Daily Archive: Monday, April 4, 2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Singer and political  outsider Michel Martelly is the winner of Haiti’s presidential  election, beating former first lady Mirlande Manigat, according  to official preliminary results, a senior electoral council  official said today.

Five persons today appeared in court over a huge heist at Guyana Stockfeeds Limited last week and an arrest warrant has been issued for a sixth person.

The police are investigating the murder of fisherman Krishnadat Khalandawell, 41 years of No.

A Venezuelan man identified as Francisco Silva died on Saturday in a fire at Aranka, Cuyuni.

(Trinidad Express) President George Maxwell Richards revoked the appointment of Police Service Commission (PSC) chairman Nizam Mohammed, this morning.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – A United Nations plane crashed while trying to land at the airport serving Congo’s capital Kinshasa today, killing 32 people, U.N.

An unidentified man was this afternoon killed on the spot after a Mayor and City Council tractor ran over him on Water Street.

ALGIERS, (Reuters) – Al Qaeda is exploiting the  conflict in Libya to acquire weapons, including surface-to-air  missiles, and smuggle them to a stronghold in northern Mali, a  security official from neighbouring Algeria told Reuters.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  launched his bid for re-election in 2012 today,  capitalizing on better news on the economy and pushing ahead of  Republicans who are struggling to find a candidate.

The PPP this afternoon chose Donald Ramotar as its 2011 presidential candidate.

(Jamaica Observer) The 68-year-old US overseas employment programme, through which hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans have gained work on American farms and in US hotels, could grind to a screeching halt because of a new US regulation which is starving the programme administrators of much-needed funds.

A Guyanese man whose suitcase was found with cocaine at the top of his cooked rabbit at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York had the drug charge dismissed against him early last month by Judge Cheryl L.

(Barbados Nation) Rape victim and former British actress Hilary Heath has accused the Royal Barbados Police Force of failing to warn the public about the threat a serial rapist posed to the country back in 2004.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thanks to help from the public, baby Ricardo Vijay has a bright future.

SANAA, (Reuters) – At least 12 protesters were  killed when security forces opened fire in the Yemeni city of  Taiz, south of the capital, today, a medical source said.

A tip-off from local anti-narcotics agencies to their counterparts in Barbados about the ‘suspicious’ movement of a boat led to a $1.3B (US$6.5M) cocaine bust in which three Guyanese were charged.

A gospel concert headlined by internationally acclaimed artiste William McDowell on Saturday night, took an interesting turn when President Bharrat Jagdeo “recommitted” the nation to God.

Three persons involved in the shipping of a container of logs in which Jamaican authorities discovered a large quantity of cocaine last month, have been arrested.

A 23-year old Kitty man was yesterday afternoon hospitalized with two gunshot wounds following a confrontation with the police on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The Georgetown Lighthouse is undergoing minor repairs following a leakage caused by the recent rains.

A man who the police say was smoking cannabis was admitted to bail in the sum of $60,000 on Friday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

-Graham goes out with a bang Motor racing fans and dignitaries occupying some of the country’s highest offices, including President Bharrat Jagdeo came out to witness this year’s first edition of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) season opener yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit.

Dear Editor, If you didn’t read Stabroek News’ March 31 editorial titled ‘Age of opportunity,’ you should read it.

A woman accused of two counts of forgery was remanded to prison Friday when she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Ronald Bulkan is the winner of the 2011 Scotia Bank Medal Play golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

A trainee teacher stabbed to death and dumped on a dam in Harlem, West Coast Demerara; a nursery school teacher brutally knifed.

Dear Editor, The Jagdeo term is not yet over, but its true nature is coming to light more and more.

Wolf Warriors and Trophy Stall Anglels Saturday stormed into the quarter finals of the lucrative Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited 10/10 softball tournament at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The Libyan government sent an envoy to Greece yesterday to discuss an end to fighting, but gave no sign of any major climbdown in a war that has ground to a stalemate between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) appointed 509 junior teachers last year, made 627 senior promotions and dismissed 288 teachers, a press release from the commission said.

