Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Marriott International today announced that it will open its first Marriott-branded hotel in Guyana in 2013.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is now being held in a secure facility according to the police.

The Alliance For Change’s (AFC) National Executive Committee (NEC) will recommend that Khemraj Ramjattan become its presidential candidate at the party’s National Conference in October.

A passenger who fell and struck his head on Saturday, while boarding a Caribbean Airlines plane at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, died on Sunday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

– says it was a case of mistaken identity Boat builder Fabian Gonsalves who was kidnapped almost three weeks ago, walked into the Anna Regina police station yesterday morning with his wife and reported that he had been the victim of a case of mistaken identity.

Cobra,’ the gang leader who is being hunted by the police force’s anti-crime unit, is a 17-year-old, relatives have confirmed.

Contracted garbage collectors suspended their services as of yesterday after City Hall failed to pay the sum of $75 million owing to them.

A post-mortem examination (PME) has revealed that Jamal Beete, brother of wanted man Tyrone ‘Cobra’ Rowe, died from gunshot injuries to the head.

An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted tomorrow morning on the body of minibus conductor Godfrey Hoyte who was stabbed to death just after midnight on Sunday at the Stabroek Market square.

A man who allegedly wounded another after imbibing a local drink was remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with felonious wounding.

-told to keep details on down-low The other youth who was in the police pick-up when 16-year-old Kelvin Fraser was fatally shot by a policeman on June 7 said he heard no sounds of a scuffle, while another teen held during the incident said a policeman warned him to omit certain things from his statement if he wanted to be released.

-Portugal slams magnificent seven past hapless North Korea JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Portugal thrashed North  Korea 7-0 yesterday in the World Cup’s highest score so far,  restoring some bruised pride for Europe’s stuttering soccer  powers and dashing the Asians’ chances of progress.

The leaders of the Alliance For Change (AFC) said yesterday that they are preparing a programme to facilitate a coalition platform which will include opposition parties, members of economic, labour and civil society groups and defectors from the PPP/C administration to contest next year’s election.

Mexico vs. Uruguay 9.45am France vs. South Africa 12:00 Nigeria vs.

For the first 172 days this year there has been approximately one murder every three days.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin has described the recently released findings of a poll conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services Inc (CADRES) as “instructive” especially as it relates to findings about the public perception of his party and what can be achieved if opposition parties work together.

– but test heading for tame draw Basseterre, St Kitts – The Second Digicel Test at Warner Park is almost certainly destined for a tame draw, most notably due to a pitch which is depressingly in favour of batsmen who simply have to stick around to score heavily.

– PI deferred again The Preliminary Inquiry into witness tampering charges against Chandra Narine Sharma, Ravi Mangar and four of their employees was deferred again yesterday when Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid-Edmond ruled that the circumstances of the case had changed when Attorney-at-law Sanjeev Datadin was appointed special prosecutor.

Table tennis stars of yesterday will attempt to relive their glory days next month when a specially arranged tournament takes place at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

– anniversary committee The Walter Rodney Anniver-sary Commemoration Com-mittee says it will make the memorial site in Hadfield Street “a living monument” and it will be used to host lectures, art and culture exhibitions and other activities.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Manute Bol, the dominant shot  blocker from Sudan who played in the NBA for 10 seasons, died  on Saturday at the age of 47.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It was Roger Federer, but not as  we know him, at Wimbledon yesterday as the Swiss escaped from  the brink of defeat after being run ragged by a Colombian  firebrand playing the match of his life on Centre Court.

-delivers first set of twins The newly renovated Mabaruma Regional Hospital delivered its first set of twins on Wednesday.

Guyana Trinidad Mutual (GTM) is the latest company to get on board to assist the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) in sending its nine-man team to compete at the CAC Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico next month.

Clinton Bourne, 46, was yesterday remanded by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court on a charge of being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Sponsors are starting to distance  themselves from France’s scandal-hit soccer team.

PEBBLE BEACH, California,  (Reuters) – Of all the  big-name players who failed to close out victory at the U.S. 

A midnight fire on Sunday at the corner of Wellington Street and North Road has left several persons contemplating their next move as they lost their livelihoods in the blaze of unknown origin.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Captain Shahid Afridi blasted  124 off 60 balls to lead Pakistan to their highest one-day  international score of 385 and a 139-run consolation victory over Bangladesh in the Asian Cup at Dambulla yesterday.

Sureshdyal ‘Aemron’ Kalipersaud, 28, who was killed in an accident on Saturday evening, had returned for a surprise Father’s Day visit.

