Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 1, 2009

By Gaulbert Sutherland Three persons, including a toddler, died and over a dozen others were injured in a horrific smash-up on a lonely stretch of road in the North Rupununi Savannahs, Region Nine yesterday.

By  Sara Bharrat A Little Diamond family awoke to a nightmare in the wee hours of yesterday when four men broke into their house and proceeded on a 30-minute reign of terror.

A gang of youth bandits have been driving fear into residents of Princes Street, Wortmanville, attacking and robbing persons on their way home at night while successfully using Le Repentir cemetery as an escape route.

By Rawle Toney The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Win in  CONCACAF with CONCACAF Super League competition  had a fitting climax Sunday evening at the Guyana National Stadium Providence as the ‘Hammer’, Alpha United triumphed 2-1 over the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to take the one million dollars first prize and the right to be called “Guyana’s Top Football Club”.

Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma yesterday handed over the first ever Performance/ Value for Money (VFM) Audit Report of the Palms Geriatirc Institution to Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran, who described it as “a major step in transparency and accountability in Guyana.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning has expressed an interest in the country staging the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Investigators are looking for a suspect as they continue investigating the murder of local actor Joel Fraser, a senior police source said yesterday.

She is well known for wielding a tennis racquet – to successful and telling effect – but on Sunday, world No.

– cites shrill dismissal of constructive criticism, inaction on personal violence Red Thread yesterday slammed the administration for what it termed “rampant lawlessness and shrill dismissal of constructive criticism” and it also condemned the joint opposition parties for inaction on personal violence.

– Auto Fashion sponsors second place trophy and medals By Rawle Toney Edward Beharry yesterday plugged in excess of $2M into the staging of this year’s Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament while Auto Fashion for the seventh year has remained on board.

Raj Seepersaud and Winston Thomas, two overseas-based cyclists of the Flying Ace Cycle Club, recently donated a quantity of cycling gear to the club.

Cane harvester Kemal Singh, 24, of 247 Clifton Settlement, Corentyne, who was initially charged with the murder of his wife’s uncle, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter and was sentenced by Justice Winston Patterson at the Berbice Assizes to 15 years imprisonment.

The United Nations (UN), in its World AIDS Day message, yesterday urged “all countries to remove punitive laws, policies and practices that hamper the AIDS response, including travel restrictions against people living with HIV” and called for the support of human rights while doing this.

The eighth Annual Edwin “Chow” Sealey Memorial U-17  7–A–Side Football Competition for schools in Georgetown will commence at the Tucville Football Ground from today and will run until December 18.

– Persaud tells Caricom forum Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said yesterday that time is running out in the Caribbean for stakeholders to seriously tackle the issue of food security, which he said has implications for regional dependence.

By Marlon Munroe A night of good basketball in front of a sparse Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) crowd ended with Ravens toppling number one ranked club Courts Pacesetters in both the first and third division finals of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) knockout championships.

Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall yesterday announced that an Implementation Committee would be responsible for spearheading reforms recommended after an investigation of the operations of City Hall.

The two police officers who were charged with unlawfully wounding a 15-year-old boy was burned in the genital area while in custody at the Leonora Police Station appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with wounding yet another prisoner who was in custody at the same station.

Social and political activist Karen De Souza talks with  Guyana Review about our obligation to keep our children safe and how the state is handling that obligation GR:  I know that you were in the forefront of the recent protest over the delay in the promulgation of the Child Protection Act, what is your organisation’s perspective on this issue?

As their leading fast bowler, Jerome Taylor, headed back to the Caribbean from the West Indies’ tour of Australia for treatment on his damaged hip, the West Indies selectors were yesterday ready to name his replacement, probably fellow Jamaican Andrew Richardson.

A group of six alleged robbers, including two women, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of beating and robbing a lone man who was walking near Regent and King streets.

Two presidents − Forbes Burnham and Cheddi Jagan − who led the local political movement in 1950, seemed set to become presidents for life.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Organisers for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India are confident Jamaica’s colossal sprint star Usain Bolt will compete at the event next October in New Delhi.

As the world observes World AIDS Day today, Guyana’s response received another shot in the arm as the US Embassy pledged that over the next five years the United States will place a renewed emphasis on partnering with this country.

Who is to be blamed for the decline in governance? Concern has been growing steadily over the past decade about the lack of meaningful engagement in public life.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Women’s World No.1 tennis player Serena Williams outclassed Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki in an exhibition match at the Wildey Gymnasium on Saturday night.

Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan’s career in organised crime was characterised by drug-trafficking, gun-running, money-laundering, wire-tapping and robbery.

Three men who on Monday last were remanded to prison by Magistrate Priya Beharry when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of stealing a quantity of items valued $150,000 and damaging one minibus door valued $25,000 were yesterday set free.

ADELAIDE, Australia,  CMC – Fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus, who helped Australia whip West Indies in the first Test at the Gabba, has been ruled out of the second Test later this week because of a knee injury.

Gains made in the HIV fight are fragile and should be sustained, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said yesterday.

Public safety in Guyana is still precarious. If there is to be change, serious, strategic, sustainable reform of the security sector must be restarted soon.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to announce today that he will send about 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan in a long-awaited war strategy shift that he hopes will defeat the Taliban and allow for a US exit.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Rock-bottom TV ratings have been revealed for the lop-sided first Test at the Gabba where hosts Australia crushed West Indies in a massive innings triumph.

Hardly a month goes by that there is not some fresh outrage in the Guyana Police Force to appal the public.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods pulled out of a golf  tournament this week, the latest fall-out from a minor car  accident that has left a swirl of mystery and a hint of scandal  around the world’s top golfer and pushed him into full damage  control.

By FRANK BIRBALSINGH Krishna Sarbadhikary: Surviving the Fracture: Writers of the Indo-Caribbean Diaspora New Delhi, Creative Books, 2007, pp.289 ISBN 81-8043-047-2 Krishna Sarbadhikary is a former university teacher who now works as an independent researcher and scholar. 

Dear Editor, The crime situation today has its genesis way back in February 1962. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States yesterday recognized the results of a controversial election in Honduras but said the vote was only a partial step toward restoring democracy after a June coup that ousted the elected president.

Sol Incorporated commissioned a service station at Corriverton boasting the new “evolution” image on Friday.

A Review By LOUIS REGIS Selwyn Ryan Eric Williams: The Myth and the Man (Mona: UWI Press, 842 pp) Selwyn Ryan states what was clearly his primary purpose in writing the massive and monumental biography Eric Williams: The Myth and the Man: “One of the aims of this study was to go behind the mask and the tribal myths to try to answer the perennial question, who was “the real Eric Williams”?

Addressing the special needs of vulnerable groups as well as a general scaling up of targeted HIV prevention strategies is critical to effective control of the pandemic, the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) said in this year’s message to mark World AIDS Day.

Dear Editor, The statements made by Dr Roger Luncheon, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, carried in Stabroek News (November 27) on the impasse between RUSAL and GB&GWU on negotiations for increased wages and improved working conditions for workers at Aroaima and Kwakwani are revealing.

LONDON (Reuters) – People who smoke “skunk” — a potent form of cannabis — are almost seven times more likely to develop psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia than those who smoke “hash” or cannabis resin, according to research.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Erratic young batsman Xavier Marshall smashed a shot-filled half century to place David Bernard’s XI in control of Jamaica’s latest practice match for the 2010 West Indies first-class season on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I would appreciate the opportunity to share something from history with my fellow citizens. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, which is preparing to lift a ban on visits by foreigners infected with HIV, will host a global AIDS conference in 2012 as a sign of redoubled U.S.

The National Commission on Disability is hosting a symposium for students at the Critchlow Labour College today as part of its activities for National Disability Week.

Kyk-Over-Al is one of this country’s oldest and most respected literary journals.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams  has been fined $175,000 and put on probation for two years for  her foul-mouthed tirade at the U.S.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The New Jersey Nets fired  coach Lawrence Frank on the same day their nightmare season  took a historic turn as they slumped to 0-17, matching the NBA  record for worst start to a season, on Sunday.

Cedric L. Joseph’s Anglo-American Diplomacy and the Reopening of the Guyana-Venezuela Boundary Controversy, 1961-1966 (Trafford Publishing, 2008) ISBN: 9781425134716, ppxvi+522, ill.

ESTORIL, Portugal (Reuters) – Latin American countries meeting here with Spain and Portugal struggled with their response to the Honduras election, with large South American countries saying failure to condemn it could spur political instability in the region.

Dear Editor, After having a few weeks to think it through, I’m afraid the premise of my argument is still hinged on my opinion that the current war being waged on drugs in the Caribbean has unintended causalities, far outweighing the narcotics trafficking the arrest would have hoped to stymie.

Police said yesterday that they had detained the driver of a vehicle who hit down a mother and her two children on Mandela Avenue on Sunday night.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Countries should phase out the use of stavudine, the most common AIDS drug, because of “long-term, irreversible” side-effects in HIV patients including wasting and a nerve disorder, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

Twenty years is a relatively brief period in the context of history. 

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA CEO, AFC Introduction Recently the President blasted the AFC for being unpatriotic for stating that our nation’s economic stagnation is due to crime, corruption and lack of transparency as validated by many international reports.

Two bandits armed with guns yesterday robbed the Wismar Post office of $7.6 million, which was supposed to be used to pay old age pensions.

(Antigua Sun) – Another immigration officer has been arrested and taken before the court for abusing the powers of his office.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Ireland have appealed to  world governing body FIFA to be allowed to compete as a 33rd  team in next year’s World Cup finals, FIFA president Sepp  Blatter said yesterday.

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s condition is improving after treatment for a heart ailment in Saudi Arabia and he will return home soon, the country’s ruling party said yesterday.

Dear Editor, My reason for following up on a thread by Tarron Khemraj in Stabroek News, November 25, 2009, is to promote clarity in associating short-term productivity gains with the more serious focus on the future outcomes of national development.