Articles published on Friday, February 3, 2012
The ex-chief financial officer for Texas tycoon Allen Stanford’s businesses says the financier squirreled away millions of dollars from investors to a secret Swiss bank account that he used to pay for personal expenses, bribes to regulators and employee bonuses, according to the Associated Press.
The Ministry of Agriculture this evening said that flooding in the Pomeroon is at a critical level.
(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that it has taken a decision to move the Third Digicel Test which was originally scheduled to be played at the Guyana National Stadium.
The Guyana Police Force wishes to inform the general public that the following streets of Georgetown have been made one-way with effect from January 31, 2012: First Street West, between Cummings Street and Albert Street Second Street East, between Cummings Street and Albert Street Third Street West, between Cummings Street and Albert Street Fourth Street East, between Cummings Street and Albert Street Fifth Street West, between Cummings Street and Albert Street Sixth Street East, between Cummings Street and Albert Street Sendall Place North, between Croal Street and Hadfield Street Robb Street West, between Orange Walk and Albert Street Albert Street South, between Regent Street and North Road Light Street North, between Regent Street and North Road Cummings Street South, between Church Street and Lamaha Street Peter Rose Street North, between Lamaha Street and Laluni Street Alexander Street North, between Barr Street and Sandy Babb Street
(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has announced that Guyana’s third and fourth round matches in the Regional 4 Day Tournament will be held in St Kitts and Antigua respectively.
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the financial affairs of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee disclosed today.
(Reuters) – India ran out four Australian batsmen in a brilliant fielding effort before surviving a late attack of nerves to win the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets with two balls to spare today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police on Thursday night charged the principal of a prestigious Maraval primary school with cruelty against a child under the Childrens’ Act.
(Trinidad Guardian) Cabinet has approved almost TT$100 million for Carnival 2012.
(Jamaica Observer) A Police sergeant who has been implicated in perverting the course of justice and uttering forged documents has fled the island leaving Commissioner of police Owen Ellington, wringing his hands.
PARAMARIBO – Late February, the School of Mining and Mineral Processing will start its first bachelor-level course in mercury-free gold mining in Snesi Kondre (Langa Tabiki).
(de Ware Tijd) BRUSSELS – Suriname has been expelled from the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) for failing to pay its contribution in the past eight years.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Close to half of Red Stripe’s beer manufacturing capacity is now idle, and the plant at Spanish Town Road has cut production time from seven days to five amid falling sales.
(Barbados Nation) The private sector has warned Barbados’ international trade negotiators to tread carefully when it comes to entering deals with Canada.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said today he was resigning after being told he would face criminal charges over allegations that his wife took the blame for a speeding offence that he had committed.
Since the government announced its implementation of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) on December 23, 2011, over the past 42 days the IMC and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) have been at loggerheads.
Three committees have been established by the government and opposition on security, governance and economic matters and government has also undertaken to facilitate a request by the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to meet with and make presentations to the Tax Review Committee that President Donald Ramotar has established.
Two drainage and irrigation workers died in an accident on the Mahaicony Public Road yesterday afternoon after a truck hit a cow and slammed into the pickup in which they were travelling.
Nezaam Ali, the Muslim scholar at the centre of the Turkeyen Masjid child abuse scandal, was yesterday charged with three counts of sexual activity with a child by abusing a position of trust, while police continued to investigate four other reports.
The husband of Sita Reddy, the woman who was found dead with her throat slashed in her home at Craig Village, East Bank Demerara on Wednesday, has been arrested after police investigators found inconsistencies in a statement he had given.
The Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) will be hosting a wake tonight from 19:00 hours for the late Robert Williams at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC), Thomas Lands.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Zorol Barthley has urged Gregory Shillingford to resign from the post of president of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association.
As water released from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) continued to swamp Mahaicony Creek communities yesterday, farmers called for fair compensation and a permanent solution to prevent the recurring flooding.
MALABO, (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea’s lower-league footballers and little-known journeymen will try and upset a side containing household names like Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure at the African Nations Cup tomorrow.
The suspect in the murder of New Amsterdam fireman Delon Colins, who was recently nabbed in Suriname, was yesterday handed over to the Guyana Police Force, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said.
Residents of Black Bush Polder, East Berbice have suffered losses to rice and cash crops and while the floodwater has started to recede in most areas it has remained stagnant in sections of Johanna and Yakusari.
BAGSHOT, England, (Reuters) – Three men will pull on an England senior shirt for the first time and walk out proudly together to face Scotland at Murrayfield tomorrow but the routes they have taken to get there could not have been more different.
