Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

Though only being its second time, the South Rupununi Safari has been described as a pleasant success, a release from GINA said.

At about 0620h. today, police say that Joel Kirpaul, 45 years, of Hogg Street, Albouystown, was walking along High Street, Georgetown, when he was held up by a man armed with a firearm.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of heavy-duty operator Edgar Trotman, 46 years, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Wismar, whose body was found with his hands tied behind his back at about 0630h.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Bill Cosby was sued on Tuesday by a woman alleging he molested her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15, in what is believed to be the first court case arising from a recent wave of sexual misconduct accusations against the comedian.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli legislators agreed on Wednesday to set March 17 as the date for a new parliamentary election, Israel Radio said.

While its ranking moved slightly in a positive direction, Guyana is still listed in the very corrupt category in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index.

MACKSVILLE, Australia, (Reuters) – Australia bid an emotional farewell to cricketer Phillip Hughes at a funeral in his hometown on Wednesday with a live coast-to-coast broadcast allowing a nation to unite in celebration and remembrance of the life of a sportsman cut down in his prime.

Exec Jet Club, whose Chief Executive Officer was arrested last week in Puerto Rico with US$620,000 stashed aboard his private jet has suspended its operations here but Aviation authorities yesterday said no violations had been committed by it.

Countless East Coast pensioners went home without a penny yesterday after gunmen stormed the Beterverwagting Post Office and brazenly stole $3 million intended for payments.

After six months working in an acting position, Dr Gobind Ganga has been confirmed as the Governor of the Bank of Guyana.

Another Guyanese woman has been nabbed at the JFK International Airport during an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the United States.

Brian Haywood, who is a remanded murder accused, was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to trafficking drugs at the Camp Street Prison.

Main opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday continued its protests to demand that President Donald Ramotar reconvene the Parliament.

A Guyanese man collapsed and died on Monday in an Antiguan prison, less than two weeks after he was found guilty of rape and remanded.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday rejected the government’s recently announced wage hikes for public servants, while accusing President Donald Ramotar of going back on a promise to negotiate with the union after more than a decade of imposing increases.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) outage on Saturday in Berbice and sections of Demerara was caused by contact between the 69Kv and 11Kv power lines.

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam is now in recovery after being admitted to a city hospital.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has extended its ‘Free Pass’ campaign to Saturday to facilitate the large number of customers seeking to take advantage of the promotion to reconnect their water supply without paying the normal fees.

A city businessman was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with having an unlicensed gun and matching ammunition, which were found during a police search of a vehicle he was driving.

The Ministry of Tourism on Monday presented awards to companies that won the ‘Best Booth’ competition at GuyExpo 2014, which attracted a large number of corporate sponsors.

A taxi driver, accused of punching his common-law wife and threatening to throw her through a window, was released on bail and placed on a bond to keep the peace after being arraigned in a city court yesterday.

The police yesterday recovered two recently hijacked motor cars from a Hummingbird Street, North Ruimveldt residence and as least one person has been detained for questioning.

Former champs Back Circle will faceoff with Albouystown-B from 21:30hrs in the marquee matchup of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets round of 16 stage today at the National Cultural Centre tarmac.

Overcrowding in the maternity ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital may soon be a thing of the past as a $258M contract to extend the ward was yesterday opened.

A food vendor, accused of selling a number of brand name items that were stolen from a Regent Street store, was placed on $50,000 bail yesterday after denying the charge.

Residents of Back Street, Prospect are breathing a sigh of relief after their alleged terroriser, Samuel La Fleur killed himself shortly after shooting a woman.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin says they are determined to show “fight and determination” against the world’s number one test side South Africa despite missing two of their best players.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited officially launched their fourth annual Banks Beer Cup yesterday at the latter’s Thirst Park headquarters, Industrial Site.

The police file on the alleged threatening remarks made by Attorney General Anil Nandlall in relation to the owner and staff of the Kaieteur News was late last week returned to the office of the Crime Chief by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Ryan McKinnon emerged victorious in the latest round of the Guyana Sport Shooting Federation (GSSF) Steel Challenge Shooting held on Saturday at the GDF Timehri Ranges.

The music cart vendor who was stabbed by his co-worker at G City Electronics and Recording Bar (GCERB) on Camp and D’urban streets, was identified by his relatives yesterday morning at Lyken’s Funeral Parlour.

The Tourism Ministry recently hosted its annual Tourism Awards Ceremony and it was disclosed that Guyana and Barbados are working on a common destination marketing programme.

