Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 13, 2009

-to be boarded The Island Princess which vanished before the disembowelled bodies of three of its crew members washed up here two weeks ago was spotted drifting off of Grenada yesterday and is to be boarded shortly.

The decomposing body of a man was yesterday found in a reservoir at the old pump station on Henry Street, Werk-en-Rust and there was plastic stuffed in his mouth.

Work on the much-vaunted Amaila Falls Hydropower project could commence by mid-next year if an upcoming meeting with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) officials to discuss financing for the project yields favourable results, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced yesterday.

A robbery accused was shot dead by an off-duty policeman early yesterday morning, moments after he had robbed a taxi driver of cash at gunpoint.

-JagdeoPresident Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday declined to offer details on the legal dispute involving Guyana and Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) but he disclosed that regional leaders are concerned over what they see as a conflict of interest between the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Trust Fund and the cement company.

-says went back to old policy President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday defended government’s policy on the placement of state advertisements in the daily newspapers and suggested that the administration has returned to the policy of placing ads based on the “seriousness” and the “content” of the newspapers.

Seon Solomon, the 29-year-old man who allegedly murdered his father after an argument about a bucket of water, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appear-         ed before Magistrate Yohhannseh Cave at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

Alpha United is once again proving its mettle as one of Guyana’s top football clubs as they took  a commanding lead in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) 10- team Super League after drubbing Bartica’s Liquid Gold 6-0  Sunday last.

-Jagdeo The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that the police locate the boy at the centre of the alleged child solicitation that is said to involve Office of the President Press Officer, Kwame McCoy.

The recent spate of blackouts has been deemed “unacceptable” by President Bharrat Jagdeo, who yesterday urged citizens to be patient as the utility company works towards delivering a more reliable electricity supply.

President of Alpha United, Odinga Lumumba has now taken another step to resolve the case his club has with Leo Victor of Suriname and national striker Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams by seeking the intervention of CONCACAF and FIFA.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s David Haye expects  world heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev to be an ugly opponent  when they fight for the WBA title next month, but the smell also  worries him.  

“I’ve dealt with that issue 100 times. My position is clear on it.

– GDF, Camptown chalk up wins East Coast Demerara teams Buxton United and Victoria Kings both suffered defeats at home as action continued in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League competition on  Sunday at the Enmore Community Centre ground.

-two contradictory impacts of global warming floated A recent report which seeks to provide a framework for countries to calculate and mitigate climate risks says Guyana is among countries which stand to lose between 1and 12 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually to the effects of climate change.

– Over $3.5 million at stake The Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club at Bel Air, No.

The wave of grave maritime incidents should have made at least three things clear to the administration.

The Ministry of Local Government yesterday signed three contracts for the construction of market tarmacs at Enmore, East Coast Demerara, De Willem, West Coast Demerara and Best/Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Promising teenager Kraigg Brathwaite smashed first Division One double century on Saturday and helped Barbados Youth beat LIME in the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Championship.

-no foul play suspected A Guyanese-born Puerto Rico man who suffered from heart problems was yesterday found dead in his room at the Pegasus Hotel by a maid and while foul play is not suspected the police are awaiting the results of a post- mortem examination.

Georgetown thanks to 75th minute goal from striker’ Charmaine Warde, defeated Bartica one nil to pick up their second win in as many matches when the league continued Sunday last in Bartica.

A 34-year-old man was yesterday admitted a patient to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) in an unconscious state after being hit by a motor car on the Goed Fortuin Public Road on Sunday.

Last Friday night at the GCC Ground, Bourda cricket fans witnessed an entertaining softball match played between Pritipaul Singh Investment and Floodlights XI, who eventually emerged victorious.

By Cathy RichardsThe closure of the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge which is at present undergoing extensive rehab works took effect prematurely yesterday morning when a DAF truck laden with lumber got stuck on the middle span of the bridge, disrupting traffic.

Ministry of Education/ GCB Under-15 tourney Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt and St Mary’s recorded easy wins in the Ministry of Education/Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 40-over Inter-Secondary Schools Under-15 tournament in the North and South Georgetown branches.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – Youth team duo Dalton Polius and Kurt Edward have been named in a 13-man St Lucia squad for the Windward Islands one-day championship which bowls off here today.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday promised members of the Ruimveldt/Alexander Village Vishnu Mandir and residents that security will be provided on Saturday night for their Deepavali celebrations.

The Guyana Tape ball Federation and the Guyana Softball League (GSL) is hosting the Power Stout 6-over Tape-ball tournament on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I read with amazement your letter headlined `No amendment to the law required to install an IMC in Georgetown’ (SN October 4, 2009).

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Scientists in Japan said they  have uncovered evidence that shows it may be possible to delay  or prevent heart failure in humans.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds advised citizens to use the occasion of Diwali to reflect on their lifestyles and to strive to live humbly.

