Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 5, 2011

(Reuters) Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died today at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues.

Jamaica Gleaner) – Education Minister, Andrew Holness, is set to become Jamaica’s next Prime Minister after his parliamentary colleagues put aside their own ambitions to endorse his candidacy to become leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

The police have recovered two more bodies, which are yet to be identified, from the Piari Landing robbery boat mishap, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud confirmed today.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – U.S. scientists for the first  time have used a cloning technique to get tailor-made embryonic  stem cells to grow in unfertilized human egg cells, a landmark  finding and a potential new flashpoint for opponents of stem  cell research.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Watch out Oprah, there’s a  savvy pop star and an ambitious real housewife nipping at your  financial heels.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India launched what it dubbed  the world’s cheapest tablet computer today, to be sold to  students at the subsidised price of $35 and later in shops for  about $60.

DHAKA, (Reuters)- West Indies are happy to build a team  around youngsters and will not miss former captain Chris Gayle  in the upcoming series against Bangladesh, coach Ottis Gibson  said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Three Pakistan cricketers, driven  by greed, betrayed their team mates and the sport of cricket  itself by taking bribes to fix incidents during a test match  against England last year, a London court heard today.

Guyana Goldfields today announced that it has clinched a Memorandum of Understanding with the government for the Aurora Gold Project on the Cuyuni River which sets mining royalties and paves the way for a mining licence within 45 days.

(Trinidad Guardian) Vegetables produced by the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) under the Ministry of the People and Social Development will go to the needy.

(Jamaica Observer) Months after naming the players’ Pavilion at Sabina Park in recognition of former batting maestro Lawrence Rowe, the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) has made a sharp about turn.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is joining its Caribbean neighbours in opening its doors to offshore medical schools.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s Senate approved  Garry Conille as prime minister yesterday, endorsing President  Michel Martelly’s third nominee for the post in a move many  hope will boost reconstruction efforts in the  earthquake-ravaged nation.

A suspected bandit and a hostage drowned Sunday in the Mazaruni River after a getaway boat capsized following a stunning raid by an armed gang on a Puruni mining camp, during which three Brazilians were shot and several other persons robbed and beaten.

The six Guyanese men, who were slapped with ten charges each after they were found aboard a Guyanese cargo boat with weapons and drugs in St.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that drug traffickers including Roger Khan have managed to elude capture because of the lack of evidence.

After deliberating for  almost two hours, the mixed  jury  in the Berbice Assizes  returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty in favour of Rooplall Abrahim, called Vijay, who was on trial for the murder of a 13-year-old girl three years ago when he was just sixteen-years-old.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday denied that the suspension of CN Sharma’s broadcast licence was related to the upcoming general elections saying that timing never crossed his mind and that it was the station’s Programme Manager Savitree Sharma who suggested four months.

Avon Guyana is inviting 100 women with low incomes and no medical insurance, and whose risk of developing cancer is high to a free breast cancer screening and mammogram test, as part of its activities for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The trial of Cyon Collier called ‘Picture Boy’ is to commence today before Justice Winston Patterson five years after 34-year-old Chandrapaul Persaud was murdered.

A call is out for Region 10 chairman Mortimer Mingo to resign his  position as a representative of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on the grounds that his judgement is questionable over the offer of a lot at Pradoville 2.

Commissioners of Police or their representatives from several Caribbean countries are expected to participate in a regional strategy session on countering gang violence.

When eight-year-old Renee Bisnauth of Cropper Primary School walked on the stage at the National Cultural Centre for the National Spelling Bee Competition she was confident she would emerge a winner.

Two men who allegedly robbed a woman of items which amounted to $15,000 in value were  yesterday placed on $80,000 bail each after they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is expected to announce the date for the upcoming regional and general elections within the next week.

The administration has pumped significant subsidies into the bauxite industry to safeguard the jobs of many, President Bharrat Jagdeo argued yesterday.

Reporters Without Borders yesterday condemned President Bharrat Jagdeo’s order suspending broadcasting by CNS Channel Six for four months from 30 September.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that he does not see presidential guards moonlighting as an issue once they do not work for persons of a questionable character.

