Articles published on Wednesday, May 6, 2009
-must report by June 1 to immigration or face deportation Thousands of Caribbean non-nationals, among them many Guyanese, living in Barbados illegally have less than a month to start turning themselves into the Immigration Department, or they will be “removed” from December 1 this year.
-gunmen cart off $2.8M Friendship businessman, Odit Narine was shot in a scuffle with bandits on Monday night when they invaded his home and stripped his family of jewellery.
The Government of Guyana recently signed four technical co-operation agreements with the Brazilian authorities which are aimed at boosting agricultural development.
-killing seen linked to illegal connections The GPL security boss who was gunned down on Monday morning while removing illegal power connections in Lamaha Park was being closely watched for some time by four men before two of them pounced on him and another colleague resulting in at least three bullets being pumped into his body, according to sources.
As investigations continue into the shooting of Com-missioner of Insurance Maria van Beek the police have begun questioning persons in the insurance industry.
Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang has granted a further extension to CLICO’s Judicial Manager, Maria van Beek following a request by her attorney for additional time to complete a report.The
Foo shines with bat and ball GTM Under-19 Led by a solid all round performance from national Under-19 all rounder Jonathan Foo (5-93 and 50 not out), Berbice found themselves locked in a tight battle yesterday for first innings points against Demerara in their final preliminary round match of this year’s Under-19 Inter-county series at the Providence stadium.
By Tony Cozier In LONDON Entering the two Tests of the return contest that starts at Lord’s this morning, West Indies head coach John Dyson is realistic enough not to expect England to be again, in his words, “caught on the hop” as they recently were in the Caribbean.
The management of the Cell Star Digicel outlet at the corner of Regent and Light streets was forced to remove all valuables from the store yesterday morning after footsteps were heard in the ceiling of the store.
Former Surinamese Trade Minister, Siegfried Gilds was convicted on a money laundering charge on Monday and sentenced to a year in prison for his involvement in a relative’s drug deal.
GCC ‘B’ upset Old Fort Hikers hammered the national men’s squad, Old Fort ‘A’ suffered an early upset loss and the national females were also defeated on the opening night of the Mr.
Several vendors who ply their trade at the Vendor’s Mall on Water Street have expressed concern about yesterday’s deadline by which time they were expected to complete their stalls.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Houston Rockets stunned the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers 100-92 on Monday to get their Western Conference semi-final series off to a surprising start.
HIV programme for new funding WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday announced a $63 billion, six-year health initiative to help people in the world’s poorest countries, most of it to bolster existing programmes.
The Inter-American Develo-pment Bank (IDB) says Guyana’s financial management has improved and the budget is transparent, at the close of the workshop for the Fiscal and Financial Management Programme (FFMP).
Kumar says team had to be hurriedly picked The disappointing performance of Guyana’s female football team at the just-concluded Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) caused dismay to football enthusiasts and raised questions about why footballers from the Rupununi were not included.
President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday met with stakeholders in the entertainment, tourism and allied industries to discuss specific areas where new initiatives can be used to market Guyana’s tourism.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – An Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship has been hijacked by a band of pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, the government of the Caribbean state said yesterday.
ROME, (Reuters) – Serena Williams’ bid for the Italian Open was squashed in her first match yesterday when the American second seed lost 6-2 2-6 6-1 to Swiss Patty Schnyder.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc faces a possible shareholder revolt over its executive pay policy after the Association of British Insurers (ABI), a large investor and a corporate governance agency expressed concerns about the plan.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods said he had not yet fully regained his renowned length off the tee and with his irons after being sidelined for eight months following reconstructive knee surgery.
-Persaud tells farmers Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud on Saturday met with some East Coast farmers to assure them that proper drainage and irrigation remains priority as efforts to expand agriculture are boosted.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – The Delhi Daredevils went top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) table after crushing the Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets yesterday.
Dear Editor, From reading Mr Aubrey Armstrong’s interview in SN May 3, it remains distressingly clear that brilliant minds in the party and in the Afro-Guyanese intellectual class continue to believe that the party’s salvation only resides in the concepts of organizational design and strategic management.
Several persons are being questioned as police continue their investigations into the brutal slaying of taxi-driver Rolston Henry and a gold and silver ring as well as an amplifier from the car he was driving have been recovered from an Albouystown home.
PARIS, (Reuters) – A French magistrate has opened a preliminary investigation to see whether the leaders of three oil producing African countries with close ties to France “embezzled public funds”, a judicial source said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I heard through the grapevine that my union, the Guyana Teachers’ Union, intends to increase dues by two hundred dollars ($200) at the end of May.
