Daily Archive: Sunday, March 4, 2012

(Barbados Nation) Police recorded their fourth murder of the year after an 18-year-old St Michael teenager died on the spot after he was stabbed in the chest early this morning.

(Barbados Nation) The man who got killed in a vehicular accident while allegedly fleeing from an armed robbery last night has been identified.

A teenaged sailor who had been missing for over three days after a barge disaster on Wednesday night in the northwest was this morning found and taken to hospital.

The Ministry of Labour has ordered arbitration in a long-running dispute between RUSAL subsidiary Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers union.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela’s October presidential poll, though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumor.

Following a brouhaha over the cancellation of a meeting of the Committee of Selection last Friday, the Committee will now meet on Wednesday for the political parties to identify their nominees to sit on the various parliamentary committees.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Strategic Services Agency (SSA) head Reshmi Ramnarine yesterday confessed to changing her name legally to Shashi Rehka in May last year for security reasons but she denied being employed by the Government.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Coming face-to-face with death is an occupational hazard for members of the police force.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller got solid support from former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Lester Bird, who was scorching as he blasted the West Indies Cricket Board’s treatment of Jamaica in the ongoing Chris Gayle impasse.

(Barbados Nation) Police are investigating another murder. According to reports, an 18-year-old teenager died early this morning following a stabbing incident at the courtyard at St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church.

(Reuters) – David Warner smacked a swashbuckling 163 before Australia weathered a fierce fightback to secure a 15-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first final of the one-day international Tri-series in Brisbane today.

(Barbados Nation) Two more regional governments have reacted to the CLICO International Life (CIL) forensic audit report.

(Trinidad Express) Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has described as a “malicious lie” a report in yesterday’s Express that former head of the Strategic Services Agency, Reshmi Ramnarine, who has changed her name to Shashi Rehka, was working in his ministry.

(Trinidad Express) The longest debate in the history of Parliament concluded yesterday with House Speaker Wade Mark announcing there will be an investigation into an alleged altercation between the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser Gary Griffith and Laventille East Morvant MP Donna Cox.

(Trinidad Express) Contrary to the statements of Government spokespeople over the past week that Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley did not have the support of all his Parliamentarians, and that some of them would vote with the Government, all Opposition members expressed no confidence in Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, voting solidly in support yesterday of their leader’s motion.

(Trinidad Express) Yet another nail has been driven in the coffin of Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs.

Elbert Jack Jnr, one of four crewmen missing after the MV Crisann-V sank on Wednesday, was found alive yesterday, while the reports of a sighting of another saw a search and rescue team deployed to Tiger Beach, an area off of the Pomeroon.

A 35-mile stretch of fair-weather road from which many trails branch off, and a 1½- 2 hour journey will take you from Linden to Ituni in Region 10.

Over two years after a 15-year-old boy was locked-up and fire set to his genitals in a police station, the government has indicated that it is considering settling the matter but only if the youth comes forward.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) would need an additional US$35 million to address growing technical losses as more power is lost in the delivery to the consumer in the lower voltage network.

After almost a month, Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge is yet to receive a response from Minister of Finance Dr.

Many police investigations are being stalled because telephone records are not being provided on request and according to a source this will continue unless the court hands down harsh penalties in keeping with the amended Telecommunications Act.

Introduction Today we continue the review of the Auditor General Report which we commenced a fortnight ago on February 19, 2012.

Sunday’s Cartoon

In a matter of days Caricom heads of government will meet in Suriname.

When I asked Guatemala’s new President Otto Perez Molina whether Central America is rapidly becoming a lawless place run by armed bands, much like Somalia, he shook his head and responded that any comparison with the African country is “exaggerated.”

By Emmerson Campbell There were no surprises when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday selected their team to participate at the upcoming HSBC Sevens World Series tournament in Hong Kong later this month.

Introduction Last week I started a discussion on the notion of tax fairness and equity, which I indicated is an essential feature for all well-functioning tax systems and thus tax reform in Guyana.

By Emmerson Campbell Only the best of the local bodybuilders will be on show at this year’s staging of the third  Hugh Ross Classic billed for July 28 at the National Culture Centre.

Recently-elected Region 8 Chairman Mark Crawford has big plans for the region, which he hopes to transform from an underdeveloped mining zone to a self-sufficient township by the end of his tenure.

Daily life in Guyana, particularly if you pick up the newspapers, knows no shortage of despairing incidents – “jarrings,” I call them – that combine to strain one’s resilience. 

The practice sessions for the Guyana national cricket team arranged by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) continue to be poorly attended.

