Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 15, 2010

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  vowed tonight to compel BP Plc to pay damages for its  “recklessness” in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and sought to  harness public outrage over the disaster into support for his  bid to cut U.S.

– calls on US to back-up findings The government yesterday denounced the 2010 US State Department Report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), rejecting the findings of a “significant” number of cases here and Guyana’s placement on the Tier 2 Watch List for the fourth consecutive year.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Holders Italy came from  behind to avoid an upset against Paraguay yesterday but unfancied Japan broke African hearts with their first World Cup  win on foreign soil against a Samuel Eto’o-led Cameroon.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a miner, whose body was found floating in the Mazaruni River close to Kamarang, Region Seven on Saturday, reportedly with a suspicious wound to the chest.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Silent tears streaming down her face, Sharon Fraser yesterday stood at the casket, saying a painful goodbye to her only son.

Today’s World Cup fixtures New Zealand vs. Slovakia 7.30am Ivory Coast vs.

The national rugby squad to represent Guyana at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Rugby Games to be held at the National Stadium on July 24-25 was reduced to 19 players following trials last weekend at the National Stadium, Providence.

Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday came under fire from city councillors demanding answers on the source of the funds for a recent trip to China, at the council’s statutory meeting.

A labourer was remanded to prison after he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Friday, charged with the murder of elderly farmer, Rudolph Moonsammy.

Sports associations have one day left to submit the names of their athletes for the Central American and Caribbean Games scheduled for July 22-31 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

In observance of World Olympic Day, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will stage its annual Olympic Day Run, Walk and Jog event on Sunday from 06:00 hours.

As the mosquito nuisance continues, a team from the Guyana Environmental Capacity Building Project is working on a pilot project to control the vector in an environmentally friendly manner.

Dear Editor, The Sunday Stabroek of June 13 has a thoroughly misleading caption on its page 14 article, namely: ‘Canopy spreading climate services $$ on Iwokrama.’

A suspect who had turned himself in after being sought in the robbery of the Betsy Ground, East Canje businessman was released from police custody yesterday.

Amateur boxers Herlando Allicock and Dexter Jordan have stepped up their training for the Central American and Caribbean Games and  both  expressed confidence that they will return with gold medals.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to correct the text of the penultimate paragraph in the letter, to the editor penned by me, which was published in your Saturday, June 12, 2010 issue of the Stabroek News under the title ‘Gecom spared no effort to motivate all eligible registrants to register.’

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Secretive North Korea make  a first return to the World Cup since 1966 today but could  hardly face a bigger challenge than five-times champions Brazil.

Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy now expects to commence drilling here next year after earlier saying drilling could begin here in the latter part of this year.

Early Saturday morning a chlorine gas leak, resulting from a faulty container, sent operators at the Shelter Belt Water Treatment Plant into action to contain the problem.

PEBBLE BEACH, California, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods  will start this week’s U.S.

Dear Editor, It is almost disgusting to listen to someone from the government, whether it is the regional chairman, a minister or the president, give a public address in Berbice.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Brazil have reaped  dividends from ditching their traditional, attacking style for a  more pragmatic approach, coach Dunga said yesterday.

– defence attorney says The alleged accomplice of Enrico Inniss, the man accused of trying to rob businessman Oudit Seenarain on June 4, was refused bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with attempting to commit a felony.

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron today unveils a landmark report into the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings of 13 protesters in Northern Ireland by British troops, stirring hopes of justice and fears of renewed tensions.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica should brace itself for a wave of deportees from the United States as the number of locals in Uncle Sam’s jails has swelled.

Dear Editor, I write to express my profound disgust and displeasure at the dismally poor conditions that customers at Camp Site, one of Banks DIH’s Demico branches, located on Camp Street and South Road, are being subjected to as a result of a failed air-conditioning system.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that one of the world’s richest men and owner of a major brewery in the South American country, Lorenzo Mendoza, was planning a US-backed presidential run.

LONDON, (Reuters) – French Open runner-up Samantha  Stosur made a swift transition from clay to grass when she  overcame American teenager Melanie Oudin in the first round of  the Eastbourne championships yesterday.

OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – A group of ex-Soviet states yesterday proposed sending helicopters and equipment to help Kyrgyzstan’s government stop ethnic violence that has killed at least 124 people, and suggested troops could follow.

