Daily Archive: Monday, October 10, 2011

A British national is in police custody after a spliff of ganja was found in his suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri this afternoon.

  Satrohan Mannaru, 21, of Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, was today charged with the murder of Indranie ‘Cynthia’ Basdeo, 14, who was stabbed to death at a school playground last Friday.

Channel 6 was back in operation just after lunch today after broadcaster CN Sharma received an official letter from President Bharrat Jagdeo saying that the suspension has been lifted until December 1.

Executive Director and Chief Distiller at Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), George Leslie Robinson, 63, has died.

HARARE, (Reuters) – The head of the worldwide  Anglican Church met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe today  to hand him a dossier of abuses against the church and its  priests in Zimbabwe and demand an end to a campaign of  persecution.

(BBC) Renowned Indian singer Jagjit Singh has died in Mumbai (Bombay), aged 70.

The Guyana Press Association today condemned attacks by President Bharrat Jagdeo and his advisor, Gail Teixeira on the media at yesterday’s rally by the PPP in Kitty.

(BVI Platinum News) – Police are conducting investigations after the body of a male Guyanese native was discovered on Thursday morning, under a guinep tree on a vacant property alongside Fine Foods Supermarket on the eastern end of Tortola.

Well! Is that really what it’s all about? Chutney, soca, hip-hop, calypso, dancing, wining and busing out are what make a political rally?

(Trinidad Guardian) Police and members of the Customs and Excise Division have targeted local agents involved in the transportation of diesel and contractors who own heavy machinery as purportedly being at the centre of a high-level probe involving a billion-dollar diesel scam.

(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old Guyanese woman was raped by a lone intruder who forced his way into her Cunupia home during the early hours of yesterday morning.

Demerara Bank Limited has opened a branch at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara as of today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has again expressed concern about what he describes as the formidable level of corruption in the country’s legal system.

The PPP assailed the opposition and “vulture” media in its second major rally held in Kitty yesterday with speakers urging that youths be educated about the past and turn out to vote on November 28 – the date announced for national elections.

President Bharrat Jagdeo last evening announced that he will be temporarily lifting his four month suspension of CNS Channel 6 until December 1 saying that he does not want the opposition parties to have any excuse for the “resounding defeat” that awaits them at the November 28 polls.

The gunman who was captured on October 7 after an armed robbery on the Dutch Bottle Café yesterday died in hospital after being found unconscious in the police lockups.

Joseph Hamilton says his decision to join the PPP/C is testimony to the evolving nature of politics and has nothing to do with him being a ‘political grasshopper’ or political opportunist but rather because he believes that the PPP/C is the soundest political entity in Guyana.

What could have been a major tragedy instead turned into an oil bonanza as dozens of residents from parts of Linden rushed to get oil from a tanker which had overturned and ruptured while negotiating a steep turn at the foot of the Winifred Gaskin Highway at Wismar.

The Office of the President has maintained that the Sharmas’ attempted to negotiate for a reduced suspension of their television station and accused the couple of “dishonesty of the highest order.”

New York city police on Friday announced the busting of what was described as “the biggest ID scam in American history” after arresting 111 people including Guyanese who allegedly made bogus credit cards as part of a Queens-based scam that cost consumers, banks and retailers a whopping US$13 million.

As the installation of a state of the art upgrade of communication and navigation systems at the air traffic control tower at Timehri continues, staff  there have expressed concern over an increase in the workload the new system has brought in its train and the lack of adequate training for the relevant technicians.

Official List of Electors for upcoming elections certified Chief Election Officer, Mr Gocool Boodoo has certified the Official List of Electors (OLE) to be used for the conduct of the General and Regional Elections –2011. 

“Allan, you kyan remember dis face?” “Tell me who speaking to you.”

By Emmerson Campbell Robin Persaud brought the curtain down for the fifth annual Rid on Life five-stage road race yesterday with the victory that had previously eluded him throughout the four-day event.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – A typically steady hundred from Kraigg Brathwaite trumped a similarly balanced hundred from William Bosisto to set West Indies Under-19s up for a 16-run victory over Australia Under-19s yesterday, and a third-place finish in the Quadrangular Youth Series.

CHENNAI, India, CMC-IANS – Both West Indies players in the Final of the Champions League Twenty20 under-performed, but Kieron Pollard yesterday got to bask in the thrill of the Mumbai Indians’ 31-run victory and Championship glory over Royal Challengers Bangalore, whose line-up included Chris Gayle.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh,  CMC – Marlon Samuels warmed up for greater battles over the next month with a boundary-studded, undefeated 102 and steady bowling to catapult West Indies to a 75-run victory over the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI yesterday.

CAIRO  (Reuters) – Twenty three people were killed in Cairo yesterday, the health ministry said, when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil.

