Daily Archive: Friday, October 16, 2009

Drug smuggler Shaheed Roger Khan was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment on charges of drug smuggling, witness tampering and gun possession in Vermont at 3 pm today at the US Eastern District Court in Brooklyn.

-PM tells Parliament By Mark McGowanFrom November 5, there should be a return to normalcy in the country’s electricity supply Prime Minister Sam Hinds told the National Assembly last evening.

-crew rescued A fishing boat collided with the North-West passenger ferry, MV Barima, on Wednesday night and sank but no one was injured.

By Cathy Richards The Parent-Teachers Asso-ciation of St. Aidan’s Primary School has expressed disgust at the slothfulness of the Department of Education and the Regional Administration in addressing problems  of mosquito infestation and the non-supply of water at the school.

-says CCJ insulated from interference Reacting to statements made by President Bharrat Jagdeo that it could possibly wield influence over the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) said on Wednesday it is disturbed by the suggestion saying the President is “well aware” of the arrangements in place to insulate the court from interference.

How and why, three crew members of the Island Princess were shot in the head and disembowelled are the questions that seem to have no answers but local police are awaiting the arrival of the vessel here to commence investigations with the hope that some clues may be found.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has been invited to deliver a keynote address on Guyana’s Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) at Trent University, Canada.

A 38-year-old minibus driver accused of telling the mother of his child that he would shoot and kill her was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-in wake of Appeal Court ruling In the wake of a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal which found that the administration has an unlawful radio monopoly, government has again committed to introducing broadcasting legislation in Parliament saying last night it is on its priority list and will be tabled in the National Assembly during the current session.

A 78-year-old man succumbed to head injuries hours after he was struck down by a speeding motor car at Fourth Avenue, Bartica on Wednesday afternoon.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union’s (GAWU) two-day protest over what it called GuySuCo’s high-handed approach in ongoing wage negotiations has ended and workers are to return to the estates today.

Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) President, Colwyn King is cooperating with police even as the union’s leadership rallies around him.

By Alva Solomon in Brussels, Belgium Over 150 officials and journalists from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have gathered in Brussels, Belgium for a conference that aims to bridge the gap between agriculture development in rural areas and coverage of this sector by media.

Leader of the PNCR Robert Corbin yesterday tendered another motion to  parliament calling on the administration to support an international inquiry into the government’s alleged involvement in the ‘Roger Khan and the phantom squad’ affair.

By A. A. Fenty Trouble? Mashramani? What trouble can there be with Mashramani anyway?

-batsman hustles Bushrangers to seven wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore ending the match in sensational fashion with three consecutive sixes BANGALORE, India, CMC – Victoria took their first step towards the semi-finals of the Twenty20 Champions League when they whipped Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets yesterday.

The Ministry of Agriculture says its timely supplies to farmers in Region Nine have been beneficial and that it aided in mitigating the effects of the current El Nino phenomenon.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – With their sensational win over Indian Premier League giants Deccan Chargers on Wednesday now in the past, Trinidad & Tobago will focus their attention on their opening second round clash  of the Twenty20 Champions League today.

Former national point guard Lugard Mohan and Aubrey Younge have expressed their readiness to participate in the second leg of the 2009 Inter Guiana Games (IGG).

A Banks DIH driver was yesterday morning robbed of cash by three bandits, two of whom were armed with handguns as he was preparing to make a delivery at a Tucville business place.

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Women cricketers opened their South Africa tour on Wednesday with a smart warm-up win by 65 runs over a Western Province Women’s XI.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Cricket Australia on Wednesday welcomed news of an agreement between the feuding West Indies board and players that should now pave the way for a full strength West Indies side to tour Australia next month.

– Track events on today at Camp AyangannaBy Marlon Munroe East Georgetown district powerhouses Tutorial High School (THS) and St.

A suspect in Wednesday’s $9.5 million armed robbery at Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo was arrested in the city yesterday and is being grilled as two others held shortly after the incident remain in police custody.

The four former Republic Bank tellers and a carpenter who on May 19 appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of conspiracy to commit a felony yesterday had the charge against them dismissed.

PC emerges victorious President’s College (PC) left the competition in its wake when it beat its nearest rival Golden Grove by 140 points in the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Upper East Coast Inter Schools championships held last Friday.

Local beverage giant Banks DIH launched two major cricket tournaments yesterday the first billed to take place on Sunday in Berbice.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies selector Joey Carew has urged the West Indies Cricket Board to take the radical step of appointing Daren Ganga as West Indies captain.

Fighting fires amid the tightly packed, cluttered community of Regent Street buildings comprising a significant section of the urban commercial sector remains one of the biggest challenges for the Guyana Fire Service according to Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle.

Overseas participation `an area in which we can improve’ – Prashad Following persistent criticism of limited planning time and other constraints associated with the staging of GuyExpo, Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad has announced the setting up of a full-time Secretariat to plan and execute the event.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago’s Soca Warriors managed to avoid defeat in the final game of their listless 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign, when they drew 2-2 with Mexico on Wednesday night.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Poor nations are not blocking  global climate talks but are simply demanding that rich nations  meet existing commitments of financial help, a leading  negotiator for the 77 poorest countries said.

Dear Editor, My letter concerns a remarkable son of Guyana, Norman E.

