Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rapper Soulja Boy has  claimed he is innocent of drug and weapon charges after being  arrested and freed on bail earlier this week in Atlanta,  Georgia.

(WICB) Gros Islet, St Lucia – The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board met in St Lucia over the weekend and took a number of decisions pertaining to functioning of West Indies cricket.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The WICB Board of Directors at a meeting in St Lucia took the following decision with regard to Chris Gayle: Having received reports and reviewed correspondence between Chris Gayle and the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Team Management and taking into consideration public statements made by Gayle with regard to the Board and its officers, the Board requires that Gayle withdraws his comments in order to be considered for selection to the West Indies team.

The Hydrometeorological Service today issued a statement saying that La Nina type weather conditions have returned and that Guyana should expect more days with rainfall above the long term average in the coming months.

Police today said that at about 1940 h. last night businesswoman Beenawattie Nandalall, 43 years of Ulverston, Corentyne, her daughter Savitri Nandalall, 20 years and neighbour Patricia Parks, 45 years, were attacked and robbed of their gold jewellery, one cell phone, one laptop computer and cash by three men all armed with firearms.

  Guyana will be among former British colonies that will be asked to repeal laws criminalising homosexuality at next week’s biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Perth, Australia.

(WICB) Georgetown, Guyana – The Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) will receive $130,000 (US$650) from the West Indies Cricket Board following Guyana’s thumping Regional Super50 opening round win against Windward Islands.

After weeks of delay, A Partnership for National Unity has picked Working People’s Alliance Co-leader Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, 68, as the running mate for its presidential candidate David Granger.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, (Reuters) – Dozens of large exotic  animals including tigers, lions and bears were hunted down and  shot after their owner opened their cages at his Ohio farm and  then killed himself, officials said today.

The Presidential and Prime Ministerial Candidates of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan and Raphael Trotman are scheduled for a visit to Toronto and New York starting today  and Monday  October 24 2011, according to a press release from the AFC.

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee is assuring Guyanese  that the Guyana Police Force and the Joint Services are fully mobilised to ensure the maintenance of order throughout the campaign season, on elections day and even post-elections.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Port-of-Spain residents who were arrested by police at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain, and charged under the Anti-Gang Act were yesterday freed.

(Trinidad Express) Fast food franchise McDonald’s and the Just Because Foundation (JBF) said yesterday they respected the decision made by Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan to refuse a US$10,000 donation to the JBF Paediatric Specialty Unit at the Wendy Fitzwilliam Paediatric Hospital at Mt Hope.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Winston Dookeran says Government was aware that deficit financing had caused the economic problems in Greece and in the US but it was necessary for this country for stimulus and investment.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – In the course of the investigation into Sunday’s speedboat accident that claimed the lives of four men, police have uncovered some irregularities.

(Barbados Nation) The family of a Barbadian husband and father living in New York are about to sue that city’s police department, over the shooting death of their main breadwinner.

With Nomination Day approaching, AFC Leader Raphael Trotman says that his party is committed to constructing the best alliance and will be pursuing a partnership with the Linden-based Guyana Youth Congress (GYC) headed by former PNCR member Denton Osborne.

A Full Court decision yesterday cleared the way for Manzoor Nadir to resume functions as leader of The United Force (TUF).

Several Mahdia residents yesterday picketed the Vlissen-gen Road offices of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to air their concerns about a water shortage they have been experiencing since May.

Several persons were left homeless following an afternoon fire at Annai in Region 9 (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) on Monday which was caused by embers from a nearby garbage heap According to reports, Central Annai resident Deroy Milton, who lives close by, lost his home and two other buildings from which he and his wife operate a cassava mill.

A new police witness yesterday testified that the bullet recovered from the body of Chandrapaul Persaud was discharged from the AK-47 Assault Rifle that was found with murder accused Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy.’

Magistrate Krisndat Persaud ordered a hire car driver to appear in the New Amsterdam Court on November 21 after he pleaded not guilty to 14 traffic charges and alleged police brutality.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded a mechanic when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of attempted murder allegedly committed at the East La Penitence Night Shelter.

A 16-year-old girl who was in a car with two men who are suspects in a number of gunpoint robberies in Linden was released on Monday night after seventy-two hours in police custody.

Director of Prisons Dale Erskine yesterday denied reports that the man who allegedly hacked his three children to death was assaulted a second time on Saturday.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission yesterday served notice that October 27 is Nomination Day where lists of candidates for the general and regional elections have to be submitted to the Chief Election Officer.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Presidential Candidate David Granger announced a “one laptop computer per teacher” project to be pursued under a prospective APNU administration, during a four-day visit to the North Rupununi from October  14-17.

A La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara man was stabbed in his chest on Sunday, and his assailant is now on the run.

Hansranie Sewdat, the Corentyne housewife who was found dead in her home last Friday died as a result of shock and haemorrhage due to an incised wound to the throat, a post-mortem examination yesterday revealed.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine– Beharry granted a taxi driver accused of robbing a man of gold jewellery $50,000 bail when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted a 23-year-old student who allegedly beat a man with a piece of wood, $25,000 bail when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A miner who allegedly snatched in excess of $1M at Bourda Market during a hold up was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Mayor and City Council is urging ratepayers to settle their accounts as it is currently undertaking major drainage works estimated at over $75M.

Over 40,000 persons were tested for HIV when the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) hosted National Week of Testing, according to Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy. 

The Regional Super50 limited overs tournament bowls off today in Guyana at 09:00 hours and West Indies Cricket icon Clive Lloyd, for whom the winning  cup is named, is confident the tournament will be an exciting one.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) recently met with a representative of the newly-formed African Business Council to discuss ways in which the two groups could collaborate.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday remanded a miner who was charged with the possession of cannabis in the North West District for the purpose of trafficking.

