Daily Archive: Monday, July 18, 2011

Four  persons are now dead and several persons are injured after a speeding minibus suffered a tyre blow out and toppled several times on Homestretch Avenue earlier this evening.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A former journalist who told the  New York Times that phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s now  defunct News of the World was more extensive than the paper had  acknowledged at the time, has been found dead, media reported today.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters Life!) – Jailed rapper Ja Rule  was sentenced in federal court in New Jersey today to 28  months in prison for failing to pay more than $1 million in  taxes.

Are we seeing the first real signs of a pre-elections brouhaha between the PPP/C and its political opponents?

A miner is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Hospital, after he was shot several times by gunmen, who invaded his camp at Five Star Backdam, North West District this morning.

Following a review, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today announced that it would be holding another Claims and Objections exercise, which is intended to facilitate persons who were previously unable to register.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The News Corp phone hacking  probe claimed its second senior police scalp in less than 24  hours when the London force’s Assistant Commissioner John Yates  resigned today.

(Trinidad Guardian) A D’Abadie family is in mourning, after an early morning accident yesterday in Couva claimed the lives of two cousins and has left three passengers in critical condition at hospital.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – On Friday, the registration of all squatters in Paramaribo and Wanica was started at Sunny Point by Social Affairs and Housing Minister Alice Amafo.

(Barbados Nation) Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite says crime in Barbados is under control, and has castigated the critics, namely the Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), for stating otherwise.

(Barbados Nation) The much anticipated announcement of a new Secretary General of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is to be made this week.

By Colin Benjamin A tournament whose journey began on the 15th of July, with more than 100 teams across the 10 regions of Guyana concluded last night with the Government Technical Institute triumphing in the inaugural Digicel Schools football championships.

After months of preparation and weeks of intense training, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation yesterday named a squad of 12 players to represent Guyana at the 21st CBC Championships which will bounce off on July 23 – 29 in Nassau, The Bahamas.

LA PLATA, Argentina, (Reuters) – Paraguay, who did  not have a single shot on target in 120 minutes of a goalless  Copa America quarter-final, sent holders Brazil crashing out 2-0  on penalties yesterday.

SAN JUAN, (Reuters) – Venezuela reached the  semi-finals of the Copa America for the first time yesterday by  beating Chile 2-1 in yet another quarter-final upset.

FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – Japan won the women’s World  Cup for the first time after beating the United States 3-1 on  penalties following a 2-2 draw yesterday.

SANDWICH, England,  (Reuters) – Darren Clarke’s long  wait for a first major title ended when he fought off a pack of  Americans to claim a magnificent three-shot victory at a  windswept British Open yesterday.

Sacked doctor, Vishwamintra Persaud was refused bail when he appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court today charged with sexually molesting a 13-year-old female.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan  were given the nod ahead of fellow paceman Steve Finn in  England’s 12-man squad for Thursday’s opening test of the  four-match series against India at Lord’s.

A policeman who was at the scene of an early morning accident at Bartica was pronounced dead on arrival at the Bartica Hospital after he was run over by a speeding truck.

MONTPELLIER, France,  (Reuters) – With a week left in  the Tour de France, only one person is absolutely convinced that  Frenchman Thomas Voeckler cannot win the race in Paris –  Voeckler himself.

MONTPELLIER, France, (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish  delivered a textbook sprint in the finale of the 193-kms 15th  stage of the Tour de France yesterday to snatch his fourth  victory in this year’s event.

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, CMC – Leford Green continued his love affair with the Central American Stadium track on Saturday, when he again upstaged World-rated Javier Culson to win the men’s 400 metres hurdles at the Central American & Caribbean Senior Championships.

The Port Kaituma Hospital in Region One has been affected by a food shortage for the past two weeks and according to reports patients who have no relatives in the area are suffering.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Windward Islands and West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford was upstaged by a penetrative spell from former Barbados Under-19 captain Renaldo Parris to put Maple on the brink of victory over Pickwick in the Barbados Cricket Association’s Division 1 championship on Saturday.

Despite a rain-hit day, 5000 and 1500 metres national record holder Cleveland Forde finished fourth in the men’s 5000 metres last Saturday at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

The  62-year-old man who was struck down yesterday in Werk-en-Rust as he cycled to the market died this morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

(WICB) See below the list of teams for the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 Tournament, which bowls off today in Guyana with the three-day tournament.

Professor Daizal Samad, Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) has been shaking up the academic and administrative structures at the campus and there is now greater community and student involvement.

Jamarj Assanah and Travon Younge of the Hikers Hockey Club travelled to Trinidad last Thursday to compete in the Trinidad and Tobago Outdoor Leagues for a three-week period.According

Berbice business Universal DVD Store of Trinity Street, New Amsterdam recently made two donations to the Berbice Cricket Board and the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club.

A 41-year-old man was yesterday morning chopped after he turned off an electric stove on which a male relative was boiling water.

