Daily Archive: Monday, October 31, 2011

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna’s Loud world tour has been anything but tame — the Bajan singer’s been spotted at a strip club in London, a sex shop in Paris and a marijuana “coffee shop” in Amsterdam.

Arti Cameron’s team this evening issued a statement explaining various issues leading up to her being unable to participate in the Miss World 2011 contest.

The patter of feet crossing the political floor has reached the decibel level of a stampede.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican Herman Cain  denounced sexual harassment accusations from the 1990s as a  “witch hunt” today and broke into a gospel song to deflect  what has become the toughest challenge of his U.S.

Justice Roxanne George today sentenced Chetram Nourang to 18 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of his reputed wife Jasoda Budhoo.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A high-profile state  congressman in Rio de Janeiro who investigated criminal militia  groups is leaving Brazil after he said police found at least  seven death threats against him this month.

SORTE MOUNTAIN, Venezuela, (Reuters Life!) – The  jungle air is thick with cigar smoke and pierced by an  occasional scream as drums beat, people chant and candles  flicker illuminating bodies squirming.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Devastation from the rare and  deadly October snowstorm lingered in the Northeast today,  leaving 2.2 million houses without power, closing schools,  snarling the morning commute and postponing Halloween fun.

(Trinidad Express) Army Major Collin Millington, amid questions regarding his involvement in the purchase of a $698,000 Toyota Prado SUV from Toyota Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TTTL), Saturday, denied knowledge of the transaction.

(Trinidad Express) Sisters charged with possession of guns and ammunition are expected to appear before a Point Fortin magistrate today.

(Jamaica Observer) The second murder case against caged deejay Vybz Kartel, was stood down this morning in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court because a co-accused was not brought to court by the police.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a trade-facilitation office in Trinidad.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Earthquake Unit has confirmed that a minor quake was felt at 7.49 this morning near Wakefield in St.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – “Within two or three minutes, the police units present at the scene were suddenly faced with two to three hundred people and the average policeman is not prepared for that.

(Barbados Nation) There is a new option on the table as it relates to the beleaguered CLICO International Life.

PARIS (Reuters) – The United Nations’ cultural agency decided today to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Darren Bravo hit his first international  century while Kirk Edwards missed his second of the match as  West Indies tightened their grip over Bangladesh in the second  test today.

(Trinidad Newsday) A NEW champion was crowned in the Perfection Services-sponsored Leslie King Memorial Cycle Classic yesterday.

Former PPP veteran, Moses Nagamootoo who recently joined the Alliance For Change (AFC) told supporters at a rally held in his honour at Whim, Corentyne yesterday that presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan is a man of ideas who wanted to root out corruption

A five-year-old girl died yesterday morning after an Ite palm tree fell on her family’s home at North East La Penitence.

One man is dead and another seriously injured after an industrial accident yesterday at RUSAL’s Aroaima bauxite operations in Region 10 (Upper Berbice/Upper Demerara).

The authorities are investigating the death of a 34-year-old Charity, Essequibo Coast mother and her newborn at the Suddie Hospital.

Cheddi ‘Joey’ Jagan Jr., who has joined the civic component of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), says the PPP is the only party that can bring real change.

The PPP/C, APNU, AFC and TUF have so far qualified to contest the upcoming national elections, while the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (GECOM) was last evening awaiting corrections to the lists of candidates submitted by the Fundamental Structure Group (FSG).

PPP/C campaign spokesman, Robert Persaud says that the party on Saturday night “suffered terribly” at the hands of a gang that damaged their billboards.

Wife of kidney recipient Seolall Budhram has refuted statements made by the sister of his donor, who was also his aunt, about the circumstances surrounding her death after the surgery in India earlier this year.

Mahaicony Rice Mill (MRM) continues to owe farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture will be moving to pursue payments for those affected and they should be able to access some funds by next week.

Funding has been made available for the setting up of the Inter-Religious Television (IRTV) channel dedicated to broadcasting religious programmes on a 24-hour basis and it is expected to begin operation within weeks, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Friday.

Indian author Rahul Bhattacharya has won a prize awarded by The Hindu newspaper for Best Fiction of 2011.

Police are investigating the circumstances under which a man sustained a gunshot wound to his leg early Saturday morning.

A man who allegedly broke and entered his reputed wife’s home and stole articles valued over $100,000 was on Friday remanded to prison after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

Dear Editor, Universal rights and the rule of law are paramount in the construction, maintenance and development of any modern society and cannot be compromised as we march on in the physical and human evolution of this country.

Dear Editor, Both Kaieteur News (in KN 25th October, `Changing alliances and voter shift’) and Stabroek News (in Sunday Stabroek 30th October, `Re-alignment’) have editorialized on the “re-alignments, coalitions, annexions and defections” (SN’s words) that have taken place most dramatically in recent weeks.

A 35-year-old man accused of using threatening and abusive language to his mother was placed on $25,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to the charges when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Fidel Edwards followed up a second Test hundred from unrelated compatriot Kirk Edwards with a devastating opening spell to put West Indies in control of the second Test against Bangladesh yesterday.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – The Arab League handed Syrian officials a plan for ending seven months of increasingly violent unrest against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, and Assad told Russian Television he would cooperate with the opposition.

A 56-year-old man was attacked and beaten in his home by three bandits almost a week ago and is still terribly traumatized over the incident.

