Daily Archive: Thursday, January 20, 2011

The police are investigating an armed robbery which was committed on two Directors of the VN Gualodice Inc, a Brazilian Diamond dealer and the security guard at Zinnia Avenue, Bel Air Park Georgetown, at about 1130h today by five men all armed with guns.

PPP executive Navin Chandarpal says that President Bharrat Jagdeo insulted members of the party’s central committee when he said at a press conference that he wanted an open vote for the next presidential candidate to ensure that candidates don’t promise things in return for votes.

(Jamaica Observer) A Guyanese man, who the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s Court heard overstayed his time in the island out of love, was on Monday fined J$10,000 or 30 days after admitting to breaching the Immigration Act.

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(De Ware Tijd) – As of today, one US dollar will be sold for SRD 3.35 at the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS), the commercial banks and cambios.

(Barbados Nation) Over 200 plantation workers have been sent on temporary leave, as CLICO Holdings continues to face serious money challenges.

(BBC) The Grenada government has announced a three month amnesty for illegals who are employed.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – John Buchanan, who  coached Australia to the last two of their three successive  World Cup wins, has backed Ricky Ponting to lead them back into  the final again in 2011 despite their recent Ashes humiliation.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Protesters in the hometown of  Bangladesh pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza enforced a half-day  general strike today following the former captain’s  omission from the country’s final 15-man World Cup squad.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Ministers in Tunisia’s interim  government have resigned from the ruling party, responding to  street protesters’ demands for an end to its influence after the  overthrow of President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said government has no desire to control and or dominate the 2011 agenda  for the people of African descent and as he officially launched a year-long programme in observance he called on opposition parties and aggrieved African-Guyanese groups to engage on issues of concern.

A US-based Guyanese man  last evening died in a Corentyne home after he was shot in the stomach by a bandit who had snatched his chain.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) on Monday briefed the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on preparations for this year’s general elections, saying that it was satisfied with the pace at which the work was proceeding.

Alberttown businessman John Singh yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry charged with rape.

A jury, consisting of seven men and five women, has been empanelled for the trial of Ramnarine Mohabir and his son Suresh Mohabir.

The fish cleaner who allegedly stabbed his colleague, Marlon Greene, to death earlier this week turned himself in to police yesterday morning.

Country Director of the US Peace Corps Guyana Brannon Brewer said on Tuesday that the physical well-being and safety of the volunteers are priorities in Guyana and internationally.

After two days of peaceful protests, vendors from the La Penitence Market were given an audience by President Bharrat Jagdeo  who they say assured them that he would see they are properly placed before their stalls were demolished.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally has charged his team to remain focused on delivering internationally acceptable general elections this year and not be distracted by recent media reports involving him, according to a release from the Commission.

Sameer Ishak and Chatter Pooran, the two RKs security guards who earlier this month saved the Enterprise Primary School from a fire, were yesterday awarded for their actions.

The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, UWI, Trinidad, is returning  here this year with  the Executive MBA and the extended portfolio of the International MBA and the Master of Human Resource Management for the Guyana  market.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI), Yuri Chandisingh is leaving the entity and has submitted his resignation, according to sources in the water utility.

A truck transporting 21 drums of fuel turned turtle after a collision in Bartica, shortly after midday yesterday.

A farmer accused of wounding another man was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana and the Guyana Islamic Trust in separate statements have both endorsed the government’s decision to recognize Palestine as an independent state in the Middle East.

A man yesterday confessed to snatching a woman’s gold chain when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Ramnaresh Sarwan has been recalled to the West Indies team for the 2011 World Cup, starting on February 19 in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

The West Indies selectors are happy with the fitness of Guyanese strokemaker Ramnaresh Sarwan and that is why they have included him in the West Indies World Cup squad announced yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe Outgoing president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh hopes that the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) executive resolves its issues before elections on Saturday.

Reigning Caribbean and South American Masters Champion, Norman Madhoo suffered mixed fortunes, in the latest Darts Tournament which was contested last Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer summoned up his  very best tennis to see off inspired Frenchman Gilles Simon over  five sets yesterday and reach the third round of the  Australian Open on a day of scares at Melbourne Park.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Atlanta Hawks handed the  ailing Miami Heat a season-high fourth straight loss with a  93-89 overtime victory on Tuesday that spoiled the return of  LeBron James to the lineup.

Dear Editor, In response to statements made in the Kaieteur News, Saturday, January 15, 2011 and the Stabroek News, Monday, January 17 by Mr Chetram Singh, President of the Guyana Cricket Board, the Registrar of Friendly Societies is duty bound to conduct or cause to be audited any society registered under the Friendly Societies Act Chapter 36:04 under the Laws of Guyana.

In an effort to improve interest in sports by students and keep young developed minds from engaging in negative activities, South Star Association will stage  an Inter-School Futsal Competition.

Dear Editor, There has been much debate about the expiry date of the GT&T monopoly licence.

