Daily Archive: Thursday, May 29, 2014

In the wake of the further blacklisting of Guyana, President Donald Ramotar this evening called on the opposition to “unconditionally” pass an anti-laundering bill compliant with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s requirements.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A college dropout who has gone on to build a $100 million fashion business, NastyGal founder Sophia Amoruso has lifted the lid on her unlikely journey from thief to chief, rags to riches and anti-capitalist to CEO.

In an effort to heighten awareness of proper storage of chemicals, the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) today launched a three-year pilot project which was held under the theme, “Enhancing and Promoting Sound Chemicals Management through Safe Storage of Pesticides.

The Ministry of Education Schools Welfare Department has embarked upon several weeks of behavioural change intervention with selected groups of students of the Charlestown Secondary and Dolphin Secondary Schools, a release from the ministry said today.

Further measures against Guyana were recommended today by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force over the country’s failure to amend it anti-money laundering laws.

Moray House Trust yesterday hosted a conversation between veteran politician, Eusi Kwayana and Jesuit Priest Father Malcolm Rodrigues.

(Barbados Nation) As many as 100 workers from Amaryllis Beach Resort will lose their jobs when the hotel closes in six days.

(Trinidad Express) A police investigation has been launched into the issue of people bearing placards with racist slogans, acting Superintendent Joanne Archie has said.

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President Dr Warren Smith yesterday sounded a call for the region to adopt a unified approach in reducing its high energy cost, saying it remains the main obstacle to the competitiveness that is needed for sustainable economic growth.

Police yesterday said Rawle Newton was also wanted for questioning into the murder of money-changer Bridjlall Persaud on February 20, 2014.

Jason Cummings, the owner of the popular business Movie Zone, appeared before the courts yesterday charged with possessing the drug Ecstasy and was remanded to prison after denying the allegation.

The Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) yesterday rejected a proposal from part-owner of the Tower Hotel, businessman Salim Azeez that workers return to their jobs until he is able to pay them because he is in a financial crisis.

A woman was yesterday afternoon held with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri as she was preparing to board a flight to the United States.

The necessity for citizens and governments alike to receive relevant and timely information with which to make important decisions is not being met by the Region’s statistical systems.

Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday called the actions of Acting Minister of Local Govern-ment, Norman Whittaker “absurd” and “a total disrespect of the council” after he requested officers of the council to meet with him today to discuss the way forward given the recent events at City Hall.

ANSA McAL Trading is fearful that the reputation of brands of cosmetics that it distributes would be tarnished by the circulation of counterfeited products on the local market.

Danish container liner, Maersk has restarted shipping services to Port Georgetown and this time around it is looking especially at the export of containers stacked here to the Far East and to create a market for non-cargo stock.

Veteran politician and rights activist Eusi Kwayana yesterday said that the book written by suspected assassin Gregory Smith about the death of Dr.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president Christopher Matthias said yesterday that neither the date nor the venue for the reconvening of the GFF Congress has been finalized adding that he is giving the disgruntled association’s time to get themselves in order.

Donna Liddell, the mother of one of the four prisoners who was burnt and chopped in at New Amsterdam Prison last Friday, is suggesting that prison officers at the facility aided the convict who carried out the attack.

Clive Atwell’s future is bright and a lot of positives can be taken from his latest battle inside the ropes.

A Kitty man, already serving four years in prison on armed robbery charges, was on Tuesday sentenced to three additional 18-month sentences after admitting to additional crimes.

LUCAS STREET, Barbados, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s sixth first class hundred and fast bowler Miguel Cummins’s four-wicket haul, helped West Indies High Performance Centre crush Bangladesh A by 351 runs inside three days, in their opening four-day “Test” here Wednesday.

Lennox Cort, a detainee who was recaptured after escaping from the Providence Police Station on Monday and was sentenced to a year imprisonment for the crime on Tuesday, has denied brutalizing his fiancée and cousin.

Leading supplement and fitness products supplier, Fitness Express, has once again answered the call for support of a sporting discipline.

(BBC) West Indies legend Brian Lara has been added to the line-up for the Marylebone Cricket Club v Rest of the World bicentenary match at Lord’s on 5 July.

Everest Cricket Club on Monday recorded an eight-wicket victory over Enterprise Busta Sports Club to win the Trophy Stall T20 one off match.

Alistair Simmons, 49, of 60 Grove Squatting Area, was remanded to prison yesterday after he appeared before a city magistrate charged with assaulting his spouse and for damaging household items as well.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has issued a call for proposals from Guyanese civil society and non-government organizations to fund innovative community based projects, starting from US$300,000 to a maximum of US$750,000.

(Reuters) – Chris Jordan claimed five wickets as England bowled Sri Lanka out for 67 runs, their third lowest total in one-day internationals, to help win the third ODI with a resounding 10-wicket victory yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Serena Williams was caught cold at the French Open yesterday by a Spanish 20-year-old who trounced the defending champion 6-2 6-2 in the second round to provide the shock of the tournament.

Dear Editor, Monday, April 28, the Moray House hosted a very profound presentation by Bert Carter on ‘The drainage of Georgetown.’

