Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Police today said that investigations are being conducted into an armed robbery that occurred at about 1015h.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh today expressed deep concern about what he said was the negligence of the Region Four administration in carrying out critical renovation works at the Golden Grove Secondary School which has been at the centre of an uproar over its poor condition.

KABUL, (Reuters) – The head of Afghanistan’s High  Peace Council, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who had  been tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to the war,  was killed at his home today, a senior police officer said.

(Jamaica Observer) Chris Gayle’s recent claim that he’s awaiting a response from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regarding his status with the regional side is unfounded, a leaked board communiqué obtained by the Observer suggests.

St Lucian Prime Minister Stephenson King yesterday said he had asked the island’s diplomats in the United States to probe reports that Washington had revoked the visa of his Housing Minister Richard Frederick, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation.

(Jamaica Observer) The Government has set a target to facilitate the build-out of 500,000 square feet of space for the business processing industry over the next three to five years as part of its plan to double information and communication technology (ICT) jobs in Jamaica over that period.

TORONTO, (Toronto Sun) – One of Canada’s “Most Wanted” criminals, who was convicted twice of beating women, has been deemed a threat to public security and denied release from custody by an immigration hearing.

(Trinidad Guardian) Lawrence Duprey dreamed of establishing a rum empire. And, according to former group financial director Michael Carballo, he would let nothing stop him.

(Trinidad Guardian) A pool lime at an upscale residential complex in Moka, Maraval ended in tragedy early yesterday when the 30-year-old son of a prominent Arima businessman fell to his death.

(Trinidad Express) Former CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey was yesterday described as a “very persuasive, very logical man”, by former group financial director of CL Financial, Michael Carballo.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados could see a decline in British tourist arrivals next summer with a planned reduction in flights to the Caribbean by British Airways.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Libya’s deposed leader Muammar  Gaddafi said the system of rule he set up was based on the  people’s will and could not be removed, speaking in a recorded  message broadcast today.

Following the last elections, international donors tried to lobby the government to reform the electoral system to make Members of Parliament (MPs) answerable to the people, but they concluded that significant change was doubtful under President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Police Corporal Sherwin Smith this morning appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Counsellor Ralph Turpin and was later remanded to prison until October 10 by Magistrate Sueann Lovell.

The Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) has recommended that disciplinary charges be laid against the ten presidential guards who acted as enforcers during the destruction of a conveyor system at Guyana Sandport Inc in July.

Female enrolment both at the secondary and university levels has now far outstripped that of males in the Caribbean and Latin America, raising new concerns about male underachievement, according to the World Bank report on gender equality, released globally yesterday.

A man who pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and operating the vehicle without being the holder of a licence in the Rupununi was yesterday fined $32,500 after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The decomposing remains of Sewnarine Deonarine who hacked the mother of his children to death last Tuesday was yesterday morning found in the bushes at Rasta Country, Laluni Creek, Linden/ Soesdyke Highway.

GENEVA — Caribbean official Colin Klass has been summoned by FIFA to answer charges Friday relating to $40,000 bribes allegedly offered by former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam.

Justice for All Party leader, CN Sharma, said an attempt was made to burn down his television station business after an unknown person severed the fuel line of his jeep that was parked in front of the Robb Street premises.

Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson believes his team can match England when the two sides meet in the upcoming two-match T20 Series.

Opposition coalition APNU has concerns about the absence of protocols on media access and campaigning financing in the Code of Conduct proposed by the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom) for parties contesting the upcoming polls.

PPP campaign spokesman Robert Persaud yesterday assured that the ruling would maintain a separation between its own funds and state resources in the elections period.

Seven top chess players in the TOPCO Juices junior championship 2011 qualifiers have emerged for the 2011 National Junior Championship, following the end of the qualifier tournament last weekend at the West Demerara Secondary School.

Regional airline REDjet yesterday announced the launch of its service between Guyana and Antigua starting on November 20.

A 42-year-old food vendor who pleaded not guilty to having in her possession three grammes of cocaine for the purposes of trafficking was yesterday remanded to prison after she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Fruta Conquerors and Santos have advanced to the semi-final stage of the Milo Under-23 tournament after comfortably disposing of their opponents Sunday evening at  Tucville Playfield.

The final round of the 2011 Senior El Dorado Inter-County tournament commences today with two matches to decide which teams will contest the September 25 final at the Albion Community Center Ground.

A 37-year-old man who was charged with having in his possession a firearm and ammunition without licence in the hinterland was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Guyana’s participation in the Commonwealth Youth Games that concluded on September 14 in the Isle of Man was a learning opportunity for this country’s athletes as well as their coach, says Lyndon Wilson.

Twenty-five-year-old Naomi Samuels of Santa Aratack Mission, Region Three beat nine other contestants to take the crown in the Amerindian Heritage Pageant 2011 hosted on Saturday night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s leading players are “not afraid” of going on strike unless officials heed their calls to improve the crammed tennis calendar as soon as possible, Andy Murray warned yesterday.

The owner of the boat in which the captain and a 15-year-old boy were set alight and later died from their injuries said he did not hire the alleged attacker nor did he hire the boy to go to sea.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Two Barbados-born umpires abandoned a match amid a row over a boundary as fresh controversy hit the game on the island.

Former national champion Alfred Mentore warmed up for the Guyana Open golf championships billed for mid next month with a scintillating victory in the Seven Seas/Nature Valley Medal Play golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf course.

Police on Sunday discovered a two-acre field of cultivated marijuana plants at St Cuthbert Mission Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Auckland Aces by two runs in their qualifying match of Pool-B in the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.

