Articles published on Friday, July 11, 2014
(Trinidad Express) Two weeks after losing his home and business in a court battle with relatives, a terminally ill cancer patient set fire to two properties yesterday, before driving to Mosquito Creek, La Romaine, where he shot and killed his wife, then himself in a suspected suicide pact.
Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica: News reports out of Nevis say Premier Vance Amory, wants a concert featuring Jamaican entertainer, Alkaline, cancelled over fears of his social and moral influence on citizens.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin struck a Man-of-the-match half-century but Guyana Amazon Warriors were forced to overcome some late innings jitters before disposing of Antigua Hawksbills by two wickets in the opening game of the 2014 Caribbean Premier League here today.
At about 1615h today, police say that Surinamese national Richie Debideen, 25 years, of Nickerie, was a passenger in a motor lorry transporting equipment along the roadway at No.
Acting upon information received, at about 1400h. today, police ranks went to a camp in the Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Berbice, area where they found one hundred and seventy eight 12 gauge shotgun cartridges and 4.5 kilograms of dried cannabis sativa (marijuana).
In order to enhance the performance of the Guyana Police Force, Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday handed over the keys to a new fleet of vehicles and motorcycles as the GPF celebrates its 175th anniversary.
A Guyanese woman has been held in Antigua in connection with a staggering cocaine bust on the island and is scheduled to appear in court today.
(Reuters) – LeBron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, four years after he left his home state to join the Miami Heat, he announced today.
A visiting Commonwealth Secretariat delegation got an earful this week from the opposition on how the government is refusing to accept its minority status in Parliament.
(Trinidad Express) Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Labour and former trade unionist Errol McLeod is seeking to have Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke sent to jail.
An 18-year-old cosmetologist hurrying home to tend to a client’s hair was yesterday shot dead by a lone gunman moments after he snatched her cell phone.
A Kara Kara, Linden man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged over the possession of drugs found at a house at Grove, East Bank Demerara, including over a tonne of marijuana.
MIAMI, CMC – CONCACAF says it is stepping up its fight against match-fixing across the region, and is taking a number of steps to protect the integrity off the game.
The state has paid $45.4M in expenses for former President Bharrat Jagdeo in the 27 months since he demitted office and this appears to include the cost of a medivac flight to Florida.
ST GEORGE’S, Gr-enada, CMC – Last year’s losing finalists Guyana Amazon Warriors will raise the curtain on the second edition of the Caribbean Premier League, when they face Antigua Hawksbills in the opening match of the tournament here today.
Clive Richmond, a differently-abled man who lived on the street for several years, received the keys to a new $2.4 million home yesterday.
All-round performances from Jamaica Captain Michael Frew and Vice-captain Javelle Glenn overpowered Trinidad and Tobago yesterday on the second day of action in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-17 Limited Over contest in Tobago at the Bon Accord Ground.
A Canadian-based mother and son, who claimed they were paid to take a suitcase containing a total of 10 kilos of cocaine in a false bottom into Toronto, were yesterday remanded to prison.
Guyana’s Osmond Mack and Paul Adams bagged gold and silver medals in the men’s 74kg class on the second day of the Caribbean Powerlifting Championships yesterday.
Two brothers have been charged with having possession of the four AK-47 magazines that were found in Albouystown, among a quantity of spent shells of various calibre ammunition on Sunday.
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday maintained that the suspension of Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon was done in accordance with the Party Constitution but this was rejected by Kissoon and party members from Linden have written their Leader David Granger expressing solidarity with her.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand came in for a second round of booing yesterday when she tried to rebuff criticism in the National Assembly over her recent attack on the former US Ambassador.
Less than an hour after landing in Guyana, a priest and a brother, along with their Guyanese host, were robbed by men in police uniforms and now the three men of God are pleading for the return of important documents that were stolen.
A brazen attempt to rob Mahaica businessman Raajdeo Tahjpaul of $4 million in cash was thwarted yesterday when the gunman who attacked him ended up being chased by bystanders and then ran into the arms of lawmen in the area.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Argentina and Germany were both back at work yesterday, secretly hatching plans for Sunday’s World Cup final as Uruguay striker Luis Suarez lost his appeal against his ban for biting.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Sakima Mullings is the new welterweight champion of Jamaica.
