Daily Archive: Friday, April 18, 2014

The St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church of Portuguese Quarter, Port Mourant, Corentyne held a outdoor Way of the Cross along the Rose Hall Town Public Road today.

The St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church of Portuguese Quarter, Port Mourant, Corentyne held a outdoor Way of the Cross along the Rose Hall Town Public Road today.

The St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church of Portuguese Quarter, Port Mourant, Corentyne held a outdoor Way of the Cross along the Rose Hall Town Public Road today.

The St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church of Portuguese Quarter, Port Mourant, Corentyne held a outdoor Way of the Cross along the Rose Hall Town Public Road today.

At about 0145h. today, police say that Amarnauth Ramdeen, 19 years, of Craig Village, EBD, was aroused by noise in his home and on checking was confronted by three men, two of whom were armed with firearms.

(Barbados Nation) GOVERNMENT intends to put a stop to the high volume of sugar that the country imports, says Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick.

MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea, (Reuters) – The vice-principal of a South Korean high school who accompanied hundreds of pupils on what turned out to be a disastrous ferry trip has committed suicide, police said today as hopes faded of finding any of the 268 missing passengers alive.

By Desilon Daniels Five men accused of murdering kidnapped Enmore businessman Rajendra Singh were remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with the capital offence.

Labelling the US’ decision to proceed with the USAID-funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project “provocative,” government yesterday said there would be no further talks on the initiative unless it is suspended.

A New Amsterdam businessman, Charles Henry aka Charlie Bristol, is currently in police custody in connection with the shooting to death of 52-year-old Errol Lindo called ‘Sono’ and ‘Son-son’ of Caracas Village, West Canje.

Guyana is no closer to local government elections as the bill required to mandate the elections by a specified date this year is yet to engage President Donald Ramotar’s attention.

Seventy-five year old Albert Andries was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Justice Dawn Gregory yesterday in the High Court for killing his step-son during an early morning fight in 2012.

Niron Wilson, the man accused of providing a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officer with cocaine to post in the mail, was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.

An early morning collision on the Orangestein Public Road on the East Bank of Essequibo yesterday left one man dead and several other persons injured, including three students who were being transported to sit the National Grade Six Assessment examinations.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud was made to defend a $116 million subvention for the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) during the consideration of his ministry’s $778 million budget allocation by the Committee of Supply on Tuesday.

Main opposition APNU is standing firm by its charge that the government has utilised the Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) to mobilise PPP/C support in Amerindian communities.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday appealed acting Chief Justice Ian Chang’s ruling that the appointment of Carol Sooba was legally defective.

Two trucks belonging to the two top beverage companies in Guyana were yesterday involved in an accident on the public road at Evergreen, Essequibo Coast.

Experience overcame exuberance when Alpha United downed tournament hosts Fruta Conquerors 3-2 in the semi-final round of the Namilco One Love Football Festival held on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda and they will now face the GDF in the final.

The partly decomposed body of a man which was found in a cow pasture at the back of New Road Essequibo Coast on Wednesday was identified yesterday as that of odd-job worker Phillip Darchiville.

The Committee of Supply on Wednesday evening approved the $2.2B budgetary estimates for the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce even as AFC member Cathy Hughes stressed that more money was needed to reached desired tourism targets.

(ESPNcricinfo ) The Yuvraj Singh-Virat Kohli partnership didn’t have a happy ending in the World T20 final, but less than two weeks after that night in Mirpur, their association in Sharjah followed a different script yesterday.

Kerwin Livingstone, lecturer in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies, School of Education and Humanities, University of Guyana, Turkeyen campus, has won the gold medal for his field at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji.

A man who pleaded guilty to obstructing traffic on Water and Cornhill streets was yesterday fined $10,000 with the alternative of 20 days in jail, while another who denied the charge was placed on bail.

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) this week took an uncharacteristic swipe at the Government of Guyana for what it says is the “minimal recognition in this year’s budget” of “recommendations urged by the aviation industry” for the sector.

By Marc Higginson BBC Sport Twenty years ago this week, West Indies batsman Brian Lara broke Sir Garfield Sobers’s 36-year-old world record for the highest score in a Test innings.

Police are still on the hunt for suspects in the killing of 75-year-old Joyce Lewis, who was found dead in her North Ruimveldt home over three weeks ago.

Coming as it has on the heels of a major national agro-processing forum, the current glut of fresh fruit and vegetables on the local market provides a sobering reminder of just how far behind we are in our quest to create a viable industry out of adding value to agricultural produce.

After a dismal showing by the national cricket team which ended the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day Tournament in last place with 29 points after losing five consecutive matches, Stabroek Sport asked the man-in-the-street what they thought of the team’s performance and the general state of cricket in Guyana.

Stabroek News had mistakenly carried the photo of Keshwar Harinarain, 24, on April 8 along with the story of Deodat ‘Popcorn’ Seecharran who was shot dead by police during a shootout.

LONDON,  CMC – Sussex captain Ed Joyce says Barbadian seamer Chris Jordan is ready for Test cricket and is pushing for him to be included in the England squad for July’s start of the India series.

Dear Editor, I am appalled to read the letters penned in the media by Minister Clement Rohee and the past and present local government ministers.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 559’s trading results showed consideration of $2,085,088 from 58,999 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to 558’s trading results which showed consideration of $47,368,020 from 595,796 shares traded in 14 transactions.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque said he is satisfied with the  progress in the Plan of Action with Chile, when he paid a courtesy call on President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday, the second and final day of his official visit to that country.

By Joycelyn Williams Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is the regional trade and investment promotion agency, established in 1996 by an intergovernmental agreement as the trade promotion agency of 15 member states of Cariforum.

