Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 18, 2009

HOUSTON/ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (Reuters) – Flamboyant  Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies  were charged with “massive ongoing fraud” yesterday as federal  agents swooped down on his U.S.

-Private Sector Commission Consideration must be given by the government to addressing the need for a stimulus package for vulnerable sectors and in the current economic environment, there is a need to budget for further diversification, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) says.

Trial heard of domestic abuse, unresponsive police Karlene Alexander fell on her knees and wept before Justice Winston Patterson in the High Court yesterday minutes after a jury freed her of the charge of murdering her reputed husband, Kenneth Harris three years ago at their East Bank home during a domestic spat.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, (Reuters) – Antiguans expressed  shock yesterday at news their top investor, Texas billionaire  Allen Stanford, was charged with “massive” fraud, and their  prime minister said it could be “catastrophic” for the nation.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Allen Stanford, the high-flying  Texas billionaire with a Caribbean knighthood and a penchant  for publicity and cricket, has been brought down to earth with  a thud by U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Texas billionaire Allen  Stanford was a newcomer to Washington politics, but he looked  to make a splash at last year’s Democratic convention and  spread money on both sides of the aisle, records show.

Three  West Indies batsmen would not have slept easily last night.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Texas billionaire Allen  Stanford and two of his aides failed to answer subpoenas to  testify about what investigators are calling a “massive” fraud,  and the government said late yesterday that it could not  comment on Stanford’s whereabouts.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has suspended negotiations with Sir Allen Stanford over a new sponsorship deal after fraud charges in the US.

Police in Berbice are still investigating the murders of the two women at Smythfield, New Amsterdam on Sunday and investigators say the killer appeared to have been invited into the house.

By Orin Davidson Compared to all the other  West Indies Cricket Board blunders over the years, the latest fiasco in Antigua would win a unanimous decision in the  levels of condemnation that erupted  in its aftermath.

A man snatched over half a million dollars from an Edward B.

By Rawle Toney National striker Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson is set to become the first Guyanese to play in the US Major League Soccer (MLS) as he wrapped up his one week training session with the team in Miami, Florida.

PPP/C councillors walk out in protest Region Four PPP/C councillors again yesterday accused  Regional Chairman Clement Corlette of dictatorship-style leadership after he ordered an NCN cameraman to leave the  afternoon’s statutory meeting.

– Government backs initiative By Rawle Toney President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), retired Col.

A woman is in police custody assisting with investigations following the fatal stabbing of a miner at Kurupung Landing, Middle Mazaruni on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the Traffic Chief and the Officer-in-Charge of traffic ‘B’ Division (East Berbice/Corentyne) for the jobs that they are doing; however for some reason they are both bypassing what is of utmost importance to saving lives.

Dear Editor, The spectre of a ‘resident evil,’ which lay dormant during the period of the late administration, has suddenly surfaced with a vengeance, and has assumed a new name, which is ‘Violence and death to women and girls.’

A twenty-five-year-old woman who allegedly stole over $2.6M in jewellery and cash from the owner of Singh’s Electronics was remanded to prison yesterday when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– Harper to bowl first delivery After an absence of 20 years, National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Allied Arts Department of the Ministry of Education, will be hosting a 40-overs a side cricket match involving Berbice High School (BHS) and Queen’s College (QC) today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence from 10:00hrs.

Following the trend of harsh criticisms of the 2009 Budget by the non-government MPs on Monday, PNCR-1G Leader Robert Corbin yesterday continued the pattern, calling the Budget “disappointing” since it failed to address many of the concerns  of  the country’s citizens.

Dear Editor, I want to express serious concerns about the ill-timed placement of my letters in Stabroek News, especially when I am responding to Stabroek News’s letter writers.

Albert Semple won his first major title when he carted off the President’s Medal Play Golf tournament last Saturday at Lusignan Golf Course (LGC).

Several persons were arrested in Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara when members of the joint services swooped on the village yesterday after receiving word that a wanted man was there.

By Rawle Toney Following a weekend meeting the sport directors of the three Guianas Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname, decided that the first leg of the 2009 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) would be held in Georgetown from April 23-26.

Norton says development far from being realized Development in Amerindian communities is far from being realized says PNCR-1G Member of Parliament (MP), Dr.

Dear Editor, Quite recently by happenstance I picked up the Stabroek News edition of Monday, January 26, 2009, realizing that I hadn’t seen one before.

An Independence Boulevard salesman was assaulted and shot in the right arm yesterday afternoon, police said in a press statement.

-court told A taxi driver who allegedly abducted a teenaged girl from a fish shop and indecently assaulted her was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-Thompson wants sport to regain `top dog’ status President of the Old Fort Hockey Club (OFHC) Ivor Thompson is pushing for the sport to be expanded countrywide with the hope of increasing the club’s membership by fifty percent.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has urged East Berbice policing groups (CPGs) to familiarize themselves with anti-crime laws that were recently passed in the National Assembly and to work along with police in the respective divisions.

A seaman who allegedly broke and entered the home of another man and stole a quantity of items valued over $150,000, was granted bail yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, When someone actively opposes a dictatorship and that someone is shot by an agent of the dictatorship and hovers between life and death for a while but survives, he cannot be the same again.

Tools for learning: The Sunshine Kids of Guyana Forum recently donated US$3,150 and stationery valued US$500 to the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) for the education of orphans.

Dear Editor, Sometimes turning back the pages of history can be painful and your very comprehensive and detailed report of the Bartica Massacre in SN of February 16 is but a grim reminder of that dark day in our history.

We observed, in our recent editorial on the international and domestic preoccupations of President Obama as he assumed office, that in speaking in his inaugural address of areas of focus, he did not mention the European Union.

The National Accreditation Council (NAC) which would have been expected to detect bogus training schools did not meet at all last year, according to two former members.

An attractive even half century from skipper and Berbice under 19 player Eon Hooper led Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ to a crushing nine wicket victory over RHT Pepsi ‘B’ at the Area ‘H’ Ground, when play in the Gilgeous Pawn Shop 10th Anniversary 20/20 tournament continued.

Eleven days after the case against him was discharged because police witnesses did not show up, Terrence Sugrim was charged again with the unlawful possession of firearms arising from a 2007 police raid and made an appearance yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.