Daily Archive: Thursday, November 10, 2011

A 36 year-old Guyanese woman has been remanded to prison in Antigua after she was caught attempting to smuggle seven pounds of cocaine into the island over the weekend.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rihanna today  released track teasers online from her upcoming album “Talk  That Talk,” pushing the album up to no.

Former member of the reform of the PNCR, Dr Joseph Haynes has announced his support for the PPP/C.

At about 1630h. yesterday Police ranks responded to a report received that Seymour Patrick, 47 years of Zorg-en-Vlygt, Essequibo Coast, had been shot and injured to his left leg.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Stephon Bacchus, 17 years, a cane harvester of Kortberaadt, East Bank Berbice, that occurred at about 1430h.

The police say they are investigating a report of an alleged murder/suicide that occurred at about 10 pm yesterday, at Kaikan resulting in the death of Rita King-Mortimer, 33 years; and Paul Mortimer, 54 years.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Chavez said yesterday an unidentified nuclear-powered submarine violated  Venezuelan territorial waters this week and was chased away by  the South American nation’s navy.

APNU Presidential candidate David Granger has jumped out of his crease and swung his bat and connected with a thick outside edge.

(Jamaica Observer) Lawyers representing former West Indies batting stylist Lawrence Rowe have initiated legal action against the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for withdrawing the naming of the Players’ Pavilion at Sabina Park in his honour.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Former European Central  Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos will head Greece’s new  crisis coalition, the president’s office said today,  ending suspense over who will try to save the country from  default, bankruptcy and an exit from the euro zone.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines has taken delivery in Toulouse, France, of its first ATR 72-600 aircraft.

VILLINGILI ISLAND, Maldives, (Reuters) – India  and Pakistan hailed progress in diplomatic ties today,  promising to open a “new chapter” in their fraught relationship  at a next round of formal peace talks.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – A-Combination (AC) fraction leader Ronny Brunswijk believes President Desi Bouterse should not be involved in efforts to bring order to the gold sector.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa,  (Reuters) – Legendary Penn State  football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham  Spanier were fired over their handling of a sex abuse scandal,  the Penn State board of trustees said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Italy represents a clear and  present danger to the euro zone, British Prime Minister David  Cameron said today.

(Trinidad Express) The Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration is taking the bull by its horns in the fight against crime and would target youth in “hotspot” areas, low-income communities and Housing Development Corporation (HDC) estates for 20,000 new jobs, at a cost of $300 million.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling  African National Congress kicked its firebrand Youth League  leader, Julius Malema, out of the party for five years today after finding him guilty of sowing division.

Canadian mining company Sandspring Resources Inc yesterday signed a multi-million dollar gold/copper mining agreement with the government, which could see some 1,000 jobs being created for its Toroparu, Region 7 project.

Demerara Bank has recorded a net profit of $984 million for the financial year ended September 30, 2011; an increase of 15.36% over the previous year.

Anton Cornelius, Assistant Coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s football team affectionately known as the “Soca Warriors” worldwide says his team is going all out for a victory over the home side in the crucial World Cup qualifying match at the Providence Stadium tomorrow.

Former Home Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira yesterday accused former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix of failing to control the crime spree during his tenure at the helm of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), saying he was diverted by a very narrow focus on now convicted drug lord Roger Khan.

Local livestock, fruit and vegetable producers yesterday received the first disbursements from a $340M Agricultural Diversification Fund that has been launched to boost non-traditional agriculture exports.

With only one day to go before the biggest game in Guyana’s football history commences, charismatic Golden Jaguars coach Jamaal Shabbaz is urging  Guyanese, including the politicians, to put a temporary halt to election campaign rhetoric and unite as a country for one night in support of the national team.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Smith has been named to lead an experienced West Indies A squad in two Twenty20s against the touring Bangladesh A side later this month.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Smith has been named to lead an experienced West Indies A squad in two Twenty20s against the touring Bangladesh A side later this month.

