Daily Archive: Monday, November 8, 2010

Following a meeting this afternoon between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) the ministry has withdrawn letters of sanction it sent to three teachers of Queen’s College following an investigation into the school’s handling of the case of murdered teenager Neesa Gopaul.

A fire of unknown origin this afternoon reduced two houses at June Street, Golden Grove,  East Coast Demerara to ashes.

The European Union has launched a worldwide consultation on the future of budget support to developing countries.

(BBC) A doctor in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, says she has seen cases of suspected cholera, sparking fears that the epidemic has spread to the city.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain  Haider has arrived in England after mysteriously disappearing  hours before the fifth and final one-day international against  South Africa in Dubai.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was to fly out to the United States today, where she is expected to hold a high-level meeting with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 26-year old Cow Dam, Angoy’s  Avenue, New Amsterdam logger on Thursday afternoon during an armed robbery about 90 miles up the Canje  River in Berbice.

Survivor: captain was trying to avoid jet ski The family of Kishana Hollingsworth, 20 years, and Melinda Duggan, a 12 year old, say that they are now in a better position to move on with funeral arrangement after the recovery of the two bodies yesterday.

-car without licence plate was trailed from UG road Two men were last evening under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing gunshot wounds following a shootout with the lawmen early yesterday morning.

With pain attacking her body in steady waves the thought foremost on her mind was the well-being of her unborn child.

-Auditor General’s report Between 1996 and 2009, the government received $3.520 billion from the Guyana Lottery Company, and by the end of last year had spent $3.153 billion of this amount without the appropriate consent from the National Assembly.

Construction of a synthetic Track and Field Facility long called for by local athletes is set to begin with contractors invited to bid for the estimated $145M project.

The government has lost an appeal in Canada to have a lawsuit by a Canadian company over the ‘Demerara Gold’ brand name stayed or thrown out until the determination of a similar case in New York.

Sixty-one-year-old Julie Ramlall was a woman who many in the community of La Grange, West Coast looked up to and turned to for advice, so it came as a great shock when the retired headmistress took her own life on October 22.

University of Guyana (UG) student Ganesh Mahipaul said a year has passed since students first accused lecturer Evan Persaud of victimization and that “nothing definitive has happened”.

A  SkyVan aircraft belonging to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) sustained slight damage after the aircraft’s main landing gear broke shortly after landing at the Timehri airport yesterday.

Prominent economist and educator, Dr. Rawle Farley, who put four sons through Harvard, died on Saturday in Rochester, New York.

The Women of Worth (WOW) programme was launched in Region Five on Thursday to allow women to access low interest loans and the prospective applicants said they were happy with the initiative.

A 19-year-old mother of one who had two grams of cannabis in her possession was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine or serve a  three-month prison sentence when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday before Magistrate Fazil Azeez, who said he was showing her leniency by giving her a new lease on life.

The body of a 52-year-old man was found early yesteday morning in a Skeldon yard with a cut and bruises to the  face, the police have said.

Group 4 driver Kevin Jeffrey saved his best for the final stage of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship Series at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday but still ended two points shy of defending champion David Summerbell Jr.

The members of the National Commission on the Elderly (NCE) are perturbed that they have not had a meeting in two years and see this as reflecting a lack of support from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in the execution of their mandate.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has decided to waive the taxes of the foreign boxers who participated on the Caribbean Fury 2 card at Princess Hotel Saturday night.

With the announcement of an independent bid for the presidency, businessman Peter Ramsaroop is banking on the support of young voters, saying that they are an untapped constituency that could shift the balance of power at next year’s election.

The Rotary Club of Corriver-ton is inviting applications to a four-month sewing school it is sponsoring at Number 67 Village.

The National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) is hosting training for mentors to be attached to a number of schools, as it takes steps to expand the Voluntary Mentoring Programme to four more schools in January.

Guyana’s world rated bantamweight fighter Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore survived three knockdowns to walk away with a unanimous decision win over Venezuelan Breilor Teran in the main event of the Caribbean Fury 2 boxing card at the Princess Hotel Saturday night.

-Ride for Life 4 fifth stage ends in photo finish The fourth annual Ride For Life cycle road race came climaxed yesterday at Homestretch Avenue with Miami-based cyclist Frank Travieso clinching victory over Godfrey Pollydore and Alonzo Greaves in a photo finish in the fifth and final stage.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Miami’s ‘Big Three’ took turns  powering the Heat to their second win over the New Jersey Nets  in a week with a 101-89 victory on Saturday.

STARR Computers has donated  over $200,000 worth of computer parts and accessories to the Government  Technical Institute (GTI) for use in its IT training courses.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – A brutal half-century from Danza Hyatt helped West Indies-A sweep their Twenty20 series against Pakistan-A 2-0, when they won the second match by five wickets on Saturday.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Lee Westwood narrowly failed to  begin life as world number one in winning style when Italian  Francesco Molinari pipped him to the HSBC Champions tournament yesterday after a thrilling final-round shootout.

The Guyana Legion will host an individual billiards competition today from 17:00 hours at the Guyana Legion Club, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, I will be graduating from the Univer-sity of Guyana in two weeks with an Associate Degree in Environmental Health.

