Daily Archive: Saturday, January 15, 2011

(Trinidad Guardian) Government yesterday tabled legislation to remove obstacles to the death penalty and to allow for the creation of three categories of murder in T&T.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) yesterday said that the Celina Atlantic Resort lease had been cancelled as the holder had only paid one year’s lease since 2003.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday said that his “political DNA” is indicating to him that he is ready to become the next PPP presidential candidate.

Derwin Christian produced a whirlwind unbeaten innings of 40 to propel  defending champions Guyana to the top of Group A following their two wicket win over the Combined Campuses and Colleges team in their key clash at the Vivian Richards Ground in Antigua last night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia ended England’s  record eight-match winning streak yesterday with a four-run  victory in the second Twenty20 international which was again  decided on the final ball.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce says that the National Cross Country race scheduled to be staged tomorrow is once again being held at the National Park to give spectators a better opportunity to view the race.

The PNCR’s presidential hopefuls yesterday laid out their plans for Guyana as they kicked off a month-long series of community visits to make their case to be the party’s candidate at the upcoming polls.

Officials at the John F Kennedy Airport, in New York on Thursday busted a Guyanese woman who attempted to smuggle over four kilogrammes of cocaine in milk cans.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyanese international Charles Pollard scored a first-half brace as North East Stars blanked Digicel Pro League leaders Defence Force 2-0 in their Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation FA Trophy semi-final on Wednesday night.

Almost three years after it hoped to start up, lumber company Simon and Shock International Logging Inc (SSI), now under new management, has applied for environmental authorization to start a logging and sawmill operation in Region Nine.

Hundreds of mourners packed the St. Theresa’s RC Church in Woodbrook yesterday to pay final respects to the late West Indies cricket legend Michael Joey Carew.

A local construction company is at the moment carrying out sea defence concrete work at Turkeyen  East Coast Demerara (ECD), an area which is usually flooded during high tides.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Windward Islands produced a limp batting effort as Somerset whipped them by 17 runs to clinch their first win of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

Maxine Cecelia Bax, the grandmother who the police said was found with cocaine concealed in the seat and back pouch of her wheelchair was yesterday remanded to prison.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is making efforts to stage this year’s annual senior Caribbean TT championships.

At the Albion Court on Thursday, a woman was charged over possession of counterfeit US currency, which she allegedly used to a pay a vendor at the Port Mourant market.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) launched its $5M Pro-education Programme at the Port Mourant Secondary School on Tuesday.

A 14-year-old miner died after he was allegedly by beaten by two Brazilian miners last Tuesday evening at Chinese Creek, Puruni.

The national under-20 football team preparing for next week’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualifiers will tonight take on the Western Tigers senior team at the Georgetown Football Club ground in their final warm-up game before leaving for the January 19-23.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has announced the appointment of Joel Singh as its officer-in-charge of the Diamond Branch.

Michael Singh, 48, was discovered dead at his Durban Street home yesterday morning but there was no clear indication of how he died.

Guyana’s Rifle shooters won an unprecedented fourth West Indies fullbore title at the regional championship in Barbados but it was the fifth place finish in the pairs competition at this year’s Commonwealth Games in India that threw the spotlight on the sport locally.

A minibus conductor was found dead at Montrose, East Coast Demerara (ECD) yesterday morning with a suspected stab wound.

Government has rescheduled the official launch of the International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD) observances in the wake of concerns raised by several major African groups about the approved agenda,

OKLAHOMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City   Thunder led from start to finish but had to withstand a late   push from the Orlando Magic before closing out a 125-124   victory.

The Flying Ace Cycle Club’s 2011 season gets cracking tomorrow with the staging of the annual Franco Crawford 46-mile road race.

Dear Editor, As a small businessman I am being slowly but surely put out of business as over the last two weeks in particular, the much vaunted customs TRIPS system has tripped out and tripped up so often I think they are beginning to make GPL look good.

Minister of Local Government Kellawan Lall yesterday blamed personal squabbles for the poor functioning of the Linden Town Council, after he helped broker an agreement between its factions for the continued management of the town.

Here is the new Contempt of Court Act, which was passed last year.

The first domino competition for the year for Persons with Disabilities will be contested today from 15:00hrs at the Guyana Deaf Mission, Vlissengen Road and D’Andrade Street, Newtown.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday ordered a woman to pay the sum of $10,000, after she declined to proceed with a

Dear Editor, Stabroek News of January 12 reported that President Jagdeo “warned that using a secret balloting process to decide on the PPP’s next presidential candidate could be dangerous as candidate hopefuls could promise persons things in order to get their votes.”

Kaneville businessman Majeed Khan, who was shot once in the chest when five bandits invaded his home last Thursday, has been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital but the bullet remains in his body.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on a recent article in the Kaieteur News titled ‘Wismar residents offended by D&I workers’ dated Thursday, January 13, 2010.

