Daily Archive: Thursday, February 10, 2011

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan lawmakers exchanged  punches in parliament today when a fight erupted between  members of President Hugo Chavez’s socialist party and rivals,  in a sign of the OPEC member nation’s political polarization.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – A doctor from the Dominican  Republic was convicted and sentenced in Boston on Thursday of  offering to surgically alter the fingerprints of illegal  aliens, the U.S.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Speculation over the future of  master batsman Sachin Tendulkar and coach Gary Kirsten are more  distractions India will have to ignore if they are to lift the  World Cup on home soil, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said yesterday.

A Brazilian gold miner was robbed at Robb Street, Bourda last night by three gunmen who shot at his car before escaping in a waiting vehicle of their own.

Two men have been arrested after an unlicensed 12-gauge shotgun and four cartridges were discovered in a house at Yarrowkabra, Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The World Bank and  International Monetary Fund are warning poor regions that have  so far not been hit by rising food prices, like sub-Saharan  Africa and the Caribbean, to get ready to face them.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England all-rounder Trevor  Bailey has died in a fire at his home at the age of 87, Essex  county cricket club said today.

The Region Ten Department of Education was this morning forced to suspend classes at the Wisburg Secondary School following the strong smell of malathion and gas oil that was used to spray the building yesterday.

(de Ware Tijd)  – The government is currently conducting studies that should ultimately lead to the cutting of import tariffs for basic goods to zero.

(BBC) A Cuban special investigator is testifying in the perjury trial of a former CIA agent in Texas.

(Jamaica Observer) An article which appeared in the online version of the Daily Observer on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 under the headline ‘Bruce was untruthful too — Leys’, erroneously described Solicitor General Douglas Leys as branding Prime Minister Bruce Golding as a ‘liar’.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – While Ricky Ponting and co were  boarding a plane for the World Cup on Wednesday evening, lesser  known Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell was blasting his way  into the record books with a 19-ball half century.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Floodlights, fireworks and a  spectacular Sydney sunset heralded both a triumph for Kerry  Packer and his rebel World Series Cricket (WSC) and the birth of  the modern one-day game.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – President Hosni Mubarak provoked  rage on Egypt’s streets today when he said he would hand  over powers to his deputy but refused to step down after more  than two weeks of protests demanding that he quit.

The netbooks that have so far been procured for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative have not gone through the National Procure-ment and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), reliable sources have said.

The three coastguardsmen charged with murdering Bartica gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass in August 2009 were yesterday committed to stand trial for the capital offence.

The new anti-drugs agreement that is being negotiated between Guyana and Venezuela will include assistance in taking necessary action to confiscate the assets of those convicted of involvement in the trade in illegal drugs or related offences, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said yesterday.

Rudolph London, the man accused of severely beating Shaunell Warrick, who died a month later in the hospital, was arraigned on a murder charge at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Minutes after a brazen armed robbery outside Avon headquarters on Camp Street, the three suspects were arrested and police recovered some of the stolen money along with an unlicensed gun.

Guyanese Letitia Stevenson was divorced and not looking for anything but a quiet vacation when she came home nine years ago, but she found love and remarried a year later.

Twenty-three-year-old Doodnauth Persaud, the East Coast Demerara (ECD) motorcyclist who was hospitalized following a vehicular accident on Saturday night, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday evening.

Six pounds of cocaine found in a Guyanese woman’s luggage on Monday night at JFK might have been planted and it is not clear if it was done in Guyana or Trinidad, well-placed sources have told this newspaper.

A body was found at Marshall Falls, Mazaruni River yesterday and according to a senior police official “it seems to fit the description” of Kingsley Williams, who went missing after the boat that he was in sank in the river on Friday.

Students and teachers of Wisburg Secondary are likely to be back in their classrooms this morning, following commitments by the regional administration to address conditions at the school that triggered a protest by parents yesterday.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) plans to put a number on the tourism sector’s contributions to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in order to secure formal budgetary allocations.

Police recently captured the teenager accused of stabbing a man to death last year November and he was charged with murder at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Two men were arrested hours after they beat and robbed a taxi driver in Prashad Nagar on Tuesday night.

A mining company is aiming to start a medium to large scale alluvial gold and diamond mine at Tamakay in the Middle Mazaruni, Region Seven.

Trevor Nero, the man who was chopped multiple times about the body in Albouystown on Tuesday night, spent several hours in the operating theatre yesterday and is now in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

A 23-year-old man arraigned on charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition  and robbery under arms was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The National Cultural Centre stage was yesterday swamped by ecstatic students as the Children’s Mashramani Competition continued with the second segment of Dance and Masquerade.

A Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD) family was last evening counting their losses after their home was reduced to ashes by a fire of unknown origin.

The 17-year-old burglary suspect who was shot at a service station at Mahaica on Tuesday was discharged from Georgetown Hospital yesterday while his accomplice is recovering after undergoing surgery.

A Stone Avenue man accused by the police of smoking marijuana was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000, after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Thirteen fields of cannabis were discovered and destroyed by police at Hauraruni Creek, Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday.

The Registrar of the Friendly Societies has appointed an investigator to probe  the entire operations of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) after meeting the executives on Tuesday afternoon.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – West Indies are hoping that youth  will provide the tonic needed to regain their status in the  one-day game after dismal failure on home soil four years ago.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite admits that he’s now coming to terms with the challenges of the first-class game, despite his overwhelming success at the junior level.