A bus conductor was yesterday remanded to prison after allegedly being busted with 2.5 grammes of cocaine.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson says the presence of legends Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Curtly Ambrose will be an asset to the team’s preparation ahead of the upcoming Test Series against New Zealand.

Dear Editor, At a workshop hosted by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) titled, ‘Procurement and management of professional services workshop for consultants,’ the government has finally acknowledged that it has encountered serious problems with contractors and consultants executing government financed projects as they have failed to perform in accordance with the terms and conditions of their contracts.

Murder accused Anthony George, who is indicted for killing his step-father Ralph Jacobs, told a jury yesterday that he collected the knife he used to kill the man because he was afraid of him.

Centuries by Troy Benn and Renaldo Mohamed highlighted Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Noble House Seafood two day second division competition last weekend.

Dear Editor, It is very strange that the PPP/C government is going to the hilt to ensure Ms Carol Sooba stays at the Georgetown City Council even though she does not have the support of the majority of councillors.

A post-mortem examination done on the body of the Enmore woman who was found dead on Monday morning revealed that she died as a result of blunt trauma to the head.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan officials yesterday accused hardline opposition leader Maria Corina Machado of leading plots to topple President Nicolas Maduro in league with U.S.

Residents of Wallers Delight, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, were in fear for their safety and property for several hours yesterday after a section of a utility pole burst into flames after sparking menacingly for several hours.

Joel Halley, charged in February with having 12 grammes of cannabis as a “hustle to make a living,” was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in jail for the crime.

Dear Editor, According to the Customs law, valuation is based on transaction value; that is, the price paid for the article.

A Yunnis Yusuf’s half century propelled Phone Paradise to a nine-wicket victory over Superior Woods when the King’s Jewellery softball tournament continued recently at Thirst Park.

DONETSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Relative calm returned to the streets of Donetsk yesterday after the biggest battle of the pro-Russian separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine, a conflict transformed by the landslide election of a pro-European leader who vowed to crush the revolt.

A Grove man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court charged with a $50,000 theft.

Dear Editor, Georgetown is due for a rechristening: it has progressed from a once pristine Garden City to a now stark ‘Jumbie City.’

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Lendl Simmons’s fourth half-century of the Indian Premier League season was in vain as Mumbai Indians went down by seven wickets to Dwayne Smith’s Chennai Super Kings, to crash out of the playoffs on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to a letter captioned ‘Unclaimed remittances of the indentured used to build National Cultural Centre’ by Mr Christopher Persaud in SN on May 24.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected leader, swept to victory in a presidential election, provisional results showed yesterday, joining a long line of leaders drawn from the military.

(Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder, superbly led by inspirational All-Stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant on their home court, outplayed the San Antonio Spurs 105-92 in Game Four of the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday.

City tailor Collin Allicock was on Tuesday sentenced to two three-year sentences after being found guilty of possessing an illegal firearm and ammunition.

The Guyanese people, after twenty years of disenfranchisement, are understandably fed-up with the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) regime’s excuses for not holding local government elections.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Kevin Morgan, captioned ‘A lawyer can be elevated to senior counsel…’ (SN, May 26) in response to one from Earl John entitled ‘Instructive profiles should be published on selectees for silk’ (SN, May 24).

(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association said it would make an announcement today about its investigation into Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling as the fallout over his alleged racist comments began to pick up.

(Reuters) – American author and poet Maya Angelou, an eloquent commentator on race and gender best known for her groundbreaking autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” has died at age 86 in North Carolina.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Four more of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month have escaped than previously thought, Nigeria’s Borno state said on Wednesday, but 219 others were still missing and assumed held by the Islamist militants.

Brigadier David Granger’s sensible cry for political cooperation in governance of this land comes at a crucial time in our history Granger toured the Guyanese New York, USA, diaspora communities this week, and responded to widespread criticism of how his Opposition leads Parliament, with a dramatic appeal to the spirit of engagement, reaching out and cooperation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is lamenting over the state of Jamaica’s moral decline, which he said has deteriorated ‘beyond belief’ over the last twenty years.

Guyana will forever be indebted to Ms Bernadette Persaud. Not just because she is one of our renowned artists, but because she brought to light the neglect of valuable visual art stored at the National Gallery, Castellani House as a result of which steps are being taken to correct some of the deterioration.

GENEVA/CONAKRY, (Reuters) – Guinea’s capital Conakry has recorded its first new Ebola cases in more than a month, while other previously unaffected areas have also reported infections in the past week, according to the World Health Organisation.

Two paragraphs were omitted from yesterday’s editorial entitled ‘All change in India,’ and consequently we are reproducing them below.

(Trinidad Guardian) The East Indian diaspora must forge a new Caribbean identity says Surujdeo Mangaroo, chairman of the National Commission for Self Help Ltd, speaking at the Indian Arrival Day celebrations at the El Dorado Shiv Mandir last Sunday.

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SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – – Mistakes have been made in organising and communicating the benefits of the 2014 World Cup but Brazil will still put on a “fantastic” tournament in June and July, Deputy Sports Minister Luis Fernandes said yesterday.

Sewer outside Supreme Court overflows: This was the scene on Tuesday outside the entrance to the Supreme Court on South Road.

(Trinidad Express) There has been “a massive 22 per cent drop” in road fatalities between 2010 and 2013.