The Caribbean Community Secretariat last week presented an update on the steps taken so far to develop a US$250,000 project aimed at reducing the high incidence of violence against women in the Caribbean.

The International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF) held its national camp last weekend at YMCA, Thomas Lands.

LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Militants launched a  string of attacks in the Pakistani heartland and in the  troubled northwest yesterday, killing 31 people after a week  of violence in which more than 100 people died.

In order to raise awareness among both service providers and service seekers of the importance of Good Customer Service Stabroek Business has commissioned a series of articles on the issue by Ms.

The Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) will host its annual Diwali Open tomorrow at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC).

By Andre Griffith In our last article we introduced the basics of cryptology and the concepts of symmetric and asymmetric methods for encryption and decryption.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Children should delay the start  formal schooling to the age of six, a year later than at  present, the largest review of primary education in England for  40 years recommended yesterday.

Dear Editor, A lot of attention has been given in the media recently to sexual predators.

GPL’s blackout binge triggering mounting consumer frustration Stabroek Business Editor Arnon Adams examines some of the everyday fallout from GPL’s crippling power supply crisis I was ‘bringing business’ and you would have thought that the small south Georgetown vulcanizing shop would have been pleased to see me.

(Trinidad Express) – Two people have died from the influenza A/H1N1 virus, while another death is still being investigated, Minister of Health Jerry Narace said on Wednesday.

The battle lines have been drawn and hockey fans can expect nothing short of an enthralling  showdown when Georgetown Cricket Club and Hikers face off in both the men’s first and second division finals of the Banks DIH Night hockey tournament this evening at Thirst Park.

Dear Editor, As a former GBC operative, I must commend the sitting justices in the Guyana Court of Appeal’s principled ruling against the government’s intransigence in delaying, thus denying, Guyanese the right to obtain licences to operate independent radio stations, (`Radio monopoly by government unlawful’ SN Oct.

Legal Permanent Residents and Returning Residents Installment 93 Q: I am a Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) of the United States so can I travel freely between Guyana and the United States?

SAN JUAN, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Puerto  Rican public workers protesting layoffs shut down the centre of  the capital San Juan yesterday in a one-day strike that  closed many government offices, businesses and schools.

The stage is set for this weekend’s Sanjay’s Jewellery Medal Play Golf tournament tomorrow at Lusignan Golf course starting at 12:30 hours.

Oh yes, you’ll discover it easily. I tire of the national goings–on;  the “issues of national, significance”.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Britain said yesterday it was  providing $100 million in aid to Zimbabwe this year, its largest  ever donation to the country, to help the new unity government  and ease a grim humanitarian crisis.

Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad has told Stabroek Business that he remains disappointed that agricultural products grown in Guyana continue to be exported in large quantities and processed elsewhere.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez’s government said on Wednesday it was taking control of a landmark hotel mangaged by Hilton on Margarita island in another nationalization by socialist-run Venezuela.

Dear Editor, I refer to Frederick Kissoon’s letter in the October 9 issue of Stabroek News entitled `Mr Ramkarran carries on smartly with views that the Guyanese people ought to reject.”

Lucria Rambalak from the Apsara Dance Troupe performing at the symbolic lighting of the national diya at the Promenade Gardens last evening.

Dear Editor, I do not know whether to laugh, cry, or scream in embarrassment when the President and others seek to link the alleged recording of Kwame McCoy’s sexual solicitation of a child, with an alleged taped conversation of then Commissioner of Police Winston Felix.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Residents of the normally quiet community of Tower Isle in St Mary awoke to a gruesome discovery on Wednesday.

Rodeo ‘bucks’ into action at the Rising Sun Turf Club with $1M up for grabs in the one-day event.

Last Friday’s Regent Street fire was a grim reminder of the historic vulnerability of a huge section of our commercial capital to disaster.

DENVER, (Reuters) – A 6-year-old boy who set off a  massive search and rescue operation and media frenzy when it  was feared he was inside a homemade helium balloon that broke  loose and drifted for hours, thousands of feet above Colorado,  was found safe yesterday.

ROME, (Reuters) – Italy’s government denied a report  yesterday that it paid off Taliban commanders and Afghan  warlords, potentially costing the lives of French troops who  later took charge of the area unaware of the payments.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 325’s trading results showed consideration of $3,038,470 from 116,522 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 324 which showed consideration of $1,054,254 from 31,163 shares traded in 15 transactions. 

It is a good thing that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has convened a conference for the heads of Guyana’s 13 diplomatic missions abroad.

St Kitts court battle Kittitian Prime Minister Denzil Douglas says an ongoing court battle over proposed constituency boundary changes threatens to undermine the country’s democratic process.

Demerara Bank Limited donated a number of items to the Dharm Shala and St Ann’s Orphanage on Friday.

“Meh worship, me ent know is wah does happen to me, I get ah bad anger problem and like when I geh angry, I does lose self-control and something other than self does tek control.”

Santos and Camptown meet in final tomorrow Santos and Sunburst Camptown will face off in the final of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Chubby Under-13 Competition to decide who wears this year’s crown whileThomas United and Flamingo will contest the third place showdown at the Tucville Playfield, tomorrow.

Dear Editor, Guyanese Americans I have spoken with are proud and thrilled that their President, Barack Obama, has lit a diya to celebrate Diwali.