Daily Archive: Friday, March 20, 2015

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Small Business Bureau within the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce which will see more micro-businesses entering the formal economy, a release from the GRA said today.

Today, a team from the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) visited the Ministry of Legal Affairs and met with the Attorney General, Mohabir Anil Nandlall and a team from the Ministry, a release from the ministry said.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A judge set bail today at $25 million for Suge Knight in a murder case, agreeing on the amount requested by prosecutors who had described the rap mogul in court papers as being “incapable of stopping his violent criminal behavior.”

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman was yesterday arrested on suspicion of being drunk on an aircraft, after she allegedly stripped, exposing herself on a flight from Kingston, Jamaica.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today stated its concern about several recent assertions from Venezuela over the territorial controversy with Guyana.

Several ranks drawn from the Joint Services have commenced Internal Security Training at the Inter- Services Institute of Internal Security Studies, hosted by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Several ranks drawn from the Joint Services have commenced Internal Security Training at the Inter- Services Institute of Internal Security Studies, hosted by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Command of one of the main bases of the Guyana Defence Force, Base Camp Stephenson BC(S) on March 18, 2015 changed hands from Colonel Wilbert Lee to Lieutenant Colonel Terry Benn, a release from the GDF said today.

Levi Sheldon Evelyn is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to investigations into the murder of Travis Lowenfield which occurred on February 26, 2015, at Sparendaam Housing Scheme, ECD.

Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast yesterday met with retired CEO of the Alesie Group Turhane Doerga and Jinnah Rahman, Managing Director of A.

(Reuters) – West Indies have named former opening batsman Phil Simmons as their head coach on a three-year contract, the West Indies Cricket Board said today.

SANAA/ADEN, (Reuters) – Suicide bombers in the Yemeni capital Sanaa blew themselves up during Friday prayers at two mosques used by supporters of Shi’ite rebels, killing 126 people and wounding 260, medical sources said, in the country’s deadliest militant attack in years.

A post-mortem examination was yesterday performed on the body of Quineza Benn, of Charity, Essequibo, by Pathologist Dr.

At about 0700h yesterday, the police say it was discovered that the Machuine Primary School at Lethem, had been broken into and the sum of $408,000 stolen.

The police say they are conducting investigations into the alleged murder of fisherman Avo Singh, 19 years, of Dundee, Mahaicony, ECD, which is reported to have occurred on March 17, 2015, aboard a fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the foreshore of Bush Lot, Berbice.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson scored a half-century after being dropped on four to guide Australia to an emphatic six-wicket victory over Pakistan in Adelaide today and send the co-hosts into a blockbuster World Cup semi-final with reigning champions India.

Bandits early yesterday morning raided the National Cooperative Credit Union building on Regent and Oronoque streets, where they tied up the night watchman and then helped themselves to seven guns along with ammunition and an undisclosed quantity of cash.

A “simple but important ceremony” was held yesterday to mark the commencement of the new US$46.8m West Demerara highway that will help to cut travel time from Vreed-en-Hoop to Parika significantly.

Urging the electorate to judge them on their record and the PNC on its past, the PPP campaign swung into the city last evening with speakers exhorting their supporters not to repeat a “fatal mistake” and to vote at the “mother of all elections” on May 11.

Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr Nicole Giles last evening expressed the hope that the May 11th General Elections will be a “catalyst for constructive debate” to address the issues that are facing Guyana.

Navindra Mohabir yesterday testified that murder accused Devon Thomas and Randy Isaac, both of whom he knows well, were the men who stabbed and beat both him and his now dead brother, Kumar Mohabir.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has written to US Secretary of State John Kerry requesting his assistance to have the Atlanta, Georgia-based Carter Center field a full observer mission for the May 11 general elections.

After being deemed fit to stand trial, Charles Albert yesterday admitted to killing his daughter.

Dear Editor, I wish to add a comment on the late President, Dr Cheddi Jagan, primarily to endorse an aspect of what Ralph Ramkarran, Nadira Jagan, Dr Tulsi Singh and Oscar Ramjeet have written in recent days.

