Daily Archive: Saturday, December 31, 2011

Police said that during yesterday they conducted a drug eradication operation along the Lower Berbice River.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – President Goodluck Jonathan  declared a state of emergency today in parts of Nigeria  plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and ordered shut the  borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger in the northeast.

By Mark McGowan With the opposition feeling that there are still too many unanswered questions surrounding the Amaila Falls Hydropower project, the entire project is likely to undergo scrutiny in the National Assembly in the days ahead.

The November 28 elections came and went without too much fuss or fanfare.

Today the Guyana Police Force announced several new postings at command level which take effect from tomorrow.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The team from the Organisation of American States (OAS) that observed Jamaica’s parliamentary elections on Thursday has proposed several measures it said could improve the country’s electoral machinery.

(Trinidad Express) Should they return to the Beverly Hills, Laventille, area after being relocated to San Juan several years ago, death would be imminent.

(Trinidad Express) West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) president Dinanath Ramnarine warned the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) against imposing sanctions against the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) that will negatively affect players’ ability to practise their trade or profession.

Opposition parties APNU and AFC are still deadlocked over who should be the Speaker of the National Assembly, while the government yesterday voiced its concern over the ongoing negotiations between the two parties outside of the agreed tripartite engagement.

A dedicated channel airing China’s English Language CCTV9 will come on air next year, fulfilling an agreement that had its genesis since 2004.

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) says its call for the boycott of several business organisations has worked and critical issues, including the appointment of a new police commissioner, will remain on the front burner in the new year.

Approximately one year to the date he was sacked as advisor to the then President Bharat Jagdeo, veteran PPP member Navin Chandarpal was reinstated in the same capacity by President Donald Ramotar.

President Donald Ramotar and all ministers of government will be present at the National Stadium to witness the finals of this year’s Kashif and Shanghai football tournament tomorrow and to publicly demonstrate their support to the organizers, who have been subjected to a boycott organized by opposition supporters.

Hits and Jams Entertainment’s ‘Night of Elegance’ will be staged at the Promenade Gardens this evening, after government intervened to allow the use of the location which was denied by Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green.

A man was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in jail after he was found guilty of trying to kill his common-law wife and attempting suicide.

A family outing to the St Cuthbert’s Mission along the Mahaica River on Thursday ended tragically when 13-year-old Anand ‘Joey’ Ramdeo of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara drowned after the canoe he was paddling in capsized in the river.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (MoAA) has concluded the distribution of flood relief to victims affected by July’s flood in the Rupununi, with Minister Pauline Sukhai indicating that over $64 million was spent in the process.

The drafting of legislation aimed at making the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) a legal entity will be among four main objectives of the Interim Management Committee.(IMC).

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (MoAA) will be pushing ahead with its Hinterland Electrification Project in 2012 with 10,000 more solar panels expected in the country within the first quarter of the new year.

After spending almost three months at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), 10-year-old Sameer Shamshudin was welcomed home by his family on Christmas Eve and is said to be happily adjusting.

West Indian man mountain Kevin McKenzie remembers when he first laid eyes on Broncos captain Sam Thaiday in action.

When Guyanese Kris Ally decided to organise the inaugural all-ages NYE 2K12 Show & Dance, to be held in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada tonight, he had the events of his past which led to a criminal conviction firmly in mind.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher was one of three players dropped yesterday  when South Africa named their squad for next month’s one-day internationals against Sri Lanka.

Ansa McAl yesterday officially launched its 2012 Carib Soca Monarch competition, offering a $1 million first prize.

Jamaican dancehall artiste Konshens and reggae singer Alaine will perform live tonight at the Princess Hotel Poolside.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle thundered again, but failed to limp the Sydney Thunder over the finish line and the Melbourne Renegades claimed a six-run victory in another thrilling finish in the Big Bash Twenty20 League yesterday.

Dear Editor, With reference to the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) in your story ‘No charges against man in Camptown ballot box incident,’ carried on p15 of your Thursday, December 29, issue, we wish to draw to your attention that your report on the EAB is erroneous.

(Reuters) – Boston Celtics All-Star forward Kevin Garnett is investing in American-owned Italian soccer club AS Roma, Boston media reported  yesterday.

Jamaican crooner Dobby Dobson is here to usher Lindeners into the New Year with a live performance at the L and L Social Club in the mining town tonight – New Year’s Eve.

The residents of Kumaka, Mabaruma will soon get a new tarmac at their market in the North West District of Region One.

By Iva Wharton Now that the Guyana Netball Association (GNA)  has become a member of the American Federation of Netball Association (AFNA) improving the quality of umpires and coaches have become a priority for the association President Kim Kyte-John is advocating.

Dear Editor, I have said it before and I say it again: I am not in support of any government running cricket.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Hamilton Green’s missive ‘Questions abound about this specialist hospital’(SN, Dec 29) regarding the establishment of a much needed specialty hospital to perform high-tech surgeries in our country.

Andrew Morris was yesterday sentenced to one month in jail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton, who told him he needed “a wake-up call” after he pleaded guilty to abusing his wife with a piece of wood.

Avishkar Sewkarran became the latest centurion in the 2011 New Building Society (NBS) second division limited overs cricket competition when he slammed a match-winning 101 not out for West Berbice’s team, Bath.

