Daily Archive: Saturday, March 26, 2011

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – New Zealand embarked on an  ambitious tour of the sub-continent late last year with the  express purpose of preparing themselves for the World Cup.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Geraldine Ferraro, the  Democratic congresswoman who became the first woman on a major  party presidential ticket as Walter Mondale’s running mate in  1984, died today at the age of 75, her family said.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified male of African descent who was found at about 0130h today in a yard at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, with injuries about the body.

(Trinidad Express) Already under fire for allegedly using his office to wiggle his way out of traffic offences, chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Nizam Mohammed, yesterday suggested that it was his intention to balance the ethnic composition of the Police Service.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Openers Tillakaratne Dilshan  and Upul Tharanga made merry against a listless England attack  and powered Sri Lanka to a 10-wicket victory in the World Cup  quarter-finals today.

A Canadian court heard more evidence in a case in which several Guyanese are accused of attempting to smuggle their fellow countrymen into the US including how the alleged mastermind pondered how law enforcers were able to make arrests.

(Jamaica Observer) Long-time GraceKennedy employee Arlene Lym and her 73-year-old mother Dorothy Lym were the victims of a most vicious murder early yesterday morning at their Queen’s Way home in Kingston 10, triggering shock and bewilderment among friends, neighbours and co-workers.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Kyle Mills and  Daniel Vettori and South African Faf du Plessis have been  heavily fined for an altercation during Friday’s World Cup  quarter-final in Dhaka, the ICC said today.

(Jamaica Observer) Public Defender Earle Witter has been asked to take up the issue of a Jamaican woman who was the subject of demeaning cavity searches and verbal abuse in the tiny island of Barbados earlier this month.

(BBC) From across the Caribbean to Boston to London, the phones have been ringing off the hook with good wishes, requests for interviews, and general goodbyes.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Radiation levels have soared in  seawater near Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant,  officials said today, as engineers struggled to stabilise  the power station two weeks after it was hit by a massive  earthquake and tsunami.

AJDABIYAH, Libya, (Reuters) – Libyan rebels backed  by allied air strikes retook the strategic town of Ajdabiyah today after an all-night battle that suggests the tide is  turning against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in the east.

A trial for the fourth man involved in a foiled plot to blow up New York’s John F.

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners at a  funeral for a Syrian killed in anti-government protests burned a  ruling Baath party building and a police station today as  authorities freed 260 prisoners in a bid to placate reformists.

Dr Yash Ghai, former Chair of the Kenya Constitutional Commission, yesterday cautioned against the coercive powers of the state and the deliberate weakening of civil society, saying that they are used by power-hungry politicians to fuel conflict.

Residents of Canje Creek and the Berbice River are running out of food, after suffering heavy crop and livestock losses to severe flooding caused by excessive rainfall.

Almost 4 months since it was expected to be put into operation, a container scanner recently installed by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) at a city wharf remains unused after it was mysteriously damaged.

Omeyana Hamilton has taken legal action against the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over her recent dismissal from the magistracy, saying she was not afforded a fair hearing and or due process.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says businesses owe $450 million in outstanding taxes but the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is asking for the assurance that the amount given is a “sanitised figure” before it lobbies businesses to pay their taxes.

Today Jaipaul Surujpaul turns 59. It’s a bittersweet birthday for the security guard and victim of a vicious cutlass attack that has left him an amputee.

Following a successful test run on Saturday, the bungled Supenaam ferry stelling will start operations today, almost a year after it was due to be opened.

Citizens are warned to beware of an ongoing scam where persons have been using fake documents to pose as the owner of land and selling it to unsuspecting parties.

Police have detained the man who had stalked Vanessa Francis and repeatedly stabbed her last month in an attempt to kill her.

With students facing several challenges in learning institutions, a new organisation seeking to represent students’ interests nationally was launched at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus yesterday.

Consultants from Capita Symmonds on Thursday presented the final draft of a strategic plan for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and senior members of the GPF.

A $143M contract to install a water system at the Dazzell Housing Scheme was signed on Wednesday, less than two months after residents complained that their area had been overlooked in favour of ‘Pradoville 2.’

Energy Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are urging a rapid response at the national and regional levels to the challenges arising from increasing oil prices.

Wedding Expo 2011, the third of its kind, was last night declared opened by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad at the Roraima Duke Lodge.

The late former President Hugh Desmond Hoyte was on Wednesday remembered as a transformational leader whose substantial contributions included not only facilitating free and fair elections in 1992 but ensuring the peaceful transfer of power after the PNC’s defeat in the election.

The International Training & Education Centre for Health (I-Tech), which has been working collaboratively with the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Guyana since 2005, was brought to an official close yesterday afternoon.

The second meeting of the UNASUR Council on Social Development and the 29th meeting of the Council of Delegates will be held in Guyana from Monday to Thursday at the International Conference Centre at Turkeyen.

The upper flat of a Leonora, West Coast Demerara house was gutted by a fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon.

Incumbent Dr. Julien Hunte will be returned un-opposed as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), when the directors meet at the annual general meeting in Antigua tomorrow.

An irate president of the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB), Azim Bassarath is calling for the heads of the senior West Indies players in light of the region’s poor showing at the cricket World Cup.

A miner is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital after a tree fell on him while he was working in Masawani backdam, Port Kaituma.

Two of the four persons indicted for the murder of Brian Chinapen have pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, while their co-accused were acquitted.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – New Zealand yesterday powered into the semi-finals for the second successive World Cup, shocking favourites South Africa by 49 runs and extending the Proteas’ dismal run in the knock out stage of the showpiece.

