Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Police say that the still unidentified man who died last night after being stabbed at Ogle has several tattoos on his body.

The U.S. Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office, together with representatives from the Florida National Guard, sponsored an Emergency Operation Disaster Management Conference June 3-5 at the Grand Coastal Hotel, a release from the embassy said today.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Half-centuries from veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul and talismanic opener Chris Gayle did little to distract from West Indies struggles, as New Zealand installed themselves as heavy favourites to win the opening Test at Sabina Park.

Today, scores of extension workers and representatives drawn from the ten administrative regions and National Plant Protection Organization began a two-day training programme with specific emphasis being placed on the Carambola Fruit Fly, according to a release from the Ministry of Agriculture.

Residents of Taushida, Karasabai District, Region Nine were the recipients of a $1M Presidential Grant to be utilized for the purpose of cassava cultivation, following a visit by Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai to the area over the weekend to meet residents of Karasabai, Kakshibai, Tipuru and Yurong Paru, according to GINA.

Former PPP insider Ralph Ramkarran says there has been no known evidence that the ruling party intends to break with the past and relinquish its emphasis on control of the police force but he said the time for action on the continuing violence and corruption in its ranks has arrived.

MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – An al-Qaeda splinter group in Iraq seized control of the big northern city of Mosul today, putting security forces to flight in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi’ite-led Baghdad government.

A Friendship mother of three was found with her head submerged in a bucket of water early this morning and her partner is in custody in relation to the suspected murder.

(Trinidad Express) Hakeem Alexander, 16, who last year brought home a bronze medal for this country at the Carifta Games held in the Bahamas, and his 15-year-old cousin, schoolboy Tevin Alexander, were yesterday shot dead by police.

(Reuters) – Former Australia cricketer Gary Gilmour, who dazzled in the inaugural World Cup, has passed away after a prolonged fight with ill health, Cricket Australia said on its Twitter feed on Tuesday.

Franz Paul, the Cadet Officer accused of shooting 15-year-old Alex Griffith in the mouth, is now a prisoner on remand after he was formally charged with the crime and refused bail.

Co-leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine is opting not to respond directly to claims that a plot was engineered to kill him in 1979.

A 21-year-old man, who was shot, allegedly by his accomplice while committing a robbery at Number 11 Village, Corentyne Berbice on Sunday, succumbed later that night while being treated at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

An unidentified man died last night, shortly after he was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital by a public-spirited citizen who had found him on the Ogle Public Road with several stab wounds to his body.

Just when it seemed as though City Council could have a statutory meeting without incident, yesterday’s meeting was adjourned by Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green after he said that it was deteriorating “further into a fish market” due to the incessant shouting and disruptions by PPP Councillor Kamla Devi Ross.

A group of Muslim women in Berbice are now ready to join the fight in tackling domestic violence after completing three sessions of intense training.

Two years after the dead body of Harold Rachpaul was found bound in his Robb Street drugstore, the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Orin Roberts commenced yesterday with testimonies of his son and grandson.

Government appointed acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba has said that she will be meeting Minister of Culture Dr Frank Anthony soon to discuss the restoration of City Hall.

Months after the removal of Leila King, Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Boa Vista Brazil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is yet to reveal the findings of the investigations over wrongdoings.

Two convicted Guyanese felons have failed in their last bid to secure freedom after their appeal of four-year sentences was thrown out by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Owner of the now defunct EZjet airline Sonny Ramdeo, who is facing up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud, is accusing US marshals of depriving him of his rights, destroying his legal paper work and removing him from the prison closest to the court where his matter is being heard on the basis that he has been “making trouble” which he has strongly denied.

With some cases of Chikungunya fever being detected in Region Six, health officials in Region Five have commenced a fogging exercise.

A Venezuelan national who overstayed her time in Guyana was yesterday fined $30,000.

PNCR leader David Granger says that he and his party will not be reversing their position of non-cooperation with the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of historian Dr Walter Rodney, although he was named during recent testimony.

President Donald Ramotar intentionally put himself in a position where he could blame his not assenting to the Local Authorities (Elections Amendment) Bill on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), Commissioner Vincent Alexander has said.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) says it is losing around $30 million a month due to illegally installed street lamps and has launched a campaign to regularise and/or remove these lights in an effort to cut these losses.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee says shared governance with the PNCR or the AFC is not realistic until the opposition parties take significant steps towards correcting the untrustworthy atmosphere that he blames them for creating.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) on Friday presented 17 participants in the ‘Marketing Techniques for Small Hotels’ training workshop with certificates at the Cara Lodge Hotel.

INGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies were left facing a difficult task, after New Zealand made a mockery of their impotent attack to post a massive total and take command of the opening Test at Sabina Park here yesterday.

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Secretary General Clement Rohee yesterday called for the resignation of West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) representative Anand Sanasie after the decision was made by the board to relocate the West Indies vs New Zealand third Test.

The acceptance of Guyana’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) into the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is hinged on the passing of the Anti-Money Laundering Coun-tering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment) Bills, says its head, Paul Geer.

