Articles published on Thursday, December 16, 2010
Canada-based Shoreham Resources Ltd has announced that a diamond drilling programme has started on the Mariwa River gold target at the Sardine Hill Property in Guyana An Accesswire release today said that a minimum of 3,000 metres of drilling is planned to depths of approximately 100 to 200 metres to test the “saprolite and shallow bedrock mineralized zones in the northwest sector of the property”.
(BBC) Britain is to close its military base in Belize. The decision is part of a major drive by the government in London to slash spending.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Three technology company executives and a salesman for an “expert network” firm were arrested and charged with leaking confidential tips to hedge funds, including secret details about Apple Inc’s iPad ahead of its launch.
Oil exploration company, CGX Energy Inc has raised US$23 million in its latest share offering which will be used to fund its capital programme offshore Guyana and for general corporate purposes.
Government has taken umbrage at statements attributed to former finance minister and regional public servant Carl Greenidge and has voiced its displeasure to CARICOM.
LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange was released on bail today after spending nine days in a London jail over alleged sex crimes in Sweden.
A US cable released by WikiLeaks today said that Cuban Leader Fidel Castro came close to dying in July, 2006 after rejecting a colostomy for diverticulitis of the colon.
(BBC) St Vincent and the Grenadines opposition leader, Arnhim Eustace, said on Wednesday his New Democratic Party (NDP) would challenge Monday’s general election.
PERTH, (Reuters) – England tightened their grip on the Ashes in Perth yesterday, restricting Australia to a first innings total of 268 after a feisty rearguard fightback on day one of the third test.
The mother-in-law of the Linden woman who died along with her baby while giving birth at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday said that in this case doctors were not to be blamed as the woman had bled extensively en route to the city.
Former parliamentarian Abdul Kadir, who was found guilty of plotting to blow up fuel tanks at the John F Kennedy Airport, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment in a New York Court by Judge Dora Irizarry.
PNCR presidential hopeful retired Brigadier David Granger is confident of securing the party’s nomination to contest the 2011 general elections, following a trip to New York last week.
It pays to be a leg-spinner for Guyana after the Guyana Cricket Board last night named leg-spinners Devendra Bishoo and Amir Khan the senior and junior Cricketers-of-the-Year at their annual awards ceremony held at the Umana Yana.
Guyana may be able to access the US$30M deposited by Norway into a fund under the World Bank’s supervision as early as next month, President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed yesterday, saying that the country has already submitted the project documents for the initiatives to be implemented with the money.
Police last evening were engaged in a stand-off outside social activist Mark Benschop’s home as the lawmen attempted to question him over a traffic offence.
Guyana’s Ronaldo Rodrigues placed second and sixth in the men’s 100m breaststroke and men’s 200m freestyle events on the first day of the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships in Dubai yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have leapfrogged Trinidad and Tobago to claim top spot in the Caribbean Football Union rankings, following their unbeaten run in the recently concluded Digicel Caribbean Cup.
Two retired policemen say they are fed up with the many excuses they have received about their pension increase which was stolen from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Finance Office in January and they are pleading for the “small” payments to be made to them before the year ends.
Chef-de-Mission of Guyana’s contingent to the recent Commonwealth Games and Treasurer of the Guyana Olympic Association, Garfield Wiltshire yesterday said that the three national rugby players recently suspended by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) had been drinking and were under the influence of alcohol.
There will be a total eclipse of the moon early in the morning on Tuesday, December 21, and it will be visible all over Guyana, the Astronomical Society said in a release yesterday.
Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded a man to prison after he was charged with the murder of Moruca resident Damien La Rose.
In a continuing effort to promote sports in schools the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) partnered with the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to launch the national schools chess championships yesterday at the MCYS office, Main Street.
An ex-convict pleaded guilty to a cocaine charge and has been sentenced to four years imprisonment while a pensioner with whom he was jointly charged pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison.
LONDON, England, CMC – Test reject Ravi Bopara and rising star Steve Finn have been included in a strong England Lions 16-man squad named yesterday to do battle in the West Indies Cricket Board first class championship starting next February.
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite will act as CARICOM Secretary-General from January 1 next year, pending the selection and appointment of a new Secretary-General to succeed Sir Edwin Carrington who will retire at the end of the year.
A project that seeks to strengthen the Disaster Risk Management system of the country is getting support from the Inter-American Development Bank.
(Cricinfo) Despite including two former World Cup heroes – Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas – in the provisional 30-member squad for the tournament’s 2011 edition, Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors Aravinda de Silva gave no indication that they would be in contention for a spot in the final 15.
Last night was extra magical for 77-year-old David Noel who was the winner of a Mazda RX8 motorcar from the GT&T’s “Textmas Promotion”.
Several employees of the Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday escaped with minor injuries after the minibus they were being transported in collided with another vehicle in the city.
Bynum returns as Lakers rout the Wizards 103-89 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The surging Los Angeles Lakers welcomed the return of seven-foot center Andrew Bynum by routing the injury-riddled Washington Wizards 103-89 Tuesday.
