Daily Archive: Friday, May 30, 2014

Major General (Retired) Norman McLean (standing) being informed today by Chairman of the Walter Rodney CoI, Sir Richard Cheltenham of when he would be required to give his evidence.

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh (back to camera) passing on the chairmanship of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to Prime Minister of St.

The Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj recently collaborated with New Jersey politicians to observe Guyana’s 48th Independence Anniversary celebration with a Flag raising ceremony at Jersey City, New Jersey on Tuesday May 27, 2014.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- Offspinner Sunil Narine has opted out of the West Indies side for the test series against New Zealand starting June 8.

The first Board of Directors of the Caribbean Association of Professional Statisticians (CAPS): From left are, International Representative, Eric Rancourt, Director, International Cooperation Division, Statistics Canada; Vice President, Statchel Edwards, Chief Statistician, Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Public Administration, Antigua and Barbuda; Secretary, Gatlin Roberts, Chief Statistician, Finance Statistical Office, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Central Planning Division, St.

The Ministry of Education today said that it has come to its attention that there were irregularities in the conduct of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in a particular school in Region 1 that has affected the integrity of that school’s NGSA results.

Ambassador Bayney Karran (left) presented his credentials to President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera accrediting him as Ambassador of Guyana to the Republic of Costa Rica on Wednesday May 28 at the historic Yellow House in San Jose.

On May 22, the students of the David Rose special school did the opening sequence for the annual skip-a-ton.

On Monday, Digicel delivered on its promise to assist in sending professional cyclist Alanzo Greaves for training.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has advertised for a Police Legal Adviser who would be based at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary.

A Rockefeller Center security guard who bought a lottery ticket on his lunch break has won a US$3 million jackpot, NBC reported today.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns reiterated on Friday he was innocent of any involvement in matchfixing and described the accusations against him as “absurd, bizarre and scary”.

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has urged countries in the region to step up countermeasures to protect themselves from financial risks emanating from Guyana as a result of the country’s failure to rectify deficiencies in its anti-money laundering legislation.

Kevin Verwayne, who was on trial for drowning his spouse in a trench at Houston, East Bank Demerara in 2011, attempted to jump off the second storey of the High Court building yesterday after he was found guilty of murder.

A US-based Guyanese was remanded to prison yesterday on a charge that she attempted to smuggle nearly eight pounds of cocaine hidden in frozen fish on to a flight to New York.

Charged with an early morning hit-and-run which ended the life of a man who had gone fishing, twenty-two-year old Seon Adams was yesterday released on $400,000 bail when he made his first court appearance.

The United States says that it is laying the groundwork for a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office here as it yesterday committed an additional US$850,000 ($175M) to enhance law enforcement and counter the narcotics trade.

Two suspects in the kidnapping of a Berbice baby were released from police custody yesterday after the mother of the child told police that the woman held did not match the appearance of the prime suspect Speaking with Stabroek News, Sandra Mclean, the mother of the baby boy, said she and her husband travelled yesterday to Police Headquarters at Eve Leary, Georgetown to identify the two persons after their detention on the West Demerara.

A teleconference among the Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today will likely decide whether the June 26-30 New Zealand Test match will be held here.

Eusi Kwayana yesterday shot down suggestions that the PPP could have been responsible for Walter Rodney’s death and maintained that the evidence was stacked against the PNC, which was the ruling party at the time.

(Cricinfo) Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab have contrasting IPL histories.

Eight teams will vie for the chance to be crowned the new Guinness Greatest of the Streets national champion when the nationwide tourney officially starts today at the Demerara Park Tarmac, Ruimveldt.

Workers of the Tower Hotel and their employer have reached an agreement with promises of pay that would see some of them returning to work on Monday while others have opted for severance and employment elsewhere.

A security guard was yesterday accused of stealing $3.6M worth of milk powder from the bond he was tasked with guarding, after he was apparently recorded committing the crime.

Parika Defenders and Trophy Stall Angels won their respective male and female titles of the Independence Softball Competition hosted by the Enmore Cricket Club on Independence Day at the club’s ground in Enmore.