The national men’s rugby team is currently gearing up to compete in the Pan Am championships to be staged in Guadalajara, Mexico later this month and the NACRA championships in Barbados next month.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural Producers Association (GAPA) notes with disgust the unsubstantiated claim made by the Alliance for Change that farmers were bribed to attend the PPP/Civic Rally at Albion, Corentyne.

Top junior player Suhai Feng maintained his lead after four rounds of the National Closed Junior Chess Championships following yesterday’s play at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) building on High Street.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria threatened yesterday to retaliate against any country that formally recognises a recently established opposition National Council which is seeking international support for the six-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.

Team Slash began to their campaign to win the inaugural 3-on-3 Mackeson Smooth Moves tournament in emphatic fashion when the tournament was played  Saturday evening at the Burnham Court.

LONDON  (Reuters) – Britain plans to tighten up rules on admitting relatives of migrants, cracking down on abuses used to gain entry to the country such as sham and forced marriages, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

Dear Editor, There was an attack on my character through a letter from Mr Neil Kumar published prominently in the Sunday Chronicle of October 9, calling me a vicious and mischievous “AFC Liar.” 

Dear Editor, In your article ‘PPP/C still to decide on November presidential debate‘ (Saturday, October 8, 2011) it is stated that “the only presidential debate in Guyana was held for the 1992 elections between the late former President Desmond Hoyte and then opposition leader Dr Cheddi Jagan.”

Looking out for the interests of sportsmen and women today in Guyana is a dangerous and thankless job but somebody’s got to do it.

SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan transitional government forces attacked deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s security headquarters in the centre of his hometown of Sirte, hoping that once the buildings had been captured the fight for the city would be won.

LONDON  (Reuters) – Barbados-born R&B singer Rihanna went straight to the top of singles charts with “We Found Love” to claim her sixth British number one, the Official Charts Company said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is a shame in this country that only one person has publicly denounced Sir Shridath Ramphal for the servile panegyric to President Jagdeo as part of the Day of Appreciation.

Dear Editor, On Saturday, October 8, 2011 I arrived from work and switched my television on for the first time that day.

Two cars collided last evening on Mandela Avenue, at the head of Jamoon Drive around 9.30pm.

(Trinidad Express) A decline in drug trafficking has caused the murder rate to increase in Trinidad and Tobago, according to a recent report from the United Nations.

PPP Presidential Candidate Donald Ramotar greets supporters at the party’s rally in Kitty yesterday.

Dear Editor, The election campaign kicked off in an aggressive mood.

(Barbados Nation) A dedicated whistleblower hotline for employees to anonymously report white-collar crime and other wrongdoing in their workplaces is about to go live in Barbados.

Dear Editor, I am very surprised that the Guyana Cricket Board has removed the stipend of the administrator of the Berbice Cricket Board when the Essequibo Board continues to receive one for their administrator.

(Jamaica Observer) Herman Webb is an angry man.The 65-year-old says that Noranda Bauxite Company has been giving him, his neighbours and hundreds of residents in districts neighbouring the community of Stepney in South East St Ann a raw deal.

Dear Editor, An interesting development is taking place in the United States which is downplayed by the mainstream media.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox apologised yesterday for giving “the impression of wrongdoing” by having frequent private meetings with a personal friend in the defence business, but said he would not quit.

Testimony by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Luncheon in the libel matter brought by President Jagdeo has cast revealing light on the Pradoville 2 Scheme and the levels of contract between the directorates of political parties, in this case the ruling PPP/C and the PNCR.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Three weeks after reports of skin-tone discrimination in Jamaica’s job market hit the fan, the Government’s job placement and training agency – HEART Trust/NTA – has announced that internal investigations have yielded no proof that the agency has ever received requests from employers for light-skinned trainees to fill vacancies at their establishments.

Interviews and photos by Shabna UllahThis week we asked persons in the street their views on the four-month suspension of C N Sharma’s TV station, Channel Six Narine Giri – pensioner ‘Sharma’s channel is very helpful.

Politikles

‘If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.’

The Committee for the Improvement of Buxton recently presented the Buxton Primary School in Company Path with a plaque for outstanding achievement in the Grade Six Assessments this year.

Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora column. A few days ago I came across an article on CSME Network News, an online news resource that describes itself as compiling “the latest in political and business news from CARICOM member states.”

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A cyclical drop in the sun’s radiation can trigger unusually cold winters in parts of North America and Europe, scientists say, a finding that could improve long-range forecasts and help countries prepare for blizzards.

Dear Editor, Since the electoral season heat started, President Jagdeo and Mr Donald Ramotar have been begging older PPP supporters to do something any right-thinking PPP supporter would consider abominable: to revive and resuscitate the PNC.