A Berbice electrician was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her on charges of conspiracy to commit a felony and tendering a forged document.

Dear Editor, “The police are here not to create disorder. They are here to preserve order.”

LONDON, (Reuters) – Battle-hardened Formula One  leaders McLaren have targeted their home British Grand Prix on  July 11 for the next big push after reeling off a second one-two  finish in a row in Canada on Sunday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Vatican Foreign Minister Dominque Mamberti will visit Cuba this week at a time when the Catholic church is flexing its political muscle and calling for change on the communist-led island.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Some 50 countries are poised to censure Iran at the UN Human Rights Council for its violent crackdown on dissidents and political opponents after elections a year ago, diplomats and activists said yesterday.

An American man was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $5.4 million yesterday by Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics.

Dear Editor, Mr Mohamed Sattaur, the CEO of NCN has finally spoken.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is far more water on the moon than just about anyone thought and it is likely widespread deep under its surface, according to a report released yesterday.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian troops have rescued a fourth officer kidnapped by FARC rebels less than a week before an election to succeed President Alvaro Uribe, authorities said yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Netherlands goalkeeper  Michel Vorm set off on an 18,000 km round trip shortly after his  team’s opening World Cup match yesterday to see his wife and  newly born first child, a KNVB-spokeswomen told Reuters.

Dear Editor, It has now become common for the PPP regime and its agencies to behave as though some segments of the Guyanese population have no rights that they are duty bound to respect.

– escaped prisoner tells court An Essequibo man was remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson last week charged with escaping from custody, indecent assault, unlawful wounding and using threatening language.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Chris Gayle said his embattled West Indies were focussed on regrouping for the second Test after plunging to a 163-run loss to South Africa in the first Test.

Dear Editor, Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy Karen Williams recently said the US government is contemplating implementing a system of leverage where some of the remittance fees can go directly towards specific development.

A parent was arrested and charged after she admitted to behaving disorderly to Schools’ Welfare Officers (SWO) during an Operation Care Campaign (Truancy) on Friday and was fined $10,000.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More nations are fighting human trafficking, the United States said yesterday in a report that for the first time rated its own performance — described as among the most vigilant but with room to improve.

NEGRIL, Westmoreland (Jamaica Observer) — Chief Executive Officer of Caribbean Airlines Ian Brunton says he’s confident that the newly formed Trinidad and Tobago government, headed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, should not affect the arrangement between the Jamaican and Trinidad governments in the Air Jamaica deal.

MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona yesterday became the first big city in predominantly Catholic Spain to forbid full face veils in public buildings such as markets and libraries.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Captain Kumar Sangakkara  challenged his team to fill the void left by absence of 2008  heroes Sanath Jayasuriya and Ajantha Mendis as Sri Lanka bid to  retain the Asia Cup trophy on home soil.

A domestic who allegedly stole a Blackberry cell phone with charger and $3,000 from her employer was placed on $70,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson last week.

Dear Editor, As a citizen of this dear land of ours, I am often saddened by the level to which we have sunk owing to the manner in which our public administrative systems and agents of the state have made a mockery of our constitutional rights – the hallmark of democracy – all because of mismanagement and corruption.

(Jamaica Observer) – The Caribbean Court of Justice will have its first Jamaican on the bench when Professor Charles Winston Anderson is sworn in as judge at King’s House tomorrow.

Once could be chance. Twice might be coincidence. Thrice, however, seems a lot like a campaign.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel denounced comments yesterday by former Cuban president Fidel Castro, who compared the Israeli treatment of Palestinians to the Nazi extermination of Jews, an example of heated rhetoric at a UN body’s debate.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics rode the  outside shooting of Paul Pierce and a superior inside game to  beat the Los Angeles Lakers 92-86 in the NBA Finals on Sunday  and move within one victory of a record 18th championship.

Dear Editor, In a moving article in Dogs Today (British animal magazine) author Victoria Stilwell writes that: “Last year, around 4 million cats and dogs were destroyed in US shelters for want of a home – yet animal lovers continue to breed from their darling pets…” In her article she talks about her client, Daniel, who loved his American Bulldog, Sasha, so much he wanted to continue the line and breed from her.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A murder in the neighbourhood can significantly knock down a child’s score on an IQ test, even if the child did not directly witness the killing or know the victim, US researchers reported yesterday.