The Human Services Ministry, through the Region 10 Domestic Violence Committee and in partnership with UNIFEM and the Upper Demerara Football Association has launched a project in Linden titled: ‘Man up!

D’Aguiar’s Park businessman Paul Daby Jnr was on Tuesday released on $600,000 bail, after he was charged with discharging a loaded firearm at a man.

Organisers of the Berbice Inter-Gym Boxing Tournament Jeff Roberts and Orlon ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers’ are on a quest to make the fistic sport just as popular in the county as cricket.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The favourites’ tag will be the  albatross around India’s neck when Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his  team mates begin their quest for World Cup glory.

A volleyball fiesta was held in the National Park last Sunday in honour of Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) President Lennox Shuffler whose 72nd birthday was on February 5.

LONDON, CMC – Nicolette Fernandes has suffered a little setback in her steady rise in the World Rankings.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s banned former test  captain Salman Butt has signed a contract with a Pakistani  television channel to appear as an expert for them during the  World Cup.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, CMC – Kirani James earned the South-eastern Conference Runner-of-the-Week award, following his World-leading 400 metres last weekend.

A worker breaks down a small wall to put up fencing at the Sardar Patel cricket stadium, one of the venues for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Sergio Martinez does not boast  the name recognition of Manny Pacquiao yet he has something the  famed Filipino does not — Fighter of the Year honours for  2010, and the Argentine is aiming to continue his run.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Darren Bravo is hoping to transport his rich vein of form into the World Cup, which opens on February 19 and will be co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jerome Taylor feels West Indies can be competitive at the World Cup, which opens on February 19 and is co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.

Dear Editor, The attendance at the funeral of the late popular businessman Albert ‘Bolo’ Joseph was undoubtedly one of the largest to date, deserving of being held at the McKenzie Sports Club, which is now seen as the most appropriate venue for the well-attended funerals of popular and outstanding personalities who have served the community well in one way or another.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Using skin cells taken from  children with a rare heart defect, U.S.

The Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice held its 10th annual awards ceremony last Saturday at the New Amsterdam Town Hall where cyclists were awarded for outstanding performances while others were honoured  for supporting the club.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors filed a request  yesterday to bring Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to trial  immediately over the prostitution scandal that has shaken his  struggling centre-right government.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to gently remind you that as the editor of a prominent newspaper you are on the world stage, in this globalized world.

After being out of commission for quite some time, the Burnham Basketball Court will finally be back in playing condition shortly.

St Joseph’s High captured second place yesterday with

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – With Pakistan scratched from  the itinerary and peace descending on Sri Lanka, there is a  growing feeling that the spectre of terror is no longer stalking  the World Cup in the subcontinent like it did 15 years ago.

Dear Editor,I am appealing to poor working class citizens to judge presidential candidates by the content of their character, and not by the content of their qualifications.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – The government of embattled  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hit back yesterday at what  it called U.S.

1st place in the 14-17 individual dance went to

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The United States fears a  possible return home to Haiti by exiled former President  Jean-Bertrand Aristide before a deciding presidential election  next month would be an “unfortunate distraction” and  potentially divisive, the State Department said yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is  preparing to play through pain in his fifth World Cup but he  does not think the hangover from his broken finger will hamper  his performance.

Dear Editor, I am the owner of a guest house which is located at lot 7 Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Solicitor General Douglas Leys has now contradicted statements made by Prime Minister Bruce Golding that Jamaica was being stonewalled by the United States government for nearly a month after their request for the extradition of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are increasing  efforts to crack down on criminal gangs in Colombia that are  running cocaine to Mexican drug kingpins who are at war with  Mexico’s security forces.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Mike Hussey was  stunned to be dropped from the World Cup squad and felt the  selectors had ignored precedent in not giving him a chance to  recover from injury.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Catalina Botero, special rapporteur on freedom of expression with the Organisation of American States (OAS), is backing calls by the local media for Jamaica’s libel laws to be relaxed much more than now proposed by political representatives.

Dear Editor, The slave revolt of 1763 was a concerted project to forcefully assume political and administrative power in the Berbice locality, predating the famous Haitian Revolution.

“Libation to the Ancestors” by

Who is a Guyanese? What makes a person qualify to be a Guyanese?

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – British group Cable & Wireless  Communications said while there had been no major improvement in  its key Caribbean market, it still expected to end its year  broadly in line with forecasts.

New Campbellville Secondary performing “The Vibes of our Pride” in

Dear Editor, I totally support the call that AFC presidential candidate Mr Khemraj Ramjattan made recently  at Bath Settlement for Guyanese of Indian descent not to fear Guyanese of African descent.

DETROIT,  (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs are riding  high on their grueling “Rodeo Road Trip” after a 100-89 triumph  over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday gave the NBA’s top team  their third consecutive win.

Just over a week ago, totally in keeping with the intemperate behaviour that has come to characterise this current administration, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy chose a public forum to angrily inform the representatives of international organizations based here that they had used wrong data which was not tabulated locally, and which “disrespected” the country and undermined the efforts of local health workers.

Thursday’s Cartoon

Politikles

LIMA, (Reuters) – Brazilian construction firms are  the biggest donors to Peruvian presidential front-runner  Alejandro Toledo, official documents show, at a time when Peru  is building billions of dollars in roads, ports and dams.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors filed a request  yesterday to bring Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to trial  immediately over the prostitution scandal that has shaken his  struggling centre-right government.