Daily Archive: Friday, June 26, 2009

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Michael Jackson, the child  star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose  musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex  scandals, died yesterday.

Gunmen rode up on scooter, bike Two Castello Housing Scheme residents are now hospitalized following two shooting incidents that occurred in the city last night.

SLOW PITCH Kingston, Jamaica: Compe-ting captains, India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni and West Indian Chris Gayle, agreed that – based on recent history – the Sabina Park pitch will favour spin bowling and batsmen will have to play watchfully to achieve success.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Texas financier Allen Stanford  will spend another night in a Texas jail after he pleaded not  guilty yesterday to 21 criminal charges that he ran a $7  billion Ponzi scheme.

– Rescheduled tournament to bounce off on Sunday Cellular service provider Digicel yesterday announced their support for this year’s National Basketball Festival (NSBF) which is now scheduled to start on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The badly decomposed body of a 10-year-old boy suspected to have been murdered was brought to the city yesterday.

Some concession holders operating along the UNAMCO trail, who saw a strange Hummer in the area, believe their fellow miner Thakoor Persaud who was ambushed and gunned down on Tuesday along the trail was targeted.

Report cites lack of info on listed companies, poor knowledge of share trading If Guyana is to attract more external investment and stimulate increased trade it is important that the country focus more attention on improving its corporate governance framework for investors and trade partners.

The smile on the face of boxing promoter Stanford ‘King’ Solomon just keeps getting wider as corporate Guyana continues to throw its weight behind Saturday’s ‘Final Execution’  five-fight  card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Says polymer has proven its worth, can cut costs by up to 30% Guyana is among several Caribbean countries being targeted for the application of new, less expensive road building technology which, according to the South African owner of the company that created the breakthrough, can significantly reduce road construction costs to developing countries.

‘Moore’ action, less talk, says Dexter Marques National bantamweight champion Dexter Marques believes Leon ‘Hurry-Up’ Moore is all mouth and no action but he plans to settle the score when the two meet tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on the main supporting bout of the S and S Promotions card dubbed ‘The Final Execution’.

Anti-drug officials yesterday found over two kilos of cocaine in a package that was destined for Canada at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Arthurville and Sans Souci Primary schools are the victors of the Wakenaam Island 12th End-of-School-Year Primary Schools Girls and Boys Windball Cricket Championships which was sponsored by AL Sport & Tour Promotions, Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and Stereo Sonic.

We welcome the telephone calls that we have received over the past two weeks from three separate  persons purporting to be speaking for Amerindian communities expressing the view that our recent reporting  on the mining sector based on interviews with Acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC)  William Woolford and Executive Director of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA)   Edward Shields may have created the impression that the sense of recklessness and irresponsibility that has frequently characterized some mining operations in the interior was a thing of the past.

Close to 30 Guyanese residing in Trinidad illegally were on Wednesday rounded-up and have been given deadlines by which they must leave that country.

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Cabinet members will today partake in a “pork buffet” at the New Thriving Restaurant even as the Ministry of Agriculture assures the public that the country’s pig industry is free from swine flu.

This year’s edition of Global Development Finance, the report by the World Bank on the state of the international economy focuses in its entirity on the global finanxcial and economic crisis, its current and projected impact on both developed and developing countries and the prognosis for recovery.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies skipper Chris Gayle says he is looking forward to seeing Darren Bravo’s international debut but wants the stylish left-hander to simply enjoy the experience if selected for the opening One-Day International against India today.

The Blairmont and Burnham Park grounds will come alive this weekend as another round of the Berbice Football Association (BFA) Coca-Cola Senior League Football Tournament continues with five matches.

The Health Ministry has come under the microscope again for drug purchases made in breach of procurement laws, according to the 2007 Auditor General’s Report, which has also revealed that some supplies sourced from the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Company Inc.

-visiting businessman A visiting South African businessman has told Stabroek Business that the economic success which South Africa continues to enjoy is attributable in large measure to the fact that the country has been able to deal successfully with its divisions, “including its political and cultural  differences”, in a mature way.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Five times Wimbledon champion  Venus Williams has called for an end to tennis burnout and urged  top players not to head off into early retirement.

A 40-year-old man of Bath Experiment, West Berbice died when the tractor he was driving turned over and pinned him in the rice field aback of Hopetown Village around 9:45 am yesterday.

By Tiadi Blair The faculty of Natural Sciences beat the faculty of Social Sciences to prove themselves worthy winners in the University of Guyana Inter-Faculty Basketball Championships held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Wednesday.

