Daily Archive: Thursday, November 11, 2010

PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray was last night in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after suffering a serious fall.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The death toll in  Haiti’s cholera epidemic climbed today, reaching 800,  according to a U.S.

Police today issued a wanted bulletin for Mark Gobin who is wanted in connection with murder committed on Kawall Outar on November 6 at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

A convicted prisoner was shot twice by police officers who opened fire at him as he jumped from a prison van outside the Camp Street prison around 3 this afternoon in a hair-raising episode that also resulted in a civilian being wounded.

Dr. Vishwamintra Persaud, the man credited for delivering a ‘miracle’ baby at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), is a convicted child sex felon who had his doctor’s licence revoked in New York in 2007.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning Italian film  producer Dino De Laurentiis, who brought 500 films to the big  screen including “La Strada,” “Serpico,” and “Three Days of the  Condor,” has died at age 91, his family said today.

-Kamla among those monitored (Trinidad Express) An early-morning police raid, ordered by Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs, on a secret snooping agency within the National Security Ministry has brought to light an extensive list, including Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and private citizens, whose phone calls, text messages and e-mails have been monitored over five years.

Following the protest by parents on Tuesday at the Bagotville Primary School, there have been improvements however the head-teacher has been demoted.

A driver and two attendants of the Georgetown Public Hospital were injured after the ambulance they were in crashed in the vicinity of the University of Guyana Road on the East Coast this morning.

A new entity, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. has been incorporated under the Companies Act with the aim of promoting transparency and eradicating corruption.

(Jamaica Information Service) London, United Kingdom: Reggae legend Gregory Isaacs once again took superstar billing as hundreds of well-wishers, rather than mourners, celebrated his life in unique style in London yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) St Lucia’s Defence Force was called into action yesterday when hundreds of citizens burst through gates and bombarded Barbadian fishing vessels laden with relief supplies for victims of Hurricane Thomas.

(Barbados Nation) A delinquent court system. That’s how the Barbados Bar Association described the justice system in Barbados in a stinging letter sent to the Acting Chief Justice Sherman Moore earlier this week.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Iraq’s main political blocs  agreed nominees for the country’s top three parliamentary posts,  ending an eight-month deadlock over a new government, Kurdish  regional president Masoud Barzani said today.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission yesterday revealed that it has the mining royalties accruing to Amerindian communities since the passage of the Amerindian Act in 2006, a figure which reportedly amounts to hundreds of millions.

‘It is time that the corporation truthfully advise the nation on the state of affairs of the new Skeldon factory which continues to hemorrhage the industry’s treasury’ The Guyana Agricultural and General Worker’s Union (GAWU) has criticized operations at the Skeldon factory pointing to repeated mechanical breakdowns

A fire believed to have been electrical in origin left 15 persons homeless yesterday afternoon and the fire service was berated for its slow response.

The Santa Rosa Village Council and residents are concerned about the status of the ongoing investigations into the death of Damien La Rose and have severely criticized the police.

Some four hundred involuntary re-migrants are now registered with the Juncata Juvant Friendly Society less than four years after it came into existence and according to its Vice-President Donna Snagg, while it has been growing in membership, resources remain a challenge.

The woman accused of clubbing her reputed husband to death at Eclipse Falls, North West District on Friday last, following a reported argument over money for their three children was yesterday remanded to prison.

Georgetown, Anna Regina (Region 2) and most likely Annai (Region 9) are being targeted for the pilot phase of the government’s ambitious US$30M One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative Stabroek News has learnt.

The Guyana government is to bestow an award on outgoing Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Fourth Regular Summit of UNASUR Heads to be held here later this month, administration spokesman Dr.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday handed over more than $136M to the Region Two Farmers’ Group for paddy supplied under a deal recently inked with Venezuela.

Two men were denied their pre-trial liberty when they appeared before Magistrate Krishndat Persaud at the No.

For one farmer and a cane harvester, being able to see through both eyes again is a gift they will forever be grateful to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) for.

A 12-year-old has become the latest road fatality after he was struck down on the Timehri Public Road on Tuesday night.

During a search yesterday afternoon for a missing iPod, teachers of the St.

Fifty units of blood were collected at a donation drive, organized by the Guyana International Relief Organization (GIRO) recently at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice.

