Daily Archive: Saturday, September 10, 2011

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of fisherman Rajhu Persaud, 20 years of Jib, Essequibo Coast, whose body was found at about 0700h today at the sea shore at Paradise, Essequibo Coast, with suspected marks of violence.

In a 2009 cable to Washington, then US Ambassador  John Melvin Jones strongly questioned President Bharrat Jagdeo’s view that enough was being done by Guyana to fight drugs and he was particularly scathing about the role of Dr Roger Luncheon in what he described as the disembowelling of the UK security reform programme.

(Trinidad Express) A 31-year-old San Juan man, who is paralysed from the waist down, was chopped to death at his home on Thursday after he reportedly arranged to have a fellow resident beaten and robbed as he attempted to purchase drugs from him.

(Trinidad Express) Jack Warner has accused FIFA of “devastating lives” and damaging football in the Caribbean in an attempt to clean up their image.

The police today said that during investigations into a report of simple larceny of a quantity of raw gold from a business place at Mahdia, and as a result of images viewed on a CCTV recording, at about 2300h last night they arrested a suspect at Mahdia and on checking a haversack in his possession found an unlicensed .32 Taurus revolver with four rounds.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2230h.

STONE TOWN, Zanzibar, (Reuters) – At least 107  people drowned when a ferry capsized in rough waters off east  Africa as it sailed from Zanzibar to Pemba island, a doctor said  today, the worst disaster in the archipelago’s recent  history.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Latin America’s leftist ALBA  bloc of nations yesterday called NATO’s actions in Libya a  “dangerous precedent” and warned against a similar campaign in  Syria, where protesters pleaded for international protection.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ efforts to keep the sugar industry alive were viewed by a former United States ambassador as a waste of money.

In the wake of fresh allegations stemming from US diplomatic cables about links between government officials and drug lord Roger Khan, APNU presidential candidate David Granger yesterday called for an independent investigation of Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy and former home affairs ministers Ronald Gajraj and Gail Teixeira.

AFC Vice-Chair Sheila Holder yesterday announced her withdrawal as the party’s Prime Ministerial Candidate, in order to undergo urgent medical treatment overseas.

West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira admitted that the batting has been a sore point in the current series against Pakistan but she is confident that her side will prevail tonight since the team has been together for some time now.

By Iva Wharton Investigations are still ongoing into the theft of over $1 million, cell phones and other valuables from the dressing room of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Ramsey Ali says.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday threatened to take legal action over what he dubbed “character assassination” based on the allegations made in US diplomatic cables released via whistleblower site WikiLeaks.

Oil exploration company, Tullow, has discovered oil offshore French Guiana sparking heightened interest in activities in the basin, including in Guyana.

By Emmerson Campbell “Bigger things are in store,” Damien Marks assured following his first place finish in the 18 to 34 novices category at the 2011 Pan Caribbean Martial Arts tournament held in Trinidad and Tobago last month.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of four, Sohanie Ramsundar, was found dead in her bedroom yesterday, with her throat slit.

Unknown persons broke into the tomb of a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man sometime between Thursday night and early yesterday morning and stole his head.

Under-17 footballers go into battle today at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground when the inaugural Trophy Stall Under-17 League, organised by the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA), kicks off.

An early morning fire yesterday destroyed a guesthouse on Hadfield Street, Stabroek, in what its caretaker suspect was an arson attack.

By Emmerson Campbell Proud owner of the record of registering the fastest knockout in South America,  Simeon  ‘Candy Man’ Hardy, along with Winston Pompey, will headline the 18th edition of  the Guyana  Boxing  Board  of Control (GBBC)Pro Am Friday Night Fights card scheduled  for  the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on September 23.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday announced that it has approved a US$5 million loan ($1B) to  boost the efficiency of Guyana’s power system via electricity loss reduction measures and improvements in the operation and maintenance of the distribution network.

Letitia Myles and Tiffany Carto proved themselves equals as they both failed to move past the semifinal round of the women’s 100 metres at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isles of Man yesterday.

