, reinforced by an unbeaten half-century from Windward Islands captain Liam Sebastian gave the visitors the upper hand over Guyana on day one of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 4-day third round match yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

APNU and the AFC yesterday denied calling for the closure of the sugar industry and flayed the government for what they said were years of failed policies, mismanagement and questionable deals which culminated in disastrous production and a `white elephant’ Skeldon factory.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies failed in their bid to complete a clean sweep, as England held their nerve to record a consolation victory, in an exciting finale to their three-match Twenty20 Intern-ational series here yesterday.

Newly-appointed as both Chief Election Officer and National Registration Officer, Keith Lowenfield yesterday pledged to strive for “consensus” and “unity” as he undertakes his new roles at the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

The Guyana Sugar Corporation yesterday said that work by South African firm Bosch Engineering to repair the beleaguered Skeldon factory cost US$1.8M and not US$30 million as was reported by Stabroek News in its March 9, 2014 edition.

Anthony Antonio’s hat trick and Paul Thomas’ entertaining half century set up an easy victory for East Bank over West Demerara in their second round match of the Demerara Cricket Board under-15 Inter-Zone competition played yesterday at the Everest Ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) would be ready for local government elections once it is notified of a date and money is released by the Finance Ministry, according to Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally, who said that no queries about readiness have been received from either government or opposition parties.

The Cuban doctor, Iliana Urrutia-Yearwood, 43, whose Guyanese husband beat her in her head with a hammer on February 19 and subsequently committed suicide, said he was depressed and needed help.

The 2014 cycling season will resume tomorrow in the National Park with the staging of the 9th annual Diamond Mineral Water 11-race programme.

An ex-convict, released from prison mere days ago, yesterday faced a possible third term in prison after being brought before a city court on an armed robbery charge.

Lusignan and Ogle B under-15 teams both secured victories on their home turf when the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Under-15 and second division competition continued last weekend.

Beterverwagting (BV)/Triumph United defeated Linden’s Winners Connection 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark after normal time ended 1-1 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League continued on Wednesday.

The five-storey building under construction at Camp and Robb Streets is intended to house a food court, bar and restaurant, according to its building plan.

2012 Olympian, Winston George booked a place in today’s final of the men’s 400m of the ongoing South American Games in Santiago, Chile after finishing second in the semis yesterday.

A logger was yesterday charged with duping two men of nearly $700,000 by failing to deliver promised wood to them.

Even as much of the rest of the local hotel and hospitality industry worries about less than encouraging levels of visitor arrivals, Clifton Bacchus, proprietor of the Sleepin International Hotel on Brickdam says that his 60-room facility customarily enjoys a 95 per cent occupancy rate.

An all-round performance by Berbice under-15 player Kris Ramnarine guided Bush Lot New Beginning past D’Edward in the Berbice Cricket Board/Tenelec Incorporated U-15 cricket competition played on Sunday at the Bush Lot Sports Ground, West Coast Berbice.

BERNE,  (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter does not want to see any more flares and firecrackers in soccer stadiums and described the people who let them off as arsonists.

Caricom Heads of Government agreed at the recent St Vincent summit that developing a  digital economy will be key to changing the socio-economic profile of the region and for creating jobs – especially for the community’s youth.

Public and private sector water and waste water operators in Guyana are to receive training sessions in water treatment and basic sanitation through a programme mandated by the Food and Drugs Division of the Ministry of Health.

Dear Editor, We were alarmed to read the article that was posted to the Stabroek News online edition of March 11, entitled ‘UG students await word on Hugh Wooding placements.’

The Business School/Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) mini cadet, cadet, junior team and singles four-day country-wide schools’ table tennis tournament commences today from 4.00 pm at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The Essequibo Paddy Farmers Association plans a protest today to highlight the plight of rice farmers in their county, who say their livelihoods are under threat by the low prices being paid by millers for their produce.

The annual Attitudinal Survey which the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce has undertaken for three consecutive years has its limitations, one of which is that it proffers the opinions of considerably less than a majority of the business houses in Georgetown and its environs.

Dear Editor, The PPP administration has established a Commission of Inquiry to look into the death of the Guyanese historian and political activist, Dr Walter Rodney, on June 13, 1980.

The results of a post-mortem examination performed on the body of a Guyanese crewman, who died aboard the vessel Lady Zai en route to St.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) edged BK Western Tigers by a 1-0 margin when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League continued on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Dear Editor, The letter from the Press Attaché of the Russian Embassy (‘BCGI abides by the laws of the country’ SN, March 11) seeking to establish the adherence of the Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) to Guyana’s laws is noteworthy.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor said yesterday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation’s top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A dirty-looking, commercially worthless brown diamond found in Brazil is yielding priceless information about the composition of a layer deep inside our planet.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former Manchester United striker Eric Cantona, the catalyst for the club’s first English league title win for 26 years in 1993, was arrested on Wednesday following reports of assault, British media reported.

