Daily Archive: Monday, November 24, 2014

(Trinidad Express) A 33-year-old Freeport woman was gunned down outside a bar on Sunday night.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba will stage its first Broadway musical in more than 50 years when “Rent” starts a three-month run on Dec.

For the first time ever in Guyana, 18 restaurants are participating in ‘Restaurant Week’ which is being hosted jointly by the Tourism and Hospitality of Association of Guyana (THAG) and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA).

President Donald Ramotar (fourth from right) cuts the ribbon to declare open the inaugural North Pakaraimas Festival Expo.

Charity on the Essequibo Coast remains under threat from the swollen Pomeroon as water continues to seep through a breach.

Numerous doctors along with other medical practitioners yesterday attended Guyana’s 7th annual Medical Scientific Conference which was held at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur today explained why he has decided not to offer further evidence in his complaint that the proprietor of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall had threatened him.

A Partnership for National Unity-APNU, today met with representatives of the Private Sector Commission-PSC.

The Plenary Meeting XL and Special Ministerial V Meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force commenced today in San Salvador, El Salvador. 

Divisional Commander ‘A’ Division, Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken today apologized for controversial remarks in which he said that females’ mode of mode of dress contributed to rape.

The police say are investigating three fatal accidents as road deaths continue to climb.

The threatening language charge against Kaieteur News Publisher Glen Lall brought by Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Khurshid Sattaur was withdrawn today by the complainant.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Simpson Miller has warned privileged members of the society to desist from stealing electricity, while noting that it was not only the poor who is involved in electricity theft.

DAKAR, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Some of Africa’s top musicians launched today an alternative Ebola appeal song to Band Aid’s new recording of “Do they know it’s Christmas’ with proceeds also going to fight the virus that has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa this year.

The body of a Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri worker was yesterday found in the airport’s water reservoir and as police investigate, relatives believe that foul play was involved.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited registered an after-tax profit of $2.339B for the financial year ended September 2014, slightly down from the $2.343B recorded last year.

Citizens Bank Guyana Incorporated yesterday opened a new branch in Region 6, providing Berbicians with additional banking options.

By Roger Wong   Upset Hope Estate farmers continued to grapple with floodwaters yesterday and are still assessing damage to their crops and livestock even as they questioned why the authorities are not dealing with the inadequate drainage system that serves the area.

Publisher of Kaieteur News Glenn Lall will today be arraigned at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court to answer a charge of using threatening language to Commissioner of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur some three months ago.

Charging that government has not done enough to cushion the impact of falling gold prices, the miners association yesterday called on its members to prepare to take action to ensure the survival of the industry even as gold declarations remain sluggish.

All bills including the anti-money laundering and telecoms bills as well as documents such as the Auditor General’s report are casualties of the prorogation of Parliament and as a result, the bills “die” while the reports on statutory bodies will be out of reach of the public, analyst Christopher Ram says.

A Ridge, Wakenaam man is now dead after he was involved in an accident on Saturday night.

More than a year after four-year-old Trichel Williams was struck down and killed along the Plantation Foulis Public Road, the carpenter who caused her death is now behind bars.

The Ministry of Culture on Wednesday held its annual Edgar Mittelholzer lecture at the Theatre Guild Playhouse in Kingston.

The setting of a date for the hearing of the appeal of the legality of the 2012 budget cuts could take a few more weeks as the senior registrar officer at the Court of Appeal, who is the sole person handling the matter, is on leave.

A teenager accused of firing shots at one man and robbing another on the same day was on Friday found not guilty of both of the charges.

Former Alliance For Change (AFC) executive Gerhard Ramsaroop who departed the party recently after the AFC refused to join the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition, believes that Guyana’s development depends on an alliance of both groupings.

Heavy rainfall resulted in residents and farmers of Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo facing difficulties traversing the road on Friday after a huge section was impassable to small vehicles.

Keon Kelvin, who was recently jailed for four years for armed robbery, was on Friday sentenced to a total of six years after copping to two weapons charges.

The South Road Nursery will remain closed today to allow for the sanitization of the facilities, an advisory from the Ministry of Education said yesterday.

A woman was last Tuesday charged with slapping her 17-year-old brother-in-law, after he was accused of hitting her daughter.

Dear Editor, It is 11.00 pm where I am in the US and just read the statement attributed to Minister of Local Government, Hon.