Frandec Travel Service, a subsidiary of Frandec and Company Incorporated, yesterday introduced its Business Services Centre where persons can get assistance in the preparation of US visa application forms and passport forms, typing and printing of documents, photocopying, laminating, faxing, internet and more.

Dear Editor, Recently, I would have seen in one of the dailies that the Ministry of Works and IDB are conducting a feasibility study on the Linden-Lethem road.

“Every time a pregnant woman comes to our clinic, every time everywhere no exception, she should have access to HIV testing and counselling and know her status,” Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said as he launched this year’s National Week of Testing.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC-IANS – Eden Gardens is set to lose all three Champions League Twenty20 matches with the Cricket Association of Bengal favouring the shift of the matches due to monsoon rains lashing the city almost daily.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has terminated the contract of the Indian Premier League’s Kochi franchise for a breach of terms, newly elected board president N.

Dear Editor, Two months ago, the residents of Kwakwani were invited to an historic event, being the signing of a contract valued $83M to upgrade their water treatment plant and pipe network.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – The prospect of a long awaited mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Filipino Manny Pacquiao seemed as distant as ever after the flamboyant American’s fourth-round knockout of Victor Ortiz.

Republic  Bank (Guyana) Limited  on Wednesday  hosted  a special  award ceremony  at its Head Office, Promenade Court,  in honour of its employees’ children who completed the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced that Jamaica’s tourism earnings have continued to rise with the country grossing almost US$1.5 billion during the first eight months of 2011.

HYDERABAD, India,  CMC-IANS – Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga yesterday praised his spinners for the victory against Ruhuna in the opening game of the qualifying round of Champions League T20, and said the win will improve confidence of the team in the games ahead.

It has been more than a month since popular drugstore owner Harold Rachpaul’s brutal murder, and more than two weeks since his neighbour Anthony Ting-A-Kee was also killed, and the police have so far been unable to hold any suspects in either case.

Dear Editor, Guyana Power and Light on September 8 planted two high voltage electrical cables over my premises at Lot 1, Hydronie,  Parika East Bank  Essequibo in order to supply a housing scheme with electricity.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN chief yesterday he would seek full membership for a Palestinian state at the United Nations, a move the United States and Israel warn could derail hopes for resuming peace talks.

PARIS (Reuters) – The French media scorned what it called an insincere and staged TV apology by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid, with many noting he left the door ajar for a eventual political comeback.

Despite state propaganda, problems faced by farmers of the Parika back Dam, East Bank Essequibo and Corentyne, in Berbice, highlight the bleak picture of their existence, according to AFC presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan.

(De Ware Tijd) The Hague – The Dutch government regrets and condemns the anti-homosexual statements made by Parliamentarian Ronny Asabina.

Dear Editor, “Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts/ Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight.” 

WASHINGTON — In tandem with the $447 billion jobs plan President Barack Obama announced on September 8, his administration is breathing new life into an old programme to draw job-creating foreigners to the United States.

BANI WALID/SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s interim government said its forces seized the airport and fort in Sabha, one of the last strongholds of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi which also controls the main route south out of Libya.

Dear Editor, The government’s Request for Proposals in early 2010 for the building of the access road to the Amaila Falls hydropower dam site called for an all-weather road for heavy traffic; 85 km of road rehabilitation; 110 km of new road; the whole 195 km of road, 20 metres wide, surfaced with a white-sand-clay base 300 mm thick topped by 150 mm of laterite, the whole compacted to 95 proctor; HDPE culverts, bridges and river-crossing pontoons capable of bearing 100 tonne loads, 20 tonnes per axle; 65 km x 100 metres wide completely cleared right-of-way for the transmission line; all to be completed within eight months/240 days from contract effectiveness date.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The new Indian cricket board (BCCI) president N.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities seized cocaine worth HK$600 million ($77 million), the city’s largest ever cocaine haul, and claimed to have smashed a multinational drug syndicate with the arrest of eight people, the police said.

By Simon Johnson WASHINGTON, DC – According to Voltaire, the Roman Empire fell “because all things fall.”

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambians head to the polls today to vote in a closely contested election in Africa’s biggest copper producer between incumbent Rupiah Banda and nationalist opposition leader Michael Sata.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Four earthquakes struck southern Guatemala yesterday within 2½ hours, shaking buildings in the capital and killing three people.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – Sherwin Ganga blasted 39 not out from 15 balls,           firing Caribbean champions Trinidad & Tobago to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka’s Ruhuna in the Champions League Twenty20 qualifying competition yesterday.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter ‘US embassy officials accept and draw conclusions from any rumour presented to them’ (SN, September 18), it appears that the writer, Mr Urling, is misguided and has some dislike for the US Embassy in Georgetown and the US government.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay halted beef exports until December and ordered the slaughter of hundreds of cattle yesterday after officials detected an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the beef-exporting nation.

History is replete with bizarre examples of political ambition taken to unfathomable extremes.

Dear Editor, The philistines are running amuck in my country. They are, true to form, simply enjoying a spurious opportunity lambasting the government, more especially the stalwart President Bharrat Jagdeo.

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Politikles

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Australia opener Phil Hughes scored his first test hundred in 2-1/2 years  yesterday as Sri Lanka pressed for a series levelling victory in the third and final test.

(De Ware Tijd) The Hague – On Friday, the Dutch government decided to make the demands for obtaining Dutch citizenship stricter.

In yesterday’s edition of “What the People say”  Mr Satnarine ‘Bish’ Panday was listed as Catherine Panday.

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