Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 8, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate and leading foreign policy voice, was defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed challenger today, the first Senate incumbent ousted in the 2012 election year.

Preliminary investigations into the murder of taxi driver Rajendra Puran do not point in the direction of a carjacking and police are on the hunt for several of his associates, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said today.

Joseph Taylor who was wanted by the police in relation to the attempted murder of Euricka Garraway on 2012-04-04, turned himself in to the police today.

Police today said that Paul Azar of 38 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following investigations into an accident that occurred on November 30, 2011 at Main Road, New Amsterdam, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Mignauth Sumrah of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian chart-topping group Cover Drive yesterday released their first album, Bajan Style, featuring 18 tracks including latest single Sparks, and chart-riders Twilight and Lick Ya Down.

The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) of St Vincent today dismissed reports of volcanic activity at the La Soufriere volcano saying that the stormy weather across the Caribbean may be responsible for the panic among nationals.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc is informing consumers in the Demerara Interconnected System (DIS) that supply to sections of the East Coast and Georgetown was adversely affected yesterday as a result of an intermittent problem  which caused the inadvertent tripping of the circuit breaker linking two  5.5MW generators at the Garden of Eden Wartsila  plant to the system.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a unity government today in a surprise move that could give him a freer hand to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and seek peace with the Palestinians.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The People’s National Party (PNP) says it has no record of having received any donation from former Olint boss David Smith.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados will borrow over Bds$250 million from the Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank in an effort to make itself energy-efficient and cut the country’s high fuel import bill, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.

(Barbados Nation) Another Irishman has taken over control of grounded Barbadian-based carrier REDjet, while outspoken businessman Ralph “Bizzy” Williams has quietly departed the airline’s board.

(Trinidad Express) After more than four years, September 14 was the date given yesterday in court for the conclusion of the assault trial against soca star Machel Montano and three other entertainers.

Delano Williams who was charged with causing the death of Sewcharran Persaud Ugraj by dangerous driving on June 26 last year on Sheriff Street, Georgetown, was  freed of all charges when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Trinidad Express) Regional financial institution Bank of NT Butterfield and Son Ltd yesterday announced it had reached an agreement to sell its Barbados subsidiary, Butterfield Bank (Barbados) Ltd, to State bank First Citizens.

(Trinidad Express) Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal has, with immediate effect, resigned as president of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT), saying she feels as if she was personally under attack.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Bouterse underscores that cooperation with the European Union should be based on mutual interests and not meddling in Suriname’s internal affairs.

(Trinidad Express) Contractors are paying more for cement now after local producer Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) increased prices again.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan yesterday said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be re-contacted in a matter of weeks to conduct a formal accident report into the allegations of radiation overexposure at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre.

CGX Energy Inc is moving on to other locations in its hunt for oil after drilling at the Eagle-1 location in the Corentyne Basin proved to be futile, with the company now having to raise an additional US$20 million to finance the added drilling days spent at that site.

A father of three died yesterday morning and another man is recovering after a speeding car slammed into them on the Wales Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Sunday night; the driver of the car is in police custody.

The 10-member National Commission on Disability was yesterday launched and will be responsible for improving the quality of life by, among other measures, enforcing the almost two-year-old legislation to protect persons with disabilities.

Two hinterland-based miners were shot about their bodies last evening during a robbery on D’Urban Street in the city.

Sandra V Jones has been sworn in as the new commissioner on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), and Opposition Leader David Granger defended her selection as being based on “pure merit.”

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr Steve Surujbally yesterday said he has accepted that the incorrect declaration that was nearly made by Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodoo was nothing but a human error until he sees proof to the contrary.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin are scheduled to arrive here early today, after managing to finally secure their United Kingdom travel visas in Jamaica.

(Cricinfo) The clash between the two most impressive teams in the tournament proved to be a one-sided affair as Kolkata Knight Riders cruised to a six-wicket victory at a packed Feroz Shah Kotla, displacing Delhi Daredevils from the top spot they had held virtually from the start of the tournament.

HOVE, England,  CMC – West Indies’ preparation for their three-Test series against England continued to take a battering when rain wrecked the final day of their three-day match against Sussex here yesterday.

Hikers continued their march to take championship honours with just a few more matches remaining in  the John Fernandes Insurance Service second division hockey tournament.

HOVE, England,  CMC – Batsman Marlon Samuels is expected to finally link up with the West Indies touring party today.

By Iva Wharton Twenty-nine karatekas have been shortlisted prepare for the upcoming International Karate Daigaku 2012 Shoto Camp and World Cup, scheduled for July 3-8 at the Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.

A steal was a the decisive manoeuvre when Charlestown Secondary defeated Queen’s College 42-41 last Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) School’s tournament.

A three-year-old Liverpool, Corentyne boy is slowly recovering from head and other injuries he sustained after an electrical pole broke and fell on him as he was walking in his family’s yard on Saturday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A valiant, unbroken 24-run, eighth wicket partnership between Shemaine Campbelle and Tremayne Smartt fired West Indies Women to a series-winning three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third Twenty20 International here Sunday.

(Reuters) – Ramon Sessions and Steve Blake landed clutch three-pointers in the final minute to give the Los Angeles Lakers a nail-biting 92-88 road victory over the Denver Nuggets and a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Dear Editor, Even as I applaud Mr K Sattaur’s letter published May 5 (‘Avaricious businessmen are mainly responsible for the high prices of goods’), I am meditating its implications for application of the VAT.

