Daily Archive: Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. today condemned the conduct of Police Commissioner Henry Greene in the matter that has led to a rape investigation against him and called on him to resign saying that he was unfit to hold any public office.

The Guyana Government today denied that its Memorandum of Understanding with the ANSA McAl group for a biofuel project was a “secret” deal.

(Barbados Nation) The man charged in connection with arson of his home and the death of his brother is now facing a murder charge.

The strike called by University of Guyana lecturers and staff has been called off, following successful talks between the unions, the university’s administration and the Ministry of Labour earlier today.

Minister Jennifer Webster is re-launching the national Domestic Violence Campaign in March – so says the state paper.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian military took its bombardment of the rebel-held Baba Amro district of Homs into a fourth week  today as the Red Cross tried to evacuate more distressed civilians from the city.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea threatened today to wage a “sacred war” in response to joint military exercises planned by its arch-rival South Korea and the United States, saying it was determined to keep Washington from imposing its political will on it.

KABUL (Reuters) – Two Americans who were shot dead today inside the Interior Ministry in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul are believed to be a colonel and a major in the US military, Afghan security sources told Reuters.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital today to be treated for a “long-standing abdominal complaint”, intensifying concerns about the health of the 93-year-old anti-apartheid leader.

Canadian mining company Reunion Manganese has expended some $1.7 billion in its two years of operation in the Matthew’s Ridge area, but the company laments the shortage of skilled personnel, including geologists, to man its operations.

A meeting of the National Assembly’s Committee of Selection to decide on the composition of parliamentary committees ended in a stalemate yesterday as the government and the opposition remained divided over the numbers.

University of Guyana (UG) lecturers and staff upped the ante on the administration yesterday by announcing that they would be on a three-day strike commencing on Monday.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand’s announcement that officials are working to fulfil the major conditions of a loan to upgrade the science and technology faculties of the University of Guyana (UG) signals progress on crucial financing, which the World Bank has said can open new doors for the institution.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday lamented the low quality of the delivery of nursing education by the Guyana School of Nursing and vowed that if no remedial action is taken in one month the tutors could be called off the job to pressure the Health Ministry into creating a more conducive environment.

A 47-year-old Berbice woman was brutally murdered at her home at Mynderse Street, Schenectady, New York, on Thursday by a jealous boyfriend who cut her throat and later committed suicide.

The suspect in the Mash day shooting of two women, including one who was pregnant, remained under guard yesterday and is expected to be charged with a number of offences including robbery under arms and discharging a loaded firearm.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has announced the winners in its inaugural National Mashramani Child Art Competition and Exhibition which formed part of its programme to celebrate Guyana’s 42nd Republic Anniversary.

Striking Blairmont Estate workers have returned to work but rains and the inability to burn canes in the inclement weather have limited their deployment.

A new study has found that the less secure citizens in Latin America and the Caribbean feel, the lower is their support for democracy.

The Caricom Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month and the milestone is seen as an important occasion for the creation of a culture of quality in the region.

Guyana is one of six Caribbean countries targeted by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) International for a Cdn$23.2M project to bolster local economic development.

Sexual reproductive health has been chosen as the topic from which all the moots for this year’s Ministry of Health Schools’ Debate Competition would be formed, with the rising number of sexually active youths being one of the main reasons.

Lawrence and George Norton of APNU and Khemraj Ramjattan of the AFC.

Over two weekends in March, the Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the Catholic Church in Guyana will hold a series of workshops aimed at providing expert training in the prevention of domestic violence.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Shawn Rodney, more than a month after he allegedly brutally murdered his wife at Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, before fleeing to neighbouring Suriname.

By Emmerson Campbell Will the ‘Big Truck’ roll over the ‘Sniper’ or will the ‘The Sniper’ shoot down the ‘Big Truck’?

Four men were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged over the armed robberies at Cummings Lodge on Monday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies batsman Narsingh Deonarine and Leon Johnson stroked accomplished half-centuries but Guyana lost a clatter of wickets in the last session to surrender their firm grip on the opening day of their Regional Four-Day match against leaders Jamaica yesterday.

Mashramani celebrations started early in Region Six, when the inaugural New Amsterdam parade was held on Thursday.

(Cricinfo) Marlon Samuels, the West Indies all-rounder, has been signed up by Pune Warriors for the next two years.

 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago captain Denesh Ramdin stroked an unbeaten half-century to prop up his side after Windward Islands make key strikes on the opening day of their fourth round encounter in the Regional 4 Day Championship yesterday.

Barbados were yesterday dismissed for 237 in their match against the Combined campuses and Colleges team at Kensington Oval, Barbados yesterday.

A man was arrested on Thursday night after a police search on a house at No.

A few weeks after he copped the second runner-up position in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GT&T) first ever Bollywood segment of the Jingle and Song Competition, 23-year-old Joel Pharous dropped four hot tracks on the local market and is expected to release an album by May.

The withdrawal of Alpha United Football Club has put the fifth staging of the NAMILCO Football Festival in limbo.

It is indeed commendable that the International Cricket Council (ICC), the world governing body for cricket, has recognized that all is not well with its governance of the sport and as a result set up a commission to look at its present structure.

Theatre has always had its place in Guyana; though there have been times when it was at a low.

