Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The police are probing an armed robbery that occurred at about 3 pm yesterday at Orange Walk, Bourda, Georgetown , during which Shadeer Hussain of Canal No 1.

PNCR presidential candidate hopeful, Dr Faith Harding this morning arrived in Guyana and says she is confident of becoming the party’s nominee for next year’s election.

PPP censures Nagamootoo over GAWU comments The PPP has censured executive member and presidential hopeful Moses Nagamootoo for his recent public statements on GuySuCo’s threat to derecognise the sugar workers union GAWU with party General Secretary Donald Ramotar labeling his statement as grandstanding and in bad taste.

(BBC) The Jamaica government has disclosed that it is pushing for the country to have its own Court of Appeal.

(Go-Jamaica) The British-based Guardian newspaper has released a damning cable from the US Government obtained though Wikileaks which claims that the Mayor of Kingston Desmond McKenzie met with US Embassy officials to lobby against the extradition of alleged crime lord, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

(Go-Jamaica) A leaked US cable has claimed that Lorna Golding, the wife of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, believed the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was under the “pernicious influence” of U.S.

PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar has expressed surprise at the move of presidential hopeful Ralph Ramkarran to take his ambitions to the public with the appearance of a full page ad in the press.

Social activists Mark Benschop and Freddie Kissoon were up to 11 am today still in police custody and from their cells at the Brickdam Police Station lockups they shouted that they were being victimized and punished by the government.

Courts has unveiled shopping up to midnight today and tomorrow as the Christmas buying frenzy gets into top gear.

(BBC) Immigration advocates in the United States have reacted with dismay at a decision by the Obama administration to resume the deportations of Haitians with criminal records from next month.

(BBC) Canada has announced that it has concluded air transport liberalisation agreements with Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The West Indies Cricket Board has  given its backing to suspended off-spinner Shane Shillingford  and said it expects him to bounce back.

President Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon offered sugar workers a 5% one-off pay increase which they will receive before the end of the year.

PPP Executive Ralph Ramkarran has given notice to the ruling party’s leadership that he intends to seek the nomination to be its presidential candidate at next year’s general elections.

A popular Region Three contractor was fatally stabbed, allegedly by his brother who was in turn shot in his foot by police as he attempted to flee the scene at La Grange, West Bank Demerara, following an argument over paint yesterday.

The government yesterday announced plans to “fix the problem” at the overflowing Mandela Landfill, while slamming the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) for poor management.

 A West Coast Berbice (WCB) miner died on the spot after the vehicle he was driving turned turtle along the Mabura/Mahdia trail yesterday morning.

Businessman Paul Daby was yesterday charged with illegal possession of fireworks and granted $25,000 bail.

A taxi driver died on Monday night after he collided with a minibus along the Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Lobsang Hassan, 30, was late last month sentenced to life imprisonment in a London Court after he was found guilty of murder and attempted murder, according to a report in the Croydon Guardian.

A man is in custody as police probe the suspicious death of another man whose body was discovered outside a house at Plantain Walk, West Bank Demerara early yesterday morning.

Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday remanded a man who allegedly caused the death of Special Constable Marva McNabb by driving in a dangerous manner.

A WikiLeaks cable released yesterday revealed how the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank agonized about the impact of the indictment of Allen Stanford on the Bank of Antigua and also contained unflattering comments about the Chinese-built stadium named for Sir Vivian Richards.

A blaze close to popular Water Street store, Giftland OfficeMax created a scare in the busy shopping district after midday yesterday and prompted a strong reaction from the store’s management to the welding activities which started the blaze.

A policing community member was stabbed last evening by his estranged wife’s boyfriend after an argument over the woman.

Two intriguing games unravelled at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground last night with Pele and Sunburst Camptown Football clubs recording wins to reach the quarterfinal round of the 21st Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament.

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club yesterday received tangible support from telecommunications giant Digicel for their upcoming Boxing Day horse race meet.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce, says he is satisfied “to a point” with how the year has been for the AAG given some of the superior achievements that Guyanese athletes have attained for the year.

 President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) Lennox Shuffler yesterday described the year 2010 as “interesting with a ray of hope.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Powerful FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been nominated unopposed for his eighth successive term in charge of the Caribbean Football Union.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Jason Terry scored all 19 of his  points in the fourth quarter to help the Dallas Mavericks end  Miami’s 12-game winning streak with a 98-96 victory over the  Heat on Monday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has thrown its full support behind embattled off-spinner Shane Shillingford who was yesterday banned by the International Cricket Council from bowling after his action was deemed illegal.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Embattled Trinidad and Tobago head coach Russell Latapy has submitted his technical report on his side’s failed Digicel Caribbean Cup campaign to football authorities here.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar returned to   the Indian one-day squad for January’s five-match series   against South Africa, 11 months after scoring an unbeaten   double century against the same opponents.  

