Daily Archive: Friday, June 18, 2010

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angles Lakers  rallied from a big early deficit to win their second successive  NBA championship with a cliff-hanging 83-79 Game Seven victory  over the Boston Celtics yesterday.

Slain schoolboy Kelvin Fraser was complying with the order of a policeman at the time that he was shot at close range, according to a witness who was at the scene.

President Bharrat Jagdeo last evening rebuffed what he called “implied comments” from outgoing British High Commissioner, Fraser Wheeler on the failed security reform project saying his government did not need UK funding to push security reform here.

Barbadian political strategist Hartley Henry earlier this week met with representatives of several political parties and other groups here, as part of an AFC-led initiative to explore alliances ahead of next year’s general elections.

Wilberforce Kendall, whose body was found floating in the Mazaruni River, had left his mining camp with a large quantity of raw gold en route to the city.

POLOKWANE, South Africa, (Reuters) – Mexico recorded  their first victory over France and left the former winners  facing a possible embarrassing early World Cup exit after a 2-0  win in their second Group A game yesterday.

Sitting under the visitor’s benab at the Amerindian Hostel, former murder accused Justin John, using the modest English vocabulary he learned in prison, swore that he is never returning.

–in ongoing land lease dispute The Guyana Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (GCCD) is accusing the City Council of years of harassment saying it has been subjected to “many things” because it has stood up to the council in an ongoing land lease dispute.

Over 400 students from 20 schools yesterday tramped the streets from the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Headquarters on Woolford Avenue to the Guyana National Stadium to take part in the “Relay of the Games Flag and Games Banner” to mark the launching of the Ministry of Education/GTU National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony on Wednesday signed a $16M contract which was awarded to the Captain of Gunn’s Strip Paul Chekema for the rehabilitation of the Umana Yana.

World Cup Football fixture for June 18 Germany vs Serbia 07:30 hours Slovenia vs United States 10:00 hours England vs Algeria 14:30 hours

–more women borrowing By Tiffny Rhodius The Small Business Development Finance Trust (SBDFT) has reported an increase in lending for 2009 by 51.2% with the majority of the loans being granted in the agriculture, fisheries and manufacturing sectors.

The return of amateur boxing to its original home tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) will usher in the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Intermediate Boxing Tournament.

A resident from Aruka in  Region One  was remanded to  prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her yesterday charged with having carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 15 years.

Squires aiming to win singles without dropping a game Number one seeded player Philip Squires has fought his way up to the semi-finals after dishing out his second ‘double bagel’ in his match-up against Gavin Barckoy  on Wednesday night in his second men’s singles match of the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open Tennis Tournament at the GBTI Sports Club, Bel Air Park.

By Marlon Munroe Aside from focusing on getting the national under-19 cricketers to peak fitness, the management of the team is also ensuring that the youngsters draw inspiration during their toil for success from accomplished sportsmen.

A Guyanese man is now a fugitive from justice in the U.S.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn on Wednesday met with the members of the Berbice Minibus Association to discuss their request for a new bus route to ply areas once served by the Rosignol/Georgetown ferry service.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Argentina played like  potential world champions as they demolished South Korea 4-1  with an outstanding all-round display highlighted by a hat-trick  from Gonzalo Higuain at Soccer City yesterday.

Jamaican comedian Oliver Samuels and the cast of Puppy Love say that they are looking forward to entertaining Guyanese and promised to provide a family show filled with laughter.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Greece came  back from a goal down to beat Nigeria 2-1 in the World Cup yesterday after the African team had to play with 10 men for  almost two thirds of the Group B game.

A look at the positive changes which the new Guyana/Suriname fibre optic telecommunications cable system can bring to Guyana Suriname and Guyana, two of the few remaining countries in the hemisphere with limited international telecommunications access to the rest of the world stand on the threshold of entry into a brave new world of ultra-modern communication with the advent of the new Suriname/Guyana Submarine Cable System (SCSGS).

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Governments must smash  markets supplied by the global “superpower” of organized  criminals trafficking drugs, people, arms and counterfeit  goods, the U.N.

