Daily Archive: Saturday, October 30, 2010

(Jamaica Observer) Finance Minister Audley Shaw last night congratulated Jamaican economist Dr Warren Smith on his election as the fifth president of the Caribbean Development Bank.

Storm Warning lifted for TrinidadNATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, ADVISORY # 5A (summarised) TOMAS LASHING ST.

There is an all clear for Barbados following the passing of Tropical Storm Tomas over Barbados late last night and today.

Guyana Rice Producers Association President Leekha Rambrich was today shot with pellets two miles down the Bengal, Corentyne backdam by an elderly man with a shotgun.

A city businessman and licenced firearm holder was last night shot in the leg after he was confronted by armed bandits, one of whom he shot dead, Divisional Commander Balram Persaud has confirmed.

Hurricane warnings have been issued for Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia and Martinique as Tropical Storm Tomas continues to affect the region.

(WWW.Concacaf.com) CANCUN, Mexico – Maribel Dominguez scored four goals and set up another to lead Mexico to a 7-2 victory over Guyana yesterday in the opening game for both at the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament.

Twenty-one-year-old Damian La Rose was murdered last night in  Moruca, North West District.

By Shabna Ullah and Adrian Smith A horrific head-on collision between a minibus and a truck along the Suzannah, No.

-family blames negligence, probe underway The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) came under fresh criticism for negligence yesterday after the death of seven-year-old Quincy Softleigh Jnr, who was being treated for a back injury.

-stigma, poverty and violence being ignored, AIDS committee says The National AIDS Committee (NAC) says that while Guyana has achieved universal access with respect to the provision of reaching people living with HIV/AIDS, the public health aspects of the epidemic including stigma, poverty and violence against women have been ignored.

A baby died during birth at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) on Wednesday, prompting calls for a full investigation and the assurance of a full recovery for the mother who lost her baby girl.

New York (SMS) — Golden Guyana’s football (soccer) is set to score another major goal when it national senior men’s team play an international friendly on American soil for the first time.

After a hard day’s work  of cutting cane, Patentia   West Demerara resident Brigmohan Surujlall returned home to find his wife dead in their pit latrine on Thursday evening.

As many as five teachers of Queen’s College (QC), including the headmistress and deputy, are now facing disciplinary actions in the form of demotions and denial of seniority for their “repetitive failure” in helping murdered teenager Neesa Gopaul while she was a student.

Organisers of the upcoming Caribbean Fury 2 fight card set for November 6 at the Princess International Hotel received further support yesterday in the form of an undisclosed sum of cash from International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA).

For Kurt Powder, a Guyanese-American in the US Navy and a Machinist Mate aboard the USS Iwo Jima, the Continuing Promise 2010 (CP10) mission to Guyana was an overdue homecoming.

-refunds underway With refunds being paid out to over 3,000 Globe Trust depositors on register as small clients, many multiple account holders remain worried about recovering their money, including some who have found that there are no records of their savings.

– sidelined by leg injury By Marlon Munroe Two-time Caribbean best lifter in the 82.5kg weight class Randolph Morgan due to a minor injury in his leg will not be competing in the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation’s (GAPF) Banks Power Stout National Powerlifting Championships at the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) tomorrow from 10:00 hours.

A Coroner’s Inquest has been ordered into the death of two-year-old Radain Wilson, who died of sunstroke after he was forgotten in a car for over three hours.

Sanford House yesterday ran out comfortable winners of the athletics championships of the Government Technical Institute (GTI), at the Ministry of Education Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue.

Local boxing promoter Carwyn Holland was yesterday the recipient of an award from the community of Linden for his sterling contribution to sports in Guyana.

Trainee-pastor Johnny Griffith, 38, was yesterday placed on $30,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer a wounding charge.

The inaugural Super Eight Knockout football tournament which is organized by the Western Tigers Football Club was officially launched in the canteen of the club’s sponsor BK International Inc.,

A man accused by the police of having a gun in his possession without being the holder of a firearm licence was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Eight acres of marijuana plants were found and destroyed by police during operations up the Demerara River on Wednesday.

