Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Transparency and accountability are key issues in the forest preservation deal between Guyana and Norway with this country required to take action in this regard before any money is disbursed.

-ballistic tests draw a blank The police last night issued wanted bulletins for six men in connection with last Wednesday’s shock attacks in the city including the two who had previously escaped from custody after being held over the Ministry of Health fire.

A body believed to be that of 23-year-old Aliya Bulkan who plunged off the Kaieteur Falls on Saturday morning was spotted yesterday and efforts are to be made today for search teams to retrieve it.

-planning high stakes poker match Construction of a US$2M casino at the Princess Hotel is currently ongoing and the owners are seeking to have the facility opened early next year.

A dispute erupted yesterday over a parcel of land at the corner of Vlissengen Road and Thomas Lands between the administration and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) with both sides claiming ownership.

Guyana’s US$250M five-year forest preservation deal with Norway was yesterday hailed as a “watershed moment” in this country’s history by President Bharrat Jagdeo who said it should be treated as a national achievement.

Four farmers whose watermelon farms are located close to the Number 63 Beach are in custody following the killing of a 16-year-old lad on Sunday but so far police have not been able to make any headway.

The TCL Group says it is offering a special discount on cement for first-time home builders who qualify for funding under the government’s new policy of an increased tax free limit for revenue generated on housing loans, a news release stated.

The Guyana Revenue Authority says that a number of businesses are engaged in fraudulent practices and so the agency is urging  consumers to be  more active and vigilant by  reporting  any illegal activities  which they may encounter when purchasing goods from businesses.

– court told A man, who allegedly threatened to kill his wife who is a police officer, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $30,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-man held A 75-year-old woman and her 44-year-old daughter – who has lost both of her legs to diabetes – were both badly chopped yesterday about their bodies allegedly by the daughter’s irate reputed husband.

– Says GMR&SC of November to Remember President of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Aaron Bethune Monday night hailed the third and final round of the Seaboard Marine-sponsored Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) a major success.

-on 170th anniversary of purchase of village Five Victorians are to be honoured at a ceremony in New York at a cultural presentation in honour of the purchase of Victoria Village by 83 freed slaves.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany and Hanover 96  goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by an express  train in an apparent suicide near Hanover, local police said yesterday.  

Former local reporter Alex Holder, who is now the editor of the Today Newspaper in St.

Last week Saturday the Negla Ross Library at No. 53 Village/Union reopened its doors to the general public.

Two men held Residents of Laing Avenue yesterday berated the police for what they said was indiscriminate firing at a fleeing teen but the Force later said that they were pursuing an armed man who was in his company at the time.

– court hears A 31-year-old re-mand prisoner, who said that he had escaped from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lock-ups to go home for Christmas, was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $20,000 and serve two years imprisonment when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Republic Bank Guyana Limited yesterday awarded prizes to four of its customers who participated in its “VTM JETAWAY and win big promotion.”

An early morning sweep of some Mackenzie, Linden supermarkets and retail outlets last week resulted in a quantity of damaged and expired goods being seized.

– as 2009 Premier League champions receive awardsWystan Robertson, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Limited marketing Director yesterday lauded the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and its premier league competition for its successes.

The Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths to Affidavits Association is concerned about recent allegations made by Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali regarding the alleged involvement of JPs in the illegal sale of house lots.

CENTURION, South Africa,  (Reuters) – JP Duminy struck  his maiden one-day international century to lead South Africa to  a crushing 212-run victory over Zimbabwe yesterday.  

Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton on Monday remanded a labourer to prison after he appeared before her at the Springlands Court, charged with the murder of his wife.

(BBC) England succumbed to a humiliating four-wicket defeat against South Africa A in their only Twenty20 warm-up match before Friday’s first international.

– rout E’bo for paltry 105 and reach 128-1 at close By Marlon Munroe Essequibo is known as the Cinderella County and after yesterday’s performance it is clear that what Essequibo’s cricket needs is a fairy Godmother to turn around the fortunes of their cricket which has suffered from years of neglect and underdevelopment.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies women wrapped up their Twenty20 International series against England yesterday, when they strolled to a comfortable five-wicket in the second game of the three match series at Warner Park.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Shane Watson and fast  bowler Mitchell Johnson will skip Australia’s final one-day  international against India today and head home instead.

