Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 19, 2015

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A financial dispute between the widow and the children of Oscar winner Robin Williams, who committed suicide last year, has heated up ahead of a deadline for the two sides to resolve their differences, according to court papers.

Minister of Public, David Patterson has announced that within the next two and a half hours heavy rain fall is expected in the city extending to the coastal lands.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan today announced in Parliament that gasoline prices at GUYOIL stations will drop to $168 per litre from $174 and diesel will be $199 per litre from $210.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caricom leaders are failing their people by excluding the lower section of society from working and travelling freely among Caricom nations.

Asserting that the hinterland faces a “huge human development crisis,” President David Granger yesterday unveiled a 10-point plan for the development of hinterland and indigenous communities which focuses on education, poverty reduction, jobs and a new Lands Commission to deal with long festering indigenous land issues.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams yesterday defended the appointment of attorney Rosalie Robertson as Registrar of Lands saying that government does not believe the appointment is illegal as argued by several lawyers including Guyana Bar Association (GBA) head Christopher Ram.

Only three of the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s eight estates met their production target for the week ending August 15th.

Before the end of the year, a bill to tighten the current regulatory framework for civil aviation will be tabled in the National Assembly, junior Ministry of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson says.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) last evening accused government of attempting to muzzle its parliamentarians by limiting the time they have to speak and ignoring convention by placing Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to wrap up the opposition side of the debate before four government ministers.

Sections of Alexander Village and Riverview, Ruimveldt were flooded yesterday after the Ruimveldt sluice door was not properly closed.

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chairman of National Selectors, Rayon Griffith lauded the work and discipline exhibited by the 15 players who recently received their contracts ahead of the 2015 Professional Cricket league (PCL) Regional four-day season.

A greens vendor of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara is counting her losses after a canter truck, GTT 5035 crashed into her stall around 2:45 pm yesterday and ended up in a ditch.

Ahead of the upcoming Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four Day season, Ryan Hinds, the Barbadian all-rounder is expected to face a one-year ban for breaching his contract to represent the defending Four Day champions, Guyana Jaguars.

A former Imam of La Grange, West Bank Demerara is nursing injuries to his right hand after he skidded on oil deposited from a truck on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) around 1:20 pm last Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A former leading anti-doping official has warned Jamaican athletes about the possibility of sabotage at the World Championships in Beijing starting Saturday.

BERNE, (Reuters) – FIFA will meet some of its leading commercial partners tomorrow to discuss reforms, a source close to soccer’s world governing body said yesterday.

Several persons were struck down by a horse during the Guyana Cup horseracing event on Sunday at the Port Mourant Turf Club, Berbice.

According to Jaipaul Sharma, the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan is a wizard who has led the way in the new administration’s quest to walk the walk and talk the talk.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s justice minister said yesterday he was seeking legal advice on whether its parole board was right to decide to free Oscar Pistorius on house arrest on Friday after serving a sixth of his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Outgoing IAAF President Lamine Diack has defended the work done by world athletics’ governing body to combat doping, saying yesterday the organisation had an “unparalleled” record among sports in detecting and punishing drug cheats.

The first Budget of the 11th parliament spells the end of the “marginalization and oppression of the people of Region 10”.

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday announced the opposition party’s interest in contesting the local government elections, but only if certain conditions are met, including the demarcation of boundaries for each constituency.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer returned from a month-long layoff with a 6-4 6-4 second round victory over Roberto Bautista Agut yesterday at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.

(ICC) South Africa and New Zealand face off for a three-match One-Day International series starting today in Centurion after sharing the Twenty20 International series.

The Ministry of Public Security yesterday received bids for Consultancy Services for Building Works for 2015.

Embattled former Minister of Health Bheri Ramsaran yesterday criticized the government for its scrapping of the scandal-plagued Specialty Hospital initiated by the previous PPP/C government.

RIO DE JANEIRO/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras may need to pay record penalties of $1.6 billion or more to settle U.S.

Dear Editor,   I had friends and relatives from Guyana visiting.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Sergey Bubka and Sebastian Coe were pressing the flesh among IAAF Congress delegates yesterday in a final push for votes ahead of Wednesday’s election for the next president of the governing body of athletics.

Paiwomak, the only indigenous radio station in Guyana is set to celebrate its 15th anniversary come September 19th, 2015 and there is a plan to expand its reach in the hinterland.

NAYPYITAW, (Reuters) – Myanmar’s Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday her opposition would ally with powerful ousted ruling party leader Shwe Mann, as the country’s political forces re-align in the biggest shake-up since the end of military rule.

Dear Editor,   Mr Christopher Ram’s castigation of the Minister of Governance Mr Raphael Trotman ‒ ‘Minister Trotman’s statements on the Rodney Commission of Inquiry were outrageous,’ SN, August 3 ‒ was pointed; the attorney wasn’t pulling punches.

The inaugural `Play to Conquer’ table tennis tournament scheduled for month-end at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue is geared at the development of young players.

Two more suspects have been held for the recent attack on the Kadir family of No.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s attempt to stage a comeback in Sri Lanka’s general election has ended in defeat as results yesterday showed the alliance that toppled him making decisive gains.

