Daily Archive: Saturday, March 29, 2014

An elderly woman was found murdered in her home at South Amelia’s Ward Linden earlier this afternoon and police believe that she was a victim of a robbery gone bad.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has launched its first Old Student Association for the Kuru Kuru Training Centre’s Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) Programme with the aim of building on the achievements that have already been made.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Friday reflected on the life of the late Dr.

The Leadership Council of A Partnership for National Unity-APNU held its statutory quarterly meeting today at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition- Georgetown.

Civil rights activist Mark Benschop held a meeting at Stabroek Square last evening on the issue of Local Government Elections.

At about 2250h. last night, police say that the body of Roopchan Darsan, 24 years, of Logwood, Enmore, ECD, was found in his motor vehicle on the Strathspey Railway Embankment, ECD, with a suspected gunshot wound to the head.

MOSCOW,(Reuters) – Russia said today it had “no intention” of invading eastern Ukraine, responding to Western warnings over a military buildup on the border following Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

The Sophia Training Centre yesterday held its 25th graduation ceremony at which 129 youths received certificates for successfully completing training under the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) programme.

The Sophia Training Centre yesterday held its 25th graduation ceremony at which 129 youths received certificates for successfully completing training under the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) programme, complementing hundreds of others who have completed the programme.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will not approve Budget 2014 unless “significant amendment(s)” are made with regard to allocations, says coalition leader David Granger.

Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and APNU MP, Deborah Jan Backer, 54, was yesterday laid to rest following an outpouring of glowing tributes which celebrated her life and reflected her personality.

Relatives of the four-year-old and sixteen-month-old who died on Thursday evening say they were supposed to leave the country today and that their mother may have fed them poison to prevent them from migrating.

Welcoming the measures in the 2014 budget, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday said it believed that continued growth will be stimulated.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said that a deal with Venezuela for 200,000 tonnes of rice and padi this year is near closure and he warned millers to be fair to farmers.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday held a farewell parade in honour of Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell, who has retired after 36 years of service and who expressed the wish for a change in the force’s image.

President Donald Ramotar says that the majority of the $6.6 billion allocated to the Guyana Sugar Corporation in the 2014 budget will go directly into mechanization.

Jermaine Stuffle, charged in January with possessing 605 grammes of cannabis for trafficking, was yesterday jailed for four years when he made his final appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He

Demerara Distillers Limit-ed (DDL) Chairman Komal Samaroo yesterday announced two new management positions as the company gears for further growth and expansion.

Former CANU Officer Lloyd Mark Conway of Lamaha Springs was on Thursday admitted to the Guyana Bar.

Five children were removed from a home at Golden Fleece, West Coast Berbice yesterday after the Child Care & Protection Agency (CCPA) received information that they were being neglected.

A Chinese national is the latest litter bug to appear in a city court this week.

Two ex-policemen charged earlier this month with possession of arms and ammunition and threatening language yesterday had their matter postponed due to the absence of the prosecution’s witnesses.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Skipper Darren Sammy produced an electrifying, unbeaten cameo to propel West Indies to an exciting six-wicket win over Australia, and keep alive their hopes of a semi-final spot at the World Twenty20 Championship here yesterday.

The select committee of Parliament considering the anti-money laundering bill took small steps towards completing their work when they met on Tuesday and discussed the AML/CFT Authority which is to oversee the work of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

The highly anticipated fourth edition of the Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Show will be staged tonight at the National Cultural Centre.

Relatives of 75-year-old Joyce Lewis who was found dead in her North Ruimveldt home on Wednesday say a post-mortem report stated that she was strangled.

From Tony Cozier SIR Garry Sobers  – the Right Excellent Sir Garfield St.

The Ministry of Educa-tion yesterday launched a revised version of its  Primary Science Easy Path Series ‘Science Around Us’ for Grades 1-6, at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).

Before entertaining patrons at the National Cultural Centre tonight, this year’s Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) guest poser Jeff ‘Classic’ Beckham paid a visit to Joshua House yesterday and shared out ice cream much to the delight of the children.

Ogle’s U15 and Lusignan B teams recorded wins in the latest rounds of the East Coast Cricket Board competition played last weekend.

Not many people know Drew Thoven, born Andrew Christopher King, because for a long time his involvement in music has been behind the scenes.

A group of advocacy non-government organisations will be holding a public forum on the use of sexual violence in gross human rights violations tomorrow from 2.00 to 5.00 pm at the Saint Stanislaus College’s auditorium 1- 3 Brickdam, Stabroek.

Captain of the Combined Campuses and Colleges team (CCC) Steven Jacobs said getting the better of his Guyanese counterparts whom he played with for most of his cricketing career was pleasing for him and his team.

Three large firms, a hospital and a businessman’s consignments were on Tuesday randomly selected for manual examination when the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) held another of its weekly selection exercises.

I love my job. I really do. It’s been a hop, a skip and a jump from Marian Academy’s The Pendance to a one-off publication in the Catholic Standard to this.

Dear Editor, With reference to several letters in the press on the matter of the unscrupulous behaviour of minibus operators at peak hours, and as an operator myself, I am moved to offer the following: 1. 

Guyana’s one-day skipper Christopher Barnwell and Guyana’s four day captain Leon Johnson will lead their respective sides and arch rivals the Demerara Cricket Club and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) when play in the Georgetown Cricket Association Hadi’s World Incorporated division one, two-day competition gets underway today at the GCC ground, Bourda.

Hi Everyone, I have an obsession with baking scones. The dough mixes up quickly and is usually done cooking under 20 minutes or so.

Dear Editor, I write in response to an article appearing in the Guyana Times of Friday, March 28, 2014 under the caption ‘WPA has evidence Rodney was assassinated.’