Dear Editor, In 1891, according to James Rodway in The Story of Georgetown (1920), the “650 private lamps and 50 street lamps” that had been ordered the previous year were formally launched by Governor and Lady Gormanston on “the 17th January 1891, when crowds of people filled the street to look at the new lights.

BANGALORE, India,  CMC – Caribbean champions Trinidad and Tobago made a dream start to the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday when they used a clinical all-round performance to crush Somerset by 44 runs.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Negotiators at global  climate change talks are not delivering on promises by their  leaders to clinch a deal at a key meeting in Copenhagen in  December, a top U.N.

Bartica on Sunday night held its annual Deepavali motorcade celebrations which saw a sizeable turnout despite the heavy rain.

Dear Editor, What went wrong with GuyExpo 2009? I wasn’t scheduled to attend the event because of some major and pressing commitments, but at the very last second, I managed and happened to be on site merely to establish a business link with someone from another region and unfortunately it never materialised.

“He ties his mother to a chair and beats her,” a witness told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson shortly before she remanded a man who allegedly assaulted his 103-year-old mother.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – All-rounder Jacques Kallis almost single-handedly undermined Otago as Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off a convincing 80-run win to clinch their spot in the next round of the Twenty20 Champions League yesterday.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – A U.S. academic who proved  that communities can trump state control and corporations became  the first woman to win the Nobel prize in economics yesterday,  sharing it with an expert on conflict resolution. 

(Jamaican Observer) Two Jamaican men were slapped with life sentences for the grotesque murder of a Jamaican mother of two, Dorcas Rhule, in a British Virgin Islands (BVI) court last week.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – Denmark’s top climate policy  negotiator has resigned with less than two months to go before  the world meets in Copenhagen to agree on a new deal to curb the  effects of climate change. 

Dear Editor, Over the past ten years the people of Alexander Village had no peace as people from other communities would invade their Diwali celebration and disrupt the celebration.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Barbadian youngster Antoinette Riley has smashed her way to the Tobago Open Junior Table Tennis Championship Under-13 crown at the Scarborough Secondary School.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is urging the police to liaise with residents of Alexander Village to devise a strategy “to prevent the influx of mischief makers” from disturbing Diwali observances in the area.

Dear Editor, Another dangerous precedent is being set by the government through its latest and somewhat continuous tirade against the two most read newspapers in the country the Kaieteur News (KN) and Stabroek News (SN).

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Roberto Micheletti, the  headstrong veteran politician who took power in Honduras when  President Manuel Zelaya was toppled, is defying international  pressure to reinstate his old friend and end media curbs.  

Abdullah Hamid and Trevor Smith coaches of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) female basketball and volleyball teams said more support needs to be given to their teams as they are training hard to do Guyana proud at the games set for October 16-19 in Suriname.

A new road at Buxton

(Barbados Nation) A father of eight was shot and killed by intruders as he closed up at his workplace early Sunday morning.

-another facing forgery charge Two Guyanese men recently found themselves in hot water with Antiguan authorities over immigration matters.

Dear Editor, I am writing to correct several misrepresentations in Mr.

(Jamaica Observer) Just over 90 per cent of adult Jamaicans surveyed hold the view that a foetus is a human being, a poll conducted by Don Anderson for a pro-life group has found.

Avian Rodrigues, Dennis Nelson and Greer Jackson came out on top in the Queen’s College (QC) Annual Lower and Upper School Boys and Girls Badminton Singles tourney held on Friday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon  Brown will repay more than 12,000 pounds of expenses claims for  cleaning, gardening and decorating after a independent review  found he had exceeded revised limits over the past five years.  

African Holocaust Day or Maafa Day being observed yesterday by the placing of floral tributes in the Atlantic Ocean.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 41  people in an attack on a Pakistani military convoy passing  through a market yesterday as the Taliban claimed  responsibility for a weekend raid on the army’s headquarters.

Dear Editor, I thank Dr Randy Persaud who in championing both the PPP and PNC as multiracial parties in his letter, `The representational politics of the AFC,’ (KN 10-03-09), categorically stated, “Both parties are committed to the rule of law and to democratic governance.”

It was all smiles for the Smiley Faces team of Natalie Cummings and Remy Taitt as they scored an upset 3-1 win over Snipers’s Joel Alleyne and Hewley Griffith  on Saturday as the Kenneth De Abreu Table Tennis League got underway at the Malteenoes Sports Club building.

Yesterday’s gathering at the seawall to observe African Maafa Day, a remembrance day for the deaths and suffering of Africans during the slave trade.

Tuesday’s Economic Corner By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: The key factors to the economic development and sustainment of any country are simple and the same from the Egyptian Empire to the American Empire. 

(Barbados Nation) Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda have been bearing the brunt of regional migration.

A new local comedy show featuring some of Guyana’s best and emerging dramatic and comic talents is expected to hit local airways soon.