Daily Archive: Friday, August 21, 2009

-Ming, Van West-Charles, Norton on board Former PNCR Chairman Winston Murray yesterday picked up key endorsements to strengthen his candidacy as he became the sole challenger to incumbent Robert Corbin for the leadership of the main opposition party.

The conviction of flamboyant US attorney Robert Simels yesterday led to renewed calls by the opposition for an independent probe into the government’s alleged connection to his ex-client, confessed drug kingpin Roger Khan whose phantom squad is said to have carried out a murderous campaign here over a four-year period.

-Bolt shatters own world record by 11 hundredths again BERLIN, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt shattered his own 200 metres world record yesterday to win gold at the world championships in a breathtaking 19.19 seconds and secure his place as the greatest sprinter ever seen.

– Women’s team advance to team semis Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes,  proving that hard work and dedication can bring success, claimed her second senior Caribbean Squash title by defeating Karen Meakins of Barbados at this year’s Caribbean Squash championships in the Cayman Islands.

-denies claim for damages The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday ordered Guyana to re-impose the regional tariff on cement within 28 days saying that without a coercive order there would be grave consequences for the rule of law in the single market but it threw out a claim for damages after ruling that TCL Guyana Incorpo-rated (TGI) had not proven its case.

Dr Richard Van West-Charles is standing by his campaign’s claim of falsification of applications for membership to the PNCR, in the lead up to its Biennial Congress starting today.

The Guyana women’s team won its first match of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) senior women’s tournament after they defeated Grenada by 55 runs at the Blairmont Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

-agri officials for urgent talks Authorities in neighbouring Suriname have closed the ‘backtrack route’ (illegal route) across the Corentyne River to protect the agriculture sector in that country from the plant disease Black Sigatoka, stating that the disease is rampant in Guyana.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia claimed the honours on  the opening day of the final Ashes test at the Oval yesterday  after England again found a variety of ways to squander their  wickets.

Watch out for expired snack foods, drinks The Food Safety Department of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council is  cautioning  parents to verify the expiry dates on the containers of popular snack foods and drinks before making purchases and to resist the temptation to knowingly purchase expired items at reduced prices   to fill children’s lunch kits.

Kings/Bulls and Royals/Pistons to open tournament The Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hardcourt will be the action station  from this evening when the second annual Brusche’s Basketball Classic gets underway in the mining town with a double header.

Jamaica among Caricom countries likely to be most affected Latin American and Caribbean recipients  of money remittances  have received more worrying news of yet another predicted decline in remittance flows to the region as job cuts and the attendant need to curb spending continue to impact on immigrants in developed countries, chiefly the United States.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Millions of Afghans went to the  polls yesterday, defying Taliban threats of violence and  sporadic attacks to choose a president in the midst of a  worsening war.

Cane harvesters of the Enmore and Wales sugar estates, who were on strike over the past several days over a price dispute with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), have agreed to return to work today following discussions between the union representing them and GuySuCo.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Left-arm seamer Thilan Thushara and off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan shared six wickets to leave New Zealand struggling on 281 for eight on the third day of the first test yesterday.

Dear Editor, We parents of children attending Santa Rosa Primary School, with the help of the teachers have been trying to cope with an issue since the school was taken over by the state 39 years ago.

Five persons yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly attempting to break into a Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) ATM machine and were all granted bail in the sum of $150, 000.

This newspaper has learnt that the anticipated increased demand for snack foods and drinks ahead of the start of the new school year may have precipitated the appearance on the market of quantities of expired and near-expired  products, which, under the national and municipal food safety regulations, ought correctly to be removed from circulation and destroyed.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud  Ahmadinejad faces a tough battle to win parliament’s approval  for his new cabinet after some deputies signalled they were  likely to reject several nominees.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Afghan poll  workers made an unusual discovery among ballot papers from  yesterday’s election — a hand-written plea from a woman asking  the president to do something about her unfaithful husband.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana is probably the only government in the world which encounters opposition to its initiatives to ensure greater accountability and integrity in the conduct of public service.

Police have suspended the licence of a woman, charged with causing the death of Fizal Hussain by driving dangerously, pending the outcome of the matter.

– To host national championships September 13 at National StadiumOnce again the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is pushing to move another game from its habitual bottom house and street corner status to a more organized level.

