Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 11, 2014

President Donald Ramotar and his team (right) met today with a delegation from civil society to discuss yesterday’s prorogation of Parliament.

At about 1605h. today, police say that two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, entered the Style Palace General Store at King Street, Georgetown, and demanded cash from businesswoman Rakeema Ally, 60 years, of Peter’s Hall, EBD.

On November 06, 2014, police say that taxi-driver Anthony Narine, 28 years, of Soesdyke, EBD, was involved in an altercation with a man at Soesdyke during which he suffered injuries and had to be hospitalised.

(Jamaica Observer) JAMAICANS have loved Dionne Warwick since the 1960s when she broke through with a number of classy songs for songwriters Burt Bacharach and David Lloyd.

(Trinidad Express) The death of internationally renowned preacher and transformational leader Dr Myles Munroe on Sunday not only sent shock waves through his native Bahamas, but also in this country where he often ministered.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) today said it hopes that parliamentary debate here could resume in the shortest possible time and it noted that an efficiently functioning Parliament allows for checks and balances and for the voice of the people to be heard.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has put in the hands of the Solicitor General’s office the issue of the President’s receipt of a TT$28,000 tax-free monthly housing allowance while also receiving State-provided accommodation.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Allan Border has called for an end to Twenty20 internationals outside the World Cup and hopes the 50-over game will not be allowed to “wither and die”.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday said that his decision to prorogue Parliament was his “sole recourse” to preserving the life of the 10th Parliament and to bring an end to the opposition’s “political gamesmanship.”

Yesterday’s prorogation of Parliament by President Ramotar is a retrograde step.

Hours after President Donald Ramotar issued the proclamation to prorogue the Parliament, the opposition parties declared that democracy was under threat and warned of the country sliding into a state of dictatorship.

Hushed tones, whispered conferences and the hurried tap-tapping of shoes on tile were the order of the day in Parliament Buildings yesterday when word of the President’s prorogation of Parliament spread.

Hundreds of protesters seized the opportunity to break through police barriers after being addressed Opposition Leader David Granger, to move their action directly opposite Parliament Building, when word of the President’s decision to prorogue Parliament began to spread yesterday.

A former Imam of Independence Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara had beer bottles rained like missiles on his home and vehicles on Sunday night after asking neighbours to turn down their loud music.

Devon Bellamy was three days short of celebrating his 30th birthday when he was fatally struck down by a speeding jeep early yesterday morning along the East Bank Demerara public road.

A pensioner was found bound and gagged in his Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara house yesterday morning.

Traffic along the East Bank Demerara highway was disrupted yesterday afternoon after two separate accidents, just minutes apart.

The European Union (EU) has recruited two experts to support the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) in its capacity building activities, on request of the Government of Guyana and Gecom.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday came out in the defence of President Donald Ramotar’s decision to prorogue Parliament, saying it will allow for continued dialogue between the political parties and will not usher in a dictatorship.

Bettina Ayre, wife of British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre, recently paid a visit to the Project Trust volunteers at the Secondary School in Leguan, Region Three.

Patanjalee “Pur” Persaud continued his impressive form this season when won the fifth Citizens Bank Players Championship while Pacifiers carted off the GT Beer team title at Sunday’s GT Beer/Citizens Bank sponsored Golf Classic at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara.

A Crane businessman was yesterday arraigned on weapon charges after a search by police officers allegedly uncovered a revolver and matching ammunition on him.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Chris Gayle blasted another half-century while Andre Russell suffered the indignity of a first ball ‘duck’, as Lions beat Knights in a thrilling Super Over in the South African Ram Slam T20 League here Sunday.

A taxi driver was shot by bandits yesterday in Enmore, East Coast Demerara while waiting on a passenger who had just withdrawn a large sum of cash from a city bank and left it in the taxi.

There was a changing of the guard when Lennox Braithwaite and Peter Persaud were declared the Senior and Junior champions at the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) National Senior and Junior Fullbore shooting Championships which ended Sunday at the Timehri Rifle and Pistol ranges.

(Reuters) – Ahmed Shehzad hit a career-best 176 while Younus Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq struck unbeaten centuries before Pakistan declared their first innings on 566 for three wickets in the first test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

A taxi driver, who became upset when his wife asked to borrow his phone and sprayed her in the face with a poisonous substance has been ordered to perform community service.

A 49-year-old fisherman of Bounty Hall, Essequibo Coast was yesterday fined $30,000 after he admitted that he assaulted his wife causing her actual bodily harm.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC– West Indies Women will square-off with Australia Women today in a top-of-the-table clash in round two of the ICC Women’s Championship.

The Salvation Army has been accused of subjecting the persons being treated in its Drug Rehabilitation Programme to substandard conditions—a claim that manager Major Ulrick Thibaud is denying, while chalking up criticisms to “enemies” of the institution.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC– All rounder Rayad Emrit has been confirmed as captain of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force team, replacing Denesh Ramdin, for the Professional Cricket League (PCL) starting Friday, cricket authorities here have said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC– Senior West Indies middle-order batsman Marlon Samuels is in breach of selection policy and so does not qualify to represent the Jamaica Franchise in the new Professional Cricket League starting on Friday, the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) has announced.

