Daily Archive: Friday, January 7, 2011

Popular Linden businessman Albert Joseph called `Bolo’, who was shot during a robbery last Monday, succumbed to his wound earlier this evening.

Mark Hoosein, 22 years of Fourth Street, Cummings Lodge, ECD, and Rhomayne Li, 18 years of Cummings Street, Alberttown, Georgetown, were today charged with unlawful possession of explosives and throwing an explosive in a public place and fined.

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0445h today at Non Pariel, ECD, during which Ramchand Rampadarat, 36 years, was shot and injured by a businessman who is also a licensed firearm holder.

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 7 pm yesterday at No.

A lone gunman robbed the A&R store in Linden and is now hiding in an empty building in the McKenzie business centre.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After months of uncertainty, it appears that The Bahamas will in fact be stepping in to save this year’s Carifta Games with an announcement expected to be made by North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association President Neville ‘Teddy’ McCook as early as next week.

The PNCR today accused the PPP/C government of helming a plan to stay in office, a charge that the ruling party and the government have previously strenuously denied.

The year that was ended on what, perhaps, was an unsurprisingly tempestuous note.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) today released the six names approved as nominees as the party’s presidential candidate.

(NY Daily News) A Brooklyn woman with a vise-like grip pleaded guilty on Tuesday to nearly maiming an NYPD cop by squeezing his genitals.

(BBC) Opposition MP Robin Yearwood has criticised the Antiguan government for removing Sir Gerald Watt as chairman of the country’s Electoral Commission.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia have dropped to fifth   place in the test rankings after losing the Ashes series to   England, who edged closer to second-placed South Africa on the   latest official list issued today.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Abdul   Rehman produced a sustained, tight spell of left-arm spin   bowling to take three wickets for 51 runs as New Zealand   scrambled to 260 for seven at the close of play on the first   day of the first test at Seddon Park today.

(De Ware Tijd)  — More and more Brazilians suffering from Hansen’s disease are reporting to the Dermatology Service of the health ministry.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Stand-in skipper Michael Clarke   insisted Australian cricket was not in crisis today but   after the humiliation of a crushing home Ashes defeat, the   once dominant side is pretty close to completing its fall from   grace.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge yesterday  postponed the criminal trial of Houston financier Allen  Stanford after testimony that he suffers from depression.

A Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman was last night in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after he was shot during a robbery at his home.

Veteran journalist and television personality Clem David, 63,  died last night at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home following a prolonged heart condition.

Vendors from the Stabroek Market area whose stalls were dismantled following the explosion on Wednesday morning staged protests at various government ministries and City Hall yesterday.

The man known simply as `American’ or `Yankee’ and who died in the explosion outside of Stabroek Market on Wednesday remains a figure of mystery and has been described as a favourite of vendors.

Berbice businessman Hareshnarine Sugrim, who allegedly fled the scene after he fatally struck a Line Path motorcyclist, is being sought by police in relation to causing death by dangerous driving.

The ex-policeman held in a major drug bust in Suriname earlier this week was also held by police here several years ago in connection with an abandoned aircraft found at the Kwapau airstrip in Cuyuni-Mazaruni, sources have said.

While Shaunell Warrick’s condition remains unchanged in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, her attacker was on Tuesday turned over to the police by a relative of the woman.

Outspoken Bartician miner, Frederick McWilfred was last evening elected head of the Bartica Community and Mining Development Association (BCMDA) following the official launch of the organisation which aims to protect the industry but also to diversify.

Representatives of the local RUSAL subsidiary and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday agreed to a bilateral engagement with the Labour Ministry as opposed to compulsory arbitration.

Former Caricom economist Carl Greenidge has accused the PPP/C government of bedeviling his professional career from the time it entered office in 1992 to last month’s dispute which resulted in him not being rehired by the regional body.

Lenroy Almond, accused of attempting to murder another man in a cutlass attack, was yesterday remanded to prison, after claiming he acted in self defence.

Candy vendor Wayne Prescott was yesterday charged with possession of narcotics.

The continuation of the preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Neesa Gopaul was yesterday postponed due to the absence of defence attorneys Bernard De Santos and Vic Puran when the matter was called.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday handed down a nine month jail sentence to a man who admitted that he stole shoes and other items, which he later resold.

Police on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were last night searching for a young man who along with another attacked and stabbed two teenagers at Vryheid’s Lust, ECD.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Meticulous preparation, thorough   professionalism and unprecedented fitness levels underpinned   England’s 3-1 Ashes triumph in Australia.

A group of campaigners seeking change on the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) executive at upcoming elections believe that the new leadership should not inherit current problems of financial impropriety and grave indiscretions created by some of the current members.

An Imam accused of assaulting and using abusive language towards an employee of the Kitty Masjid was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 bail, after he was charged before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board has  ruled out using the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) and  also rejected an offer to travel to Australia and watch its  Ashes application.

A man was arraigned yesterday on two charges of unlawful assault, using abusive language and a charge of disorderly behaviour at a police outpost.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – It will cost the West Indies Cricket Board less than US $300,000 to host Hampshire and Somerset for the upcoming Caribbean Twenty20 Championship.

A man accused of stealing a quantity of ladies shoes was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $75,000, after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Two men who were injured in Wednesday’s grenade explosion may lose sight in their right eyes.

Two young men were arrested by the police yesterday afternoon in connection with a firecracker explosion in the compound of the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus.

SINGAPORE/LONDON, (Reuters) – Record high food prices  are moving to the top of policymaker agendas, driven by fears  it could stoke inflation, protectionism and unrest and dent  consumer demand in key emerging economies.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has started works costing over $7M at Pomeroon to assist farmers and residents often affected by excessive spring tides.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a letter by C Kenrick Hunte, appearing in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News of January 5 under the caption in SN, “Where is Minister Persaud’s evidence of GAIBANK mismanagement and misuse of funds?”