 The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has completed its calendar of events for 2011 that starts on January 16 with the annual National Cross Country Championships set for Kuru Kuru on the Linden Highway.  

The International Cricket Council (ICC)  yesterday confirmed that an independent test had found the bowling action of West Indies’ off-spinner Shane Shillingford to be illegal and, as such, the player has been suspended from bowling in international cricket.

Digicel CEO Gregory Dean says the company is in favour of a market-driven rollout of its network and services as opposed to a regulated approach currently envisioned under the draft telecoms legislation.

Dear Editor, The article ‘Cuba’s Economic Paradigm Shift: A Work in Progress’ (‘In the Diaspora’ SN, December 20) was an interesting take on developments in Cuba; we wait to see how it all pans out.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – American Shane Mosley’s  adviser met the promoter of boxing’s number one fighter   Manny Pacquiao yesterday to finalise terms on a May 7 bout in   Las Vegas, the former welterweight champion said.   

Dear Editor, It was instructive to see from SN’s December 18 edition, the management of the Linden Hospital Complex speaking up in relation to its referrals to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s National Assembly  passed a bill yesterday to stop lawmakers voting against their  political parties in the latest move of a legislative onslaught  before a new parliament is seated next month.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday refused bail to a man accused of having an illegal firearm and matching ammunition in his possession.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa all-rounder  Jacques Kallis escaped unhurt after being involved in a car  crash on Tuesday.  

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Business Secretary Vince  Cable was stripped of power over the media sector but remained  in government yesterday after he was taped “declaring war” on  News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch.

ROME, (Reuters) – Enzo Bearzot, the coach who led  Italy to victory in the final of the 1982 World Cup against the  odds, has died at the age of 83.  

Dear Editor, I am accompanied by a radio all day long and get really mad when the reception is bad, nonsense is played for songs, programmes that do not interest me are aired or the station is down, as is the case now for a number of hours.

Several persons sustained injuries last evening when this Route 47 minibus, BKK 4299, collided with this motorcycle, CF 6488, on Mandela Avenue.

The findings and recommendations of the recent maternal deaths investigation would be made public by early next year, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament approved Prime  Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his new government yesterday, nine  months after an inconclusive election left politics in limbo and  delayed investments to rebuild the country after years of war.

Berbice teams, New Amsterdam United and Rosignol United were beaten but not disgraced as Santos and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) marched into the next round of the Kashif and Shanghai Football Festival following matches Sunday evening at Blairmont Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to an article in the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Arau wants land settled before low carbon decision –Toshao’ in its issue of Thursday, November 18, 2010.

SANTO DOMINGO,  (Reuters) – The publication by  WikiLeaks of U.S. diplomatic cables reporting alleged “rampant”  business corruption in the Dominican Republic has prompted a  State Department apology and denials from Dominican officials.

The winner of Sunday’s New Building Society (NBS) limited overs cricket competition will be either Tamran Root or Young Warriors after the latter team  completed a comfortable eight wicket win over Hopetown United in the second semi-final recently.

Dear Editor, The Christmas season is here, the year is coming to the end, and the administration of Region 1 continues to run the region as if it is a comedy show.

A 57-year-old businessman became the latest victim of armed robbery when he was held up in front of his business place on Monday evening.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. communications  regulators adopted Internet traffic rules yesterday that  prevent providers from blocking lawful content but still let  them ration access to their networks.

In the last two weeks, demand from Asia drove up the price of local timber according to the fortnightly report of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO).

Dear Editor, The current group  of sugar workers have made and continue to make contributions to Guyana, but it does more harm than good when those contributions are misrepresented, especially given the fact that persons are generally au fait with the struggles and political intricacies of sugar from slavery to now.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Joe Cohen, a scientist tantalisingly close to delivering the world’s first malaria  vaccine, is on the stump.  

DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – The Phil Simmons-coached Ireland have named their 22-man preliminary squad for next year’s Cricket World Cup, retaining a large chunk of the players who campaigned in the Caribbean showpiece three years ago.

Jonathan Schell is a Fellow at The Nation Institute and teaches a course on the nuclear dilemma at Yale University.

In the face of post-earthquake distortions of the Haitian society and economy, it would hardly have been expected that elections for the presidency would have gone particularly smoothly.

Merry Christmas son

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo visited Buxton on Monday for the second time during his 12 years as President of Guyana.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Prolific Indian batsman Sachin  Tendulkar has closed in on Kumar Sangakkara at the top of the  ICC test rankings and can overtake the Sri Lankan captain with  a good showing in the remaining two tests against South Africa.

The Ethnic Relations Com-mission (ERC) says it is not the competent authority to deal with matters of noise nuisance, following what it says are misleading claims in an article published by the Guyana Times.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United States  succeeded yesterday in getting the United Nations to restore a  reference to killings due to sexual orientation that had been  deleted from a resolution condemning unjustified executions.