Daily Archive: Thursday, August 7, 2014

(Trinidad Express) There was an Ebola virus scare at Piarco International Airport yesterday after London authorities flagged a Nigerian man, who was travelling aboard a British Airways (BA) flight to this country, as a possible case.

The Alliance For Change today delivered its motion of “No Confidence” against the government to the Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs.

The Alliance for Change submitted its no-confidence motion against the government to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs this afternoon.

Best Graduating Student, Sergeant (SGT) Andrew Bright (centre), was awarded the Chief of Staff’s Leadership Star when the Guyana Defence Force graduated 12 new Sergeants from its Sergeant Academy yesterday.

In honour of their 10th graduation anniversary, students from the class of 2003 made a donation of a six-burner gas stove to the Home Economic Department of the St.

Main opposition coalition APNU yesterday met with the top US envoy here and among the topics for discussion was the looming motion of no-confidence against the government which can trigger fresh general elections.

(Trinidad Express) PARTS of the National Aca­demy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) have been shut down as they were deemed unsafe by the Occu­pational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism Lincoln Douglas confirmed yesterday.

Contention over the award of the contract for the completion of the proposed High Street main office for the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has seen the project put on hold and has garnered Cabinet’s attention.

A family of seven of Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne is now homeless after fire destroyed their four-bedroom house around 9:40 pm on Tuesday and a neighbour who felt he was responsible committed suicide.

Crime Chief Leslie James yesterday refused to comment on possible motives for Walter Rodney’s death, while saying that some of the work of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Branch concerned national security and is done in secret.

Orin Jerrick, the man accused of fatally stabbing a driver who confronted him after he urinated on his minibus, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murder.

The trial of Linden Primo, the man accused of firing a gun during the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) 18th Biennial Congress, began yesterday.

A robbery suspect, who was shot during an armed confrontation with police last year, was finally arraigned yesterday on charges of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition and shooting a man.

The Ministry of Health yesterday joined with Guyana Help the Kids (GHTK) and the Kissoon family to inaugurate the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH).

Latchman Sukhdeo, a University of Guyana (UG) employee, is now dead after his jugular vein was severed in an accident along Dennis Street, Campbellville.

By Mario Joseph Seen as a hub for economic growth in Region Three and the country as a whole, business continues to thrive and expand in Parika despite a slowdown in recent years and increasing competition as more enterprises open.

Following a failed early morning bombing attempt on her home, acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba is now fearful for her life and those of her relatives.

The driver involved in the fatal accident at Woodley Park, West Coast, Berbice was granted his pre-trial liberty in the sum of $300,000 when he appeared at the Reliance Court yesterday.

Leslie Thomside, the brother-in-law of the woman mauled to death by his pit bulls on Tuesday, has been hospitalised after complaining of feeling unwell.

The family of Kester Anderson, the miner who died after he was doused with gasoline and set afire by a co-worker, is calling for justice as the suspect remains on the run.

Opposition Leader David Granger says that the PNCR remains committed to uniting the country and making Guyana ‘One Nation’ in line with the vision of its founder Forbes Burnham.

By Delvon Mc Ewan In similar fashion like his father Carl Moore, who was the manager of the Guyana Under-15 team that won the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional U-15 title in Jamaica in 1998, Julian Moore has brought the championship back to Guyana after 15 years.

Although both parliamentary opposition groups have reached consensus on support for a proposed no-confidence motion, the two are yet to officially meet to discuss the way forward.

Albouystown businessman Joel Sullivan, who was shot in the chest during an attack last Friday, said his alertness and a quick responding neighbour saved his life.

Bridgetown, Barbados – Former West Indies opening batsman Gordon Greenidge on batting at the top, playing India’s spin quartet, and that Lord’s chase in 1984.

The Preliminary Inquiry to decide the fate of Rohan Teekaram, who is accused of murdering his brother at their Kaneville, East Bank Demerara home in April, commenced yesterday and saw seven persons, including the son of the deceased, offer evidence.

A vacationing US citizen found himself before a city court yesterday accused of threatening to chop his mother.

Dear Editor, Last weekend I went to the National Stadium for the final game of the High School Football Championship.

Dear Editor, We have been involved in no less than twenty appeals and special leave applications heard by the CCJ over the past six years.

Fresh from their 4-0 whipping of Burundi, the Guyana chess team to the 41st World Chess Championships in Tromso, Norway secured another whitewash with a 4-0 whipping of Bhutan yesterday.

Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker says the majority of Guyanese do not see local government polls as a priority, the latest in a series of varied reasons given by senior administration officials for not convening these elections.

(ITTF) From 1 July 2014, all International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) sanctioned and World Title events will be played using plastic composite balls instead of the traditional celluloid ball.

Dear Editor, On Monday, 4th August 2014 you reported on a bizarre advertisement which suggested some discord between the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Legal Affairs on the matter of recruitment of staff for the court’s new reporting department.

