Daily Archive: Thursday, July 7, 2011

The PPP/C says that its Facebook page was hacked sometime this morning.

The Ministry of Agriculture this afternoon said that satellite imagery and the United States National Hurricane Centre have identified an area of disturbed weather which could lead to heavy rain here over the next day or two.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia and the U.S. drug  agency have broken an airport drug ring in the world’s No.

A 44-year-old man was killed on the Corentyne Highway last night by a hit and run driver.

The lifeless body of a physically challenged Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara man was today pulled from his septic tank, hours after he was discovered to be missing from his home where several pieces of furniture had been set afire.

In a style that the power-hitting sidelined West Indian opener would surely have applauded, President Bharrat Jagdeo has come out to bat for the hapless Chris Gayle and, it seems, for Caribbean cricket.

LONDON, (Reuters) – In a breathtaking response to a  scandal engulfing his media empire, Rupert Murdoch moved today to close down the News of the World, Britain’s biggest  selling Sunday newspaper.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines has officially launched its service from Port of Spain to Orlando, Florida.

(Trinidad Express) A FIFA corruption investigation has concluded there is fresh evidence to support claims that former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam colluded to offer bribes of up to US$1 million (£625,000) to Caribbean football officials, according to the London Telegraph newspaper.

(Trinidad Express) Two hundred and twenty-three cancer patients were administered overdoses of radiation during treatment over the period of a year at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre in Port of Spain.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caricom leaders must establish a regional television station to transmit positive news about the region to counteract a “bombardment of North American culture,” says Guyana’s president Bharrat Jagdeo.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The invitation by President Desi Bouterse to CARICOM member countries to help invest in developing Suriname’s natural resources will only serve to further strengthen mutual ties, says Natural Resources (NH) Minister Jim Hok.

Minister Robeson Benn yesterday tried to quell fears over the speedboat service introduced for the Berbice River, following the removal of the pontoon MB Sandaka.

A Brazilian national was fatally stabbed during an argument at Ikawan, Cuyuni River on Sunday and police are yet to apprehend the killer.

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris was shot six times and the cause of death was given as perforation of the lungs due to gunshot wounds.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has come in for strong criticism from the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) for dismissing its concerns about the “tax-riddled industry”.

(CMC) Roseau, Dominica – West Indies batting ace Shivnarine Chanderpaul has expressed delight at reaching the milestone of 133 Test matches – making him the most capped Test player in the history of West Indies cricket.

China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Yu Wenzhe on behalf of the Chinese Government and Jiangsu Province of China yesterday donated $16M in medical equipment which will be put to use at both the Georgetown Public  Hospital (GPH) and the Linden Hospital Complex.

Georgetown recorded a 37-run victory over East Coast in the 2nd round of the 2011 Female Inter-Association 50-overs Cricket Tournament at Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground yesterday.

A 42-year-old city resident died on Sunday after he allegedly fell off a pick-up he was travelling in along the Yarrowkabra Trail, Soesdyke/Linden Highway but the police are treating his death as suspicious.

A 29-year-old mechanic of Amelia’s Ward was placed on $400,000 bail when he appeared on a causing death by dangerous driving charge before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies were offered a temporary reprieve in the third and final Test against India yesterday, after persistent rain wrecked Windsor Park’s inauguration.

CN Sharma’s case against the Advisory Committee for Broadcasting (ACB) has been withdrawn, but the broadcaster is saying he has no knowledge of the court proceedings or whether the action is still in the High Court.

For Chetram Singh, president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Sunday cannot come soon enough for him to hand over power to the new president if elections are held,  he said yesterday.

A Ministry of Health release says that due to the increased number of surgical cases in the last month, the Blood Bank is experiencing a severe shortage particularly of Blood Type A Positive, O Positive, A negative and O Negative.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Usain Bolt knows he has been short  of his very best form since returning from injury and is keen to  be more like his true self when running the 200 metres at the  Paris Diamond League meeting tomorrow.

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) president Chetram Singh, on behalf of the executives and cricketing public, has extended  congratulations to prolific Guyana and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul on his surpassing the record for the most Test appearances by a West Indies player.

A week after fishermen in Berbice came under a new spate of pirate attacks, just off the shore of No.

The Digicel Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships which will be held in Guyana from July 8–14 is expected to showcase the best junior squash players in the Caribbean with competition among players from seven different countries.

