Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 9, 2011

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. stocks clawed back most of  yesterday’s losses as a U.S.

The National Communication Network (NCN) this afternoon pulled the popular radio play Merundoi from its airwaves reportedly over a storyline that dealt with voter education.

LONDON/TORONTO, (Reuters) – A lawmaker called today for BlackBerry’s instant messaging service to be  suspended after rioters used it to mobilise in London and other  British cities.

SAN ANGELO, Texas, (Reuters) – A Texas jury today  sentenced polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to life in prison plus  20 years for sexually assaulting two girls he claimed as  “spiritual” brides.

The PPP today announced that its 30th Congress which was due this year has been postponed so that the party can concentrate on general elections due later this year.

Eleven companies have bid to supply netbooks/laptops for the government’s much vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme.

One of the four men nabbed in September of 2008 in a sting by US federal agents for trying to bribe stockbrokers to buy shares in Guyana Gold Corp.,

LONDON, (Reuters) – A 26-year-old man who was shot in  a car in Croydon, south of London, during disturbances this week  has died, becoming the first fatality of riots sweeping Britain,  police said today.

(Trinidad Express) More than US$1 billion from the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) is now in jeopardy as a result of the severe turbulence being experienced in financial markets and the recent downgrade of the US credit rating.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England captain  Andrew Strauss has been given no indication that the third test  against India will not go ahead as scheduled in Birmingham on  Wednesday despite inner city rioting and looting.

(Barbados Nation) A high-powered MAC-10 machine gun was among a cache of firearms found at the home of one of two suspects in last Saturday night’s shooting of two police officers.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippines government has  placed former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on a travel  watch list to prevent her from evading investigations into  allegations of plunder and election fraud during her nine years  in office.

Ahead of a critical meeting to discuss financing for the University of Guyana (UG), Pro-Chancellor Dr Prem Misir has described the institution’s strategic plan as “archaic” and says that any additional government funding must require a cost-review for various aspects of the university’s operations.

A family of four was last night attacked by four armed bandits who robbed them of an estimated $980,000 in cash and jewellery at their Ocean View, Uitvlugt home and general store.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer, who is now in a US jail, is facing three counts of sodomy which are all described as felony charges and one charge of child molestation described in court documents as a misdemeanour.

The body of an elderly woman, who went missing, was yesterday morning found in a decomposing state in a drain not far from her home.

Investigators are working around the clock to relocate Caribbean Airline’s Boeing 737 aircraft from the crash site at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri before the end of this week to an unused hangar there.

Two men accused of robbing a man with a gun and assaulting another with intent to rob him were yesterday granted bail in the sum of $300,000 each when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Police are yet to question businessman Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj and several of his workers who have been accused of threatening and physically assaulting a group of National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspectors more than two weeks ago.

One of the survivors of last Saturday’s accident at Bottom Arawak, Arima, said that the truck driver was speeding before the vehicle overturned and claimed the lives of three passengers.

A man yesterday was accused of obtaining $6.5M from Demerara Bank Limited by false pretence and was admitted to bail in the sum of $700,000 by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Noel Elliot, who was injured in the Caribbean Airlines crash-landing at the CJIA, is now without his right leg, which was amputated by doctors at a New York City hospital on Sunday morning.

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) currently being negotiated between Canada and CARICOM may not be completed before the end of the year, when the current arrangement—CARIBCAN—ends.

The Linden Fund USA/OMAT team says there is an urgent need for an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) after it conducted a number of surgeries there during a recent outreach exercise.

Garbage collection is ongoing, according to City Council spokesman Royston King, but the service is restricted to some areas due to the city’s limited resources.

A house collapsed at Christianburg, Linden on Sunday night. Homeowner Ann Morrison left home in the evening to work a night shift as a security guard at Christianburg Primary School.

Pele Football Club downed BK Western Tigers 3-0 Sunday night to cart off the $1,000,000 prize when the inaugural Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company Fastball Tournament concluded at the National Stadium, Providence while the Trophy Stall Allstars won the female version of the tournament.

PPP/C Presidential Candidate and member of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) board Donald Ramotar has urged workers to capitalise on the opportunities available in the industry, as investment in it is investment in Guyana.

Guyana had to settle for a silver medal following their 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Uruguay in the final of the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Women’s Challenge Cup  yesterday at the Deodoro Hockey Complex in neighbouring Brazil.

As the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sat around the conference of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Port-of-Spain yesterday, WIPA president Dinanath Ramnarine made it clear that with no Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) cricket will be crippled in the Caribbean.

USAID, through its Governance Enhancement Project is awarding a grant to the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) at a ceremony set for the Cara Lodge today.

A man who made use of threatening language to his sister was remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octave- Hamilton yesterday.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) case was adjourned for the second time yesterday by Chief Justice Ian Chang, this time to Thursday.

On the back of income from government projects, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) earned a surplus of $692.3M last year, a significant increase from the $226.2M recorded the previous year.

The 50-overs leg of this year West Indies Under-19 competition gets underway today with three matches.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Rain affected most of the games on the opening day of the WICB Regional Women’s One-day competition.

A 10-year old boy was yesterday struck down by a speeding car on Norton Street, Georgetown.

Kares Engineering inaugural 10/10 Tapeball competition continued on Saturday with seven more teams advancing to the next round of competition in the Georgetown zone at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Magistrate Hazel Octave- Hamilton yesterday remanded a 19-year-old man who was held for allegedly having possession of an unlicensed pistol that police saw him throwing away.

Dear Editor, It seems that there are no limits to the extent to which the publicly owned NCN will go to distort, misrepresent and even manufacture statements of the leaders of the Alliance for Change.