Behavioural change has seen mercury levels dropping in persons living in the hinterland communities of Isseneru, Micobie and Gunn’s Strip, according to a study by the Guyana Environmental Capacity Development Project (GENCAPD).

Three women were arrested at First Avenue, Bartica on Tuesday with clothing, DVD players and an electrical iron which they reportedly shoplifted.

True to their word, parents of children at the Golden Grove Primary school locked the gates yesterday and kept their children from going to school after protesting the lack of water the day before.

…following fire The Local Government Ministry has vowed to “be more involved in the management of the Mandela Landfill site” in light of the recent fire which broke out there.

The Japanese government has extended emergency aid valued over US$180,000 to the governments of St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines which suffered losses during the recent hurricane.

A  porter arraigned on charges of possession of firearm and ammunition without a licence and possession of narcotics was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

At the No. 51 Village Court yesterday, Magistrate Krishndat Persaud remanded a 55-year-old man to prison after he pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of arms and ammunition.

The Disabled Persons Network (DPN) is hosting the first General Assembly of Disabled Peoples Networks tomorrow at the Critchlow Labour College.

Royston Crandon struck the first century of this year’s Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County cricket tournament yesterday at the Blairmont Community Development Centre Ground.

‘…now he can’t even sit down or lift his head’ Three-year-old Udesh Ragubar of Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice had an open heart surgery performed at the Caribbean Heart Institute in Georgetown and his mother was relieved, thinking that his troubles would be over.

He has developed a reputation as a ball handling wizard and despite his small stature AND 1 Streetball star, Grayson Boucher A.K.A.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Newly appointed vice-captain Brendan Nash stroked a confident half-century but West Indies suffered an all too familiar batting collapse on the opening day of their three-day tour match against Sri Lanka Cricket President’s XI yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies vice-captain Brendan Nash has lamented his side’s poor batting and says they will have to make the most of their second innings opportunity.

Guyana’s leading distance athlete Cleveland Forde and compatriot Dennis Horatio are scheduled to depart this morning for Panama where they will represent Guyana in the third leg of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) South American Athletics Confederation 10 km Road Classic that will be held on Sunday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Government here has thrown its full backing behind the national cricket board’s bid to host the next two Caribbean Twenty20 Championships.

The website of the Government Information Agency (GINA), www.gina.gov.gy, has been down since Thursday.

It was a night of upsets when quarterfinal action in the annual Namilco Football Festival Knockout Tournament took place Tuesday night at the Tucville Playfield.

The third and final stage of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Referees Assistant Programme got underway yesterday at the Demerara Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company building on Rob Street.

Lyall Gittens has collaborated with Next Level Domino Corporation to donate US$100 to Shenise Lopes, the woman whose 10-month-old daughter is in need of urgent heart surgery.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer produced his ‘A  Game’ yesterday and Andy Murray had to switch to ‘Plan B’ on  the super-fast indoor court to reach the third round of the  Paris Masters.

-as GABA Division Three and Two tournaments jump off The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Division Two and Three Knockout Tournaments finally got going last weekend at the Burnham Basketball Court.

The Eight Annual All-Star weekend is now only days away and the Georgetown and Linden Amateur Basketball Associations are all set for this weekend’s All-Star showdown which will run from Friday to Sunday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama responded  to widespread criticism that the United States is deliberately  weakening the dollar as he tried to swing the G20 spotlight  back onto global imbalances at a gathering of world leaders in  Seoul.

Dear Editor, I am disappointed at some of the unfair criticism made by Joey Jagan towards the Pegasus Hotel and am equally disheartened by the response from the hotel.

Like diamonds in the sky: Fireworks lit up the night sky as the GDF celebrated its 45th Anniversary with a Military Tattoo yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters Life!) – Rapper Kanye West yesterday complained of being misused in a new TV interview  during which he pulled back from a 2005 comment he made that  characterized former President George W.

The GDF band performs during the Military Tattoo yesterday.(Photo by Jules Gibson)

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – There was no dream end to the CLOBI Cup International Masters Twenty20 Championship for West Indies as they went down to Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the final on Tuesday night.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A three-week-old cholera  epidemic that has killed more than 640 people in Haiti is  spreading quickly in the northwest coastal city of Gonaives,  authorities said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Commander of ‘B’ Division, Mr Stephen Merai lambasted Dave’s Television Station Channel Eight last week during a press conference about the deaths on the No 19 Public Road.

