Daily Archive: Monday, September 13, 2010

City Hall was in darkness last night after Guyana Power and Light (GPL) disconnected power to the building yesterday.

A Mon Repos East Coast Demerara butcher who was robbed twice before became a victim of armed robbery for a third time on Saturday evening when over $9M in cash and jewellery was taken by bandits.

-reports say Police in neighbouring Venezuela have reportedly arrested a 17-year-old boy who is being fingered in a robbery which resulted in the death of a 36-year-old Timehri, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman on Saturday.

The ‘laissez-faire’ attitude by Guyana’s police officers with respect to complaints of domestic violence were among some of the issues which won a woman and her daughter further time in Canada after the judge also pointed out that a 2008 report found that the legislation against domestic abuse in Guyana was frequently not enforced, and that police officers could be bribed to make cases of domestic violence “go away.”

‘The amount of farm that the Minister of Agriculture tell people ah grow, it ain’t gat no market for am’ (This is the 5th part in a series on the Grow More Food campaign) Surgim Sarju plans to rear fish and keep bees.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff has come under renewed pressure to defend her wide lead in October’s presidential race after a new corruption scandal surfaced at the weekend.

A 23-year-old mason was found dead on the Better Hope, East Coast Demerara public road early yesterday morning with a stab wound to his chest.

Months after being released from prison a man was found dead on the foreshore at Kilcoy, Corentyne, Berbice with chop wounds about the body.

Wayne Benjamin, the mechanic who was reportedly killed during a mining pit cave-in, was laid to rest on Friday amid questions surrounding the circumstances of his death.

-farmers owed $240M Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) will be auditing all records of the Mahaicony Rice Ltd, which owes hundreds of famers an estimated $240M.

A delegation sent to conduct a real time evaluation of the Norwegian Global Initiative on Climate Change and Forestry in Guyana is impressed with the ‘mass acceptance’ of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

A woman who wounded a man in the North West District (NWD) was on Thursday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says that a “recommended fixed minimum price” which farmers should be paid for paddy will be sewn into the recently sealed US$38M Venezuela deal.

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – Guyana failed to ease concerns about their all-round depth in their opening match of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday, and Royal Challengers Bangalore outclassed them by nine wickets, following a fine all-round performance from Jacques Kallis.

-Says Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover It has been over 10 years since Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors footballers visited these shores and their clash against Guyana’s Golden Jaguars on September 26 should provide much excitement as both teams prepare for international engagements.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish voters strongly backed constitutional reforms yesterday, handing a government led by conservative Muslims a new victory in a power struggle with secular opponents over the country’s direction.

LEMONT, Illinois, (Reuters) – There is still plenty  of golf ahead for Tiger Woods this year but his PGA Tour season  came to an early end at the BMW Championship yesterday after he  failed to earn a spot in the Tour Championship.

MONZA, Italy, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton suffered  another Monza nightmare yesterday when he went out of the  Italian Grand Prix without completing a lap and lost his  championship lead.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top-ranked diplomat intensified pressure on Japan over a territorial dispute, warning Tokyo yesterday against making “misjudgements” over the seizure of a Chinese fishing boat in disputed seas.

MISSISSAUGUA, Ontario, CMC – Guyanese batsman Rajendra Chandrika stroked an unbeaten half-century to fire West Indies HPC to a convincing eight-wicket win over Bermuda in their opening Twenty20 game of the Cricket Canada Summer Festival on Saturday.

FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – Vladimir Klitschko retained  his WBO, IBO and IBF world heavyweight championship titles when  he knocked out Samuel Peter of Nigeria on Saturday.

CENTURION, South Africa,  CMC – A boundary-studded half-century from Michael Klinger set them up, and Shaun Tait and Daniel Christian shared five wickets to lead South Australia Redbacks to a tense 11-run victory over Highveld Lions in the Champions League Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana (UG) has noted with grave concern a letter carried in the Guyana Chronicle and Kaieteur News purportedly written by Professor Vijay Kumar and titled ‘The $41m question.’

Dear Editor, Mr Bisram and others seem to forget despite strenuous reminders that Burnham’s ban of wheat affected not only Indians but Africans, Amerindians, Portuguese, Chinese, Caucasians and Mixed Races (‘Wheat was important in Hindu religious rites’ SN, September 10).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andrew Strauss delivered the  perfect riposte to those questioning his place in England’s  one-day team with a polished 126 to help his side to a  four-wicket win over Pakistan in Leeds yesterday.

When it rains, it overflows: This was the scene in Hunter Street, Albouystown after some brief but intense showers yesterday.

Dear  Editor, I have never seen so much commotion, furor and brouhaha following a visit to an area by a President or head of  government.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British former world boxing  champion Ricky Hatton is “distraught and devastated” after  newspaper allegations of cocaine use, his spokesman said  yesterday.

Dear Editor, We mourn the death of Mr Joseph Fitzmorris John, 75, who passed away peacefully in Miami, Florida, on September 2, 2010, and for whom a memorial service was held in Miami on September 11 by his family.

By Tamica Garnett Guyana’s Commonwealth Games selectee Clevlon Rock gave a glimpse of what he will unleash at next month’s games in India when he stopped Stephan Gouveia in a lightweight contest on the second night of the Michael Parris National Open Boxing Championships Saturday night at the National Gymnasium.

This tree fell across the road in Peter Rose Street on Saturday.

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Global regulators, aiming to prevent any repeat of the international credit crisis, agreed yesterday to force banks to more than triple the amount of top-quality capital they must hold in reserve.

GENEVA  (Reuters) – Russian nuclear energy support is intended to encourage Iran to play by global arms rules, a top Moscow senator said yesterday, arguing Tehran’s hardline Islamists responded best to diplomatic “chess”, not “rugby.“

(Fightnews) World International Boxing Association (WIBA) Women’s International Heavyweight Champion Gwendolyn O’Neil (16-6-1, 7 KOs) successfully defended her title against Crystal Davis (4-3-0, 3 KOs) at the Night of the Champions at the Skatium in Fort Myers, Florida on Saturday.

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Global regulators, aiming to prevent any repeat of the international credit crisis, agreed yesterday to force banks to more than triple the amount of top-quality capital they must hold in reserve.

Dear Editor, I write again in disgust at most television newscasts that are not living up to their mandate and upholding the credibility of the media house that broadcasts their news.

Dear Editor, The residents and farmers of the West Bank of Demerara who were at the mercy of the mammoth overtopping of the sea dam would like to extend our appreciation to the Ministry of Agriculture and its agencies for responding to and supporting us in easing the overtopping and also ensuring that salt water drained out of our farms in a speedy manner.

William Walker walked away with his second win from in two weeks when he secured victory in last Saturday’s Demerara Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

We regret that the last two lines of the ‘Ian on Sunday’ column on page 7, and the final paragraph of our editorial on page 6 were omitted in yesterday’s print edition.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said yesterday it will free on bail one of three Americans accused of espionage and held for more than a year, a day after her planned release was unexpectedly halted by the judiciary.

Dear Editor, For some time now, several schools of thought have been presenting their view on whether higher education is a public good or a private good.

(Trinidad Express) Police officers assigned to an elite unit known as the Repeat Offenders Programme Task Force (ROPTF) are alleged to be in collusion with—and, in some cases, controlled by—gangs in East Port of Spain.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Some words of consolation  from U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters made the bitter pill of a  second successive grand slam final defeat easier to swallow for  Vera Zvonareva.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – The United States won their  first world championship title in 16 years after beating hosts  Turkey 81-64 in the final thanks to a majestic performance by  21-year-old forward Kevin Durant.

Last week, in a column entitled ‘Knowing the Fine Fine,’ I made the point that to know any society, including this one, you had to remain imbedded in it for a long time, and that therefore when resident Guyanese tell expatriate Guyanese that they “don’t understand Guyana,” the comment is accurate.

(Barbados Nation) Some pensioners could find themselves penniless as a result of a reported multimillion-dollar plan to salvage personal investments in CLICO International Life Insurance Company (CIL), says former Prime Minister Owen Arthur.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to A. Archer’s letter, ‘How do thoughts about a people’s partnership translate into meaningful change?’

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican marines captured a top lieutenant of a leading drug cartel yesterday as authorities intensified their campaign against drug kingpins, local media reported.

Taken all together, the drive-by shooting in Cummings Lodge that claimed five lives, the gruesome murders of two gold dealers in Bartica, the spate of killings in the interior and the innumerable armed robberies represent a crime flood in the affairs of the state.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Hurricane Igor strengthened rapidly over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, becoming a large and dangerous Category 4 storm as it spun menacingly westward.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal will have to wait  at least one more day for a chance to complete his collection  of grand slam titles after persistent rain washed out yesterday’s  U.S.

By: TIM SLINGER (Barbados Nation) Police have arrested two young men in connection with the fire-bombing tragedy which claimed the lives of six young women on Friday night two weeks ago at Campus Trendz in Tudor Street, The City.

The Guyana Elections Commission had earlier announced that continuous registration would begin on September 6, and had urged persons who had already registered to uplift their identification cards, 7,000 of which have not yet been collected.

Dr Arif Bulkan teaches human rights law at the University of the West Indies in Barbados The purpose of my diaspora column of Monday, September 6 was to highlight the current practice of Caricom Impacs, in which HIV screening is carried out at the recruitment stage of its employment process.