An Albion, Corentyne family was attacked and robbed on Wednesday night by a gang of three who escaped with over $500,000 in cash and jewellery.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Alastair Cook’s torrid form continued as England made a shaky start to their innings on the second day of the opening test at Trent Bridge after India’s stubborn tail frustrated the hosts yesterday.
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Lance Hinds has told Stabroek Business that the creation of a culture of entrepreneurship in Guyana must be reflected in an instinctive inclination among young people to establish their own businesses.
Cemetery workers got a fright yesterday when they discovered a partially-open casket at a vandalised tomb at the Le Repentir Cemetery.
Despite denying knowing what a cannabis plant looks like, farmer Clarence St.
GRACE ROAD, England, CMC – Former West Indies vice captain Brendan Nash stroked a half-century and shared in a critical century stand, as Kent staged a successful run chase to beat Leicestershire by six wickets here yesterday.
REIMS, France, (Reuters) – Andre Greipel emerged from the shadow of fellow German Marcel Kittel to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France, a 194-km ride from Arras yesterday.
A man now stands accused of attempting to murder his friend, who is now hospitalised after being chopped during the attack at McDoom, East Bank Demerara.
As the economic costs and potential health risks associated with the proliferation of counterfeit consumer items become increasingly apparent, Director of the Food and Drugs Department Marlan Cole has told Stabroek Business that his department is stepping up initiatives within the scope of its limitations to protect the health of the population and the viability of businesses against “an illegal multi-billion dollar industry.”
One of the visible indicators of our urban poverty is the number of children who continue to be pressed into service as vendors on the streets, outside the markets and frequently in the vicinity of restaurants and bars.
What more does rugby have to do to earn and deserve full, unqualified national support and funding?
Dear Editor, I am very disturbed by the pit bull attack, on 11-year old Christianburg Primary School pupil, Daquan Gordon.
By Dominic Gaskin (This is part one of a two-part series on the jewellery industry in Guyana.
The One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) staff in Essequibo, Region Two, yesterday distributed over 600 computers to residents in Charity and some riverain areas.
Linden Technical Institute (LTI) walloped Bishops’ High School by a 42-20 score line when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) 9th National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Wednesday.
Dear Editor, In the wake of the remonstrations by the intrepid Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr R F Luncheon, consequent upon the ill-advised interventions of former American Ambassa-dor Brent Hardt in Guyana’s internal politics, particularly its municipal affairs, the opposition elements sought to chastise the government on the pretext that they were sanctimonious enigmas of constitutional safeguards and international relations.
A North Georgetown youth was yesterday remanded to prison after denying possession of a quantity of marijuana found at his home by police.
SANTO ANDRE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Germany striker Miroslav Klose described Ronaldo as “the most complete player ever” yesterday after overtaking the former Brazil forward as the World Cup’s all-time record scorer with his 16th goal in the semi-final victory over the hosts.
BOSTON (Reuters) – US emerging market fund managers are paying less attention to where a company is located or listed than to whether it’s making money, either as an advanced world company doing business in the developing world, or the other way around.
Dear Editor, In Guyana we are combating the PPP race-based propaganda that it uses to distract from its bad record of governance in the post-1997 period in its effort to remain in power.
The Corentyne man accused of murdering a 7-year-old boy back in 2012, will have to face another trial after a mixed jury in the Berbice Assizes failed to arrive at a unanimous verdict.
The Guyana national junior squash team will depart these shores today to participate in the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships slated to be held in Hamilton, Bermuda from July 13-19.
The aircraft accident at the Monkey Mountain airstrip on Monday is still under investigation and the extent of the damage is yet to be revealed.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – After Brazil’s utter humiliation against Germany, anything less than a win in tomorrow’s third-place match against an indifferent Netherlands team would deepen the gloom hanging over the World Cup hosts.
Dear Editor, It is obvious that the greatest American political thinker Tom Paine had no influence on the diplomatic training of Ambassador Dr Brent Hardt.
