Daily Archive: Thursday, August 13, 2009

-to test Caricom’s competition body With local producers facing harassment in accessing regional markets, Guyana intends to test the effectiveness of the Caricom Competition Commission.

-crew mates held A 28-year-old man disappeared at sea sometime between Monday and Tuesday night and four men are in custody as police investigate the matter.

The opposition political parties will meet with civil society groups today to explore ways forward to address the allegations linking the Guyana government to drug trafficker Roger Khan.

One of the men, who reportedly battered and fatally shot Kaneville resident Brendon Charles, is “freely roaming” the Kaneville/Craig area and several residents have since raised concerns about their safety.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai commissioned newly-built primary and nursery schools at Jawalla and Quebanang, Region Seven on Monday.

Tertiary-level education students were exposed to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in the second phase of a CARICOM project which got started on Monday with a pre-mission briefing in St.

Glue evidence found The West Coast Demerara couple whose relationship ended tragically in an apparent murder/suicide both died as a result of asphyxiation, reliable sources have informed this newspaper.

The Iranian News Agency (FNA) last evening reported that President Bharrat Jagdeo is to visit Iran shortly.

Paulette Jhingoree was wrestling with a big problem yesterday. Just one day after the organisers announced that the Guyana Wrestle Mania event which was schedule for the National Park this Saturday had been postponed, Jhingoree, of New Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was wondering how to get her money back.

“It’s been a fight the Guyanese people wanted to see for a long time and it was in the making for sometime now and we are happy to give a quality fight,” promoter Odinga Lumumba said in an interview with Stabroek Sport yesterday about the upcoming clash between Raul Frank and Andrew ‘Six-Head’ Lewis.

In a simple ceremony yesterday in the boardroom at the Banks DIH Building, Thirst Park, all the top performers at the recently-concluded Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Guinness Futsal competition received their prizes.

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands,  CMC – The Cayman Island’s No.1 Dean Watson is preparing for a shot at his first regional title when he leads the local team into the Caribbean Senior Squash Championships here next week.

– GCA President Mentore ‘My understanding of arbitration is to reach a winning solution for everyone and when I see WIPA operating as if they won arbitration talks I do not see it as a plus but a negative’ By Marlon Munroe In resolving the dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) West Indies cricket not the WICB nor the WIPA should be the winner.

The Ministry of Health says a supplementary provision of over $56M will allow it to further extend its Basic Nutrition Programme which has recorded a 34% reduction in cases of children with anaemia.

A man accused of raping a Linden woman was remanded to prison until the 16th September, 2009 when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court in Linden.

N/A topples Stabroek Market as walkovers continue Walkovers continue to plague the Power Stout Inter-Market Football Competition with Wismar Market being the latest team to gain a victory via that route when Vendors Arcade failed to show while New Amsterdam got past Stabroek Market at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground on Tuesday.

Hillfoot Strikers will square off with Dynas Bravado in the Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association (GS&WCA) sponsored 15-15 Tapeball Cricket final on August 22 following semi-final matches last weekend at the GS&WCA ground on Carifesta Avenue.

-demand exceeding feeder capacity The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has reiterated that when its new 20.7 MW plant at Kingston is ready some time after September, it would solve the problem of capacity shortfalls and it appealed to West Demerara to conserve power as demand there is exceeding the feeder capacity.

The search continued yesterday for Ricky Jainarine, the ten-year-old boy missing following a boat accident on the Essequibo River on Monday night while a post-mortem examination done on his father, Jainarine Dinanauth, revealed that he died by drowning.

– Guyana play to next draw French Guiana defeated hosts Suriname in the final match of the Four Nation Goodwill Series to claim the title while Guyana played to a draw against Netherlands Antilles in the third of their three matches, finishing third in the competition.

A man accused of stealing $500,000 worth of items from a Lombard Street spare parts store was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has ordered an early September rematch of its controversial mini-flyweight bout last month in Trinidad between local fighter Ria Ramnarine and Venezuela’s Ana Fernandez.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte has said his board has embraced the majority of recommendations in the PJ Patterson Report but those pronouncements have left former WICB president Ken Gordon puzzled.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Local cricket officials Rangy Nanan and Bruce Aanensen have expressed surprise that Julian Hunte was returned unopposed as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

Berbice defence attorney Mursulene Bacchus was jointly charged yesterday with fish vendor Chandra Lakha Ramdass with conspiracy  to obstruct the course of justice.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Pakistan clinched a 52-run  victory over Sri Lanka in a one-off Twenty20 international to  finish their losing tour on a high yesterday.

