Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Once again we are assembled here to re-read on the one hand i.e.

Simona Broomes of School of the Nations performing “Masq-or-Raid”, which earned her second place in the 14 – 17 years Dramatic Poetry Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Ronaldo Lovell of South Ruimveldt Park Primary School performing “The Rejected One”, which earned him second place in the 11 – 13 years Calypso Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Melissei King of North Ruimveldt Secondary School performing “Guyanese Mad Woman”, which earned her first place in the 14 – 17 years Dramatic Poetry Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Lamar Williams of St Joseph High School performing “Buse Out”, which earned him first place in the 11 – 13 years Calypso Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Zandron Worrell of St Barnabas Special School performing “A Vexed Jumbie”, in the 14 – 17 years Dramatic Poetry Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday.

Tyrese Pearson of West Ruimveldt Primary School performing “Good Advice”, which earned him third place in the 11 – 13 years Calypso Competition at the National Cultural Centre yesterday  (Photo by Jules Gibson).

Police say they yesterday arrested the suspect in the murder of Shane Rowley at Charlotte Street, Georgetown. 

US-based Guyanese Ray Williams, 49, was robbed by gunmen last night on Princes Street and his vehicle stolen.

The police say that Conrad Joseph Wright, 50, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to uttering forged currency notes.

Two men including a 17-year-old were shot and injured early this morning after they reportedly broke into the Ramsarup Guyoil Service Station at Good Hope, Mahaica.

A Guyanese man was arrested in connection with a drugs seizure at Dublin Airport today, during which cocaine with a street value of approximately €220,000 was seized.

(Trinidad Express) Veteran journalist Keith Smith has passed away. He lost his battle with cancer at 3.05 this morning.

(BBC) The Police Commissioner of Barbados, Darwin Dottin, has said a British withdrawal of warships from the Caribbean would be a serious blow.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Mike Hussey and  spinner Nathan Hauritz have been ruled out of the World Cup  through injury and will be replaced by Callum Ferguson and Jason  Krejza, Cricket Australia said today.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India paceman Praveen Kumar has  been ruled out of the World Cup due to an elbow injury and will  be replaced by Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, the Indian cricket  board (BCCI) said today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The fate of the remaining three  World Cup matches at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens looks safe after the  International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday said it has  received an “encouraging” report from its inspection team.

(de Ware Tijd) – A harsh exchange of words last weekend in Redi Doti between President Desi Bouterse and Ricardo Pané of the Association of Indigenous Village Chiefs (VIDS) was not allowed to be broadcast on STVS.

A local engineering company has commenced work to reactivate the Tumatumari hydroelectricity station in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) as part of a wider plan for industrial development in the area.

President Bharrat Jagdeo was today conferred with the Doctor of Literature by the Padmashree Dr D Y Patil University in Mumbai, India at its Annual Convocation ceremony, the Government Information Agency said.

Popular city mechanic Errol Gonsalves yesterday met a gruesome end after he collided with a minibus, while riding along the public road at Farm, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Government Engineer Walter Willis yesterday announced an ambitious six weeks’ period for closure of Le Repentir Dumpsite, a quarter of the time the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) had said it would take.

Suriname’s Customs Chief has been invited to visit Guyana this month to address the smuggling problem between the two countries, according to the Surinamese newspaper de Ware Tijd.

Overseas-based Guyanese Beverly Massay late last year received the 2010 Home Health Aide Award from the Home Care Asso-ciation of New York State (HCA) for the saving the life of her patient as well as the patient’s four grandchildren from a fire.

Members of the Guyana Trade Unions Congress (GTUC) yesterday picketed the Camp Street office of the General Secretary of the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) Carvil Duncan, accusing him of being a tool of the government and anti-labour.

The agony of a West Coast Berbice mother continues and she is desperately seeking justice for the death of her two-year-old son who was forgotten in the backseat of a locked car on October 25 last.