Police yesterday revealed that the fisherman who it was alleged had been kidnapped after he went missing on Friday was found on Monday night on a dam at Farm Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara.

A 24-year-old man died on Saturday after his head was crushed by a steel pipe which he was carrying while on duty at Buck Hall in the north west.

A 20-year-old miner  died on the spot after a tree fell on him in the mining areas aback Port Kaituma in the North West District on Monday.

Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) President Patrick Yarde says the union has had to defend its stance and keep hope alive in a “hostile environment” in which “the minimum wage being offered to public servants is not only unrealistic but a blatant disrespect and insult for their hard work.”

A Spaniard who allegedly had 1.945kgs of cocaine in his possession at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A 22-year-old Mabaruma man who allegedly stole a metal detector valued $400,000 from  a Brazilian  was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Guyana’s Permanent Repre-sentative to the Organization of American States, Bayney R.

APNU presidential candidate Brigadier (rtd) David Granger lamented the poor treatment meted out to New Amsterdam residents by town and regional officials, when he joined its 120th Town Day anniversary celebrations on Saturday.

A man who was accused of maliciously wounding another man was on Monday placed on $40,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Suriname police believed that a 2007 piracy case involving three Suriname boats in waters near Guyana was more likely a case of insurance fraud, according to a WikiLeaks cable.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs says over $17M is being given to the most severely affected farmers and households in Region Nine which suffered losses due to flooding in June, as the assistance programme enters its third phase.

The Ministry of Education’s Schools’ Welfare Services nabbed a number of truant students in Sophia when it conducted a campaign there on Friday.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says the nation’s youth need to cultivate a greater interest in their history in order to challenge themselves to surpass those achievements.

An 18-year-old woman was on Monday evening stabbed by her husband of two year after an argument ensued between the two at their Lot 655 New Scheme, Haslington, East Coast Demerara home at around 7 pm.

Twenty-five persons across Region Five are enhancing their skills at the Nanaimo Sewing School at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice and will each receive an all-purpose sewing machine to take home.

Two men who have been imprisoned for three years after they were accused of rape were on September 29 granted bail due to the failure of State Prosecutors to locate the victim.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – Kevon Cooper blitzed a late 25 not out, catapulting Trinidad & Tobago to a two-wicket victory over Cape Cobras of South Africa, but both sides were knocked out of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – Nicolette Fernandes has made a move in the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association Rankings for the first time in six months.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – Kevon Cooper dubbed his 11-ball 25 not out as a “dream come true” as his stupendous effort at the death carried Trinidad & Tobago to a two-wicket victory over the Cape Cobras of South Africa in their final group match of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday here.

The Golden Jaguars received a $300,000 financial boost from Presidential Adviser on Empowerment Odinga Lumumba yesterday before the team’s practice session at the Guyana National Stadium.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) leads the point’s standings after the first day of the Joint Services track and field championships was completed yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground at Camp Ayanganna.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) was yesterday the recipient of a cash donation and a quantity of jerseys to the tune of one million dollars from the Beharry Group of Companies.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Confusion continued to reign, when cousins Carlos Brathwaite and Jonathan Carter were named in a 14-member Combined Campuses & Colleges squad on Monday for the WICB Regional Super50 Championship.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Anti-Wall Street protests that  took shape in New York weeks ago, prompting hundreds of  arrests, have spread across the United States with one  organizer saying their message had “captured everyone’s  imagination.”

After supporting the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) with a one million dollar package in financing and accessories last Friday to boost the national football team ahead of its two important upcoming engagements, yesterday the Bakewell Group of companies hosted the Golden Jaguars to lunch at its Roti Hut branch on Albert Street.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the  United Nations Susan Rice said Washington was outraged that the  Security Council yesterday failed to approve a resolution condemning Syria and hinting that it could face sanctions.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fate of the upcoming National Basketball Association (NBA) season remained in doubt yesterday as labor talks between team owners and the players union broke down.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association/National Sports Commission will host a team’s table tennis tournament involving schools from October 21 to 23 at the National Gymnasium.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – The “astounding” discovery that  the expansion of the universe is speeding up won the Nobel  physics prize on Tuesday for three astrono-mers whose  observations of exploding stars transformed our view of the  world, and of how it may end.