Church’s Chicken came onboard for the third consecutive year with the Kashif and Shanghai organization to assist in the running of the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament which was recently launched.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Against the backdrop of a bruising impasse which left regional cricket in tatters, West Indies captain Chris Gayle said yesterday uniting the current team would be his main focus as they prepared to meet the mighty Australians.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – Steve Nash scored 21 points  and made 20 assists as the Phoenix Suns continued their fine  start to the season with a 119-115 victory over the  Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Marat Safin has come up with an  instant remedy to help Andre Agassi clear his conscience after  his admission that he lied about using drugs — hand back the  millions of dollars he made in prizemoney. 

SAO PAULO, (Reuters – A major electricity outage  left tens of millions of people in Brazil’s two largest cities  of Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro without power last night.  

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said yesterday that he is battling a rare form of blood cancer but his long-term prognosis is very good.  

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Pushing for tougher changes  in U.S. financial regulations, the Senate’s top banking  legislator yesterday proposed a new super-cop to police banks,  a systemic risk agency and strong consumer protections.  

President Bharrat Jagdeo reiterated his commitment to increasing wages for public servants at the PYARG award ceremony hosted two Saturdays ago.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The government plans to raise the  minimum jail sentence for people convicted of murder using a  knife to 25 years from 15 years, Justice Secretary Jack Straw  said yesterday.  

PARIS, (Reuters) – World number two Rafael Nadal said yesterday tennis was free of doping and repeated his view that  the testing procedures were too tough.  

–Serena Williams, Sir Garfield Sobers to do coin toss South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs has become a welcome boost to Suth Africa’s side to contest the CLOBI Cup International Masters Cricket Tournament.

A spectator at the car racing at the South Dakota Race Circuit was on Sunday treated for “shock and trauma” after being grazed by one of the racing cars after it crashed into a fence close to where he was standing.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A former Russian policeman, who  accused officers in his home town of corruption in blogs that  had more than one million Internet hits, said on Tuesday he  wanted to discuss the affair with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. 

 PARIS/LONDON – The world faces a surge in energy costs, as  well as an increase in planet-warming carbon emissions, unless  it agrees a climate change deal soon, the International Energy  Agency said yesterday.  

Dear Editor, Please refer to a front-page photograph of a heap of garbage in the compound of the First Federation Building, under the caption, ‘Disgrace’ (SN, (November 10).

Former Berbice Under-19 player Raid Ali turned an outstanding all round performance to put Edinburgh in total command over Rose Hall Community Centre over the weekend in the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board’s three day first division competition.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department  yesterday said it imposed sanctions on 14 people and 25  companies in Colombia, Spain and the Netherlands that it said  supported the financial network of former bosses of Colombia’s  Cali cocaine cartel.  

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to the letter bearing the caption ‘Forty years of contributions but still no NIS pension’ (SN, October 29).

MOBILE, Ala., (Reuters) – Ida dwindled to a tropical  depression on Tuesday after crawling ashore in Alabama from the  Gulf of Mexico, and oil operations in the Gulf were quickly  returning to normal after being widely disrupted by the storm.  

Dear Editor, With respect to the letter written by Mr Adrian Anamayah under the caption ‘The association of Berbice lawyers is a vibrant and functioning one’ (SN, October 23), I  did make mention of the the Berbice bar association in my original letter of September 14, but I was referring to the organization that lawyers in Berbice belong to, in the same manner that one may refer to the ‘Georgetown bar.’

(Jamaica Observer) Government on Sunday opened tenders for the construction of a modern firearms tactical training unit at the Jamaica Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St Catherine.

LONDON, England  CMC – West Indies batting icon Brian Lara has endorsed Chris Gayle as the choice for West Indies captain and has urged the region to throw its full support behind the embattled Jamaican.

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – After more than  30-years, murder mystery writer Agatha Christie’s fictional  Belgian detective Hercule Poirot will return to the United  States next week.  

Dear Editor, The gulf separating the police from the public is not a new development, as police departments, especially in developing countries, seldom enjoy the respect and admiration of the citizenry for any significant period, often for a combination of factors beyond their control.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Patrick Manning could not hide his feeling of vindication and national pride as he opened the TT$480 million controversial National Academy for the Performing Arts on Monday.

● Backlash against GM crops complicates bid to feed world ● Resistance to science-based agriculture grows in U.S.

What used to be called the Western world, the area of the post-war world centred on the NATO alliance, has this week been celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the effective end of what, on the other hand, used to refer to itself as the World Socialist System.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – A man died after jumping  off Greece’s Acropolis, a major tourist attraction visited by  millions every year, police said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Two weeks ago, members of the Guyana Police Force brutally tortured a 14-year-old boy at Leonora Police Station where the Force’s ‘D’ Division is headquartered.

(BBC) The International Monetary Fund has approved a US$1.7 billion loan programme to help the Dominican Republic through the economic crisis.