Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Region One (Barima/ Waini) administration has launched an investigation into allegation that up to $4.5 million were advanced off the books to a former official of the Matakai sub-region Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

The Medical Council of Guyana is investigating the case of a West Coast Berbice man, who had his stomach cut open to remove a hernia but was stitched up almost ten hours later without the surgery.

Murdered newspaper vendor, Jacqueline George’s throat was slit, an autopsy confirmed yesterday.

Guyanese international recording artiste Eddy Grant may take legal action against a British pop band for pirating one of his hits produced in the 1980s.

– says bauxite workers approached NAACIE General Secretary of NAACIE Kenneth Joseph has rejected recent assertions by officials of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) that his union is in collusion with the administration to destroy the GB&GWU.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday fired its Materials Manager after he was found guilty of breaching the corporation’s procurement procedures in the purchasing electrodes.

– woman still in custody Police are still looking for two other suspects in last Friday’s kidnapping, while the first suspect who was held could be charged today.

Imran Hemraj pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault so as to cause actual bodily harm but he pleaded guilty to a charge of malicious damage to property when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

– court told A clothes vendor yesterday pleaded not guilty to making use of abusive language to another woman who had been her friend since 2007, when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A labourer was yesterday read a charge of robbery with violence when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

– GBTI, Republic Bank, Sam Barakat’s ECI already on board By Marlon Munroe Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) president Christopher Ram firmly believes in the worth of the private sector and says the watchword for his association will be “efficiency.”

A man alleged to be the second gunman in the Cool Square Bar murder made an appearance yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, where he proclaimed his innocence and said he had an alibi.

Buxton United pulled off a stunning win while defending champions Alpha “The Hammer” United struggled to a 3-2 win as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League competition continued at the Enmore Community Centre ground Sunday.

The  Guyana Agricultural Producers Association  (GAPA)  has denounced statements by Guyana  Trades Union Congress (GTUC) General Secretary Norris Witter, claiming that he has been attempting to politicize the national response to the global El Nino phenomenon.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, (Reuters) – LeBron James found  his scoring touch in the second half to grab 24 of his  game-high 30 points and lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a  104-93 victory over Eastern Conference rivals Boston on Sunday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent,  CMC – It’s been two, long hard years since West Indies won a One-day International series against any opposition under any format.

Over the past months, several Sacre-Coeur Minerals’ em-ployees at its gold mining project here have fallen ill and workers yesterday accused the company of “neglect”, a charge dismissed by its President Gregory Sparks.

The Delhi Daredevils cruised to a six wicket win over the Rajasthan Royals yesterday as the Indian Premier League continued.

(ICC) West Indies fast bowlers Darren Sammy, Dwayne Bravo and Kemar Roach have all achieved career-best rankings in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Player Rankings.

Two men were yesterday granted $35,000 bail each after they pleaded not guilty to having three grammes of cannabis in their possession.

INDIAN WELLS, California, (Reuters) – Second seed  Novak Djokovic saved three match points before scraping past  Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 2-6 7-6 in the third round  of the Indian Wells ATP tournament yesterday.

-IDB representative The travel time for crossing of the Berbice River has been reduced from 45 minutes by ferry to five minutes using the Berbice Bridge, and according to Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) Country Representative Marco Nicola it is a boost to business activity.

INDIAN WELLS, California, (Reuters) – Last Friday’s  verbal showdown between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras has been  described by world number one Roger Federer as an “awkward  moment” and “a bit unfortunate”.

A 42-year-old woman who was accused of trafficking in excess of one gramme of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport was remanded to prison yesterday by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton who also gave the prosecution one week to quantify the cocaine.

Ravens Basketball Club recorded victories in the Open and Third Division categories when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Open and Division Three Leagues continued Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

DOHA, (Reuters) – The IAAF will recommend the U.S.  women’s 2004 Olympic 4×400 metres relay team be stripped of its gold medal because of the doping suspension of relay alternate Crystal Cox, federation spokesman Nick Davies said yesterday.

-improvements recorded in three subjects The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says the number of students who sat the 2010 CSEC January exams more than doubled last year’s total with improvements re-corded in three subject areas.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Fairs Rust, Linden and very concerned over the allocation of lands at Sections A & B Fairs Rust.

A husband and wife appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with unlawfully assaulting each other and they each pleaded not guilty.

A solid, all-round team effort by the Media XI saw them comfortably disposing Western Union’s Bill Express Titans by 65 runs Sunday at Thirst Park ground in a friendly match hosted by Western Union.

Sports and youth development in Berbice took a giant step forward last Friday when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) in association with the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints handed over $1.5 million worth of sports gear and equipment.