Dear Editor, I was pointed to an article in your Wednesday, September 28 edition, captioned ‘Local Government Minister raises budget and other issues in Region 10.‘

Dr. Andra Thakur (left) and Indira Yacoob share a joke with students at the sewing school.

Dear Editor, So the Ramotar campaign is off, and what a start! 

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan  spiritual leader, cancelled a trip to South Africa planned for  this week that had put Pretoria in a bind between its biggest  trading partner China and one of its modern heroes, Nobel Peace  Prize laureate Desmond Tutu.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Chris Gayle could be back in charge of the Jamaica national team for this month’s WICB Regional Super50 Championship in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In Barbados a few weeks ago I met with one of the Afro-Guyanese allegedly awarded lots in the Pradoville 2 scheme at Sparendaam.

CUPERTINO, Calif., (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s newest  iPhone left Wall Street and fans wishing for more than a  souped-up version of last year’s device, igniting a rare storm  of criticism and disappointment on the Internet.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Five players that held West Indies Cricket Board retainer contracts last year have been ignored for the upcoming contract year.

NASSAU, (Reuters) – Bahamas will crack down on gun  and drugs crime by introducing tougher penalties, strengthening  the police and courts system and applying the death penalty for  some categories of murder, the prime minister said.

Dear Editor, The roads in Victoria on the East Coast Demerara are very bad; they have some big holes.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The world’s wealthiest families  have embarked on damage limitation rather than seeking to boost  their fortunes as financial turmoil erodes their riches, with  some so worried they are putting their money in ‘catastrophe’  portfolios.

By Iva Wharton “It’s really enjoyable because my grandparents and mother were born here so it’s an honour to come back and play for the national team.

Dear Editor, Amidst fanfare and the usual feel-good chirping, Director of Sport Neil Kumar has announced the holding of another ‘Ride for Life‘; this once again from Skeldon and along the familiar route to Georgetown, Linden and Essequibo.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Money laundering charges have been levelled against a 29-year-old Montego Bay, St James, man held during an international police operation two weeks ago targeting persons involved in the lottery scam.

LJUBLJANA, (Reuters) – The Slovenian Constitutional Court said yesterday it had banned the city of Ljubljana from  naming a road after Yugoslav dictator Josip Broz Tito because  his name was a symbol of the communist regime that violated  human rights.

Lovers of the game of dominoes will be  in for a treat next week with the commencement of a 27-team  countrywide competition organized by Mark Walkes.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said his side’s month-long tour will be quite challenging.

(Part 3) Introduction In my previous column I noted that GDP grew at an average rate of 1.95% over the Jagdeo years.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – In the coming two years, Suriname can count on US financial support for the fight against drugs and for law enforcement.

Dear Editor, I felt a great sense of despair and hopelessness as I looked at the PPP/C campaign launch at Albion on television.

MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked  rebels struck at the heart of the capital yesterday, killing  more than 70 people with a truck bomb in the group’s most deadly  attack in the country since launching an insurgency in 2007.

Politikles

Dear Editor, The distance from Georgetown to Mahaica is 24.5 miles and it costs $200.00 by minibus.

Demerara Bank Limited donated “much needed items” to several charities last month end as part of what it termed its social responsibility to help build a better nation.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – Diminutive opener David Warner’s 69-ball 136 not out floored previous champions Chennai Super Kings while powering the New South Wales into the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday here.

Over the last three years the region has experienced now three unanticipated departures from political leadership, interestingly enough in the countries which we have designated in Caricom terms as the More Developed Countries.

FRUITFUL VALE, Portland — Fay Reid, a 69-year-old missionary of Shrewsbury, Fruitful Vale, has become Portland’s fourth murder victim this year.

SEATTLE/PERUGIA,  (Reuters) – Amanda Knox returned  home to Seattle yesterday, one day after an Italian court  cleared the 24-year-old college student of murder and freed her  from prison.

Recently, a parliamentary special select committee, minus the Opposition, reported on the issue of campaign financing.

(Trinidad Express) Two vessels, camouflaged to look like fishing trawlers, have been seized in the Gulf of Paria carrying 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel.