Daily Archive: Thursday, October 22, 2009

Guyana and Venezuela last evening inked a US$18.8M ($3.7B) rice purchase agreement that will see 50,000 tonnes of locally produced rice being supplied to that country in the next few months at a price higher than current export prices.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has a list of some 60 persons killed from January 2002 to June 2003 to submit to the special team set up by the police to investigate murders allegedly committed by drug convict Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan.

Following a two-day binge during which he repeatedly physically abused his wife and children, a 26-year-old man was found dead in his Berbice home on Monday. 

Relatives of clothes/cap vendor Xuan Husler who was fatally stabbed during a reported row over $40 dollars are rejecting that scenario and are saying he was killed in circumstance still unknown.

Actual production of national ID cards is scheduled to commence on Monday and distribution will begin soon after, the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) ann-ounced yesterday. 

Three more persons including a prominent businessman are aiding the police in their investigations into the Island Princess saga as its owner Errol Prince continues to question how the vessel ended up in Grenada and what could have led to the brutal murder of three crew members.

-says rethinking investment A businessman who has invested millions of dollars in the economy is contemplating quashing his venture over what he describes as “constant harassment” by traffic ranks.

Oil company, SOL Guyana, one of the largest independent oil companies in the Caribbean, yesterday commissioned its first branded Shell Service station at Ramsburg, Providence on the East Bank of Demerara. 

Eight-year-old Sunil Singh, the Mahaicony Primary School student who was hit by a canter truck while waiting to cross the Mahaicony Public Road two weeks ago, passed away shortly after lunch yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Karen DeSouza of Red Thread says the boy caught up in the child solicitation allegations being made against Office of the President Press and Publicity Officer Kwame McCoy, needs to come forward and speak with the authorities since his statement would be useful to the police investigation.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the main union for sugar workers, yesterday rejected an offer made by GuySuCo of a three percent wage increase for workers, as  negotiations resumed yesterday between the two entities.

A free flow of reliable information is important to any democracy since information is the lifeblood of a democracy, veteran US political journalist James Dickenson asserted.

– Sparks did not fly but St Stanislaus athlete Ayanna Graham did winning three events at yesterday’s Zone Three North G/Town c/ships (see page 27) By Marlon Munroe Sparks did not fly as they did on Monday and Tuesday but St.

By Rawle Toney “Twenty long years, you know it’s unbelievable because when me and Shanghai started this tournament, we never think of it to be like this ever, so to live and see the Kashif and Shanghai tournament becoming 20 years old is just great,” said Kashif Muhammad in an exclusive interview with Stabroek Sport yesterday.

Hours after Region Four Regional Executive Officer (REO) Shafdar Alli accused him of “dictatorial behavior” Regional Chairman Clement Corlette said the accusations were baseless and malicious.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson granted bail to a 49-year-old man when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly obtaining chicken from a woman under the pretext that he would be delivering it to the CARICOM Secretariat. 

T&T going all out to stay on title pathOn the eve of their clash against the Cobras to decide which team will face New South Wales in tomorrow’s final, giant-killing T&T used their last pre-match training session to fine-tune strategies for a title-bid their captain Daren Ganga describes as the biggest of his career.

Over 60 students graduated last Saturday  when the Wakenaam Computer School held its third graduation ceremony at the Wakenaam Masjid Annex, Wakenaam Island, a news release stated.

DELHI, India, CMC – New South Wales (NSW) set themselves up for a possible revenge rematch with Trinidad and Tobago when they crushed Victoria by 79 runs in yesterday’s first Champions League Twenty20 semi-final match.

Assad Fudadin’s XI won the third practice match by 13 runs over Steven Jacobs’ XI at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda yesterday.

A painter, who allegedly relieved a man of his gold chain while the man was attempting to stop a fight, was yesterday placed on a two-year bond to keep the peace  and ordered to pay  $5,000 in court cost when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate Court.

The 40th annual Pegasus Open hosted by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) will kick off with a grand opening tomorrow at the Pegasus Hotel courts from 4pm.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said he is dissatisfied with the sloth in completing water projects and contractors will face liquidation damages.

A 37-year-old jeweller of Sunflower Jewellery, who is accused of fraudulently converting to his own use a quantity of gold jewellery given to him for cleaning by a woman, was yesterday granted bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

PAARL, South Africa, CMC – Form player Stafanie Taylor stroked a brisk half century but could not stop South Africa from recording an authoritative seven-wicket victory in the third Women’s One Day International (ODI) yesterday.

Unicomer Guyana Limited, known countrywide as COURTS Guyana Limited, last evening unveiled the renovations made to its main branch in Georgetown as part of a drive to provide “five star customer services” to Guyanese.