Trinidadians Ryan Harper and Esan Wiltshire are the champions of the fifth edition of the FIDE-World Chess Federation Umada Cup after winning the tournament on Monday to end five days of intense battle against a field of international chess players.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently hosted its first ever national youth awards.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The next America’s Cup will be contested in Bermuda in 2017 after defending champion Oracle Team USA chose the tiny mid-Atlantic island as host of the world’s premier sailing competition yesterday.

Toolsidas Mangra, the homeless man whose body was removed from an East La Penitence Canal last Friday, died of drowning, according to an autopsy.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have named teenage speedster Kagiso Rabada in a 14-man squad for their three-match home test series against West Indies, Cricket South Africa announced yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Monday’s National Basketball Association games:  – – –  Spurs 109, 76ers 103 The winless Philadelphia Sixers cut a 25-point, first-half deficit to just five in the closing minutes, before the San Antonio Spurs hung on for a 109-103 victory.

Dear Editor, About two weeks ago I was asked by THAG to judge an essay competition under the theme, ‘Guyana South America Undiscovered,’ along with fellow judges Dr Steve Surujbally, writer Sharon Maas, and tour operator/property manager Andrea Salvador-de Caires.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being accused of stealing a phone from his neighbour’s home.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby was sued in Los Angeles yesterday by a woman alleging the entertainer sexually abused her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion when she was aged 15.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Banning bouncers following the death of Australia’s Phillip Hughes would be unfair on bowlers because batsmen always have the option of ducking under short-pitched deliveries, former India opener Virender Sehwag said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I read with sadness that Eileen Cox has died.

Dear Editor, There is an unacceptable pattern occurring in at least two TV channels wherein discussions on subjects of importance (more often than not political) are cut off without any warning, to the viewer, and possibly the participants.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Somali al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya yesterday, prompting the president to sweep out his top security officials in order to tackle a relentless wave of violence.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australian Open organisers have tweaked their ‘Extreme Heat Policy’ for next year’s tournament after being accused of forcing players to perform in “inhumane” conditions during a heatwave in January.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Sweden’s minority, centre-left government teetered on the brink of collapse yesterday after just two months in office when a far-right party announced it would vote against the 2015 budget, effectively dooming it to defeat.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A former Petrobras executive at the center of an alleged multibillion-dollar graft scheme involving the state-run oil company said yesterday that similar bribery and kickback schemes are prevalent in many Brazilian public-infrastructure projects.

Dear Editor,   Once again I am forced to write defending the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) concerning the misinformation and attempt to distort my comments regarding auditing the owner of the beleaguered aircraft on which in excess of US$600,000 was found, carried in the column of the political commentary of Mr Goolsarran as published in the pages of your newspaper of December 1, 2014.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.Keith Mitchell has congratulated Windward Islands opening batsman Devon Smith on his return to the West Indies team for the tour of South Africa.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian leaders pledged yesterday to use their religions to help stamp out modern slavery and human trafficking by 2020.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rapid evolution of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is slowing its ability to cause AIDS, according to a study of more than 2,000 women in Africa.

Dear Editor, As night follows day, Mr Christopher Ram has replied to Mr Murseline Bacchus’s letter (‘There can be no allegations that an offence was committed by the AG that the police should investigate,’ SN, November 27).

Esuan Crandon, the Guyana Jaguars Head Coach blames irresponsible batting for the nightmare two-run loss his team suffered at the hands of the Barbados Pride on Monday in round three of the WICB Regional four-day match at the Guyana National Stadium.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said yesterday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief.

Dear Editor, Your media reports say both opposition parties (AFC and APNU) have called on the President to dissolve Parliament and announce a date for general and regional elections.

President of Suriname’s Boxing Association, Remie Burke will be visiting next Wednesday to hold discussions with Guyana’s amateur board on regional integration.

Dear Editor, Speaker Raphael Trotman’s exhortation for reason and dialogue to prevail, while I might not agree completely with the specifics, is hard to argue with; we need a situation in which people who are interested in moving this country forward cam come together to chart the course out of this present quagmire.

In October of this year the New York Times, hardly known for extreme political radicalism, went on a virtual campaign calling for the resumption of normal relations with Cuba.

By Emmerson Campbell Former WBA world welterweight champion, Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis has been incognito ever since dropping a split decision verdict to Howard Eastman in October 2008.

MOSCOW/KIEV, (Reuters) – In Russia, powerful friends helped him make a fortune.

“Questioned on if he would seek to advocate the punishment of those who committed alleged wrongdoings during the PPP elected period, an animated Granger… said ‘Of course!