Daily Archive: Thursday, October 9, 2014

Residents of several East Bank communities were flooded out last evening and early this morning after the koker at Peter’s Hall was smashed by high tides.

Residents of several East Bank communities were flooded out last evening and early this morning after the koker at Peter’s Hall was smashed by high tides.

Residents of several East Bank communities were flooded out last evening and early this morning after the koker at Peter’s Hall was smashed by high tides.

Residents of several East Bank communities were flooded out last evening and early this morning after the koker at Peter’s Hall was smashed by high tides.

Residents of several East Bank communities were flooded out last evening and early this morning after the koker at Peter’s Hall was smashed by high tides.

Residents of several East Bank communities were flooded out last evening and early this morning after the koker at Peter’s Hall was smashed by high tides.

(Barbados) A Guyanese national is expected to appear in the District “B” Magistrates’ Court today on four drug charges.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says it empathizes with the residents of Peters Hall, Providence and Nandy Park, whose lives have been severely affected by flooding.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – French writer Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature for works that made him “a Marcel Proust of our time” with tales often set during the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War Two, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong student leaders urged more people to join their fight for greater democracy after the government called off talks aimed at defusing a political crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.

As plans are underway to have an additional 40 Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras installed in the city, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced that the police will be able to monitor the live feeds from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Eve Leary.

A former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) typist clerk and customs broker’s secretary was yesterday sentenced to 36 months in prison after being found guilty of obtaining in excess of $2M as gratuity payment from the Ministry of Finance.

A five-month-old baby, who was stricken with bronchopneumonia, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Sunday after she was apparently misdiagnosed with chikungunya.

Parents of children on the registers of public schools will soon be receiving the $10,000 grant announced in this year’s budget as the scheme is being launched on Saturday.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday said that her ministry has launched an investigation of the recordings that have surfaced featuring children from a secondary school engaging in sex acts.

The number of suspected chikungunya cases being seen at the West Demerara Regional Hospital have doubled within the past two weeks as people continue to throng the institution for treatment, a hospital official has said.

Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday rubbished the claim by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) that it was not notified of Cabinet’s no-objection to the selection of a prequalified supplier of drugs for the health sector.

The government has for a second time extended the life of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) set up to probe the death of political activist Dr.

A man was yesterday accused of stealing in excess of $13M worth of powdered milk from a businessman but he told a city court that he was being framed.

A Rosignol, West Coast Berbice man was found floating in a canal close to his ranch sometime around 10:30 hrs yesterday at Abary.

About 6,000 hinterland families are expected to soon use their solar panels as government yesterday announced that the contract to supply cables and switches for the devices was given its no objection.

Government yesterday an-nounced that the toll for the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge in Linden will be in-creased, a year after Linden’s Interim Manage-ment Committee (IMC) voted for the increase.

A 35-year-old gold miner was yesterday sentenced to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court, after having stolen cash and items from a sleeping logger.

Two minor females yesterday appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court to answer a charge of break and enter and larceny.

By Pushpa Balgobin in Paramaribo, Suriname   Much more has to be done to catapult exports of fresh produce from Guyana into the region, according to an agribusiness specialist.

A Lodge man who reportedly attempted to break up a fight on the Bourda mall is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being stabbed to the stomach.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company has donated $1 million to Habitat for Humanity.

By Pushpa Balgobin in Paramaribo, Suriname   Permanent Secretary in Suriname’s Agriculture Ministry Gerrit Breinburg says that the country has a five-year framework in place to become the regional breadbasket but later clarified that Guyana will also be a key player.

KOCHI, India, CMC – Marlon Samuels stroked a pristine, unbeaten hundred as West Indies temporarily cast aside their bitter wrangle with players union, WIPA, to crush India by 124 runs in the opening One-Day International here yesterday.

The family of a 13-year-old boy was plunged into mourning on Tuesday when his lifeless body was pulled from a trench near his home at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara.

Former prison officer Akeem Vyphuis, who was caught smuggling marijuana into the Camp Street Prison, was yesterday sentenced to 56 months.

Former Caribbean All Star   and Guyana footballer Earl O’ Neal yesterday said he is very disappointed with the National Sports Commission (NSC) in their decision to overlook players from outside the Georgetown district for national team selection.

This year’s National Drama Festival will open on October 14 at the National Cultural Centre.

A supplementary allocation of $100M for City Hall’s renovation will be sought by government when the National Assembly reconvenes.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The 2022 Winter Olympics may have to move from its traditional January and February dates to accommodate the World Cup finals being staged in Qatar, leading European soccer clubs’ official Umberto Gandini said yesterday.

Despite being suspended by his current employers Alpha United, Golden Jaguar international Gregory `Jackie Chan’ Richardson is adamant that he will be playing football at the annual year-end events, even if it means suiting up for another club.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it stands in solidarity with the Government and People of Cuba as it observes the 38th anniversary of the Cubana airline bombing in which 11 Guyanese perished.

A number of organisations and individuals picketed yesterday outside the Ministry of Health, Brickdam in protest against the unavailability of rape kits in hospitals.

