Daily Archive: Thursday, January 22, 2015

At about 1930h. today, police say that Tiffon Peters, 22 years, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who was in police custody at the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost, was found hanging in the lock-ups from his shirt which he had stripped into a cloth-rope and tied to the metal grill work of the lock-ups.

A quick response by the Guyana Fire Service was able to save a South Road house from burning down after a parked police motor cycle burst into flames this morning between Cummings and Light Sts.

The Ministry of Public Works today notified the general public that Mango Tree Bridge on the Kurupukari – Lethem road way is currently under rehabilitation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pop star Rihanna’s victory in a legal case against Topshop over the use of her image has been upheld by Britain’s Court of Appeal, which backed an earlier judgment against the British fashion chain.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The death of a prosecutor investigating the bombing of a Jewish community center was not a suicide, as was initially reported, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said today.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new government is to investigate “black money” transferred overseas by powerful figures in the administration of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, a cabinet spokesman said today.

At about 2200h last night, the police say that Colin Headley, 27 years, of Kaneville, EBD, was standing on the roadway at Kaneville, when he was shot to his face and back.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Jason Holder has lashed his teammates for repeating basic errors and urged them to take more responsibility weeks away from the 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

The US, the UK and Canada this morning issued a joint release welcoming President Donald Ramotar’s announcement of May 11, 2015 as the poll date and called for improvements to be made to the electoral process including equitable access by all parties to the media.

(Trinidad Express) Police believe a man named Azad Ali can help them with information that can solve the murders of Salma Chadee in Caroni and Sherlene Mahangoo-Charles in Ste Madeleine.

The Guyana Human Rights Association yesterday called on President Donald Ramotar to come clean and dissolve Parliament, a point which was also raised by commentators Christopher Ram and Alissa Trotz.

Logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) says it expects to begin value-added production after equipment for its plant is installed in the first quarter of this year.

A Berbice cane harvester accused of stabbing a teenaged girl to death at Rosignol, West Berbice on Saturday after she reportedly ended a relationship with him, appeared in court yesterday charged with murder and was remanded to prison.

Saying that Vice-Chancellor (VC) Jacob Opadeyi’s response to their demands is “woefully inadequate,” University of Guyana (UG) staff yesterday threatened that if their demands are not met by 4pm today, industrial action will be taken to delay the start of the new semester.

The European Union (EU) yesterday said that it welcomes President Donald Ramotar’s announcement on Tuesday of early general elections as well as regional elections to be held on 11 May 2015.

The opposition coalition APNU is preparing to launch its official campaign which will focus on grassroots concerns, the grouping’s General-Secre-tary Joseph Harmon says.

Devon Forde, who was twice accused of robbery which also included the hijacking of a vehicle, succumbed on Monday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being run over by a minibus days earlier and his relatives are alleging that it was deliberate.

A man who removed the original number plate on a vehicle and replaced it with an incorrect one was yesterday fined $1 million and sentenced to two years imprisonment after being found guilty in a city court.

Despite fervent efforts to prove his innocence, 43-year-old taxi driver Gregory Howes was yesterday sentenced to three years behind bars after being found guilty in a city court of snatching a woman’s chain.

The repeated absence of Samuel Hinds Jr has again led Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond to defer her ruling in the case where his sister-in-law has accused him of beating her with a cane and threatening her with a gun.

The 12-year-old girl who was doused with hot water, allegedly by her mother over a telephone call on Tuesday, is now in the custody of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA), along with her two younger siblings.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is currently reviewing a draft agreement for Mutual Administrative Assistance between Guyana and Suriname as part of its anti-smuggling efforts, a release from the GRA said.

Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, yesterday cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Friendship Swine Development Project at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara under the Canada-funded Caribbean Local Economic Develop-ment (CARILED) initiative.

With the naming of Election Day the country has been returned on a democratic track, said Speaker of the 10th Parliament Raphael Trotman who welcomed the date and is overjoyed as the country could not have endured the tension longer.

A man who impersonated a police detective was arrested in Queen’s College compound yesterday after he approached several students and demanded that they hand over any cellular phones they had to him, as they were banned and he was there to seize them.

Former Guyana magistrate Albert Baldeo was yesterday a no show in a New York court where he was scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Paul A Crotty on seven counts of obstructing the course of justice.

A Partnership for National Unity has highlighted the continuous decay and disintegration of the Stabroek Market landing where the Vreed-en-Hoop to Georgetown speed boats dock.

Dear Editor, Below are the updates from Vaitarna Inc on log sales for the year 2014 and the status of the sawmill project.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Both Jamaica Franchise and Guyana Jaguars will have added motivation to win when they clash in the first semi-final of the NAGICO Super50 here today.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment yesterday launched its upstream oil and gas policy at a National stakeholders’ forum at the Herdmanston Lodge, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The President of Guyana announced that May 11 will be elections day.

