Daily Archive: Sunday, August 7, 2011

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Miami police arrested Outkast  rapper and “Hey Ya” singer Big Boi today for possessing  ecstasy and other drugs that the performer’s lawyer later  characterized as “contraband.”

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – ABC today said it is  ending “Desperate Housewives” when the current, eighth season  wraps up in 2012, sending the popular ladies of Wisteria Lane  packing into TV history.

Bandits yesterday morning launched a bloody attack on a family that had just returned from the Timehri airport, injuring two men before escaping with two bags from a motor car that was about to turn into the family’s Middle Road, La Penitence home.

The police say they are conducting investigations into an armed robbery that occurred at about 1930h yesterday at Goed Fortuin, WBD, during which businessman Peter Sahadeo, 42 years, and his wife Nanda Sahadeo, 36 years, were attacked and robbed by four men armed with handguns.

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 1330h yesterday at Noble House Seafoods Ltd Wharf, Eccles, EBD, during which a man was shot.

Report on Activities and Responses by CJIAC and related agencies immediately following the CAL Flight BW523 Accident   Overview At 0132 hours on 30th July 2011 Caribbean Airlines flight, BW523, Registration 9Y-PBM (Boeing 737-800), was involved in an accident at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

(Jamaica Observer) Two persons were killed and six others are nursing injuries they suffered after being shot by gunmen at the intersection of Tower Street and South Camp Road in Kingston last evening.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit St Lucia today followed by a number of aftershocks, the Trinidad-based Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has reported.

LONDON, (Reuters) – London braced today for more  violence after some of the worst riots seen in the British  capital for years which politicians and police blamed on  criminal thugs but residents attributed to local tensions and  anger over hardship.

(Barbados Nation) An online telecommunications company is looking to take over the mobile market in Barbados by offering clients cheap rates, unlimited international calling, and free lifetime membership to the security forces.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The days of Laksmienarain Doebay as District Commissioner (DC) of Nickerie seem to be numbered.

(Barbados Nation) You will soon be able to log onto to the Internet to find information and communicate with the Royal Barbados Police Force.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – No concrete arrangements have been made between China and the Bouterse government yet regarding planned mega-projects, it appears from an exclusive interview DWT has had with Chinese Ambassador Yuan Nansheng.

(Barbados Nation) Don’t panic. That was the advice to Barbadians from Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin yesterday over their alarm about the recent spate of crimes, heightened by last Tuesday’s double murder of 79-year-old Arthur “Fred” Chaderton and his son-in-law Austrian-born Gerhart Metamara Stock, 44.

Three persons are dead and several injured after the truck they were in, overturned while the driver was negotiating a turn at Bottom Arawak, Arimu in Region Seven yesterday.

A bipartisan ethics committee of the US Congress is to probe Queens, New York Representative, Gregory Meeks over a ‘loan’ he received from Guyanese businessman, Edul Ahmad.

Despite the uncertainty regarding the future of his television station, CN Sharma says that he is willing and ready to contest the upcoming regional and general elections even it if means campaigning the old fashioned way.

Construction of the Amaila Falls access road is so far behind schedule that the contractor Fip Motilall is not likely to substantially complete the road before December.

Senior officials at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) are slated to meet this week to determine a plan to fast-track the removal of squatters from the immediate environs of the airport, following last Saturday’s plane crash.

A fire broke out yesterday morning at an apartment in East La Penitence, where residents managed to contain it until the fire service responded.

No charges have been filed against any of the parties in an almost year-old accident in which former Local Govern-ment Minister Kellawan Lall collided with a motorcyclist and a passenger he was carrying at the time.

Twelve-year-old Daniel Dilchand spends his days in a wheelchair, the result of the abuse he suffered at the hands of the godmother he had lived with since he was a baby.

Port Kaituma, in the North West District of Region One and Lethem, in Region Nine are both still without functioning morgues, according to residents.

Part 2 Introduction I was totally surprised at the very informed responses to last week’s introductory part on the country’s housing situation.

Underscores importance of unity With good management of Guyana’s natural resources, the economy can be developed quickly and while the government has been making efforts, there is still a lot to be done, outgoing Canadian High Commissioner, Francois Montour has said.

(Trinidad Newsday) Sheila Lataste-Burnham, 91, the  first wife of Guyana’s first executive president, the late Forbes Burnham, was  described by her eldest daughter as a politician in her own right.

The Ministry of Agriculture has approved the clearing of 131.5 acres of land in the Victoria backlands, on the East Coast of Demerara, while the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has already completed ‘crowning’ dams, based on a submission on works needed in the community by the Victoria Restoration Trust.

By Colin Benjamin Barbados completed their demolition of the home side early on the final day yesterday, to claim an impressive innings and 52-run victory, in the final round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) three-day tournament at Everest Ground yesterday.

Stallholders are angry over the continued operation of the Bartica Market without either a power or water supply.

Guyana’s unbeaten streak came to an end in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Women’s Challenge Cup when they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Uruguay in their final preliminary match yesterday at the Deodoro Hockey Complex in neighbouring Brazil.

As planned, last week I completed the examination of GuySuCo’s key performance indicators.

While much has been written about the fact that Latin America’s rapidly growing economies are largely immune to US financial woes, President Obama’s deal with Congress to avoid a US debt default will have a negative impact throughout the region.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Robert Darr, who is wanted for questioning in relation to robbery under arms.

