Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 14, 2014

In light of Mother’s Day, on May 09, 2014 the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.

Representatives from the International Port Security Program, in conjunction with the Maritime Administration of Guyana, conducted a port security seminar on May 6-8, 2014, at the Regency Hotel. 

Contestants in the Miss World Guyana 2014 pageant commenced competition on May 12th with the Beach Beauty photo shoot, a release from the Miss World Guyana Committee said.

The two policemen who were accused of unlawfully killing Dameon Belgrave outside of the White Castle Fish Shop in October 2012 were last Thursday freed by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after no-case submissions were upheld in their favour.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0530h.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Winsley Peters, 15 years, of Bamboo Creek, North Pakaraimas, which occurred at about 2100h on May 12, 2014, at Bamboo Creek.

HANOI/MANILA, (Reuters) – Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to factories and rampaged in industrial zones in the south of the country after protests against Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam, officials said today.

-file turned over to Police Complaints AuthorityThe police force yesterday announced that its internal investigation of the shooting of 15-year-old Alex Griffith by a policeman has been completed and the case file was yesterday turned over to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.

-after jury fails to reach verdictCharles Cush and Jevon Wharton, the two men charged with raping and murdering nine-year-old Sade Stoby, will have to face a retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at a verdict yesterday in the Supreme Court.

-as pledges continue to pour in The family of Javier Anderson is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from private and corporate citizens to assist in raising money for the eight-year-old cancer survivor’s prosthetic leg and physiotherapy.

Trevor Bumbury, the Albouystown man who was found dead on the Ruimveldt main road Saturday night, died from gunshot wounds and not as a result of a vehicular accident as had been suspected.

The continued closure of the Bartica office of the Guyana Gold Board is affecting miners who normally sell their gold there and they are now subject to the varying prices offered by other gold dealers, President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association Patrick Harding says.

-recognises Sooba as acting Town ClerkJunior Garret, who a majority of city councillors voted to replace as chair of their Finance Committee, is maintaining that he still legally occupies the post and he recognises the legitimacy of Carol Sooba’s claim to the office of Town Clerk.

-as part of condition for US$57M loan from ChinaThrough a US$57 million loan from China, another phase of the East Coast of Demerara four-lane expansion is set to begin later this year.

-after couple injured in accident drop complaints Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh will not face charges for the accident he was involved in on Republic night, which saw two persons injured, the police force announced yesterday.

Justice Dawn Gregory yesterday overruled a no-case submission made by defence attorney Peter Hugh in the trial of Desiree Jeffers, who is accused of murdering her former partner and hiding his body in a septic tank.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) says the combined Parliamentary Opposition’s voting down of the budgetary allocations for the Office of the President Administrative Services line item has affected its work programme for the year and will put employees on the breadline.

-urges small farmers to plant non-traditional crops  The Agriculture Ministry reaped its first crop of carrots and beets from a joint undertaking by the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) and the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and called on small farmers to cultivate non-traditional crops at a commercial scale to boost their investment returns.

His duties do not include “saving someone from drowning in a river” but Lawrence Lachmansingh, Peace and Governance Advisor at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is being hailed a hero after rescuing a youth from drowning in a river in Ghana where the Guyanese is currently stationed.

The Caricom Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has appealed to the United States to respect the decision of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body in the matter of Antigua and Barbuda and the US with respect to online gaming.

All-rounders Ryan Shun and Ronaldo Mohammed scored pugnacious half-centuries to power the President’s XI to a 50-run win over Essequibo yesterday at Everest Cricket Ground in the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 50-over tournament.

A West Coast Demerara man, found in possession of five forged $1000 bills appeared before a city magistrate on Monday.

Wortmanville/Bent Street were crowned the inaugural Stag Beer sponsored Grassroots Foundation Inter-Ward knockout champions edging North East La Penitence 3-2 on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Investigations into the April 1st death of Roy Mendonca, who was hit by a minibus on Carifesta Avenue, were completed and the case file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice, according to his widow Maureen Marks-Mendonca.

Two weeks after the death of a Parika man, who was killed after being hit by a taxi driver on the Parika Public Road, his mother says that she is dissatisfied with the investigation.

RANCHI, India, CMC- West Indies in-form batsman Dwayne Smith top scored again to setup a chase that allowed Chennai Super Kings to romp home by five wickets against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier league (IPL) yesterday.

BANGALORE, India, CMC- Chris Gayle’s Royal Challengers Bangalore scored a 16 run win over Delhi Daredevils in an attempt to keep alive their chances of making the play-off in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

The US Embassy says that Amerindian leaders in regions Nine and Ten raised the expanding tourism industry and how to capitalize on the potential for both regions to attract visitors in accord with community values.

PARIS, France, CMC- Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is set to make his return to the track next month, around the middle of the International track and Field season.

Residents of Bon Success in Lethem, Region 9 will soon benefit from the construction of roads and RC drainage structures at the Lethem Industrial Estate in their village in the Rupununi District.

Caricom trade ministers and the regional business community highlighted the importance of a structured partnership on the second and final day of the 38th Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) at the Pegasus Hotel last week.

-GABF, not YBG, should be in charge of IGG basketball It is a widespread view that the role or the responsibility of governments is to create a national framework for sports aimed at promoting physical activity within the schools and the communities and to organise national sporting events.

Defending U19 national champions Marian Academy got their campaign off to the perfect start, dismantling Charlestown Secondary 45-7 when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) conference championships began at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday.

