Daily Archive: Saturday, September 12, 2009

Five bruised and shabbily dressed men yesterday appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court charged with Wednesday’s high-drama kidnapping of a Mahaicony rice farmer and his employee and before being remanded, they alleged brutality at the hands of the police.

–refused bailBy Ayanna Blair Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison three men, who allegedly abducted the daughter of Pike Street businessman Beharry ‘Natoo’ Dookie, when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-Persaud calls on farmers, millers to work together Flat paddy prices and unpredictable export markets dominated a stakeholders meeting yesterday and Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has called on rice farmers and millers/exporters to work together as the industry is forecasting difficult times ahead.

The main opposition PNCR is urging Minister of Education Shaik Baksh and the PPP/C administration to let justice prevail by ensuring the appointment of Genevieve Whyte-Nedd as Chief Education Officer (CEO).

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – A potentially lucrative  scheme to save forests and earn carbon credits must overcome  huge risks before it starts drawing major investments, a  leading carbon trader and investor said yesterday.

-family baffled A 36-year-old man was found dead yesterday morning in the Stabroek Market’s urinal.

-was missing since Tuesday The body of the man that was pulled from the Demerara River in the environs of New Hope, on the East Bank of Demerara on Thursday morning, has been identified as that of Ryan Sattaur.

The Santa Aratack Village Council is hosting its annual village heritage day on Saturday, September 19 at Santa Mission.

Some Stabroek Market vendors reacted in anger yesterday afternoon when government officials, who were accompanied my members of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) during a tour of the area, proposed the relocation of vendors who vend directly in front of the market gates on the northern side of Water Street.

Eleven children from the Three Mile Secondary School dormitory were yesterday morning rushed to the Bartica hospital suffering from bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea believed to be as a result of contaminated water and while ten were treated and sent away one was admitted because of dehydration.

Former First Lady Doreen Pamela Chung who passed away a week ago was laid to rest yesterday morning following a simple and solemn ceremony at St.

Bandits early yesterday morning robbed an Alness, Corentyne family of over half a million dollars in cash and jewellery before escaping.

Errol Vieira of Thomas Street, North Cummingsburg was on Thursday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly threatening to kill a woman after she had objected to him indecently exposing himself to her.

The Alliance For Change says now is the time to update the National Development Strategy and combine it with the National Competitiveness Strategy  as well as the Low Carbon Development Strategy to formulate a 2010-2019  national development plan.

-three homeless Three occupants of a Sophia house are counting their losses after their home was reduced to ashes following a fire, allegedly set by a man who was thrown out of the property several weeks ago.

Drainage in the Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast will be given a major boost with the recent construction of a double-door sluice for the catchment area.

The Ministry of Housing has added an additional 1500 house lots to the Tuschen/Zeelugt Housing Scheme in Region Three as plans continue to distribute 17,000 lots over the next two years.

‘He tell me if I ain’t dead and he get arrest, when he come out he go’ kill me…’ By Oluatoyin Alleyne Still recovering from a near fatal attack in which she was stabbed twice by her ex-boyfriend, Vanessa Sam knows that an arrest might be the only thing between her and the grave.

Deputy Education Officer – Secondary for Region 10, Jennifer Bourne on Wednesday told 94 students who were on work/study attachment in Linden during the August holidays that education is the only way forward.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s combative  president is going head-to-head with one of Latin America’s  biggest media groups over a broadcasting reform bill that  opponents say is an authoritarian bid to muzzle criticism.

`The current situation, if not resolved immediately,  will no doubt destroy the fabric on which to base any hope of reviving the region’s standing in international cricket, or building a  solid future for West Indies cricket’ CARICOM has laid out a plan to heal the rift between the West Indies players association and the board and it is to convene a stakeholders meeting at the earliest date to discuss the future of the region’s cricket.

-debris left on ground, Mentore disappointedBy Marlon MunroeRain washed out play on the first day in the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink Plus Cup final between Everest Cricket Club (ECC) and the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda yesterday.