The newly installed regional authority at Linden has uncovered some 16 incomplete projects most of which have been paid for in full; some 14 of these projects fall under the purview of one officer.
Softball in Region Ten will become more structured with the recent formation of the Upper Demerara Softball Cricket Association (UDSCA) and now an affiliate member of the Guyana Softball League (GSL).
Bandits on Tuesday escaped with gold and diamond jewellery along with home appliances and cash valued $2 million during an early morning burglary at the home of a Craig resident.
LONDON, CMC – West Indies Women will play a five-match Twenty20 International series against England Women in September this year.
After one of its worst years last year, basketball is set for positive changes this year, and special assistance is being sought from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), according to president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) David Patterson.
Five were recorded in January, representing an increase over the four that occurred during the same period last year.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The world’s leading breast cancer charity, Susan G.
Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Robert Corbin’s letter published in SN on February 1 (‘Ramkarran should have declined nomination for Speaker in 2001’) .
More than a month after an 18-year-old mother of two died of injuries she sustained during a botched abortion, the Medical Council has launched an investigation into the matter.
(Jamaica Observer) Out-of-favour West Indies batsman Brendan Nash said any thought he had of pulling out of the Jamaica cricket set-up was swept aside by the prospect of being a part of the nation’s quest to win a historic fifth consecutive regional four-day title.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – U.S. forces will cede the lead role in combat operations in Afghanistan next year, but will keep fighting alongside Afghan troops, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said yesterday, as the Obama administration struggled to clear up confusion over its Afghan exit strategy.
St, John’s, Antigua (WICB) — The West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional Four-day First-class competition is set to bowl off toiday with the return of PINK ball matches under lights.
Strong performances by Guyana’s private sector-driven agriculture and gold mining sectors provided “significant support” for the country’s post-crisis economic recovery effort in 2011 even as other countries in the region continued to lag behind in their recovery pursuits, according to a January 31 release from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
Two months into the Donald Ramotar presidency, the Govern-ment of Guyana is yet to name a replacement for Manniram Prashad as Tourism Minister though President Donald Ramotar has sought to provide assurances that his government remains committed to the growth of the sector.
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) did not respond to two requests for its input on the teacher vacancy list for the 2012, according to Chief Education Officer Olato Sam.
Dear Editor, I note the letter: ‘Closing date in Teaching Service Commission ad was an error‘ in SN of Thursday, February 2, and I thank Mr P Kandhi, Secretary, Teaching Service Commission, for his thanks.
St John’s, Antigua – (WICB) The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday lauded the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for its support in ensuring that the Antigua leg of the recently concluded Caribbean Twenty20 Tournament was an overwhelming success.
More than a quarter of a century after having seemingly been written off as a failed experiment, the vehicle of the cooperative as an economic option for changing lives, maximizing production, increasing employment levels and contributing meaningfully to the growth of the Guyana economy is in the process of being restored to the national agenda.
Minister of Human Services Jennifer Webster told the Buxton family whose home was destroyed when a plum tree came crashing down on it on Sunday night that government stands ready to provide assistance.
Dear Editor, The situation at the Lusignan East Playground has reached a crisis because the access road around the playground has been damaged owing to the presence of the Courtney Benn Construction company.
Dear Editor, Over the past 15 years, members of the Guyana United Artists have promoted art exhibitions to develop Guyanese awareness of our history and appreciation for Guyana’s cultural diversity under the most difficult circumstances.
We appear over the years to have had a fair degree of difficulty in making up our minds as to whether we will embrace tourism as a high-profile sector and do what is necessary not only to burnish the image of the industry but to take it to another level as far as its contribution to the national economy is concerned.
BAMAKO, (Reuters) – Hundreds of Malians set up barricades and burned tyres in the streets of Bamako yesterday, shutting down the capital in protests against the government’s handling of a rebellion that has seized several northern towns.
Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton granted $10,000 bail to a Trinidad-based Guyanese man accused of using abusive language to his wife, when he yesterday appeared in court to answer to the charges.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal issued a statement yesterday saying he had met all his fiscal obligations after a Spanish website published details about several companies linked to the world number two it said had been set up to drastically trim his tax bill.
(Reuters) – FIFA has requested a full report from Egyptian authorities into the violence at a soccer match in Port Said that left 74 people dead, world soccer’s governing body said yesterday.
Conflict Diamonds
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s cities minister quit yesterday in a widely expected departure that is part of a slow cabinet reshuffle by President Dilma Rousseff at the start of her second year in office.
