Daily Archive: Sunday, December 11, 2011

Acting on information received, at about 2155h last night, police ranks went to Melanie Damishana, ECD, where an unlicensed .22 pistol was found.

The PPP/C says it is shocked at the discovery today that three containers holding ballot boxes from the November 28 general elections were breached at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara.

(Jamaica Observer) Twenty-nine-year-old Therese Morrison, a mother of two, was last night shot dead and her two children shot and injured at their home in Greenvale, Deeside, Trelawny.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – West Indian all-rounder  Kieron Pollard blasted 10 sixes but his power-packed maiden  century was not enough to avert a 34-run defeat against India in  the fifth and final one-dayer today.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean mecca of cricket could soon be powered by the sun.

(Barbados Nation) Eleven Government Members of parliament (MPs) – including seven senior Cabinet ministers – yesterday affixed their signatures to a formal letter and immediately dispatched it to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart requesting an “urgent” audience.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce has called for more attention to good governance by business and government in 2012.

(Trinidad Express) Former Prime Minister Patrick Manning said yesterday the Government has offended one of its allies by not being able to allow Cuban President Raul Castro to stay at one of the nation’s leading hotels which he said was owned by the Government.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has apologised to Cuban President Raul Castro who was not allowed to stay at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann’s, for the Caricom/Cuba Summit held last week in Port of Spain.

Guyanese and Queens, New York businessman Ed Ahmad charged with operating a US$50M mortgage fraud scheme in New York is negotiating a plea deal according to a US newspaper.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Climate negotiators agreed  a pact today that would for the first time force all the  biggest polluters to take action on greenhouse gas emissions,  but critics said the action plan was not aggressive enough to  slow the pace of global warming.

Being the wife of the seventh executive President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is something which has not yet quite sunk in for Deolatchmee Ramotar, and if she has her way she would be called Mrs Ramotar instead of First Lady Ramotar.

With the outcome of the recent general elections, former WPA executive member Eusi Kwayana believes Guyana has its best opportunity to end years of bitter rivalry between the major races and he says now is the ideal time for the political parties to work towards a national unity government.

Hague is a small West Coast Demerara village located about 12km away from Vreed-en-Hoop.

Both the Alliance for Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) are in the midst of verifying the Statements of Poll they received from the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) on Thursday, but it is too soon to say what the process will yield.

Police have moved to the court to get phone records from Digicel to help them find the person who killed New Amsterdam taxi driver Trevor Kissoon more than a year ago.

Introduction December 9 was an important day for Guyana. For the first time since 2003 when the United Nations designated the day as International Anti-Corruption Day to raise awareness about corruption as an international and domestic agenda issue, the day was marked with a public activity – a seminar – in which the Government of Guyana took part.

Contrary to what most headlines suggested, and to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s claim that it’s the most important thing to have happened in Latin America in the past 100 years, the new group of 33 Latin American and Caribbean states created at a Dec 3 summit in Venezuela will hardly make it into history books.

Our historians have missed a great deal by placing too much emphasis on the role-play of parties, and political and social factors in writing the pre and post-independence history of our nation. 

Bartica side Mill Ballers Football Club last evening clinched a 2-1 victory over Kuru Kuru Warriors during extra period in the opening match of the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground.

New President Donald Ramotar is anxious to set about realizing the elections campaign goals the ruling party set, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.

I approach the columns I write for Stabroek News appreciating that, among other things, they are likely to trigger discussion.

A recent decision by the European Commission to abolish all quotas on the domestic production of sugar in ACP member states by 2015 could negatively impact the sugar industry in the Caribbean region.

Introduction Last week’s column indicated that, during the coming weeks, I would be assessing the present state of the global crisis, which began in 2008. 

The best teams and players clash today for championship honours when the seventh Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival concludes today at the National Gymnasium.

The UK Treasury’s failure to reform Britain’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) leaves the Caribbean’s relations with the United Kingdom in a difficult place. After

MOSCOW (Reuters) – In the middle of the crowd yesterday at Russia’s largest opposition protest in years, a big banner bore a simple message: Putin must go.

Dear Editor, Now that we have a new government in place, I would like to beseech the President to reverse the stoppage of state advertisements to the private newspapers. 

