Daily Archive: Friday, July 8, 2011

MIAMI, (Reuters) – India built up a lead of 104 runs  over West Indies with four first-innings wickets remaining at  the close of the third day of the third and final test in  Dominica today as the tourists moved closer to securing a  series victory.

Construction of the Marriott Hotel will most likely start within the next two to three months as the government  is about to enter into a public/private partnership with the Zublin Group in Grenada, President  Bharrat Jagdeo said this afternoon.

President Bharrat Jagdeo today said that Agrément had been received from Brazil for Kellawan Lall to be Guyana’s new Ambassador to Brasilia.

The man accused of murdering former youth footballer, Daxton Parks, with an arrow and bow was today remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

APNU Presidential Candidate, Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger and Campaign Director, Joseph Harmon yesterday met with the Rastafarian Council to determine if there was opportunity for them to work together.

One of these days, in the course of what remains of his ministerial career, Education Minister Shaik Baksh will probably do himself a serious injury if he persists in the practice of putting his foot in his mouth.

A fire this morning in Vreed-en-Hoop, West Demerara has left two homeless.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Fifty-three people were feared  dead today after a plane crashed as it tried to land in bad  weather at Kisangani airport in eastern Democratic Republic of  Congo, the Congolese airline operating the flight said.

Father Linus Wall, 92, is gravely ill in a Scarborough, Canada hospital, according to today’s edition of the Catholic Standard.

Congratulations are extended to Andrea Denny-Sylver formerly of 1 West Road Sparendaam, ECD on achieving a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science with Honours and a Bachelors of Arts in History with Honours and for becoming a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha and Phi Alpha Theta National Societies, respectively.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has two weeks to remove the five per cent wage offer if her Government wants to avoid the possibility of national strike.

GMV Minerals Inc has announced that former Head of the GGMC, William Woolford has joined the Board of Directors of GMV Guyana Resources Inc.,

(Trinidad Express) Lisa McKenzie, widow of deceased popular bar owner, Ricardo McKenzie, yesterday confirmed she will be taking legal action against the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre (BLCTC), where she claimed her late husband was a victim of over-radiation during treatment.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Coulson, the British prime  minister’s former communications chief, has been arrested by  detectives investigating allegations of phone hacking at the  News of the World newspaper, police said today.

(BBC) A Jamaican lesbian has won the right to stay in the UK after immigration judges ruled she risks persecution if she returns to her home country.

(Barbados Nation) There are not enough cows in Barbados and there is a definite need for more, says president of the Barbados Dairy and Beef Producers Association, Paul Davis.

(Barbados Nation) Cuban-trained doctors  are just not up to scratch for Barbados’ medical requirements, says the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP).

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Between 8000 and 10,000 abortions are performed in Suriname each year.

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

The government yesterday used its majority in the National Assembly to pass the Protected Areas Bill with minor amendments, even as concerns were raised by the opposition about it being a mechanism to access funding to implement the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Noel Adonis says that local officials met with investigators in the FIFA cash-for-votes probe in The Bahamas but he was not at liberty to disclose what was discussed.

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

Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara rice farmers say a recently-constructed koker was built with a defect, making life difficult for them.

Three persons were injured yesterday morning, following an early morning accident on Mandela Avenue.

Rawl Campbell was yesterday accused of using personal violence while robbing his sister of her gold chain and pendant.

Two men accused of stealing $1M from their employer, after initially reporting that they had been robbed, were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 by  acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities has started implementing a voter education project with a Needs Assessment Workshop aimed at empowering the differently-abled to exercise their franchise.

Heavy rains could hit Guyana within the next two days as the HydroMet Department of the Ministry of Agriculture monitors the development of a tropical wave located northwest of Guyana in the Caribbean Sea.

The body of Herstelling fisherman Lakeraj Mahadeo was yesterday afternoon pulled from the Demerara River on the West Bank of Demerara.

The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic has reported that its Facebook page was hacked sometime yesterday morning.

