Daily Archive: Saturday, December 17, 2011

Articles published on Saturday, December 17, 2011

Devonshire Castle man dies in crash

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2130h last night at Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast, and which resulted in the death of Seemangal Singh, 24 years of Devonshire Castle, Essequibo Coast.

REDjet looks to new routes

(Jamaica Observer) Low-cost Caribbean airline carrier REDjet, which last month began flying from Barbados to Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana and Antigua, is looking to add new routes as it begins to fine-tune its operations.

Kartel ordered to pay J$15M in damages

(Jamaica Gleaner) Popular deejay Vybz Kartel, who is facing two murder charges, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay J$15 million in damages to Jamaican promoter Alton Salmon for his failure to perform at a concert in the Turks and Caicos Islands in August 2009.

Patrons used chairs as umbrellas when the rain started at GT&T’s ‘Circus of Dreams,’ just a few minutes after the opening acts began to perform. (Photo by Lakeram Bhagirat)

Rain puts damper on circus

GT&T’s ‘Circus of Dreams’ turned into a nightmare last evening as a downpour began just minutes into the opening act, leaving both performers and their audience with no place to shelter.

Christopher Barnwell

Barnwell to give captaincy his best shot

As the Guyana senior cricket team  begin preparations for next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 tournament that kicks off in Antigua and Barbados from January 10 – 22, arguably the biggest story coming out of Guyana’s 14-man squad selection besides the omission of Ramnaresh Sarwan is  the selection of Christopher Barnwell as captain.

APNU youth up call for Greene to go

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) yesterday continued its call for Commissioner of Police Henry Greene to resign amidst recent allegations of assault that a female has made against him and the shooting of protesters with rubber bullets earlier this month.

Dr Steve Surujbally

Surujbally, Boodoo weighing legal action over APNU remarks

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally and Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodoo are contemplating legal action against opposition coalition APNU, which alleged that they were on the verge of declaring the PPP/C to have won the recent polls by a majority before being corrected by opposition-nominated commissioners.

Hardly “Incredible India”

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Frustrated executives  while away time in five-star hotels waiting for deals that never  come, and civil servants play video games in their offices –  growing signs of the reform limbo and crisis of confidence  behind India’s economic malaise.

Reuters World News Highlights

BEIRUT – Syrian forces killed 13 people yesterday during  widespread protests against President Bashar al-Assad, activists  said, a day after Syria’s big power ally Russia sharpened its  criticism of Damascus in a draft United Nations resolution.

New Jamaica power plant to cost US$602M

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) will be spending J$52 billion (US$602 million) for the construction of a new power plant which will add 360 megawatts of generating capacity to the national grid and replace older generating units.

AB de Villiers

De Villiers’ 99 frustrates Sri Lanka

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – AB de Villiers fell one short of a 13th test century  yesterday after helping South Africa into a commanding position on the second day of the first test against Sri Lanka at Centurion.

 Rupert  Murdoch

James Murdoch looks lonelier after week of probes

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The methodical dissection  in courtrooms across London this week of events at Rupert  Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the World tabloid has finally  destroyed the company’s long-held defence about phone-hacking  and left son James more isolated than ever.

Caption-Cadet officer- The Cadet Officers on parade on the Drill Square at Camp Ayanganna yesterday.

15 graduate from Standard Officers Course

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday hosted an Ensigncy Parade at the Drill Square at Camp Ayanganna for the Standard Officers’ Course #44, which was completed by ranks from the army, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Guyana Prison Services (GPS).

Bhoendradatt Tewarie

Private sector queries key T&T tender

(Trinidad Express) Nine private sector/civil society groups have written to Planning and Economy Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, expressing concern that the request for proposals (RFP) and tendering process for the development of Invaders Bay is still on.