Despite a hat-trick from Deon Carew, Police Hockey team dealt defending second division champions, Western Dragons, a surprising defeat Thursday night in the GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

ORLANDO, (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic began life in  their new Amway Center home with a dominating 112-83 victory  over the Washington Wizards on Thursday.

Three men sustained a range of burns to their bodies during a mid-afternoon explosion at the Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL), at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, where they were loading a truck with gas cylinders.

Dear Editor, On top of the hill (Wildey Hill) in the beautiful island of Barbados  and overlooking the  surrounding  picturesque valley stands the headquarters of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) where loans and grants have been negotiated and signed, and where dedicated and competent staff toil in the interest of the continued success of the institution.

-says Ramnarine PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Players Association (WIPA) chief, Dinanath Ramnarine has defended out-of-favour West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons against claims he arbitrarily failed to attend a scheduled meeting with chairman of selectors Clyde Butts.

Dear Editor, The concerns here at Matarkai Sub-Region 1 are monumental, and require urgent attention by the relevant authorities.

A serious message will be imparted tomorrow afternoon through fashion when well-known designer Donna Ramsammy-James launches her 2011 collection ‘Canopy’.

-Persaud Indian males have not been living up to their responsibilities in the society, according to Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud, who says it is up to the young people to change this phenomenon.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados coach Emmerson Trotman says he believes fast bowler Tino Best and batsman Ryan Hinds still have a role to play in West Indies cricket.

-heavy rain, storm force winds likely The severe weather system north east of Guyana was yesterday afternoon declared a Tropical Storm and the Hydrometeorological Service is urging residents along the coast and inland areas to brace for heavy rainfall, gusty winds, thunder and lightning over the next few days.

Dear Editor, For a brief moment I thought that I was dreaming, until I realised that it was the BBC’s programme on ‘Global Business’ which had penetrated my restive sleep in the wee hours of the morning.

I do not own a computer or a television. Neither am I one of those people who automatically reach for their pockets or dive into their handbags at the clink!

Hi Everyone, I am all for creating new tastes and flavours.

Dear Editor, It was heart-wrenching to read about the demise of infant Radain Wilson, which was purely accidental.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies have assembled here for a preparation camp ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka and are expected to launch their training in earnest today.

Dear Editor, Dave Martins column ‘So it Go’ featured a very interesting piece on how our habits  divide us and ought to be discussed in a much wide theatre in order to bring awareness to what most Guyanese see as a great national problem.

NAGOYA, Japan, (Reuters) – Nearly 200 nations agreed  today to a sweeping plan to stem the loss of species by  setting new 2020 targets to ensure greater protection of nature  and enshrine the benefits it gives mankind.

Action in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket First Division two-day tournament bowls off today with two matches at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC)  and Eve Leary grounds.

Dear Editor, Dave Martins column ‘So it Go’ featured a very interesting piece on how our habits  divide us and ought to be discussed in a much wide theatre in order to bring awareness to what most Guyanese see as a great national problem.

(Trinidad Express) – A 24-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has successfully overcome her physical challenges to graduate from the University of the West Indies (UWI) with a Bachelors of Science Degree.

Dear Editor, I refer to your news stories, ‘Slight improvement but Guyana still ranked among most corrupt,’ (October 26), and ‘Guyana still perceived among most corrupt in latest TI report,’ (October 27).

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – Windward Islands batsman Johnson Charles is eyeing a full senior West Indies team selection after being named in a West Indies A squad to play against Pakistan A in two Twenty20 fixtures in Antigua early next month.

WASHINGTON/LONDON, (Reuters) – Security officials in  Britain and Dubai intercepted two parcel bombs being sent from  Yemen to the United States in a “credible terrorist threat,”  U.S.

– fashion weekend hits the runway today Can you hear the click of the stilettos?

The Guyana Police Force will soon be outfitted with new vehicles, a new training centre and cubicles following Cabinet’s approval of three contracts at last Tuesday’s meeting.