Dear Editor, I am in sympathy with Mr Pretipaul Jaigobin, Assistant Treasurer of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) who suffered at the hands of some wicked persons.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A U.S.-developed video game that  lets players try to kill Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel  Castro sparked an angry reaction from Cuba yesterday, the  latest charge in the long history of bitter U.S.-Cuba

While the West Indies cricket team is on a tour of Sri Lanka, West Indian cricket legend Clive Lloyd will be in town today on a different mission – to inspect and report back to the International Cricket Council (ICC) whether the three Sri Lankan venues that are to be used for next year’s ICC World Cup would be ready on time.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A plan to give the United States  formal access to Colombian military bases has been in limbo  since a court suspended the pact in August, helping lower  tensions with socialist-run Venezuela next door.

(Trinidad Express) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told Government it may have to pay local contractors billions of dollars owed to them if it wants to bolster confidence in the economy. 

Coming into base: Parachutists touch down at the GDF ground at Camp Ayanganna during a sky-diving display yesterday.

OSLO, (Reuters) – U.N. climate talks starting in  Mexico this month will seek a complex set of interlocking deals  to slow global warming but will fall well short of a new treaty,  the U.N.’s

Dear Editor, I worked with the Guysuco, Blairmont Estate as a mechanic for over 37 years.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Paul Millsap scored a career-high  46 points and led the Utah Jazz to a stunning 116-114 comeback  overtime victory over the Miami Heat that spoiled a big night  for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on Tuesday.

Here we come: A Brazilian army parachutist along with another floats to the Guyana Defence Force ground at Camp Ayanganna yesterday.

History This Week         No.2010/11Part I By Arlene Munro Origins The British Guiana Militia had forerunners in the militias which were formed early in the history of this country.

Dear Editor, If Hydar Ally (‘The PPP and PNC cannot be placed in the same category’ SN, November 2) had taken the time to pay attention to what I said in my letter, it is clear that I placed both the PNC and the PPP in the same category.

(Trinidad Express) Three years ago the executive management of Republic Bank Ltd stopped accepting CLICO’s Executive Flexible Premium Annuity (EFPA) financial instruments as security for bank loans.

Dear Editor, I first met Lionel Peters in July 1990 when as a little boy I went to Freedom House and asked to join the PYO.

Waiting it out: Students who live in Mocha, but attend schools outside the village hunkered down at the top of the ‘Mocha long road’ on Monday awaiting transportation to take them in.

PARIS, (Reuters) – When U.S. President Barack Obama  first addressed the Muslim world in its traditional heartland  last year, his speech was laden with references to the past, to  Islam and to the tensions plaguing the Middle East.

Horse racing will return to the Ryan Crawford Turf Club (RCMTC) on November  21 for the annual one-day meet at the club’s facility at Alness,  Corentyne, Berbice from 13:00 hours.

(Go Jamaica) Dancehall entertainers Vybz Kartel and Mavado remained in custody yesterday afternoon at the Constant Spring Police Station in St.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka have decided to rest  strike bowler Lasith Malinga for the first test against West  Indies in Galle which starts on Monday.

GDF ranks thrilled many with a martial arts display during a Military Tattoo yesterday.

Dear Editor, The prevalence of compensation being offered after crimes have been committed has become totally unacceptable, and our laws are being flouted with impunity.

There is an old saying that, ‘behind every successful man, there is a woman,’ which traditionally has meant that successful men owe their achievements in life to their wives, partners and/or mothers who supported and encouraged them in reaching the heights which they attained.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been named as an international achiever alongside humanitarian Queen Rania, actress Julia Roberts, pop star Fergie and 23-year- old Katie Spotz who rowed 2,817 miles alone in 70 days.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters Life!) – The eastern Dutch city  of Nijmegen is taking 10 statues off the streets after some of  its bronzes were stolen and most likely melted down to take  advantage of the high price of the metal alloy.

By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE – Everybody agrees that the world economy is ill, but the diagnosis apparently depends on which corner of it you happen to inhabit.