The seven ladies who are vying for the crown of Miss Guyana World 2011 had the opportunity to introduce themselves at the launch of the Pageant on Friday evening at the Roraima Duke Lodge.

NANJING, China, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant has said he is  keeping his options open for next season while the National  Basketball Association (NBA) remains in lockout.

Expansion works are well underway at the Celina Atlantic resort which sits to the north of the seawall next to the Kitty pump station.

CORDOBA, Argentina, (Reuters) – Unfancied Peru  shocked Colombia 2-0 on Saturday to reach the Copa America  semi-finals after midfielders Carlos Lobaton and Juan Vargas  scored in extra time.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A phone-hacking scandal centred  on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp cost Britain’s top policeman his job and renewed questions yesterday about Prime  Minister David Cameron’s judgment.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Learning Channel has been broadcasting for three months but somehow the response to the service has been rather lukewarm in various circles.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – With time running short in  U.S. debt talks, Republican and Demo-cratic senators sought yesterday to craft a plan that could avert an unprecedented  government debt default while making modest cuts in the  deficit.

The Third Round of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here and the Ministry of External Affairs of India was convened Friday at the ministry in Georgetown, and the two countries also utilized the opportunity to share ideas on new areas of cooperation.

NANJING, China, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant has said he is  keeping his options open for next season while the National  Basketball Association (NBA) remains in lockout.

Dear Editor, All men and women should have a voice in decision-making, either directly or through legitimate intermediate institutions that represent their interest.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan’s second-biggest retailer  said yesterday it had sold beef from cattle that ate  nuclear-contaminated feed, the latest in a series of health  scares from radiation leaking from a quake-crippled nuclear  power plant.

The Georgetown Reading and Research Centre (GR&RC) hopes to provide the reading public with 100,000 titles in its `Great Book Sale of 2011’ which gets underway on Wednesday, July 20.

Dear Editor, 40,000 Guyanese could not have spelled it out more clearly.

A batch of 236 youths from various parts of the country  graduated on Friday from the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme (YEST) after acquiring skills in several areas that would ensure they are marketable, a  Government Information Agency (GINA) press release stated.

ADEN,  (Reuters) – Yemeni forces backed by armed  tribesmen launch-ed an offensive to retake Zinjibar, capital of  southern Abyan province, officials said yesterday, after months  of fighting with Islamist militants who seized the city.

Dear Editor, I did not know that in the covenant between Opposition Leader Desmond Hoyte and President Jagdeo on the creation of the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting (ACB) that  of the three nominees, one must come from civil society.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Friday congratulated the local office of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agricul-ture (IICA) for its role here over the last year.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The EU will protect existing  investment in its $13 billion biodiesel sector even as it acts  on new evidence that suggests making the fuel from food crops  can do more harm than good in fighting climate change.

LONDON, (Reuters Life!) – The British Library has  launched an appeal to help it buy the oldest book in Europe, an  “almost miraculous” survival from the Anglo Saxon period over  1,000 years ago.

Minister of Finance Ashni Singh and Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday joined members of the Community Development Council (CDC) of Region Four at their Annual Conference at the Diamond Secondary School.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent elections held by the GCB and in particular to the claim by returning officer Sanjeev Datadin that the elections were valid.

Thousands of teachers across the country will this month receive benefits under a multi-year agreement which was concluded between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Government of Guyana.

Members of the St. Barnabas Church on Regent Street yesterday witnessed their last ceremony in the building as it is soon to be demolished by

Dear Editor, I have been waiting for over two years for GT&T to transfer the service rendered to me on line 226-9309 from Bourda Street to Orange Walk which is only a corner away.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Spain’s Dani Pedrosa won the  German Grand Prix for Honda yesterday with MotoGP world champion  Jorge Lorenzo snatching second place for Yamaha on the last lap.

MONTEVIDEO,  (Reuters) – Former Uruguayan dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry, convicted of killing political opponents  during his reign, died of respiratory failure yesterday at age  83.

Sydney Ifill can thank his son Anthony for securing him a place in the next round of the Courts Guyana Inc’s ‘All You Need for Your Life’ digital promotion. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Criminals in Jamaica have ruthlessly murdered more than 1,500 children and teenagers since the turn of the 21st century.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to ventilate what is quickly becoming an epic in Guyana, if it already isn’t.

In March and April, two diaspora columns examined the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act No.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The final “Harry Potter”  film shattered box office records worldwide with a whopping  $168.6 million in U.S.

For 24 years while in opposition, the PPP railed against rigged elections, human rights abuses, corruption and lack of transparency in government.

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan speaks during a

Politikles

This week we asked the man and woman in the street what their opinions were of Hits and Jams bringing Vybz Kartel and Mavado as the main performers of the regional night during the ‘Jamzone Summer Break’, despite the fact that these two artistes have been banned from performing in other Caribbean countries, and previously in Guyana.