Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 23, 2009

-hunt on for passenger Just before midnight on Monday the partially nude body of a woman was discovered at Foulmouth; just above Makouria on the Essequibo River.

Government’s job placement agency found employment for more than 2000 persons over the year, Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir has revealed.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that two men be remanded to prison when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.

-Conservation International The “Copenhagen Accord”, while providing hope for the future, has not adequately addressed issues such as deforestation and adaptation and has failed to create a legally binding framework for nations to address climate change, Conservation International (CI) says.

Thirty-four-year-old Mark De Abreau of Lot 66 Broad Street, Charlestown was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly behaving in a disorderly manner while being at the scene of a shooting incident last Saturday.

Gregory King, the miner who was reportedly stabbed by his reputed wife on Monday, was yesterday still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he is said to be in a serious but stable condition.

The Ministry of Agriculture has advised farmers that the following water conservation techniques must be practised as part of its managed response to the dry El Niño weather conditions.

– Opener responds to dropping by selectors By Marlon Munroe Overlooked by the national selectors in the Guyana team for the opening round of matches next season, opener Christopher Barnwell sent a reminder to the selectors that he was still around with a scintillating century on a rain-affected second day of the three-day cricket trial match at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary yesterday.

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana Inc said construction of 4,000 feet of runway at the Ogle Airport is in progress and is expected to be finished by late 2010.

-Singh points to new hunger among Rest Team batsmen By Marlon Munroe Guyana Cricket Board’s High Performance Analyst, Robin Singh and national coach Rabindranauth Seeram have mixed feelings over the performance of the Guyana XI after the first day of the three-day trial match which ends today at the Eve Leary ground.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) on Sunday donated food hampers and cleaning detergents to the Dharm Shala and Joshua House in order to help them execute their mandate.

The 20th Kashif and Shanghai year-end football extravangaza is gathering momentum and this afternoon at the Georgetown Football Club ground a battle royal is set  to take place.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh says it is vital that stakeholders in the sugar industry confront the challenges facing it as government has made huge investments to secure its long-term viability.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies head coach David Williams has saluted the rookies on the regional squad and said their performance Down Under was a positive sign for the future.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) spread Christmas cheer to a number of needy children across the country which culminated with a grand party hosted at the St Stanislaus College on Saturday.

Following the intervention of the Public Utilities Com-mission (PUC), talks between the Georgetown Municipality and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) over the former’s debt to the power company have borne fruit with both agreeing to waive the interest on sums owed to each other.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former West Indies youth captain Shamarh Brooks stroked an unbeaten half century Monday to highlight the start of the latest Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) trial match to select the squad for the upcoming West Indies first-class season.

President Bharrat Jagdeo urged ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to conduct themselves with dignity and they will in turn earn the public’s respect as they strive to develop a peaceful society.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israel will find itself  diplomatically sidelined and militarily muzzled as the United  States pursues a nuclear deal with Iran next year, according to a  closed-door wargame at Israel’s top strategic think-tank.  

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Batsman Justin Guillen and off-spinner Sunil Narine continued Monday to press diligently for spots on Trinidad and Tobago’s team for the forthcoming West Indies first-class season with strong trial match performances.

Chris Gayle summed it up neatly. “I think people look at us now and think a bit differently, based on how we went about this series, even though we lost 2-0,” the captain said after the final Test against Australia on Sunday.

LAHORE, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani court has  ordered that two brothers should have their noses and ears cut  off after they were found guilty of doing the same to a woman  who refused to marry one of them, a government prosecutor said  yesterday.

Wage negotiations between the union, NAACIE and the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) broke down temporarily yesterday, when the union found some of the company’s proposals to be unacceptable.

EU calls for more U.S. involvement in climate works BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union called on  the United States yesterday to play a bigger role in combating  climate change, after Sweden described the Copenhagen summit  last week as a “great failure”.

Thirty-eight-old Ansel Chung of Lot 82 Gordon Street, Kitty, was placed on $200,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly fraudulently converting cash that he had received from a woman in order to purchase a piece of land for her.

Teenage female golfer Joaan  Deo capped a remarkable season with  an another impressive victory in the Grand Coastal Inn end of year Stableford Golf tournament last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

A traffic policeman remonstrating with some of the drivers of heavy vehicles which were grounded on the East Bank yesterday morning.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Out-of-favour, hard-hitting West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard touched down in Australia on Sunday for  its Twenty20 Big Bash, expecting to be one of the headliners for the glitzy summer tournament.

Two men were discovered dead at various locations in the city yesterday morning but no foul play is suspected.

VILNIUS, (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence  Agency (CIA) ran a secret prison in Lithuania where al Qaeda  suspects may have been held, a parliamentary probe in the Baltic  state found yesterday.

QUINTIN ARAUZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Suspected drug  gang hitmen shot dead the grieving mother, brother and sister  of an elite Mexican marine who died after taking part in a raid  that killed a notorious drug lord, police said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in Sunday Stabroek of December 20 captioned ‘Shallow outfall, high dam best option for Hope Relief Channel,’ it was reported that the consortium of consultants for the Hope Relief Channel for the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has now determined that a shallow outfall channel with a high crested weir over the sea defences would be the preferred option to reducing peak conservancy levels.