Dear Editor, Since the issue of secret ballot is attracting some attention in Guyana, I thought I should draw your readers’ attention to recent experience in Ireland.

RAJKOT, India, CMC – A resolute 63 from Shanel Daley failed to ignite West Indies Women, and India Women crushed them by 57 runs in the fifth and final One-day International yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A match which promised much ended in a no result, after rain wiped-out a crucial Caribbean Twenty20 contest between Trinidad & Tobago and Hampshire yesterday.

Dear Editor, The political parties and the presidential aspirants issuing from their midst seem to be now seriously gearing up for the coming general elections.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged  Chinese President Hu Jintao to let the value of China’s yuan  currency rise and delivered a strong message on U.S.

Two women were yesterday placed on bail for wounding and assaulting each other.

Dear Editor, By accident or design this world has changed since Mr Barack Obama acceded to the presidency of the United States of America. 

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A teenager accused of hitting a man over the head with a bottle pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault yesterday, when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, I refer to your opinion expressed in ‘Sports Scope’ in the Stabroek News of January17.

The Emanie Netball Club upheld its reputation as Guyana’s leading netball club with an unbeaten performance on their way to winning the two-day Sherwin McKenzie mixed teams competition held last weekend at the National Gymnasium.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Four Haitians, including  a former United Nations spokeswoman, filed criminal complaints  yesterday against former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc”  Duvalier, accusing him of crimes against humanity including  torture.

LONDON/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union  froze spot trade in its carbon market for a week yesterday  after a security breach, seeking to protect the battered  reputation of the EU’s main weapon against climate change.

The Afterschool Basketball Programme organised by the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has seen a drastic increase in the number of participants attending the programme.

PNCR presidential hopeful Dr. Faith Harding on Tuesday called on the government to address unemployment and to lower the VAT rate, a day after the 2011 National Budget was presented in the National Assembly.

Dear Editor, Amid the continued emergence of influential personalities from the little islands of the Eastern Caribbean that are entrenched within the hierarchy of West Indies cricket, the latest appointment of Richie Richardson as West Indies new Team Manager is indeed refreshing and has provided a ray of hope, just like the rise of the early morning sun.

Dwayne Bravo and Keiron Pollard have opted to miss the current regional T20 cricket series but T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) boss Azim Bassarath says they will be eligible to play, if T&T reaches the Champions League in October.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a notice to shareholders in the press on Tuesday, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) announced that it had “declared a moratorium on debt service payments (both principal and interest) in order to preserve cash to sustain operations.”

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to a letter under the caption ‘Only one introductory LCDS meeting was held in Santa Rosa’ in your issue of  January11.

Installment One Hundred and Eight U.S. immigration law limits the number of immigrant visas that can be issued each year.

How Government spends public money generates controversy year after year. While ministers came out of Parliament on Monday applauding themselves after Finance Minister Ashni Singh’s Budget speech, most of the nation yawned in knowing boredom.

A 32-year-old man who the police say is mentally incapacitated was yesterday placed before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of malicious damage to property.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – At least 207 people are  still missing after Brazil’s worst landslides in decades,  authorities said yesterday, as the death toll from the  disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741.

The autopsy on Dhanpaul Ramharakh, the Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara taxi-driver who died after being beaten by another man during a scuffle on Sunday confirmed that he died of a broken neck and also trauma to the head.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by R Karim entitled ‘No country should accept Israel’s actions’ (SN, Jan 18).

(Jamaica Observer) Canadian outfit, Cemcorp, plans to build a US$340-million, 1.5-million-ton cement plant at Port Esquivel, St Catherine, that will use red mud extracted from waste ponds created by bauxite company — Windalco — to make the clinker.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A junior Indonesian tax official  whose testimony in a corruption trial and exploits out of court  shocked a nation normally used to excess was jailed for seven  years yesterday in a case  analysts say tests the country’s  commitment to tackling graft.

Canadian High Commissioner Francois Montour started the 2011 golf season on a high note when he came out victorious in last weekend’s Medal Play tournament organised by the Lusignan Golf Club.

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TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisia’s interim leaders said  they freed the last of its political prisoners and promised a  “complete break with the past” yesterday to appease street  protesters who want a total purge of the old guard.

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The Food and Drug Department  is recalling Metronidazole tablets USP 250mg, Batch No.

The drafting of a small business policy is expected to further streamline management of the sector this year, according to Minister of Finance, Dr.

Despot, Jean-Claude Duvalier, flew back into Haiti after living for nearly 25 years in France where he had retreated in 1986 under threat of a revolt by the Haitian people.

(Barbados Nation) The sugar industry must be expanded in order to survive.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Former captain Mashrafe Mortaza  will not take part in next month’s World Cup after the injured  fast bowler was left out of Bangladesh’s 15-man squad named yesterday.

Dear Editor, You gotta give it to the PPP. They may be spectacular failures in many things but they are A students in understanding the psyche and mentality of the Guyanese people and knowing how to control and exploit it.