Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Cruise ship Minerva returned to Guyana this week after a 10-year break.

The 437- foot long, 12,500-ton passenger ship Minerva at the GNSC dock.

At about 1030h today, the police say that Ann Gravesande, 52 years, was in her grocery shop at Westminster, Parfait Harmonie, WBD, when she was attacked by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

An elderly woman was this morning found murdered in her North Ruimveldt home.

  (Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night advised President Anthony Carmona to revoke the appointment of Minister of the People and Social Develop-ment Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh.

(Trinidad Express) An unprecedented 11th minister was fired yesterday in the person of Glenn Ramadharsingh.

A March 21, 2014 report by the Organisation of American States (OAS) has recommended specialized anti-corruption units here and it is also urging new regulations for the blacklisting of contractors in the public procurement system.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman has moved to the Court of Appeal to challenge the ruling by Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang  in the 2012 budget cuts case and is asking for the judgment to be reversed and/or set aside.

The police say they are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of logger Eldon Gaime, 34 years, of Pomona Village, Essequibo Coast, which occurred at about 0100h.

Today’s deadline for the submission of statements in the Dr. Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) has been extended indefinitely to allow for more persons to come forward.

The man accused of causing the death of hotel worker Lovina Williams by dangerous driving, pleaded not guilty at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Guyana maritime officials are expecting that there will be a decline in the number of ports compliant with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code during the recertification process in July.

“We don’t want handouts from the Government. The council wants its independence to be able to earn its own revenue.

A Patentia, West Bank Demerara shop owner was mercilessly beaten after she fought back against a burglar in the wee hours of Monday morning in her grilled-up home.

The trial of Tenza Lane who is accused of assaulting Samuel Hinds Jnr.

Justice Sandra Kurtzious yesterday discharged an injunction granted in September 2012 to miner Belina Charlie against the toshao of Kako who had stopped the miner from accessing the Kako River.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies eased concerns about their defence of the World Twenty20 title when they shrugged off their lethargy, to stroll to a convincing 73-run victory over Bangladesh here yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC- Opening batsman Dwayne Smith is backing Chris Gayle to explode as West Indies continue their campaign to defend their title in a tough group of the World T20 tournament.

A businessman who said that he had been unaware of 10 grammes of cannabis hidden within tablets and found in his possession was granted $40,000 bail when he made his first appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

In a bid to renew the Cricketer Ambassador Programme, Western Union yesterday pumped $500, 000 worth of cricket gears and equipment into the future development of six young cricketers from Berbice.

Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted $125,000 bail to a construction worker charged with stealing over $1.5M worth of clothing and household items.

The Guyana Power and Light is embarking on the final stages of the US$38.9M Infrastructure Development Project which provides for the development and expansion of its Transmission and Distribution System.

Lower Corentyne, led by opening batsman Sundra Budhoo, clinched first innings points against Upper Corentyne to advance to the final of the 2014 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/National Communication Network (NCN) inter-zone tournament played at the Area ‘H’ Ground, Berbice.

Bush Lot New Generation hammered Cotton Tree Diehard by seven wickets in their U19, Elizabeth Styles match last Saturday at the Bush Lot United Sports Ground, West Coast Berbice.

Fire believed to have been as a result of an overfilled furnace has left the owner of Guytrac on Mandela Avenue, counting millions of dollars in losses.

The University of Guyana is partnering with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS) and the Catholic University of Leuven of Belgium to benefit from a €613,640 (US $840,686) programme aimed at capacity building in applied renewable energy technologies.

Former West Indies middle order batsman Basil Butcher was one of several persons calling for an end to the cricket fiasco in Guyana.

Chatterpaul Deo and Joann Deo were crowned champions of the inaugural Sanjay’s Jewellery golf tournament played last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara.

The man who reportedly struck down and killed 23-month-old Javell Peters in front of his home on Sunday last, yesterday appeared in the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Sunil Scarce and was charged and fined for several traffic offences.

Dear Editor, Our first response to the call by the ruling PPP published in the Stabroek News of Saturday March 22 (‘The PPP calls on PNC, WPA to cooperate with Rodney Inquiry’) is to appeal for sanity, reason and fairness.

By Delvon Mc Ewan An attacking half century from Kefa Naughton set up an easy victory for Malteenoes Sports Club in the opening match of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) two-day first division competition against Transport Sports Club (TSC) at Malteenoes Sports Club Ground, Thomas Lands, last weekend.

A football match between two village teams resulted in two men being charged yesterday with inflicting grievous bodily harm and assault.

Government is looking to expend $4.4 billion towards further developing Guyana’s housing sector, according to Budget 2014.

Dear Editor, “You give but little when you give of your possessions.

Berbice Education Institute (BEI) recorded their first victory in the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Football Academy on Saturday, defeating Berbice High School by a 2-0 margin when the Berbice leg of the tournament commenced.

Agricola Red Triangle, led by a Gordon Grant hat trick crushed Soesdyke Falcons 5-0 when the Stag Beer/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) division-one league continued on Sunday at the Grove Community ground.