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis says that the invitation by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to the Leader of the Opposition, who is also Leader of APNU, David Granger, ignores the fact that the achievement of the budgetary cuts “were not singularly done by APNU.”

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Stranded West Indies batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin kept themselves in shape ahead of their trip to England, with half-centuries for the Kingston Cricket Club in the domestic competition here Sunday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Heritage Society would like to express its delight and appreciation for the recent restoration work that was done to Austin House on Main Street, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, In an attempt to project himself as the ‘Superman’ of the 21st century, Mayor Hamilton Green in a letter to SN on May 5 stated that “given the authority or scope with others he could re-make Georgetown the Garden City it still can be in less than six to ten months.“

A man was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment yesterday by Magistrate Sueann Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court when he appeared before her to answer the charge of unlawful wounding.

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is drawing controversy over a number of projects in the Caribbean, including the US$138 million expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and others, which have evoked public criticism over procurement and tendering.

The man who is accused of murdering US-based Guyanese, Walter Sankar, at Kingston, Georgetown, was yesterday charged with the capital offence when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Bryan Dickson, by Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh gave the cause of death as manual strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head and multiple puncture wounds.

Dear Editor, If the denial of money to NCN and GINA will cause some people in the two news agencies to lose their employment, it is indeed an unpleasant situation.

HORSENS, Denmark, (Reuters) – World champion Mark Cavendish and Giro d’Italia race leader Taylor Phinney were involved in a mass pileup near the end of the third stage  yesterday won by Australian Matt Goss.

Delnay Dehnert, one of the victims in the Linden Highway crash two weeks ago, is expected to undergo corrective surgery to his hip during the course of this week, while his friend Gericia Francis remains at home on bed rest.

The boys who were involved in a violent confrontation which resulted in one being stabbed to the neck and the other chopped twice to the head, have been treated and discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, I wish to call on the PPP/C government and its supporters to stop insulting the intelligence of our indigenous peoples.

A post-mortem examination performed by Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on the remains of Devon ‘Luke’ Gibson revealed that he died as a result of asphyxiation due to drowning.

The Ministry of Housing and Water condemns recent acts of wanton destruction that seek to retard efforts to enhance and develop Parliament Square, on Brickdam.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Serena Williams marked her first European appearance of the season with victory on the Madrid Open’s striking blue clay courts yesterday, but her sister Venus crashed out in the second round.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will try to calm his fractious Conservative party today after his worst month in office by stressing his determination to fix an ailing economy in a joint appearance with the leader of his coalition partners.

Although there has been much speculation about the two recent execution-style murders being connected, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud stated that nothing has so far been found between the two to have them linked.

Dear Editor, In the Friday, May 4, 2012 edition of the Guyana Chronicle, there was an article under the caption ‘Wha really wrang wid deze people, eh?’

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian state court issued arrest warrants against two former military police officers involved in the killing of 19 landless peasants in 1996, in a case that human rights activists claim is emblematic of the nation’s culture of impunity.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin took the oath as Russia’s president yesterday with a ringing appeal for unity at the start of a six-year term in which he faces growing dissent, economic problems and bitter political rivalries.

Dear Editor, Since the President has no control over parliament, it would have been to his advantage to employ an approach that respects the supremacy and independence of this branch of government, and work with the legislature through the PPP parliamentary representatives to effect a plan of action for the collective well-being of the people.

NASSAU (Reuters) – Former prime minister Perry Christie is set to rule the Bahamas again after incumbent Hubert Ingraham conceded last night that the ruling Free National Movement (FNM) party had been defeated in the island’s national election and handed victory to the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).

Police say they have found the car that struck down 52-year-old fish vendor Baldeo ‘Painter’ Mohan on Saturday last at La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD), but not its driver, who reports said, fled the scene.

(Jamaica Observer) More women are cheating on their partners, a feature of changing gender roles in the Caribbean, according to a tri-nation study carried out in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

(Reuters) – Google’s self-driven cars will soon be appearing on Nevada roads after the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles yesterday approved the nation’s first autonomous vehicle licence.

Dear Editor, The media (Sunday Stabroek, May 6) carried a very touching letter by Mr.

Dear Editor, The recent elections in France and Greece have brought to the surface the growing discontent and frustration experienced by the voting public over IMF/EU austerity measures imposed on them as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Allies of Venezuela’s ailing President Hugo Chavez insisted yesterday he was still leading the OPEC nation despite a week of silence from the usually loquacious leader whose battle with cancer has overshadowed his reelection bid.

Part 3 By Janette Bulkan The second article in this series, published by Stabroek News’ In the Diaspora on 24 April 2012, described the national policies for allocating forest concessions.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – John Travolta is being sued for $2 million by an unidentified masseur who claims the Hollywood star assaulted him sexually during a massage in January inside a room at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to court documents.

Teachers appear mostly to internalize the issues that affect them in the delivery of the service that they provide.

More than a week after a man was found with a missing scalp and other injuries at the Number 56 Village, Corentyne foreshore, police are no closer to ascertaining who he is.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – A Colombian suspected of running a violent cocaine cartel, one of the country’s most-wanted men, has surrendered to US drug officials and could get a lighter sentence if he helps authorities fight drug trafficking, Colombian police said yesterday.