Rain played the role of ‘show stopper’ at the Police Sports Club Ground as it washed out the 50-over match between the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Wednesday.

-alleged receiver put on bail Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday sentenced a man who had stolen a quantity of jewellery valued over $1.4M from a woman’s house to three years imprisonment while she put another on $250,000 bail for allegedly receiving the said jewellery, when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

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EDINBURGH/TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – A former Libyan agent  jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing arrived home yesterday after Scottish authorities released him on  compassionate grounds because he is dying of cancer.  

Dear Editor, With regards to your editorial and recent commentaries on the Turks and Caicos and the suspension of constitutional government, I was recently on the main island where Providenciales, the capital, is located. 

A local Business School is collaborating with an Australian institution to offer an 18-month Masters Degree in Project Management, beginning in January next year.

LIMA, (Reuters) – At least two stolen dogs were  found in an operating room used for dissections at the medical  school of South America’s oldest university, but its dean  denied relying on dognappers to collect specimens for classes.

Brian Lara’s links with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) have eliminated the batting maestro from joining the Trinidad and Tobago team in any capacity for the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League in India September 22-October 5.

-cocaine trafficker tells court after admitting guilt “It still lil decent dan going and rob somebody,” Oluki Ian Lewis told Magistrate Priya Beharry after admitting that he had swallowed several pellets containing cocaine when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, Since a police barricade has been erected at the corner of Camp and Bent Streets, just outside the Georgetown prison, the movement of traffic south along Camp Street has now been diverted eastwards into Bent Street behind the prison.

Promoter Lyall Gittens has teamed up with Banks DIH Limited to host a one-day inter-corporation domino competition today at the Banks DIH Sports Club.

Three armed bandits carted off  approximately $500,000 cash in a daring robbery of a Chinese restaurant at Linden on Wednesday night but their getaway bid ended soon after when public-spirited residents intervened and were supported by police ranks who responded promptly.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has filed  new charges against Mexico’s top drug lord and other drug  cartel leaders for smuggling billions of dollars worth of  cocaine across the border, but they remain at large, U.S. 

Dear Editor, The Government Information Agency (GINA) is complaining that “Kaieteur News operatives” have been misrepresenting themselves as that agency’s communication officers.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The thought of entering the business of honey production was never among the list of things to do for Andrew Green and Michael Crawford prior to their redundancies at the Alumina Partners of Jamaica Limited (Alpart) in St Elizabeth.

Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday ordered that Romeo Andrews, who is accused of stabbing and stoning to death a Sophia man last Sunday, be remanded to prison.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela could substitute  everything it buys from Colombia with imports from other  countries, a top official said yesterday, escalating a feud  that will likely slash the $7 billion of trade they share.

Thirteen of Guyana’s leading golfers will compete in this weekend’s RBTT-sponsored Suriname Open Golf championships in Paramaribo.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 317’s trading results showed consideration of $1,069,554 from 44,331 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 316 which showed consideration of $260,034 from 23,086 shares traded in 10 transactions. 

Dear Editor, The Peoples’ National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) 16th Biennial Congress scheduled to be held today and tomorrow is likely to attract the usual national and international attention.

It is generally accepted that the current global financial crisis was brought about by a toxic combination of greed and gullibility.

-One Grenadian’s observation, 200 killed? Mr. Henry Greene is Guyana’s Commissioner of Police.

The man, suspected of murdering 28-year-old Martin Daniels of Holoquai, turned himself into the police yesterday morning.

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…heroine pleased(Trinidad Express) The man disarmed and disabled by the woman he intended to rob, has turned out to be a dangerous criminal suspect wanted by police in connection with murder, kidnapping and robberies.

Sunburst Camptown defeated BK International to enter the knockout round of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Courts Pee Wee Football Competition at the Banks DIH, Thirst Park Ground on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I am appealing to members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to embark on a campaign for term limits for the President of that union, which will clear the way for new leadership, and a better approach when it comes to workers’ rights, child labour, corruption and injustice.

LONDON, (Reuters) – European police agency Europol  expects further arrests in connection with suspected carbon  credit tax fraud after Britain’s tax office said two more people  were arrested in London late yesterday, bringing the total to  nine.