The Ministry of Education on Friday launched its 2010 work study programme that will place 350 students at 42 agencies within the private and public sectors for eight weeks of ‘on-the-job’ training.

-family wants second opinion Police announced last even-ing that miner Wilberforce Kendall died by drowning but his relatives refuse to accept the finding and plan to have another autopsy done to dispel lingering doubts.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, June 15, I was at the passport office with a friend who was applying for a new passport.

-Haroon Lorgat International Cricket Council (ICC)  Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has highlighted the staging of the 3,000th One-Day International (ODI) in Southampton today by saying the limited-overs format of the game will remain strong long into the future.

Dear Editor, Some time ago, the powers that be promulgated that all taxis/hire cars in Guyana would have to be yellow in colour by a certain date.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday visited the hospitalised fishermen who sustained burns to various parts of their bodies in Saturday’s trawler explosion as the captain of the ill-fated vessel remains missing.

The pairs of Keisha Jeffrey and Ashley Khali and Kayla Jeffrey and Jason Ray Khali advanced to the semi-finals of the girls and mixed doubles respectively at the VIII Pan American Junior Squash Championships in El Salvador.

BLOEMFONTEIN, (Reuters) – A players’ revolution,  which has torn France’s World Cup squad apart and angered the French president, escalated yesterday after some indicated they might not play in a match which could save their campaign.

The World Bank is willing to play a technical advisory role to assist the region in developing a disaster risk management strategy for the agriculture sector.

Dear Editor, Those who would have read SN’s recent editorial (Saturday, June 19) on the celebration of Wilson Harris as a Guyanese writer, should read again. 

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pakistani-born American citizen defiantly pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square, saying that Islamist extremists would continue to attack the United States.

(BVI Platinum News) – A Guyanese man was found guilty of stealing close to $3,000 from Roadtown Wholesale by Senior Magistrate Valerie Stephens following a trial.

A new volleyball tournament designed to give a major fillip to the sport locally is set to commence shortly.

Dear Editor, The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) takes cognizance of a Kaieteur News article titled ‘Gov’t contracts… Measures mulled to sanction consultants, engineers – performance bonds not ruled out,’ dated Thursday, June 17, 2010 which mentions contracts that were awarded to BK International to strengthen the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) following the 2005 floods on the coast.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Plans to build a mosque near the site of the Sept.

Robin Persaud, in a time of one hour, 53 minutes and 54 seconds, won the annual Castrol-sponsored 50-mile road race Sunday (Father’s Day) on the West Bank of Demerara.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s police arrested seven suspected gang members yesterday accused of setting a city bus on fire and killing 14 people, one of the worst attacks on civilians by violent street gangs.

A woman was placed on $500,000 bail yon friday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when she appeared before her charged with defrauding the National Insurance Scheme by supplying forged medical claims for payment.

(Jamaica Observer) – The University of the West Indies (UWI) is preparing to allow 200 Haitian university students whose schooling have been affected by the January 12 earthquake to complete their degrees at its three campuses.

Dear Editor, As expected, the recent victory of the People’s Partnership in Trinidad has created a flurry of activities in Guyana regardless of the fact that the two situations are fundamentally different.

Dear Editor, Some new insight on foreign policy in Georgetown has been presented in the editorial headed ‘lran,’ which states that, “President Jagdeo’s famously ad-hoc foreign policy just turned out even more random than usual” (Sunday Stabroek, June 13).

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Search teams yesterday found the wreckage of a plane carrying Australian mining executives in the jungle of Congo Republic, with all on board feared dead as remains of nine or 10 people were retrieved at the crash site.

(Trinidad Express) – Six murders across the country over the weekend kept homicide officers busy, sending the murder toll to 250.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has confirmed July 7 as the date for the restart of their Open and Third Division League.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has received another fleet of vehicles to help it fulfil its mandate.

Ban Ki-moon is Secretary-General of the United Nations. By Ban Ki-moonNEW YORK – At Uganda’s largest AIDS clinic, I recently witnessed a remarkable celebration of life.

Dear Editor, Music is the universal language and has been in existence for a very long time. 

Whaling split The votes of Caribbean nations will be closely watched at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Morocco.

The Street Solutions Organization and the National Sports Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Education, will team up this year to launch the fifth anniversary edition of the National Schools Basketball Festival this morning at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Another month, another suitcase of cocaine glides unhindered through three layers of Guyana’s airport security and lands safely in the United States.

The Linden family of six left homeless after an early evening fire last week Friday are appealing for help to get back on their feet.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a test that may help slow the spread of HIV by detecting the virus more quickly in the early period when it is most infectious, the agency said yesterday.