(BBC) Australia ended their seven-game losing streak as seamers Clint McKay and Mitchell Starc bowled them to an eight-wicket one-day victory over Sri Lanka yesterday.

Dear Editor, Everyone knows how challenging it gets at times for the Guyanese media to fulfill their mandate to disseminate information to the general public.

Dear Editor, We, the executive and members of the Alexander Village Vishnu Mandir, and villagers, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to those responsible for peace prevailing in our Village this Diwali for the second year in a row. 

110 Sparendaam longing for all-weather road.

(BBC) Skipper Andrew Strauss hit 120 not out as England beat Western Australia by six wickets in their opening three-day warm-up game yesterday ahead of the Ashes series.

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in SN of Nov 5, Mr.

WASHINGTON, (Reu-ters) – Congressional Repub-licans said yesterday they plan a full-scale assault against President  Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul next year but acknowledged  it could take until after the 2012 presidential election to  repeal it.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand pacer Chris  Martin bowled superbly on an unhelpful pitch to demolish the top  order and leave India with a fragile lead of 110 and six wickets  down in their second innings yesterday.

Dear Editor, Since there is now some public discussion on my stewardship as General Secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), let it be clear that I have served my full term (2007-2010) and during the period fought the good fight on behalf of the workers of the region and have no regret dedicating three years to regional issues.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  called on India yesterday to bolster peace efforts with  Pakistan that have floundered since the 2008 Mumbai attacks,  relations seen as crucial to his troubled efforts to win the  war in Afghanistan.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen  believes he is hitting his best form just at the right time  with the Ashes series against Australia just a couple of weeks  away.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Chandan’s response to Mr. Sohan’s letter re Transparency for the Hope Project that appeared in both SN and KN dated 6/11/10 respectively and in my opinion Mr.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European plans to promote  biofuels will drive farmers to convert 69,000 square km of wild  land into fields and plantations, depriving the poor of food and  accelerating climate change, a report warned yesterday.

Guyana left it until the final night but sneaked into the finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup after their southern Caribbean neighbours Trinidad and Tobago hammered Haiti 4-0 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Trinidad on Saturday.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A Kenyan provincial police officer shot 10 people dead in three bars in a small town  northeast of Nairobi before surrendering, a police spokesman  said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – Ray Romano has a stack of acting awards and a decent golf handicap.

Dear Editor, I do not write to defend the American Tea Party, but I was surprised that in your editorial about them, you attacked neo-liberalism and free trade.

BARCELONA, Spain, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict attacked  abortion and gay marriage, recently legalised in Spain, in a  Mass to consecrate Barcelona’s iconic church in another pointed  criticism of what he called Spain’s “aggressive secularism”.

Dear Editor, As I promised, I am allowing Mr Dev, in the newspaper columns, the last word on 1964 in Buxton, although I offered to come back to 1961.

Photos by Alva Solomon A farmer at Barabina, in the Mabaruma sub region, guides pigs to her farm located close to her home.

(Reuters) When he’s not directing and producing films or designing costumes, Karan Johar is chatting with his friends — and getting paid for it.

The Fyrish Fire Hawks and New Amsterdam Warriors have advanced to the final of the Stag Beer Basketball Club division one championships following semi-finals wins recently.

(Jamaica Observer) The certification and re-registration process for contractors seeking government contracts has become so mired in corruption that Contractor General Greg Christie said his office will now perform forensic examinations of each application.

YANGON, (Reuters) – Two military-backed parties  looked set to prevail today in Myanmar’s first election in  20 years, a day after a choreographed vote marred by fraud  charges and apathy, and condemned as flawed by Washington and  London.

Dear Editor, I am responding to your editorial `A Storm after a Storm’ (SN Nov 5) critiquing Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissesar’s comment on giving assistance to storm (Hurricane Tomas) stricken islands of the Caribbean.

Seawall FC continues to impress as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League approaches its conclusion.

Gavin Lewis defeated Kijana Lewis 6 – 3, 6 – 0 in a men’s singles match Thursday night as the Pegasus Open tournament continued at the hotel’s courts.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The dissident group “Ladies in  White” accused the Cuban government yesterday of failing to  meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to  continue their weekly protest marches until all are freed.

Lindeners have been complaining about the state of the roads; this week we ask drivers for their opinion.

Dear Editor, The Diwali celebrations and the motorcades were most entertaining, decent and scintillating. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Head of the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), Superintendent Fitz Bailey, has raised concerns about the absence of a regulatory framework to prevent unscrupulous persons from importing equipment used in the local multimillion-dollar debit-card scam.

Some days, in fact most days, the barrage of distressing news on the pages of our daily newspapers is enough to cause despair if not clinical depression.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan leg spinner Danish  Kaneria has been refused clearance from the country’s cricket  board to join the squad in Dubai for the test series against  South Africa.

By Patsy Lewis Patsy Lewis is a Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, at the Mona, Jamaica Campus of the University of the West Indies.

So the proverbial cat is out of the bag. The government lulled the country into believing that a landmark, revamped Amerindian Act had been in force since 2006.

Dear Editor, The recent research on alcohol and drug use in the UK highlights similar problems faced in Guyana as it relates to the use of legal and illegal substances.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sonia Pottinger, who blazed a trail as reggae’s most successful female music producer, died Wednesday evening at her St Andrew home.