Daily Archive: Friday, June 25, 2010

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Alleged drug kingpin  Christopher “Dudus” Coke was extradited to the United States yesterday to face narcotics trafficking charges, after waiving  his right to a trial in Jamaica.

-family believes he was murdered The body of a 47-year-old man of Grant 1805 Crabwood Creek was discovered yesterday morning across a drain with a gaping wound to his head and a steel rod stuck in his groin and protruding through his back.

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo yesterday remanded to prison two drivers who appeared before her charged with causing the deaths of two men in last Saturday’s two-car crash at Canje, Berbice.

A deaf-mute carpenter yesterday appeared in court charged with the murder of minibus conductor Godfrey Hoyte at the Stabroek Market Square.

The two sniffer dogs used at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri may have outlived their usefulness as they failed a routine test carried out by police yesterday Stabroek News has been reliably informed.

It is appalling, relatives say, that despite having access to his reputed wife police have been unable to properly identify the dredge owner shot dead in an ambush at Mousie Landing just after midnight on Monday.

Dilip Lambert will face trial again for the murder of his wife at the next assizes after a hung jury returned to the courtroom of Justice Roxane George following several hours of deliberations yesterday, unable to reach a unanimous or near unanimous verdict.

A businessman was shot early yesterday morning as he stood outside his Fourth Street, La Penitence home chatting with friends.

Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy yesterday announced that a rig has been contracted to drill on its part-owned Georgetown Licence, offshore Guyana.

-to be reinstated with stern warning University of Guyana (UG)  lecturer Evan Radhay Persaud, who was accused of victimizing students and engaging in sex talk during lectures, was cleared of the allegations yesterday after a committee set up to investigate the claims found a lack of evidence.

A clerk attached to the High Court was yesterday placed on a $150,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly forging divorce papers.

A 50-year-old building contractor  pleaded not guilty yesterday to attempting to  commit a felony when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

A block maker who was reportedly entrusted with a million dollars to buy his friend a car yesterday pleaded not guilty to fraudulent conversion when he made an appearance in court yesterday.

-but one local group says it rescued 100 Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir says he is unaware of any project in Guyana that removed 984 children from exploitive child labour but one of the groups involved said it saved 100 from such circumstances.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Brazil meet Portugal in a  mouth-watering finale to the World Cup group matches today  after holders Italy were knocked out in a humiliating defeat by  tournament debutants Slovakia.

The sixth annual CARICOM 10k Road Race which was scheduled to be held in Jamaica next month has officially been cancelled because of a poor response by regional countries.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The embrace John Isner and  Nicolas Mahut shared at the net said it all — no words were  needed to describe the longest ever tennis match after the  American won 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon yesterday.

Number one seed, Gavin Lewis once again retained his top ranking when he defeated Daniel Lopes 6 – 2, 7 – 6 in the boy’s singles final of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Tennis Tournament on Wednesday night at the GBTI Sports Club, Bel Air Park.

After bluster and bombast at the press conference on Tuesday, the boxers will now have to lend credence to their bravado tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the fifth edition of the GBBC/GABA Pro-Am card.

10:00am: Portugal vs Brazil Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban 10:00am: North Korea vs Ivory Coast Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit 2:30pm: Switzerland vs Honduras Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein 2:30pm: Flag of Chile vs Flag of Spain Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Father Time finally caught  up with poor old Italy yesterday when they were deposed as  world champions after suffering a dramatic and shocking 3-2  defeat at the hands of World Cup debutants Slovakia.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Netherlands continued their  impressive charge at the World Cup when they beat Cameroon 2-1  yesterday to make it three wins out of three in Group E and  advance to a last 16 meeting with Slovakia.

POLOKWANE, South Africa, (Reuters) – Paraguay eased  into the last 16 of the World Cup with an unadventurous draw  against a New Zealand team that exit the tournament undefeated  and with their heads held high.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – India outplayed Sri Lanka in  all departments of the game yesterday to win the Asia Cup  final by 81 runs and record a fourth win in seven tournament  finals under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Graeme  Smith wants the International Cricket Council (ICC) to introduce  a new “test championship” at next week’s annual general meeting  in Singapore.

– Economic Intelligence report * feels official 2009 growth figures ‘overstated’ A recent Country Report on Guyana published by the London-based Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) points to an uneasy relationship between the government and the private sector despite a net increase in private investment in the country’s economy last year.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The strain of living up to  the raised expectations of playing on home soil is the reason  most African countries have underperformed at the World Cup,  Ivory Coast striker Salomon Kalou said yesterday.

– 58% of borrowers were micro clients – Agri projects dominate The Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) continues to raise its profile as the country’s flagship institution for lending and capacity building in the micro, small and medium enterprise sector, turning in yet another year of eye-catching performances.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters Life!) – South Africa plans  to have a million flags flying next week to maintain the  momentum of the World Cup despite the host nation being bundled  out of the tournament.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Congress yesterday  approved tough new unilateral sanctions aimed at squeezing  Iran’s energy and banking sectors, which could also hurt  companies from other countries doing business with Tehran.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Toronto police arrested a man  near the G20 meeting site yesterday whose car contained a  chainsaw, crossbow and fuel containers, but officials said  later the case did not appear to be tied to the summit.

