Daily Archive: Saturday, June 28, 2014

President Donald Ramotar today again said he is ready to deal with the fall-out should the opposition pass a no-confidence motion against his government.

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar saved two spot-kicks in a shootout against Chile to send the hosts into the World Cup quarter-finals 3-2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw after extra time today.

The Guyana Police Force says that in continuing efforts to deal with traffic congestion on the roadways, with effect from Monday June 30, 2014, motor lorries will no longer be allowed to park along Lombard Street and High Street, between Hadfield Street and Princes Street, Georgetown.

A team from the Embassy of the United States of America, Guyana, consisting of Frisco Mc Donald (left), Economic and Political Officer and James Bjorkman (centre) Political and Economic Counselor recently paid a courtesy call on Robert M.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has revealed that Capitol Hill, the seat of political power in America, nudged her to sign off on a programme for Jamaica, and one year later she is proud of the progress being made.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – West Indies cricket president Dave Cameron and Pakistan board chairman Najam Sethi have been awarded seats on the International Cricket Council’s new executive committee, but South Africa has been snubbed from the game’s new world order.

Dynamic Airways’ Guyana to US service got off to a troubling start with its inaugural flight marred by delays, equipment breakdowns and poor service and now over 100 passengers are stranded in New York after US authorities grounded the airline over deficiencies in its baggage system there.

Captain Gerry Gouveia yesterday denied suggestions that former army chief-of-staff Norman McLean had instructed him to take a man he later suspected to be Gregory Smith to Kwakwani and that he had gone ahead with the flight as part of a “secret mission.”

A no-confidence motion against the Government of Guyana now seems imminent as the Alliance for Change (AFC) says it has been receiving a huge amount of positive feedback from stakeholders on such a move.

The parliamentary opposition yesterday signaled that it will not approve government’s $4.6 billion excess expenditure from the Consolidated Fund when it comes up for a vote at the next parliamentary sitting.

Concerns were yesterday expressed by PNCR attorney Basil Williams about the sudden appearance of a copy of the extension of the life of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the Official Gazette, just after he had raised the issue.

Lambasting junior ranks for making “flimsy excuses” for not responding to crime reports, especially at night, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday called for better supervision and revealed that performance indicators have been developed to measure police response time.

The preliminary report of the 2012 Census is to be released on Monday.

Refuting the United States’ finding that government is not doing enough to combat human trafficking, the Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) yesterday once more said that the scope of the problem is being misrepresented.

Work on a proposed landfill at Windsor Forest, in Region Three, has been halted after farmers and residents raised concerns about its potential impact on the environment.

The national men’s rugby team will lock horns with USA South today from l6:00hrs in the final of the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) 15s championships at the Life University Rugby Complex in Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia.

Rice farmers from Region Two on the Essequibo Coast yesterday staged another protest against poor drainage and non-payment by millers.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Rookie opener Kraigg Brathwaite struck a half-century to lead a forthright West Indies reply but rain wrecked the second day of the decisive third Test here yesterday, robbing the hosts of precious time in their quest for victory and a series win.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) workers were up to yesterday afternoon carrying out emergency repairs to a main at the junction of Waterloo and Quamina streets that was damaged by a truck, resulting in a “significant” sewage spill.

Air Services Limited (ASL) yesterday launched its Guyana Festival Tours programme which will offer more flights to Kaieteur Falls as well as customisable touring packages.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A West Indies Cricket Board delegation has concluded a series of high level meetings with various stakeholders in Guyana.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn believes his five-wicket haul against New Zealand on Thursday was not his best performance but says he is still pleased with the effort.

The planned clean-up of the Le Repentir cemetery is expected to begin next month and could last until the end of the year, according to acting Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker.

Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) customers in Georgetown between Avenue of Republic and Vlissengen Road, and North Road to South Road can now access their electricity consumption online.

National cyclist Raynauth Jeffrey’s confidence is at an all-time high ahead of this weekend’s National Cycling Championships.

After weeks of competition through a reality show aired on Hits and Jams Television network (HJTV) Soyini Fraser was selected to represent Guyana at the Miss Jamzone International Pageant, beating out two other contestants Faydeha King and Onesha Hutson.

Under the theme “Better Men, Better Families, Better Nations,” The National Family Commission (NFC) will be hosting their National Men’s Rally at the National Cultural Centre tomorrow.

The Trinidad Cement Company (TCL) Thursday demonstrated its continued support to the third annual Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Cricket Academy with a donation of $200,000.

Police Commissioner (ag) Seelall Persaud has welcomed the impending establishment by the United States of a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) office here, saying it will enhance collaboration.

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) will be hosting its fourth Annual Trophy Stall Volleyball Competition tomorrow at the PMTC hard court.

Social media in Guyana has been on fire since Sunday with “Lisa Punch” and “Rising Star” trending.

Eon Smith, accused in December of possessing nearly four kilogrammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking, was yesterday found guilty of the offence and sentenced to four years imprisonment.

If only by virtue of the fact that they have previously won Wartsila-sponsored tournaments both Vijay Deo and Archbishop Dr.

Hi Everyone, What is it about fried chicken that is so alluring?

The Scene Cartoon

For the third successive year, local conglomerate Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Gatorade and Pepsi brands will sponsor the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Under-16 tournaments.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Are mispricing and the opacity of commodities trading in Switzerland contributing to Africa’s underdevelopment?

