Daily Archive: Monday, March 5, 2012

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) are reporting that six persons including a 13-year-old girl were killed in Denham Town in West Kingston this afternoon during what they say was an intense gun-battle between themselves and gunmen.

Banks DIH feted about 700 senior citizens

Family members of accused Ponzi scheme mastermind R. Allen Stanford gathered at Houston’s federal courthouse today, expressing belief in his innocence as a jury deliberated fraud allegations presented in a six-week trial, the Houston Chronicle reported.

(Barbados Nation) Former Opposition Leader Mia Mottley wants Government to set up urgently a company to take whatever assets CLICO has left and pay the poor and sick who have pumped millions into the troubled insurance company.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States should lead an international effort to protect key population centres in Syria through air strikes on President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, U.S.

GPL yesterday experienced two total generation system shutdowns in Demerara. A release from the corporation today said that the first occurred at 0:10 hrs when a Wartsila unit at Garden of Eden (GOE) experienced an electrical fault, and at 14:30 hrs as a result of a burnt jumper on one of the main feeders at Sophia.

GAWU President Komal Chand has warned that some persons and groups are using the name of the late former President Cheddi Jagan in their bid to undermine the working class.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0715h today on Lombard Street, Georgetown, and which resulted in  the death of Savitree Chandra, 30 years of Covent Garden, EBD.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government and opposition blamed each other today for a violent melee at a campaign stop by presidential candidate Henrique Capriles in which several people were injured by bullets.

(Jamaica Observer) West Indies batsman Runako Morton died in a car crash on the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Trinidad last night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police patrols in the Diego Martin area have been intensified because of a resurgence of gang warfare in the area.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) is describing as “inaccurate” statements made in Parliament, during the debate on the motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister, and subsequently reported in the media, about Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs.

This newspaper trusts that the statement from Mr Lester Bird regarding the current state of West Indies cricket will not be ignored by West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Dr Julian Hunte and others in his executive.

(Jamaica Gleaner) On the back of record remittances in 2011 that narrowly edged out pre-recession highs, companies in the money services sector say they are expecting the pace of inflows to improve even further this year and are edging their bets through network expansion and new partnerships.

“I didn’t feel frighten but I been jus swimming all the time and hoping for reach the green bush”, the words of Deochand Massidas who survived Wednesday’s boat mishap along the Waini Coast in the North West District(NWD).

Nearly three years after an acrimonious labour dispute erupted between Russian bauxite company, Rusal and the union representing its workers, Minister of Labour, Dr.

The government ought not to be disturbed by a budget that is determined by opposition votes in the National Assembly as it will be those parties that will have to answer to the electorate if the budget fails to deliver, former Speaker of the House, Ralph Ramkarran says.

By Emmerson Campbell He might be a `Teeny Bopper’ but rising cycle star Raynauth Jeffrey has once again proven that he has what it takes to compete with the big boys.

It was supposed to be an Appreciation Dinner to reward persons and organizations that have done much to enhance the ideals of the Olympic Movement and Olympic sports.

A driver of a car is in critical condition after a collision at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara around 7:30pm yesterday.

Fifty families now own their own homes through an $80 million project in the Adventist village, Hosanna, in the Mashabo Settlement on the Essequibo River compliments of Food for the Poor (FFTP) and the Stoner family of the USA.

By Iva Wharton Players from the Malteenoes Table Tennis Club stand a better chance at securing places on the national team for the upcoming Caribbean Championship, according to Coach Idi Lewis.

The methodology used by the late President Dr. Cheddi Jagan on national issues is more relevant than obsolete to many of the challenges facing Guyana  today, according to President Donald Ramotar.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has shortlisted players to represent Guyana at the Pre-Cadet tournament in Jamaica, the Cadet/Juniors in Cuba, and Senior’s Caribbean Championship in Dominica Republic.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman says that his continued holding of the position of the AFC’s List Representative is a “non-issue.”

