Daily Archive: Thursday, March 19, 2009

-says never had personal contact with him President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that Guyanese drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan would have to “face the music” having pleaded guilty to several offences in the US adding that he has never had any personal contact with Khan and does not know of anyone in the government who had.

Amidst all the hype taking place over the players for the first two One Day Internationals (ODI) between the West Indies and England at the Guyana National Stadium this weekend, Stabroek Sport paid a visit to the venue where the man in charge stated that all systems are ready.

The number of accolades that are being bestowed on West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul increased Tuesday night when the 34-year-old left handed batsman was awarded the Cacique Crown of Honour (CCH), Guyana’s third highest award, by President Bharrat Jagdeo at a function at State House in Georgetown.

-some terminated, others told to move Several employees of CLICO (Guyana) were yesterday issued with letters terminating their service, while moves were made to shut down the company’s Lamaha Street branch as the troubled insurance company faces its financial predicament.

A Memorandum of Understanding is to be signed by President Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) enabling access to a grant of $10M monthly for capital works in the city.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday, told the Alpha United team to stay focused and do Guyana proud, as the Club prepares to face Tempete Football Club of Haiti in their first round clash of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship at the GCC ground Bourda on Saturday.

Guyana and West Indies  cricket legends, cousins Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs, will be honoured tomorrow during the first Digicel One-Day International between West Indies and England at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Guyana is willing to collaborate with the developed world in the war on drugs but only as a partner; not as a recipient of “lectures when there is no real assistance when we have to give and give and every time we ask even for assistance with prosecution they would constantly come up with excuses,” President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.

YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – The Vatican yesterday  defended Pope Benedict’s opposition to the use of condoms to  stop the spread of AIDS as activists, doctors and politicians  criticised it as unrealistic, unscientific and dangerous.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States, in a  reversal of Bush administration policy, has decided to sign on  to a U.N.

-testing to continue After experiencing hurdles with the start up and interruptions from poor conditions, the new Skeldon Sugar Factory has produced “several hundred tonnes” of sugar and finally started grinding on a continuous basis from 4 am on Tuesday.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in partnership with Digicel and Banks DIH Limited will be hosting a cocktail reception in honour of two of its outstanding members, cricket legends Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs at their Queenstown club’s auditorium on Saturday from 4:30pm to 7:30pm.

-extradition knot being addressed Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday said that the deficiencies in the country’s criminal justice system are a matter of “grave concern” to the government and he noted the difficulties encountered in the local courts in executing extradition orders.

The Annual general Meeting (AGM) of Thomas United Football Club (TUFC) will take place this Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) pavilion.

OSLO, (Reuters) – The Internet could provide an  early warning system for environmental damage, imitating an  online watchdog that gives alerts about outbreaks of disease,  scientists said yesterday.

Belize this week became the twelfth CARICOM member state to introduce the CARICOM passport during a ceremony held in Belmopan,  the capital.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it was  willing to discuss human rights with the European Union as part  of their renewed relationship, but indicated that talk about  its prisons may not be any of Europe’s business.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh yesterday offered his congratulations to Guyana, West Indies and Durham middle order batsman Shivnarine ‘Tiger’ Chanderpaul, who has received the Cacique Crown of Honour (CCH), the third highest national award, from President Bharrat Jagdeo.

The Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Coca Cola U-15 round robin knockout competition, their final tournament of the six tournaments in the 2008/2009 season, commenced last week at the Tucville playfield.

Dear Editor, The National Forest Policy of 1997 required the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to produce a strategic plan for the rational allocation of Guyana’s State Forests. 

NEW YORK/LONDON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal  Reserve yesterday stunned markets by offering to buy  Treasury bonds for the first time since the 1960s and expand  its purchases of mortgage bonds by another $850 bln to restart  shattered credit markets and kick start the economy.

The Guyana Fire Service on Tuesday received a quantity of fire-fighting equipment and gear from the French government.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The head of AIG said yesterday he was trying desperately to prevent the company from  collapsing when he allowed the payment of $165 million in  bonuses that have stoked outrage stretching from the White  House to Main Street.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday sentenced an abusive man to six months imprisonment after he admitted assaulting his reputed wife.