Following a commitment by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud to improve facilities at the Kaieteur National Park, a contract has been signed for a $41M Staff Living Quarters at Kaieteur Top.

Port of Spain, Trinidad – The T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) will retain 15 players in time for the regional First Class cricket series which gets underway in November.

Dear Editor, It is known that control of executive power fosters power-related pathologies.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Wednesday that the local organising committee of the Regional Under-19 Tournament has changed the venues for three matches in the One-day competition currently taking place here.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – African leaders yesterday called for a deeper economic relationship with the United States, hailing investment pledges totaling more than $17 billion at a Washington summit as a fresh step in the right direction.

Two companies on Tuesday competed to supply millions of dollars in spares to help ensure that government’s fleet of vessels sail smoothly.

Dear Editor, I would wait until he cruised by me on his old bicycle, with his half bag of rice, sugar or flour perfectly balanced on the handlebar, before shouting at the top of my little voice, “Reuben!”

Dear Editor, I am writing to highlight an issue at the Banks DIH Thirst Park bar/canteen.

A motorcyclist died after colliding with a motor car on Tuesday afternoon at an intersection in Lethem.

Prisoner Wesley Griffith, who was sentenced last week to five months in jail for attacking his accuser in court, was on Tuesday sentenced to 60 months in prison at the end of a trial in which the court found him guilty of robbing the man.

MONROVIA/DAKAR, (Reuters) – Relatives of Ebola victims in Liberia defied government orders and dumped infected bodies in the streets as West African governments struggled to enforce tough measures to curb an outbreak of the virus that has killed 887 people.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s experienced batsman Younus Khan dug deep for his 24th test century and his seventh against Sri Lanka to rescue his struggling side who closed on 261-4 on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

MONROVIA/DAKAR, (Reuters) – Health workers in West Africa appealed yesterday for urgent help in controlling the world’s worst Ebola outbreak as the death toll climbed to 932 and Liberia declared a state of emergency.

Justice Brassington Reynolds “out of an abundance of caution” yesterday decided to indefinitely adjourn the challenge to the legality of the appointment of acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba until the outcome of two appeals filed after an earlier ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia has escalated an economic battle set off by the crisis in Ukraine with a ban on all food imports from the United States and on fruit and vegetables from the European Union, dropping any pretence these might be for food safety reasons.

Dear Editor, I reply to Mr Abu Bakr’s letter captioned, ‘The world spends more time commenting on events distant than immediate,’ (SN, Aug 5).

MUMBAI,(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has ruled out launching an appeal against the decision to clear England fast bowler James Anderson of a code of conduct breach, adding that it was satisfied with the judicial commissioner’s verdict.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – China’s decision to investigate two Canadians for suspected spying highlights a sharp and unexpected deterioration in bilateral ties just months ahead of a trip by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Beijing.

(Trinidad Express) The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) yesterday issued a statement on the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus, advising that while the risk of the disease being imported to the Caribbean, was low, countries in the region needed to prepare for it.

“No taxation without representation” was the rallying slogan of the American revolutionaries in the American War of Independence.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – A man suspected of leaking Formula One champion Michael Schumacher’s medical files was found hanged in his police cell yesterday, Zurich’s cantonal prosecutor said in a statement.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Nelson Mandela’s second wife, Winnie, has launched a legal challenge to the will of the late anti-apartheid leader, the latest sign of feuding and bad blood in South Africa’s first family.

Dear Editor, One gleefully read in your publication yesterday that the main opposition party in parliament “would give support to the AFC’s planned no-confidence motion against government, setting the stage for new general elections.”

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States announced yesterday plans to spend $110 million a year over the next three to five years to help African nations develop peacekeeping forces that can be rapidly deployed to head off militant threats and other crises.

Dear Editor, Another Guyanese is moving to the top of the judiciary in the Caribbean.

Yesterday marked the 28th year since the Guyanese nation experienced the sudden demise of its first Executive President, Forbes Burnham.

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The nearly two months of frustration felt by citizens following the June 5 edict by Ministry of Home Affairs, which forced citizens to procure recent birth certificates in order to apply for passports might have come to an end last week, but indications are that the tedium is to be increased at the Central Immigration and Passport Office.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Drugmakers’ use of the tobacco plant as a fast and cheap way to produce novel biotechnology treatments is gaining global attention because of its role in an experimental Ebola therapy.

(BBC) Whether or not Usain Bolt did get caught out criticising these Commonwealth Games – the reporter insists,the athlete vehemently denies – the subsequent headlines were another indication that life for the Jamaican sprinter is not like that for any other athlete.

GAZA/CAIRO, (Reuters) – A 72-hour Gaza truce held through its second day yesterday and Israel said it was ready to extend the deal as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israelis and Palestinians on an enduring end to a war that devastated the Hamas-ruled enclave.