Daily Archive: Monday, March 8, 2010

Articles published on Monday, March 8, 2010

Hope/Dochfour residents in dark about compensation

Residents of Hope/Dochfour on the East Coast of Demerara are calling on the authorities to give them more information as they are still in the dark about compensation to be paid to them for their land as well as other issues, such as whether a feasibility study would be undertaken on the proposed Hope Relief Canal whose construction will see more than 40 households in the area being relocated.

Regulations for casino operations already in place

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has said that all the necessary regulations are in place to facilitate the opening of casinos in Guyana as the Gambling Act gives the minister the power simply to have the regulations gazetted, and does not require that they be taken before the National Assembly.

Braithwaite stops Harris on first-round knockout

UNCASVILLE, Connecticut, CMC – Guyana’s former world boxing champion Wayne Braithwaite sounded a warning that he is ready to return to the world’s top flight with a swift first-round knockout of American Adam Harris in their cruiserweight non-title bout on Saturday night.

Haiti rebuilding plan expected this week

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Government planners and  international experts are racing to produce a blueprint this  week to reconstruct Haiti’s economy after the earthquake that  killed up to 300,000 people and devastated its infrastructure.

Tropical

This container overbalanced into the trench at La Penitence Market yesterday very close to an electricity pole, which fortunately was not brought down.

J’cans give US dirt on Dudus

(Jamaica Observer) Five well-known Jamaicans are among a number of witnesses whose statements the United States Government intends to use against Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the diminutive and powerful Western Kingston don who has strong family and business connections in the constituency of Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

At least a shilling

Two weekends ago I performed in St Lucia.  The occasion was the annual Guyana/St Lucia night, and the Guyanese crew over there had asked me to come over and do my one-man thing where I sing those vintage Tradewinds songs, and tell some funny stories about Caribbean, and particularly Guyanese, culture.

Contributing to LCDS? The forest appears to be slowly claiming this house at Grove, East Bank Demerara. (Photo by Jules Gibson)

House

Contributing to LCDS? The forest appears to be slowly claiming this house at Grove, East Bank Demerara.

Brazil ruling party treasurer named in scandal

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The treasurer of Brazil’s  ruling Workers’ Party defrauded investors in 2005 while  director of a real estate cooperative to illegally finance  party campaigns, a newsmagazine reported yesterday, citing  unnamed officials in a state run by an opposition party.

Hart fired!

Rowley: Other board members must go (Trinidad Express) Following a call for his resignation by Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Urban Develepment Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) Executive Chairman Calder Hart resigned on Saturday with immediate effect.