Lendl Simmons continued his fondness for Guyana’s bowling attack by slamming a century yesterday, his ninth first class ton, to put Trinidad and Tobago in control against Guyana in their seventh round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-Day Competition at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Three men were each fined $100,000 after they were found guilty on Wednesday of break and enter larceny by Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court.

The games are over for West Indies cricket team at the World Cup and so too should be the ones the West Indies Cricket Board has been playing with respect to development of the regional team and the regional standard on the whole.

Stacey Sampson, who on January 10 admitted to stealing $40,585 from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), was on February 25 ordered probation supervision by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Dear Editor, Vladimir Putin created history with a raw and atrocious abuse of power and democracy when he bypassed the presidential term limits of the Russian constitution by sliding back into power as Prime Minister after his protégé won the elections. The

Kamadyah Israel, occasionally appearing on a stage near you, sort of danced out of nowhere doing poetry with a voice so haunting that you listen to the message and you just cannot shake it.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will bank  on their home advantage against an English side grappling with  inconsistency and injuries in today’s World Cup quarter-final  in Colombo.

Shawn Gobin, who on March 2 admitted to stealing another man’s bicycle, was last week sentenced to a six month jail term by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Dear Editor, I know that other areas have been affected by rain, but the visit that I made to the New Forest area in East Canje showed clearly that it is not just the rain that has caused damage and loss to farmers.

Well-known sculptor Phillip Moore will be honoured by the Ministry of Culture in observance of the United Nations International year for ‘People with African Descent,’ according to a Government Information Agency (GINA) release.

Dear Editor, Your recent Stabroek Business carried a very informative piece on the sad state of our hinterland airships.

Security guard Delmark Parris, accused of receiving a stolen bank cheque valued $1.5M, was on Thursday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

I went to see my doctor on Thursday morning. He laughed and laughed and laughed at me.

LONDON (Reuters) – Black-clad, masked youths battled riot police and attacked banks and luxury stores in central London yesterday, overshadowing a protest by more than a quarter of a million Britons against government spending cuts.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Windward Islands made early inroads into the Leeward Islands batting line-up on a rain-hit first day of their final round match in the Regional Four Day Championship here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Twenty-two wickets tumbled as fortunes lurched this way and that on a dramatic opening day of the final round Regional First Class Championship match between Combined Campuses and Colleges and Barbados here yesterday.

Hi Everyone, a plate of boil and fry of any ground provision or a combination thereof is so satisfying that all you need is one meal of it and you are set to go for a very long time – sometimes an entire day!

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica produced a solid batting effort to make significant inroads into England Lions’ total, on the second day of their final round Regional First Class Championship yesterday.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo assented to the Disability Act 2010 last November.

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s tanks and artillery in eastern Libya yesterday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take the strategic town of Ajdabiyah.

Dear Editor, When something is wrong even if the whole of the UN says it is right, it still is wrong.

The Gittens Promotions and Next Level Domino Club seventh One-Day Countrywide Domino Tournament will commence today from 1pm at the National Gymnasium.

This April Fool’s weekend local comedians “tear off” with Def Jam comedians as Hunt Promotion presents “Tear Ya Mouth Out”.

Dear Editor, Yesterday [Thursday] I heard a man calling at my gate.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Highly radioactive water has been found at a second reactor at a crippled nuclear power station in Japan, the plant’s operator said, as fears of contamination escalated two weeks after a huge earthquake and tsunami battered the complex.

Sonia Noel launched Theatrical Spectacular on Friday last introducing a strong line-up of performers and designers for the upcoming production which she boasts is “quality stuff”.

Malteenoes Sports Club honoured son of the club Kwame Crosse on Wednesday on his selection for the West Indies Under-19 team that will be touring Dubai next month.

(Barbados Nation) Immigration and Customs authorities have categorically denied charges by a Jamaican woman that she was finger-raped and thrown out of Barbados when she arrived on the island just over a week ago.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) will launch a Junior Elite Training Programme for 35 Under-15 cricketers drawn from across the ancient county.

Dear Editor, The hazardous, unacceptable condition of the roadway between La Grange and Wales estate, caused by the tractors and trailers transporting sugarcane to the estate, is a source of total discomfort to all road users.

The Indian Cultural Centre Film Club will screen Shyam Benegal’s film Mandi  this afternoon from 5.30 pm at the Indian Cultural Centre in New Haven, Bel Air.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The opposition toppled Canada’s Conservative government yesterday, accusing it of sleaze and mismanagement, and set the scene for a May election that polls indicate the Conservatives will win.

Dear Editor, I read in the Jamaica Observer of March 24 about the mistreatment of a Jamaican woman by a Barbados immigration officer, and shuddered at the way some of our Caricom neighbours treat each other.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown apologized for throwing a tantrum over renewed questions about his assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna, but said he felt exploited and “wanted to release the anger inside me.”

Politikles

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah said yesterday he was ready to cede power, the third Arab ruler who may be forced out by popular protests which began in North Africa and have now spread into the Gulf, Syria and Jordan.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will today and tomorrow stage trials for female footballers looking to earn spots of the Lady Jags team for an upcoming engagement against Suriname.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday again denied that Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke paid the US$50,000 fee to United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips over the request for his extradition to the US on gun and drug trafficking charges.

Sometimes it is worth stating the obvious. In Guyana we are trapped in a mirthless tautology.

Dear Editor, Despite the fact that our small population occupies a sprawling 83,000 square miles, garbage disposal seems to be a perpetual problem in some communities in our country, specifically in the capital city.