Guyana’s Dawn Barker ensured that her name is indelibly etched in powerlifting records when she captured a gold medal yesterday at the North American Regional Powerlifting Championships in Miami.

Omeka Henry who was committed to stand trial five years ago for the murder of her partner, was yesterday granted $50,000 bail by Justice Winston Patterson when she made her first appearance facing the lesser charge of manslaughter.

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday opened the Home Friendly Room at the Amerindian Hostel, in Princes Street.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Illness to Ravi Rampaul almost undermined West Indies, but typically rainy weather was again kind to them, and offered a temporary reprieve in the third and final Test against India yesterday.

The five children from Kaow Kaow, Bartica, who were suspected victims of food poisoning, were yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The Georgetown and East Bank women recorded victories during contrasting circumstances by 154 runs and 3 wickets respectively in the 3rd round matches of the ongoing 2011 Female Inter-Association 50-overs cricket tournament yesterday.

Malini Baseer is now a patient of the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, following a stabbing on Tuesday night.

New Amsterdam Multilateral overpowered Brickdam Secondary when the National Schools Basketball Festival continued on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Traffic Chief Neil Semple is alarmed at the number of road deaths and has urged all road users to exercise caution on the roadways, on a recent edition of “Law Enforcement and You” hosted on NCN.

The track and field fraternity will have to wait a  while longer for their anticipated and overdue synthetic track to be constructed at Leonora on the West Bank of Demerara.

Three West Demerara schools have made a clean sweep of a competition to encourage tidier school compounds.

The newly-refurbished Colgrain Swimming Pool on Camp Street is to follow a stricter regime of rules since  its reopening in April in order to prevent overuse.

President of the Republic of Haiti Michel Martelly urged businessmen in the Caribbean Community to invest in Haiti to help create wealth for its development, even as he stated his intentions to pursue full integration in the CSM, in his address at the 32nd CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government.

BERNE, (Reuters) – Belize’s international  suspension has been provisionally lifted by FIFA and their  World Cup qualifier at home to Montserrat will go ahead but on  neutral territory, soccer’s governing body said yesterday.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek, Georgetown elected a new president and board of directors for the year 2011 to 2012 last Monday.

LISIEUX, France,  (Reuters) – Norway’s Edvald Boasson  Hagen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France, a 226.5-km ride  from Dinan yesterday.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai and a team met with Region Nine residents to allow them an opportunity to voice their concerns about issues affecting their livelihoods during a recent outreach exercise to several villages.

Scotia Bank is to use this month’s Building Expo 2011 to promote the bank’s lower mortgage rates in support of the country’s accelerated housing drive.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for two persons in relation to forgery and other matters.

(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.

On Wednesday July 06, 2011, police ranks conducted a narcotics eradication operation at Banakari Swamp Road, Soesdyke/

RALEIGH, North Carolina,  (Reuters) – U.S. world 100  metres silver medallist Tyson Gay had an arthroscopic procedure  on his injured right hip and will not run again this year, his  manager said yesterday.

Amidst what appears to be a collision course between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago over the new Irish-owned low-cost regional airline, REDjet, the Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration appears to be advocating that a proposal for the Civil Aviation Authority in Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica investigate its safety concerns relating to the airline.

Almost six months after the much-vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative was launched the first 142 persons identified to benefit from the project are now being allowed to take the computers home.

The Guyanese footballers currently campaigning in the United States are making the best of their opportunities so far.

In what, according to media reports emanating from New Delhi, was an open and shut multi-million dollar corruption scam, the Indian Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran tendered his resignation after it was disclosed that he sought to use his influence to coerce the founder of the privately-run mobile telephone company AIRCEL to sell his stake in the company to a competitor favoured by the now disgraced minister.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Suspended Asian soccer chief  Mohamed bin Hammam is unhappy at the way information was leaked  during a bribery investigation but wants a fair trial when he  appears at a FIFA Ethics Committee meeting later this month.