The Rotary Clubs of Georgetown and Demerara yesterday held a Job Fair

A child who develops a love of reading wins a prize that will last and last until the end of life.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Florida in the United States will host the two Twenty20 Internationals onNew Zealand’s tour of the Caribbean later this year.

Former president of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, could be  playing the role of roving ambassador for the world’s rainforest countries in the preparations for the Rio+20 conference in Brazil in June this year.

As they gathered in Barbados on Friday for two weeks of what the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) described as “fitness testing”, Ottis Gibson and his new assistant, Toby Radford (presumably an official explanation for David Williams’ replacement is to follow), had to go beyond such a narrow remit and, as well, concentrate their players’ minds on the imminent task of confronting the powerful Australians.

Citizens have not been getting enough disclosure from authorities on oil exploration activities here, according to the Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT).

At least four cricket knights will join Sir Vivian Richards in Antigua to celebrate his 60th birthday and to participate in fund-raising drives to realise money to combat cancer.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Friday handed over a fleet of vehicles to the Guyana Police Force including several All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), which are to be dispatched to interior locations.

The spectacular return to competitive squash by former three time Southern Caribbean men’s singles champion Garfield Wiltshire was ended by Ryan Rahaman yesterday at the Georgetown Club.

The Crab Eating Fox (Cerdocyonthous) or Savannah Fox is the only fox that exists in Guyana.

Alpha “the Hammer” United will begin the defence of their National Super League title when they take on Amelia’s Ward United as the League kick off today with five matches at three venues.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces renewed their bombardment of parts of the shattered city of Homs yesterday and for a second day blocked Red Cross aid meant for civilians stranded without food and fuel in the former rebel stronghold, activists and aid workers said.

In the north temperate zone Spring is on its way, and no garden is more famous for its Spring flower display than Keukenhof in the Netherlands.

Football fans can expect a scorcher when Guyana Defence Force (GDF) battle Beacons Football Club in the 5th Annual NAMILCO final this evening at the Tucville ground.

By Earl B John Regrettably so few of us are around to pay tribute to one of the great all-round sportsmen of his generation – Maurice Moore, who died on January 8, 2012, in a nursing home in Toronto, Canada, after languishing for several months during which he reportedly lost conscious touch with his family and the rest of the world.

Relatives of Nalini Bhoge continue to hope that her killer(s) will be found but police investigators say that there is just no evidence to implicate anyone even though they have their suspicions about who planned the brutal crime and a possible motive.

GROSSETO, Italy (Reuters) – The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner was not wearing his glasses on the evening of the accident and asked his first officer to check the radar for him, the officer’s lawyer said yesterday.

Dear Editor, One of the attributes of someone engaged in teaching, as I have been at various times, is the constant and necessary effort to put things over in a manner that facilitates comprehension by students.

Two recent comments in the newspapers revisited the subject of the calypso art form in Guyana. 

Dear Editor, I repeat my brother’s idea of a scorebook audit (‘Let the game decide,’ SN, Feb 17, 2011).

(Reuters) – Rescue teams and residents combed through storm-wrecked towns to assess damage yesterday from a chain of tornadoes that cut a 1,000-mile swath of destruction from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, as the death toll crept up to at least 37 people.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies speedster Fidel Edwards made a losing start to life with the Dolphins in the MiWay Twenty20 Challenge as they went down by 10 wickets to Warriors at Kingsmead here Friday night.

Citizens have not been getting enough disclosure from authorities on oil exploration activities here, according to the Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT).

(Jamaica Observer) The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) — the body responsible for probing police shootings — was kept busy yesterday in the aftermath of 10 police killings in the parishes of St Catherine, Clarendon and St James between Thursday night and Friday morning.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Many people have fought the urge to fall asleep during a boring meeting or the mid-afternoon slump but the problem seems to be more prevalent among airline pilots and train operators.

TEXAS, United States, CMC – Jurors in the criminal trial of disgraced cricket financier Allen Stanford are yet to reach a verdict after deliberating for two days.

As Georgetowners sloshed around in the water last Wednesday, they must have wondered whether it might be worth investing in a wooden boat and paddles, rather than a Toyota or a Hyundai, given that flooding is becoming such a regular feature of existence.

Dear Editor, As the nation approaches the 100-day mark with a new government, the customary evaluation must focus on both the executive and legislative branches, since the management of each is in different hands.

Continued from last week Symptoms The clinical signs associated with this disease are variable.

The Non Profit Organization Hope Guyana  is urgently trying contact a  mother of 11 named Gaitree (only name given) to hand over a house promised to her for some time by the agency.