FALMOUTH, Jamaica, CMC- New Zealand have clawed their way back after they were forced to struggle against a Jamaica X1 on the first day of the two- day tour match yesterday at the Trelawny Multiplex here.

The United States yesterday pledged to strengthen operations to aid in the rehabilitation of juvenile correction centres nationwide.

MIAMI, CMC- Champion Clubs from Guyana, Jamaica and Belize will contest separate groups in the 2014/15 CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) in Miami.

St. Kitts and Nevis is looking to replicate some of Guyana’s successes in healthcare, especially dialysis treatment, according to Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administra-tion Mark Brantley.

As part of the decentralizing drive of the fistic sport, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will steer its second edition of the ‘Nuff Cuff Injection’ to the community of Buxton tomorrow.

 CAVE HILL, CMC – West Indies tail-enders enjoyed batting practice as their three-day warm-up match against a Barbados Select XI ended in a draw at the 3Ws Oval here Wednesday.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday afternoon returned the file on the Colwyn Harding baton rape investigations to the police.

Mainstay’s Pineapple production has been decreasing over the last three years, according to Amazon Caribbean (Amcar), which says the farmers’ association has been unable to meet demand to sustain a factory.

KOLKATA, India , CMC- West Indian mystery spinner Sunil Narine says he is surprised that his bowling technique, which has been a consistent nightmare for batsmen the world over, has not yet been decoded.

Caribbean Development Bank President Dr William Warren Smith says Guyana is among the few notable exceptions among Caribbean economies that are doing well and could serve as a model to other regional economies.

LONDON,  CMC– Former England spinner Graeme Swann says West Indian all-rounder Chris Jordan should be in England’s starting XI for the first Test against Sri Lanka in June.

The Rubis gas station in Bel Air was robbed last evening with bandits escaping with an undisclosed amount of money.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal put one of the young pretenders firmly in his place at the French Open when he crushed rising Austrian Dominic Thiem with a masterly display to reach the third round.

LONDON, (Reuters) – George Groves has predicted he will put Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch to sleep when they meet at a sold-out Wembley stadium tomorrow for their WBA and IBF super-middleweight world championship re-match.

Dear Editor, I read with keen interest the article published in the Guyana Chronicle on May 26, captioned ‘UG students can be accommodated at Eugene Dupuch Law School.’

Government is in talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to negotiate a an air service agreement that will see at least one of the territory’s three major flag carriers operating flights to Guyana in the near future.

The Tourism and Hospitality association of Guyana (THAG) continues to have serious doubts about the state of the sector’s health as well as misgivings about government’s commitment to the creation of a viable tourism sector, THAG President Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento has said.

President of the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS) Richard Rambarran says any plans to increase tuition fees should be accompanied by measures to ensure that current and future students are not impeded by them.

Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Caribbean Container Inc Patricia Bacchus says she wants to follow through on the work done by her late predecessor, Ronald Webster “as it relates to diversification of both the recycling portfolio and the environmentally friendly product lines the company offers.”

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to highlight a disturbing incident that occurred at the Independence Flag Raising Ceremony of Region Eight recently.

(Reuters) – The Indiana Pacers, with Paul George spectacularly leading the way, staved off playoff elimination with a pulsating 93-90 victory over the NBA champion Miami Heat in Game Five of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday.

If you walk down Regent Street or Water Street these days, you would think that there had never been a clampdown on street vending.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sakima Mullings underlined his status as the top boxer in the 2014 Wray & Nephew Contender Series on Wednesday night with an impressive technical knockout victory over Richard Holmes in the third quarter-final bout.

Dear Editor, Housing is one of the basic needs of any human being.

Grenadian Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has told regional officials responsible for statistics in the various Caribbean Com-munity (Caricom) countries that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can serve as a potent force in helping to move the region forward “quickly and effectively.”

LONDON, (Reuters) – Bald or fair-headed players are more likely to score in a penalty shoot-out but England have little hope in the World Cup either way, according to renowned British cosmologist Stephen Hawking.

Government needs to move with much greater haste to fashion a coherent national information and communications technology (ICT) policy if the various sectors of the society are to begin to maximise “the considerable benefits to be derived…,” President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Lance Hinds has said.

On Tuesday, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company made a donation of $500,000 to the Saraswati Vidya Niketan, a not-for-profit secondary educational institution located at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, The former Prime Minister of Trinidad, Dr Eric Williams once stated that one minus ten leaves zero when he was referring to the withdrawal of Jamaica from the West Indies Federation.

Dear Editor, Sowing of the present rice crop has commenced in all parts of the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, where farmers are making full use of the weather and the water from the Tapakuma irrigation canals.

Kevin Thomas, who was remanded last week for allegedly stabbing a co-worker in the neck in an attempt to regain a borrowed cellphone, was yesterday granted $400,000 bail for the charge.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Millions of Brazilians will be cheering like crazy during the World Cup, but not all of them for Brazil.

Albouystown resident Lerone Yarris was yesterday sent to prison for three years after being found guilty of possession of marijuana.

Twenty-five local hotel and resort owners and managers are to participate in a five-day workshop on ‘Marketing Techniques for Small Hotels’ targeting middle and senior management drawn from properties with 75 rooms or less.

A stray catcher was yesterday charged with stealing a tape deck from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

August Beverages and Sparta Bosses small goal knock-out football competition continues tonight with the quarterfinals from 7pm at the Sparta Turf in Go Slow Avenue, East La Penitence.

Dear Editor, I read with utter amazement your article dated May 12, 2014 regarding ‘New requirements for EU Schengen visas’ quoting the EU Delegate as essentially saying Guyanese will be required to present themselves to respective EU embassies to provide their biometric data to obtain a Schengen visa.

National swim champ Amy Grant garnered several victories and a new personal best for the Girls 11-12 50m Freestyle when she returned to competition last week in the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) 2014 Swimming Championship.

(GASCI www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 565’s trading results showed consideration of $23,439,905 from 826,008 shares traded in 23 transactions as compared to session 564’s trading results which showed consideration of $4,729,698 from 128,610 shares traded in 28 transactions.

Dear Editor, We have just celebrated 48 years of Independence from British colonial rule.

A porter was yesterday sentenced to six months for stealing a bicycle.

Fruta Conquerors will face off against Sunburst Camptown in the feature contest of the tripleheader when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) under-17 league continues tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

PARIS/BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina reached an agreement yesterday with the Paris Club of creditor nations on repaying overdue debts in a landmark deal that helps the country put its record default behind it and should open up much-needed sources of international financing.

Canadian oil exploration firm, CGX Energy recently donated $2M to the Police Commissioner’s Community Outreach Programme, as part of its ongoing efforts at supporting social programmes that aim to have a positive impact on development.

Dear Editor, What this nation needs is a calibre of leadership, political and otherwise, which will understand, accept and respect that theirs is the responsibility to represent their constituents’ interests consistent with the rules and laws.

The decline in the number of guests that drop by Bartica’s Seventh Avenue Hotel looking for a room has not been sufficiently significant to cause the establishment’s Proprietrix Sonjie De Barros to worry needlessly.

Yes, my regular readers would discern whenever I attempt to be escapist.

One of the many pieces missing from Guyana’s tourism jigsaw is how to go about creating a training regime that would allow us to offer an at least acceptable level of service to visitors.

The 48th anniversary of our independence has prompted quite a few letters in the media, as well as various online comments and blogs about our evolution as a society and a nation and, by extension, the quality of our democracy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson is urging that the debate over Jamaica’s buggery law be framed within the context of current world trends and the realities that various differences exist in the society.

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Dear Editor, ‘Kwakwani’s roads are not gazetted’ as reported by Joycelyn Morian is indeed a troubling matter that ought to be immediately regularized (SN, April 23).

To the indifferent it may seem like a modest even inconsequential project.

CHIBOK/ABUJA, (Reuters) – When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help.

(Barbados Nation) The gruesome discovery of a naked body yesterday morning transformed the usually tranquil Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens cemetery in St Peter into a murder scene.

(Trinidad Express) Sport Minister Anil Roberts has effectively blocked the Congress of the People (COP) from investigating a “ganja video” showing a man resembling a Government minister rolling a joint.