A dredge owner was shot and robbed of $5M in cash, during a hold-up yesterday morning in the vicinity of Mandela Avenue and Hunter Street, Georgetown.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is likely to meet its revised sugar production target for 2011, the head of the largest workers’ union said yesterday.

Day two of the Guinness-in-the-Streets football competition continued on Tuesday evening  at the East Ruimveldt Basketball Court with Eagles Linden’s 5-1 victory over Buxton being the

Day two of the Guinness-in-the-Streets football competition continued on Tuesday evening  at the East Ruimveldt Basketball Court with Eagles Linden’s 5-1 victory over Buxton being the most emphatic of the night.

After more than a year on the run, Deonarine Mohammed was yesterday charged with the murder of his mother, whom he is accused of dousing in gasoline and setting on fire.

The rain interrupted Inter-County Under-17 competition resumed yesterday with Cellink Berbice and Demerara defeating President’s XI and Essequibo respectively.

The rain interrupted Inter-County Under-17 competition resumed yesterday with Cellink Berbice and Demerara defeating President’s XI and Essequibo respectively.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Sachin Tendulkar missed out on his 100th international century but India still strolled to a relatively easy five-wicket win over West Indies with a day and a half to spare in the opening Test yesterday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a Plaisance man charged with armed robbery, after he pleaded not guilty when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

The Linden Business Centre was a hive of activity yesterday as hundreds of Lindeners and residents of other sections of Region 10 turned up with the expectation of walking away with their netbooks under the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project.

Dear Editor, This election will be about ‘issues,’ we are told.

NEW DELHI, India, IANS/CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy yesterday said he was happy with the performance of his young team despite losing the first Test against India.

Taffin Khan and Suhai Feng are representing Guyana at the second annual Umada Cup Chess Tournament which started last Tuesday and concludes this Sunday in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Dear Editor, The issuance of a statement by the Federal Government of Brazil through its diplomatic mission in Georgetown reiterating its respect for Guyana’s sovereignty and making its neutrality clear about the upcoming national elections is a welcome and masterful use of public diplomacy.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (MOAA) yesterday rejected assertions that the issuing of cash relief to the flood-affected victims of Region 9 was an “elections bribe,” explaining that it was only distributed to Lethem residents following the PPP’s public meeting on Sunday upon the request of residents.

Dear Editor, The spending by the government of $37 million on the eve of elections to acquire a water cannon which it earlier claimed is intended to deal with demonstrators, reveals an ugly underbelly that must be exposed.

Women will significantly benefit from a relief plan which includes $100 million a year that promises to focus on ‘women-centric’ projects, there will be an increase in social support to abused women, while $2 million in grant funds will be given to ten non-governmental organizations to support programmes aimed at dealing with the social ills that affect the family.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (Reuters) – Penn State University  football coach Joe Paterno said yesterday he will retire at  the end of the 2011 season amid a scandal over allegations a  former assistant coach sexually abused boys and school  officials covered it up.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (Reuters) – Alabama’s Jefferson  County filed for bankruptcy court protection yesterday in  the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my total disgust at the way in which the ruling elite – led by Mr Jagdeo and his appointed adviser, now the presidential candidate, Mr Donald Ramotar, have completely violated all the civilized rules and regulations governing a fair and free election to be held on November 28.

The Barbadians and Jamaicans arrived in Guyana yesterday to burn rubber against their local counterparts at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday in the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Race of Champions third leg.

Former PNC Agriculture Minister, Dr. Simpson DaSilva has endorsed the Alliance For Change, stating that he is convinced that under this party, there will be food and nutrition security for all Guyanese.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Reducing salt in the diets of the  general population may not have an overall positive health  impact, according to a review of more than 160 scientific  studies published yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Billions of dollars in non-performing loans, including an unsecured facility to a government ministry in Cuba, were on the books of CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) which led to the eventual insolvency of the company, Maria Daniel, a partner at Ernst and Young, stated on Tuesday.

The accountant who was admitted to hospital in a critical condition after being struck down by two motorcycles on October 25, died last night.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Captain Michael Clarke defied a  rampant Dale Steyn with an authoritative century to keep  Australia afloat on the opening day of the first test against  South Africa at Newlands yesterday.

