Daily Archive: Friday, March 21, 2014

Customers and dealers of Banks DIH Limited were given a firsthand look at the Company’s modernization programme during a tour of the Thirst Park Complex, East Bank Demerara on Wednesday last.

Rubina Dilaik, popularly known as Radhika on Choti Bahu, an Indian soap opera, is excited to visit Guyana for the first time.

Berbice High School History students perusing the pictorial section of the exhibition at the National Library NA branch.

(Trinidad Guardian)  A 23-year-old mother of one who suffered a miscarriage was seeking answers yesterday after she returned home to find the dead foetus inside a black plastic bag among the clothing she took back home from the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH). Speaking

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – India maintained their impeccable World Cup record against Pakistan after Virat Kohli’s fluent 36 not out powered them to a seven-wicket victory against the arch-rivals in a group two super 10 stage match of the World Twenty20 today.

The D Y Patil Group, one of the largest private educators in India and which is also looking at agriculture here, says it will shortly begin building a medical college at Turkeyen to which other schools will be added.

The People’s National Congress Reform today announced the passing of longstanding executive member and former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Deborah Backer.

PERTH, Australia/KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – The international team hunting Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the remote southern Indian Ocean failed to turn up anything today, and Australia’s deputy prime minister said the suspected debris may have sunk.

Verification of Guyana’s deforestation figures for 2012 has confirmed a rate of 0.079%, a figure at which cuts in payments to Guyana under the forests protection partnership with Norway are expected to kick in.

Businessman Rondy Jagdeo, accused of killing his close friend Kirk Davis on September 3, 2013 had his matter dismissed yesterday after a no-case submission was upheld by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry following the no show of key witnesses.

Public Works Minister Robeson Benn yesterday officially launched the US$34.2M West Coast Demerara road project which aims to increase efficiency and safety along the 30.7km-long stretch of roadway from Vreed-en-Hoop to Hydronie.

By Kenesha Fraser A meeting yesterday at the Anna Regina Town Hall, between Essequibo rice farmers and Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, ended with the still disgruntled farmers who had requested the meeting, accusing the government of not keeping promises made and favouring a failing sugar industry.

(ICC) The ICC World Twenty20 2014 Super 10 kicks off today with a match that is set to be a pulsating encounter between two old rivals Facts: India v Pakistan These teams tied their first T20I meeting, at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.

A report relating to Minister Ashni Singh’s car accident on February 23 which was published in the March 1 edition of Stabroek News carried the headline ‘Special protocol followed when senior gov’t officials involved in traffic accidents  -Crime Chief.’

A domestic abuse incident left three people injured and seeking medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Wednesday evening.

(Reuters) – Hosts Bangladesh crawled into the main draw of the World Twenty20 despite an embarrassing two-wicket defeat by Hong Kong in their final qualifying match in Chittagong yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Experienced off-spinner Anisa Mohammed believes this is the year West Indies Women will bring a global title back to the Caribbean.

A Sophia man facing 12 charges, including robbing former Assistant Commissioner of Police Clinton Conway and his family of more than half a million dollars in articles, was yesterday remanded to prison after the prosecutor raised objections to bail.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has hit out at a Stabroek News editorial saying it was a brazen attempt by the newspaper to tarnish the character and successes of the former Bharrat Jagdeo administration.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Technical Development Officer Lyndon France said more work needs to be done at the club level to educate players about the impact of physical conditioning on performance, if they are to compete internationally.

Guyana’s Revlon Lake suffered a fourth round knockout at the hands of Jamaica’s Sakima Mullings in the first fight of this season’s Wray & Nephew Contender Series on Wednesday night.

William Light, who was charged with the murder of two people after a chopping rampage on Russell Street in 2010 was yesterday sentenced to 47 years in prison by Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court.

The Guyana Rice Deve-lopment Board (GRDB) is expected to release new varieties of rice soon and continues to work on others such as salt-tolerant rice plants.

When Guyana’s contingent of boxers and athletes returned to Guyana from the South American Games in Chile on Wednesday night, there was no hero’s welcome or media waiting to quiz them on their achievements.

Guyana Team Manager Alvin Johnson has cautioned batsmen against repeating careless mistakes and advised them to exercise patience in their encounter against the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) in the fourth round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day tournament which starts today in Barbados.

Justice William Ramlal yesterday sentenced Eddie Williams to seven years in prison for the November 2010 stabbing to death of his aunt’s boyfriend at Ruimzight, West Coast Demerara.

West Ruimveldt’s BK Western Tigers will face off against Linden side Milerock FC in an eagerly anticipated showdown when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League continues today at the Georgetown Football Club, Bourda.