Herdmanston Lodge launches its Sunday breakfast buffet tomorrow with a delectable array of dishes, including pepperpot, eggs, sausage, toast, vegetarian and vegan dishes.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – California unveiled yesterday its final blueprint of a market system to curb  greenhouse gases, relaxing expected rules in the face of a weak  economy in a measure that could set the tone for the nation’s  climate policy.

– AAG President President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce, is very optimistic about  the performances of the four Guyanese athletes who will represent Guyana this afternoon in Paramaribo, Suriname in the second leg of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South American 10km Road Race Classic.

Dear Editor, Hydar Ally’s letter dated October 27, titled ‘The performance of the agricultural sector under the PNC was dismal’ is a familiar broken record.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Tomas formed in the Atlantic on a track threatening the Caribbean’s central Windward Islands, while further north Tropical Storm Shary headed for the British island territory of Bermuda.

Dear Editor, Recent seemingly minor news events reflect Guyana’s ambivalence towards the use of alcohol, and it seems as though the idea that alcohol is causing serious problems is warring with the idea that Guyana is now a free market society and that anything goes.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Liesl admitted she had a crush on Christopher Plummer’s Captain von Trapp, and Plummer said he dubbed The Sound of Music, “The Sound of Mucus,” as the entire von Trapp family cast reunited for the first time in 45 years.

LONDON, (Reuters) – As if France didn’t have enough  problems at the moment with mass protests against pension  reforms, now it stands accused of causing The Great Depression.

Is it done yet? In February Government, in collaboration with the IDB, started phase two of the Transport Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme, which will see the rehabilitation and building of 25 bridges and culverts from Timehri to Rosignol.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff holds a solid lead over challenger Jose Serra days before a presidential runoff on Sunday, according to a new opinion poll.

– GCF Last Saturday’s canoeing training session at the Coverden Marina was successful and was held in an effort to promote the international sport in Guyana’s hinterland, the Guyana Canoe Federation (GCF) said yesterday in a press release.

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) says it was “expecting more stringent actions” following the findings of report on the Human Services Ministry’s investigation of Neesa Gopaul’s death.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds urged the nation to conserve energy and to adapt their lifestyles to suit the changing world temperatures as the effects of climate change are becoming more evident, at the Guyana Energy Agency exhibition held at the Umana Yana.

Early Christmas cleaning? This alleyway located between Camp and Wellington streets in Lacytown, Georgetown was cleaned up by the city council yesterday.

Dear Editor When in 1975/76, I endured sleepless nights huddled by a Cathy radio, along with my father, as Australia drubbed the West Indies match after match; there was still a feeling deep within me and millions of West Indians that it was only a matter of time before West Indies would start to win.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A girl can be sued over  accusations she ran over an elderly woman with her training  bicycle when she was 4 years old, a New York Supreme Court  justice has ruled.

Premier elected Finance minister Paula Cox will be Bermuda’s next Premier.

Dear Editor, On October 15, 2010, the FT stated that raw sugar prices are set to test a 30 year high of 28 cents a pound (US$627 per ton) since Brazil and India are unlikely to satisfy growth in demand over the next 12 months. 

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Black Eyed Peas vocalist Fergie will receive the Woman of the Year award at Billboard’s Women in Music event in New York on December 2, two days after the band’s new album hits stores.

Attorney-at-Law Dennis Paul is the new president of the Canmptown Football Club following the staging of the club’s annual general meeting on Monday.

Last month, realizing that his party faces a rout in the upcoming midterm elections, President Obama told the audience at a fundraising dinner:  “Don’t compare us to the Almighty, compare us to the alternative.”

(Trinidad Express) Transport hubs and supermarkets were jam packed, off-shore oil and gas facilities evacuated and some events were cancelled yesterday as nationals braced themselves for Tropical Storm Tomas, which was heading towards the Caribbean last night.

(Barbados Nation) A national shutdown order has been issued and all Barbadians must be indoors by 12:30 a.m.