The only evidence the police have linking Troy Greene to the 2010 murder of hairdresser Bibi Saymar at her Hague, West Coast Demerara home, is the caution statement he allegedly made, according to the defence yesterday during his High Court trial.

Dear Editor, Clive Lloyd’s expectations that Jason Holder will make an effective 50 overs one day captain and player is just an illusion.

IN the unlikely event that Dave Cameron loses the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in the March 7 ballot, a document before the directors recommends that he remain in office until the end of the current financial year before handing over to his successor.

Concluding his tour of the 12 South American Community Nations, UNASUR’s Secretary General Ernesto Samper visited Guyana on Tuesday and addressed the need to tackle counterfeit prescription drugs and reduce the prices of generic drugs across the region.

Dear Editor, Changing with the times, I feel impelled to send an overtly political message to my personal friends in high places within all the parties in our national and local assemblies.

By Jeff Trotman   APNU member of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) for Region Ten, Charles Sampson has suggested that councillors boycott statutory meetings of the council to register their disgust at the apparent refusal by central government to purchase new vehicles for the Regional Chairman (RC) and Vice-Chairman (VC).

Dear Editor, We note the announcement by President Ramotar that he has named May 11, 2015 as the date for general elections.

Dear Editor, In a strange but perhaps not unaccustomed development, President Donald Ramotar has chosen to announce a date for elections without actually dissolving Parliament.

“I will just like her to be tamed. She is very hot.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – West Indies plumbed new depths on their tour of South Africa here yesterday, producing an anemic performance to hand the Proteas an uncomplicated nine-wicket win and the five-match series on a platter.

Dear Editor, We, at the Mayor and City Council are deeply troubled by the continuously rancorous behaviour of the government-imposed Town Clerk (ag), Ms Carol Ryan Sooba.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – West Indies plumbed new depths on their tour of South Africa here yesterday, producing an anemic performance to hand the Proteas an uncomplicated nine-wicket win and the five-match series on a platter.

Dear Editor, I was appalled to see, in the January 20 edition of Kaieteur News, a clear photo of the 18-year-old male rape victim in the Old Year’s alleged gang rape story, taken from his hospital bed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) rolled out its calendar of activities for the first half of the year and disclosed that the services of an Australia based Technical Director have been acquired.

Dear Editor, So it is May 11. The time is here for the opposition to display its true mettle.

Guyana born, Scottish citizen, Angus Thompson who coaches rugby in Australia has verbally agreed to lend his expertise to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU).

Dear Editor, The Berbice Cricket Board has publicly announced that its executives will not be participating in the upcoming Biennial General Meeting (BGM) of the Guyana Cricket Board scheduled for Sunday, January 25th, 2015.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC The Bravo brothers engineered a spectacular recovery and Kevon Cooper unleashed a hostile late order cameo as Trinidad and Tobago roared to a 49 run win over Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the twelfth game of the NAGICO Super50 at the Queen’s Park Oval here Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Those who have contacted me since President Ramotar announced the date for national elections as May 11, with many questions about who I believe will win, must understand that my concern is more about who will lose.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – An ailing Rafa Nadal dug deep into his vast reservoir of grit to stave off American qualifier Tim Smyczek and stagger into the third round of the Australian Open yesterday on a day of great escapes.

In present-day Guyana, democracy itself has been wounded and lays prone awaiting urgent attention.

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica strolled to an easy nine wicket win over West Indies Under 19’s in the 11th game of the NAGICO Super50 match at the National Cricket Centre here Tuesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) All 63 members of parliament will cast a critical vote on April 28 – the three-month period given to legislators to support or reject the three bills to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaica’s final appellate court.

Dear Editor, This week the GGMC published a full-page advertisement on the “benefits” it provides its employees who are on strike.

Dear Editor, I’ve been watching the news about the Paris attacks and their responses.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The number of Russian doping cases in athletics is a major concern, especially in race walking, the governing IAAF said yesterday after five walkers were banned by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T has already failed at least one recommendation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering, having had no convictions for the crime despite passing stringent laws last year. So

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro shook up complex currency controls yesterday and also prepared Venezuelans for a rise in the world’s cheapest fuel prices in response to a recession worsened by plunging oil revenues.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba clashed over U.S.

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

Dear Editor, Historically religion has played an integral part in the life of every human being.

(Reuters) – Players who had begun legal action over the use of artificial surfaces at this year’s Women’s World Cup have dropped their case, their lawyers said yesterday.

Gecom Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally said that while the commission will move expeditiously to declare the results of the upcoming General Elections it will not sacrifice accuracy to do so.

Following the unrestrained plummeting in the price for crude oil over the past seven to eight months, its plunge below US$50 on January 7—the lowest in six years—has led finally to the government, through Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announcing a reduction in the price of fuel on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) Students of the University of the West Indies yesterday morning locked down the St Augustine Campus.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium put the capital Brussels on maximum security alert yesterday, shutting the metro and warning people to avoid crowds because of a “serious and imminent” threat of coordinated, multiple attacks by militants.