Newly elected President of the Guyana Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors Jaigopaul Ram has told Stabroek Business that he will be seeking to enhance the image of the profession in Guyana during his one-year term which commenced in June this year and concludes in May next year.
Dear Editor, Abu Bakr continues to make logically tenuous and intellectually treacherous assertions on the Walter Rodney affair.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Regional Under-19 Championship will go ahead in Guyana as planned, the West Indies Cricket Board has assured.
(Barbados Nation) – Barbados businesses are among those who should be wary of the threat from cybercrime.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration warned lawmakers yesterday that U.S.
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is in receipt of another Electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, from United States-based, Operation Dream Catcher Foundation, GINA reported.
Paul Anthony Lo Hing will remain a prisoner of the state after his first trial for the murder of his girlfriend ended with a hung jury.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s humiliating 7-1 defeat by Germany has left a deep scar on the World Cup hosts and highlighted the need for a soccer shake-up in the country, but it was not on the same scale as the “national tragedy” of losing the 1950 final, Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said yesterday.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 571’s trading results showed consideration of $50,618,490 from 669,043 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 570’s trading results which showed consideration of $12,405,000 from 111,200 shares traded in 10 transactions.
Dear Editor, I thank Abu Bakr for our debate and his latest reply captioned ‘In general, the PNC and government were more restrained in their responses,’( SN, July 9).
(Reuters) – A toddler thought to have been cured of HIV now has detectable levels of the virus in her blood, the child’s doctors and U.S.
(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is projecting a loss of just under TT$100 million for its financial year 2013, Finance Minister Larry Howai has said.
Local information technology solutions and equipment provider Starr Computers last week disclosed that it had finalised its latest distribution deal with a high profile international company aimed at enhancing the quality of IT solutions available to the local business community.
Dear Editor, In the July 4 edition of the Stabroek News, there was a letter by Mr Daniel Pier captioned: ‘Decline in NGSA maths results this year could be related to factors affecting the Interactive Radio Instruction Programme.’
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s search for stability at the top of the order looks set to continue after Peter Fulton and Hamish Rutherford were dropped from the list of players awarded central contracts by New Zealand Cricket yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States must respond more aggressively to China’s territorial claims in Asia, an influential U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff said the Obama administration was not directly responsible for U.S.
Sewage spill at city courts: Although the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says misuse of toilet facilities at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts complex is responsible for the overflowing sewage in the compound, policemen and other court personnel continue to blame what they call a faulty system that came along the newly-commissioned building and are calling for a permanent solution.
Oftentimes, when we publish our editorials, we have little idea of how they have been received by our readers, apart from the occasional letters to the editor or, increasingly, online comments, viewed, of course, only by our online community.
Your might detect, rather easily, that I tend to leave some of the more topical issues to those commentators eminently qualified to analyse and share opinions on the numerous matters of “national significance”.
This occasional timber price table is being published by the Stabroek Business as a service to the sector.
SPRING, Texas, (Reuters) – A man accused of fatally shooting four children ages 4 to 14 and their parents after entering their suburban Houston home disguised as a FedEx delivery man while looking for his former wife was charged with capital murder yesterday.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – – The Pakistan government has axed Najam Sethi as Cricket Board chairman, appointed an interim head and called a new election in 30 days, the country’s Attorney General told a Supreme Court hearing yesterday.
A year after Rossignol Butcheries opened at 73/74 Church Street, Georgetown, the enterprise has become one of the more visible urban symbols of investment in Guyana by neighbouring Suriname.
Dear Editor, I refer to the comments by former Minister of Foreign Trade Henry Jeffrey (SN, July 9).
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The government of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set aside $33 million of government money to help fund the construction of the world’s tallest statue, a project close to the newly elected leader’s heart.
Nothing it seems can persuade some people to desist from defiling our capital.
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It is no secret that Guyana continues to have to deal with the considerable health and economic risks associated with the challenge of counterfeit consumer goods’ imports and our glaringly limited capacity to address the problem.
The Ministry of Health yesterday handed over a $3.2M Canter to the Linden Hospital Complex at a brief ceremony at the Ministry’s compound Brickdam, Georgetown.