Jamaali Homer held off a stiff challenge from Priscilla Greaves to take the under-13 girls title in the ongoing National Table Tennis Championships yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Although the matter has not yet been settled by the opposition parliamentary parties, APNU leader David Granger is likely to be the opposition leader when the 10th Parliament of Guyana convenes shortly.

The president and directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are, no doubt, closely following developments down under, in their Australian counterpart, Cricket Australia.

President Donald Ramotar sees the minority government in the 65-seat National Assembly as a tool that could be used to build the trust that for decades has been elusive among politicians and he hopes the opposition would stick to deals when they are struck so that the spinoff will positively affect the business community.

Dear Editor, It would be interesting to learn whether the Ministers of Government who have recently demitted their respective offices were provided with the statutory notice of termination, or offered pay in lieu.

Anyone who writes about life must think about death. It is not being morbid to do so.

By Emmerson Campbell A celebratory dinner was hosted on Thursday night by Stanley Ming and his wife for the Guyana men’s rugby team for earning their sixth consecutive North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Sevens title at the residence of the president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Kit Nascimento.

(Barbados Nation) The decades old row between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago over fishing rights may be headed for calmer waters.

Champa Seenarine is living every mother’s worst nightmare. More than a year ago, her daughter Babita Sarjou vanished without a trace and though she has her suspicions, gathering enough evidence and getting the police to pay an interest has been extremely difficult.

Dear Editor, It is still possible for ex-President Jagdeo to leave a positive legacy to the nation which he served so articulately these last ten years.

LIMA (Reuters) – President Ollanta Humala replaced his prime minister yesterday with a former army officer who was his instructor in the military in an unexpected cabinet shakeup that stunned Peru.

There is a plot among some regional administrators to remove Daren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), so says president of WIPA Dinanath Ramnarine.

More than a dozen persons were injured yesterday afternoon when a speeding Route 44 minibus trying to beat the red light collided with a car at the corner of Camp and Lamaha streets before plunging head-on into the canal.

Peter Webber’s Girl With a Pearl Earring is this week’s Classic Tuesdays film presented by the National Gallery at Castellani House.

Christmas shopping seems to have started: Regent Street was packed with shoppers and vehicles yesterday.

The Dharm Shala has issued its annual appeal to the public to continue its humanitarian work.

Dear Editor, I have been an ardent follower and admirer of Ronnie Sarwan ever since his Test debut against Pakistan in 2000, and have been mesmerized by his undoubted class which has gained the admiration of no less than Ted Dexter, Viv Richards and a host of other cricket cognoscenti around the world.

DURBAN (Reuters) – The chairwoman of UN climate talks urged delegates to approve a compromise deal on fighting global warming in the interests of the planet, but a deal remained elusive as rich and poor states traded barbs over the limited scope of the package.

CHENNAI, India, IANS/CMC – Both the Indian and West Indian camps seem unanimous that the Chepauk pitch will be slow and might assist spinners in the fifth and final game of the One-Day International series here today.

Mexico gave us the Aztecs, the delicious tacos and very large hats.

Dear Editor, It is interesting that Mr Raul Khan, a resident of Diamond Housing Scheme, wrote in very condescending terms about the garbage pile-up in his area.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban dissidents said yesterday that about 200 people were temporarily detained by the Communist-run island’s security services in the days leading up to an international human rights celebration.

The curtain will come down today on the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA)organized nationwide softball tournament at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Continued from last week Paralysis Usually parlayses are associated with problems of the spinal cord.

President Donald Ramotar continues to serve as the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and is likely to continue holding the post until the party decides on the way forward.

Dear Editor, I was seriously ill on November 28, 2011 and was rushed to the Emergency Department at the Georgetown Public Hospital at about 4 pm.

The Nismes Primary School compound is getting a facelift as the schoolyard and playfield are being weeded and a fish pond that caused concern among teachers and parents is scheduled to be filled with mud.

Suspicion is the curse of this country. There are historical reasons for it, of course, which hardly need any elaboration, but in terms of its consequences it produces all kinds of irrationalities.

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Gunfire erupted in parts of Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, with reports of police firing live ammunition and crowds ransacking shops, a day after election authorities declared President Joseph Kabila re-elected.

When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,” – that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

An 18-team Twenty20 dominoes competition will take place today at the Dynasty Sports Bar.

Sunday Cartoon

The scene in the City Mall yesterday as