The 2012 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Inter- County Under-19 tournament is set to bowl off in May, a press relase from the Guyana Cricket Board yesterday stated.

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana opened its doors at a time (October 1963) when our leaders had the capacity for big dreams, and had the hearts and minds to match those dreams, even if they couldn’t escape being manipulated into remaining divided. 

A man was yesterday jailed for three years and fined $15,000 for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

Hi Everyone, Every West Indian familiar with Chinese cuisine, refuses to make any of their favourite Chinese dishes without a few sprinklings of Chinese Five-spice powder added to their food.

By Iva Wharton A possibility for revenge is how Guyanese Lightweight Revlon Lake views his matchup against Barbadian Miguel Antoine when the two clash today for the WBC Super Lightweight title in the WBC Cup of Champions.

The Scene Cartoon

KABUL (Reuters) – Twelve people were killed yesterday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO military base with riot police and soldiers on high alert braced for more violence.

A Campbellville man was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on drug charges, including selling cannabis to a policeman.

Dear Editor, Amidst the backballing and the self congratulatory messages about our Republican status, there is a horror story under-reported in the press.

Dear Editor, Guyana is home. It will always be my home even though I have spent over twenty-five years away from its homely embrace.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat swept aside Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks 102-88 on Thursday as the NBA’s latest sensation was given a reality check by an All-Star laden team who extended their winning streak to eight games.

(Reuters) – The first wounded and sick women trapped in the most embattled district of the Syrian city of Homs have been evacuated, and talks were held to evacuate more on Saturday, while pressure mounted on President Bashar al-Assad’s government to call a ceasefire and let in humanitarian aid.

Dexter Wills, of Lot 20 Prospect, East Bank Demerara yesterday appeared before Magistrate Allan Wilson to answer charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking The court heard that on February 22, Wills, 42, was rounded up with several other persons with the suspicion

Guyana’s number one annual satirical production, The Link Show, produced by The Theatre Company and GEMS Theatre Productions and sponsored by GT&T will play for three more nights next weekend at the National Culture Centre (NCC).

A tractor for Malali

ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) – In a secret location, somewhere among the sandstone and concrete buildings of the straggling mountain town of Zintan, Libya’s most prominent prisoner awaits his fate.

Dear Editor, As one who grew up in the sugar industry in Guyana and whose parents and relatives worked for this now beleaguered industry, I would like to ask a simple question. 

HOBART, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka chased down 280 with four balls to spare to clinch a confidence-boosting three-wicket win over Australia in their one-day match in Hobart yesterday and take top spot in the tri-series tournament.

Trevor Merriman, 22, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with using an ice pick to rob another man.

By Jairo Rodrigues Mosa Telford is an impeccable example of the potential of the dramatic arts in Guyana.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned yesterday after just four months in office, plunging the country into political paralysis in the midst of rebuilding efforts two years after a devastating earthquake.

The body of Martin Thompson was yesterday morning found in the Mazaruni River some distance from where the boat he was in capsized on Tuesday.

The endurance of the nation’s top cyclist will be fully tested this weekend in back-to-back cycling events organized by national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When the curtain rises on the Oscars tomorrow, nervous anticipation will, as usual, fill the theatre at the world’s top film awards, but this year movie fans can relax.

VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has sharply stepped up its controversial uranium enrichment drive, the UN nuclear agency said yesterday in a report that will further inflame Israeli fears the Islamic Republic is pushing ahead with atomic bomb plans.

Dear Editor, The tabling of a new constitution for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) through Parliament will become a reality via the government-initiated, Clive Lloyd-led Interim Management Committee (IMC).

A ‘Mash’ mess

(NY Daily News) Jordin Sparks had the chance to work with Whitney Houston on the pop icon’s final movie, Sparkle, and paid tribute to her co-star Thursday.

In one of her final reports from the Syrian city of Homs, the American war correspondent Marie Colvin described the experience of watching a two-year old child die from a shrapnel wound.

Dear Editor, Whatever positives are derived from the current parliamentary configuration over the remainder of the current term could depend in large measure on the pivotal role of the Alliance For Change as a headliner and not a mere footnote in ongoing political deliberations.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin will reclaim the Kremlin’s top job by winning two thirds of the vote in a March presidential election, but Russia’s alpha-dog leader may face growing resentment against his rule, the last major poll before the vote showed yesterday.

politikles

Lately, female deities have fascinated me. Having grown up as a woman in a Christian home, I sorely felt the lack of having a female deity.

Another Swiss system chess tournament commences to-day. The Demerara Distillers Ltd.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The New York Times is reporting that federal prosecutors in Manhattan have asked a judge to impose a 23-year prison sentence on confessed Jamaican crime lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

(Trinidad Express)  An unnecessary level of muscle was used in the two police raids on media houses, particularly the one on Newsday, given the nature of the complaint, chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Dr Ramesh Deosaran said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) After the 2006 kidnapping and subsequent murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, the audit committee of CLICO never met, the insurance giant’s former corporate secretary Geoffrey Leid stated yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Geoffrey Leid yesterday described his decision to assume the role of CLICO’s corporate secretary as “probably the biggest mistake” of his life.

(Trinidad Express) The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday gave Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs a damning report.