Despite the national rugby teams’ successes in previous years, the sport flew under the radar on the local scene until it hosted two major tournaments in 2010: the NACRA Championships and the Rugby Sevens tournament of the CAC Games at the Providence stadium.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) on Tuesday commissioned a $25M department at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Islamic Academy to better accommodate students pursuing a secondary education there.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States plans to  cut $78 billion in defense spending over five years, including  a reduction of up to 47,000 troops, in a politically  contentious move that would trim the government’s growing  budget deficit.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh has urged private education providers in Guyana to get the requisite approval from the ministry.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon  named four experts yesterday from Latin America, the United  States and India to investigate the source of Haiti’s cholera  epidemic, which some Haitians blame on U.N.

Dear Editor, I don’t rightly know whose purview or authority this falls under, but I would like to draw to the attention of Mr Hamilton Green (M&CC) and Mr Robeson Benn (Minister of Public Works and Hydraulics) that Aubrey Barker Road from National Avenue in the west and Rosa Drive in the east is always inundated with water whenever the rain falls.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics won the   battle of the NBA’s best on Wednesday with a thrilling 105-103   victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters Life!) – The death of two  million fish that washed up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay  in Maryland appears to have been caused by a sudden drop in  temperature, the state’s Environment Department told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have noted on the website http://www.guyanaobservernews.org/content/view/4327/94/ a story under the caption ‘Senior cop, Vyphus wants Jagdeo to stop directing the Police Force.’ 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Azim Bassarath believes that defending champions Guyana benefitted from their participation in the recent Twenty20 festival matches here.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA is handing out $40 million to  clubs whose players took part in last year’s World Cup, though  that may not placate European clubs who have labelled the  fixed-payment system unrealistic.

Dear Editor, Mr Ramkarran claims I lack comprehension (The Central Committee is the only body authorized in the PPP to decide on the presidential candidate, SN, December 24, 2010).

Dear Editor, Dr Jeffrey’s letter in SN of January 1 is excellent PR for candidate Ralph Ramkarran, but it is sorely lacking.

WASHINGTON – The United States will temporarily send 1,400  more Marines to Afghanistan in an effort to hold onto fragile  security gains, but overall U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday proposed a new inspection and monitoring regime to  permit long-haul trucks from Mexico on U.S.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – India’s determination to avoid  defeat yesterday killed off any chances of a thrilling finale  in the third and final test against South Africa.  

Dear Editor, I have noticed that in the media and in your publication that the Caricom has fired Mr Carl Greenidge at the insistence of the Government of Guyana.

Facing a calendar packed with competitions, Guyana’s star swimmer Jessica Stephenson is prioritising the meets she will attend while trying to avoid physical burnout.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. and Cuban delegations will meet  next week in Havana in the latest round of talks on migration  issues, but with few hopes for any significant accomplishments,  U.S.

Defending champions in the MYO Inter-Jamaat 10-over tape ball round-robin cricket competition Enmore beat Grove Falcons while Farm defeated Mocha on the first day of this year’s tournament. 

Dear Editor, Had it not been for the wise and constructive statements from Mark Benschop on Plain Talk with Christopher Ram on January 2, I could have sworn that Mayor Hamilton Green’s weak responses belonged in those comical satirical pieces put together by the producers of Stretched Out Magazine or Prime News Not Necessarily The News.

News on the dawn of 2011 that the Inter-American Development Bank wants to work with enterprising entrepreneurs comes with a huge sigh of relief.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel  Santos said yesterday that the government had extended a  temporary state of emergency for an additional 20 days due to  heavy rains that have battered the Andean nation.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Allen Stanford is not competent to  prepare for his criminal trial because he suffers from depression  and is addicted to a powerful anti-anxiety drug that has left him  mentally foggy, psychiatrists told a U.S.

Dear Editor, The new protest twins seem to be bound together in all ways.

Some would say that President Hugo Chávez took off the gloves in Venezuela a while ago but now his many detractors are suggesting that his democratic mask has been definitively removed.

These protesting market vendors

I give thanks for being allowed to be alive with you in these first weeks of a new calendar year 2011, according to how we in this portion of the planet keep count of time.

Omigod

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Paul Collingwood is to quit test   cricket after the fifth Ashes encounter, the England batsman   said yesterday, going out on a high after helping to retain   the famous urn in Australia for the first time in 24 years.

Government and the private sector have fashioned a closer relationship in recent years and the two now work together “to achieve developmental objectives within the national framework whilst creating opportunities for new and existing businesses,” Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo has declared in his New Year message.

A senior official in Guyana’s gold-mining sector has said that it may well become more vulnerable to illegal cross-border operators in the wake of plans by neighbouring Suriname to take immediate steps to suppress illegal mining operations in that country.

It comes as no surprise that Guyana’s gold industry outdid itself once again this year, topping 300,000 ounces for the second consecutive year and earning the country upward of US$346 million, reportedly, the best performance by the sector since the closure of Omai Gold Mines Ltd five years ago.

Strikes

As Guyanese lethargically recovered from the exhausting Christmas and New Year celebrations, so did the trading wheels of the Guyana Stock Exchange (GSE).  

In the past two to three decades, international equity investing has changed in structure.

Opportunities appear to loom large for Guyana’s rice industry following the Ministry of Agriculture’s announcement by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud that the industry had exported a record 320,000 tonnes in 2010.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 389’s trading results showed consideration of $740,750 from 23,150 shares traded in 5 transactions as compared to session 388 which showed consideration of $2,156,160 from 83,247 shares traded in 6 transactions.