Daily Archive: Thursday, May 10, 2012

DUBAI, (Reuters) – David Richardson, the former South Africa wicketkeeper, has been chosen by the International Cricket Council as its new chief executive.

(Jamaica Gleaner) By the end of the Parliamentary year, Jamaicans could bid farewell to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

(WICB) ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board recently met by teleconference and are pleased that consistent with his previous commitment Mr.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six police officers were suspended yesterday and 12 others are under investigation after allegations of corruption and misbehaviour in the Eastern Division.

The police today said that during yesterday they conducted searches on two buildings at Charlotte Street and Norton Street, Georgetown.

(Jamaica Observer) Government will be allocating at least J$143 million in this year’s national Budget to roll out a major programme to clean up several communities across the island, which will include the eradication of rats that have been plaguing a number of areas in recent weeks.

The Guyana Revenue Authority today said that two of its officers are being probed for forging the signatures of senior officers.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Ministry of Finance and Planning has broken its silence in a vigorous public debate over a tax raid on telecommunications firm Digicel late last week, claiming there appears to be “a concerted campaign to discredit the work of the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ)”.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The police union SPB expects new Minister of Justice and Police Edward Belfort to tackle crime with the same drive as former Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi, as both Belfort and Santokhi are former police officers.

(Barbados Nation) The Opposition is charging that Government is preparing to borrow US$183 million as part of a “secret deal” with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Twin bomb blasts in the Syrian capital Damascus killed 40 people and wounded more than 170, Syrian state television said today.

Ogle Airport has moved nearer to hosting regional carriers—now expected by December—with the completion of its runway expansion.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s light heavyweight champion Kwesi ‘Lightning Struck Assassin’ Jones will defend his title against former WBC CABOFE light heavyweight champion, Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese Sean Corbin when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages its 23rd edition of its Pro Am card on June 1.

A Sophia mother of nine dropped dead last evening after police fired several shots in an open area with civilians, a short distance from her home.

The major waterways in Region Nine have started to overtop and residents of several communities across the region have been leaving their homes to seek higher ground as they fear a repeat of last year’s devastating floods.

Corn Bread Mini Mart shooting victim, Glen Xavier succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) while the other injured man remains a patient in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the same hospital.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison on causing death by dangerous driving charges at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court following two separate accidents

One day after surrendering to police, Joseph Taylor, the man who allegedly beat his reputed wife unconscious with a hammer, was arraigned at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court yesterday

Government is hoping that Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman will today disallow a number of motions in Parliament by the Opposition seeking to repeal the President’s pension and other benefits law, change the way some constitutional bodies function and compelling NICIL to put its monies into the Consolidated Fund.

The Mayor & City Council (M&CC) yesterday hosted a meeting with key stakeholders to discuss plans to rescue Georgetown, in the light of the 200th anniversary since its naming.

Even as 80 newly-trained health care professionals from the Technical Division of Health Sciences Education prepare to embark on a new career path, they and their coordinators are calling for an increase in the  $5,000 a month stipend for trainees.

Land connection of Guyana, Brazil and Suriname would be the focus of Europe’s future investment in developing the Guianas, according to European Union (EU) Ambassador Robert Kopecký, who yesterday appealed for the states to begin engagements to lay the foundation for the process.

Law enforcement officials yesterday made another big cocaine bust in Berbice before it could leave the country for Suriname and one man was in police custody up to press time last night.

A police officer accused of stealing a BlackBerry Curve cell phone from his colleague had his simple larceny case dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday by Magistrate Judy Latchman after the virtual complainant declined to offer any evidence.

Three roadside vendors were granted bail when they appeared yesterday before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on abusive language charges to which they all pleaded not guilty.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies were yesterday still sweating on the arrival of Narsingh Deonarine after the Guyanese left-hander remained stuck here waiting on a travel visa for the United Kingdom.

An 18 year old Skeldon resident remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital  after he was stuck down by a canter truck on his way home yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, Mr Charles Sampson is currently a councillor on both the IMC of Linden and the Region 10 RDC. 

(BBC) Amir Khan’s rematch with Lamont Peterson has been called off after the American champion’s failed drugs test.

Taxi driver Sevak Rampersaud, who was charged with the murder of a Stanleytown, New Amster-dam woman, was freed on Tuesday after Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo upheld a no-case submission at the New Amsterdam Court.

Dear Editor, I hereby call on the Minister of Transport and Works to say how much longer Essequibo people will have to endure the current hardships travelling to Georgetown.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams has thrown his support behind embattled current skipper Darren Sammy, ahead of the three-Test series against England.

The World Bank Group last Thursday launched the Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF), a platform for dialogue aimed at promoting policies and partnerships for increased economic growth.

Police are still to make a breakthrough in the investigation of the murder of Leonard Mahadeo, the man executed at the Soca Paradise Bar in Eccles in March.

