Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Guyana Elections Commission today warned members of the public not to remove lists of electors from polling places.

At the invitation of the Alliance For Change, chartered accountant Christopher Ram is to make a presentation in New Amsterdam tomorrow (November 24) on reducing the Berbice Bridge toll.

AFC founder leader Sheila Holder’s funeral will take place in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday November 26, a release from the party today said.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Florida scam artists told elderly  victims the government had changed the laws regulating toilet  paper and that their septic tanks would be ruined unless they  bought specially formulated rolls, court documents said.

A light Cessna 152 aircraft which was enroute from Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana, crash-landed in a rice field on the island of Wakenaam shortly after lunchtime today.

(Jamaica Observer) The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says 95 per cent of incomplete shooting-related cases are awaiting the results of forensic testing, and has recommended that the necessary steps be taken to improve the operations of the Government Forensic Lab, or give the commission budgetary allocations to use private local and overseas laboratories.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has announced support for the police to ensure that the upcoming polls are peaceful, including a commitment to provide transportation and other resources to ranks and setting up an operations centre to monitor the electoral process.

Demerara Bank Limited today warned the public to be on the look out for forged manager’s cheques.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Darren Bravo tormented  India’s bowlers with a classy 166 as West Indies racked up a  mammoth 575 for nine in their first innings today,  virtually ending the hosts’ hopes of inflicting a whitewash in  the final test at the Wankhede Stadium.

(Barbados Nation) Shmona Simpson, a model student of the Cayman Islands and the holder of a first-class honours degree from the University of London, is the latest recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.

(Barbados Nation) Two former governors of the Barbados Central Bank have suggested that Barbados heed the advice of the international rating agency Standard & Poor’s.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) will not be privatized and will remain a state-owned radio and television station despite its debt-ridden state, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has affirmed.

A mother of five is among two people killed after a truck transporting persons into the mining areas aback Buck Hall, on the Essequibo River, overturned yesterday morning.

A 35-year-old labourer of Burnham Avenue, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice was stabbed to death around 4:40 pm yesterday while consuming alcohol at a rum shop in the village.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday said that Elections Day should be declared a national holiday.

A man died yesterday afternoon after he was pinned by the tray of a sand truck at the corner of Church and Albert streets.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry sentenced a Canadian National who pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri to four years jail, when he yesterday appeared in court.

By Johann Earle Presidential Candidate of the PPP/C Donald Ramotar gave an undertaking to residents of Annandale on the East Coast that his government will root out corruption, but blamed the previous administration for the state of affairs the PPP inherited in 1992.

By Marcelle Thomas The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday accused the Ministry of Works of discrimination and hypocrisy over the removal of the party’s campaign banners in the city and at Ogle, East Coast Demerara—charges Minister Robeson Benn denied.

An elderly man lost his home after a fire of unknown origin completely gutted it while he was out late yesterday afternoon.

Organisers of the Linden Fund Trust (LFT) media forum are peeved at the no-show of the representative of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) despite assurances of their participation by the Linden campaign coordinator.

With sugar production for the year at 220,000 tonnes, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Paul Bhim confirmed yesterday that the revised target set for the year is out of reach.

Dexter Pires, 29, the Tucville, Georgetown man for whom police issued a wanted bulletin in connection with narcotics trafficking, is being linked to a recent bust in Berbice in which 10 kilogrammes of cocaine was found hidden in a car.

Denis Marshall, Head of the Commonwealth Observer Group here for Monday’s general and regional elections, said that his team will be coordinating with others with a view to achieving a broad perspective on the polls.

There were no major hiccups during the disciplined services voting on Monday, according to the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB), which says it is prepared to monitor next week’s general elections.

Magistrate Sueanna Lovell yesterday discharged the case against a 25-year-old man accused of stealing his father’s licensed shotgun, after the man declined to give evidence against him.

Some 25 international electoral observers, part of the Organisation of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM), are to be deployed across Guyana later this week in preparation for next Monday’s elections.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called on the media to be responsible in their coverage of the upcoming elections following suggestions that plans are afoot to rig the polls.