Dear Editor, Considerable alarm has been expressed over the fact that of 220 candidates who were admitted to the School of Nursing, 120 of the cohort wrote an examination at which only 19 were successful.   

Pele FC led by a Deon Alfred double, defeated Camptown FC by a margin 2-0 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) division one league continued at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground, Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue on Thursday.

The pupils and teachers of Bath Primary School, West Berbice received a spanking new computer laboratory on Thursday as part of collaboration between the Canadian Global Partnership for Literacy and former student.

Dear Editor, Several journalists were chewing the cud while the President of Guyana was speaking at the most recent press conference at the Presidential Secretariat.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy yesterday reminded Australia that “talk is cheap” and said West Indies preferred to do its business on the pitch.

(Reuters) – Actor Columbus Short, best known for his role as Harrison Wright on ABC’s hit drama series “Scandal,” was arrested on Wednesday on a felony battery charge, the Los Angeles County District Attorney said.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday to discuss a U.S.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Women stormed to the top of Group B with their third straight win, after trouncing Sri Lanka Women by eight wickets at the at the Sylhet Stadium yesterday.

(Reuters) – Fashion designer L’Wren Scott, who committed suicide earlier this month, left her entire estate of $9 million to her long-time boyfriend, Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, according to a will filed in New York court.

Veteran Bollywood star Nanda has died of a heart attack aged 75, the BBC reported.

Dear Editor, Mr Clarence O Perry’s contribution in the SN of March 28 (‘Educational gains of previous administration have been eroded’) is most laudable for its intent, ie to initiate and make education better.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Former champions India became the first team to qualify for the World Twenty20 semi-finals after half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma secured a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over hosts Bangladesh yesterday.

After announcing her separation via Goop Tuesday, Gwyneth Paltrow 3 broke her silence regarding the breakup via her own lifestyle website early Friday morning.

Dear Editor, I was very disappointed on Thursday, March 27 , when    at approximately 19.00hrs while I was listening to an interesting interview with President Donald Ramotar on NCN the duty announcer  suddenly cut the interview to put on a paid programme called ‘Sail On,’ and never said if the interview would continue later.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar recently sacked her Minister of the People and Social Development Dr Glenn Ramdharsingh for his inappropriate behaviour towards an attendant on a Caribbean Airlines flight.

You did it, Beyoncé! The “Drunk in Love” singer finished her long-running Mrs.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 28, CMC – Romel Currency struck his second successive half-century as Windward Islands prospered on the opening day of their fifth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship against Leeward Islands yesterday.

Dear Editor, Looking at the Essequibo Coast rice farmers picketing in front of parliament and speaking with the main opposition leaders, Mssrs David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan, it is clear that the government and the Ministry of Agriculture have no interest in their welfare.

TRENTON, N.J.,  (Reuters) – Governor Chris Christie yesterday said the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had resigned, a day after an internal investigation cleared Christie in the “Bridgegate” scandal engulfing the potential 2016 Republican presidential contender.

Dear Editor,   Should we not move past the question of debating the appropriateness of Afrikan reparations if it is known that:  (a) American Indians received reparations in the form of cash payments, land, and tribal recognition; (b) New Zealand’s Maoris got a multimillion dollar award and forest concessions which saw  seven tribes becoming the largest forest owners in New Zealand; (c) the allies received reparations from Germany by way of the Treaty of Versailles which formally asserted Germany’s war guilt; (d) Japan had to pay reparations after World War II which saw the United States removing capital goods from Japan and the USSR seizing Japanese  assets in from Manchukuo, while other Asian nations received reparations from the Japanese through the negotiation of individual treaties with those nations; (e) since 1951 Germany has paid more than 102 billion marks in federal reparations payments to Israel and in addition has paid out billions in private and other public funds including 75 million marks by German firms in compensation for wartime forced labour; (f) in 1983 the US Congress passed a remediation law for the Japanese Americans whom the US government had put into internment camps during World War II. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies batsman Kirk Edwards stroked his second century of the Regional Four-Day season as Barbados kept Jamaica in the field all day here yesterday.

Cameron Diaz is a girls’ girl. The Other Woman star, who counts Drew Barrymore and Gwyneth Paltrow among her best friends, wishes women were less competitive and more supportive.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil, Latin America’s biggest economy and diplomatic power, has toned down its support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro because of disappointment over how he is handling mounting economic problems and opposition-led street protests.

  VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis surprised his own master of ceremonies on Friday by confessing his sins to an ordinary priest in St.

Few issues highlight the political differences between modern nations more starkly than their attitudes towards the death penalty.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron hailed Britain’s first gay marriages yesterday, saying marriage was not something that should be denied to anyone because of their sexuality.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru will not postpone a deadline for wildcat gold miners to legalize their businesses despite ongoing violent protests in Lima and key mining provinces, the minister of energy and mines said on Thursday.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Sony Open, one of tennis’s most prestigious events, was left devastated when both men’s semi-finals ended in walkovers yesterday sending world number one Rafa Nadal and number two Novak Djokovic through to the final without hitting a ball.

(Reuters) – A French court ordered Closer magazine on Thursday to pay actress Julie Gayet 15,000 euros ($20,700) for publishing photos that revealed an affair between her and President Francois Hollande, her lawyer told Reuters.

Dear Editor, In Mr Abu Bakr’s three letters on reparations, in the Staboek News, he has raised the traditional European objections normally associated with guilt and indifference, to attempt to argue against reparations.

(Trinidad Express) THE TRINIDADIAN Muslims detained in Venezuela after a raid at the Plaza Hotel in Caracas last Wednesday are now being fingered in a plot to topple the Venezuelan government together with rogue Venezuelan police officers and other men.

Fifty-year-old Linus La Cruz who had been accused of setting his Port Kaituma home on fire, causing the death of his wife and four children, died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) .