Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 31, 2010

…after police release photo Police yesterday released a photograph of wanted man Tyrone `Cobra’ Rowe and updated a previously issued wanted bulletin with last known addresses and a date of birth.

– would feel safer sleeping in prison An auto dealer who was reportedly unable to honour his obligation of supplying vehicles to his clients after receiving payments from them was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magi-strate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of a multi-million dollar fraud.

-faces long prison term A Guyanese real estate attorney was on August 26th convicted in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud in New York and faces a maximum sentence of 120 years in prison.

The Enmore sugar packaging plant is near completion, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said yesterday, but the hand-over date is not what officials in the industry had hoped for and they are currently considering how to have it done sooner.

A United States resident was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with trafficking in narcotics.

Broadcast and Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation will be passed in the next session of Parliament, President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday, in the latest of a series of promises.

A group of Greek investors have indicated an interest in operating a new airline out of Guyana but the high price of aviation jet fuel is a concern, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

Godwin Maxwell, of Calcutta, Mahaicony, is feared dead after he jumped into the Mahaicony River yesterday, shortly after he was released on bail on a tax evasion charge.

Chief Justice Ian Chang last Friday issued an order preventing UK citizen Timothy John Ashworth-Foster, the owner and director of timber company Tigerwood Guyana Inc.,

A miner was stabbed to death and two others wounded during a fracas at Apaikwa Landing, Middle Mazaruni around midday on Sunday.

-Ramsammy says shipment due Thursday Guyana is currently out of the antiretroviral drug, Efavirenz, which is part of this country’s first-line treatment programme but a shipment is expected by Thursday according to Health Minister, Dr.

A cook who works at Mahdia was placed on $75,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with break and enter and larceny at a Mahdia business place.

Mayfield French, founder and administrator of Mae’s School, was yesterday admitted to self-bail when she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges of failing to pay her employee and wrongful termination of her employee.

-maintains adequate food, water was available Management of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) has issued an apology to passengers who endured harrowing conditions on board the ferry MV Kimbia which broke down at sea on Thursday and had to be towed back to Georgetown.

-son criticizes police investigation Investigations by the Fire Service into the July 20 fire at DeBuff, Canal Number One during which Bibi Saqkhena Latif died, are far from completion even as relatives say that the police have not done a proper probe.

Cleveland Thomas is top male athlete; Alika Morgan, Natasha Adler share female title By Tamica Garnett Cleveland Thomas was declared the undisputed Champion Boy at the inaugural President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic held Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground.

-Swimming for fun has taken Noelle to the top of the girls’ 15-17 category By Tamica Garnett At first she never envisioned swimming on a competitive level but young national swimmer Noelle Smith has now risen to the top of the girls’ 15 – 17 category in local competition.

Once again, a political battle for Buxton appears to be brewing.

– hosts endure disappointing final day Suriname’s Inter-Moengotapoe put on a terrific display of football in the final showdown to defeat Alpha United 3-0 and retain the Inter-Guiana Club Football Championship Cup title at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground on Sunday night.

BROOKLYN, New York, CMC – St. Lucia’s leading goal scorer in the New York Caribbean Cup, Phillip Tisson, was shot dead early yesterday morning, police here have confirmed.

Twenty-three middle management ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and disciplinary services are taking part in a rigorous 12-week training course aimed at moulding them into good leaders and preparing them for senior positions.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Venus Williams showed some  effects of a troublesome knee but displayed enough of her  trademark power to beat Italian Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-1 in the opening night match of the U.S.

The damaging contractual dispute between Cricket Kenya and the national squad appears to have been resolved, and it was announced  yesterday that an agreement had been reached over new contracts.

Suriname President Desi Bouterse will pay his first  state visit to Venezuela next week, according to a report in the English bulletin of de Ware Tijd.

Hafiz Sankar, the fisherman who was found dead in an empty lot close to his Pigeon Island house, died of a heart attack.