We need a real doctor

Dear Editor, In Guyana, mining is the largest income earner and the present price of gold has led to an influx of new miners into the industry.

Leader of Guyana’s People Partnership (GPP) Peter Ramsaroop says that the PPP/C’s lack of focus in its foreign policy has severely affected economic growth over the last five years.

SANTA FE, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi has become an even  more isolated player for Argentina at the Copa America than he  was at the 2010 World Cup, a forlorn figure missing the telling  passes of his club mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta.

Attractive Prices At the time of writing this article, the price of gold had jumped by US$17 to reach US$1,531 from its closing price of Tuesday. 

Dear Editor, The recent US Embassy Overseas Security Advisory Council report on driving in Guyana is absolutely correct.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh  will shrug off his indifferent form and will be a crucial bowler  for India during their tour of England, vice-captain Gautam  Gambhir said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch will shut down  Britain’s biggest selling Sunday newspaper, the News of the  World, in a startling response to a scandal engulfing his media  empire.

Queen’s College (QC) emerged victorious from a rigorous debate with the Bishops’ High School in the final leg of the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary Schools debating competition.

For more than 50 years a Bourda Market bush seller and her family have provided Guyanese with local plants including barks and roots and herbs for use as natural remedies for aches and pains.

Dear Editor, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has introduced itself to Guyanese and is progressively taking on a definite form.

(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.

Dear Editor, The issue of Palestinian statehood being brought to the United Nations General Assembly this September is of great concern to Guyana, a member of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People since 1975.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s former two-weight world  champion Ricky Hatton called time on his 14-year professional  boxing career yesterday.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A retired Pakistani general  strongly denied yesterday a report that he took $3 million in  cash in exchange for helping smuggle nuclear technology to North  Korea in the late 1990s, while the nation’s foreign office  called the story “preposterous.”

Consumers who have traditionally been victims of unscrupulous business houses that provide commodities of less weight, volume or other form of measurement than advertised can now seek recourse in new regulations contained in the recently promulgated Consumer Affairs Act of 2011.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Both Honduras’ leftist  President and the coup leaders who ousted him in 2009 broke the  law, a truth commission report found yesterday, in a bid to  heal a political rift in the country caused by the affair.

Dear Editor, Guyana has to create the conditions for rapid economic growth without creating small groups of incalculably rich individuals and families, leaving even larger groups and whole communities behind trapped in lamentable poverty.

Visitors to this year’s three-day Building Expo can expect to receive information on the efficient use of solar energy in the domestic setting.

By Colin Benjamin Recently they were rival star players in the just- concluded traditional Berbice vs Demerara showdown in the Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) under-19 competition.

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

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s convalescing  President Hugo Chavez dismissed rumours of a reshuffle yesterday and kept all his ministers in their jobs, thanking  them for their work while he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African President  Jacob Zuma’s elite guards overstepped their authority when they  arrested and roughed up a student who they thought made an  obscene hand gesture, a government commission said yesterday.

Dear Editor, As national awards go, Guyana has fallen down in terms of recognising its outstanding citizens/individuals/groups.

It is a good thing that we had no great expectations going into last weekend’s meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of Caricom, at Frigate Bay, St Kitts, as we cannot really complain of any great disappointment that no decisions of any consequence appear to have been taken there.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 415’s trading results showed consideration of $2,817,185 from 137,568 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 414 which showed consideration of $290,525 from 13,007 shares traded in 3 transactions. 

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

Champtress of the Simple Royal stable on the Corentyne Coast captured the feature C class race when the Port Mourant Turf Club in collaboration with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic held a pre-CARICOM Day horse race meet at the turf club last Sunday.

My brevity today indicates that this offering is one of my “time-out productions.”

Soca Party

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich,  (Reuters) – A gunman killed  seven people, including two children, in two homes in western  Michigan on Thursday and then led police on a high-speed chase  before taking three hostages, authorities said.