National swimming coach, Stephanie Fraser says that one of the greatest benefits for the swimmers who attended the recently concluded FINA (World Swimming Federation) World Championships was that they were afforded the opportunity to participate in the globally renowned “Swim, Power Test”, created by Global Sport Technology.

Alpha United president Odinga Lumumba has pitched the idea to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for the commencement of a professional league two days after his club bowed out of the CONCACAF Champions League after drawing with professional club Herediano of Costa Rica.

One of the most remarkable men of the 20th century undoubtedly was King Sobhuza the Second, Lion of Swaziland. 

I was living in Toronto, 44 years ago, playing music full time with the Tradewinds band, when the annual Caribbean festival in Toronto known as Caribana was born. 

AKRON, Ohio, (Reuters) – A week that began promisingly  for Tiger Woods on his long-awaited PGA Tour return ended in  erratic fashion yesterday when he signed off with a level-par 70  at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

H HERE’S an apt question. Which was the last team to win a Test series over England ?

Violet Rodrigues, 84, a retired teacher of Kildonan Village, Corentyne who still takes her morning walks to “keep fit” was always actively involved in the development of her community and the youths.

By Rudi Webster Unlike Sir Frank Worrell, Clive Lloyd has not yet received the credit he deserves for his extraordinary achievement of building a world champion West Indies cricket team that dominated world cricket for 15 consecutive years.

As part of its continuing outreach to stakeholders, the heads of missions of the European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United Nations Development Programme on Friday met with representatives of the media.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Captain Tillakaratne  Dilshan scored his maiden Twenty20 international century to lead  Sri Lanka to an emphatic 35-run win over Australia at the  Pallakele Stadium yesterday.

When I was a mere lad I always had difficulty with the difference between bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes.

PARIS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Global leaders yesterday arranged a round of emergency calls to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing turmoil in financial markets.

This is the second in our series by the Guyana Bar Association outlining for the benefit of citizens, the power of arrest, detention and search conferred by the law on the Police Force.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A top official at Brazil’s agriculture ministry tendered his resignation  yesterday following corruption allegations, the latest blow to President Dilma Rousseff’s seven-month old government.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of jailed American aid contractor Alan Gross for trying to set up Internet networks in Cuba, in a damaging decision for US-Cuba relations.

AKRON, Ohio, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods again mixed the  good with the bad on his PGA Tour return as he toiled to a  two-over-par 72 at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational yesterday in only his third tournament round in three months.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said yesterday his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to overthrow his Western-backed government after the al Shabaab group began withdrawing fighters from the capital Mogadishu.

A mobile flag vendor displays his wares in the New Scheme at Diamond yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago required just 20 minutes to take the final three wickets and wrap up a comprehensive innings and 122 runs win over Leewards Islands at Bourda yesterday morning.

Wetlands are areas that hold water, either seasonally or permanently; they have been titled the kidneys of the landscape and biological supermarket because of the functions they perform in the hydrological and chemical cycles and the extensive food web and rich biodiversity they support.

Bronchiectasis Don’t be intimidated by this big technical term. You will recall that last week we discussed pneumonia.

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave hospital soon, a government source said yesterday, as clashes between his loyalists and opponents flared in the capital he left when protests against his rule turned into open warfare.

Wreaths laid around the base of the bust of the late President Forbes Burnham in Public Road Kitty yesterday on the occasion of his twenty-sixth death anniversary (Photo by Aubrey Crawford)

(Trinidad Guardian) The low-cost carrier REDjet has now been given the all clear to operate in territories beyond T&T and the territories it received licences for.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry  might have caught the attention of England selectors after  amassing 300 runs on Friday during a stand of 523 — a record  third wicket first-class partnership in England.

KABUL (Reuters) – A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing 31 US soldiers and seven Afghans, the Afghan president said yesterday, the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.

Dear Editor, I am availing myself of the facility of your columns to comment on two issues of national interest highlighted recently in your columns – (a) The funding of the Guyana Elections Commission: In this connection, I refer to Mr Eusi Kwayana’s letter published in your issue of Wednesday July 20, 2011 captioned ‘Gecom’s reliance on the government for funds undermines its independence.’

(Continued from last week) What are the benefits? “We have found that there are numerous benefits to securing standards, namely having a defined procedure in place with a structured management system that can be audited and performance benched-marked.

(Trinidad Express) Cases of police killings from as far back as three years ago will soon be revisited.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid received a surprise  recall to India’s one-day squad after a two-year absence while  selectors left out the injured Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh  for the limited-overs series against England.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has reported to the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) that “many of Guyana’s lesser used species of lumber continue to catch the attention of the overseas markets in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and North America” (ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report 16-14, 16-31 July 2011, page 11, and Stabroek News ‘Forestry Commission moving to upgrade wood-processing capacity – report,’ August 5 2011). 

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(Reuters) – Former Beatle Paul McCartney said on Thursday that he appears to be a victim of the newspaper phone hacking scandal in Britain and will be talking to police when he finishes a U.S.

Timehri, or the CJIA as it is now known, has been fortunate in that it never had a major air crash prior to last Saturday morning.

Adam’s Rockers will clash with BK International Western Tigers A while Pele Gold will be looking to strike against Bakewell Topp XX A in the semi finals of the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) Fastball tournament at the Guyana National Stadium ground, Providence, tonight.

An assessment of the African presence in Guyana becomes topical annually around the time of the anniversary of Emancipation. 

(Barbados Nation) Supermarket owner Charles Chaderton says Tuesday’s double murder indicates it’s time to resume hanging in Barbados.