Synergy’s boss Fip Motilall continues to be badly behind in the Amaila Falls access road project and  failed to fulfill his promise to deliver four-wheel access to the proposed site by the end of last month.

Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast are “reaping the benefits” of the Venezuelan rice deal as farmers have been receiving higher “standardized” prices for paddy in the predominantly rice-producing area.

Rain washed out the 2nd and final day of Guyana’s opening game of the regional under-15 cricket series at the Wilson Road Recreation Ground in Penal, South Trinidad.

Wage negotiations between GuySuCo and GAWU have begun, with the union requesting a 12% wage increase for workers while the corporation is holding firm to a five percent offer it made earlier this year citing its dire financial situation.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Frank Vogel was named head  coach of the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, about five months  after he took over the struggling team on an interim basis and  led them to a playoff berth.

Problems at Bartica range from poor infrastructure and unprofessional police ranks to increasing pregnancies among school-age girls, according to the Alliance For Change (AFC) which recently visited the community as part of its campaign outreach activities.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The surface at the equestrian  venue for the London 2012 Olympics has been criticised by  competitors at the end of a three-day test event.

A STRONG CORRELATION EXISTS between a free media environment and the degree that we can call an election democratic.

In its 2011 report, the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) based in the US Embassy in Guyana has concluded that violent crime in Georgetown is a major problem and noted that the country’s murder rate is some three times higher than that of the US.

Dominic Vincente led Trust College easily past Port Mourant Secondary on Tuesday in the National Schools Basketball Festival at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Nigel Bryan stepped up his play to produce a dominant performance and walked away with the Men’s Singles title in the annual Independence Day Table Tennis Tournament last Monday at the National Gymna-sium.

On a Donald Ramotar presidential agenda Donald Ramotar cannot be separated from the PPP and the PPP/C Government.

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves has urged CARICOM’s founding member states to exhibit greater leadership, saying that uneven development of the movement could be due to domestic concerns taking priority over optimal regional activity.

A dedicated Carib connoisseur, Robert Callendar won the top prize of a Toyota Allion car, when the Carib Domination promotion came to a close on Monday night at the grand drawing hosted in the parking lot of the Pegasus Hotel.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – FIFA could allow matches at the  2022 World Cup finals in Qatar to be played over three 30-minute  periods if temperatures in the stadiums became dangerously high  for the players, a senior stadium engineer told delegates at a  conference yesterday.

By Cedric L Joseph Africa’s first task was to establish that, like other societies, it had a past and was part of the known global community.

There is still no sign of fisherman Lakeraj Mahadeo more than a day after his boat capsized in the Demerara River just off the Herstelling foreshore.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Captain Alastair Cook continued  his impressive form with the bat as England cruised to a  10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international  at Trent Bridge yesterday to level the five-match series at  2-2.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Singaporean port operator PSA  International Pte. Ltd. has quietly signed on to manage a  container terminal under construction at the Cuban port of  Mariel, sources close to the project said this week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA’s Ethics Committee will meet  on July 22-23 to decide the fate of suspended Asian soccer chief  Mohammed Bin Hammam over the alleged bribery scandal at the  Caribbean Football Union meeting in May, world soccer’s  governing body said yesterday.

A man from D’Urban Street who was allegedly attempting to commit an armed  robbery at Linden when he was  dealt several chops before being taken into custody last week Monday appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

By Ivan O. Carew Having been born and having grown up in the capital city, Georgetown, in the county of Demerara, British Guiana, now called Guyana, I did have some knowledge of the villages on the Eastern bank of the Demerara River.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – A century ago, it was the  explorers and infantrymen of Europe’s great powers slugging it  out for slices of Africa.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel  Martelly chose a lawyer and former justice minister on  Wednesday to be the country’s next prime minister, making a  second attempt to fill the key government post.

Dear Editor, Alfred Bhulai, in a comment in your edition of July 4, mentions my letter of April 27 in which I wrote that one possible reason for the PNC’s silence on the election rigging issue may be its concern with the legal repercussions any ‘confession’ on its part may release into the judicial system.

I, like my colleagues, have been inundated with questions, petitions and even insults relating to the position of the Alliance for Change (AFC) on the matter of becoming part of APNU.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt has all the tools to  be a top-class long jumper but the Jamaican should wait until  after the 2012 Olympics to give the event a go, world record  holder Mike Powell has told Reuters.  