By Cosmo Hamilton ‘Newsprint is sacred.’ That is what my late father Cleveland Hamilton used to say.

NORTHAMPTON, England, CMC – West Indies will be hoping the rain stays away when they face England Lions in a four-day match starting here today, a fixture that will be their final warm-up before the Lord’s Test next week.

Dear Editor, I refer to the feature appearing in the Sunday Stabroek of May 6, entitled ‘The CJ did not take the relevant articles of the Constitution into account when giving his ruling,‘ penned by Mr Ramon Gaskin.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Defending champion Petra Kvitova was upset by qualifier and Czech compatriot Lucie Hradecka 6-4 6-3 in the second round of the Madrid Open yesterday.

Dear Editor, I read a report in Stabroek News of May 7 headlined ‘Tuschen taxis say private cars muscling in on business.’

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday premiered its fully automated Motor Vehicle Certificate of Registration.

(Cricinfo) It wasn’t the easiest of pitches to bat on at the Wankhede Stadium, and Mumbai Indians possess the most potent bowling attack in the competition, but none of that mattered to Chris Gayle as he swung sixes on his way to the orange cap, 500 runs in the tournament and an unbeaten 82 that propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to the fourth spot. 

Dear Editor, I wish to offer a few comments on the point raised regarding the “so-called absence of keenness for education” on the part of Indians in the letter captioned “Furthering an agenda at the expense of others” by M A Bacchus in the Kaieteur News of May 8, and the related editorial (KN, May 5) to which the letter refers.

The members of the Low Carbon Development Strategy Multi-stakeholder Steering Committee (MSSC) say that the recent budget cuts have halted their work and put at risk low carbon projects that would benefit all Guyanese.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Officials of India’s drug regulator have been colluding with pharmaceutical firms to speed up approval procedures, allowing some drugs that are not permitted in other countries to go on sale, according to an 18-month investigation by lawmakers.

NORTHAMPTON, England – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said he hoped his team could begin the turnaround in their batting fortunes on the tour of England.

An Upper Pomeroon man is missing following a boating trip and his relatives believe he may have been hit by another vessel and drowned.

Dear Editor, Mr Vincent Alexander began serving as Registrar of the University of Guyana in the year 2009.

A pork-knocker who is alleged to have unlawfully wounded his reputed wife was yesterday denied bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Dear Editor, Recently, while viewing a television programme comprising of a panel of 2 individuals, one of whom is a former Auditor General and the other Nadia Sagar, introduced by the host as an executive officer of the Guyana Chapter of Transparency International, I was surprised to learn that a driver’s licence can be very easily arranged with the payment of a suitable inducement, presumably to an officer of the Licence Revenue Department.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Police found the decapitated and dismembered bodies of 18 people near Mexico’s second-largest city, Guadalajara, on Wednesday, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity by the country’s most brutal drug cartel.

So far this year the Golden Jaguars preparation for next month’s historic World Cup Qualifiers versus Mexico and Costa Rica on June 8 and 12 respectively have been boosted by financial contributions from Giftland Office Max and Ansa Mcal Trading.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commercial gains, according to the interior ministry.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Cricket fans in the United States of America will have a double treat this summer as the West Indies face New Zealand in two historic Twenty20 matches in Florida.

Dear Editor, I read a letter by Mr Charles Sohan in the Stabroek News dated May 8, titled, ‘Mayor is not the Superman of the 21st century.’

Our land is such a blessed place to live. This country provides a real opportunity to build an amazing lifestyle.

Survival Supermarket supervisor Sebastian Toonoo who appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court accused of assaulting and using abusive language to another  employee was placed on $15,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Dear Editor, With regard to the ongoing debate on former President Jagdeo’s pension, an article in the New York Post (May 9) may help to shed some light on entitlements of and expenses incurred by the US government on former American presidents for the year 2010. 

Part 5 By Janette Bulkan In this fifth article in this series, I will discuss the commitments made by VHPI to in-Guyana timber processing, its actual exports of unprocessed logs, the ineffective GFC log export commission, and the failures of the GFC and its Minister to act as public servants.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Battling for their NBA playoff lives, the Denver Nuggets needed no extra motivation to give the Los Angeles Lakers the fight of their lives in Game Five.

Early this year, when they revealed the road accidents statistics for last year, the police had said that while there was a 5% increase in fatal accidents over the previous year, the number of deaths was the same; 115 people were killed on the roads in 2010 and another 115 were killed in 2011.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Marlon Chapman and witness Simone De Nobrega were both cross-examined by defence Attorney Vic Puran at the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Bibi Sharima Gopaul and Jarvis Small

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – After years of “evolving” on the issue, U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Within two weeks action will be taken to stop the haemorrhaging of finances at Caribbean Airlines (CAL), says chairman Rabindra Moonan.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) had US$149 million or more than TT$900 million deposited in several banks and financial institutions at the beginning of 2010.