Flamingo drew 2-2 with Camptown on Wednesday night at the Tucville Playfield as the Milo Under-23 football tournament organized by Fruta Conquerors continued.

The US Embassy yesterday announced the arrival of new Ambassador to Guyana D.

The “antagonistic public discourse” amongst society in Guyana fosters a sense of division and is not helpful for democracy here, the United Kingdom’s former High Commissioner to Guyana Simon Bond believes.

The finals of the Wild Bunch Crew 27 team dominoes competition will take place tomorrow from 12.30pm at the R & R Sports Club Meadowbrook, organizer Mark ` Jumbie’  Wiltshire said yesterday.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday blamed voltage fluctuations for disruptions in the water supply to residents along the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara.

Ronaldo Rodrigues did his best to make Guyana proud in the swimming pool yesterday at the current Commonwealth Youth Games being hosted in the Isle of Man.

Rockaway Auto Sales stepped in Thursday to support the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) in running off a T20 tournament starting tomorrow.

Dear Editor, What is the point of holding public “consultations” if you have no intention of heeding the concerns of those consulted?

A differently-abled woman was raped by two men aboard the MV Kimbia and she later attempted to leap off the vessel as it was on its way to Georgetown from the North West on Thursday morning.

Dear Editor, We thank Stabroek News for publishing our letter ‘Noisy event being advertised by restaurant [in Anna Catherina] despite court injunction‘ in your August 30 edition.

A Mediation Centre will be established at the High Court building in New Amsterdam (NA) and mediators will be trained to assist Berbicians in resolving disputes out of court.

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee yesterday handed over the keys to vehicles, valued in total at $39M, to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) at Drill Square, Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, a Government Information Agency (GINA) release stated.

One of the painted models at Bravo Arts’ ‘Extra Terrestrial Body Art Exhibition’ last evening last evening at Castellani House.

Next Saturday ten young women, from each of the ten regions in Guyana will vie for the title of Miss Amerindian Heritage.

Dear Editor, On September 1, the 37th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development was convened at the Caricom headquarters in Georgetown.

Bravo Arts yesterday hosted its ‘Extraterrestrial Body Art Exhibition’ at the National Art Gallery, Castellani House.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday promised the release of $5M for the restoration of the century-old tower at the New Amsterdam Town Hall.

Firemen attempting to quell the fire eating away at the two buildings in Hadfield Street yesterday morning.

Guyana’s netball team will play their first match tomorrow against the Barbados Workers All Stars in the Barbados Workers Union Tournament which is slated to conclude on September 15.

Dear Editor, President  Jagdeo and his government, and in reality the peoples of this great country, wish to give a gift of true love, a television station with clean programmes which do not denigrate religions, and which will teach morality and religiosity to all peoples, as well as ‘character education.’

I believe there will come a time when the technology we now use to stay informed and to play with will be so sensitive that the minute we sign on it will display our mood.

This fuel tanker was run off the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road yesterday.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the  building housing Israel’s mission in Cairo and threw embassy  documents and its national flag from windows, while state  television said today that Israel’s envoy, his family and  staff had been flown home.

Distributors Ansa McAl under their Mackeson Stout brand will next Friday launch the ‘Smooth Moves 3on3’ nationwide basketball tournament.

Staff members of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), which publishes the Guyana Chronicle, were traumatized yesterday after a hot-tempered security guard discharged a round following a verbal exchange with a production worker over money.

Dear Editor, Is it true that when President Jagdeo was advised by a top diplomat that assistance for the police depended on finding a commissioner of police other than Henry Greene that he said he was under intense political pressure to stick with Mr Greene? 

Hi Everyone, I have a confession to make. I’ve known about this choka for several months now but I’ve been reluctant to share it with you.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s core leadership  is badly wounded and almost certainly incapable of mounting  another attack like the one on Sept.

An employee of the Guyana Post Office Cooperation (GPOC) was yesterday charged with forging old age pension vouchers.

The two matches in the First Division 50-Over Cricket Competition organized by the Berbice Cricket Board will continue this weekend at venues across the Ancient County.