CARICOM is urging the United States to commit to the outcome of the Cancun Climate Change Conference, according to a call by Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque at the accreditation ceremony of new US Ambassador to the Com-munity, Brent Hardt at the CARICOM Secretariat headquarters yesterday.

The PNCR remembered fallen Member of Parliament Winston Shripal Murray as a good colleague and respected worker, as it marked the first anniversary of his death yesterday.

The Ministry of Health is once again appealing to the general public to donate blood as currently the Blood Bank is experiencing a severe shortage.

As E-day draws closer political parties have stepped up their campaigning in the Linden community, with a few confrontations arising to the extent that the police have been called in and persons taken into custody.

Five Social Science students from the University of Guyana recently engaged in a skills training exercise with members of the Plaisance Church of God Youth Group as part of their practical course work.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Monday visited the Alliance For Change headquarters to extend condolences to party members and sign a book of condolence opened for the late MP Sheila Holder.

A car slammed into a resident of Wayakabra, off the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, on Monday night.

The Justice Institute of Guyana recently hosted an intensive four-day legal training exercise for Region Eight communities on land rights and governance, among other topics.

The Ministry of Health advised the nation to make healthy lifestyle choices and to know their blood glucose, blood pressure and BMI numbers to stem the prevalence of diabetes, when observances for World Diabetes Day were held last Monday.

The promise of jobs continues to be made at the PPP/C rallies and meetings in Linden and according to Campaign Manager for Linden Andrew Forsythe in the next five years the PPP/C can assure residents of over a thousand jobs in various sectors.

Two Brazilian miners were on Monday robbed at gunpoint of $3.5M in cash in the vicinity of GUYTRAC.

The opening of the $225M Citizens Bank branch in Linden will facilitate inter-sectoral business opportunities in Region 10 and in spite of the current downturn in the bauxite industry, the bank is confident about the prospects of the gold and diamond mining sectors, agriculture and forestry with their respective  capacity for job creation, said  Bank Chairman Clifford Reis.

The Ministry of Home Affairs says 116 Buxton youths recently graduated from its service oriented skills training course hosted through the Community Action Component (CAC) of the Citizen Security Programme.

MUMBAI, India, IANS/CMC – All four West Indies top order batsmen stroked half-centuries as the Caribbean side flourished on the opening day of the third and final Test here yesterday.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Teenaged West Indies batsman Kraigg Brathwaite says the Caribbean side will be looking to bat deep into the second day in the third and final Test here, in order to put pressure on India and force a win.

A 22-year-old labourer who allegedly had 16 grammes of cannabis in his groin for the purpose of trafficking was on Monday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, I am led by M Ali’s letter in your issue of Nov 21, under the caption ‘Is the highway between Linden and Lethem feasible?‘

Dear Editor, I thought that I should rely upon the kind indulgence of your letter pages before conduct and results of the imminent national elections should dominate the media. 

A West Ruimveldt woman was on Monday placed on $200,000 bail after she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer the charge of larceny.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Holder Roger Federer produced an hour of sublime quality to crush Rafa Nadal 6-3 6-0 at the ATP World Tour Finals yesterday and clinch a place in the last four with a match to spare.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate Stabroek News on its 25th anniversary.

Trinidadian football coach Jamaal Shabazz seems to be caught up in a tug-of-war between two countries desperate to secure his services just weeks after he sent his country’s national team crashing out of the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition.

The Ministry of Local Government urged more community input in the municipal budget preparation and implementation when the municipalities submitted their 2012 budgets at a recent meeting.

Dear Editor, At 12.54 am today, November 21, I finished reading a statement by Minister Robert Persaud, a young star of the People’s Progressive Party and its Civic partner in the PPP’s token version of a government of national unity.

Justice William Ramlall yesterday ordered lawyers for the Raj Singh faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) to prove their innocence against the contempt action filed by Roger Harper.

Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Develop-ment, Norman Whittaker is pleased at the pace at which work on the $82.9M Mahaica Market is progressing and is confident that it will be finished on schedule.

Dear Editor, The 65-year-old Sheila Holder who was also a member of parliament was a stalwart who championed the causes of all Guyanese.

By Iva Wharton Three months on the job and the new Sports Coordinator at the University of Guyana, Laver Fraser-Thomas is already making inroads into the development of sports on the Campus.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s  parliament passed a bill on protecting state secrets yesterday  despite criticism at home and abroad that it harks back to  apartheid legislation and makes it easier for corrupt officials  to conceal graft.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings has been banned for life for failing a drugs test last June.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada could be admitting people  who are security threats or carrying serious diseases because  its visa system is badly flawed, a parliamentary watchdog  warned yesterday.

Dear Editor, While we are in the midst of a very intense election campaign where the majority of Guyanese are hoping for a change of government, the continued harrassment and disrespect Guyanese passengers have to endure  travelling on Caribbean Airlines must be brought to the fore.

(Reuters) – The eagerly-awaited rematch between Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico and Mexico’s Antonio Margarito will go ahead as planned in New York next month after officials finally gave the go ahead for the world title fight to proceed.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – With one of the world’s  most expensive yachts and a cricket and Formula One team, Kingfisher Airlines’ billionaire Chairman Vijay Mallya is known as “King of the Good Times” for a jet set lifestyle that shadowed India’s own rise as an economic power.

Dear Editor, Thank you for sharing with your faithful readers in Guyana and worldwide ‘25 years of Stabroek News,‘ for I was so pleased to meet again Uncle Cheddi and Bro Eusi (with less hair) and Granny Janet walking out of Parliament building. 

WARSAW, (Reuters) – The wife of Nobel  prize-winning Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa describes the  loneliness and domestic grind she faced as her husband rose to  power in a frank biography that is causing a stir in the country  even before its official release.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News and Kaieteur News are the nation’s only independent newspapers in a country dominated by state media.

(Reuters) – A preliminary hearing for former Penn State University assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on child sex abuse charges has been postponed until mid-December, court officials said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News and Kaieteur News are the nation’s only independent newspapers in a country dominated by state media.

Jewan Persaud, manager of the East Coast Jaguars Cricket Team which participated in the current Pepsi/Carib Beer Twenty20 competition has written the West Indies Cricket Board over the alleged “incorrect and unfair practice of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

An intruder set this tractor afire on Sunday evening while it was parked in the yard of the Lusignan Golf Course.

A Guyana representative beach football team reached the semi-finals of an invitational tournament in Trinidad and Tobago last week before bowing out of the competition.

Dear Editor, In the run-up to the general election no political party has addressed the following issues with conviction – issues that are necessary prerequisites if our country is to move forward.

 CAIRO – Under fierce pressure from street protests, Egypt’s  army chief promised yesterday to hand over to a civilian  president by July and made a conditional offer for an immediate  end to army rule.

The Ministry of Health collected about 55 pints of blood on Saturday from a blood drive hosted by the West Demerara Arya Samaj and the Vreed-en-Hoop Arya Samaj.

CAPITAN GIMENEZ, Paraguay, (Reuters) – No one  thought to mention it when they heard whispers and rustling in  the bushes near the police station in Capitan Gimenez, assuming  it was the hushed voices of lovers in the dark.

In 1984 I had $24,000 in the bank and now I have $10 million and my less discerning friends tell me I am doing well.

Politikles

The Guyana Cricket Board has announced that the encampment for the  Under-17 team and its standby players will commence tomorrow.

Diana Kaulesar (centre) was recently admitted to the bar after successfully completing the Legal Education Certificate at the Hugh Wooding Law School.

Hopes in the wider world that Egypt would have settled down, and be on the way to settling a new constitutional system after the overthrow last February of President Mubarak’s quasi-military regime, have been dashed by the widespread rioting commencing last week.

Dear Editor, There can be no doubt that Guyana has come a far way since the assumption to office of the PPP/C on October 5, 1992.