A miner, accused of stabbing his co-worker in the stomach during a row over duties, was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before a city court.

If you haven’t heard the name Lisa Punch then you must be living under a rock.

A 58-year-old man accused of stealing $75,000 from a young man was on Wednesday placed on $50,000 bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Wimbledon’s grass claimed its most notable victim so far when the women’s world number two Li Na exited the tournament yesterday and the lush lawns almost did for top men’s seed Novak Djokovic, who took an agonising tumble.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A blackout cut power to much of Venezuela yesterday afternoon, snarling traffic in the capital Caracas and other major cities and interrupting a televised speech by the president in the country’s second nationwide electricity outage in a year.

Dear Editor, After attending the ‘National Conversation on a Clean Guyana’ at the Amerindian Village, Sophia Exhibition Site on Saturday, June 21, apart from my comments, it is apparent that what we heard from three government ministers (Health, Natural Resources and the Environment and Local Government) was no more than part of a propaganda blitz.

Come Sunday July 6, Simpli Royal presents the 2014 Mr and Miss Guyana Talented Teen Pa-geant at the National Cultural Centre from 8 pm.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union leaders nominated Jean-Claude Juncker for their bloc’s most powerful job yesterday over the fierce objections of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who said the decision would make it harder for him to keep Britain in Europe.

A man who admitted to having one gramme of cannabis was on Wednesday ordered to perform community service at the Palms when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

(Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde has given the clearest indication that there will be a further devaluation of the local currency.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union signed an historic free-trade pact with Ukraine yesterday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday.

Dear Editor, The report done by Desilon Daniels on the recently concluded Miss Guyana World Pageant (‘The Scene,’ SN, May 31) has yet again shown us in a bad light exhibiting rotten behaviour at shows and concerts in fine style.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Colombia will not treat Uruguay any differently just because they will be without disgraced striker Luis Suarez, Colombia coach Jose Pekerman said yesterday, the day before the start of the World Cup knockout round.

Dear Editor, It is interesting to read Tacuma Ogunseye’s testimony before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Walter Rodney’s death.

Classique Dance Com-pany presents the fourteenth edition of its annual production, ‘Dance Like you Do’ at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) on July 30.

(Reuters) – Australian Oliver Goss surged into a four-way tie for the lead as Tiger Woods missed the cut after the second round of the Quicken Loans National in Maryland yesterday.

Twenty-two persons have been faced with traffic charges as a result of their actions during a funeral procession that resulted in severe obstruction to traffic, police said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) CARICOM won’t meet the June 30 deadline for wrapping up negotiations over a trade pact with Canada, which would continue to provide Jamaica with duty-free access to the North American market.

The men I’ve dated have all questioned my reason for procuring so much clothes.

SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) – Nigeria are the latest African country at the World Cup to be embroiled in a money row but it has been swiftly nipped in the bud with promises of quick payment from the country’s president, team officials said yesterday.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – The most influential Shi’ite cleric in Iraq called on the country’s leaders yesterday to choose a prime minister within the next four days, a dramatic political intervention that could hasten the end of Nuri al-Maliki’s eight year rule.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Former Haitian president Leslie Francois Manigat, who was ousted in a 1988 military coup after serving only a few months, died on Friday after a long battle with cancer.

In the May 29,   2014 edition of Stabroek News under the headline `All the poor performers executing government funded contracts should be weeded out’ was published a letter to the editor which erroneously stated that Courtney Benn Construction Services Limited had failed to perform a contract to relocate a sewerage pipe in Kingston and a contract to construct a sluice.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Law enforcement authorities in Antigua say they have intercepted a vessel originating from Jamaica with more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana worth US$13.7 million.

Politikles

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it would no longer make or buy anti-personnel landmines and that it would strive to eventually join the global treaty banning the weapons, but it stopped short of agreeing to destroy its stockpile of 3 million mines.

The classic American documentary, Paris Is Burning will tomorrow close the curtains on the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination’s (SASOD) will close the curtains on its tenth annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film festival, Painting the Spectrum 10.

Dear Editor, Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast had announced a massive picketing exercise, billed for yesterday, starting from Reliance and going to Anna Regina in protest at the non-payment of money owed by millers for paddy.

The following is a guest column addressing LGBT rights in light of recent public statements: Two weeks ago, the Vice-Chairman of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO), Pastor Ronald McGarrell, went on the radio and shared his view that homosexuals should live on island by themselves in order to spare heterosexuals God’s wrath.

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (Reuters) – Eliminated three times by Brazil in past World Cups, Chile vowed a fearless and fighting approach on the eve of today’s second round knockout game against the hosts and favourites.

A week ago, on World Refugee Day, the UN placed the number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide at more than 50 million, an increase of more than six million over the previous year.

By Ban Ki-moon The horrific war in Syria continues to worsen and bleed beyond its borders.

With effect from tomorrow, motor lorries will no longer be allowed to park along Lombard Street and High Street, between Hadfield Street and Princes Street, Georgetown.

(Trinidad Express) An armed militia of about 250 men is being cultivated at Carapo on State lands, “posing a threat to the national security of the country,” according to Diego Martin North East MP Colm Imbert.