University of Guyana lecturer Dhanraj Singh (left) and former Stabroek News reporter Iana Seales (centre), who are recipients of full Chevening Scholarships to complete Masters degrees at the London School of Economics and the University of Kent respectively pose with Deputy British High Commissioner Michael Kearney Thursday evening at a farewell reception held in their honour at his residence.

(Jamaica Observer) The commerce ministry has committed J$100 million over the next three years towards the furniture industry, which aims to claw back some share of the multi-million dollar sector overwhelmingly dominated by imports.

Food For The Poor (FFTP)-Guyana has started a $60M housing project at the Amerindian community of Mashabo, in Region Two.

(Billboard) Days after ‘Tha Carter IV’ debutec at No 1 on the Billboard 200 with a massive 964,000 copies sold and lands 11 songs on the Hot 100, Lil Wayne continued a memorable week by leading all nominations for the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards, which were officially announced on Thursday morning.

Dear Editor, Two special elections are being held this Tuesday, Sept 13, that have a direct impact on the Guyanese community in Queens with significant bearing on the larger city as well. 

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrian forces shot dead six  pro-democracy protesters yesterday, activists said, after  demonstrations called for foreign help and Turkey indicated that  its patience was running thin with the bloody crackdown.

The Flying Stars Cycle Club will be holding its annual Victor Macedo Memorial Road Race this Sunday starting outside the Ocean View International Hotel on the East Coast.

The Agape Network is hosting a two-day workshop next week in preparation for the launch of its ‘Harmony Project’.

Seventy orphans living at the Kamal Children Home and the Canaan Orphanage in Port Mourant on Friday last received warm lunches and drinks, compliments of the young cricketers of the third annual BCB/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy.

Mexico’s El Estudiante is next week’s Classic Tuesdays film at the National Gallery, Castellani House.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Virgin Holidays passengers and Virgin Unite will pump US$3.5 million (J$300 million) into the new Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship – Caribbean, which opened at the ATL Bogue City Centre in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday.

NORTH OF BANI WALID/EAST OF SIRTE, Libya, (Reuters)  – Libyan fighters launched assaults on the final bastions of  Muammar Gaddafi loyalists yesterday, with battles reported  inside the holdout town of Bani Walid and near the ousted  ruler’s home town of Sirte.

Dear Editor, The untimely death of Mel Sankies must not drift into the national purgatory of other such deaths, and there have been far too many.

National Under-19 cricketer Loyydel Lewis was last Sunday named Cricketer of the third annual BCB/Scotia Bank Cricket Academy held at the area “H” Ground, Rose Hall Town from August 29 to September 2.

(BBC) Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan is making his Hollywood debut in a new film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, according to the producer Warner Brothers.

Politikles

A fusion of African drumming and dance will be held at the National Cultural Centre next Sunday as part of the International Year for People of African Descent celebrations and according to organiser Orlando Primo it is going to be explosive.

One credible estimate of the financial losses suffered by America in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks places them somewhere close to 2 trillion dollars.

Jormin Jackson, the minibus driver accused of causing the deaths of five persons in July’s Homestretch Avenue accident, was yesterday further remanded to prison by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

(Jamaica Observer) NEGRIL, Westmoreland — Popular western Jamaica cabaret singer Shandy Man has secured the services of a lawyer to assist him in getting back the United States visitors visa held by him since January 3 this year which was in July revoked by the US Embassy.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa., (Reuters) – The Susquehanna  River, swollen by rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm  Lee, reached record levels in Pennsylvania yesterday and  submerged some towns amid worry that flood waters had been  turned toxic by swamped sewage processing plants.

Dear Editor, “We would want a response because we believe that MI5 and Scotland Yard are not satellites above the British Government,” was how Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan responded to the alleged bugging of the Pakistani High Commission in the United Kingdom during 2001.

I have never made a public declaration on political candidates because I attempt to stay as objective as possible in my role as a columnist.

(Trinidad Express) Hours before his 30th birthday, Nirmal Baldeo was found dead, throat slit, in the back seat of a car parked at Dow Village, California.