Following meetings with Commissioner of Police Henry Greene and Commander of ‘C’ Dvision Balram Persaud, Sharon Fung, the mother of the teen girl who was allegedly chopped by her stepfather last week, has said the police have promised that the man would be charged and an arrest warrant issued for him.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has claimed his excessive celebration following Chris Gayle’s dismissal in the second innings of the final Test was prompted by the West Indies’ captain taunts.

Grounded: Vehicles which were pulled over yesterday following the restriction order implemented on Sunday by the Guyana Police Force.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The Brazilian Supreme Court’s  top judge ruled yesterday that Sean Goldman, the 9-year-old  boy at the center of an international custody battle, must be  reunited with his father and return to the United States.

Dear Editor, The current bauxite workers’ struggle against the Bauxite Company Guyana Inc (BGCI) has been the result of the management’s refusal to pay an increase.

Late former President and PNCR leader Desmond Hoyte, SC, was a nationalist to whom fate has been unkind, Opposition Chief Whip Lance Carberry says.

PHOENIX, (Reuters) – The last unbeaten home record  in the NBA came to an end on Monday when the Cleveland  Cavaliers produced a final quarter rally to see-off the Phoenix  Suns 109-91.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Serena Williams  were named 2009 ITF World Champions yesterday after capturing  four grand slam singles titles between them in 2009.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A Colombian governor kidnapped  by leftist rebels had been killed shortly after he was snatched  from his home in a rural southern state, authorities said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It was with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of Mr Brindley Benn. 

–Sukhai Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai urged nine youth from Region Two who had participated in an entrepreneurship training programme to boost these skills and help to develop their communities.

The Ministry of Human Services yesterday spread Christmas cheer to less fortunate children in Bare Root, East Coast Demerara.

-500 permanent jobs to be created A Peruvian Biofuels project is set to receive US$25M from the IDB to fund an ethanol refinery, sugar plantation and electricity plant that will generate 500 permanent jobs for local communities.

Dear Editor, Professor Winston McGowan’s article in the History this week series on November 26, 2009 entitled ‘Guyanese single Test centurion (Part IV)’ whetted my appetite to further analyze the rise and demise of Guyana and West Indies opening batsman Leonard Baichan.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – The Canadian Supreme Court yesterday rewrote Canada’s libel laws to give more protection to  reporters who can prove their stories were written in the  public interest.

This electrical pole was hanging precariously along Carifesta Avenue yesterday. It has been in this condition since Friday.

(BBC) Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been sworn in for another term after leading his Labour Party to an overwhelming election win.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador yesterday took the local  Teleamazonas private channel off the air for three days in a  move likely to fuel concerns among President Rafael Correa’s  critics about press freedom.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira has taken ’offence’ to the description of the Property Tax bill as a revenue-raising measure.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – The Sacramento Kings produced  the NBA’s biggest come-from-behind win in 13 years when they  clawed back a 35-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 102-98  on Monday.

Dear Editor, I refer to Ian McDonald’s piece ‘I try my best to believe’ (Sunday Stabroek, December 20).

Street people/vagrants combing through garbage bins for scraps has become a common sight in the city.

Two men were refused bail for robbery under arms by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

As the planned January 1, 2010 Stress Relief Fest set for the Mackenzie Sports Club nears, corporate sponsors are beginning to throw in their lot.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Biting criticism of and widespread disgust with the Government’s latest tax package has forced the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government into reverse gear as it changes course on measures deemed by many to be “oppressive”.

Dear Editor, On Monday, December 7, when I returned from Suriname, I discovered that the telephone was out of order, so I hurried to GT&T’s Church Street office to report the fault, and took the opportunity to pay the bill as the record will show.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of  Investigation is probing a computer hacking that targeted  Citigroup Inc and resulted in the theft of tens of millions of  dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, but the  financial institution denied its systems had been breached.

City Santa: Making music on his home-made instrument, this city Santa has resurfaced for the holidays and made his way through the streets of the city entertaining passers-by last week.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – England coach Andy Flower yesterday expressed his unhappiness with the umpire’s decision  review system (UDRS) being trialled in the test series with  South Africa.

– Part 1 By Tarron Khemraj Introduction Financing economic development is not going to be an easy task.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Larry Ellison, chief  executive of software company Oracle, is the new owner of the  Indian Wells tennis tournament and the venue itself.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A massive undersea earthquake is  long overdue beneath the Mentawai islands in Indonesia and  could trigger another deadly tsunami, say scientists mapping  one of the world’s most quake-prone zones.

The sweeping victory of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party – 18 seats to 3 –  in the country’s December 18th general elections, represents a substantial vote of confidence in the party’s tenure of government.

Being fast in the Spy Shop “Spyglass go sell in Grenada Everyone wan spy dey neighba-peeping Everyone wan spy one-anodda-peeping” (Everybody Peeping – Super P-2002)A A Fenty at the Spy ShopJust a few lines from a popular soca song of a few years ago.

With the closure of schools last week many organizations, corporate entities and private individuals have been involved in the traditional Christmas giving to many children around Linden.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza will  return as Bangladesh captain for a tri-series in January subject  to a fitness test, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reading the Bank of Guyana 2009 half year report was a clear reminder that the core developmental issues in Guyana have been dealt with very superficially since 2006. 

Balloon city! In keeping with the festive season, fish vendors at the Bourda market are ensuring that their costumers conduct business in the right environment with their colourful décor.

(Trinidad Guardian) The disciplinary committee of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has disciplined and fined one of its members, Ramganie Bob Gopee, for alleged misconduct, regarding a United Kingdom client.