Dear Editor, Beginning a few weeks ago and up until now dead fish have been washed ashore at 63 beach.
Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton granted bail to a woman and two men who appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to answer to the charge of unlawful wounding, assault and the use of abusive language, respectively.
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Jeff Webb said the Caribbean Football Union is looking to write a new chapter in its history following the bribery scandal that ripped apart the organization last year.
Dear Editor, Firstly, congratulations to both Mr Mark Bender and Dr Ian McDonald on their very informative letters on whom they think was the best/greatest Test batsman ever.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The driving licence system will be digitized.
Minister of Human Services and Social Security Jennifer Webster on Wednesday presented cheques of $20,000 each to the three spouses of the missing crew and cargo members of the Oliver L as the first step in a series of government aid that they would benefit from.
Dedicated Sometime in the not too distant future, the Institute for Private Enterprise Development (IPED) will hold its 26th Annual General Meeting to discuss the performance of the organization over the last year, and most likely attend to other housekeeping matters.
Banks DIH Ltd’s Chairman Clifford Reis told shareholders at the 56th Annual General Meeting last week that the company intends to focus on “a concerted export drive.”
Dear Editor, I wish to thank notable Guyanese Mr Sasenarine Singh (no known relation) for adding his voice to the call for speedier trials for persons in prison in his letter, which appeared in the Stabroek News on January 31 (‘Persons should not languish for years in jail without a preliminary inquiry being held’).
LONDON, (Reuters) – For Daniel Radcliffe, it’s time to forget Harry Potter.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Celebrated boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali’s cornerman in his greatest fights, died on Wednesday at the age of 90.
(Barbados Nation) A man was shot at point blank range on a minibus in full view of several stunned passengers in Pine/Wildey, St Michael, on Wednesday night.
Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton granted $15,000 bail to a Laing Avenue woman accused of using abusive language to two of her neighbours, when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer to the charges.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The discovery in Mexico of almost $2 million cash in the luggage of a state government official has triggered a round of mud-slinging in the run-up to the presidential election in July.
Dear Editor, For this month of January 2012, three persons I knew very well who contributed in their own way to make society a better one, died.
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Bollywood stars better watch out. Movie fans in India are handing out their own version of the Razzies, the annual Oscars spoof that spotlights Hollywood’s worst performances.
(Reuters) – Milwaukee continued to relish the role of giant-killers when a storming second-half performance led the Bucks to a 105-97 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbadian pop quartet CoverDrive went to No. 1 on the British singles charts Sunday with its track Twilight, which was only released last week.
Lack of financing and an effective local lobby as well as the high cost of taking advantage of potentially lucrative overseas markets continue to inhibit the local craft industry both as a source of secure employment for Guyanese and as a significant money-earner for the economy, according to Managing Director of Amazon Authentics, Irene Bacchus-Holder.
Twenty-five legal and non-legal professionals completed an Advanced Mediation Training Programme which concluded with a Certificate Award Ceremony at the Little Rock Hotel, New Amsterdam, Berbice, last Friday, the U.S.
The Muslim Youth League of Guyana
(Trinidad Guardian) With a career spanning over 20 years, Rikki Jai is a name synonymous in both the chutney and soca arenas and, of course, the mixing of the two distinctively Trini rhythms into what is commonly known as chutney soca.
From my teenaged years, through adulthood to my current pre-seventies, a word associated with my Guyana, which I’ve long been impatient with, is “potential.”
A 42-year-old man who allegedly snatched a gold chain from a woman while she was in a minibus was on Wednesday remanded to prison after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
University of Guyana
Wednesday’s editorial, ‘Britain and Caricom,‘ raised a few questions about the coordination, coherence, efficiency and efficacy of Caricom’s collective diplomacy.
Dear Editor, It is with no surprise the politically-motivated Guyana Media Proprietors’ Association (GMPA) has launched its attack against the issuance of radio licences.
(Reuters) – Construction workers’ strikes at Brazil’s World Cup venues continue to plague preparations for the 2014 showpiece with the northeastern city of Salvador hit by a stoppage in demand of improved wages on Wednesday.
Parliamentarians
(Trinidad Express) A man who was among three persons who stormed the Trou Macaque, Laventille, community early yesterday and opened fire on three men was himself killed during the incident.
(Trinidad Express) Despite positive reports from his San Fernando East Constituency office, former Prime Minister Patrick Manning is unable to walk without help, or speak clearly, 12 days after he suffered a stroke at his home in San Fernando.
