Articles published on Monday, December 28, 2009
…following bombing attempt by Nigerian Following the Christmas Day attempt by a Nigerian to blow up an aircraft over Detroit, passengers travelling to the US will be subjected to a “one hundred percent” check before they board even after they would have passed the security scanners at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, according to Caribbean Airlines Area Manager, Carlton Defour.
A regular Sunday afternoon at the Watooka Club swimming pool at Linden came to an abrupt end yesterday after a teenager died Sixteen-year old Marlon Forde left his 608 Block 22 home sometime after 2 pm yesterday with his mother’s blessing after he told her he was going out to a farm with some club members.
Three persons, two from one family, were yesterday afternoon rushed to the George-town Public Hospital (GPH) nursing wounds about their bodies following family-related disputes.
…as Christmas spirit glows Richard Fresco, who has been bedridden for eight months following an accident at a sawmill, may benefit from the Christmas spirit this year as he, his mother, nieces and nephew have been promised a new home by a benevolent overseas-based Guyanese.
A holiday brawl has left a 33-year-old Matthew’s Ridge man nursing a stab wound at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
National development will not hinge on political cooperation, says President Bharrat Jagdeo.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday labelled European Union Ambassador Geert Heikens’ “disquiet” over reports about the sugar industry as hypocritical since he said the envoy is fully aware that most of the problems stem from the “unilateral and abrupt price cut of thirty-six percent” by the European Commission (EC) for sugar from this country.
Stabroek News launched a ‘Special Incentive Scheme for Vendors’ this year in which the sales by newspaper vendors for the period June-November of 2008 were compared to the corresponding period in 2009.
…despite pleas from villagers Almost one week since the gruesome murder of 50-year-old, Essequibo River resident Patricia Williams, the suspect remains at large as relatives of the deceased plead with the authorities to apprehend him.
GuySuCo is better equipped to significantly ramp up land expansion at Skeldon, but private farmers are currently making more progress and moving at a more rapid pace in developing the lands, the Guyana Agricultural and General Worker’s Union (GAWU) said.
– Kashif and Shanghai semi-final action tonight As the race for football’s `Holy Grail’ nears its climax the Guyana National Stadium at Providence will take centre stage with tonight’s semi-finals of the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament.
-mother’s anxiety grows Four-month-old Anjalie may have to have her right arm amputated.
– Western Tigers eliminate Linden’s last hope Topp XX Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and BK International Western Tigers booked the last two semi-final spots in the 20th Anniversary Kashif and Shanghai Tournament after defeating their opponents in the quarter-final round on Saturday night.
By Orin Davidson Christmas brings much goodwill, but the endless stream of plaudits being showered on the West Indies team after their losing Test tour of Australia is becoming grossly overdone.
It is just over two months since the election of a new executive for the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association, with me almost thoughtlessly accepting responsibility for its leadership.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies Under-19 coach Andre Coley believes the desire for unprecedented success should be a huge motivation for his side heading to next month’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Five people died in Tehran yesterday when pro-reform protesters clashed with security forces, police said, in the worst outbreak of violence since June’s contested presidential election sparked political turmoil.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is investigating whether al Qaeda was involved in a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a passenger jet, but there is no early evidence the Nigerian suspect in the case was part of a larger plot, the U.S.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article, `Union urges govt intervention in impasse with bauxite company’ Stabroek News, December 25, 2009.
(Fightnews) It appears the Floyd Mayweather Camp is open to a compromise on their demands on blood testing.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, (Reuters) – The Atlanta Hawks finished their four-game road trip with a comfortable 110-98 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Members of the Afghan government are sponsoring slices of the country’s lucrative opium trade, a senior Afghan minister said, at a time when the president is under mounting pressure to stamp out state corruption.
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) – Police and troops on Christmas Day put down a riot and looting rampage in Albina, a Surinamese town bordering French Guiana, in violence which wounded 13 people, a government minister said.
Dear Editor, In your news item, ‘Jagdeo upbeat on climate $$,’ (December 25, 2009), it struck me as quite odd when it was reported that ‘Guyana is likely to benefit from funds assigned at the recent Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen’.
HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – A senior Congress leader and governor of a southern Indian state resigned after an alleged sex scandal in another blow to the ruling Congress party which is facing protests over statehood demands there.
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Colossal Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has topped Argentina’s football superstar Lionel Messi in the poll for the best Latin American and Caribbean male athlete in 2009, the Cuba-based news agency Prensa Latina has reported.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. federal authorities are investigating millions of dollars contributed by accused fraudster Allen Stanford and his staff to U.S.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has enforced an order preventing two mining operators from being granted mining permits over a period of five years.
A nun guides this girl in prayer before the Nativity Crib at the Church of the Ascension in New Amsterdam during Christmas Eve Midnight Mass.
Dear Editor, I read the report on the ‘Georgetown-Lethem Road, Guyana Pre-Feasibility Study Final Report November 2008’ that is available on the GINA website.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Wall Street is on track to achieve its first annual advance in two years after staging a strong comeback from the March lows.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The fifth and final one-day international between Sri Lanka and India was abandoned after 23.3 overs yesterday due to a dangerous pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.
-Local Gov’t Officers Union The Guyana Local Govern-ment Officers Union (GLGOU) has condemned the recent actions of the Russian bauxite company RUSAL after several workers involved in industrial action had their services ended.
Prime Minister Sam Hinds serving lunch to the residents of the Dharm Shala on Christmas Day.
Janice Rogers is a graduate of the Creative Writing programme at Humber College.
Dear Editor, Our society has become a place of constant noise in various parts of our country but our police do nothing about it.
(Trinidad Express) Killers, you have reached your mark. While the rest of the country celebrated the festive season, two men were murdered on Saturday, bringing the number of people murdered in T&T for 2009 to 500, according to a Sunday Express tally.
Dear Editor, So we are employing Communist tactics towards our children in Guyana these days?
The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) held its annual children’s Christmas Party on December 26, 2009 at the Patentia West Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A study on violence and dancehall, led by Dr Donna Hope-Marquis, has found that there is no correlation between the two.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shi’ite Muslim hall in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir yesterday, killing at least 5 people, police said.
Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson As the year draws to a close, we asked the man and the woman in the street what they thought were some of the shining moments in the country and what were some not so good moments.
A Plaisance man is in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after sustaining injuries in an accident.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Andrew Strauss scored a combative half-century as England reached 103 for one when bad light ended play on the second day of the second test against South Africa at Kingsmead yesterday.
The New York Times recently carried a fascinating account of behind-the-scenes manoeuvring in the dying hours of the Copenhagen Climate Change conference which was aimed at salvaging some type of accord since a binding agreement was no longer possible and even a political pact which had been the minimum outcome expected was itself out of reach.
Where is the food? This was the question on the minds of these persons sitting along Company Path, Georgetown yesterday.
Dear Editor, The nation is in the middle of the season of Advent, signalling the approaching close of another tough year in the republic.
(Trinidad Guardian) United National Congress (UNC) leader Basdeo Panday has been given a major Christmas gift with the political endorsement of most of his Members of Parliament and Senators.
ANSA McAL on Christmas Day handed out Cheekies Hampers to mothers of babies born on that day.
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – A helicopter dropped a $4 million ransom payment yesterday on to the deck of a Chinese coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October, a pirate source on board the vessel said.
(BBC) Nathan Hauritz starred as Australia dominated on day two of the first Test in Melbourne to leave Pakistan struggling to avoid the follow-on.
As some of you may know the Ministry of Culture has recently been making strenuous efforts to revitalize the masquerade band in Guyana by providing instruments and workshops for the artistes attracted to this genre.