Dear Editor, Did the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) mislead me when I purchased my tickets for the two One Day International cricket matches to be played at the National Stadium at Providence this weekend between the West Indies and England?

The semi-finals of the Memorex Enterprises Limited countrywide 15 overs-a-side softball tournament was completed last  Sunday at the picturesque Guyana National Service (GNS) ground, with Regal XI and Wolf Warriors setting up a match in the finals.

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility (RCMTCSC) will come alive on Sunday, March 29 when the Banks DIH Limited sponsored horse racing meet runs off.

ANTANANARIVO, (Reuters) – Madagascar’s new  president, Andry Rajoelina, celebrated and consolidated power yesterday after being appointed by the Indian Ocean island’s  military in a move which drew international disapproval.

Dear Editor, In response to Mr Sase Loaknauth’s letter in SN of March 16, captioned ‘An airstrip on Leguan is the right way to go,’ it appears that his long absence from Leguan has deprived him of the reality to grasp the rapid economic and social changes on the island which has been in decline for the past several years, and that construction of an airstrip on a remote part of the island is unlikely to halt the slide in the living standards of its people, despite his optimism.

Two men who allegedly broke and entered two stores and stole more than $1.3 million worth of items were refused bail when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility (RCMTCSC) will come alive on Sunday, March 29 when the Banks DIH Limited sponsored horse racing meet runs off.

(Reuters) – Lance Armstrong was “surprised” when the French Anti-Doping Agency asked him for a hair sample during a random test on the seven-times Tour de France champion Tuesday, an AFLD official said.

Four local companies showcased their products at the 38th Agriculture and Food Fair held in St Croix recently.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial of Friday, February 13, 09, captioned ‘Grand Old Men of Guyanese diplomacy’ honoured the stars and champions of yesteryear who caused Guyana to stand out on the world’s diplomatic stage.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – An accountant for confessed  swindler Bernard Madoff’s firm was charged with fraud yesterday after authorities said he pretended to audit the  company that cheated thousands in Wall Street’s biggest  investment scheme.

– then commits suicide (Trinidad Express) – Driven out of his mind by an obsession over a teenage schoolgirl, a 27-year-old PH driver beat her to death and then drank poison, police said on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to some of the issues raised by Mr Rajpat Singh in SN on March 17 (‘Farmers should continue to educate themselves about their business’).

Saying that the government exploited flaws in the nomination process for members of the Rights of the Child Commission, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday criticised the parliamentary opposition parties for failing to expose the situation.

(BBC)-Skipper Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder made centuries to save New Zealand from total collapse on day one of the first Test against India in Hamilton.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and his national  security advisers are considering expanding the covert U.S.

Sir Robert Schomburgk and his Guyana explorations (1835-1839)By Tota C Mangar By far the most intensive and painstaking explorations of Guyana, the former colony of British Guiana, were those conducted in the third and fourth decades of the nineteenth century by the German, Sir Robert Herman Schomburgk.

Mothers demand release Mothers and wives of Cuban dissidents imprisoned since a March 2003 crackdown have demanded their release.

Dear Editor, The Georgetown- based businesses of recent have been sponsoring the Test matches in the night-time period.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is preparing diplomatic “artillery” for a summit next month that could produce the first encounter between the anti-Washington leader and US President Barack Obama.

Within the last year, the Guyana Police Force has recorded a number of successes despite a shortage of 785 ranks, Commissioner of Police Henry Greene said yesterday.

Howard Stein, a professor in the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan, is a member of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue’s Africa Task Force and G-8 Working Group.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – As Russia’s economy buckles  under the global financial crisis, the biggest threat to the  country’s rulers may come not from mass demonstrations but from  inside the walls of their own palaces.

(BBC) – A new-look South Africa will attempt to finish the Test series on a more positive note when they face Australia in Cape Town today.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has reported that remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean will decline this year based on data collected by its Multilateral Investment Fund.