Daily Archive: Saturday, August 28, 2010

-without food, water for passengers By Alva Solomon and Sara Bharrat North West ferry MV Kimbia was towed back to the capital last night—a day after mechanical problems left the vessel stranded in the Atlantic while en route to Region One.

With financing being a critical component of the project to pave the Lethem-Linden road, Brazil yesterday submitted a proposal to President Bharat Jagdeo for “his consideration” which outlines how some of the funding could be secured.

-new registration set for Sept 6 Chief Election Officer Gocool Boodhoo yesterday disclosed that around $254M was spent on preparations for local government elections, which have since been put on hold indefinitely.

-autopsy A post-mortem (PM) examination conducted on the body of logger Rafeek Khan, who was found dead near a sand pit in the Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara area on Thursday, found that he died from manual strangulation and blunt trauma to the head.

-released on $300,000 bail Magistrate Haymant Ramdhani yesterday granted $300,000 bail to the Cornelia Ida man and his sister who allegedly attempted to murder his former partner Trishwari Ramdhary.

-regional access still ‘devil’s job,’ Persaud admits Guyana has had a “devil’s job” in accessing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) markets for its agricultural produce, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has said.

By Marlon Munroe Michael Saul equalled a 17-year-old 100m record; Winston George exacted revenge on Saul in the 200m; Dennis Horatio ran the most exciting third leg in the 1600m relay and a boisterous crowd was thankful for these thrilling highlights.

Guyana’s response to the recommendations made on its earlier report to the Human Rights Council under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will be considered next month at the upcoming 15th session of the Council, Dr Roger Luncheon says.

By Floyd Christie President Bharrat Jagdeo has pledged assistance for the national rugby Sevens team as it ventures to represent Guyana at the Rugby Sevens event of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India on October 11 and 12.

Representatives from 15 Caricom states are currently participating in a workshop to advance the process towards filing complaints about discrimination against persons based on sexual orientation to the Inter-American Commis-sion on Human Rights (IACHR).

By Kizan BrumellFollowing two days of keen competition in the third annual Inter Guiana Club Football Championship currently being played at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, three of the four competing teams were still in with a chance of winning the tournament.

The government’s move to place more state advertisements online while decreasing the amount placed in the print media is evidence of the administration’s “lopsided thinking,” PNCR Leader Robert Corbin says.

Dear Editor, I, like other Lindeners, wait with bated breath for the President’s /Jefford Classic at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden tomorrow.

For about twenty minutes the air-conditioning inside the Princess Hotel had been turned on, but you couldn’t tell from how hot the room was, and the reason was the same all around: people were working up a sweat over Ne-Yo!

Local beverage giant Banks DIH Limited has extended support to the 12th Annual Differently-able Athletics Club two-mile Fitness Walk set for tomorrow from the Two Brother’s Gas Station to Mocha Village,  East Bank Demerara.

Lorenzo Lamazon, 22, of 28 First Street Craig East Bank Demerara was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of having a quantity of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, The move by government towards solely web-based advertising for goods and services is commendable and ill-conceived at the same time. 

KIGALI, (Reuters) – Rwanda rejected as malicious and  ridiculous yesterday a leaked draft United Nations report that  said its troops may have committed genocide in Congo in the  1990s.

Beginning today DIRECTV will be offering its customers incomparable coverage of international sports such as football, basketball and lawn tennis at the highest level.

“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ‘What does a woman want?’”

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been complimented by Interpol Brazil for the efforts that led to the recent capture of Euclides Erain Da Silva, one of Brazil’s most wanted fugitive.

A man accused of breaking into a house and stealing a quantity of items therein was yesterday remanded to prison.

Local golfers have been hard at training for today’s King’s Jewellery World (KJW) sponsored Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) Course, East Coast of Demerara.

-Tea-infuser obsessed Hi Everyone, I have a ridiculous obsession with tea infusers!

Dear Editor, The Public Relations Department of the Georgetown City Council appears to be suffering from an acute allergic reaction to e-mail, a basic element of Information Communications Technology (ICT).

THATTA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Thousands of people  fled yesterday from the southern Pakistani town of Thatta after  the swollen Indus river burst its banks and authorities ordered  an evacuation.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Samuel Peter, who  floored Vladimir Klitschko three times in a heavyweight title  bout five years ago and still lost, said yesterday the bruising  Ukrainian will not get up when they meet again in September.