In the “Ethics of Advocacy” by Lord Macmillan is to be found this passage: “The code of honour of the Bar is at once its most cherished possession and the most valued safeguard of the public.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s transport minister yesterday became the latest top official to quit because of  corruption allegations, adding to the recent struggles of  President Dilma Rousseff’s six-month-old government.  

Dear Editor, I have for many years fought against the scourge and sickness of domestic violence against men in Guyana and Canada.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch promised full  cooperation yesterday to resolve a scandal shaking his media  empire after British Prime Minister David Cameron promised an  inquiry into what he called “disgusting” phone hacking by a  newspaper.

The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a US$5M loan to help Grenada to strengthen its conditional cash transfer programme and protect its poor citizens from a further decline in living standards.

Dear Editor, I have noticed that the AFC is under tremendous attack from the PNC and PPP.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mark Webber made plenty of  headlines when he won last year’s British Grand Prix after  accusing Red Bull of favouring team mate Sebastian Vettel and a  repeat victory would be no less sweet on Sunday.

(Barbados Nation) Regional neighbours are slamming doors on many Barbadian-made products.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s widely traded  global bonds inched down yesterday after President Hugo  Chavez’s return from cancer surgery in Cuba, which has left  some doubts about how effectively he can govern.

The Ministry of Health recently hosted a graduation ceremony for young people who participated in an Information Technology training programme in East Ruimveldt and noted that plans are in train to host other courses to keep youth gainfully occupied.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is collaborating with the Region Three administration to realign the Windsor Forest koker door that slipped from its groove recently.

(Jamaica Observer) persons are now behind bars after the St James Police seized about 2,000 pounds of compressed ganja in Irwin district in the parish on Tuesday.

Scouts

Dear Editor, It is general elections season in Guyana once again.

If a panel of experts were to be required to name the ten Guyanese sportsmen who have accomplished the most in their respective disciplines over the past 25 years, the inclusion of the name Ransford Goodluck on that list would almost certainly be automatic.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s taxpayers will  be breathing a slight sigh of relief after ticket sales for the  rugby World Cup surged in the past six weeks, with more than one  million now snapped up for the Sept.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Health Minister Ghulam  Nabi Azad was trying to wriggle out of comments that  homosexuality was “unnatural and a foreign disease,” but critics  said yesterday his prejudices made him unfit to head the  ministry.

Craig Village lies nestled, serene, on the eastern bank of the Demerara river, mid-way between Georgetown and the international airport at Timehri.

Achar Party

This edition of Ask the Consul addresses children’s issues that are handled by the Consular Section of the US Embassy.

Something quite significant happened in local football recently. The Georgetown Football League (GFL) secured a court injunction that brought a halt to the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) plans to elect a new executive.

A logger accused of pretending that he could supply a man with a quantity of lumber, knowing this to be false, was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

President Bharrat Jagdeo told the regional media that based on the demand for house lots, it would be fair to say that remigration to Guyana has increased.

AL-QAWALISH, Libya, (Reuters) – Rebel fighters seized   A village south of the Libyan capital and another group  advanced towards Tripoli from the east yesterday in the  biggest push in weeks towards Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold.

It has been said that there are now more Guyanese in the diaspora than at home and while this may seem an exaggeration, the fact is that Guyana’s economic migrants are continuing to leave in droves for the Caribbean, North America, Europe; anywhere that will have them.

CARICOM Heads of Government and the European Union (EU) agreed to give Jamaica budget support and provide funds for the region’s climate change agenda at a special session of the 32nd Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government on Sunday in St Kitts and Nevis.

Retired Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Cecil Kennard has urged citizens to uphold their civic duty in the fight against crime, while also admitting that public confidence in the police force has been lost due to corruption by ranks.

Pure joy

CAP FREHEL, FRANCE, (Reuters) – Briton Mark Cavendish  won the 164.5-kms fifth stage from Carhaix yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thick black smoke formed a canvas over sections of the Trincity Industrial Estate on Tuesday as a fire flattened Lots 31 and 32 of manufacturing company Thermoplas Limited, located on Tissue Drive.

A worker accused of stealing two cases of Red Bull from Survival Supermarket was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Michelle Richards, who police say was the target of a murder attempt by her brother-in-law, yesterday took the stand at the ongoing preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge.

Dear Editor, There is a proliferation of letter writers and ‘analysts’ who apparently have one thing in common, and that is to concoct reasons why the current PPP/C administration should not be returned to office in the coming elections.