Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 20, 2011

(Trinidad Guardian) REDJet’s plans to fly from T&T on May 8 are in trouble.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 2200h yesterday at Portuguese Quarters, Corentyne, Berbice, during which Shaho Ibrahim of Bush Lot Village, Corentyne, was attacked

(Go Jamaica) The national security minister Senator Dwight Nelson is reporting that 14 human trafficking victims have been rescued by Jamaican authorities in the past six months.

The partly nude body of a 68-year-old woman was yesterday afternoon discovered with her throat slit, in a bedroom in her home.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – With the government’s new housing programmes, free houses will not be made available anymore.

The High Court has ratified the appointment of Richard Surage as judicial manager of the St.

The West Indies Cricket Board today said that former West Indies Captain and opening batsman Chris Gayle has made himself unavailable for the Pakistan series in favour of playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League.

Repairs to a section of the Good Hope Stelling that faltered on Monday afternoon were expected to be completed late yesterday afternoon.

An East Bank contractor died in a highway crash yesterday after the vehicle he was travelling in had a blow-out and slammed into a curb.

A Bank of Guyana employee died after her motorcycle collided with a Route 42 minibus on Mandela Avenue early yesterday morning.

Guyanese visiting from overseas have been the target of armed bandits three times this year and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud the situation is not alarming.

Several private sugar cane farmers yesterday morning were told that they will benefit from a $600 million package which the authorities have made available in the form of support to them.

Four men are wanted by police for questioning in relation to break and enter and larceny.

The consortium that recently completed drilling an exploratory oil well in the Rupununi has applied for permission to begin drilling another but the delay in releasing results of the first well has seen Canacol Energy Inc’s stock drop towards the lowest closing price in seven months.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) plans to use its annual government subvention to restore City Hall, but Mayor Hamilton Green says he is still awaiting word from experts he consulted before works can begin.

The British High Commis-sion, in an effort to support counselling services, has provided the Help & Shelter with funding.

Guyanese Jimmy Smith has been appointed the new Director General of the Inter-national Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi Kenya.

Septuagenarian Ray Anthony, alias ‘Rambo’, admitted to a charge of break and enter and larceny yesterday at the New Amsterdam Court but Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo remanded the prisoner and postponed sentencing until May 6.

A taxi-driver accused of causing the death of a greens vendor last Friday by driving in a dangerous manner was granted bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Garden Land Nursery, along Brickdam, was robbed on Monday night. According to a female manager, who asked not to be named, it was the latest robbery over the last three to four weeks.

The local netball fraternity was yesterday plunged into shock with the news of the death of recently appointed secretary and former vice president of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA), Shondell Samaroo.

The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday sent letters to Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir and Chairman of the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TUR&CB) Justice Prem Persaud asking them to intervene in the ongoing dispute with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI), in keeping with their legal responsibilities.

By Treiston Joseph The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will now field a seven-man squad to the 40th edition of the Carifta Games in Jamaica from April 23-25 as 100 and 200 metres junior champion, Chavez Ageday was withdrawn by his coach Raymond Daw yesterday.

Eugene Thomas, 57, of Thomas Hill, Mabaruma, Region One, died a week after she was bitten by a snake, prompting her family to call for an investigation into the actions of the doctor in charge of the Mabaruma Hospital, who delayed referring the case to the city although he had no medication to treat her.

Fourteen students from the Haslington-Victoria area on the East Coast Demerara are set to benefit from a five-year scholarship from the Rose Philadelphia Annual Scholarship Fund.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Talismanic West Indies opener Chris Gayle is awaiting a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the West Indies Cricket Board before he can take up a last-minute offer to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League.

The Guyana Hockey Board 2011 season has been adversely affected due to the unavailability of grounds, an official of the board disclosed yesterday.

R&B singer Bobby Wilson, aka Bobby Valentino and Bobby V, will headline a host of talent at the ‘Easter Fest’ concert, slated for Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Play in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets fustal football tournament continues this evening in Linden even as four teams advance to the knockout stage of the competition sponsored by Banks DIH Ltd.

The sewage spill which occurred on Monday afternoon at the corners of Smyth and Princess streets was due to a shifted repair band and not a burst sewerage line, GWI’s Sanitation Manager Rensord Joseph says.

A clothes vendor was yesterday morning denied bail by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton when he appeared before her charged with attempted murder and robbery under arms.

Coach of Running Brave Athletic Club, Julian Edmonds yesterday received sponsorship from his employer, Neal and Massy Limited Guyana, to attend the Carifta Games to be held in Jamaica from Saturday.

Two female labourers were yesterday granted bail in the sum of $80,000 each after they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on a charge of break and enter  and larceny.

Experienced shooter Hemant Narine made a winning return to competition while female competitors made their presence felt at the Smallbore .22 Precision Pistol competition which took place at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) ranges at Eve Leary Saturday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Opener Sunny Sohal struck a  fluent half-century as Deccan Chargers beat hosts Delhi  Daredevils by 16 runs for their second victory in the Indian  Premier League yesterday.

A miner and a minibus conductor were both granted bail in the sum of $40,000 each after they appeared yesterday before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton accused of stealing clothing valued at over $200,000.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga has downplayed any possible Test recall, stressing his focus was currently on leading his side at the cash-rich Champions League Twenty20 later this year.

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo put Patrick Barry, alias ‘Blue’, on a one-year bond after he was found guilty of driving dangerously.