For an administration that says it sets much store by freedom of thought and expression, the Government of Guyana gradually earned a well-deserved reputation for frowning harshly on public utterances that either challenge or contradict its own point-of-view.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies are likely to have their fourth team manager in the last three years, when they depart for a tour of Sri Lanka later this year.

What does the current murder rate and motives tell about living in Guyana?

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – The United States stretched  their perfect world championship start to three wins out of  three yesterday but only after they were pushed to the limit by  a desperately unlucky Brazilian team.

Parts of the Lethem trail have been fixed while one section remains difficult to navigate, after weeks of ongoing repairs.

The St. Ignatius Secondary School in the Rupununi has achieved a 73% pass rate at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, up from 46% last year.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket  Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption unit has been asked to submit a  report within the next three days on an investigation into  alleged corruption within the Pakistan team.

ROME, (Reuters) – Kenya’s David Rudisha lowered the  800 metres world record to 1 minute 41.01 at a meeting in Rieti  in Italy Sunday, just a week after first breaking the record.

Police yesterday warned that persons are soliciting monies for various activities from members of the public along the roadways without the relevant permission.

COPIAPO, Chile,  (Reuters) – Resigned to watching his  child’s imminent birth on video, trapped miner Ariel Ticona  waited as rescuers started drilling an escape shaft yesterday  to save him and 32 companions 25 days after a cave-in.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo and council members met with Dr Anthony Sabga, Chairman Emeritus of the ANSA McAL Group of Companies, the largest conglomerate in the Caribbean with headquarters in Port of Spain, last  Thursday  for a working lunch at the Georgetown Club.

Colin Elcock’s top mare Miss Republic took the feature C class event and the $1.2 million cash prize along with the Banks DIH Guyana Cup Classic Trophy at the Rising Sun Turf, Arima Park, West Coast Berbice on Sunday.

The Police Complaints Authority is still the fittest institution to function as a watchdog to detect misconduct by members of the Guyana Police Force.

The Richard Ishmael Secondary School has recorded an overall pass rate of 92.69% at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, the school said in a press release.

PARAMUS, New Jersey,  (Reuters) – Tiger Woods finished  strongly at the Barclays tournament Sunday a four-under 67  clinching a spot in the second FedExCup series event next week.

The wave of criminal violence that erupted on the East Coast was the most severe and sustained spell of murder in the country’s history.

Dear Editor, I desire to make some comments on your SN report of August 27, captioned, ‘Public Service Commission appointments not based on proper consultation – GPSU.’

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Research In Motion <RIM.TO>  will give India access to secure BlackBerry data beginning  Sept.

-rescue services agreement inked A live fire and mass casualty simulation conducted yesterday to test the capabilities of the Ogle Airport was deemed successful although a number of areas were identified for improvement.

By Horace Campbell Reprinted from the Trinidad & Tobago Review Edward Seaga The arrest of Christopher “Dudus” Coke in a road block in Jamaica on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 opens the possibility once and for all to reveal the full extent of the corruption of the politics of Jamaica and the Caribbean by the rulers in collaboration with the intelligence, commercial and banking infrastructures of the United States From the streets of West Kingston to the hills of Port of Spain, Trinidad to Guyana and down to Brazil, gunmen (called warlords) allied and integrated into the international banking system had taken over communities and acted as do-gooders when the neo-liberal forces downgraded local government services.

Former national under-19 and Berbice senior cricketer Neil Williams was named  the most productive and dedicated player last Wednesday in the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) 20-year history.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The U.N. climate panel should make predictions only when it has solid evidence and  should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report yesterday that called for thorough reform of the body.