West Berbice school teacher Ronald Forde, who allegedly engaged in sexual activity with a child, was granted $300,000 bail by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang last Friday.

According to the recently passed budget, at the end last year, Guyana’s external debt crossed the US$1 billion mark, reaching US$1.04 billion.

Police are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old female remand prisoner at the Beterverwagting Police Station even though the identity of the alleged perpetrator – a policeman – remains a mystery.

The commencement of the trial into the alleged cocaine trafficking charge against 64-year-old Maxine Cecelia Batts was yesterday postponed to tomorrow after the court was informed by Prosecutor Stephen Telford that the accused wanted to change her plea.

A 58-year-old pedal cyclist lost his life after he was struck down by a motorcar PHH 3570 along the public road at Number 66 Village, Corentyne around 11 am on Sunday.

Staff and patients and at the Fort Wellington Hospital were forced to evacuate the building around 12:50 pm yesterday after electrical panels and appliances started to burn because of fluctuating electricity.

A 45-year-old chainsaw operator was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after being found guilty by the court of cultivating cannabis.

Keen rivalry was seen at all levels of the two categories contested yesterday when the Children’s Mashramani Competition 2011 kicked off at the National Cultural Centre with the individual calypso and dramatic poetry segments.

French Guiana national John Christian who is accused of entering Guyana illegally was yesterday fined $30,000 or three months imprisonment.

Fugitive Clifton Ramcharran, called ‘Witch,’ surrendered yesterday after a week on the run.

AFC MP Sheila Holder has challenged Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand to post the entire database of local old age pensioners on the internet so that the citizenry can ensure that there are no unqualified persons collecting pension.

The frustrated parents of Sheema Mangar who was run over by a car last September during a robbery are once again questioning the delay in getting the results of fabric samples and are now convinced that the authorities care little about their pain and suffering.

A man arraigned on two counts of robbery under arms and unlicensed firearm and ammunition possession was yesterday remanded to prison when he made his appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Monday is the deadline for entries into the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) poster contest.

GWI recently met the Pensioners Association of Guyana to increase awareness about its pensioners’ subsidy for water and to clear up misconceptions about the subvention.

NAIN, Jamaica, CMC – A penetrative spell from Odean Brown helped holders Jamaica take the first step towards retaining the WICB Regional first-class championship title, with a 165-run victory over Guyana yesterday.

The Management of the Georgetown Public Hospital announces new visiting hours for its paediatric ward.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Points standings after the first round of matches in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday: Combined Campuses & Colleges 12 points

A bandit who yesterday morning discharged a round at a sales clerk outside his Bourda workplace before escaping with a lunch bag, was captured by alert policemen a short while later.

Banks DIH Executive Mark Lashley whetted his appetite and signalled a return to form on Saturday by claiming victory in the Stag Beer Mashramani Medal Play Golf tournament sponsored by Ansa McAl Trading Inc.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will open its calendar of events with an Inter-Club Swim Meet scheduled from February 11 – 13 at the Castellani Swimming Pool.

Coach of the Police Progressive Youth Club, Linden Wilson,  says that the overall performance of his club at the AAG’s development meet last Sunday was “fairly OK”  and he is pleased with the sprint events.

(Trinidad Guardian) As a matter of priority, newly-installed chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (Udecott) Jearlean John is planning to investigate whether contractors are still liable to repair infrastructural defects in the construction of the TT$1 billion Brian Lara stadium.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Criticism continues to dog  Australia’s selectors in the run-up to the World Cup despite a   comprehensive 6-1 one-day drubbing of England being wrapped up  at the weekend.

POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite stroked his second first-class hundred to help Barbados earn a draw, after they conceded first innings points to Trinidad & Tobago in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

SOUTH BEND, Illinois, CMC – Kirani James enhanced his reputation with another impressive performance over 400 metres at the Meyo Invitational last Saturday.

Captain and coach of the national rugby team Theodore Henry has charged his players to expend “every last ounce of energy” in the games they will play in Las Vegas for the International Rugby Board World Sevens Series which bullies off on February 12 at the Sam Boyd Stadium.