-court hears A man who allegedly conspired to forge a passport so that he could visit his girlfriend in St Vincent was placed on $200,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Serious charges: The Economist Intelligence Unit Country Report on Guyana There is no mistaking the bluntness in the April 2010 Country Report on Guyana by the Economist Intelligence Unit, particularly its undisguised challenge to the veracity of the figures proffered by Finance Minister Ashni Singh in support of official assertions of growth in the country’s economy in 2009.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Memories of successive  second-round defeats at Wimbledon continue to provide the  inspiration for rejuvenated former champion Maria Sharapova who  cruised into the third round yesterday.

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

Dear  Editor, For several months now the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) has withdrawn the ferry service from Port Georgetown to Port Kaituma, Matarkai, Sub-Region 1.

TORONTO/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – World leaders aimed  for a common target yesterday of securing the economic  recovery, but disagreed over how best to reach it.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Eoin Morgan kept up his purple  patch of form and Paul Collingwood achieved an England landmark  in a four-wicket win over Australia in the second one-day  international in Cardiff yesterday.

Caribbean-US Security Cooperation under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) got top priority focus when the Standing Committees of Commissioners of Police and Military Chiefs from across the region met to discuss crime and security issues on Monday at Defence Force Headquarters at  Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago.

-regional chairman laments lack of info from station Full power was restored to Lethem and its surrounding communities after nine days, at approximately 5 pm on Wednesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Former National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips has suggested that the government may have “prepared the wicket” for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke’s court defence.

Dear Editor, I live in a road (First Avenue, BB Eccles) which has become a gigantic workshop for some of my inconsiderate neighbours.

Even as levels of formal unemployment raise increasing concerns about creating more opportunities for self-employment,  one  of Guyana’s most respected and successful entrepreneurs has criticized the slow pace of the implementation of the country’s six year-old Small Business Act.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal’s focus on winning  Wimbledon again meant he would not change his pre-match routine  to meet Queen Elizabeth, and at moments yesterday the Spaniard  will have been immensely grateful for the extra preparation. 

(Trinidad Guardian) – Canadian Neal Parker, who has been nominated for the post of police commissioner, is now at the centre of an official investigation.

The Royal Academy of Career Develop-ment, (RACD) a local training institution that provides specialized academic courses in various business-related disciplines has concluded an agreement with EDEXCEL, UK, the United Kingdom’s largest awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications and testing in schools, colleges and other institutions of learning and elsewhere.

A heavy downpour yesterday left several parts of Georgetown and parts of the coast under water and Guyana is expected to experience frequent periods of rainfall within the next few days.

Dear Editor, It is with a high level of distaste that I condemn the actions taken against Dr David Hinds at the CBJ International Airport.

What? The Politics of Perks? It’s not one event. Rather it’s a year long programme of events.

CROMWELL, Connecticut, (Reuters) – Padraig  Harrington, fresh off a tie for 22nd place at last week’s U.S. 

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will nationalize a fleet of oil rigs belonging to US company Helmerich and Payne, the latest takeover in a push to socialism as President Hugo Chavez struggles with lower oil output and a recession.

What could have been a major disaster was averted as Guyana Power and Light workers at the generating station at Versailles, West Bank Demerara acted quickly to put out a fire yesterday.

-local govt minister investigating By Tiffny Rhodius Minister of Local Govern-ment Clinton Collymore is investigating claims by the Good Success/Caledonia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) that a businessman developing a new housing scheme at New Hope had degraded a dam built to protect the East Bank Dem-erara community from flooding.

Dear Editor, The Tempe-Seafield NDC has given the MMA/ ADA two dams and canals to maintain.

By Dr Bertrand G. Ramcharan The New York Times, on 8 May, 2010, carried a thoughtful article by Simon Romero on the road from Georgetown to Lethem.

Recent sponsorship deals between Guyana’s newest theatre company M’ori J’Von and two private sector entities will enable more Guyanese across the country to have access to indigenous theatre, Director Ron Morrison told Stabroek Business earlier this week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A seething Serena Williams took  out her anger at being exiled from the main showcourts by  pulverising hapless Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-0 6-1 to reach  the third round of Wimbledon yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court yesterday threw into doubt the fraud convictions of former Enron  Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling and ex-media baron Conrad  Black, a setback for the U.S.

Someone at Cricinfo, the authoritative cricket website, must have a wickedly ironic sense of humour.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 361’s trading results showed consideration of $4,104,028 from 363,125 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 360 which showed consideration of $792,983 from 68,857 shares traded in 9 transactions. 

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai and a team from the ministry recently hosted discussions on governance and selecting Community Development Plans (CDPs) with village officials in Region Two.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – The United States warned Guinea  Bissau yesterday it could not help in international efforts to  reform its armed forces unless they were purged of suspected  leaders of the growing West African drugs trade.

Dear Editor, The AFC should stop this bickering about the rotation of leader.

By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent LONDON, (Reuters) – Not so long ago, political risk  was mostly regarded as a hazard in emerging but not developed  markets, except perhaps for trading in oil and other commodities  sourced from perceived “dangerous” places.

OECS union turned down The new Trinidad and Tobago government has confirmed that it will not go ahead with the proposed economic and political unification with countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.

Investigators are examining several areas in last Saturday’s explosion on board the Captain Lloyd 97 fishing trawler in the Atlantic, which left several persons nursing burns while the vessel’s captain remains missing.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Following is reaction from  tennis players after John Isner and Nicolas Mahut contested the  longest ever tennis match, which the American won 6-4 3-6 6-7  7-6 70-68 after 11 hours five minutes at Wimbledon.