Dear Editor, We all know that this is the most important season in the life of the nation of Guyana – elections.

Dear Editor, The President’s pension should be a concern to all Guyanese.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska,  (Reuters) – A storm forecast to be  one of the worst on record in Alaska lashed the state’s western  coastline yesterday, tearing roofs off buildings and pushing  water and debris into communities, authorities said.

(Trinidad Express) Nearly TT$1 billion worth of investment proposals —two from foreign entities and one from a local group—will be presented to Cabinet today by Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz.

In the wake of a fire last week which levelled its pharmacy, the Lethem Hospital has received relief medical supplies which should last until year end.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile kicked five players out of  their 2014 World Cup qualifying squad after they returned late  and drunk from an evening off, coach Claudio Borghi said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A deal on forming a Greek national unity  government collapsed as the country headed towards an economic  abyss and revived early today the chances of former  European Central Bank vice president Lucas Papademos heading the  coalition.

Dear Editor, The recent attacks on African Guyanese by the PPP have to be seen in the context of a deliberate strategy.

An 18-year-old farmer, charged with two counts of assault and two counts of unlawful weapon possession, was on Tuesday remanded to prison.

(Trinidad Express) A thorough investigation needs to be launched into the billion-dollar purchase of property in Florida, USA, by British American Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd (BAT), Lynette Seebaran-Suite, the attorney representing the CLICO policyholders group, said on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Soca Warriors captain, Kenwyne Jones says his team’s 2014 World Cup Concacaf Group B Second Round qualifier away to Guyana on Friday night is as big as when T&T played Bahrain on November 16, 2005. Back

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods is convinced he is  finally in position to begin his rise to the top of world golf  again but he will have to beat a world class field at the  Australian Open this week if he is to end his two-year title  drought.

Dear Editor, I regret inadvertently identifying Mr Seelochan Beharry as a candidate of the AFC and a former member of the PPP as he pointed out in his letter  ‘Bisram’s letter contains two major errors‘ (SN, Nov 9). 

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) remembers Richard Verbeke MS, as a dedicated worker as it mourns his passing.

Government recently handed over a 4×4 truck to the Guyana Police Force E and F Division to help it fulfil its mandate.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s security forces are  committing widespread human rights violations such as torture  and forced disappearances in their battle against drug cartels,  a report by Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados was among countries shortlisted as a possible hideout for former Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi earlier this year, according to a Canadian newspaper.

Truck flip

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese police have launched an  investigation into the financial scandal engulfing Olympus Corp, a newspaper said yesterday, as a major investor  joined increasing calls for a wholesale clean-out of the board.

A counter demonstration at the PPP/C meeting

The Lucky Dollar store announces the winners in its “Lucky 10” competition which started on October 14.

Dear Editor, Having read Mr Vishnu Bisram’s letter in Stabroek News of November 7 (‘I attended the India Day Parade as a reporter’), I would like to point out an obvious omission.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former Pakistan cricket captain  Salman Butt has filed an appeal against a 30-month prison  sentence for fixing parts of a test match last year, his lawyer  said.

Presidential

Dear Editor, Ganesh Singh says PPP supporters must vote out the PPP for one term to generate the badly need internal change the PPP needs in order to be reformed and reborn and to allow new leadership to rise within the party.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Medicinal plants could yield Suriname an estimated US$ 2.4 billion a year.

The Second Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue will begin today in The Bahamas.

Whatever’s in my cup stays in my cup

Last Wednesday, three days after he had turned himself into a human torch, Clifford Carter, a father of three, died at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

Part of the crowd at Whim for the PPP/C rally

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a mother of four when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A vaccine or new drugs against  malaria could be developed,    British scientists said, after  they made a critical discovery about the way the most deadly  species of malaria parasite invades human red blood cells.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Shane Warne is bringing his short  retirement to an end and returning to cricket in Australia’s  Twenty20 Big Bash competition next month, the leg-spinning great  said on Tuesday.

Choosing what kind of government we want to govern us as a people is the whole point of free and fair, democratic national elections.