National cycling captain Robin Persaud rode off with the feature senior 25-lap event at the October Cycle Fest 15-race meet at the Amelia’s Ward Circuit in Linden last Sunday.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud granted $100,000 bail each to two men accused of assaulting three policemen at a nightclub.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Ricardo Teixeira has dominated Brazilian soccer for so long that, like many of the best players, he is known by just one name.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies were shockingly routed for 61, their second lowest score ever in One-Day Internationals, as they crashed to a humiliating eight-wicket defeat to Bangladesh in the third and final ODI here yesterday.

A clothes vendor who pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing a gold band from another man was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo sentenced a security guard attached to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to two years jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny.

Gladiators played undefeated to be the only team to qualify for Bartica in the Super 16 stage when the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament continued last weekend in Bartica and Berbice.

A really confident Guyanese contingent will depart this morning at 03:00hrs from the National Gymnasium to take part in the 2011 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) scheduled for October 19-23 in Suriname.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud sentenced a man to seven days imprisonment after he confessed to breaking two louvre panes on his mother-in-law’s house over a misunderstanding.

The Georgetown City Council yesterday expressed profound sadness at the news of the passing of one of its

By Emmerson Campbell “Cycling comes first in our lives” –  more or less that sums up the focus of the hugely successful California-based five-man team that competed here for the first time in the recent five-stage 266-mile Ride for Life cycle road race in Guyana.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday sentenced a 42-year-old man who admitted committing two robberies while being armed with a knife to three years imprisonment on each count after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, Actually I am tired of listening to my own pronouncements on the stratagems by which small cane farmers and cane farmers in general are induced into believing that they are being treated magnanimously by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Over 140 youths and single parents from Region Five recently graduated from various life skills programmes hosted by the National Training Programme For Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) and the National Single Parents Training Programme.

Plans are on stream for next month’s Guyana Teachers’ Union/Ministry of Education National Schools Track & Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships, according to union president Colin Bynoe.

Guyana has won the distinguished Sérgio Arouca Award for Excellence for its outstanding performance in Universal Health Care from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).

(BBC) Fifa president Sepp Blatter is preparing to perform an extraordinary U-turn by calling for the release of court documents which could reveal that senior officials at the world governing body took bribes.

Dear Editor, Evidently President Jagdeo takes pride in what he calls “cussing out” the media and has escalated his tirade as an election campaign strategy which suggests this nation is exposed to a man who not only treats the office he holds with contempt, disrespects the people who pay him and whom he should be serving, but may also have serious behavioural issues, which singularly or collectively is/are injurious to this nation.

SEATTLE/LONDON, (Reuters) –An experimental vaccine  from GlaxoSmithKline halved the risk of African children  getting malaria in a major clinical trial, making it likely to  become the world’s first shot against the deadly disease.

(Trinidad Express) Jail eh nice! Days after former prime minister Patrick Manning dared the Government to lock him up, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar reminded him of his own words “jail eh nice”, while she provided proof that the former Manning-led administration practised discrimination through a secret scholarship fund.

(BBC) Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has told a court he was betrayed by an ex-friend and agent who claimed he was part of a match-fixing scam.

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Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday sentenced a 57–year-old Thomas Street man to three years imprisonment along with a $30,000 fine after he was found with cocaine in his pants pocket while playing a game of cards.

Dear Editor, I write this note as Press and Publicity Officer to President Bharrat Jagdeo so that future records would not be distorted.

Dear Editor, It was Shakespeare who said: “Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry yesterday sentenced a 46–year-old labourer to three years imprisonment along with a $30,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of ganja  for the purpose of trafficking.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli soldier Gilad  Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel’s borders in  opposite directions yesterday as a thousand-for-one prisoner  exchange brought joy to families but did little to ease decades  of conflict.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke is expecting great things from his predecessor Ricky Ponting in the one-day series against South Africa that starts today.

(Barbados Nation) A two-year wage freeze in the Public Service and immediate cuts in Government spending form part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription for the flagging Barbados economy.

This woman and her wheelchair-bound friend braved the

Masjid superstructure: The superstructure for the new Queenstown Jama Masjid on Church Street is now

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Bangladesh axed former captain Mohammad Ashraful and left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak in naming a 14-man squad yesterday for the upcoming test series against West Indies.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan politician Leopoldo  Lopez said yesterday he will maintain his campaign to win the opposition leadership and challenge leftist President Hugo  Chavez despite a court upholding his ban from office.

Dear Editor, We in the diaspora are closely following the events leading up to the elections on 28 November.

(Barbados Nation) REDJet has dismissed suggestions it may eventually have to abandon its low-fare business model if it wants to continue adding smaller Caribbean islands to its destinations.

“Hi Jeff: has APNU `disappear’ the PNC?” Colourfully put, but not an uncommon query.

Dear Editor, Once again, GSPCA has gone out of its way (see GSPCA letter of Oct 15, 2011) to condemn my comments made over the phone at the request of Stabroek News (published on Oct 4th, 2011) as: “inaccurate and counterproductive” and to say that “Ms.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States deported  nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants in fiscal 2011 — the highest  number since the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was  formed eight years ago.

For most of this year, the United States has been visibly in pursuit not only of persons in the Caribbean allegedly involved in drug trafficking, but in so doing, the authorities seem to have been seeking to ensure that those perceived to be involved in behaviour deemed unacceptable, do not received the protection of  Caribbean governments.

(Reuters) – Left-arm paceman Junaid Khan took his maiden five-wicket haul as Pakistan bundled out Sri Lanka for 197 in the first innings of the first test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Brazil urgently needs to buy new  fighter jets and could set a 2012 deadline for completing the  purchase, Defence Minister Celso Amorim said yesterday.

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