The bridge at Friendship, one of the many structures along the East Coast of Demerara that are being replaced, widened and strengthened, is beginning to take shape.

Mark Persaud teamed up with Colin France to play unbeaten in the `501’ league tournament held recently at Mark’s Darts Club, 72 Brummell Place, Stabroek.

Accountability is “critically missing from education” and teachers need to stand up and take responsibility, Chief Education Officer Olato Sam said.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisia’s new leader promised order would be restored while he attempts to form a coalition   to take the country to elections after a wave of popular   protests swept the president from power.

Dear Editor,There is no political will simply because there is no political mandate and I have previously alluded to this basic deficiency affecting any meaningful programme in Caricom.

The saga of the Dr Noel Blackman birthday anniversary seven-a-side football tournament is set to end tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

Having a good time exercising! Fitness expert Curtis  McKenzie (front, centre),  takes participants through an upbeat routine at the Demerara Cricket Club at the launch of  Digicel’s Mashramani  Fitness  Promotion on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, It is difficult for the interested ‘sugar’ observer not to detect the communication (wiki) gaps in an organisation bereft of motivation and so patently lacking in team spirit.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast presidential  claimant Alassane Ouattara, moving to cut financial support for  his rival, warned yesterday that oil and cocoa firms may have  to pay export taxes twice if they continued sending funds to  Laurent Gbagbo’s government.

The five members of the Police Service Commission took the oath of service on Thursday and businessman Dennis Morgan Mudlier was once again appointed as its Chairman.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) appointed five executives and reconstructed several committees at its recent planning meeting for 2011/2012.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) started its 2011 Charity Programme on Thursday with a donation of clothing and sport gear valued $130,000 to the Alpha Children Home, East Bank Berbice.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) executive was re-elected at the body’s recently held Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Dear Editor, PNCR and Opposition Leader Robert Corbin, who excoriated Mr Harry Gill and me for separate letters we wrote that addressed him, demanded I “produce evidence of the lucrative retirement package that I alleged has been prepared” for him, or  shut up.

WASHINGTON/MIAMI, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  issued an executive order yesterday loosening more restrictions  on U.S.

TERESOPOLIS, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Rescuers uncovered  more corpses buried under mud and wrecked homes in southeastern  Brazil yesterday as the death toll from torrential rains and  massive floods hit 540 people and looked certain to climb.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport remembers former West Indies cricketer Michael “Joey” Carew’s prowess on the field and counts his nurturing of Brian Lara’s talent as a lasting legacy to the sport. 

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The CIA persuaded  Switzerland to destroy millions of pages of evidence showing  how a Pakistani scientist helped Iran, Libya and North Korea  acquire sensitive nuclear technology, according to a new book.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article entitled ‘Guyana recognizes Palestine’ (SN, January 14).

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Gunmen clashed with  police in a running street battle in a slum district of Haiti’s  capital yesterday, fueling fears of a resurgence of the  election-related violence that hit the poor Caribbean nation  last month.

The rebuilding of the Sacred Heart Church, which was gutted on Christmas Day in 2004, is set to begin later this month, according to this weekend’s edition of the Catholic Standard.

Politikles

The Arizona shootings which claimed six lives and left a member of Congress seriously wounded have provoked a heated debate in America about the consequences of intemperate political rhetoric.

The stage is set for the Mark `Jumbie’ Wiltshire 56th birth anniversary countrywide dominoes competition.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – An Indian film about a Muslim  man’s travails in the United States dominated Bollywood’s first  major awards of the year, picking up both best director and best  actor titles.

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Dear Editor, Without taking away from the recognition granted to Mr Ashok Ramsaran by the Government of India (Gov’t of India honours… SN, Jan 10), I wish to note that there are several prominent Guyanese Americans who are far more deserving of the Pravasi Award based on their long-standing service to the Guyanese, Caribbean and Indian diasporas as well as building relations with their ancestral homeland of India.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez’s government has urged a private TV station to pull the  plug on a Colombian soap opera that features a dog named  “Little Hugo” and it says is an insult to national pride.

The charges against three policemen accused in the high-profile case of torturing a teen by setting his genitals alight collapsed spectacularly at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ court yesterday after witnesses—including the

At 22 Kian Jabour has big dreams like so many other young men but instead of sitting and allowing his big ideas to float around he has taken the giant step and moved into a relatively new business in Guyana–a mobile bar.

Hi Everyone, Food never fails to surprise. You could have been eating a particular dish over and over again throughout your life and yet every time you eat it, new flavour dimensions are discovered.

Have I really made a difference? Do I make a difference?

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – If an average woman can spend hours ruminating over an outfit, imagine what a star goes through choosing a look for a red carpet like the one at the Golden Globes.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Tyler Perry received a whopping 19 NAACP nominations Wednesday.