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) says it will stage a Super 16 men, a Super 8 women and a Veterans table tennis tournament later this month.

A 12-year-old boy narrowly escaped death on Saturday when a lantern post fell in his path after a canter crashed into it and subsequently spun out of control, pitching the child into a nearby trench before hitting a second lantern post and coming to a halt.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Former Antigua and Barbuda prime minister Lester Bird has called on the West Indies Cricket Board to end its shut out of Chris Gayle and has given head coach Ottis Gibson a failing grade for his management of the team’s senior players.

Dear Editor, I have two concerns which on the surface appear unrelated but which both raise questions about who is giving service and who is being protected.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Russia’s presidential election yesterday and, tears rolling down his cheeks, said it was a historical turning point that had prevented the country falling into the hands of enemies trying to usurp power.

(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 yesterday.

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.

Dear Editor To say that I’m perturbed would be putting it mildly.

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

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Marquee players Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin played key roles as West Indies Women beat India Women by three wickets yesterday, to complete a 2-1 win in their three-match One-Day International series.

With a reported 5,900 people living with HIV/AIDS, a seminar involving several agencies on Friday homed in on the link between the disease and gender-based violence.

Dear Editor, People are well aware that the November 28, 2011 general and regional elections created a minority government, with the opposition controlling parliament by a mere one seat.

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker on Thursday engaged residents and council members of the Crabwood Creek and Number 52-Number 74, Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and heard complaints about roads.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The post of Cricket Committee chairman will come under the spotlight when the International Cricket Council’s Chief Executives’ Committee meet in Dubai starting today.

The progress women have made Photos and interviews by Frances Abraham and Lakhram Bhagirat In anticipation of International Women’s Day which will be observed on March 8, we asked the man and woman in the street what their thoughts are about the progress women have made over the years, their roles in society today and to identify one woman who should be recognized for her outstanding contributions.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – The Red Cross delivered emergency aid to areas around the battered Baba Amro district of the Syrian city of Homs yesterday, but was blocked for a third day from entering the former rebel bastion amid reports of bloody reprisals by state forces.

Dear Editor, Biofuels are frequently portrayed as ‘clean fuel‘ and considered to be carbon neutral, since CO2 emitted through combustion of motor fuel is reabsorbed by growing more sugarcane rendering the balance practically zero.

The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) will gather in Dubai today and tomorrow for a routine meeting.

Dear Editor, The winner of the convoluted vote count and parliamentary seat allocation system in Guyana allows for the party with the most votes across the country to control the Presidency, the Ministries and other Government Agencies.

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 tumour.

Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn has thanked all commuters of the Demerara Harbour Bridge for their patience while the bridge was closed to vehicular traffic for an extended period yesterday.

Rory Fraser is Professor of Forest Economics and Policy at Alabama A & M University.

Women’s contribution to the county of Berbice was praised on Friday when the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) held its annual observance for International Women’s Day and women were urged to keep fighting for equal rights since this battle was far from over.

(Jamaica Gleaner) WESTERN BUREAU: Fortune 500 company Convergys, one of the largest ICT organisations worldwide, will open a Jamaican call centre in Montego Bay, creating an initial 1,000 jobs with a footprint to expand to 3,000.

According to Transparency International, in a functioning democracy power is entrusted to elected officials for the benefit of society at large, and not for the personal benefit of the individual who holds it.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Ganga Persaud has said that Neighbhourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) have an extremely useful role in Guyana’s continued development, but while some NDCs have been fulfilling this role, others have not been so successful.

Dear Editor, Soon, the first hundred days of the new presidency would be over. 

 (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 on Saturday of their leader’s motion.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Australian Dav Whatmore has been appointed Pakistan’s head coach for two years, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced  yesterday.

In the March 2nd edition of Stabroek News a Trinidad Express report was carried on the harvesting of what has been described as the first-ever commercially viable onion crop in the Twin-Island Republic.

(Trinidad Express) The Government has a multi-million-dollar headache it is trying to get rid of—the MV Su.