Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1545h.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syria said today it had  reached agreement with an Arab League committee tasked with  finding a way to end seven months of unrest and starting a  dialogue between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents.

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A 34-year old man appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court this morning charged with the June 30 murder of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – The Greek government faced  possible collapse today as ruling party lawmakers demanded  Prime Minister George Papandreou resign for throwing the  nation’s euro membership into jeopardy with a shock call for a  referendum.

(Trinidad Guardian) Millions of gallons of asphalt and bitumen from Trinidad Lake Asphalt, La Brea, cannot be accounted for, Works Minister Jack Warner heard when he visited the facility yesterday. The

(Trinidad Express) Seven police officers assigned to the Southern Division Robbery Squad and CID have been charged with the murders of Abigail Johnson, Allana Duncan and Kerron “Fingers” Eccles.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) is preparing to stage at least three national debates with representatives of the two major political parties ahead of the general election, which is likely to be announced soon.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Darren Bravo fell five runs short  of a maiden double century but West Indies maintained their  domination of the second and final test to inch closer to a  series victory against Bangladesh today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt  and Mohammad Asif were found guilty today of fixing part of  a test match against England in a case that prosecutors said  revealed rampant corruption at the heart of international  cricket.

An elderly Guyanese woman died in her Bronx home over the weekend after a power outage caused by a snowstorm shut down her oxygen machine.

Guyanese fisherman, 34-year-old Mark Daniel, has been shot dead in Antigua.

(Barbados Nation) Lawyers for CLICO Holdings (Barbados) Limited are making a last-ditch effort to ensure that company executives are not hauled before the court.

Fire said to be electrical in origin this morning damaged a section of the Lethem Hospital in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) The fire started around 4.30 am and was observed in the pharmacy area.

For the second time in three days, the Office of the President (OP) has defended the pension President Bharrat Jagdeo will earn on demitting office, saying similar benefits were enjoyed by all former presidents, but PNCR Leader Robert Corbin says the OP statement is “untrue”.

APNU presidential candidate David Granger yesterday said that the PPP/C administration must bear “full responsibility” for the country’s high crime rate, as opposition groups dismissed claims by the PPP/C presidential candidate Donald Ramotar and President Bharrat Jagdeo of links by prominent members to criminals.

Former police commissioner Winston Felix said yesterday that during his tenure the government deliberately withheld the resources needed to enhance the Guyana Police Force.

Unknown persons broke into a container in the compound of the Guyana Energy Agency’s (GEA) Quamina Street headquarters and stole three barrels of fuel markers.

The premiere Guyana Cup Three-Day Twenty20 softball tournament ended with the Regal Masters and Cotton Tree Wild Oats winning their respective categories in Sunday night’s game at the Everest Cricket Club.

Even Guyana prepares to undertake its population and housing census next year the world’s population yesterday reached its seven billionth mark.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) campaign and logistics manager Amna Ally yesterday denied that supporters pushed down barricades and stormed into City Hall on Nomination Day, last Thursday.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Darren Bravo made the breakthrough, collecting his maiden Test hundred to put West Indies in a near impregnable position in the second Test against Bangladesh yesterday.

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday expressed disgust over what it called the ever increasing occurrence of industrial fatalities under Rusal management, while imploring the company along with the government to “at least give [Franklyn Reece] a decent funeral”.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Chris Gayle was overlooked for the West Indies Test side that will face India in three Tests later this month.

Public Relations Officer of the Mayor and City Council, Royston King, yesterday told Stabroek News that an investigation will soon be launched by the City Constabulary into Sunday’s incident where an Ite palm tree fell on a North/East La Penitence home, killing a 5-year-old girl while she slept in her bed; dangerous trees will also be removed, he added.

Dr Dalgleish Joseph, the final witness in the Cyon Collier murder trial, yesterday sought to challenge the findings of the autopsy performed on Chandrapaul Persaud.

Chetram Nowrang was yesterday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for killing his wife, Jasoda Budhoo.

Guyanese Warren ‘40’ McKay of Team Trek pedaled away from defending champion Phillip Clarke in an exciting sprint to the finish to win the Trinidad & Tobago  (T&T) Cycling Federation’s third annual Leslie King Memorial Race, which ended at the BP Sporting Complex in Mayaro on  Sunday.

After months of intense investigations, police have arrested a suspect in the June 30 killing of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris.

