Daily Archive: Thursday, March 11, 2010

JFK airport terror plot An anonymous jury is being sought by the US Government in the case involving former Guyanese parliamentarian Abdul Kadir and three others “because of the defendants’ terrorist activities” and their “contact with violent organisations”.

The Suriname government has noted the concerns raised by Guyana concerning public statements reportedly made in that country about a past plan to invade Guyana’s New River Triangle and it will respond at an appropriate time, Surinamese Justice Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi said.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 19-year-old be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being involved in the Cool Square Bar robbery-murder, which left a Canada-based Guyanese dead.

– climate change office The Office of Climate Change (OCC) last night described the objections by some indigenous leaders to the LCDS and REDD+ policies as “malicious misrepresentations and distortions” and a deliberate attempt to mislead the public on the two policies.

Eping Ave deaths Samples were taken from the decomposing remains of the Cuban doctor who was found dead along with a woman in his house last week after a post-mortem examination (PME) yesterday was inconclusive.

Guyana’s second wedding expo scheduled for April 16-18 was launched yesterday at the Roraima Duke Lodge.

The National Rehabilitation Strategy, which is aimed at strengthening services offered to persons living with disabilities, was launched yesterday amid calls for the issue to remain a priority on the health sector’s agenda.

A 54-year-old security guard, who said he chopped his ex-wife to her head and left hand with a cutlass because she threatened to kill him, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Two unlicensed guns and matching ammunition were intercepted near Eye Lash Backdam, North West District on Tuesday after police ranks searched three men on a motorcycle.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent,  CMC – A career-best spell from Darren Sammy carried West Indies to a 141-run victory in the third One-day International against Zimbabwe yesterday.

Guyana has moved up slightly on the Global Competitive-ness Index (GCI) 2009-2010 list, ranking 104 out of 133 countries in the annual report released by the World Economic Forum.

Silver medallist at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, Jamaican Grace Jackson  will deliver the feature address at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) awards ceremony at the Georgetown Club tomorrow night.

Arnos Vale, St Vincent – Man-of-the-Match for the Third Digicel One Day International, Darren Sammy said that he always has at the back of his mind that every game he plays for the West Indies could be his last.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick is expected to meet Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) today in Dominica to discuss several issues.

By Marlon Munroe Inter Guiana Games track and field defending champions Guyana, will be entering this year’s tournament without many of their marquee athletes but Head Coach and Manager/Chaperone are optimistic that the athletes selected are good enough to retain the title.

A $200 increase to the hourly rate offered to part-time lecturers at Government Technical Institute (GTI) by the Ministry of Education has been rejected and a letter has since been dispatched to Chairman of the Board Norman McLean.

-Paul Bevaun slams 132 Guyana’s wicketkeeper batsman Derwin Christian playing his first game for Rochard Road in the Senior Division of the South Zone, scored a rapid 70 in a drawn encounter for his team in Trinidad and Tobago recently.

The Fourth meeting of the Caricom Regional Task Force on Teaching and Teacher Education began yesterday in Port-of-Spain with a focus on developing and maintaining standards in teacher education.

Dear Editor, On Friday, February 26, at 8.30 am my car joined the line at Parika to get on the ferry to Adventure.

Dear Editor, As reported by SN on March 9, at a forum organized by the Guyana Agriculture Producers Association (GAPA), an EBD farmer questioned whether the Ministry of Agriculture/ National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (MoA/NDIA) had put systems in place to deal with the impending rainy season as in Guyana we have many inadequate drainage structures. 

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant delivered yet another game-winning shot to help the Los Angeles Lakers snap a three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the  Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.

This year’s Carib Soca Monarch, Orlando ‘Bonesman’ Johashen, who yesterday received a cheque for $1million and a trophy from the sponsors, said that in hindsight the money “means a whole lot”.

-as local govt elections draw near The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) held a follow-up workshop for 37 political parties, voluntary groups and independent candidates to elaborate on previous discussions regarding local government elections.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Disgraced Olympic sprinter  Marion Jones signed a contract yesterday to play with the  WNBA’s Tulsa Shock in a bid to revive her athletic career.

Dear Editor, It is interesting to observe the prelude to the battle for leadership of the PPP.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former captains Younus Khan and Muhammad Yousuf had their international futures cast aside and then restored just as quickly after the Pakistan Cricket Board backtracked on its decision to ban the two players.

The East Canje and New Amsterdam Lions clubs hosted an eye-care clinic last Sunday which benefited over 128 persons.

Dear Editor, On March 8, I penned a letter ‘Under the constitution Minister Lall cannot instruct the Auditor General’ (SN) after he informed the nation that he had so instructed, and that the Auditor General (ag), had duly complied.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – International Cricket Council Emirates Elite Panel umpire Billy Doctrove is the only West Indian slated to stand in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 tournament starting at the end of April in the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, I was wondering how I could broach a traffic concern without seeming to be critical of certain quarters, when I read that the cargo vessel Hoeg Caribia arrived in Guyana on its maiden voyage bringing some 350 motor vehicles. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, facing a revolt among Democrats to past trade agreements, aims to reshape the rules for international trade and shore up the U.S

Canadian mining company, Sacre-Coeur Minerals has begun to sell gold produced at its Million Mountain operation here.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Rebuilding Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake should generate major contracts for private companies specializing in construction, logistics, transport and security, but US executives say they need a clear reconstruction strategy to shape their business plans.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Batsman Raqibul  Hasan threw the Bangladesh team into disarray yesterday after  announcing his international retirement just two days before the start of the first test against England.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in KN (March 10) titled, ‘AFC to call on PM to list names, salaries of President’s advisors.’ 

A post-mortem examination performed on the remains of Jairool Rohoman, 42, of the Betsy Ground, East Canje found floating in the Canje River on Tuesday morning proved to be inconclusive.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies fast-bowling legend Andy Roberts says West Indies cricket has taken the mediocrity road and he believes change is needed in the sport’s administration.

Dear Editor, I do not understand Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s rationale for his article on overseas voting, although he seemed to suggest that he is against it. 

LONDON/WASHINGTON – Moves to ban some types of credit default swap trading lost momentum yestersday as Britain’s top regulator said there was no case for emergency action and Greece toned down its attacks on speculators.

Nineteen-year-old Teo James was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez is confident that God and nature will pull Venezuela out of a power crisis battering both the economy and his popularity.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Jamaica’s track megastar Usain Bolt has been named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the second straight time, after continuing his amazing blitz on sprinting last year.

Dear Editor, On Monday last the California police had to come to the rescue of a driver who lost control of his vehicle – a Toyota Prius – while trying to overtake another vehicle on a California freeway.

Man of Excellence: Guyana’s latest recipient of the prestigious Anthony N.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The European Union and South America’s Mercosur trade bloc could reach a free trade agreement in principle this year, the foreign ministers of Brazil and Germany said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) – The Ministry of National Security does not view the ’growing trend’ in the number of illegal immigrants detained in the country over the past five years ’as an uncontrollable influx,’ Minister of National Security said.

History this week …No. 9/2010 This article is the second in a series of articles that aims to compare the constitutional developments in British Guiana with those in Jamaica between 1890 and 1945.

On Monday, March 8, while some organizations scurried about sending messages to the media, while newly appointed Caricom Advocate Dr Rosina Wiltshire was addressing the cancer of gender violence and later in the evening while female government functionaries and some heads of women’s groups toasted each other at a reception at the Pegasus Hotel to observe International Women’s Day, the hog-tied body of 42-year-old Jairool ‘Chico’ Rohoman was floating in a canal at Canje, Berbice waiting to be found.