KLEINMOND, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa  reacted angrily yesterday to a report that tests on its world  champion runner Caster Semenya had found she was a  hermaphrodite, threatening a “third world war” over the affair.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Gunshots rang out in the  Ugandan capital Kampala yesterday and at least three people were  killed as security forces clashed with rioters for a second day  over a row between the government and the kingdom of Buganda.

The Bourda Market team was crowned the new champion of the Stabroek Warriors Sports (SWS) organized fourth Inter Market Football Competition after crushing their opponents in the final on Thursday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

In the most unlikely place, from unassuming faces emerge a blend of voices like a cry in the wilderness with both the strength and tenderness to pierce and soothe the soul: the voices of singers Abidemi and Asha Seaforth of Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – Former Taiwan president Chen  Shui-bian, who upset both China and the United States with his  pro-independence rhetoric, was found guilty of corruption yesterday and sentenced to life in prison.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) will be planning a busy basketball schedule for the remainder of the year, which according to the association’s president Trevor Rose would be very lucrative for the sport.

Culture Box “It’s a #$%%^ affair gal siddung pon mi ^&*& like chair Gal nuh u did a say dat dey nuh fair Now u a bawl ah say de ^&* jaw tear Wan mek a run but mi cab inna de air Fling her pon de ground and put she foot inna de air ^&((^&^ inna belly plus de boots dun prepare Peer noise a mek all de neighbour ah hear Gangsta nuh care” So goes some of the less explicit lyrics in Jamaican dancehall star, Mavado’s “Squeeze Breast” song.

NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir  Putin yesterday gave his strongest indication yet that he may  run again for the presidency at the next election in 2012.

MONZA, Italy, (Reuters) – Brazilian Nelson Piquet  said he was telling the truth and would not be bullied after his  former Renault Formula One team accused him and his father of  attempted blackmail in a race-fixing controversy.

Tastes Like Home Hi Everyone, I ran myself ragged this past Tuesday in search of a pot in which to scald milk.

Latin View SINGAPORE — When school officials from across the world come here to learn why Singapore’s students score so well on international science and math tests, it doesn’t take them long to discover the secret – a national obsession with education.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia warned Guinea yesterday  that relations could be damaged by a court ruling to strip UC  RUSAL of the large alumina refinery it acquired three years ago  in the West African country.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a 55-year-old father of four who allegedly attempted to sell a house to a woman when he had already sold it to two other persons.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Unrelenting rain washed out  play at the U.S.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – A 28-year-old computer hacker  pleaded guilty to some of the largest identity theft crimes on  record yesterday and left a federal judge grappling with how to  compensate millions of victims.

Dear Editor, We note with interest columns dealing with GPL and the electricity situation in the September 1 and 4 issues of the Stabroek News and though that there is need for us to contribute to the discussion.

Christ-like Soldiers nominated for youth gospel award in Atlanta Christ-like Soldiers (CLS), a local duo who spreads the message of Christ through their music, has been nominated for an award in the Rap Group category of the Youth Gospel Entertainment Awards (YGEA) but needs fans to get online and vote.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown  apologised yesterday for the treatment of World War Two  code-breaker Alan Turing who committed suicide after being  convicted and chemically castrated for being a homosexual.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper Matt Prior, fast  bowler Graham Onions and spinner Graeme Swann are among 11  players to have been awarded 12-month central contracts, the  England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am writing to you because I feel thoroughly disgusted and upset at what appears to me to be a blatant disregard of laws in this Garden City of ours.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – India left-armers Ashish Nehra  and Yuvraj Singh shared six wickets yesterday to take their team  to a six wicket win over New Zealand and a place in the  Tri-series final against hosts Sri Lanka.

Dear Editor, The image of the Joint Services has been tainted with the theft from and murder of Mr Ramdass.

Exactly one year and five months after being blacklisted by the government David Constantine Brooks more popularly known as the ‘Gully God’ or ‘Mavado’ will for the second time perform in Guyana on September 19 at the National Stadium, Providence.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department  said yesterday it was prepared to hold direct talks with North  Korea to try to coax it back into multilateral negotiations on  ending its nuclear programmes.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara family is homeless after their house was destroyed by fire, which was reportedly caused by a “channa bomb” in the early hours of Thursday morning.

