Daily Archive: Monday, February 22, 2010

Articles published on Monday, February 22, 2010

Shaheed Roger Khan

Khan spy laptop had ‘target list’

–US court documents now reveal Convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan may have paid US$250,000 for the infamous spy equipment on which he had a list of names that he called the “target list”, according to a recent US court document.

The three suspects (centre) being taken to New Amsterdam.

Three held in Sand Hills ganja raid

-4,000 plants destroyed Police arrested three persons on Saturday and destroyed a marijuana field and two camps while seizing a quantity of chemicals and other items during a raid at Sand Hills, 60 miles up the Berbice River.

Raising the Bar! Maxsim Duncan flops to victory. (Orlando Charles photo)

Duncan, Ageday shine at Inter-Guiana Games trials

By Marlon Munroe National schools’ champion high jumper Maxsim Duncan fittingly brought the curtain down on the Inter-Guiana Games trials at the Enmore Community Centre ground yesterday after pulsating track rivalry when athletes vied for places on Guyana’s Track and Field team for Cayenne, French Guiana next month.

Chanderpaul takes Guyana to the brink

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 52nd first-class hundred put things in train, and purposeful bowling put Guyana on the verge of their first win in the last three seasons in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.

Williams among winners at UWI Invitational

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Olympic and World Championship 400-metre silver medallist Shericka Williams registered a 200-metre victory Saturday as several of the island’s elite athletes appeared at the early season UWI Gatorade Invitational.

Living the simple life

Dear Editor, Migration over the years has hit the tiny East Canje Berbice community of New Forest, located some thirty minutes from the town of New Amsterdam, as its name suggests, amidst a forested area.

‘Bonesman’ captures Soca crown

-Shelly G fails to turn up for title defence Four years of trying paid off for soca singer Orlando ‘Bonesman’ when he was crowned the Carib Soca Monarch early yesterday morning but some of the sheen from his victory may have been lost as the reigning soca queen failed to turn up and defend her crown.

Harris suffers another crucial career loss

MEXICO CITY, Mexico,  CMC – Guyana’s former world boxing champion Vivian Harris suffered a contentious fourth-round technical knockout loss to Argentina’s Lucas Martin Matthyse in their non-title welterweight boxing bout on Saturday night.

Shared governance is a blueprint for the greater involvement of our people

Dear Editor, The recent letter by Minister Jeffrey (‘The many difficulties faced by Malaysia do not preclude us from learning from its experience’ SN, February 19) I must say, really showed me up for the mediocre writer I must be, because his philosophical analysis of shared coalition governance was, to say the least, introspective and incisive; his letter captures the essence of what I tried to put forward, except that his perceptions were much more orderly and prescient than mine were.

Clico gets TT$3.4 billion boost from gov’t

…company to announce new payment schedule(Trinidad Express) The Government has issued bonds valued TT$3.4 billion to Clico, in a move that may bring some relief to the thousands of depositors and policyholders who have experienced delays and difficulties in getting funds from the beleaguered financial institution.

Barbados wreck high-riding Jamaica inside three days

ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Pacer Pedro Collins took five for 32 and Sulieman Benn claimed four for 50 to spur Barbados to a commanding 10-wicket victory over Jamaica half hour after lunch on day three of their WICB first class match at Frank Worrell Oval yesterday.

Jamaica judge blames cop for starting deadly fire

(Jamaica Observer) The commission that probed the circumstances leading to a fire that killed seven female wards of the state at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre in May last year has blamed a police constable for starting the deadly blaze and blasted Correctional Department staff, including Commis-  sioner June Spence-Jarret, for keeping the girls in cramped, inhumane conditions.

Couple charged over El Dorado ammo

A pregnant woman has been released on $25,000 bail while her partner was remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at the Weldaad Court on Thursday charged with unlawful possession of ammunition.

Jamaican firm gets cash from US billionaire, contract in Ghana

(Jamaica Gleaner) A small Jamaican firm that has made a name for itself providing technology-based solutions for some financial administration problems that plague schools has secured a United States government contract and an undisclosed amount of capital from American billionaire George Soros to transfer its expertise to a problem-plagued school-lunch programme in the West African nation of Ghana.

Remembering Magalie Marcelin

In The Diaspora Beverly Bell is the author of Walking on Fire: Haitian Women’s Stories of Survival and Resistance, and co-ordinator of Other Worlds, a women driven, multi-media education and movement-building collaborative:a (http://www.otherworldsarepossible.org/alternatives/just-alternative-haiti)

No T20 rebound for West Indies

HOBART, Australia, Australia, CMC – The West Indies batting collapsed again and Australia motored to their fifth win in two weeks over the Caribbean side as their two-match Twenty20 International series began yesterday.

GECOM, religious groups agree on education drive

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that it will be collaborating with the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) of Guyana to disseminate “pertinent information” about the upcoming local government elections, among the constituents of the various religious groups here.

India hold nerve to win series opener

JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – South Africa tail-ender  Wayne Parnell was run out from the final ball to hand India a  thrilling one-run victory in the first one-day international at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium yesterday.

Reuters World News Highlights

JERUSALEM – Israeli intelligence experts dismissed yesterday  the prospect of lasting diplomatic fallout for Israel or damage  to its Mossad spy agency over the spotlight shone on the  assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai.