Daily Archive: Thursday, April 23, 2009

Schoolchildren from Bel Air Primary crossing yesterday from Bel Air to the East Coast Embankment Road.

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) is calling for personal security as a basic job condition for all judicial officers at every level.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Linden resident, Omali Rogers who was charged with harbouring Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and his gang and being an accessory to murder.

Police are hunting for a 23-year-old man believed to be behind the recent attack at the home of Magistrate Nigel Hawke and other armed robberies and crimes committed in several East Coast Demerara villages.

A Plaisance resident was stabbed to death yesterday following an altercation with his stepdaughter.

-Jagdeo tells Amazon indigenous leaders President Bharrat Jagdeo told the delegates at the Guyana Shield Conference dinner that the status of local indigenous people has been boosted due to a number of opportunities made available to them as well as the amended Amerindian Act.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud urged Region Three to be more proactive as even a simple case of a pump left unattended could cause disruption to the drainage systems.

The bidding process for the construction and operation of the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill (HBSLF) on the East Bank of Demerara has begun.

A proposed election law amendment for payment of scrutineers is being met with resistance from the AFC over its failure to ensure allocations to the opposition are made on the basis of their seats in the National Assembly.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall and a team hosted meetings with Region Nine officers to update them on new bidding and other procedures for works during a three-day visit to the area.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh says that the internal audit profession is key to maintaining accountability and boosting the country’s national competitiveness.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) says several of its members will be participating at the “Re-discover the Caribbean Tradeshow” in Barbados starting tomorrow.

Juliet Bobb-Semple, the Office of the President employee who was accidentally shot by a policeman during a chase at Hadfield Street on March 27, remains bedridden, in pain and has not been offered compensation by the force.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded a 19-year-old to prison and fined another $25,000 when they appeared before her on separate charges relating to snatching gold jewellery.

Engineers from the Ministry of Public Works were yesterday completing work on the damaged culvert at the junction of Sheriff and David streets.

Even as the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has been assiduously preparing for the upcoming rainy season, the regional administrations have also initiated projects to prepare for the season, four chairmen disclosed recently.

As police continue their investigations into the Maria van Beek shooting, ranks yesterday visited her home seeking further details that could lead to a breakthrough in the case.

The PNCR says it holds no brief for the directors of Globe Trust and it has never objected to any investigation into that entity, in response to a letter published in Tuesday’s edition of the Stabroek News.

BV vanquishes Conquerors Army blitzes MahaicaTeamwork was the key to BV/Triumph United defeating Fruta Conquerors 4-1, while a Gavin Wilson hat trick guided the GDF to a four-nil drubbing over Mahaica Determinators, when action in the Mackeson Stout/Digicel sponsored Bakewell Buxton Stars Sweet 16 tournament kicked off on Tuesday night at the Plaisance Community Centre ground.

The bus driver and conductor, who allegedly dumped the body of 70-year-old Leroy Bobb after running him over, yesterday remained in custody and charges are likely to be laid against them shortly.

The National Under-16 netball team wings out for Jamaica via Trinidad and Tobago this morning to participate in the Caribbean Netball Association 10th Jean Pierre competition.

Host Essequibo was in control of their first round match in this year’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM sponsored Under-19 Inter-county three-day match against Demerara at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground yesterday.

–says police have not taken a statement The Haslington woman who was stabbed and slashed by the father of her son will possibly have to undergo another operation as doctors need to determine whether she has sustained any nerve damage.

New date April 28 The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) had the final say in the highly anticipated finals of the inaugural Milo Under 21 football tournament last evening.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Monday met with a US plant genetic scientist and a university researcher to discuss strengthening NARI’s scientific capacity and infrastructure for effective conservation and use for plant genetic resources.

GTTA OK with team’s performance The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has said that the team that went to the Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships in St Kitts last week  performed at their best and the body is pleased with the outcome although Puerto Rico dethroned Guyana to take the overall title.

LEICESTER, England, CMC – West Indies fell short in their bid for a victory and had to settle for a draw in their opening match against Leicestershire on their tour of England yesterday.

After finishing a disappointing third place last year, Team Guyana under coach Christopher Mc Adam is aiming to use home pool advantage to its fullest as it prepares for this weekend’s Inter- Guiana Games (IGG) at the Castellani Pool.

Local chess players over the next three days will benefit from the presence of German chess grandmaster Rainer Buhmann, compliments of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF).

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Sulieman Benn has held on to a place in the West Indies’ 14-member squad for three One-day Internationals next month in England.

Pistons to go up against Patriots Second round action in the Pioneer Construction-sponsored Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) first division league is set to resume today with a double header at the McKenzie Sports Club hard court.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has apologized to the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and supporters for not being able to participate in the final of the GFA Milo Under-21 final last evening due to an “impropriety” regarding a player.

RESTON, Va., (Reuters) – David Kellermann, acting  chief financial officer of troubled U.S.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Shahid Afridi returned a  career-best haul of six wickets to guide Pakistan to a  comfortable four-wicket win over Australian in the first of five  one-day internationals in Dubai yesterday.

Dear Editor, I think the problem of flooding in the City of Georgetown needs to be understood first before a plan of action can be formulated. 

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian police said yesterday they had no evidence to suggest that the father of a  child star in the Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”  tried to sell his daughter.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Adam Gilchrist and Rohit  Sharma hammered explosive half centuries to set up a  comprehensive 24-run victory for the Deccan Chargers against the  Bangalore Royal Challengers in their Indian Premier League (IPL)  match at Newlands yesterday.