The CIOG has acquired a school bus from the Zakaat House of Kuwait to carry needy students to school.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – In calm seas, 61-year-old American  swimmer Diana Nyad stroked north on Monday into the Florida  Straits in her bid to set a new world record with a 103-mile  (166 km) crossing from Cuba to Key West in Florida.

The National Accreditation Council (NAC) says that the School of Nursing, located at Lot 5 Cummings Street, Georgetown is registered but the programmes it offers are not accredited by the council.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Unsettled striker  Carlos Tevez returned to Manchester City yesterday and the  English city he had sworn he would never return to.

Dear Editor, Those in authority are making a mockery of the judicial system in Guyana.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni  may be showing the first signs of buckling under pressure but  the wicketkeeper-batsman remains the best man for the job,  according to former players.

Three men were arrested when police yesterday conducted a drug eradication operation at Calm Water, Kamuni Creek, Upper Demerara River, where ganja fields were found.

WASHINGTON/LONDON, (Reuters) – Political leaders  failed to halt a global stock market rout that gathered steam  yesterday as investors lost confidence that Europe and the  United States can rein in their budgets quickly and fear spread  of a double-dip recession.

Dear Editor, When I think about the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS), I think of a certain political party in our midst, which I believe has outlived its purpose.

Dear Editor, In an excellent website political analysis on August 5 titled ‘APNU contemplating Rupert dilemma’ SN discussed the controversy of WPA leader Dr Rupert Roopnaraine becoming that coalition’s prime ministerial candidate.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rioting and looting spread across  and beyond London yesterday as hooded youths set fire to cars  and buildings, smashed shop windows and hurled bottles and  stones at police in a third night of violence in Britain’s worst  unrest in decades.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Spinner Ajantha Mendis  produced the best figures in Twenty20 internationals yesterday  to bowl Sri Lanka to an eight-run win over Australia at the  Pallakele Stadium and a 2-0 series win.

beds at the Georgetown Public Hospital  (GPHC) as a result of the limited space available.

As part of their preparations for this weekend’s two-day Jam Zone Masters’ Cup T20 cricket competition at the Guyana National Stadium, the teams involved have been participating in warm-up matches before Friday’s  semi-finals.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – The Nikkei average tumbled more  than 4 percent in heavy volume today, posting the biggest  one-day fall since the March earthquake as investors fled the  stock market in the wake of a plunge on Wall Street and a  downgrade of U.S.

Dear Editor, An estimated 300,000 Israelis of all economic classes and political stripes demonstrated on Saturday complaining about social justice and most importantly, the cost of living.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – With four big investments in Suriname planned for the coming three to four years, the country must start preparing now to fully benefit from these financial injections.

The Linden Fund USA donated a photocopier to the Mackenzie Police Station to aid it in its execution of administrative duties.

Dear Editor, Recently the Guyana Water Inc laid distribution mains in Dazzell  Housing Scheme, a welcome project after more than fifteen years.

SYDNEY, (Reuters Life!) – Nancy Wake, a much-decorated  World War Two spy and Resistance heroine known as “The White  Mouse” for her ability to remain undetected, and who at one  point was the Gestapo’s most wanted person, has died in London  at the age of 98.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Belgium’s world number two Kim  Clijsters yesterday shot down talk of retiring after next year’s London Olympics and said she would rather have a much lower-key  farewell.

No arrests have been made in two high-profile robberies that occurred over the weekend.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique  Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted a housekeeper in a “violent and  sadistic attack” in his hotel suite in Manhattan in May, a  civil lawsuit filed yesterday alleges.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal  was a surprise omission when Pakistan announced their latest  batch of central contracts yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – No need for Kanye West  and Jay-Z to simply watch a throne.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the news item ‘Integrity Commission clears T&T PM’ (July 30). 

(Trinidad Express) Local Government Minister Chandresh Sharma says the inter-ministerial committee appointed to ensure proper oversight and accountability of the TT$7.2 billion Point Fortin highway project—which falls under the purview of Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner–is not “unusual”.

The Guyana Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) on accessing the Global Fund last month held a consultation on HIV at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Georgetown and heard how there had been progress on reducing infections.

Dear Editor, When I first learned about Rozena Razack being in the Intensive Care Unit I hoped and prayed she would survive, but that was not to be.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters Life!) – The classic 1987 film  “Dirty Dancing” is getting a remake, adding songs from the  1960s and brand new compositions to some of the original music,  film studio Lionsgate said yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Police have launched a massive manhunt for two men who opened fire on patrolling officers in the upscale Navy Gardens, Christ Church neighbourhood late Saturday night.

(BBC) Zimbabwe wrapped up a 130-run victory over Bangladesh in Harare to complete a successful return to Test cricket after a break of nearly six years.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (centre)  at the

(Trinidad Express) A 47-year-old security officer was shot and killed while on duty at a supermarket in Palmiste, San Fernando on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – Fans of the movie  “Life in a Day” who think it is a one-shot chance to see a film  portraying one day in the life of ordinary people around the  world should think twice — quite literally.

Dear Editor, The present PNC is no different from Burnham’s time.

Politikles

One of the surprises of the so-called Arab Spring that has witnessed widespread popular uprising against the most entrenched political regimes in the Middle East, has been the speed with which some of them have collapsed – a matter of weeks in the cases of both the Ben Ali regime in Tunisia and, even more surprisingly, in the case of the Mubarak government in Egypt.

The East Bank Cricket Association says several of its players qualified for promotions to the Demerara teams over the past season, at a meeting hosted on Thursday evening to elect a new executive.