Dear Editor, I have been hearing plenty of talk in Guyana pertaining to international driving permits being issued.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste and West Indies batsman Darren Bravo were named the Trinidad & Tobago Sportswoman and Sportsman-of-the-Year.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The People’s National Party spokesman on finance, Dr. Peter Phillips says the new government’s first priority is to put the economy in a position to achieve greater levels of growth.

Now that he has won the GT&T Jingle and Song Competition, Guyana’s Star Brandon Harding said Guyanese can expect “nuff things and positive vibes” from him.

A man was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail by Magistrate Hazel Octave–Hamilton after he admitted stealing A man who stole a woman’s cellular phone while visiting her home was yesterday sentenced to a three-month jail term.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Syrian security forces,  undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have killed  at least 12 protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated  against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, opposition  activists said.

(Reuters) – Opposition leader Portia Simpson Miller  is set to become Jamaica’s prime minister for a second time  after her People’s National Party, tapping into voter discontent  over mounting economic woes, scored a landslide victory in  general elections.

Dear Editor, It was brought to my attention that a website called OneVoiceCanWin that propagates the views of Mark Archer, Malcolm Harripaul and Lurlene Nestor among other pro-APNU advocates alleged that “I was an AFC representative” and I am “echoing [the] party line.” 

2011 saw some highs on the local entertainment scene as well as some real lows.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant’s injured wrist did not prevent the All Star guard from lifting the LA Lakers to a 99-82 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Thursday.

A man who allegedly used a pair of scissors to rob two persons of their phones and cash was yesterday remanded to prison The accused Bryan Heywood was not required to plead to armed robbery charges after it was read to him by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

SEOUL – North Korea sounded a bellicose note in its first  communication with the outside world since the death of leader  Kim Jong-il, saying its confrontational stance against South  Korea would not change and labelling its opponents “foolish”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Designate Portia Simpson Miller has told victorious People’s National candidates that the new Government will have a huge task to restore hope in Jamaica.

Mark Braithwaite, a miner, was yesterday placed on $85,000 bail after pleading not guilty to an unlawful wounding charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, The Kashif and Shanghai football tournament got under way recently and the Guyanese public is eagerly awaiting the matches of this lucrative and prestigious tournament. 

This pile of garbage has been heaped in front of the Stabroek Market for the past week.

Hi Everyone, I cooked this year but not as much as you would think, due to a rather hectic travel and work schedule.

(Reuters) – San Antonio squashed some of the hype surrounding the revamped Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday with a 115-90 victory that lifted the Spurs to 2-0 in the new season.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a dozen Muslim  community leaders boycotted an interfaith breakfast organized by  Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday to protest reported police  surveillance of Muslim areas since the Sept.

A man was last evening struck down by a police vehicle as he was crossing Saffon Street, in Charlestown.

Dear Editor, Sections of the media seem to still be obsessed with former President Jagdeo. 

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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador vowed yesterday to  press ahead with a plan to shield the Yasuni reserve in the  Amazon jungle from oil companies after international donors  pledged more than $100 million in exchange for the government  not permitting exploration.

Consumers will have to pay more for TCL Guyana Incorporated cement from tomorrow.

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The National Gallery has honoured Guyanese artist extraordinaire Philip Moore, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday and announced that it had printed a special card this month with a reproduction of his colourfully patterned 1966 painting ‘Journey – Rosignol to Georgetown’.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – For the U.S. stock  market, 2011 was a long wild ride to nowhere.

Dear Editor, We Guyanese do make a wish for the New Year, whether it’s personal and private or general, so permit me to share some of my wishes for New Year 2012.

(Barbados Nation) The August 26, 2007 cave-in that claimed the lives of a family of five at Arch Cot, Brittons Hill, St Michael, could have been avoided, and was yesterday described as an act of man forcing the hand of God.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Just one test into the four-match series against Australia and India are confronting the grim reality that they remain international cricket’s slowest starters, especially on tour.

Dear Editor, From my early youth, I was taught that rules were never made to be static, but could be changed or modified to suit prevailing conditions. 

Politikles

I don’t know if you have noticed it, but Guyana’s women are waking up.

(Time Magazine) The list is not about perfection, it’s about the experience the movies provide.

The Board of Directors, Management and staff of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) bid farewell to its Chairman, Juan Edghill at a simple ceremony on Thursday at its Lamaha and Carmichael Streets offices, a release from the GPOC said.

 By Bernd Debusmann    WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – For decades, American foreign  policy on Latin America has gone through cycles of neglect and  concern.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia close out the year on a high after their rousing 122-run victory over India in the first test in Melbourne, but might hope their batsmen have underlined “I shall not throw my wicket away cheaply” at the top of their New Year resolutions.

The news from Syria is chilling. Despite the presence of monitors from the Arab League, the Assad government continues its violent suppression of the protests with complete impunity.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Policyholders and investors Alliance (BIPA) wants an investigation into the auditing of the troubled local operations of CLICO and British American Insurance Company Limited (BAICO).

Government has condemned the recent move by the Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green to have the Promenade Gardens unavailable for the hosting of New Year’s Eve activities by Hits and Jams, which the Government Information Agency said are supporters of the Administration.