Dear Editor, Of late, every so often I would hear some form of outlandish or convoluted political discussion, and depending on the topic I would thereafter make an effort to revisit sections of works by various distinguished writers who have in some way addressed the topic in question, in search of a semblance of sound and healthy understanding.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has identified 16 boxers to prepare for possible selection on the Guyana team for the 2012 Olympic Games which will take place in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Football Federation President, Mr Colin Klass will be elected unopposed for another four-year term when the GFF convenes its Annual General Meeting this month, following the closure of nominations on Saturday, March 19 at the GFF Secretariat.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Ryan Austin and Kavesh Kantasingh continued to weave their web around regional batsmen, when they bowled Combined Campuses & Colleges to a 157-run victory over Windward Islands yesterday.

Vocational education expert, Andy Moore believes the rise in school violence in the country is linked to a decline in technical education in the education system, particularly at the secondary school level.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Syrians called for freedom at the funeral of eight protesters yesterday, a witness said, after President Bashar al-Assad named the former agriculture minister to form a new government.

A two-day parenting workshop at the Uitvlugt Community Centre in Region Three focused on issues such as positive parenting, alternative forms of discipline, teenage pregnancy and truancy.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Fighters loyal to Ivory Coast presidential rivals Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara held their respective positions across Abidjan yesterday, a day that saw less fighting than the previous three.

Dear Editor, If your editorial ‘Age of opportunity’ of March 26, had been written on Friday I might have concluded that it was an April Fools Day hoax, but what I feared for our educational system has arrived, and it is indeed a serious issue. 

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Jason Dawes and Andre Russell enhanced Jamaica’s chances of reaching the Final of the WICB Regional first-class championship, after their batsmen, led by Wavell Hinds, piled-up the runs against Trinidad & Tobago yesterday.

SANAA (Reuters) – Two Yemenis died and hundreds were hurt yesterday when police used live rounds, tear gas and batons to try to break up protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who called for an end to weeks of unrest.

Work on the seawall

Dear Editor, As a potential presidential candidate, Mr Ralph Ramkarran is not a person who is unknown.

There is a need to “very consistently” address the issue of safeguards in Guyana’s REDD+ and LCDS activities with lack of clarity on the part of government leading to many questions, according to a report commissioned under the Guyana-Norway forests’ saving pact.

(Trinidad Express) The ethnic imbalance within the upper echelons of the Police Service, that favours Afro-Trinidadians, was pushed centre stage by Police Service Commission chairman Nizam Mohammed two Fridays ago at a Joint Select Committee (JSC) meeting at the Parliament, when he stated his intention to fix the disparity.

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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria postponed parliamentary and presidential elections by one week yesterday after failing to get logistics prepared in time, a major embarrassment for a nation hoping to break with a history of chaotic polls.

Dear Editor, Over the years, the government has made massive investments in the agricultural sector.

Electrical Wire

Hard Bargain

Interviews and photos by Tiffny Rhodius and Frances Abraham Government launched its Education Television Broadcasting Service (ETBS) on Friday, promising to narrow the gap in the quality of education delivered countrywide.

LIMA (Reuters) – Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala has extended his lead in Peru’s presidential race and former Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski may now be in second place, polls showed on Friday before the April 10 vote.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrated  India’s World Cup triumph by shaving off his famous dark locks  while his team mates spent yesterday morning plastering a “thousand  kisses” on the silver and gilt trophy that was finally in their  possession.

PARIS (Reuters) – France has discovered what appears to be part of an Air France aircraft that crashed in the Atlantic almost two years ago killing all 228 people on board, accident investigators said yesterday.

Canal Number One Polder residents hauled the body of a man from the conservancy a short time after he plunged into the black water yesterday afternoon.

Adele Perry is Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in Western Canadian Social History at the University of Manitoba. 

At his press conference on March 31, Head of the Presidential Secretariat , Dr Roger Luncheon accused Stabroek News of “reckless hostility” towards the One Laptop Per Family project.