Daily Archive: Sunday, November 20, 2011

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York police arrested a  follower of late Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on suspicion of  building a pipe bomb he planned to use against U.S.

Former AFC prime ministerial candidate Sheila Holder, 65, passed away in the US today where she had gone for medical treatment.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1220h today on the Goed Fortuin Public Road, WBD, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Bidwantee Cyril, 56 years of Goed Fortuin Squatting Area.

The sod turning ceremony for the long-awaited and controversial Marriott Guyana Georgetown hotel was held today in Kingston and it was disclosed that a Chinese company will be constructing the US$51M edifice.

The Alliance For Change this evening said it had received credible reports that an excavator was used to tear down a banner which the party had mounted across the southern carriageway of the East Coast Demerara highway at Ogle.

Alana Seebarran was crowned Miss India Guyana 2012 last evening when the pageant was staged at the Princess Hotel Poolside.

(WICB) Dhaka, Bangladesh — West Indies made it four wins out of four today to seal a spot in the International Cricket Council’s Women’s World Cup 2013.

(Trinidad Guardian) Heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in north Trinidad yesterday, leaving a trail of destruction—a TT$2 million wall in Maraval collapsed, a child was reportedly trapped in a house at Powder Magazine, Cocorite, while there was flooding and gridlock in other areas.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaicans are expected to vote in December, Prime Minister Andrew Holness hinted this afternoon.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – A spokesman for Libya’s  interim administration, the National Transitional Council (NTC),  said local officials in the desert town of Sabha had confirmed  the capture today of Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief  Abdullah al-Senussi.

The Manager of the Foulis, East Coast Demerara Guyoil Station was robbed of $5.5M in cash and an estimated $250,000 worth of jewelley last evening when 3 gunmen invaded the premises.

(Jamaica Observer) Patrick Wong was yesterday sacked as chief executive officer of the National Works Agency (NWA) and Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry stripped of all responsibilities for the multi-million-dollar Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) as Prime Minister Andrew Holness applied damage control measures to an issue that could stain the Government ahead of the impending general election.

(Barbados Nation) The presence of United States Attorney General Eric Holder in Barbados and its Caribbean neighbours this past week has stirred intense right-wing Republican and Tea Party anger in Washington.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has assumed temporary control of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) in the wake of a highly critical special report from the Auditor General’s Department into the US$400-million programme.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – West Indies’ Kirk Edwards  says he is so awe-struck by Sachin Tendulkar’s batting that he  sometimes forgets to think about his own game.

Promising “a good life for all Guyanese,” opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says that if elected it would create a unity government to build a people-centred economy, where the needs of all communities are met and the people are safe.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has accused the opposition of being hypocritical in its support for the disciplined services in a last minute bid to win the votes of the approximately 7,000 members who will go to the polls tomorrow.

It cost taxpayers $200 million to move NCN’s transmission tower from Sparendaam to the West Demerara to make way for the development of the elite housing development, ‘Pradoville 2’ says former advisor to President Bharrat Jagdeo, Rajendra Bisessar.

Newspaper columnist Christopher Ram has written to Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde charging that former minister of finance Asgar Ally’s appearance on the PPP/C campaign platform has done harm to the integrity of one of the institution’s latest reports on Guyana.

Life has always been hard for ‘Betty‘ (only name given), who is mentally disabled.

APNU prime ministerial candidate Dr Rupert Roopnaraine last evening told residents of Plaisance that a recently conducted poll has indicated heartening results for the opposition coalition at the November 28 elections.

Sophia residents were last evening urged to join the ‘Granger movement’ and vote for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) as the party has the best plans for the development of Guyana and two highly qualified grassroots leaders who can make their dreams for a better life come true.

Mario’s Pizza West Berbice Super Kings and Church’s Chicken Corentyne Titans are the first teams to advance to the semi-final of the Guyana Cricket Board Carib/Pepsi Twenty20 Big Smash tournament at the Skeldon Community Centre Ground yesterday.