PAARL, South Africa,  CMC – West Indies Women’s coach Sherwin Campbell is hoping his side will rally to save their One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa after a second consecutive loss yesterday.

Dear Editor, Deborah Backer, Honourable Member of the National Assembly, wrote to your newspaper in language characteristic of the honourable member calling for an apology from me to members of the Special Select Committee on the Sex Offences Bill.

Dear Editor, Once again Kaieteur News bemoans the alleged lack of explanation/answers from the Ministry of Agriculture relating to the execution of Government projects and procurement of equipment and other services.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is building a new $20M well at Somerset, Region Two to benefit 5,000 residents.

Several teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados have confirmed their participation while other regional clubs are also expected  for the Sixth  Annual Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival billed for December 3-6 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A teenager was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, charged with having carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration  will press ahead with climate control legislation, despite  difficult odds of passage before December’s international  summit on global warming.  

Hikers and Old Fort senior teams are on collision course to reach the final following another successful night for the two teams as the GT&T National Indoor Hockey championships continued Tuesday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, We the residents of Nandy Park are pleading for help.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board is  drawing up a new code of conduct to stop players on central  contracts speaking to the media without approval, PCB chairman  Ejaz Butt told Reuters yesterday.  

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) recently provided assistance to three families who suffered losses due to fire.

KABUL, (Reuters) – More than half the top Afghan  district election officials are being replaced to try to  prevent more fraud and produce a credible result in next  month’s presidential run-off vote, U.N.

Dear Editor, A billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, was one of six arrested recently by the FBI on charges of running an insider trading scheme according to Forbes Magazine.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has commended the public “for the expression of maturity and embracing the principles of religious tolerance during the observance of Diwali … at the Alexander Village Vishnu Mandir.” 

Dear Editor, Orrin Gordon’s letter to Kaieteur News, Thursday, Oct 8th 09 `Lindeners must wake up to the clear causes of injustices’, must surely be of concern for all Lindeners and which I fully support.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Top earners at  financial and auto companies bailed out by the U.S.

TZANEEN, South Africa, (Reuters) – World Cup fever  has spread to South African grannies, with hundreds of poor,  elderly women in aprons and skirts fighting for the ball in  township games.  

Dear Editor, I did say that unless Mr. Robin Williams could cite the Title, Chapter and Section of the law or Police Regulation which says that ranks are trained to shoot to kill instead of to disable, I would have no further contribution to make in the discourse on ‘whether or not they should shoot to kill.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Australia are looking to carry forward the momentum from this month’s Champions Trophy success into a seven-match one-day series in India starting on Sunday  in Baroda, skipper Ricky Ponting said. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A Briton who cost the insurance  industry some 1.6 million pounds by staging almost 100 car  crashes as part of a scam to win fraudulent payouts, was jailed  for 4-1/2 years yesterday.  

By Oluatoyin Alleyne As in Guyana, there are also mixed reactions in some sections of New York among Guyanese to the idea of President Bharrat Jagdeo possibly running for a third term in office come 2011.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Police killed seven suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, bringing to 33 the total number of deaths since the city’s worst recent outbreak of violence erupted over the weekend.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Cocaine kingpin Diego Montoya, the one-time head of Colombia’s Norte del Valle cartel, apologized in a US court to the victims of drug violence and was sentenced yesterday to 45 years in prison.

KUWAIT, (Reuters) – Kuwait, where women fought for  years for voting rights, has said married women can obtain  passports without the approval of their husbands, a newspaper  reported yesterday.  

Fine bowling from Steve Jones and Arjune Kisson lifted Airport Cricket Club to a three-wicket win over Sarfraz XI Cricket Club and a place in the semi-finals of the District of Columbia Metro Cultural Organisation (DCMCO) softball cricket competition.

Dear Editor I am responding to Mr. Ralph Ramkarran’s letter, `The stealing of books is a serious offence’ (SN, Oct 18.).

(Jamaica Observer) – Gunmen on Tuesday morning torched a house in the community of Long Wall in Stony Hill, St Andrew then shot dead a father and his son as they tried to escape the inferno.

History this week – No 37/2009 By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction On January 3, 1969 the National Assembly of the Second Parliament of Guyana had its first meeting.

Dear Editor, Opening yesterday’s newspapers was most painful and truly sad. 

As yet another week of power outages and low and high voltages begins to wind down, one cannot help but wonder how it is that we seem to not be able to get it right.

 VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear watchdog presented yesterday a  draft deal to Iran and three world powers for approval within  two days to reduce Tehran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, seen  by the West as a nuclear weapons risk.  

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Guyanese pacer Gilford Moore and the Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder Kjorn Ottley have been inserted in the Combined Campuses & Colleges squad for the WICB President’s Cup limited overs championship, starting next week in Guyana.