The Guyana Rugby team suffered mixed fortunes on the first day of competition in the Rugby component of the Pan American Games on Saturday at the XVI edition

Dear Editor, In Guyana, election campaigns are in full heat, and Guyanese must ‘Beware, the vultures are here.”

By Emmerson Campbell The water from the fountain of youth, washed away the vast experience  of Howard `Battersea Bomber’ Eastman as Edmond DeClou   dethroned  Eastman ending the former’s reign as the king of the local middleweight division Saturday night at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.

(Reuters) – Law enforcement officials in Arizona  seized thousands of pounds of narcotics and arrested at least  70 suspected drug smugglers with apparent ties to a violent  drug cartel in Mexico, an official involved with the  investigation in the U.S.

Dear Editor, With respect to Roger Luncheon’s letter in SN on October 26 (‘Ever increasing numbers of Afro-Guyanese are imbued with the vision of the PPP/C administration’) I would have liked him to explain what PPP vision he is referring to that can inspire Afro-Guyanese.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombians elected one-time  guerrilla Gustavo Petro as Bogota mayor, the Andean nation’s  second most powerful post after the presidency, in a poll yesterday devoid of the bloodshed that marked campaigning.

Belize Minister of Public Security and Policing,  Douglas Singh has indicated that his country is fully behind the CARICOM pilot project “Youth Gangs and Violence: partnering for prevention and social development”, but he warned that interventions should be country specific.

The Pegasus Lawn Tennis Open tournament is scheduled to bounce off on Friday at the Le Meridien, Pegasus hard courts in Kingston.

Dear Editor, I’m sure Nigel Hughes knows that in Guyana today there is a price to pay for being a cut above the ordinary, professionally successful, fearless, outspoken and well liked across ethnic, political and socio-economic lines.

Dear Editor,   I consider it necessary to draw attention to the ongoing allegations of corrupt behaviour among the ranks of Guyana’s police officers.

(Reuters) – With no end to a bitter labor dispute in sight collateral damage is beginning to mount as the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced it was canceling more games.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has written to the Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, inviting her to walk with him as part of a move to end garrison politics in Jamaica.

Police have suspended the licences of two men, separately charged with causing death by dangerous driving, pending the outcome of their matters.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The wife and son of financial  swindler Bernard Madoff said in their first interview to be  broadcast on Sunday that they knew nothing of his estimated $65  billion Ponzi scheme, but feel shame for his “unforgiveable”  crime.

Dear Editor, A tracking opinion poll conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association last week to determine popular support for the political parties in Guyana’s general elections showed the incumbent PPP/C leading the opposition parties. 

A one-day Fire Prevention Seminar is scheduled for  Friday, November 11 at the GNS Sports Complex on Carifesta Avenue and Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company is the major sponsor once again.

BAGHPAT, India, (TrustLaw) – When Munni arrived in  this fertile, sugarcane-growing region of north India as a young  bride years ago, little did she imagine she would be forced into  having sex and bearing children with her husband’s two brothers  who had failed to find wives.

(Jamaica Observer) One of the world’s leading contractors, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has signed an agreement with the government of the Bahamas to build a new port in North Abaco.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen has been reprimanded for showing dissent at the umpire after being given out lbw during his side’s six-wicket win over India in Saturday’s Twenty20 international in Kolkata.

Dear Editor, I refer to the long letter from Gail Teixeira in the SN of October 27, titled ‘There is a rich history of religious leaders’ involvement in the struggle for democracy…‘ I have four observations: 1.

The long-awaited commissioning of the 50m Olympic-size swimming pool at Liliendaal will finally become a reality this Friday when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports is expected to officially declare the pool open.

Arjune Kairool, known as ‘Beta’, has been farming for practically his whole life.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Animated movie “Puss in  Boots” landed on its feet with a $51 million global debut over  the weekend and likely set a Halloween weekend record for a  domestic opening, according to studio estimates released yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The seventh police officer wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of three people from Moruga is now in police custody after he turned himself in to the Homicide Bureau of Investigations office at Coffee Street, San Fernando, late on Friday.

Dear Editor, The best two pieces of news this week were that Mr Moses Nagamootoo had withdrawn from the PPP/C and then that he had joined the AFC.

PERTH, Australia, (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders yesterday defended their moves to toughen support for human rights,  rejecting criticism the group was becoming irrelevant and had  failed at their three-day summit to hold member Sri Lanka  accountable for alleged abuses.

NOIDA, India, (Reuters) – Red Bull’s unstoppable double world champion Sebastian Vettel ran away with the inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix yesterday for his 11th victory in 17 races this season.

Dr Leslie Ramsammy speaking at the PPP/C rally

This week we asked residents of Bartica to share with us concerns and views about their township.

(Barbados Nation) A decision will be made shortly on whether criminal charges will be laid against officials of CLICO International Life (CIL) after the company continued to write new insurance policies despite being debarred by the Supervisor of Insurance back in 2009.

Weekly Update on Preparation for the General and Regional Elections – 2011 GECOM Treating With Lists of Candidates for those Contesting the 2011 General and Regional Elections The Guyana Elections Commission is currently engaged with the examination of the Lists of Candidates which were submitted to Mr.

The In The Diaspora column has been delayed this week and is likely to be carried in tomorrow’s edition.

Even though it did not produce the desired result, Guyanese, particularly sport aficionados, should be exceedingly grateful to Ms Angela Haniff whose legal action against the executive of the Guyana Cricket Board, following the latter’s thoroughly scandalous elections, has exposed the quagmire in which cricket bodies have been functioning.

He will never be senior counsel while i am president