Dear Editor, One of my elders once lamented the tendency to be more generous with criticism than praise.

Defending champs Melanie-A got their title defence off to the perfect start, edging Mahaica 2-1 when the third annual Greatest Guinness of the Streets, East Coast of Demerara edition commenced on Wednesday.

Though facing sentencing after being found guilty of threatening and beating his sister-in-law, Samuel Hinds Jnr received another stay yesterday when the prosecution secured an adjournment after indicating that it needed more time to seek further advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as to how to proceed in the case.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Chris Gayle continued to dominate the build-up to the World Cup quarter-final between New Zealand and West Indies when captain Jason Holder said a decision on his fitness would be delayed until today.

The work environment at the partially state-owned Bauxite Company Guyana Inc (BCGI) is not only inhospitable, it is probably the worst in the country, General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis has said.

Minister of Natural Resources and the En-vironment Robert Persaud earlier this week met Norwegian officials in Oslo where he highlighted Guyana’s progress in protecting its forest in the fight against climate change.

Banks DIH Limited continued their support for the footballing discipline by becoming the major sponsor under the Banks Beer and Coca-Cola brands for the Golden Jaguars’ impending international fixtures against St.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan investigators have located more than $2 billion that was secretly transferred to accounts in Dubai by figures close to the administration of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, the government said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On March 13, Mr Roysdale Forde, Attorney-at-law, filed with the courts in Guyana an application by way of an affidavit for certain declarations and a conservatory order intended to prevent the Minister of Finance from carrying out his usual trick of spending from the Consolidated Fund without the benefit of an Appropriation Act or the prior or retroactive approval of the Parliament.

A prisoner yesterday pleaded guilty to fatally beating a fellow inmate in the New Amsterdam Prison and will soon face sentencing.

Closer technological ties with Brazil will be one of the focal points of an expanded economic diplomacy demarche under an APNU-AFC coalition as a means of giving greater impetus to private sector development, opposition presidential candidate David Granger has told the Stabroek Business.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – Fast bowling great Sir Richard Hadlee has given Jason Holder a ringing endorsement, saying he is impressed with the cricketing skills and leadership of the young West Indies captain.

The poultry farm manager found dead on Sunday at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/ Linden Highway, was stabbed 13 times, an autopsy has revealed.

Dear Editor, The killing of Courtney Crum-Ewing on Tuesday, March 10, has shocked and galvanized citizens from all walks of life to stand in solidarity and to salute and honour a Guyanese brother who in the face of countrywide disillusionment and apathy became an example and the public conscience for all Guyanese.

ADEN, (Reuters) – An unidentified warplane attacked the presidential palace in Aden day after rival forces fought the worst clashes in years in Yemen’s second city, an official and residents said, in a sharp escalation of the country’s months-long conflict.

A man accused of choking a child was yesterday remanded to prison and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Dear Editor, I watched with more than a tinge of sadness the presentations by former President Jagdeo at Babu Jaan and a press conference at Freedom House in which he gave his own peculiar version of aspects of our country’s past.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Re-elected president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron says the West Indies’ upcoming Test series against England and Australia in the Caribbean will be played on better pitches.

Athalyah Yisrael is part of a fast-growing group of Guyanese women who are embracing self-employment.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Six world powers are unlikely to reach a framework agreement with Iran on its nuclear work in the coming days as the sides are still far apart on key issues, a senior European negotiator said yesterday, blaming Tehran for failing to compromise.

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BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The Argentine prosecutor found dead after accusing the president of whitewashing a deadly 1994 bombing embezzled state funds to take prostitutes on lavish vacations, the government said yesterday, deepening the scandal over his death early this year.

Dear Editor, A few years ago, I wondered aloud in the letters pages whether anyone had done a survey of former colonies to determine how many had achieved promised socioeconomic and political goals since gaining political independence, and if those that failed miserably should be re-colonized.

Elizabeth Bunbury hopes that Guyana’s hosting of the March 31 to April 2 Conference of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists (CAHE) will not just raise the profile of Home Economics, but help erect a bridge between the discipline as subject on the curriculum and a vehicle for employment creation and broadening the base of the country’s economy, particularly its manufacturing sector.