By Tiadi Blair A 20-member team will be representing Guyana at the 15th Goodwill Championships which begin tomorrow in Barbados.

– IAAF intervenes and gets Jamaican star athletes reinstated BERLIN, Germany,  CMC – A dramatic intervention by the IAAF has forced Jamaica’s track and field officials to reverse a decision to axe Olympic champions Shelly-Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker and star sprinter Asafa Powell from their World Championship team.

Region One is set to benefit from a number of training programmes aimed at capitalising on each community’s unique features through a recently approved supplementary allocation of $88.4M for works under the National Hinterland Secure Livelihood Programme.

-following engine failure on north west run Following last week’s incident in which one engine of the North West ferry, MV Kimbia, became inoperable during the return trip to Port Georgetown, calls are being made again for the vessel to be replaced.

The  Alliance For Change (AFC)  is calling for  a more expansive and consultative  approach  to the development of Region Nine and the communities there in light of the opening of the Takutu Bridge and the expected increase in  road traffic and the benefits and difficulties that will arise.

-envisages contracting out of administration The Saint Stanislaus College Board of Governors is developing a five-year educational plan for the school, which it says can be a model for private-public partnerships to transform secondary education in Guyana.

A hearing by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) into the service offered by the power company, heard calls for GPL to improve its public relations and the utility said it has found it hard to find personnel here for important positions.

The Walter Roth Museum on Monday added a number of books on the general history of archaeology to its collection; a gift from former Ambassador to Brazil Cheryl Miles.

Dear Editor, Your article on LEAP in Stabroek Business (‘State-owned corporation to succeed LEAP’ August 7) was poignant and raised several pertinent issues.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary  Clinton yesterday blamed failed government for Nigeria’s huge  poverty gap and urged Africa’s most populous nation to toughen  up on corruption and fix a “flawed” electoral system.

SUKHUMI, Georgia – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin  pledged half a billion dollars to defend the breakaway region  of Abkhazia yesterday during a surprise visit which Georgia  said escalated tensions in the Caucasus.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Dr Randy Persaud for taking the time to keep the domestic violence epidemic in public view, in his letter of August 12 to Kaieteur News (‘Why over-politicise domestic violence?’)

Balancing act: Weeds are slowly taking over the windmill (left top of photo) at the Hog Island, Essequibo River Health Centre.

YANGON, (Reuters) – China urged the world yesterday to respect Myanmar’s judicial sovereignty, suggesting  Beijing would not back any U.N.

Dear Editor, The recent protest marches and picketing by the real opposition parties, accompanied by the shades of parties past, was as usual noisy and interesting.

Dear Editor, The discourse about the current cricket impasse has to move away from the narrow context in which it has found itself.

(Trinidad Express) The worst of the downturn in the local economy is on the way.

Ask the Consul Installment 89 It is important to answer all questions on your NIV application truthfully and completely. 

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s state-run oil  company Pemex has an endemic problem of fuel thefts from  pipelines that was highlighted this week in a case involving  stolen oil smuggled into the United States.

Last month when the man/woman in the street at Linden addressed issues relating to the medical facilities there, a recurring complaint was the dearth of human resources; seven out of ten people bemoaned the fact that there is a shortage of doctors and nurses.

History  This Week          No. 29/2009 By Dr. Mellissa Ifill British Guiana, and in particular Georgetown was the scene of intense, violent protest action in 1905.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Supporters of ousted  Honduran President Manuel Zelaya clashed with soldiers and  police for a second day yesterday as street protests over  the June 28 army coup turned rowdy.

Dear Editor, In the course of my daily duties I am required to traverse Thomas Road, in Thomas Lands, and I was particularly pleased when I saw the renovations being done on the premises of the Transport Sports Club.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The expected ruling  party candidate in Brazil’s 2010 presidential election has been  drawn into a scandal by an accusation that she tried to stop a  probe into the finances of the Senate chief’s family.