Dear Editor, In a wonderfully incisive column, ‘Fulsome words, faltering deeds,’ of Sunday April 19, 2009, Ian McDonald wrote about the fulsome rhetoric that speaks about global unity and of the world fast becoming a global village, while in fact we are faced with so much disunity.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Thousands more civilians  surged out of Sri Lanka’s war zone yesterday while soldiers  and Tamil Tiger rebels fought the apparent endgame of Asia’s  longest-running war despite calls to protect those still  trapped.

Student Visas Installment Eighty-One This installment of Ask the Consul seeks to inform prospective students about the requirements for obtaining a student visa.

-Deonarine cops Sir Viv award for most runs ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies batsman Ryan Hinds heads a quartet of Barbadians picking up performance awards for the recently concluded WICB Regional four-day championship.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – As accolades continued to pour in for the security forces, the men who carried out the mission in which 21-year-old hijacker Stephen Fray was apprehended and his hostages rescued without injury said on Tuesday the merit of their training in a situation which had the potential of going awfully wrong was tested.

Dear Editor, It is impossible to overstate the significance of what is likely to emerge between the United States and the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean after last weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Trinidad that basically saw President Barack Obama set a new American foreign policy tone for the region, at a time when the region was looking for a sense of direction from Washington to counter what it perceived as the rising alternative from Caracas.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack  Obama came under strong criticism from Republicans yesterday  for leaving the door open to the prosecution of former Bush  officials who authorized severe interrogations by the CIA.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers  built a 29-point fourth-quarter lead, then held off the Detroit  Pistons 94-82 to take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference  playoff series on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I would like to join with all those who are yearning to visit Cuba and enjoy the natural beauty of that island and the hospitality of its people in thanking President Obama for taking the first steps in making Cuba once again accessible to the rest of the world.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – China yesterday said its  economy is on the road to recovery, even as the International  Monetary Fund forecast the deepest contraction in the global  economy since World War Two.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro put a damper on rising hopes for better US-Cuba relations by saying US President Barack Obama had misinterpreted his brother’s apparently conciliatory words.

Ordinance No.26 of 1969 By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction Nearly two months ago, we celebrated the 39th anniversary of our achievement of Republican status.

Ryan Hescott made another appearance yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was further remanded to prison until May 8 by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

An array of stars present and future will be on show tonight when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) holds the first of two Twenty20 practice games at the Banks DIH ground commencing at 6 pm each day.

Unsightly garbage being cleared from City Hall’s compound yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am deeply touched by the concern shown by a purveyor of spirituous liquors about how the consumers of its beverage, and presumably that of other purveyors as well, would reach home after the event.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – A third woman in two weeks  has claimed that Paraguay’s bishop-turned-president Fernando  Lugo fathered her child, intensifying a political scandal that  has made him the butt of lewd jokes and even a pop song.

SVG ready to join ALBA St Vincent and the Grenadines says it is now ready to sign on to the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas, ALBA.

(Trinidad Express) – Three young men who opted to do a “day’s work” at a plastics factory near their homes in Diego Martin “crossed a gangland border”, for which they were hunted down on Tuesday and killed by two gunmen reportedly dressed in tactical police wear.

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to one captioned ‘The AFC has failed again,’ which was published in the April 21 issue of the Guyana Chronicle newspaper.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo  Morales yesterday accused the World Bank of trying to  “blackmail” his country several years ago by demanding  free-market reforms in exchange for aid loans.

-make sure you have food handler’s permit The Food and Drug Department says any person engaged in the preparation of food for public consumption must first obtain a food handler’s permit.

(Reuters) – Indian Premier League result and  standings yesterday. Deccan Chargers beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 24 runs Standings                                            P   W   L   NR  PTS Deccan Chargers                              2     2   0     0      4 Mumbai Indians                               2     1   0     1      3 Delhi Daredevils                               1     1   0     0      2 Chennai Super Kings                      2     1   1     0      2 Bangalore Royal Challengers     3     1   2     0      2 Kolkata Knight Riders                   2     1   1     0      2 Rajasthan Royals                              2     0   1     1      1 Kings XI Punjab                                2     0   2     0      0 * NR denotes no result Playing on Thursday   Chennai Super Kings   v Delhi Daredevils, Durban (1030 GMT)   Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals, Cape Town (1445)

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Chicago Bulls point guard  Derrick Rose has been named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, the  league said in a statement yesterday.

A 21-year-old minibus conductor charged with robbery with violence was on Monday refused bail and remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, I have a lot of respect for the journalists who often go out on a limb and become the eyes, ears and mouths of the impoverished and forgotten in extremely remote areas of the globe, among other assignments.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the region should be ashamed of the poor socio-economic situation with which Haiti is faced.

By Bernd Debusmann (Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed  are his own) WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – They have no fear, they  never tire, they are not upset when the soldier next to them  gets blown to pieces.

Anyone who has ever experienced thirst, not the urge to drink water that is readily available, but true thirst like that which occurs when one has been dehydrated as a result of illness or has no access to sources of clean water, knows the truth of the slogan ‘water is life.’

The Guyanese Women in Development (Guywid) group in Berbice continues to reach out to the less fortunate and recently donated a quantity of clothing to persons at depressed communities in New Amsterdam.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling ANC  took a commanding lead in the early count of yesterday’s  election although it could yet suffer a dent to the huge  majority it has held since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson last week sentenced a 38-year-old man to two years imprisonment after he admitted chopping his uncle with a cutlass.