Dear Editor, Further to your correspondence dated March 20, 2014 and received on March 24, 2014, please be advised as follows: The incident as stated in the letter which was published in the Stabroek News of March 15, 2014 is noted (‘Delivery truck man verbally abused Amerindian woman’).

A woman whose husband died in November last year says she is dissatisfied with the service provided at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) after she was pushed around when she applied for funeral and survivor’s benefits.

The Guyana National Men’s Hockey team which is expected to compete in the 2014 Indoor Pan American Cup from April 7-13 in Uruguay, has been officially selected.

(Trinidad Guardian) Even after being shot in her leg by her kidnappers, Central businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman still managed to cling on to life for eight days in an abandoned house in La Puerta, Diego Martin, before she was eventually executed.

Dear Editor, It was so refreshing to read that three litterbugs were ordered to do community service. 

The National Tuberculosis Programme has said that tuberculosis treatment under the Directly Observed Treatment Short (DOTS) course strategy has been successful in reducing the incidence of the disease in all but two regions, as Guyana observes World TB Day with a week of awareness activities.

(Barbados Nation) A member of Cabinet is warning that Barbadians may have become too comfortable and it could be the basis of the country’s “destruction”.

 Dear Editor, NCNs Live coverage of the 2014 budget was rather distasteful.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur says the GRA intends to raise public awareness of the new Online Tax Payment System which it recently implemented.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Sidelined pacer Fidel Edwards has been recalled to the Barbados squad for their 5th round WICB first-class match against Jamaica at Sabina Park in Kingston starting Friday.

(The Sports Xchange) ———- Austin Daye scored a season-best 22 points as the Spurs won their 14th consecutive game while handing the Sixers their 25th straight defeat Monday night.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) says that the conviction rates in fuel smuggling cases has increased and will continue in years to come.

Dear Editor, Now that funeral arrangements have been announced for the late Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and former PNCR executive member, Deborah Jan Backer, I wish to remind the leadership, membership and supporters of the Peoples’ National Congress Reform to be most vigilant.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested three air force generals accused of plotting a coup in league with opposition politicians during the country’s rumbling civil unrest, the president said yesterday.

THE HAGUE/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia and the West drew a tentative line under the Ukraine crisis yesterday after U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) Former Junior Energy Minister Kern Spencer and his former personal assistant Colleen Wright shed tears of joy on Monday as they walked out of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court free after a six-year trial on corruption and money laundering charges in the Cuban light bulb scandal.

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) has continued to increase the number of products it produces from recycling waste: from biodiesel and rubberised asphalt cement to roof tiles and is pursuing several options for commercializing, During a recent tour of the facility, Director of the IAST Dr Suresh Narine revealed some of the recycling procedures and activities being undertaken by the institute, a report from Clean and Green Guyana/ Guyenterprise said.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Spin duo Ryan Austin and Akeem Dewar shared eight wickets to propel Combined Campuses and Colleges to a seven-wicket victory over Guyana in the Regional Four-Day tournament on Monday here.

ARLINGTON, Wash.,  (Reuters) – The likely death toll from a devastating weekend landslide in Washington state rose to 24 yesterday after rescue workers recovered two bodies and believed they had located eight more, the local fire chief said.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) yesterday renewed its call for the removal of the United States embargo on Cuba.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Windward Islands staged an intelligent run chase to beat Jamaica by three wickets in their fourth round, Regional Four-Day match here yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Opposition legislators asked Brazil’s top prosecutor yesterday to investigate President Dilma Rousseff’s role in the purchase of a Texas refinery by Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA which critics say was way overpriced.

Dear Editor, Disappointing really, the last letter by Eric Phillips. Having accused me of spreading disinformation and lies in his first response to my initial piece, and hard pressed to cite even a single case or item of falsity in it, he descends yesterday to accusing me of being anti-reparations (‘Bakr’s language is designed to obfuscate the facts; SN, March 25).

  Bids for the procurement of laboratory equipment for the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Project were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Merissa Aguilleira has praised the heroics of all-rounder Deandra Dottin, after she bowled West Indies Women to victory in their opening game of the Women’s World Twenty20 here Monday.

Dear Editor, I am once again trying to resolve this long and frustrating stalemate over land at Santa Rosa, Moruca, Region One.

The PPP/C could not for one moment have thought that it would have been politically where it is today when it took the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill to parliament on 7th May 2013.

The euphoria, particularly in official circles in Western Europe, as well as, though perhaps less so, in the United States, over the eviction of President Yanukovich from Ukraine, now seems more tempered than two weeks ago.

Dear Editor, The Cuffy 250 Commit-tee is a new organization that is dedicated to encouraging socio-economic and cultural revitalization within the African Guyanese community and the fostering of ethnic and racial equality in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) At least 19 Trinidadian Muslims are now in the custody of the Venezuelan intelligence service      SEBIN (Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional), under the suspicion of being terrorists.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night advised President Anthony Carmona to revoke the appointment of Minister of the People and Social Development Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh.