Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The man who died in an accident on the New Hope Public Road, East Bank Demerara has been identified.

The WPA this afternoon said that now that Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy has finally come around to accepting responsibility for the failure of the state’s medical services to provide a sufficiently high standard of patient care, the “political overlords of the Ministry of Health should do the decent thing and resign their portfolios.”

(BBC) Credit unions, a growing financial powerhouse in the Caribbean, are preparing themselves for tighter oversight.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A tsunami that pounded remote  islands in western Indonesia following an earthquake off the  coast of Sumatra killed more than 100 people, officials said today, and hundreds more were missing.

A man and a woman died after a man went berserk on Howes Street, Charlestown at around 10 am and chopped them. 

There has been a slight improvement in Guyana’s ranking in this year’s Transparency International list but it is still listed as being perceived as among the most corrupt.

(Barbados Nation) It’s the end of the road for Government’s lead political adviser Hartley Henry.

The failure of both converters at the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) Sophia station led to a power transfer problem on Sunday and it couldn’t convert the 50 hertz power to 60 hertz, according to the power company’s officials.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Iraq’s high tribunal today  passed a death sentence on Tareq Aziz, once the international  face of dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, over the persecution  of Islamic parties, the court’s media office said.

A two-year-old child died yesterday after he was forgotten in a locked car for almost three hours, and his mother and the woman who forgot him in the car were subsequently hospitalized after they collapsed.

The government’s US$8 million pledge to Amerindian communities, from the first tranche from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) set up with Norway, will be used to accelerate land demarcation and finance a solar power drive, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced.

Former minister Dr Faith Harding has announced her interest in being the main opposition PNCR’s first female presidential candidate when polls are held next year.

– Chief-of-Staff blames indiscipline Lack of discipline is perhaps the main reason so many    soldiers desert their posts annually, Chief-of-Staff Commodore Gary Best says, as the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) begins a campaign to locate more than 100 deserters.

– ‘I have failed’, Ramsammy says The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) has launched an investigation into the death of nursing assistant Charlene Amsterdam, who died on Sunday after delivering a baby girl, even as Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy accepted personal responsibility for the previous deaths.

– grandmother calls for probe A woman whose grandson’s arm was broken when he was delivered at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) is horrified at the incident and wants action to be taken.

Guyana will be establishing an embassy in Kuwait in an effort to further strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett announced yesterday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has announced that later this year a General Consulate in Boa Vista, Brazil will  become operational and businesswoman Leila King will be appointed as the country’s Consul General to Brazil.

-says Ramjattan’s backers tried to force him out of race AFC executive Michael Carrington says he will press ahead with his challenge to Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan for the presidential candidacy at the party’s national conference this weekend, despite vigorous efforts to dissuade him.

Guyana is among 18 former Sugar Protocol Countries which fall under the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) that will benefit from a second tranche of €500 million to be disbursed from the European Union, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said yesterday.

– facilitator Domestic Violence 101, a training programme for faith-based religious leaders, was launched yesterday with facilitator Dr Cecil Mercurious saying that the partnership between government and religious leaders could result in domestic violence cases dropping by 40 per cent within six months.

– struggles to care for family, cries for justice The brutal murder of her husband has forced Zaleen Rasheeda to abandon her full-time housewife role and learn the salted fish trade to ensure that her five daughters are adequately cared for.

– mother despairs at sloth in probe The mother of Sheema Mangar believes that the fabric sent overseas for testing is the key to finding who hit down and killed her daughter, but fears poor investigation and the sloth of the police in securing the results will deny her justice.

– over failure to pay judgement award Essequibo businessman, Arnold Sankar has filed a contempt motion against the directors of Demerara Bank Limited for failing to comply with a High Court order which awarded him $85 million in a judgement against Mahaicony Rice Ltd.

An unidentified man succumbed on Sunday to injuries he sustained when the driver of minibus he was travelling in ended up in the trench at New Hope Public Road, East Bank Demerara after colliding with a car.

The Alternative Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 and the Contempt of Court Bill 2010 were last Thursday passed in the National Assembly.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee called on Community Policing Groups (CPGs) to engage youth in their activities to deter crime, and to set goals for their groups, when the last of the CPG retreats was convened recently at the Berbice High School.

Republic Bank yesterday welcomed its third batch of school leavers to its Youth Link Apprenticeship programme at a simple ceremony at the Pegasus Hotel where the education minister called for other private sector entities to “emulate this programme”.

All arrangements are in place and patrons can expect a packed programme for the fifth annual Rockstone Fish Festival set for Saturday and Sunday.

Elroy Torres, the murder accused who was re-arrested and charged a second time after he was set free in the High Court, will face his second preliminary inquiry next month.

-cites lack of transparency and apprehension at working among power-hungry people as reasonsBy Marlon Munroe While acid burnt Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Assistant Treasurer Pretipaul Jaigobin is back at work at the Ministry of Finance, his work at the GCB is uncertain as he is apprehensive about working among “power-hungry persons.”

– 30 acres identified at Leonora By Tamica Garnett The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony says construction work on the long-anticipated synthetic track will get underway before year-end, with over 30 acres of land identified to erect the facility.