– miners group gears for testing road ahead Guyana’s gold mining sector approaches the end of its second quarter of 2010 confident of its capacity to surpass its overall 2009 production yield of 311,000 ounces, but decidedly wary about its long-term future.

CROYDON, England, CMC – Andre Russell continued to impress on the West Indies tour of England yesterday, but a fine hundred from India-A captain Chesteshwar Pujara put his side in a superior position in the second “Test”.

– magistrate The Preliminary Inquiry into the carnal knowledge charge against television owner Chandra Narine Sharma continued yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where a voir dire was held to determine the complainant’s competence to give sworn testimony.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel said yesterday it  was easing a land blockade of the Gaza Strip that drew  heightened international criticism after its deadly raid on an  aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run Palestinian territory.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Home Affairs has noted with deep concern the contents of a recent statement purportedly made by Opposition Leader Robert Corbin and published in one of the daily newspapers headlined ‘Guyana, Jamaica crime situation share similarities.’

Business Editorial The 2008/9 Annual Report of the University of the West Indies St Augustine Campus reflects the disposition of an institution that is acutely aware of its responsibility to do much more than tutor and turn out accomplished academics.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kim Clijsters was out-hit and  out-shrieked yesterday as Victoria Azarenka bundled the former  world number one out of the Eastbourne championships in the  quarter-finals.

The Hare Krishna Movement and Nimai Pandit Study Centre are hosting their annual chariot festival Ratha-yatra on June 26th in Georgetown.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers accused BP  Plc Chief Executive Tony Hayward of evasion and ducking  responsibility for the worst oil spill in U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court  ruled yesterday that a search of sexually explicit text  messages sent by a police officer on a department pager was  reasonable and did not violate his privacy rights.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has donated 15 television sets to the Ministry of Education to be used as teaching aids in schools.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Australia midfielder Tim  Cahill and South Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune have each  received a minimum one-match ban for their straight red cards in  World Cup group matches, FIFA said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Further to a letter which appeared in the June 15, 2010 edition of Stabroek News captioned ‘Lack of air-conditioning makes Camp Site unbearable,’ we will make the following response.

By Jacquelyn Hamer Jacquelyn Hamer is a retired Guyanese diplomat and a Director of the skills training organization Visions of Excellence.

The National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) elected a new executive committee and approved a new constitution at its fourth annual AGM hosted on June 8th.

Dear Editor, The government’s programme on housing is quite commendable and deserves praise, but this programme needs to be more diversified to satisfy the special needs that some persons have.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Australia survived a spirited  Ireland run chase to secure an unconvincing 39-run victory in a  one-day international yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – A six-month trial on  whether to overturn a California ban on gay marriage ended  dramatically on Wednesday when a lawyer defending the  prohibition said he did not need evidence to prove the purpose  of marriage.

Dear Editor, There are poor people I know who have family members on remand in prison because they cannot afford to post cash bail and cannot afford a lawyer to approach the High Court for a reduction in bail.

CHICAGO/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Officials in Arkansas  are investigating a shipment of 40 to 60 human heads found by  Southwest Airlines employees at a cargo facility last week in  Little Rock, the Pulaski County coroner said yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados have named a weakened 14-man squad for this year’s regional Under-19 Championship, with the standout pair of Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich unavailable because of their commitments to the High Performance Centre.

Hundreds of passengers booked to travel on regional air carrier LIAT, have been stranded here for a second day in a row as the management of the airline attempts to end the on-going industrial action taken by its pilots.

By Rawle Lucas Swing The market for commodities is a well-known one, figuring into global politics every day. 

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Diego Maradona made a  public apology to Michel Platini but not Pele at the World Cup  yesterday after hitting back at his fellow greats after media  reports that they had criticised his coaching ability.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil suspended yesterday retaliatory measures against U.S. goods over a cotton subsidy  dispute until 2012, temporarily freezing a long-running row  that has demonstrated the South American nation’s trade clout.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of the new housing scheme at La Parfait Harmonie on the West Bank of Demerara.

In week one of June, the Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose by one-tenth of one percent. 