A Linden boatman, who was caught with illegal ammunition while being on the run from the police for another offence, was on Friday remanded to prison when he appeared before the Chief Magistrate.

Linden Allen, a tout who has accused a Route 31 bus driver of assaulting him, on Monday recounted what he claimed was an unprovoked attack.

The East Bank Football Association (EBFA) in collaboration with the Continental Group of Companies through its Cult energy drink brand, officially launched its under-17 league yesterday at the entity’s Industrial Site location.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 151 miners and trapped hundreds more yesterday, with the death toll expected to rise in the country’s worst mining accident for more than two decades.

A Buxton man was on Monday charged with illegal possession of a revolver when he appeared in a city court.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first-division league continues today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with a doubleheader.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israel’s ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in jail yesterday for taking bribes in a real estate deal, a crime the judge said was akin to treason.

A Rupununi man was arraigned on a charge of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking when he appeared before a city magistrate on Monday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Former West Indies Cricket Board chief executive Ernest Hilaire has branded Darren Sammy’s axing as Test captain as “premature”.

Ten-year-old Satyanand Balkaran, who was electrocuted last week at his Goed Fortuin West Bank Demerara home, was buried yesterday and family members say they are yet to hear a word from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), which they have accused of negligence.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Vast glaciers in West Antarctica seem to be locked in an irreversible thaw linked to global warming that may push up sea levels for centuries, scientists said on Monday.

Dear Editor, This past week the West Indies cricket selectors named a new captain of the region’s team for Test Cricket, which despite frequent obituaries remains the soul of the game.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   Berbice defeated Demerara by four runs in a low-scoring encounter in the opening match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 Inter County tournament yesterday at the Wales Community Development Centre Ground, Spinner Arif Chan mesmerised Demerara’s batsmen which allowed his team to defend their low total of 143.

Dwight David, who stands accused of committing a $30,000 a gun-point robbery, is now a remanded prisoner after being denied bail.

ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – Mario Hernandez, 58, passed multiple background checks to serve in the U.S.

Dear Editor, It is worse than disgusting to know the facts and at the same time be subjected to repeated broadcasts and newspaper articles that are quite the opposite.

Dear Editor, It has been reported that the Amaila Falls Access Road (AFAR) has once again missed its completion date of April 30.

Facing imprisonment for stealing from his mother, a young man was yesterday given community service instead after the woman told a city court that she had just wanted to teach her son a lesson.

KIEV/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists ambushed Ukrainian troops yesterday, killing seven in the heaviest loss of life for government forces in a single clash since Kiev sent soldiers to put down a rebellion in the country’s east.

(Reuters) – The Portland Trail Blazers kept their season alive for at least one more game with a 103-92 home victory over San Antonio on Monday to prevent a Western Conference semi-final sweep at the hands of the top-seeded Spurs.

Dear Editor, Since last year September to present, our Grove Post Office on the East Bank Demerara has been having a serious problem delivering the mails and utility bills on time.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – LeBron James poured in 49 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 102-96 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday, putting the two-time defending champions one win away from reaching the Eastern Conference finals.

Garbage at Hadfield and Lombard Sts yesterday in the vicinity of Parliament Building.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – A shipwreck found off the north coast of Haiti could be the 500-year-old remains of the Santa Maria, which led Christopher Columbus’ famed voyage to the New World, according to a team of marine explorers.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Appointments has announced the representatives of the 10 constituencies that will be consulted for nominations to the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).

A section of the audience at the readings by authors Rahul Bhattacharya and Gaiutra Bahadur at Moray House last evening.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A 12-year-old orphan boy handicapped from birth became the first recipient of a 3-D printer prosthesis in Haiti last month, thanks to a British-born software engineer in California.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a stunning and possibly historic corporate development, the representative of T&T’s Corporation Sole on Monday voted against the re-election of two First Citizens directors and indicated that it did not support the re-election of two more, including Nyree Alfonso, the controversial chair of the majority state-owned bank.

Laing Avenue brushed aside North/South Ruimveldt 3-0 in their third place playoff when the first annual Stag Beer-sponsored Grassroots Foundation Inter-Ward knockout football competition concluded at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I refer to the front page headline of the Kaieteur News on Saturday May 10th 2014 which declared that `CJ Chang cancels $2.5 million TV licence fee’.

Politikles

An interesting, though brief, episode occurred in Barbados last week that suggested a certain nervousness deriving from the decline in economic growth which the country has been experiencing in recent times, and we are perhaps yet to see its implications.

Authors Rahul Bhattacharya and Gaiutra Bahadur in discussion with the audience at Moray House last evening after a joint reading from their works.

WASHINGTON,(Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, charged by President Barack Obama with reviewing U.S.

The Minister of Labour, Human Services and Social Security is urging all public and private businesses to cooperate in its Occupational Wages and Hours of Work survey which is being conducted countrywide.

Clean and Green Guyana is teaming up with supermarkets countrywide to introduce reusable/biodegradable shopping bags to their customers as part of a wider effort aimed at teaching the public to make more environmentally-friendly choices.

Agricola Red Triangle and Kuru Kururu played to a 2-2 draw when the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Stag Beer sponsored league continued at the Grove Community ground on Sunday.

Dear Editor, For the benefit of others planning the trip, I wish to share my unpleasant experience travelling to Suriname last week via road from Georgetown.

“Advances for human rights and democracy depend first and foremost on the courage and the commitment of men and women working for reform in their own countries.