By Tamica Garnett With a pledge of $1.2 million worth of their sports  drink Gatorade, beverage company Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL)  yesterday declared themselves a co-sponsor of the upcoming schools National Track, Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships slated for the National Stadium from November 9 – 12.

LONDON, (Reuters) Seventeen-year-old Matteo Manassero’s remarkable four-shot win at the Castello Masters allowed him to claim a proud place alongside Rory McIlroy and Ryo Ishikawa in a trio of young golfing tyros.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian trio of Vangipurappu Laxman, Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma have returned from injury to bolster the team for next month’s three-match test series against New Zealand.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Williams Formula One team fuelled speculation that Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado could drive for them next season by announcing yesterday they would give him a test in Abu Dhabi next month.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Forgotten man Massimo Oddo, only playing because of a raft of injuries, set up both goals to send AC Milan up to second in Serie A after an action-packed 2-1 win at 10-man Napoli in heavy rain yesterday.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Former world number one Thomas Muster, 43, returning to the ATP circuit after an 11-year absence, enjoyed a lucky break when first-round opponent Ernests Gulbis pulled out of the Vienna Open yesterday.

Guyana’s rifle shooters produced their best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games but officials are convinced that better results can be secured in the future if the necessary resources are available to the shooters.

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in SN of Oct 23 (‘A significant amount of maintenance work has been undertaken on the East Demerara Conservancy’), Mr Omadatt Chandan, Corporate Secretary of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) expressed the view that assumptions made by Mr Veecock, Senior Lecturer at the University of Guyana during a public presentation regarding lack of maintenance over the years to prevent flooding of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) were inaccurate, and by implication he should have been making constructive criticisms rather than grasping for cheap publicity through negative comments regarding NDIA’s investments and efforts to improve the flood control capacity of EDWC.

Ever since LeBron James signed with the Miami Heat back in July the air of expectancy towards this season’s NBA championships has been nothing short of electric.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my outrage at the recent string of maternal deaths in Region Six and other parts of the country.

With an anticipated five-year sponsorship deal,   golfers turned out in large numbers for the prestigious Citizens Bank-sponsored Players Championship tournament on Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Ryan Hinds has dismissed suggestions that his Barbados side have become chokers.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday his office receives cash in bags from Iran, but said it is a transparent form of aid that helps cover expenses at the presidential palace and that the United States makes similar payments.

Dear Editor, I have been reading in the papers that Barama’s boiler has been severely damaged and may take a year or more to be replaced.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – UN peacekeepers monitoring a fragile 2005 peace deal between north and south Sudan could not stop new hostilities between the northern and southern armies, the UN peacekeeping chief said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart that I write to highlight the plight of a resident of Kwakwani.

Junior chess player Suhai Feng is proving that a boy can do a man’s job when it comes to the Topco Juice sponsored National Senior Chess qualifiers currently underway.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff maintained her comfortable lead over opposition challenger Jose Serra ahead of a presidential runoff vote on Sunday, according to an opinion poll.

Dear Editor, ‘Pradoville 2’ is being built right to the sea at Sparendaam contrary to all the warnings the government has been telling us about rising sea levels, climate change, etc.

Rita Heikens proved to be a force to reckon with when she claimed victory in the Sanjay’s Jewellery Medal Play golf tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara.

LONDON (Reuters) – Most British voters believe government spending cuts announced last week are unfair and excessive, two opinion polls showed today.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) has been hailed as an innovative mechanism by which developing countries might maintain their forest resources for the mitigation of the global environmental  degradation, whilst being compensated for their trouble by developed countries.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The rate of deaths in Haiti’s cholera epidemic slowed yesterday as a multinational medical operation scaled up to limit the spread of an outbreak that has killed 259 people in the earthquake-hit country.

Top Linden football club Milerock on Sunday surged into second place in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League tournament when the defeated Sunburst Camptown 1-0 at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

Décor and Gift Gallery donated funds and engaged in other customer-friendly activities as part of observances for cancer awareness this year.

(BBC)- Reggae star Gregory Isaacs has died at the age of 59 at his London home following a long illness, his manager has confirmed.

Winning three sprint events, Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary student Tandika Burgess ruled the day on Thursday at the West Demerara District No.3 Inter-Branch Athletics Championships at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, I watch on television a pretty young woman advertising something to do with cell phones.

LONDON (Reuters) – A new double-strain polio vaccine is more effective than triple and single vaccines and means children in high-risk areas can be immunised against two key strains of the crippling virus in a single dose, scientists say.

In May of this year, the people of this country became aware of a major construction scandal which enveloped the Supenaam Stelling.

A bridge at Annandale undergoing repairs on Saturday. (Photo by Jules Gibson)

– national coach National volleyball coach Jageshwar Doolchand says that the junior national volleyball team’s preparation for their participation in the upcoming volleyball events of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) is progressing very well.

(Barbados Nation) – St John, the parish which the late Prime Minister David Thompson represented in Parliament for the past 23 years, will be home for his final resting place.

Dear Editor, On Monday last, devotees of the Radha Krishna Mandir in Georgetown received, perhaps, one of the biggest surprises in their lives.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera apologized yesterday for writing a message associated with Nazism in a German visitors log during his tour of Europe this month.