A minibus driver was yesterday placed on a bond to keep the peace after he and his girlfriend decided against proceeding with assault charges against each other.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and leaders of the key EU institutions were drafting a joint statement on Greece’s debt crisis at overnight talks in Brussels, EU and Greek diplomats said last night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India, growing in confidence with every match, thrashed Bangladesh by 109 runs yesterday in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Dear Editor, I am a retired and former member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Belvedere/ Hampshire Branch, without any faded conviction to the party, and wish to make reference to a letter from the Chairman of the WPA Ali Majeed which appeared in SN on March 16, captioned ‘GuySuCo has been treated like a party institution.’

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Geneva’s public prosecutor will send $380 million confiscated from the family of Nigeria’s former military ruler Sani Abacha to Nigeria and closed a 16-year investigation into his funds, the prosecutor’s office said.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Ross Taylor’s last innings against Bangladesh should have been a celebration for the 31-year-old right hander.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Former conservative Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, who led the country from 1975 to 1983, has died, his office said in a statement yesterday.

Broadlink Development, a local information technology solution company, will today launch its ‘SmartSure Guyana’ online shopping app on the Google Play Store for all smartphones.

(Jamaica Observer) The police have stepped up patrols in New Haven, St Andrew, where five people were shot — three fatally — in a brazen attack by gunmen in the community Tuesday night.

Dear Editor, Guyana is a country with great potential. But as Desmond Hoyte told Washington DC in 1988, potential is not real wealth.

With an overall percentage success rate of between 85 and 90 per cent, Guyanese students pursuing the Australian Institute of Business (AIB) Master of Business Administration (MBA) have been a credit to the institution, visiting Student Support Manager Bojan Mandic told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week.

Once upon a time West Indies would’ve been expected to crush New Zealand in any form of cricket competition.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia could invest as much as A$3 billion ($2.3 billion) to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a local newspaper said yesterday, citing leaked details of high-level ministerial discussions.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Mounting job losses are pushing more and more Brazilians into the informal economy as self-employed workers, leaving them vulnerable to what could be the country’s worst recession in 25 years.

With the 2014/15 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 4-day title already in the bag, the Guyana Jaguars star performers are now seeking to wrap up their campaign by meeting individual milestones ahead of the continuation of the West Indies international calendar.

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NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Paul McCartney will induct his former Beatles band mate Ringo Starr into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month at a ceremony in Cleveland, organizers said on Wednesday.

The wait is finally over as the 25th edition of the Kashif and Shanghai Football Tourney will officially kick off today at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground in Queenstown with an exciting doubleheader.

A report, “Century-old St. Anne’s church to be demolished,” published in the March 18th Stabroek News incorrectly identified Louis Johnson as the priest of Saint Anne’s Anglican Church in Agricola.

The keenness of women to embrace self-employment reflects itself at several levels of our society, from the preponderance of vendors in the various municipal markets, arcades and pavements in the city and its environs to the more established ‘high street’ and services entities in the beauty, entertainment and other sectors.

Our editorial on Wednesday (South American turbulence) focused specifically on the political and economic problems of Brazil and Venezuela, as cause for concern in Guyana and Caricom as a whole.

(Barbados Nation) Government does not plan to reduce the opportunities for people to advance by education and other means, but in the future Barbadians should expect to carry “a little more of the burden” of the cost of such projects.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s fairytale run at the World Cup was ended brutally by reigning champions India yesterday, but the Tigers’ elation at making the knockout rounds for a first time will not be too dimmed by the humbling.

Politikles

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 607’s trading results showed consideration of $19,838,956 from 268,426 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 606’s trading results, which showed consideration of $16,422,537 from 406,554 shares traded in 18 transactions.

Hello you electors/voters. Perhaps I’m impertinent enough to dare to present a few pointers/discussion points with respect to elements of current voter-education initiatives now being contemplated, or implemented – But I do so never-the-less.