Narsingh Deonarine complemented his first innings ton with a 5-wicket haul to give the Guyana Jaguars first innings points and a lead of 240 runs against the Windwards Volcanoes heading into the fourth and final day of the ongoing WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-day tournament played at the Guyana National Stadium.

Dear Editor, As I travelled to the southern side of Region Two I saw machines and pumps busy working to drain off the rainwater from villages and rice fields.

Dear Editor, I was standing just behind Minister Robeson Benn in front of the police outpost at Stabroek Market and upon inquiring from a few friends I knew in the media I learnt that his presence there was a result of the big buses he was introducing to help ease commuters’ woes.

This is the second and final part of the interview of US hurdler Kristi Castlin who recently visited Guyana.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers looked set to miss today’s deadline for resolving a 12-year stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and are already looking at a possible extension of the negotiations.

Dear Editor, Frequent power outages over the past few months as often as twice a day, have been affecting citizens in sections of the East Coast.

(Trinidad Express) The Police Service on Sunday announced the captured of Azmon Alexander, a person of interest in the murders of a man, woman and baby.

GARDEZ, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a crowd of spectators at a volleyball match in Afghanistan yesterday, killing 45 people, a provincial official said, as foreign troops withdraw from the country after more than a decade of fighting.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia scrambled over the line for a two-wicket victory in the fifth one-day international against South Africa yesterday to move back to the top of the world rankings less than three months before the World Cup.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Telecommunications company Digicel has been found to be in breach of the principle of Internet Neutrality in the Eastern Caribbean.

Dear Editor, The amount of plastic bottles and the ubiquitous styrofoam material which are found all over Guyana – even in ‘pristine’ places – is staggering and is one of the main reasons for the floodwaters lingering.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Marion Barry, the scandal-plagued former mayor of Washington, D.C.,

MACAU, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao knocked down American challenger Chris Algieri six times to retain his WBO welterweight championship in Macau yesterday morning.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Band Aid 30’s reworked version of “Do They Know it’s Christmas”, a song intended to raise money to fight the spread of Ebola in Africa, went straight to the top of Britain’s single charts on Sunday, the Official Charts Company said.

Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United compliments of goalkeeper Ronson Williams last gasp goal, overcame Riddim Squad in an epic nine goal thriller 5-4 to clinch the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer Futsal Championship on Saturday.

Dear Editor, I read where your columnist, Shaun Samaroo has written that his column has ended.

LONDON, (Reuters) – On the websites of Britain’s bookmakers gamblers can bet around the clock on anything from soccer in Azerbaijan to financial market fluctuations, while others in betting shops feed high-stake machines that can devour 300 pounds ($470) a minute.

By Kevin De Silva   Kevin De Silva, Guyanese, is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is currently engaged with issues related to Guyana and its diaspora.

The next time players from the Invaders Cricket Club grace the field, they will don a new attire compliments of Massy Gas Products.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Police transferred Portugal’s former Socialist prime minister Jose Socrates back to his cell at a police station late yesterday where he will spend a third night in a row after his shocking arrest and questioning in a corruption investigation.

Dear Editor, My eyes became teary as I read of the continued protests over the Police Commander’s rape comments in the SN November 22 edition.

Last week, we discussed the reason the President cited for proroguing Parliament as his belief that the Parliamentary Opposition wanted to disrupt Government’s business by forcing a debate on their no confidence motion.

Team Guyana ended their 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games hockey campaign in the sixth position, losing to Barbados 3-0 in the fifth place playoff of the 5-8 positional plate event yesterday.

Dear Editor, The defence by the AFC leadership for not sending Moses Nagamootoo and Khemraj Ramjattan to the rally organised by the APNU is sheer hogwash and cannot stand the test of our time.

This week we asked Berbicians to comment on the malfunctioning of the retractor span of the Berbice River Bridge which left countless persons stranded for hours on both sides of the river last Friday.

At a press conference on November 14, following a question by a reporter, President Ramotar denied that he had ever spoken to businesswoman Mrs Bhena Lall about tax evasion charges that had been brought against her and her husband, the proprietor of Kaieteur News, Mr Glenn Lall.

Dear Editor, Guyana needs to join the Trinidad and Tobago bandwagon and categorise soca music for its 2015 Carib Soca Monarch Competition (Mashramani).

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli says his team mates will determine the success or otherwise of his captaincy when he takes charge of India in place of Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the first test against Australia next month.