Gunmen invaded a Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara household on Tuesday night and after holding the occupants hostage for three hours, escaped with a quantity of gold jewellery and local and foreign currency.
The Region Ten Organizing Committee for the 2011 International Year for People of African Descent has already launched its programme of activities which will give effect to the UN Resolution that calls for “strengthening (of) national actions and regional and international cooperation for the benefit of people of African descent…” The committee said in a release that the launching took place on November 19 at the LEN Macaw Training Room and was attended by a wide cross-section of the Linden community, including school children from several secondary schools, youth and sports groups, representatives of regional government and the business and religious communities.
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday as promised released a statement seeking to justify their suspensions of three national rugby players following the team’s participation at the Commonwealth Games in India.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Venezue-lan President Hugo Chavez is using autocratic powers to subvert the will of the people, the U.S.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of The Facebook social networking site that has more than half a billion users, was named Time magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year yesterday.
Persons looking to change foreign currency amounting to $20,000 and above at licenced cambios faced new rules yesterday in keeping with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Finance of Terrorism Act of 2009.
PERTH, (Reuters) – Having sent Australia crashing to the canvas in Adelaide, England will hope to land a knockout blow to their punch-drunk former tormentors when the third Ashes test gets underway in Perth today.
Dear Editor, I refer to your front page story of Sunday, December 12, 2010 headlined ‘Cessna landing in August at 63 Beach raises serious questions.’
CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – India will be under pressure to justify their number one ranking by winning away from home when they play second-placed South Africa in a three-match test series starting at Centurion today.
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Two suicide bomb attacks killed 39 people outside a mosque during a Shi’ite religious ceremony in southeastern Iran yesterday, a strike Jundollah rebels said was retaliation for the execution of their leader in June.
Adverse weather has put a temporary halt on the earthen works being undertaken as part of the construction of the Hope Canal.
Management consultant Dr. Aubrey Armstrong has declined nominations to be the PNCR’s presidential candidate to contest next year’s general elections.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Constitution provides that elections shall be independently supervised by the Guyana Elections Commission (Article 62) The same article refers us to Article 162 for the duties and powers provided.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao began a visit to India yesterday, pledging to improve market access for Indian companies and insisting the world was big enough for both Asian giants to prosper as partners.
A citizen of French Guiana was yesterday sentenced to a total of four years imprisonment after he admitted to charges of possession of arms and ammunition and illegal entry into the country.
A Venezuelan man and his Peruvian wife were remanded to prison yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, after they answered to a joint charge of entering Guyana illegally.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – German researchers who used a bone marrow transplant to treat a cancer patient with the AIDS virus, have declared him cured of the virus — a stunning claim in a field where the word “cure” is barely whispered.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Three more Pakistan players are under scrutiny for spot-fixing, a Pakistan Cricket Board source told Reuters yesterday.
Dear Editor, It is evident that the rising rate of road fatalities has done little to make errant drivers do an evaluation of the way they use the roadways.
Dear Editor, The year is coming to an end and Berbicians ought to know by now that they have been fooled and duped by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) – again.
South Africa have named four uncapped players in the preliminary squad for the 2011 World Cup competition.
The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 11.05 pm on Tuesday during which businessman Alexander Ramdhanny and his brother Errol Ramdhanny of Sisters Village, WBD, were attacked and robbed by three men, armed with a handgun, a cutlass and a knife.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – World Bank President Robert Zoellick said yesterday that $49.3 billion had been pledged by rich and emerging market countries to help the poorest nations during a drive to replenish a fund devoted to that purpose.
The Ministry of Agriculture’s New Guyana Marketing Corporation will engage in an anti-price gouging exercise aimed at ensuring that the price for rice and sugar remains stable, following reports that wholesalers and distributors have been arbitrarily increasing the prices for these commodities, a release stated.
Dear Editor, I have been a member of the PPP for about thirty years and of the PYO before that.
THE HAGUE/NAIROBI, (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court prosecutor named three Kenyan cabinet ministers and a former police chief yesterday among six suspects behind the east African country’s post-election violence in 2008.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – World Bank President Robert Zoellick said yesterday that $49.3 billion had been pledged by rich and emerging market countries to help the poorest nations during a drive to replenish a fund devoted to that purpose.
More than a month ago, Babita Sarjou, a 28-year-old mother of one, left her mother’s house in the morning after stating that she would be back home by around 9 pm.
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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors are looking for any evidence WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange conspired with a former U.S.
Thursday’s Cartoon
An Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam labourer will spend the next four years behind bars after he admitted to marijuana trafficking on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News on Monday, December 13, 2010, under the caption ‘A bad precedence [sic] has been set by the Divisional Commander’ and which dealt with the recent annual awards ceremony and luncheon held by police ranks in ‘A’ Division.
Police last evening were engaged in a stand-off outside social activist Mark Benschop’s home as the lawmen attempted to question him over a traffic offence.