BEIJING, (Reuters) –  World and Olympic sprint  champion Usain Bolt has cancelled his trip to Asia for races in  China and South Korea later this month because of fatigue, the  Jamaican said on his website yesterday.

‘Boards of horrors’: This is what a few PNCR protestors on Thursday called several boards of newspaper clippings of persons who had died from 2002 to date mounted and placed on the pavement at the side of the Supreme Court on the Avenue of the Republic.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said yesterday a consortium, including Spanish oil major  Repsol, has struck a natural gas field, which may be the  biggest gas field yet found in Venezuela, and one of the  largest in the world.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Norman Browne which appeared in the September 10 edition of the Stabroek News, titled ‘Mavado should not be allowed to perform in Guyana.’

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four movies open in wide release across North America this week, and all should ring up decent returns in a competitive session that could alter early fall’s reputation as a dumping ground for low-quality fare.

VENICE (Reuters) – For Omar Sharif, the future and the past are useless.

GPL says the frequent power outages on the West Coast Demerara are due to increased load and inadequate generating capacity at the Versailles Power Station.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry  Medvedvev yesterday gave his officials three months to enact  tough restrictions to try and curb alcohol abuse.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – The International  Cricket Council (ICC) is open to the concept of split innings in  one-day cricket to help spice up the format in the face of  Twenty20’s increasing popularity.

(Barbados Nation) – A law which gives illegal aliens automatic citizenship of Barbados if they reside in the country continuously for ten years, will soon be amended.

Dear Editor, With regard to Dr Randy Persaud’s letter captioned ‘Foreigners cannot interfere in the internal political affairs of a country’ (SN, September 10), are we to believe that Jimmy Carter is a Guyanese citizen?

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Lauren Bacall, whose  sultry roles in film noir movies “To Have and Have Not,” “The  Big Sleep” and “Dark Passage” earned her Hollywood immortality,  is to get an honorary Oscar.

MOUNT CAREY, St James (Jamaica Observer) – A post-mortem on the body of John Terry, the 64-year-old honorary British consul, showed that he died from asphyxia due to ligature strangulation associated with other injuries to the neck and head.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has extended condolences to the staff of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company on the passing of Director of Business Planning, Eustace Abrams.

DeSinco Trading limited yesterday announced its affiliation with the September 26 World Championship boxing card set for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall dubbed the ‘Caribbean Fury’, when they handed over $50,000 to the promoters and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC).

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) – With last year’s surprise box office smash hit Twilight, Catherine Hardwicke had the biggest U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Adil Rashid bowls leg-spin for a  county with an ingrained suspicion of the unorthodox in a  country where conditions seldom encourage wrist-spinners.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – A scheduled Michael Jackson  tribute concert in Vienna has been cancelled and the event will  be staged in Britain next year, organisers said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) – Patricia Robinson, wife of former president and prime minister Arthur NR Robinson, has died.

Dear Editor, Maybe if one of our loved ones called us from a commercial airliner to tell us that the plane that they are in is about to be part of a mass terror plot and suicide mission then we would feel what the families of the deceased of the September 11 attacks felt, and undoubtedly still feel even today eight years later.

– unsure if she’ll continue beyond this season(EUR) Oprah Winfrey gave “Good Morning America” a preview of her talk show’s upcoming 24th year and revealed that she hasn’t yet made up her mind about whether she will continue past this season.

Dear Editor, It is clear that Mr Isaacs and Mr John play on different fields – two separate newspapers – a curious but not insignificant indicator of character (with an assassination component).

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The stunning choice of comedian and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres as the new judge on TV show “American Idol” appeared set to revive interest in the top-rated talent show after three years of falling ratings.

With the Guyana Open just two months away, the Lusignan Golf Club will host its Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Medal Play Golf tournament today to help fine-tune the local golfers’ preparations.

VENICE, (Reuters) – Two Filipino grandmothers  scraping a living to get by in Manila’s slums are at the centre  of Brillante Mendoza’s new film “Lola”, a story about the  resourcefulness of people living in abject poverty.

Three days ago, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke publicly of “war crimes or crimes against humanity [that have become] part of a self-perpetuating pattern of brutality” in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).