Dear Editor, In reference to the article ‘Culture Minister bombarded with queries on art fund’ (SN, April 17), I’d like to congratulate the political opposition on the scrutiny it attached to this allocation under the Minister of Culture, Dr Frank Anthony’s portfolio, even as I recognise their collective lack of capacity in specialized probing of how the monies were spent, and their perennial overlooking of the fact that the Fund, despite Dr Anthony’s promises, remains improperly constituted.

Guyana’s Derrick ‘Dangerous’ Richmond lost via unanimous decision to Jamaican Tsetsi ‘ Lights Out’ Davis in the fifth bout of this season’s Wray and Nephew Caribbean Contender Series on Wednesday night in Jamaica.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) has shortlisted an 11-member team to represent the nation at the eighth NAPF Caribbean Islands Powerlifting Championships in St Croix, US Virgin Islands.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Africa’s demand for bandwidth is doubling every year, outpacing the laying of terrestrial telecom fibre links and encouraging commercial satellite operators to launch more units into orbit.

Dear Editor, I heard that excellent presentation ‘El Dorado Complex in the shaping of the Indo-Guyanese: A Revisionist Perspective’ by Professor Clem Seecharan to mark the 2014 Republic of Guyana  Distinguished Lecture Series. 

On April 11 and April 12, 2014, ranks of the police “ D” Division (West Demerara/East Bank Essequibo) continued with their outreach programme to several communities.

Two persons appeared yesterday before Magistrate Geeta Chandan Edmond in Court 10 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with littering and one was fined while the other is to lead a defence in two weeks.

Dear Editor, Dr Henry Jeffrey in his ‘Future Notes’ column has arrogated to himself the role of an ‘authority’ on almost every issue under the sun.

A multi-stakeholder committee comprising representatives of various state and non-state entities is to be convened shortly to examine appropriate technology to replace mercury in the gold-mining sector, Stabroek Business has learned.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities unveiled an infrastructure budget of 24.1 billion reais ($10.76 billion) for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 25 percent more than planned, as they try to reassure the world they can deliver facilities on time.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is reversing some of the populist policies that defined her first six years in power and will have little choice but to stick to the new, more pragmatic path over the remaining 20 months of her final term.

(Trinidad Guardian) Radisson’s new hotel in Trinidad, previously the Crowne Plaza Hotel, will have a “dramatic” impact on the hotel industry in T&T, said Maxine Richards, director of marketing at Radisson Trinidad Hotel.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – The murder trial of Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was adjourned yesterday until May 5 after the state wrapped up three days of punishing cross-examination of a forensic expert brought by the defence.

Imran Deonarine, whose address was not given, was charged with fraudulent misappropriation yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan Edmond in Court 10 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Dear Editor, There is not a day that goes by that I do not take the time to read your editorials.

GENEVA/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union called after crisis talks yesterday for an immediate halt to violence in Ukraine, where Western powers believe Russia is fomenting a pro-Russian separatist movement.

Two old men, charged with break and enter and larceny of a Bourda Green stall yesterday had their bail reduced by Magistrate Geeta Chandan Edmond in Court 10 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letter entitled ‘No ban’ (SN, April 15).

The Friday April 11 issue of the Stabroek Business published an article in which it was erroneously stated that Rubis had introduced a new Composite Cooking Gas Bottle in Guyana.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Scientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient’s DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced yesterday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two adult men.

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

The two vehicles involved in the accident parked along the road

Dear Editor, In a letter published in SN on April 17, captioned ‘All the PPP presidents have been committed to the realization of a better Guyana,’ Jagnarine Somwar attacked my letter captioned, ‘The PPP/C is a perversion of Dr Jagan’s party’ (SN, April 9).

MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea,  (Reuters) – A team of eight divers entered a capsized South Korean ferry last night and was searching for survivors, although they were unlikely to find anyone alive from among hundreds still missing more than 48 hours after the vessel began sinking.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian author whose beguiling stories of love and longing brought Latin America to life for millions of readers and put magical realism on the literary map, died yesterday.

President of the Essequibo Paddy Farmers Association (EPFA) Naith Ram is keen to remove what he says might be the misconception that the emergence of a large, reliable market under the ongoing PetroCaribe agreement with neighbouring Venezuela has dramatically altered the fortunes of rice farmers in Essequibo.

It has to be one of the great paradoxes of the digital age: as computers and the internet make our lives easier, so do they seem to make them more complicated.

Politikles

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan students are marching barefoot, building crucifixes and planning to burn effigies of President Nicolas Maduro to try and breathe new life into their protest movement over Easter.

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Today, of course, is the Christians’ Good Friday. Local experienced attorney Leon Rockcliffe reminds that it is indeed a Good Christian Day second only to the greatest Monday of the resurrection.

The damaged front of the minibus driven by farmer Balraj, who died after a collision with a canter truck yesterday.

 (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic demonstrated their superior class on clay as they eased into the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters yesterday.

Dear Editor, While being inspired and thankful for the many positive reactions I got regarding the letter I wrote last week on the need for effective management, I thought I should also caution about the need for management to be contextual without being whimsical or unduly unpredictable.

After Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake Mark Jacobs headed there, seeing the need to be relevant and seeking, simultaneously, to follow his own childhood calling.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s northeast Borno state said yesterday only 20 of up to 129 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels were back with their parents, and the military retracted an earlier statement in which it said it had freed most of them.

A succession of occurrences, incidents and accidents in the past year or so have placed the spotlight on the aviation sector, which, customarily, would appear to favour getting on with what it has to do in conditions of quiet diligence and placing itself in the public domain only when it becomes necessary to do so.