DALLAS, (Reuters) – The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died yesterday, underscoring questions about the quality of care he received, and the government ordered five airports to start screening passengers from West Africa for fever.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Thousands marched through the Mexican capital yesterday to demand the government find out what happened to dozens of missing students, who are feared to have been massacred by gang members and police.

KOCHI, India, CMC – Marlon Samuels says his sixth One-Day International hundred was made all the more satisfying because of West Indies’ impressive 124-run win here yesterday.

The Titans Table Tennis Club will stage a table tennis training camp and tournament to commemorate its third anniversary.

The Private Sector Commission last Tuesday met with the PPP/C and introduced the new PSC Executive.

Dear Editor, I cannot say, 50 years later, that my brain is in any way as good as it was when I was 20 years old, when I felt that I could understand, grasp and learn anything and everything.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Maverick, innovator, game-changer, big-hitter, showman – accolades that Kevin Pietersen has lapped up ever since he decided to up sticks from his native South Africa and try his luck in England.

Dear Editor, It was as predictable as night follows day that Mr Anil Nandlall’s Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Legal Affairs would justify the four-year delay in bringing the Judicial Review Act into operation with the excuse that this was dependent on the making of Rules of Court (‘The Judicial Review Act cannot be brought into force until new Rules of Court are promulgated’ SN, Oct 8).

The Felix Austin Police College recently received a variety of items from the non-governmental organisation Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFTP).

Remarkable displays of speed, strength, stamina and leaping ability by their athletes, enabled Brickdam Secondary School to be crowned North Georgetown Zone 3 winners yesterday at the Eve Leary ground.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – New research that sheds light on the methods and machinery used by HIV to infect cells provides insight into the tricky virus that potentially could guide the development of a vaccine against the virus that causes AIDS, according to U.S.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – An ailing Rafa Nadal added his name to the list of upsets at the Shanghai Masters after the Spaniard suffered a 6-3 7-6(6) loss to Feliciano Lopez in yesterday’s second round, as fourth seed Stan Wawrinka and in-form Kei Nishikori also made early exits.

(ICC) The International Cricket Council yesterday confirmed that an independent analysis has found the bowling actions of Bangladesh’s Sohag Gazi and Zimbabwe’s Prosper Utseya to be illegal and, as such, both off-spinners have been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect.

MURSITPINAR, Turkey/ ANKARA, (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters launched a renewed assault on the Syrian city of Kobani last night, and at least 21 people were killed in riots in neighbouring Turkey where Kurds rose up against the government for doing nothing to protect their kin.

Dear Editor, It is my considered opinion that Georgetown and the coastal belt of Guyana need a comprehensive technical analysis of the drainage system.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The socialist movement built by Venezuela’s former president Hugo Chavez risks imploding if corruption, inefficiency and an economic crisis are not tamed, a dissenting faction of the ruling Socialist Party says.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba has received no indication the Obama administration might change U.S.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, who was ruled out of the limited over series against Australia with a hand injury, will miss the subsequent test series against the same opponents as well, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said.

Dear Editor, The letter from GHK Lall that you published September 7 (‘Please stay, don’t go’) is thought-provoking indeed.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti is determined to continue the search for Christopher Columbus’ flagship, the Santa Maria, after a United Nations report this week found that a wreck discovery did not match the historic vessel.

(Jamaica Observer) REGGAE artiste Luciano has cancelled his upcoming African gigs in Malawi, Ghana and South Africa in light of the current Ebola virus outbreak on that continent.

Barama Company Limited on Tuesday presented bursary awards to five successful Grade Six candidates whose parents are employees of the company.

Dear Editor, The last local government elections (LGE) were held in Guyana in 1994, therefore it is wrong for the minority PPP regime to delay them any further.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 8 (Reuters) – A year after the epic collapse of his industrial empire, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista’s financial and legal troubles appear far from over.

A Stewartville teenager has been declared brain-dead after being struck down by an Education Ministry official’s vehicle a week ago on the West Coast Demerara Public Road.

(BBC) Bollywood director Vishal Bhardwaj’s Indian adaptation of Hamlet has been hailed as “one of the most important movies of the year”.

Guyanese now span the global village. We’re a global people, a 21st century nation in every sense of the word, with our homeland nesting comfortable, peaceful, pastoral, forest green, sunny yellow, multicultural, between the giant Amazon and the gigantic Atlantic.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Actor Hugh Grant, who became the poster boy for the charming British fop in romantic comedies such as “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Notting Hill,” is delighted not to be part of Hollywood anymore.

Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change to submit a weekly column on local government and related matters.

Visitors to GuyExpo won flights to various destinations when they participated in the ‘Putt, Win and Fly’ promotion that was part of the Caribbean Airlines’ booth at the annual trade exposition.

Dear Editor, The only people who can help “fix” this country of ours are the ones who genuinely believe it can be fixed.

The taping, posting on social media and sharing of a video of schoolchildren involved in sex acts is to be condemned in the strongest language possible.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia must invest at least 90 trillion pesos ($44.4 billion) to implement a peace deal with Marxist rebels to end a 50-year conflict, says a senator who backs the current peace talks, adding the amount is much less than the cost of waging war.