18-year-old Jimol Selby has been found, four days after he went missing from his Kuru Kuru home on the Linden/Soesdyke highway, and was expected to be reunited with his mother last evening.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud announced on Wednesday that an additional $20M has been set aside to facilitate training for aquaculture farmers countrywide.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The quality of football in  the Champions League is far better than that on display in the  first round matches at this year’s World Cup, Netherlands  playmaker Wesley Sneijder told reporters yesterday.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr Mohamed Sattaur for speaking to the issues raised in my letters about 98.1 FM and VOG in Stabroek News (‘The 98.1FM signal is available in Berbice and can be accessed on a home radio with a connection to an antenna,’ June 17).

– generating revenue through public/private sector consultancies Caribbean universities can no longer afford to ignore their role in supporting the practical developmental pursuits of the societies they serve and this is reflected in the increasing focus of University of the West Indies’ St Augustine campus on expanding its relationships with Trinidad and Tobago’s private sector by embracing research pursuits that are relevant to and “aligned with national and regional industry needs,” its principal Professor Clement Sankat said.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The man suspected of trying  to set off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square on May 1 was  indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on  terrorism-related charges.

– Commerce Ministry mum Local scrap metal dealers who are members of the Guyana Scrap Metal Dealers Association (GSMDA) are asking the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Com-merce to properly account for a sum “in the region of US$1 million reportedly paid to it over a period of time to finance a monitoring unit to inspect scrap metal prior to export.

PARIS, (Reuters) – A messy dispute has broken out in  Germany’s Catholic Church after a bishop accused of abusing  minors said his superiors had tricked Pope Benedict into  retiring him and he might ask the Vatican to be reinstated.

-driver remains at large Nearly three weeks after being hit by a speeding driver while waiting on a bus in front of her school, 15-year-old Lisa Mc Farlane remains a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital while the driver of the car remains at large.

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa, (Reuters) – Portugal  need to be more daring in the search for goals against North  Korea than they were in the draw against the Ivory Coast in  their World Cup opener, goalkeeper Eduardo said yesterday.

Dear Editor, There have been a lot of expressions in your letter section about a united coalition opposition or ‘big tent,’ but no one has postulated the basis for unity which such a coalition should begin with and hold onto with its every breath.

AMAGA, Colombia (Reuters) – More than 70 Colombian miners were feared dead yesterday after they were trapped by an explosion that ripped through a coal mine in what could become one of the Andean country’s worst mining disasters.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters Life!) – U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg,  a frequent visitor to the Netherlands and aficionado of its  readily available marijuana, will not be allowed to perform at a  free concert in The Hague, authorities said yesterday.

Guyana’s High Commissioner to the UK has commended the Guyana Law Association (UK) for a shipment of law books, reports and other legal materials to the local courts and UG Law Department.

Dear Editor, After my letter on the Guyana Police Force, a friend sent me an article from the Guyana Chronicle (GC). 

REYKJAVIK, (Reuters) – The remains of former chess  champion Bobby Fischer, who died two years ago in Iceland, will  be dug up to settle a paternity claim, Iceland’s Supreme Court  has ruled.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator  called on Venezuela yesterday to withdraw the arrest warrant  against the head of the opposition Globovision television  network, declaring that it had no right to silence critics.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 360’s trading results showed consideration of $792,983 from 68,857 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 359 which showed consideration of $959,830 from 77,450 shares traded in 9 transactions. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen  is to leave his county side Hampshire at the end of the season,  the club said in a statement yesterday.

Football: What would Hitler say!? Because I have long decided to abandon my fore-parents’ hard-won right to vote, I am/was tempted to tell you-all to ignore all these open and subtle election moves, gimmicks, dirty-tricks, speeches and writings.

Chavez makes new Posada demands The Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has renewed his calls for the US to hand over an anti-Castro Cuban militant accused of planning the bombing of a Cuban airliner off Barbados in 1976. 

(Prepared by the Guyana marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek News Business as a public service)

Dear Editor, All uneven/raised pavements should be painted in a bright colour (yellow?)

We are one week into the World Cup and the quality of the football in the preliminary, cautious skirmishes of the group stage has been, frankly, underwhelming.

LONDON, (Reuters Life!) – Bollywood came to London yesterday as Indian cinema’s star couple, husband and wife  Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, hit the red carpet for the  world premiere of the Hindi film “Raavan.”