Mervin Lawrence feels that the November 28 polls are important for the future of Guyana and that young people need to realize this.

A haversack with six kilogrammes of suspected cocaine was yesterday morning found on a foreign registered boat.

The final round of group stage matches in the 2011 Guinness-in-the-Streets football tournament concluded last evening at the East Ruimveldt Community Centre, with Alexander Village and East Front Road progressing to the round of 16 stage of the competition.

Businessman and civil society activist Clairmont Lye has restated his call for an investigation into the distribution of Rupununi flood aid saying a pall of suspicion and distrust will continue to hang over both the government and the Lethem administration if this is not done.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) yesterday launched the Power Aid Under-13 football tournament, which according to GFA President Calvin Burnette will feature teams affiliated to the GFA.

Campaigners for the PPP/C yesterday urged the community of Retrieve “to give us five years in this region” and see how we would transform it for the betterment of the people in Linden and Region 10.”

Seanden David-Longe and Krystal Sukra were the first two title winners of the day, yesterday, respectively copping the champion titles of the boys’ and girls’ 18 and under category when play in the Pegasus Open tennis tournament continued at the courts of the Pegasus Hotel.

Local distance king Cleveland Forde is set to represent Guyana in stage two of the South American 10 kilometres road race today and is the only athlete that will run in all three stages.

Guyanese fans are still basking in the triumph of the Golden Jaguars over Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors at Providence Stadium last weekend.

“If you want to compare what our men’s rugby team has done in footballing terms, it is like winning CONCACAF.

A gunman last night shot a 30-year-old man in the instep after snatching his gold chain as he was walking along Lamaha Street.

Mahdia has the potential to produce top national players but the talent has to be harnessed, according to table tennis coach, Ray ‘Capta’ Anderson.

Free trade remains the ideology of the age and protectionism the discarded evil.

Armed men invaded a Best Village, West Coast Demerara home early yesterday morning and later escaped with more than one million dollars in cash and jewellery.

Editor’s note: As part of the newspaper’s contribution in the run-up to the November 28 general election, the presidential candidates of the political groupings represented in Parliament have been invited by Guyana Publications Inc to submit weekly columns which will be carried in the Sunday Stabroek.

A Berbice man died at the Georgetown Hospital last night, hours after he collided with a truck at Number Two Village, West Coast Berbice.

The 12th Annual Diamond Mineral Water 50-Mile Cycle Road Race will pedal off today to close national cycling coach, Hassan Mohamed’s events for the year 2011.

Editor’s note: As part of the newspaper’s contribution in the run-up to the November 28 general election, the presidential candidates of the political groupings represented in Parliament have been invited by Guyana Publications Inc to submit weekly columns which will be carried in the Sunday Stabroek.

Notwithstanding the results, there are hopeful signs that the long process of building a truly competitive West Indies team is gradually taking shape.

Sugar no longer gets the coverage it once did. In years past when a development occurred that threatened the industry’s viability, there would have been extensive press and radio coverage, political comment, and a subsequent reaction from Europe and its diplomats.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies second choice wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin will lead Trinidad and Tobago in the upcoming first class season.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — While Mexico’s bloody war against the drug cartels is making headlines worldwide, there is a little-known fact that is sounding alarm bells among US and Latin American officials: Central America’s drug-related violence is far worse than Mexico’s.

LONDON (Reuters) – A Robin van Persie double earned Arsenal a fifth consecutive Premier League victory yesterday as Arsene Wenger’s side beat Norwich City 2-1 at Carrow Road.

ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has been captured in Libya’s southern desert, scared and with only a handful of supporters, by fighters who vow to hold him in the mountain town of Zintan until there is a government to hand him over to.

Introduction As campaign 2011 moves into top gear, no one it seems has the least interest in the financial and economic consequences of the explosion in what appears to be uncontrolled expenditure by the government.