A 7-year-old boy escaped death and possible injuries when he fell into his school’s septic tank last week after the cover of the manhole gave away.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Woe betide any ticket holder who got stuck in the queue for an ice cream at the O2 Arena  yesterday — the action might have been all over by the time they returned to their pricey seat.

Ministry of Local Govern-ment evaluators including engineers are currently tweaking the project proposal for Guyana’s first solid waste recycling plant and should take the new document to Cabinet for its approval by month end.

With four weeks of harvesting left, the Guyana Sugar Corporation needs to make an additional 36,000 tonnes of sugar to meet its 2014 target.

Guyana Jaguars lone fast-bowler Ronsford Beaton believes that his recent form with the ball can stand him in good stead during the first-round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) inaugural Franchise 4-day tournament which begins this Friday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

BEIJING (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama said yesterday a successful China was in the interests of the United States and the world but Beijing had to be a partner in underwriting international order, and not undermine it.

DELHI, India, CMC- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) says it has received a letter of apology from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the sudden and dramatic cancellation by the senior West Indies cricketers from their tour of India.

POTISKUM, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber dressed as a student killed at least 48 people, most of them students, and injured 79 others at a school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian town of Potiskum yesterday, a hospital official said.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said yesterday that the announcement of the proroguing of Parliament by President Donald Ramotar must be seen as a cowardly act and one that denies the people their right to appraise the President and his ministers’ performance through their elected representatives.

Dear Editor,   President Ramotar’s threat to prorogue or dissolve parliament in response to a no-confidence motion is to be condemned by all Guyanese as a cowardly attack against democracy, the rule of law, and the entitlement of citizens to representative government.

President Donald Ramotar and Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally met briefly early yesterday prior to the announcement of the suspension of the Parliament.

DETROIT (Reuters) – A Palestinian activist was found guilty yesterday of immigration fraud for failing to reveal to US authorities that she had been convicted and served time in Israel for a 1969 supermarket bombing that killed two people.

Dear Editor,   I read with comfort and measured relief the apologies issued by Stabroek News and the GTUC, via the latter’s attorney-at-law, Mr Peters, the excuses (not reasons) for their unwarranted disparagement of my integrity and public image notwithstanding.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Promising allrounder Yannick Cariah smashed an unbeaten century in Trinidad and Tobago’s final practice match in preparation for the opening round of the Professional Cricket League (PCL) four-day competition starting on Friday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An aide to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an air strike near the city of Falluja, Iraqi state television reported yesterday.

The driver accused of causing the death of Carol Overton-Dawson, the woman who was fatally struck along the Mocha Access Road last Friday evening, was yesterday released on $250,000 bail after denying dangerous driving when he appeared in a city court.

The final preparations are now being made for Sunday’s third and final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC).

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A taxi driver, accused of snatching a woman’s gold chain, was remanded to prison yesterday after a city court learned that his claim that he had never been charged before was untrue.

Dear Editor, I think the President prorogued Parliament because his PPP/C government is in such a mess as a result of the numerous financial, political and social scandals, that he cannot face the electorate at this time.

Male Suriname Volleyball top team Yelyco Sunday night outplayed local side Achievers in last weekend’s third annual Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) in collaboration with GUYOIL/Tradewind Tankers International invitational festival played at the National Gymnasium.

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States has deployed a team of about 50 troops to an air base in Iraq’s fiercely contested Anbar province to lay the groundwork for an advisory mission at the core of its campaign against Islamic State militants, officials said yesterday.

A man was yesterday fined $25,000 for stealing two bottles of high wine from Distribution Services Limited (DSL).

Opposition Leader David Granger arrived at the Parliament Building yesterday while protest action was in full swing; many protestors immediately broke from their positions and followed him.

Carlos Adams. More renowned for his lawn tennis skills and Christine Sukhram outplayed a large field of golfers to win male and female categories respectively at the eighth annual Macorp Classic tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Despite sparking outrage by saying he had “had enough” when grilled by reporters over the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers, Mexico’s attorney general was unrepentant yesterday ad said he would do it all again.

Dear Editor,   Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote, “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”

Members of the Alliance for Change (AFC) including Khemraj Ramjattan, Moses Nagamootoo, Trevor Williams and Cathy Hughes briefly joined the protest action yesterday opposite the Parliament Building after word of the prorogation of the Tenth Parliament spread.

The most recent missive from the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS) President, Mr Joshua Griffith, to the university administration about the physical conditions on the campus is familiar in both its tone and its content.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Seafoods second-division, two-day semifinals between Everest Cricket Club and host Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ended in a draw after the entire second day was abandoned due to rain.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru-vian police said yesterday they will press charges against a foreign man arrested in Lima last month, after finding him with traces of explosives and getting his confession to being a member of the Shi’ite Islamist movement Hezbollah.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will shortly commence use of the TT series to licence vehicles, as the PSS series which began in November 2013 is almost at an end.

Dear Editor,   It is interesting to note that around the time I penned a letter asking for a little more sensitivity towards the Christian devout regarding Christmas, and receiving much criticism for daring to add to the voices that wish to see Christmas as a more spiritual occasion, Ruel Johnson writes on how the religious community has failed society.