Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Police yesterday said that wanted man Michael Caesar called `Capone’ was apprehended by authorities in Suriname and that a witness has linked him to last year’s Bartica massacre.

-murder, robbery suspects held Less than a week after the shooting to death of a 15-year-old boy and a spate of robberies more than a hundred police officers yesterday morning swooped on the Sophia/Turkeyen area, searched over 71 homes and detained 53 persons.

The Police Office of Professional Respon-sibility (OPR) has completed its investigations into the events that saw the illegal guns and ammunition charges against Terrence Sugrim being discharged at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court and has recommended that charges be laid.

-four completed over weekend An ambitious undertaking by the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) and the public hospital to increase the frequency of bypass surgeries here is expected to bear fruit in another few months when a largely local team will perform the operations.

The National Assembly has appointed Lorianne Pluck Parliament Office Public Relations Officer.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff, accused of  an “unprecedented” $50 billion financial swindle, was charged  yesterday with 11 criminal counts that could put him in prison  for the rest of his life.

T&HD losing $$ from Berbice bridge but opportunities seen By Alva Solomon A two-day engineering conference organized by the Ministry of Public Works and Com-munications grappled with the challenges facing its various departments and heard that the Vreed-en-Hoop ferry stelling is to be transformed into an indoor market and parking lot.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prince Charles has been accused  of quackery and exploitation over his Duchy Originals food  company’s promotion of a “detox” tincture made from artichoke  and dandelion.

The PNCR says it is troubled that as the nation observes Phagwah it is challenged and afflicted by a number of situations that are engendering feelings of hopelessness.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has extended joyous greetings to all Guyanese who are celebrating Phagwah or Holi today. 

DHARAMSALA, India, (Reuters) – The Dalai Lama said yesterday more and more Chinese were beginning to see a  problem with Beijing’s rule over Tibet, lamenting how the  homeland he fled 50 years ago had become a “hell on earth”.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) urges the nation to reflect on the meaning of Phagwah and to support the colourful celebrations as a true Guyanese festival.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Several South American  defence ministers yesterday urged President Barack Obama to  lift the U.S.

Rice farmers at a public meeting on Sunday on the West Coast Demerara  agreed to set up  a  ‘Workers and Farmers Action Committee’ to   pursue higher prices for their paddy as  millers are now offering just $2,000 and $2,500 per bag.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – When billionaire investor  Warren Buffett says President Barack Obama’s economic message  is muddled and undermining public confidence, it’s worth  listening.

By Rawle Toney The deadline for the “letter of commitment” to be sent to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation which indictes Guyana’s willingness to meet the requirements to host this year’s Caricom basketball championships has passed.

The Alliance For Change has expressed its condolences to the relatives and friends of Parliamentary staffer Trevor Balgobin, who drowned on Sunday while on an outing to No.63 Beach.

Says Rawle Toney Tonight basketball fanatics will be in for a treat when the 2009 Next Level Entertainment (NLE) tournament continues at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with defending champions Courts Pacesetters facing Kashif and Shanghai Kings and Victory Valley Royals coming up against Bounty Colts.

Dear Editor, Thank you for requesting the Postmaster General’s comments to the issue(s) raised in a letter sent by D Howells captioned ‘Why does mail to and from Guyana take so long to arrive?’

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – The U.N.’s climate change  panel may be severely underestimating the sea-level rise caused  by global warming, climate scientists said on Monday, calling  for swift cuts in greenhouse emissions.

Mayor Hamilton Green in a press release is encouraging Hindus to let their “rituals be a reminder that every good Hindu needs to work together with others” as they celebrate Phagwah today.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport joins with the local Hindu Community in celebrating the festival of Holi which is popularly known as Phagwah.

DURBAN,  (Reuters) – Australia clinched a series win  over South Africa and remained top of the world rankings after  completing a crushing 175-run victory on the fifth and final day  of the second test  yesterday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General  Ban Ki-moon and former U.S. President Bill Clinton yesterday  unveiled a string of social and economic changes they said were  needed for Haiti to pull itself out of poverty.   

Dear Editor, Following several articles in the media on Venezuelan vehicles in Region 9, the latest being in the KN on March 9, I find it necessary to break my silence on this issue.

Dear Editor, My sixtieth birthday was observed in July 2006, and to date I have not received any NIS pension, despite several frustrating visits to the NIS office at Anna Regina.

NICOSIA, (Reuters) – More than 1.1 million  songbirds prized as culinary delicacies were illegally slaughtered by trappers in Cyprus in the past year, a  conservation group said yesterday.

From Tony Cozier in Port-of-SpainThe end always justifies the means and, in spite of the always dangerous policy of choosing a team and applying tactics from the start with the sole intention of earning a draw, the West Indies just managed to achieve their goal in the decisive final Test yesterday.

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) extends Phagwah greetings to the nation particularly Indo-Guyanese and mixed Indo-Guyanese and devotees of Sanatan Dharma.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Pele Football Club moved closer to  the final of the 14th Annual Digicel powered Mayor’s Cup competition when they crushed their opponents in the quarter-final matches at the Georgetown Football Club ground Sunday night.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) extends Holi greetings to all Hindus and to the numerous friends who join them in this national celebration.

Dear Editor, In SN of March 8, an advertisement was put out by the Ministry of Public Works & Communication (MPWC) inviting applicants who have lands measuring approximately 3000 ft long by 300 ft wide for sale on the island of Leguan for the construction of an airstrip.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s economy had its  worst showing in more than a decade in the last quarter of  2008, shrinking a larger-than-expected 3.6 percent as the  global financial crisis took a heavy toll on Latin America’s  biggest country.

(Nassau Guardian) NASSAU, The Bahamas – Bahamian professionals, religious leaders, businesses, churches and two government entities – Bahamasair and the Broad-casting Corporation Of The Bahamas – collectively have US$23 million in annuities tied up in CLICO Bahamas and it remains unclear how much, if any, of that money will be recovered as the company is in liquidation.

Ransford Goodluck defied extremely windy conditions to win last Sunday’s second Record Shoot organized by the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) as the local shooters enhance their preparation for the West Indies Fullbore championships in two months time.

A 28-year-old man sustained injuries to his stomach and head after he was attacked by passengers on a Route 32 minibus just after midnight on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I am amused that the President and certain agencies are promoting polygraph testing as a panacea for combating corruption in the public sector. 

Part of the gathering at the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana on Woolford Avenue for yesterday’s Youman Nabi celebrations.

The World Bank recently announced that the world economy as a whole will shrink for the first time since World War II, meaning  for the first time since the end of the Great Depression that afflicted the globe in the 1930s.

By Eion Jardine While Lionel Gibbs and Oxley Agard were making a name for themselves a little featherweight was going to the gyms to learn the trade.

VIENNA, March 10 (Reuters) – A United Nations drive to cut  supply and demand for illegal drugs has shown no progress  globally in the decade since it was started, a European  Commis-sion report said yesterday.

Dear Editor, When the village of Katoka was smaller in population, I observed how my village elders came together to help each other in building their houses or in farming generally.

The Gandhi Youth Organisa-tion says Phagwah is an occasion of thanksgiving, planning and reflection as it marks the beginning of the Spring season and ushers in the Hindu new year.

– Yuliya Tymoshenko is Prime Minister of Ukraine. By Yuliya Tymoshenko KYIV – Since World War II’s end, France has consistently risen to the challenge of restructuring Europe in times of crisis.

NEW YORK – Citigroup said it was profitable in the first two  months of the year and U.S.