Articles published on Tuesday, March 3, 2009
– Ingraham The Bahamas Prime Minister yesterday said, “there appears to be no record available at this time” of Clico (Guyana)’s investment in Clico (Bahamas), even as Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang instructed the Commissioner of Insurance to prepare an affidavit in support of her petition to have Clico (Guyana) placed under judicial management.
Over 300 Albouystown households suspected to be stealing electricity from the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) have been targeted in a major loss reduction campaign, which started yesterday.
– repairs could see closure for a few days Commuters in Berbice are likely to face the horrors of crossing the river with the ferry again; at least for a few days when the retractor span on the Berbice River Bridge is closed for repairs.
Canadian High Commissioner Charles Court yesterday said that media reports claiming that the relationship between Guyana and Canada was deteriorating were untrue.
Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh and three leading local businessmen have stated that the Guyana’s financial sector is solid and its financial institutions well regulated.
Seventeen kilogrammes of cocaine were on Sunday discovered on a farm at Ridge, Wakenaam by members of the joint services and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud one man is in custody assisting with investigations.
More than 100 liquor retailers have signed on to the ID Declaration in partnership with Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) to bring an end to underage drinking.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson sentenced a 39-year-old man to three years imprisonment for breaking into a woman’s house and stealing a quantity of items.
Two men who were found with a quantity of cocaine in their possession were remanded to prison yesterday when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The two accused “trunkers” who were caught by public-spirited citizens in the vicinity of Orange Walk, Bourda, last Friday as they allegedly tried to escape with $2.6 million and several other items were both remanded to prison yesterday when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
– could spread, Witter says Local companies are having to lay off or retrench “large blocks of employees”, acting General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress Norris Witter said yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Potentially sensitive engineering documents about the US presidential helicopter were found on a computer in Iran after they were inadvertently disclosed by an American defense industry executive, according to a private cybersecurity company.
Dianne Browne, the 26-year-old woman who was brutally stabbed by the father of her child on February 18, was transferred to the Female Open Ward on Sunday.
– court hears Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson last Friday granted bail to a man who allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend and damaged her current boyfriend’s laptop.
ST JOHN’S, (Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda’s government will move to take control of an island that it discovered was owned by Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, accused of an $8 billion securities fraud, a government official said yesterday.
The taxi driver who was involved in the accident at Agricola Public Road last Monday which claimed the life of a Herstelling seaman was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magis-trate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
BISSAU (Reuters) – Soldiers killed Guinea-Bissau’s President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira yesterday in an apparent revenge attack for the slaying of the army chief of the unstable West African country.
– to continue until December 2009 PNCR Member of Parliament, Winston Murray bombarded Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Thursday night last, with questions about the “illegal” procurement of drugs, to which Ramsammy responded that it was done within the laws of Guyana.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro replaced eight ministers yesterday in a shake-up that tossed aside prominent figures linked to his older brother Fidel Castro in what was billed as a move to boost government efficiency.
– eyes upgrade to cottage hospital Having installed a new operating theatre and successfully performed two operations, the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) is in talks with the Ministry of Health to have its medical centre at Camp Ayanganna upgraded to a cottage hospital in the near future.
NEW YORK – The US government rescued insurance giant AIG for the third time in five months, desperately seeking to save a world financial system so battered that Britain’s HSBC hit shareholders with an $18 billion cash call.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US military could have kicked in doors to raid a suspected terrorist cell in the United States without a warrant under a Bush-era legal memo the Justice Department made public yesterday.
Police are still making efforts to locate a couple in connection with the assault and shooting in the compound of Twins Manufacturing Com-pany, Industrial Site, Georgetown during which a man was injured, two weeks ago.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 1,000 flights were cancelled and hundreds of thousands were left without power yesterday after a late-winter storm dumped more than a foot (30 cm) of snow along the East Coast of the United States.
By Tony Cozier At KENSINGTON OVAL As England batted through the last day of the fourth Test for the predictable draw yesterday, the West Indies would have, should have, brooded over one of cricket’s most relevant maxims.
A 25-year-old painter and a 35-year-old woman appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Friday charged with carnal knowledge committed on the woman’s 14-year-old daughter.
Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to offer an alternative to the suggestion for the development of the land alongside the Berbice Bridge road, re-the letter of Friday, February 27, 2009 by Mr Dennis V.
(Barbados Nation) – In a new twist to the CLICO saga, the life insurance arm of the group could be sold.
Dear Editor, The PPP/C is a very caring government and has been spending millions of dollars to provide health care for its citizens, and even beyond the shores of Guyana it has been very vocal on the subject of climate change, global warming and pollution of the environment.
-Dowlin hits resilient half century Skipper Rawl Lewis (5-39) and fast bowler Nelon Pascal (4-62), blew the Guyana batting to pieces while guiding their team to a 151-run victory in their eighth-round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional four-day match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
The Rotary Club of Stabroek on Wednesday honoured the three winners in its National Peace Poster Competition it hosted to celebrate World Understanding Month.
The floodwaters have receded in the Mahaicony Creek and some residents have continued fishing and farming while others in the low areas are waiting for the “land to dry out properly” to start again.
After losing the second of two first-round matches to defending champions Demerara, host Essequibo should be looking to redeem themselves today when they meet Berbice in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Castrol-sponsored Inter-County Under-15 tournament at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground today.
Dear Editor, I have written several times before to your paper in connection with a breach of my legitimate expectation caused by some members of the MMA/ADA with respect to two leases for land situated at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice in the name of my son Mark Drakes and I.
Governor consults over corruption report The governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands says he needs to consult with British ministers before releasing any findings by a commission which investigated allegations of widespread corruption.
Relatives of an employee, who lost both legs while on duty aboard a Noble House Seafoods Limited (NHS) trawler, are dissatisfied with the company’s treatment of the matter.
Dear Editor, So sorry to hear about the upset the lady in Barbados experienced in getting her passport renewed.
Referee Dianne Ferreira-James and Assistant Referee Nykasie Liverpool are in Algarve, Portugal attending a FIFA workshop for women referees.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Pushing to clear the backlog of files received from the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI), Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has instructed detectives to arrest 14 of their colleagues for criminal offences, ranging from murder to assault.
-says English umpire Richard Kettleworth An English umpire who has officiated in this season’s West Indies’ first-class tournament has placed playing standards “somewhere around the bottom end of the second division of the (English) county championship.”
(Trinidad Express) – Mounting demand for United States dollars has caused a foreign currency shortage in the local financial system.
Dear Editor, In an article in Sunday Stabroek of Sunday March 1, 2009 entitled “Clico, Contagion, Containment and Concealment” Mr Christopher Ram makes sweeping charges against me and my ability and peddles incorrect information and analysis in relation to the issues surrounding Clico.
There is provision in this year’s budget for the salary of an Ombudsman, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says.
-squads named for C/bean squash c/ships Following the conclusion of the 2009 Toucan Industries Inc.
CARACAS (Reuters) – It’s something few people can tell Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: stop talking.
After eight days of debates and detailed line-by-line scrutiny of the budget, the National Assembly approved the Appropriation Bill last week.
The decomposing body of an elderly man was yesterday discovered in the house he occupied at Bounty Farm, Public Road Timehri, East Bank Demerara where he was employed as a security guard.
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr Frederick Kissoon’s column of February 27 in KN, titled, ‘Is President Obama wavering?’