Dear Editor, In an earlier submission I had alluded to the increase in the number and variety of ‘contracted employees’ employed over the five-year period 2009-2013.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron says that he would love to see cricket in the T20 format make an appearance at the Olympic games. Speaking

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Hackers dumped online personal details of more than a million users of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com,

The Ministry of Business along with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Chile, opened a three-day workshop yesterday aimed at helping the rural poor to develop business plans.

Dear Editor,   It was reported in SN of August 17, that Bharrat Dindyal, until recently the chief executive officer (CEO) of Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) was relieved of his duties by David Patterson, Minister of Public Infrastructure.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thai authorities said yesterday they were looking for accomplices of the chief suspect for the Bangkok shrine bomb blast that killed 22 people, a man who was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) dumping a backpack and walking away.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Mark Wood, who took the final wicket in the fourth test to seal England’s Ashes triumph, is expecting to be dropped for the fifth and final match against Australia at The Oval that starts tomorrow.

A man considered the prime suspect in the murder of Sophia resident Jerry Dalrymple remains on the run, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed yesterday.

Patrons along with a representative from the Ministry of Education were forced to endure a two-hour delay without explanation before the fourth annual Junior Ballroom got underway at the Linmine Constabulary Hall on Saturday 15 August.

Dear Editor, With reference to Mr T Ross’s letter ‘Government should take step steps to deal with “ Red Rice”’ (SN, August 17), red rice can easily be controlled by farmers .

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate put off a vote on a key austerity bill yesterday and the lower house of Congress voted to increase the cost of a workers severance fund, two setbacks for President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to fight a gaping fiscal deficit.

Strategizing: PPP/C MPs Gail Teixeira and Irfaan Ali in discussion during Monday’s sitting of Parliament.

TUNIS, Reuters) – Diego Maradona kissed and hugged the referee who allowed his handball goal in the 1986 World Cup and presented him with a signed Argentina jersey when the two met in Tunisia this week, local media reported.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The first drug to treat low sexual desire in women won approval from U.S.

Dear Editor,   This government has now established a steering committee to eventually create another committee to reform the constitution.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australian opening batsman Chris Rogers confirmed yesterday that he will retire from test cricket at the end of the current Ashes series in England.

A good laugh: Minister in the Ministry of Communities, Keith Scott (right) in conversation with PPP/C MP Ganga Persaud at Parliament yesterday.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Danny, the fourth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S.

(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is considering a blanket ban on countries whose athletes regularly dope in the wake of a series of damaging blows for the sport in recent days, acccording to its president Craig Reedie.

Pakuri, commonly known as St. Cuthbert’s Mission, held its traditional tribal games last weekend.

Dear Editor, I’m a Lindener and I’m very much interested in the state of our region and town.  

Former speakers: Former President Bharrat Jagdeo inspecting portraits of former Speakers of the National Assembly on Monday.

Dear Editor,   In reference to the letter written in the Stabroek News by Mr Ronald Bulkan, captioned ‘Ever heard of “Dr Mandela?

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A Mexican judge yesterday convicted and ordered a soldier jailed in connection with the disappearance of a civilian in a northern border state, a legal milestone in a country torn by an almost decade-old war between security forces and drug gangs.

The Catholic community continued its celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with a two-day flower show at the Brickdam location.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jaheel Hyde, one of the most promising hurdlers of his generation, has made the expected progression to the professional ranks after signing a professional contract with German sportswear manufacturers Puma, his management company GCMC announced on Sunday.

The formal reopening of embassies in each other’s capitals, marking a formal resumption of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States will have been generally welcomed around the world.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian business leaders may have ideological differences with struggling leftist President Dilma Rousseff, but calls for her impeachment make many of them nervous, effectively giving her support from an unexpected quarter.

When told that the Venezuelans were likely to seriously press their territorial claim to Guyana, Cheddi Jagan is said to have brushed the possibility aside, claiming that, ‘the Venezuelans are our friends’.

(Jamaica Gleaner) BEIJING, China:President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Dr Warren Blake, seemed less than pleased with some high-profile late arrivals to the team’s training camp in Tottori, Japan, ahead of the IAAF World Championships.

Dear Editor,   Please permit me through your letter column to congratulate those members of the APNU+AFC and the PPP/C who were elected to give directions, regulations, control, restraint on this nation for next five years, and to quote the seventeenth century Dutch Scholar, Hugo Groutius: “He knows not how to rule a kingdom that cannot manage a Province; nor can he wield a Province, that cannot order a City; nor he order a City, a Family; nor can that man Govern well a Family that knows not to Govern himself; neither can any Govern himself unless his reason be Lord, Will and Appetite her Vassals…”   Yours faithfully, Vernon Lynch

Against Jagdeo: Several persons protested on Monday outside of Parliament against former President Bharrat Jagdeo.

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(Reuters) – Google Inc launched a Wi-Fi router yesterday, the latest move in the company’s efforts to get ready for the connected home and draw more users to its services.

(Trinidad Guardian) Some 200 workers were left on the breadline yesterday after a fire destroyed the popular Hearty Foods Supermarket at the corner of Sorzano and Pro Queen Streets, Arima.