Local manufacturing executive, Mr Carol Evelyn, has been elected President of the Carib-bean Association of Industry and Commerce Inc (CAIC).

Well-known former radio broadcaster Pat Cameron better known as ‘Aunty Pat’ is gravely ill in a US hospital.

The printer’s devil was at work on Wednesday;  a  letter from General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association and current national men’s singles champion Mr.

External financing climate dismal The World Bank’s recent gloomy review of the current global financial and economic crisis has pinpointed Latin America and the Caribbean as being among regions that will face “a dismal external financial climate” in 2009 resulting in negative growth this year.

Persaud urges review of ‘lost’ 6m euros Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud met with a team from the European Commission (EC) yesterday to review the country’s sugar action plan and pressed for the EC to reconsider its position on denying Guyana $6 million euros in resources.

Dear Editor, There is an interesting historical backdrop to the present discussion and debate in the press on the treatment of Guyanese in Barbados.

-8% down from 2007, turnover up 16% J.P. Santos and Company Ltd.

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the body of 29-year-old Arifa Muntazali which was found in a trench at Chesney Backdam proved to be inconclusive due to the advanced state of decomposition and her lover is expected to be charged.

-sponsors confirmed By Tiadi Blair The Guyana Blind Cricket Association (GUYBCA) yesterday said it was well prepared to host the upcoming fourth regional West Indies Blind Cricket Council tournament next month following the coming on board of four sponsors.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A constitutional crisis in  Honduras deepened yesterday after the supreme court rejected  President Manuel Zelaya’s firing of the top military officer in  a dispute over Zelaya’s quest to allow presidents to serve more  than a single four-year term in office.

Guyana will be represented by a six-man team at this weekend’s Barbados Open Golf championships at the Royal Westmoreland Golf Club in Bridgetown.

Finding a niche in a harsh economic climate A young University of Guyana graduate  is confronting the tough times facing his depressed community by exploiting an unlikely service niche in his local market.

Dear Editor, The recent exposure in Stabroek News of the horrendous case of a 17-year-old girl being brutally raped and then attempting to commit suicide rather than endure the continuing travesty of a justice system which is inadequate, unjust, unworkable and irrelevant reveals in no uncertain terms the need to have the new Sexual Offences Act enacted and functioning immediately, as one step towards ending the abuse that victims of violence suffer.

-2007 Auditor General report The Report of the Auditor General for 2007 has revealed that the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) failed to observe the requirements of the Procurement Act for its capital works but the department has since assured that it has taken corrective action.

Dear Editor, A number of viewers would have been exposed last week to what can only be described as a ‘conundrumatic’ representation of employment practices in Guyana, by one of, if not, its most reputable firm. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 309’s trading results showed consideration of $16,690,500 from 385,000 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 308 which showed consideration of $938,141 from 71,840 shares traded in 10 transactions. 

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Actress Farrah Fawcett,  the “Charlie’s Angels” television star whose big smile and  feathered blond mane made her one of the reigning sex symbols  of the 1970s, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – India are hoping for a win in the upcoming series against the West Indies to bury the ghosts of their dismal 2007 Cricket World Cup campaign.

Scotiabank is conducting voluntary HIV counselling and testing today in observance of Regional Testing Day 2009, at its branches in Guyana and throughout the Caribbean.

Locking up their own-And Guyanese in Barbados – legally Just another fleeting look at another unfortunate occurrence and its consequence for our national comfort.

(Trinidad Express) – The wife of a soldier who drove into the West End Police Station in an attempt to escape carjackers, who were holding her at gunpoint in her car, was shot dead in front of the station on Wednesday.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek News Business as a public service.)

Dear Editor, In his reply to Dr David Hinds (‘David Hinds history,’ KN June 19) Mr Ralph Ramkarran makes it clear than he does not like “shallow” reasoning or subjective considerations.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Murray made light work of a  tricky tea-time assignment at Wimbledon yesterday while  Lleyton Hewitt, the man who has already lifted the trophy the  Scot so cherishes, rolled back the years to cause a big upset.

(Antigua Sun) – The government is preparing to carry out a comprehensive review of its policies relating to immigration, work permits and citizenship.

A Stabroek Market stall holder is now counting his losses following a break-in at his stall on Wednesday  night  by thieves in which approximately $3M worth of DVD players, mobile phones and tape decks  among other electrical items were stolen.

Before Caricom, there was the Caribbean Free Trade Area (Carifta); before Carifta there was the West Indies Federation; before the Federation, there was the University College of the West Indies (UCWI), the precursor to the University of the West Indies (UWI); and before them all there was West Indies cricket.