By Joycelyn Williams   There is not an adequate amount of national conversation on the need for manufacturing and industrial production in Guyana to accelerate.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in the first free practice at the Australian Grand Prix today as reliability problems saw the new Formula One season open with a whimper rather than a bang.

Opposition Leader David Granger says his office is doing its best with the limited resources available but wants to see adequate funding allocated in this year’s budget so that it can perform more effectively.

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.)

Dear Editor, I am content that my letter of last week re the naked political posturing around the setting up of the Walter Rodney Commisssion of Inquiry seems to have had the desired effect.

BERLIN/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia launched new military exercises near its border with Ukraine yesterday, showing no sign of backing down on plans to annex its neighbour’s Crimea region despite a stronger than expected drive for sanctions from the EU and United States.

The recent Caricom Heads meeting in St Vincent had a spirited session on the use of marijuana for medical/health purposes.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is disappointed over “the lack of response” to the decision made by the Chamber last year to open its doors to members from the small business community.

By Rudi V. Webster In 2011 I wrote: “After an impressive run as world champions, the Australian cricket team recently went into a state of decline.

Dear Editor, In a letter you published for me a few months ago I described the delay on the part of the powers that be to return my transport which was pledged as security for my daughter, who is a medical doctor, to leave Guyana.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Authorities in cricket-crazy Bangladesh yesterday asked fertiliser factories to halt production in a bid to divert gas supply to power plants and ensure an uninterrupted electricity supply ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, , CMC – Deandra Dottin has returned from suspension for the Twenty20 World Cup starting later this month in Bangladesh.

Addressing the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting of Caricom in  Grenada on Monday St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves listed trade and economic integration, agriculture, tourism, air transport and financial services as areas of accomplishment though he added, “there is a great deal left to be done to realise the full fruition of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.”

Dear Editor, I fully endorse the caveats implied in the caption of the very penetrating editorial ‘Implementing professional teaching standards: A two-way obligation’ (SN, March 4), and their explication within the accompanying text. 

(Reuters) – New Zealander Danny Lee continued his recent resurgence to claim a share of a four-way tie for the lead after the first round of a windswept $5.7 million Tampa Bay Championship yesterday.

A Jamaican national who admitted that he had overstayed his welcome in Guyana was fined and ordered to immediately return to his country when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) In an effort to reduce Trinidad’s carbon footprints, Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Ramona Ramdial said, Trinidad and Tobago will have a state-of-the art recycling plant very soon.

A collaborative farming-based poverty reduction project financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Japanese Government through the Japanese Trust Fund was formally launched here on Wednesday, eight months after being implemented in poor coastal farming communities in urban and coastal regions of the country.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italian police yesterday arrested Federica Gagliardi, a woman who acted as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s secretary at two international summits in Canada in 2010, on suspicion of smuggling 24 kg of cocaine on a flight from Venezuela.

BERNE, (Reuters) – An unpaved area of 140,000 square metres around the Porto Alegre stadium is among FIFA’s biggest headaches with three months to go until the World Cup in Brazil, secretary general Jerome Valcke said yesterday.

(Reuters) – China’s Li Na won her rematch with Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells yesterday.

High on the agenda of the recent Caricom summit in St Vincent and the Grenadines was the on-going challenges posed by climate change and sea-level rise to the region.

Dear Editor, There is no doubt that we live in a divided society.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A few weeks ago, talk of an unprecedented Manchester City quadruple was doing the rounds with Manuel Pellegrini’s side in seemingly unstoppable form on all fronts.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) wants the international donor community to provide material and technical support for creation of a small business help desk within the Chamber to help provide various critical services to the small business community.

KUALA LUMPUR/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A new search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may be opened in the Indian Ocean, the White House said, significantly broadening the potential location of the plane, which disappeared nearly a week ago with 239 people on board.

Dear Editor, I read recently in the print media about a small group of pensioners protesting the deplorable conditions they are made to live in in their community of South Vryheid’s Lust, ECD.

A former suspect in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Inshan Ali Ramlakhan says he knows the identity of the shooter and is willing to cooperate with police, according to Ramlakhan’s family members.

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

The Bandits’ Briefing/Meeting is the Summary of the Minutes of my own sometimes – creative mind.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 554’s trading results showed consideration of $10,235,630 from 477,732 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 553’s trading results which showed consideration of $4,753,900 from 43,681 shares traded in 6 transactions.

Dear Editor, My ten-year-old daughter was reading out aloud from the March 12 edition of your newspaper. 

By Jeff Trotman   The Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) held a two-day workshop at Watooka House, Linden, for its members in Region Ten, on March 12th and 13th.

Hemispheric and regional reactions to the situation in Venezuela have taken an intriguing turn.