Dear Editor, In an article which appear-ed in the March 13th edition of SN, the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MPWC) with technical assistance from the National Agri-cultural Research Institute (NARI) seems to be embarking on another ‘wild-goose chase’ by re-establishing groynes along coastal Guyana as part of a mangrove restoration project.

Where did this happy, furry mammal come from? Could it have possibly escaped from the Georgetown Zoo?

Two prisoners were apprehended on Sunday evening hours after they gave Lusignan Prison officials the slip.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony said partnerships created with the private sector and NGOs made Mash 2010 a tremendous success.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is not planning to censor the Web or to shut down social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, officials said yesterday, after President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet.

Dear Editor, In The Scene section of the Stabroek News edition of February 27th 2010, under the heading ‘In very poor taste’, the writer took off the gloves and was rather forthright in her attack/criticism on the Mori J’ Von Comedy Jam staged at the National Cul-tural Centre February 19th 2010.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistani paceman Rana Naved has renewed his contract with Australian state side Tasmania just days after being slapped with a one-year ban from international cricket by his country’s board.

LONDON (Reuters) – A further $4.3 billion is needed if a global vaccines alliance is to meet its goal of supplying life-saving immunisations to millions of children in poor countries by 2015, the organisation said yesterday.

This policeman had quite a task yesterday disarming this woman of unsound mind after she damaged another policeman’s car in Wellington Street with the wooden club she is seen struggling to hold onto in this photograph.

Dear Editor, Reading the Independent press (SN, KN) over the last few weeks, I get the impression the Primary Election season has begun.

A 36-year-old hinterland shopkeeper was on Friday not required to plead to the indictable charge of felonious wounding when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

DOHA, (Reuters) – London, Beijing and the Polish city of Chorzow are bidding to host the 2015 world  championships, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) – Prime Minister Patrick Manning admitted that he gave inaccurate information to the Parliament when he delivered his statement on church/state relations three weeks ago.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – The killing of three people linked to the US consulate in Mexico’s bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city today to try to contain spiraling violence.

A rent collector who was charged with being a noise nuisance denied playing his music loudly when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson telling her that the virtual complainant “just don’t like the music I play”.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba registered a slight increase in the number of foreign investment projects last year, the first rise since authorities began winnowing out foreign ventures they deemed ineffective or corrupt in 2003, according to a government report seen by Reuters yesterday.

#Getting fit: Two Courts customers are on the road to fitness having won one Total Gym exercise machine and one year’s membership at Buddy’s Gym respectively.

Fitness Express, specialists in health and fitness products, has added some muscle to the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) in order to ensure that the body hosts a successful fourth Annual International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) Caribbean Islands Bench Press & Powerlifting Cham-pionships will showcase at Princess Hotel, from Thursday to Saturday.

Dear Editor, Many persons today are not contented with the lives which they live or their present home circumstances.

The Region Four Education Department on Friday concluded its two day Science, Maths and Technology fair, which was held at the Diamond Secondary School under the theme ‘Global Energy Management’.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Zunaed Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim delayed England’s victory charge in the first test with an unbroken 81-run stand to help Bangladesh reach 191 for five in their second innings yesterday.

Aesthetic value: The Guyana bank for Trade and Industry’s new building in Kingston.

Dear Editor, At this juncture the PPP faces a critical challenge to choose the best presidential candidate for next year’s elections.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian presidential frontrunner Juan Manuel Santos faces a struggle to secure an outright victory in May’s election after legislative election results over the weekend put President Alvaro Uribe’s alliance under pressure.

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction Two years ago, right about this time, I first introduced the concept that any oil reserves we find in Guyana are that of the citizens, not the company nor the government.

The use of Vetiver grass as a form of sea defence protection may be considered by the authorities but planting of the perennial grass will have to be tested first before widespread planting can commence.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s dissident “Ladies in White” staged a small, mostly silent march through Havana yesterday to begin a week of protest to mark the anniversary of the “Black Spring” crackdown of 2003 when the government imprisoned 75 opponents.

HELSINKI, (Reuters) – England’s David Beckham is  set to miss this year’s World Cup despite undergoing successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon yesterday.

Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff — they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators solve crimes, US researchers reported yesterday.

The Canadian High Commission said all sections of its mission will be closed to the public tomorrow.

The difference in the approaches to national security and perceptions of the national interest between Guyana and Suriname were on display again last week.

Water bike? Using a bicycle to fetch water at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara on Saturday.

UN chief on aid flows to Haiti UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has vowed to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti’s recovery and reconstruction.