Team Guyana came in for high praise for finishing second in the Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge played at the Jean Pierre Sports Complex in Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend.

Dear Editor, There is a public invitation in the Sunday Chronicle of June 8, 2014 to the First Assembly of God Men’s Conference which has a theme ‘Retaking the man’s position of influence.’

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters) – LeBron James bounced back from the cramps that forced him out of the NBA Finals opener by scoring 35 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 98-96 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday and even the series at one game each.

The Blairmont Crematorium and Memorial Garden recently received three monetary donations valued Cdn$4,500 from Canada-based Guyanese to help realise the facility’s construction plans.

The opening of another New Thriving Restaurant outlet in the five-storey building at Camp and Lamaha streets has been stalled because of continuous construction.

Dear Editor, I recently read a news article in which President Ramotar was quoted as saying that “Only someone who is mad or has another agenda will oppose a specialty hospital when you [have] cancer killing so many people in our society, heart disease and so forth killing…people.”

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Even without prolific striker Radamel Falcao, Colombia start as favourites to qualify from World Cup Group C after finishing second in the South American qualifiers and taking decent results against Belgium and the Netherlands in friendlies.

Dear Editor, It is becoming increasingly evident that experience in an extremely vertical structure of military-style organisations, does not allow opportunity for effective decision-making, particularly in small developing countries like Guyana, where there have been few situations which have challenged the decision-making capability of that organization, or inspired the concept of consensuality and the practice of teamwork.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A charitable foundation to be run by Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling, whose estranged husband, Donald Sterling, is being forced to sell the NBA team after making racist remarks, will have a stake in the franchise, a source close to negotiations said yesterday.

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday it had reached a “mutual understanding” with Moscow on parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in the east of the country.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulleting for Dion Shurwin Layne for questioning in relation to a matter of trafficking in narcotics.

Two men were yesterday released on self-bail after they were charged with stealing electricity, when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A political storm over the trade of five Taliban inmates for a captured American soldier intensified yesterday when Obama administration officials told US lawmakers that up to 90 people within the administration – but no members of Congress – were told in advance about the swap.

Salesman Kelvin Fortune, accused of fraudulently converting a Samsung Galaxy cellphone to his own use and benefit, was placed on $100,000 bail after denying the charge yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have read with some interest the persuasive letter of Kobe Smith in your Saturday, June 7 edition, followed by President’s Ramotar’s outburst the next day about the WICB for moving the Test match from Guyana.

PARIS, (Reuters) – When Roger Federer won his 17th grand slam title in 2012, it seemed his record haul would last forever as it took more than a century of trying for a super-human male athlete to come along and win that many major trophies.

Twenty-nine young people graduated on Friday from Republic Bank Limited’s (RBL) Youth Apprentice-ship programme 2013/ 2014, which seeks to facilitate a successful transition from school into the work environment.

Dear Editor, I do not wish to get into and between the ramblings of Pastor Ronald McGarrell, but I am calling on every civic-minded Guyanese to condemn his words of hate, rancour and rejection directed to homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons in Guyana, during a radio programme.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A married couple who shot dead two Las Vegas police officers in a weekend pizza parlour ambush harboured anti-government and white supremacist ideology and threw a swastika on the body of one of the officers they gunned down, police said yesterday.

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has advised that for the 2014-2015 academic year, there will be an increase in tuition fees.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan cricket was dealt a new blow yesterday when former test players Herschelle Gibbs and Jacob Oram opted out of a Twenty20 competition because of a deadly attack by Taliban militants on a Karachi airport.

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s president has sacked his chief of staff, accusing him of lack of transparency in a mining deal and involvement in the illegal export of timber from the country, the president’s office said in a statement yesterday.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Suriname should learn from the situation in Guyana and take measures to prevent large scale gold hoarding.

With the August deadline fast approaching the opening of the Georgetown Marriott may be delayed as there is still a lot of work to be done on the structure.

LONDON, (Reuters) – After five months seemingly stuck in quicksand Bernard Tomic’s career took a step in the right direction with a morale-boosting victory on the lush Queen’s Club turf yesterday.

Dear Editor, Cricket indeed is a unifying force among the Caribbean people, hence every stroke that is played has an impact on and off the field.

Dear Editor, Prejudice against immigrants comes out openly in Antigua as the country holds general elections this Thursday.

Storm Gouveia, was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $30,000 on Friday, after he was found guilty of having 1.5 grammes of cocaine in his possession, in a city court.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Batsman Ian Bell was named yesterday as England’s player of the year for 2013-14 in recognition of his outstanding performances in the home Ashes series victory over Australia last season.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton said the latest round of congressional investigations into the 2012 attacks on the US diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, would not deter her from seeking the presidency.

Politikles

In need of an alternate road: The new three-lane rush hour system in effect on the East Bank Demerara roadway yesterday afternoon.

By Ian Buruma  NEW YORK – US President Barack Obama is under attack – from so-called liberal hawks, more or less to the left of center, as well as from active interventionists on the right – for being a weak president, leading a war-weary (even world-weary) America in retreat.

All too frequently, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) gets itself into the news for the wrong reasons.