Dear Editor, As I lie here in pain and agony, I find that the pain and agony I feel for those students, is greater.

BK International has invested over US$600,000 ($120m) in a modern Concrete Ready-mix automated batching plant and a hollow block plant as part of its ongoing effort to improve its operations.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico, (Reuters) – Two car bombs  exploded in northern Mexico early yesterday, days after marines  found the bodies of 72 people gunned down in the country’s  escalating war with powerful drug cartels.

By Femi Harris Seventeen year-old Tanya Wilson emerged the winner in a recently held Miss African Heritage Pageant which saw contestants from several East Coast Demerara villages participating.

LAGOS, (Reuters) – Electricity companies from Canada,  India and Ireland are the final bidders to take over the  management of Nigeria’s national grid, a contract likely to be  awarded by the end of the year, a top official said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad  hit centuries at Lord’s yesterday to rescue England with a  record eighth-wicket stand after Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad  Amir had blown away the top order in the fourth and final test.

Sonia Noel is whetting appetites this year prior to the unveiling of Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) with the production of ‘Theatrical Spectacular’ set for October.

Dear Editor, Mr Sasenarine Singh’s presentation (‘The elephants in the political room…’ SN, August 24)  is essentially a rehash of the fundamentally flawed traditional PPP historiography, with its usual hyperbole, now deployed in the interest of the AFC.  

-company failed to make report An autopsy has confirmed that saw mill worker David Smartt died of cardiac arrest as a result of electrocution and the Ministry of Labour has launched an investigation into the incident.

(Photos by Obrey James)

A Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis Committee was formally established last Thursday.

An exhibition, themed “Unearthed: Rediscover Guyana through the medium of body art,” was formally opened yesterday at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.

DERBY, England, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies left-arm seamer Pedro Collins and Leeward Islands batsman Chesney Hughes suffered contrasting fates on the third day of their County Champ-ionship encounter yesterday.

Dear Editor, Having read the article ‘Public Service Commission appointments not based on proper consultation -GPSU,’ in the Stabroek News of August 27, can the Alliance For Change (AFC) say why the party’s representative, Ms Sheila Holder, voted for the appointments of Carvil Duncan of the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) and Cecil Seepersaud of the Public Service Senior Staff Association (PSSSA) to be two of the members to the Public Service Commission (PSC)?

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Senior military figures have  called for a review of security measures after Prime Minister  David Cameron narrowly escaped a possible Taliban attack during  a recent trip to Afghanistan, a media report said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Why should the workers of Guyana not vote PPP come 2011? 

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A United Nations human rights  body rebuked France yesterday for its crackdown on Roma and  urged the government to try to integrate members of the EU’s  biggest ethnic minority as part of a Europe-wide solution.

(FemaleFirst)T.I. is deadly serious about becoming a movie star because he wants to be more famous as a Hollywood player than a hip-hop hitmaker.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – World 800 metres champion  Caster Semenya finished third on her Diamond League debut in Brussels yesterday after a troubled season while in-form sprinter Tyson Gay notched up another win.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Contractor General Greg Christie has described as “irregular and highly improper” the execution of a contract between the Government and Dehring, Bunting and Golding (DB&G) for the sale of receivables before a formal written agreement was finalised.

LONDON,  (Reuters Life!) – British Airways apologised  to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about  to crash into the sea was played by mistake.

PARAMUS, New Jersey, (Reuters) – One step forward,  two steps back.

Men of Vision: 2010 Car-ibbean Awards for Excellence Laureate, Sydney Allicock (right) and Chairman of the ANSA McAL Foundation, Dr.

Following her lead role in the popular movie, Jenifa, star actress, Funke Akindele’s life has not just only flipped on its head, her celebrity status has also skyrocketed.

Dear Editor, It’s great to see Timeka Marshall still going strong with her singing career after captivating us when winning the GT&T singing contest a few years back. 

For tens of thousands of people who live in daily fear of sexual violence, the UN Security Council’s emergency session to consider ways of preventing mass rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must look like the diplomatic equivalent of offering band aids to a bleeding horse.