BILGE, Turkey, (Reuters) – Masked men armed with assault rifles and grenades killed 44 people at a wedding party in southeast Turkey in a blood feud between families, authorities and residents said.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Holders Manchester United gave Arsenal a European masterclass with a ruthless 3-1 victory in their Champions League semi-final second leg yesterday.
After a series of tests on Opposition Leader Robert Corbin, his doctors have now determined what his ailment is and they have made a decision on what needs to be done, according to General Secretary of the PNCR Oscar Clarke.
HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities announced yesterday a second death attributed to the new H1N1 flu virus, while Mexico protested curbs on its citizens and pork products in response to the waning epidemic.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Pace bowler Brett Lee and all rounder Shane Watson have been included in Australia’s squad for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup in England, despite not having bowled at international level since last year.
GGMC says villagers involved, council had given permission Following investigations, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) issued cease-work orders to miners who were polluting the Arau River.
Dear Editor, I noted the interim injunction preventing the show at the Starlite Drive-in from making excessive noise between the hours of 10 pm on Saturday, May 2 and 2.30 am on Sunday, May 3.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has labelled as “crazy” the $25,000 fine imposed by the NBA on forward Kenyon Martin for a flagrant foul in the opening game of the playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks.
Dear Editor, I read the many articles in the daily newspapers written by Mr Freddie Kissoon et al and I must say that I am left speechless.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress will most likely lift a five-decades-old embargo on Cuba before the end of 2010, a senior Democratic lawmaker said yesterday.
Following a meeting last week, Brazilian authorities have consented to allow cooking gas to flow to Lethem for the time.
Taxi driver to be charged (Trinidad Express) Salis Mack – the “PH” taxi driver charged with kidnapping and robbing eight-year-old Leah Lammy in a case still unsolved – is to be charged with the murders of two women found tortured and killed.
Dear Editor, At the Guyana Trades Union Congress Labour Day Rally on Friday May 1, 2009, motions were passed calling for an end to the imposition of salary increases; the reintroduction of the CLC grant; the reintroduction of the GTUC grant; the high cost of living; unemployment; human rights abuses; government corruption; the suppression of free speech; the suppression of information about CLICO; the management of state entities; and the substantive appointment of acting Chief Education Officer Genevieve White-Nedd.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Congress yesterday gave initial approval for state seizure of a group of oil service companies, upping the ante in a months-long dispute over billions of dollars in unpaid debts.
Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh has urged local accounting professionals to attend the 27th annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean.
LONDON, (Reuters) – West Indies and England have played three particularly memorable tests at Lord’s.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Gunmen yesterday shot dead a union leader who represented workers at Toyota Motor Corp’s Venezuelan division, a few weeks after the company said it might leave the country because of chronic labor problems.
The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security and the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) have launched a weblog to push awareness of occupational safety and health in Guyana.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – National team fast bowler George O’Brien has been charged in court with attacking a love rival with a prohibited Taser stun-gun, causing burns to his body.
Dear Editor, As I stepped into Freedom House my words to the official there were, “She whom I seek is not here,” and then the tears began to flow.
(Trinidad Express) Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert says “it is impossible” that he could have “spirited away US$6 million” from a stadium project in Grenada which his firm, ICS, carried out ten years ago, as has been claimed by two Opposition MPs in the Parliament and the subcontractor on the job, NH (International) Caribbean Ltd (NHIC).
Dear Editor, I am in Mexico where the swine flu is not as serious a threat to the country’s large population as reported a week ago in the international media.
Vandana Shiva is an Indian feminist and environmental activist. She is the founder/director of Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology.
Part of the large crowd at the West Demerara Indian Religious, Cultural and Social Organisation’s event to commemorate the 171st anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers in Guyana.
The Jamaica Labour Party Government has just presented its annual budget, leaving many citizens complaining about excessive tax increases.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – With Mexico saying the worst may be over and the new H1N1 virus starting to look more like a seasonal flu strain in the United States and elsewhere, critics are going to start asking if public health officials overreacted to the outbreak.
Four companies were recognised for taking action to reduce HIV/AIDS risk behaviours among their workers and to lessen stigma and discrimination against PLWHAs in the workplace.
White House quizzed on Caribbean Caribbean concerns about a new US crackdown on offshore tax centres were raised by a journalist at a White House press briefing on Monday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A global economic crisis, militant attacks in Mumbai, a Texan billionaire under investigation for an alleged $8 billion fraud and a Twenty20 cricket competition sanctioned but not controlled by the game’s authorities.