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to all of the secondary schools in Region 10, where as Chair-man of the Regional Educa-tion Committee of Region 10 and Regional Chairman, I write to place on record the sincere congratulations of the Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 to those students who would have turned in exemplary performances at the CXC-CSEC examinations this year.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – One of Venezuela’s most notorious  criminals lived up to his gang’s name “The Invisibles” by fleeing  jail in an embarrassing turn for the government, which is under  fire because of crime as an election nears.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday met with cable operators and applicants for land titles, in two separate meetings held at the International Conference Centre, to explain government’s position on matters related to them.

Suriname’s President Désiré Bouterse has an opportunity to change the course of Suriname’s relations with Guyana.

The East Coast Demerara Jaguars defeated the Georgetown Pitbulls by five wickets at the Guyana National Stadium Sunday night in the  supporting game of the Guyana/ Trinidad and Tobago encounter.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Earl strengthened into  a powerful Category 4 storm yesterday after lashing the  northeast Caribbean islands, and was expected to swipe the U.S. 

Dear Editor, This is a deal using rice to pay off a US$160 million debt to Venezuela.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  broadened financial sanctions on North Korea yesterday and  froze the U.S.

Venezuela’s illegal occupation of Ankoko Island has poisoned relations with Guyana for 44 years.

Several Cuban healthcare providers have joined the staff at Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre to boost services and strengthen the current workforce.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Protesters in the eastern city  of Lahore slapped donkeys with shoes and pelted them with rotten  tomatoes yesterday to vent their anger at the latest Pakistani  cricket fixing scandal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Bruce Golding has gone on the offensive while suggesting that critics of his handling of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips issue have been unfair, unkind and political.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to express profound gratitude to Christopher Ram for a very revealing interview with Mr Robert Corbin on Sunday evening. 

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia’s paramount leader, Prime  Minister Vladimir Putin, hinted yesterday he would return to the  presidency in 2012 for six more years and said democracy  protesters marching without permission deserved to be beaten.

Dear Editor, I have just returned to New York after a three-week vacation in my homeland, Guyana.

The PNCR yesterday handed over a quantity of teaching aids to the Ann’s Grove North Nursery School in what party leader Robert Corbin said was the first of a series of similar initiatives being held as part of activities commemorating the 25th death anniversary of party founder and former president LFS Burnham.

(Jamaica Observer) BAMBOO, St Ann — People cried openly on Sunday as they gathered in the small community of Clay Ground here in Bamboo to mourn the death of three sisters who were killed in a fire at their home Saturday night.

By Sam Lochan Reprinted from the Trinidad & Tobago Revview There are no more “boy schools” left in Trinidad and Tobago.

Guyana’s leading women’s assistant referee Nykasie Liverpool left Guyana yesterday to officiate in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago.

This Ministry of Amerindian Affairs van flipped on its side yesterday afternoon at Quamina and Carmichael streets after a car slammed into its rear.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Seven U.S. troops were killed in  two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force  (ISAF) said.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro  told an interviewer there were times during his long illness when  he was at death’s door but now he is mostly recovered and trying  to avert nuclear war.

Dear Editor, An opinion survey conducted in July by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) showed former Chairman of the opposition PNC, Winston Murray, as the front runner to lead a coalition of opposition forces under a ‘big tent,’ should it materialize to challenge the PPP in next year’s general elections.

-ahead of human rights review Civil society groups addressing the issue of corporal punishment recently debated whether it needs to be taken off the statute books here while alternative disciplinary methods are explored.

Cyclists in the 34th annual ‘Teach Them Young’  coaching programme will once again be putting their newly-acquired skills to the test at a race meet on Saturday around the inner circle of the National Park.

An ugly brawl between two local welterweight boxers, disgruntled over the outcome of their Friday May 28th bout on the Pro Am Fight Card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall provided a painful reminder of the periodic violence among athletes and spectator alike that blights some local sports.

(BBC) France has sent two ministers to the French Caribbean for a first-hand assessment of the dengue epidemic in the islands.

Three men, two of whom were armed with handguns, robbed five Brazilians and a driver last Tuesday night at the residential Fulton Court in Georgetown.