Three soldiers are currently in police custody for the fatal shooting of Colombian Jose Aturo Castillo Balcazar, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

Kingston, Jamaica: With just a couple of days to go to the first match in the much anticipated Digicel Series 2011,   www.digicelcricket.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies Under-19s produced a stifling bowling effort to thrash Australia Under-19s by 102 runs and level their three-match one-day series at 1-1 yesterday.

Yesterday the Food for the Poor presented a quantity of household appliances to several orphanages and churches at its Festival City office.

NAIROBI, Kenya,  CMC – Kenya coach Eldine Baptiste has become the latest post World Cup coaching casualty after parting ways with the national team this week.

Fifteen field officers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) have been certified in First Aid after a four-day training session facilitated by the St John’s Ambulance Association.

Caribbean Under-13 champion Chelsea Edghill is the spearhead of a 15 member Guyana junior table tennis team which left yesterday morning for the sixth annual Caribbean Junior and Cadet championships in Puerto Rico.

Project Gold, the Enmore Packaging Plant which is critical to the viability of the sugar industry will be officially commissioned in another few weeks.

Dear Editor, Based on the evidence we in the Alliance For Change (AFC) now have in our possession, the financial mess that Guyana is in, is even worse than we thought in December 2010 when we were strategizing on our Action Plan. 

AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian authorities’ arrest of a leftist opposition figure overnight suggests that a bill passed by the government to end emergency rule after 48 years will not halt repression, rights campaigners said today.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article `Mining Security should be seen as beneficial investment – Crimes Unnerving Industry’ which appeared in your publication of Friday, April 8, 2011.

Former national champion, Wendell Meusa, and current senior national champion Taffin Khan are joint leaders after three rounds of the Caribbean Container Inc.,

Four persons are in custody after police yesterday intercepted a car at Republic Park, East Bank Demerara with an unlicensed gun and 60 rounds of ammunition.

Dear Editor, Like most citizens one is disconcerted by the immodest behaviour (to say the least) of the Councillors of the City of Georgetown.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The controversial decision to restrict the 2015 World Cup to only the 10 full members will be reconsidered by International Cricket Council’s (ICC) executive board in June, the governing body said yesterday.

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – The United Nations appealed yesterday for a ceasefire in the Libyan city of Misrata, saying at least 20 children had been killed in attacks by besieging government forces on rebel-held parts of the city.

A man who allegedly attempted to murder a 12-year-old boy who had reportedly called him gay was remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her yesterday.

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Post-election riots in northern Nigeria have killed at least 50 people in major cities alone, according to a tally from witnesses and rescue workers, but the overall death toll is believed to be much higher.

Residents of Fort Island during a meeting on Sunday with President Bharrat Jagdeo, who was visiting riverain communities in the Essequibo River, highlighted the need for renovation of the dilapidated Fort Island stelling, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Dear Editor, Although I prefer to keep my personal views and feelings to myself, I feel compelled to reply to my mother’s (Parvati Persaud-Edwards’) letter and article printed in the Stabroek News (April 5, 2011) and Chronicle respectively.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The Chicago Bulls survived  another scare from the Indiana Pacers on Monday to grind out a  tense 96-90 victory and take a 2-0 lead in the East’s  best-of-seven playoff series.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Lamar Odom, who became the  first Los Angeles Laker to win the NBA award for best player in  a reserve role yesterday, hopes the recognition will make  people think twice before considering him an underachiever.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai and a team hosted a two-day meeting in several Region Nine communities recently to address land issues.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Communist Party selected President Raul Castro and a hardline ally as its top chiefs yesterday, entrusting old guard leaders to steer wide-ranging reforms of the Caribbean island’s tattered economy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A jet carrying first lady Michelle Obama abandoned a landing approach outside Washington to avoid another plane in an apparent mistake by air traffic controllers, US aviation officials said yesterday.

Dear Editor, With regard to your news reports on the ethnic imbalance statement about Nizam Mohammed in Trinidad and his subsequent firing by TT’s President as Police Service Commission Chair, NACTA conducted an opinion poll and found mixed views in support of and against Mohammed.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Pakistani military is scrambling to shore up ties with Afghanistan to ensure a central role in a negotiated settlement of the conflict as the beginning of a US military withdrawal draws closer.

By Peter Singer MELBOURNE – Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said the parapet built at the “road front” at Tuschen is exclusively for vendors but government is “willing to explore options” for taxis, after the two groups had been disagreeing over use of the area.

Dear Editor, The letters by Tarron Khemraj, with all his charts and economic data, are all good for the political appetite of this nation and should be welcomed, but his conclusions are all biased and directed towards support for the AFC.

SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) –They called it the “slap heard around the Arab world”.

High tide in Hinck Street: This pavement at Hinck Street has been under water since Sunday despite there being no rainfall.

Politikles

The National Sports Commission (NSC) will host three hours of sport activities  at the Guyana National Stadium on easter Monday in observance of World Challenge Day.

(Trinidad Express) The man charged with two counts of attempting to murder a British couple with a cutlass while they slept at their idyllic Tobago home was on Monday freed of the charges.

Recent signings by the European Union of trade and economic agreements with countries in the Hemisphere, including the states of Central America in our Caribbean Basin, indicate the EU’s continuing determination to extend their formal frameworks of economic relations beyond the recently independent states of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.