This year’s Caribbean Karate Championships gold medallist Leah Shariff was promoted from Shodan to Nidan when the third and final grading exam concluded on Sunday at the YMCA Hall at Thomas Lands.

A ranger attached to Alfro Alphonso Mining Establishment yesterday stood before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

Superbike rider Stephen Vieira is feverishly pushing preparations for the final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Race of Champions on November 13 at the South Dakota Circuit, with less than two weeks to go.

Corriverton painter Clifford Carter, who set himself on fire on Sunday, is now clinging to life at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Demba Ba scored a hat-trick as  Newcastle United continued their impressive start to the season  with a deserved 3-1 win at Stoke City in the Premier League yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Captain Chris Gayle credited teamwork and good execution as the main ingredients in Jamaica’s triumph in last Saturday’s final of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Super50 tournament in Guyana.

A 24-year-old miner on Friday evening lost a piece of his left ear allegedly after he asked the cook at the mining camp where he is employed at Imbamaidai Backdam, Upper Mazaruni for some food.

Dear Editor, I listened to President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Lusignan Rally on Sunday, October 23.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Three foreign teams – The Netherlands, Canada and Sussex – will boost the numbers for the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship next January.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a man accused of arming himself with a piece of broken bottle and robbing a man of gold jewellery valued $700,000.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it had stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership.

Four parties will contest the November 28 national elections after having their lists cleared by the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

(Reuters) – Arsenal’s on-fire striker Robin van  Persie is the “perfect captain” who owes as much to his team  mates as his own talent for his sizzling run of form, manager  Arsene Wenger said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On the morning of Saturday, October 29, I visited Republic Bank’s New Market Street branch to utilize the services of the ATM machine.

Dear Editor, On Monday, October 17, 2011 a report was made to GWI once again, about overflowing sewage in the Alberttown area.

A 50-year-old man is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after he was struck down by a truck on the Mahaicony Public Road.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s ruling National Tran-sitional Council has elected little-known academic Abdul Raheem al-Keeb as the new interim prime minister to guide the country as it emerges from a bitter civil war towards a new constitution and democratic elections.

Dear Editor, As you are aware, Guyana experimented with two diametrically opposed development paradigms after gaining political independence in 1966.

A 38-year-old security guard yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face the charge of break and enter and larceny after he was accused of breaking into a bond he was assigned to guard at a worksite.

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe denied speculation his health is failing and hinted at taking action against Swiss firms in retaliation for his wife and aides being denied visas to visit Geneva, the official Herald newspaper reported yesterday.

Santos Football Club thrashed Beacon United FC when the Guyana Football Association (GFA) organized Banks DIH President Beer Super League tournament kicked off on Sunday evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Statistically Caroline  Wozniacki remains the best female tennis player in the world but  the controversy over her number one status showed no signs of  abating after her season ended in disappointment at the WTA  Championships.    

BOSTON (Reuters) – Devastation from a rare and deadly October snowstorm lingered in the US Northeast where 1.6 million homes were still without power yesterday, schools were closed and downed trees and powerlines snarled traffic.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, (Reuters) – Two interception  tries from Conor Trainor spurred Canada to a 26-24 upset victory  over Argentina in the gold medal match in the inaugural rugby  sevens tournament at the Pan-American Games on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I refer to Vishnu Bisram’s letter captioned ‘NACTA poll puts PPP in lead‘ in the Stabroek News of October 31.

The world’s seven billionth citizen?  Alicia Hamer cradles her baby born yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) said the crescent for Eid-ul-Adha has been sighted and as

Dear Editor, It was most alarming last Friday evening, October, 28, to hear US Ambassador D Brent Hardt on Capitol News stating that from all indications, general elections in Guyana this year will be free and fair.

What a dump! Bartica’s dumpsite is getting increasingly out of control.

The notable features of the so-called Arab Spring have been its suddenness, its intensity and its awesome and altogether unforeseen outcomes; three well-entrenched and seemingly secure regimes – Egypt, Tunisia and Libya – toppled in a matter of months, almost entirely – save to a considerable extent in the case of Libya – without external intervention on tides of popular domestic protest, while a fourth, Syria, seemingly edging inexorably towards ‘tipping point.’

DOHA (Reuters) – The Arab League awaited a response from Syria yesterday to its proposal to end seven months of increasingly violent unrest against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule and to start talks between Syrian authorities and their opponents.

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