Dear Editor, Your article ‘Synergy behind schedule on Amaila Falls road’ (SN, February 6) quoted Senior Government Engineer Walter Willis on a construction permit for sections 6 and 7 of this access road being given on January 11, 2011.

Dear Editor, Sometimes when you look at the television and read the newspapers the Crime Chief, and at times the Commissioner of Police as well, boasts about crime being under control in Guyana.

It is not every day Guyanese get to see several of their sporting heroes in one place but this soon will change when former boxer turned promoter Seon Bristol pulls off his mega card on April 23 at the Princess Hotel.

Dear Editor, I support the Minister of Sport and Culture in respect of his proposed intention to erect an all-weather, all-purpose synthetic track (athletics).

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies will enter this year’s World Cup ranked ninth in One-day Internationals.

Dear Editor, For years it has been my view that the Mashramani float parades should be re-routed.

ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – International Cricket Council  (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat favours legalisation of  sports gambling in India while retaining his optimism for a  corruption-free World Cup in the sub-continent.

MEERUT, India, (Reuters) – When the world’s batsmen  dazzle crowds at this month’s cricket World Cup, many will use  bats hand-made in India.

Dear Editor, There can be no more fitting expression than the one used in your editorial of Jan 20 to describe the actions of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s return to his homeland – a country  weighed down in unending and untold sufferings.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said yesterday talks to resolve Egypt’s crisis were making progress, but  the main Islamist opposition in Cairo said it could quit the  process if protesters’ demands were not met.

Dear Editor, Emile Mervin’s missive titled ‘We need leaders who can point us to the way of unity and prosperity’ published in the SN on January 30, again exposes the shortsightedness of Mr Ramjattan’s Bath Settlement call.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Formula One driver Robert Kubica  will be out for at least two months after his horror crash in a  rally and doctors’ predictions he could take a year to recover  are overly cautious, Renault’s team boss said yesterday.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – South Sudan voted overwhelmingly  to declare independence in final results of a referendum  announced yesterday, opening the door to Africa’s newest state  and a fresh period of uncertainty for the fractured region.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson won the Allan  Border Medal as the outstanding Australian cricketer of the  season for the second year in a row yesterday.

Dear Editor, There have been many commentaries and letters in the press about who should be the next presidential candidate for the PPP/C in 2011.This

(BBC) A Scottish newspaper is reporting that controversy is being stirred between Scotland and Trinidad and Tobago by an advertisement mocking Scotsmen in kilts in a bid to lure Trinidadian drinkers from Scotch back to rum.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa  is fighting accusations by a government watchdog that he knew  about $700 million in state contracts that the panel says were  improperly awarded to his brother.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Angry fans waved banners and  shouted slogans on Monday as an International Cricket Council  (ICC) inspection team assessed whether Eden Gardens could host  three World Cup games after losing a marquee match to Bangalore.

By Ian Roberts LONDON – Mitigating climate change presents unrivaled opportunities for improving human health and well being.

Politikles

Parent protests over infrastructural deficiencies, health hazards and physically dangerous conditions in state schools – the latest of which occurred at the Philadelphia Primary School just last week – have become a common occurrence.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Several hundred  protesters clashed with riot police in Haiti’s capital yesterday to demand that outgoing President Rene Preval leave  office immediately as the country moved toward a deciding  presidential run-off vote.

Toolsie Persaud Limited on Saturday distributed three grand prizes and six consolation prizes to the winners of its Christmas 2010 promotion.

LONDON (Reuters) – From plates and pies to underwear and condoms, retailers are gearing up to cash in on the upcoming wedding of Britain’s Prince William to Kate Middleton.

Dear Editor, I have been following with great interest, the profiles of persons entering the race at this year’s general elections to be the next president of Guyana, and I think attorney-at-law, Ralph Ramkarran is the most suitable candidate.