Juliana Nicholas, a serving member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for 13 years, was yesterday released on bail after she denied that she uttered a forged document to gain credit from the Police Consumers’ Society.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis and pace spearhead Dale Steyn are nursing hamstring injuries and are doubtful for their World Twenty20 opener against Sri Lanka tomorrow.

Akeem Roberts was yesterday sentenced to ten years in prison by Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court for the 2012 stabbing death of a St George’s Community High School student at a city lessons venue.

By Jeff Trotman Verley Etheline Bellamy is satisfied with her life.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Smart use of the conditions here will be key to West Indies’ success in the World Twenty20 Championship, fast bowler Ravi Rampaul believes.

A police constable is currently hospitalized after he was shot in his right foot by another rank who was clearing his gun.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Teams have realised the importance of experience in Twenty20 cricket and aging players are no longer considered misfits in the rip-roaring format, according to Pakistan’s test and one-day international captain Misbah-ul-Haq.

Ivor Williams, 32, one of the passengers of the plane that crashed in Arau on Tuesday morning, is still in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A 33-year-old man employed at Noble House Seafoods was yesterday shot once to the abdomen and robbed of over half a million dollars as he was making his way from the bank to his workplace.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former Australian coach Mickey Arthur will take charge of defending champions Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League.

The Port Kaituma One Mile Church which saw its flooring collapse during the funeral of the five members of the La Cruz family who perished in last Friday’s fire needs rebuilding help.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Authorities in Bangladesh have asked businesses, shopping malls and markets to shut down during the evening to save electricity in the wake of Wednesday’s power outage during a World Twenty20 match in Sylhet.

Spice processing equipment will soon be installed at Hosororo in Region One to process turmeric.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius will sell the luxury Pretoria home in which he shot and killed his girlfriend to pay his legal expenses due to an unexpected delay in the trial, his lawyer said yesterday.

A Kaneville woman, accused of wounding and assaulting another woman, was granted $100,000 bail yesterday after denying the allegations before the Providence Magistrate’s Court.

(ICC) The India-Pakistan rivalry is not necessarily the oldest in cricketing history, but there is no rivalry more intense than the showdowns between the Asian giants.

By Amos Sarrouy After I told my friend in Puerto Ordaz that I was in search of Guyanese living in Venezuela he took me to meet some people that he knew.

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

Dear Editor, This firm of insurance brokers would like to disassociate itself from the recent publication by a group of insurers in conjunction with the Guyana Insurance Brokers Association (GIBA) regarding the whole issue of flooding.

A cross section of local manufacturers are expected to participate in the inaugural National Agro Processors Forum at the International Conference Centre, Liliendaal on Friday March 28.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is teaming up with the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to host a numbers of tours and workshops aimed at raising awareness about water and energy conservation starting today, in observance of International World Water Day.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Leading a side teeming with all-rounders, Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez enjoys an embarrassment of riches that he believes will give the 2009 champions a definite edge in the World Twenty20.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 555’s trading results showed consideration of $6,860,530 from 60,880 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 554’s trading results which showed consideration of $10,235,630 from 477,732 shares traded in 8 transactions.

Minister of Transport Robeson Benn is expected to be given a report on an incident that allegedly occurred at the Control Tower, Timehri a little after midnight on March 8 last.

Dear Editor, A $10.3 million dollar project under the Basic Needs Trust Fund was recently executed in Annai Village with the primary objective being to upgrade and improve the water system there.

Christine Sukhram is expected to number among the 40 golfers competing tomorrow from 12 noon in the inaugural Sanjay’s Jewellery Golf Pairs Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC).

Family crisis: The National Dance Company dramatizing a family crisis at the World Storytelling Day, 2014 forum at the Umana Yana yesterday.

Dear Editor, An article about South Africa’s branding problems which I read recently, contained the following observation:  “More often than not, when we point a finger at anyone we have three fingers pointing right back at us.”

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama raised the stakes in an East-West confrontation over Crimea yesterday by targeting some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest long-time political and business allies with personal sanctions.

Labour Minister Dr Nanda K Gopaul invited participants at a Canada mining convention to explore investment opportunities in Guyana’s lucrative mineral and other extractive sectors.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Leaders Jamaica will return to action this weekend on home soil while Barbados are set to extend their long-standing rivalry with Trinidad and Tobago when they play hosts in the feature game of the Regional Four-Day Championship fourth round which bowls off today.

Generally believed to be one of the largest producers of pork along the East Coast Demerara/West Coast Berbice corridor, Vasil Wood believes that after several decades there is still much more that needs to be done to create a thriving national pork production industry.

Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter captioned, ‘No mail delivery service for Potaro Road residents,’ as carried in your letters column on Saturday, March 15, 2014.

SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Rescue authorities studied satellite data today for more clues in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, after an air and sea search in the remote Indian Ocean off Australia failed to find any trace of a suspected debris field.

The Caribbean Local Economic Development project (CARILED), in collaboration with the Ministry of Local and Regional Development and the Mara Farmers’ Association concluded a five-day training workshop for 30 farmers last week at the Mara Community Centre, Ma Retraite Scheme, East Bank Berbice.

(Trinidad Express) Minister of the People and Social Development Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh says  he regrets his disorderly conduct on board a domestic flight from Toba-go to Trinidad on Sunday, blaming his behaviour on “severe fatigue”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The leader of the U.S. Senate strongly backed the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday in a dispute with the Central Intelligence Agency, ordering an investigation into what he called an “indefensible” breach of the panel’s computers by the CIA.

By Joycelyn Williams  Joycelyn Williams is a Lecturer at the University of Guyana and a Programme Management Consultant.

(Reuters) – Arnold Palmer said yesterday Tiger Woods will be “dangerous” at next month’s Masters but acknowledged that doubts surround the health of the 14-times major champion.

Dear Editor, I live next door to the Kitty Market and obliquely opposite where construction is taking place at 20 A Shell Road Kitty. 

Ole Higue:  University of Guyana Oral Literature students depicting Ole Higue at the World Storytelling Day, 2014 forum at the Umana Yana yesterday.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce as part of World Consumer Rights Day on Saturday, hosted a ceremony at the International Conference Centre, to honour five persons for their contributions over the years in championing consumers rights in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank you for having published my letter ‘Still waiting for transport to be returned’ (SN, March 14). 

YANGON,  (Reuters) – Myanmar will ban the export of raw timber logs from April 1, choking off profits in a sector that provided critical funding to the country’s former military rulers for decades, as a new reformist government steps up efforts to save forests.

Anansi: Old Man Papee, Michael Khan presenting Anansi Story at the World Storytelling Day, 2014 forum at the Umana Yana yesterday.

Against the backdrop of increasing interest in the implications of the advent of the country’s first ever Credit Bureau as regards relationships between credit seekers and lending agencies, Creditinfo Guyana’s Chief Executive Officer Judy Semple-Joseph said that a team of high-level and internationally experienced experts are due in Guyana shortly to conduct a two-day workshop at the Cara Lodge Hotel.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Members of FIFA’s executive committee are being interviewed by ethics chief Michael Garcia, who is investigating the decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.

(Trinidad Express) A 14-year-old girl was shot and killed on Wednesday night.

Sitira gal: Oral literature students from the University of Guyana showcasing `Sitira gal’ at the World Storytelling Day, 2014 forum at the Umana Yana yesterday.

With the Venezuelan political crisis continuing to fester, Union of South American Nations (Unasur) foreign ministers agreed in Chile, last week, to travel to Caracas to “accompany, support and advise” the dialogue process initiated by President Nicolás Maduro’s government.

Issues pertaining to the state of the country’s rice sector and particularly the export sector have arisen in the media over the past few weeks.

Business Cartoons

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Taliban gunmen attacked a luxury hotel yesterday in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police said, and four of the assailants were killed in a shootout with Afghan security forces.

Dear Editor, It is with regret that I am pointing out that on Saturday March 8, 2014 when you reported in an article titled ‘Justice system reforms need to better support women -Justice George,” you failed to mention that Justice George quoted the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, in a message in the UN Women Report ‘In Pursuit of Justice: Progress of the World’s Women 2011-2012’ said: “Justice is central to the effort to help women become equal partners in decision-making and development.

After the winners of the 2014 Roraima Airways Wedding Expo ‘Race to the Altar’ were announced on the evening of Friday March 7, the lucky couple could not conceal their elation.

Personal and collective respect for law, order, discipline, reasonably-civilised standards of behaviour, service and of living itself.

Politikles

MONTEVIDEO,  (Reuters) – Uruguay has agreed with the United States to accept some prisoners held in the much-criticized detention center at the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Arsene Wenger has been called many things since he walked into Arsenal’s old marble-halled Highbury stadium in 1996 to launch one of the most successful eras in the club’s history.

APNU on Wednesday held a town hall meeting on the anti-money laundering bill in Linden.

Nineteen law enforcement officers drawn from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday successfully completed a five-day Jetway training programme facilitated by the Canadian Embassy.