When Bashwantie Dwarka moved in with her husband she was expecting a life of love, respect and most of all protection.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The fate of Trinidad and Tobago head coach Otto Pfister will be known before year end, acting Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation president Lennox Watson has said.

Dear Editor, Your report on the apparent pollution of the Haieka River in SN of Nov 18 did not state what tests were done.

Introduction Last week’s column looked at the intrinsic double-dealing and its associated opportunism, which drives the low carbon development strategy (LCDS) and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Guyana and Norway signed in 2009. 

Bandits on Friday broke into the Vlissengen Road home of a Canadian businesswoman carting off an undisclosed sum of cash and millions of dollars in gold and diamond jewellery.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – International Cricket Council (ICC) President Sharad Pawar yesterday joined the Indian cricket board (BCCI) in dismissing former player Vinod Kambli’s claims of possible corruption in India’s 1996 World Cup semi-final loss to Sri Lanka.

CAIRO (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and more than 650 wounded in clashes between riot police and protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir square yesterday, officials said, after a protest demanding the ruling military transfer power swiftly to a civilian government.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Guyana Publications Inc, publishers of Stabroek News and Sunday Stabroek on their 25th anniversary tomorrow, Monday, November 21.

By Leon Rockliffe These thoughts on the matter of the so-called death penalty are a long held personal reaction to the topic and are excited into print by last week’s thought-provoking Guyana Bar Association

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Left-arm quick Krishmar Santokie’s three-wicket haul was not enough to prevent West Indies A from losing their opening Twenty20 of the two-match series against Bangladesh A here Friday night.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) – Israel sees cracks in Syrian power structures amid increasingly violent unrest, and there are signs President Bashar al-Assad may not be in power for long, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday.

Dear Editor, A year ago one of Guyana’s finest sons passed away.

Epilepsy is a recurrent seizure disorder of cerebral origin. When it is due to a blow to the head, or the encephalitis of canine distemper, or bacterial infections of the brain, it is said to be acquired.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – An unbeaten century stand between Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers put South Africa in control of the second test as they opened up a 199-run lead with seven wickets in hand after the third day yesterday.

Drain parking

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Both sides of the US Congress’ deadlocked “super committee” held separate talks yesterday, but formal negotiations remained stalled, reaffirming gloomy predictions that the deficit-fighting panel may fail.

LONDON (Reuters) – Basil D’Oliveira, the South Africa-born all-rounder whose selection in an England team to visit his native land changed the course of history, has died at the age of 80 after a long battle against Parkinson’s disease.

Dear Editor, Under the Constitution of Guyana, our country is described as a democracy, and in a democracy the government is of the people (citizens), elected by the people and works for the people.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Scores of Ethiopian military vehicles pushed at least 80 km (50 miles) into neighbouring Somalia on Saturday, residents said, five weeks after Kenya entered Somalia to fight Islamist militants it blames for a wave of kidnappings on its soil.

If We Must Die If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Marking their mock at our accursed lot.

UG students rehabilitating South Ruimveldt Nursery School’s playground

Back with a bang

The production of plantain is fluctuating owing to the Black Sigatoka disease, which sees the produce deformed and abnormal with lower bunches being produced; this is affecting the local market, influencing price and causing a strain on the common man.

LONDON (Reuters) – Renault’s radical approach to the design of this year’s Formula One car has been a failure, according to technical director James Allison.

I’m driving with this Canadian lady heading for “cottage country” in Northern Ontario.

An inspiring campaign this is certainly not, although it is still most interesting.

Dear Editor, Hardly a day goes by I don’t receive one or more calls about animal cruelty. 

Code of conduct

PORT-AU-PRINCE/MIAMI (Reuters) – No one disputes that Haiti needs battalions of builders, developers and investors to help it rise from the ruins of last year’s earthquake.

LONDON (Reuters) – Growing Syrian army defections do not yet pose a mortal threat to President Bashar al-Assad, but outside support could turn the dissidents into a national insurgency able to harass and exhaust his military.