Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A 17-year-old school boy was this afternoon stabbed to death at a lessons place in Campbellville following an argument over “name brand”.

DAEGU, South Korea,  (Reuters) – American sprinter Justin Gatlin continued his recent resurgence ahead of the London Olympics with victory in the men’s 100 metres at the IAAF World Challenge meeting today.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – A U.N. official criticized Canada today for allowing some of its people to go hungry, but the government shrugged it off, saying there are more pressing food concerns in other countries.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute, an independent non-profit group, has slammed the appointment of former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner as the country’s acting prime minister, saying serious allegations against him in the football organization remain unresolved.

(Trinidad Express) The criminal retrial against former prime minister Basdeo Panday who is charged with failing to declare a London-based bank account to the Integrity Commission for three consecutive years is expected to be decided tomorrow.

(Jamaica Observer) A repentant Beenie Man has issued an emotional apology to the international gay community. Beenie

A US-based man is in a serious condition after being shot and chopped today in a robbery at Bloomfield, Corentyne.

Police today said the post-mortem result on the mother of six who was found outside a Waiakabra shop showed that she died of hypertension.

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican-born British couple say they have been told they can’t foster a 16th child in their Derby County home, because as Christians they don’t believe homosexuality is right.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has tightened controls at importers of fruit and vegetables from Suriname because spot-checks carried out in 2010 and 2011 show that products from Suriname and many other countries contain too many residues and pesticides that carry a health risk.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite facing the perils of prison if convicted for harbouring a fugitive and attempting to pervert the course of justice, the Reverend Al Miller says he would transport Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke if he were confronted with the situation again.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The war on guns is going high tech as Columbus Business Solutions (CBS), in collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force and the Ministry of National Security, fights to find funding for a technology capable of preventing gun crimes.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A mother shot and killed her four children before turning a gun on herself in a small town in Florida yesterday, authorities said.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Bar Association is throwing its full weight behind a recent call made by attorney at law and political activist David Comissiong for foreign investigators to be brought in to probe all police killings.

Several persons were last evening being questioned by police as investigations intensify into the murder of GTM Director Lionel Bert Whyte and so far there are more questions than answers.

The Guyana Gold Board is to open two other locations and later a refinery to meet not only the high demands of the agency but particularly to curb smuggling of the precious metal which accounts for millions in revenue losses.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday in an address to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) called on governments to do more to “reduce poverty and inequality,” because they pose “the greatest threat to democracy and security” in the region.

Pandemonium reigned on Friday at the Yarakita Primary School in the Mabaruma Sub-Region when a party of heavily armed policemen forced a dozen young men from the community to strip naked in According to a teacher at the Region One school, on Thursday evening several men who work in the goldfields across the Venezuelan border were robbed by four armed men as they walked along  the trail which led to the goldfields in the Polvo de Oro area and which is  frequented by Guyanese miners.

A robbery under arms convict was brutally stabbed in the Camp Street prison yesterday and his mother fears that more harm may come his way.

President Donald Ramotar and his delegation yesterday met and held talks with US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman.

Queen’s College student Glinton Hanover has won a two-year, CDN$80,000 ($16.5M) scholarship to the Lester B Pearson College, Canada.

Khemraj Ramjattan, parliamentarian of the Alliance For Change (AFC), says that he does not want to have a debate with CEO of National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington, but wants to interrogate and cross-examine him in a parliamentary committee on the question of improprieties.

Women’s rights activists yesterday took to the picket line and called on the Medical Council of Guyana to investigate cases of unlicensed doctors, specifically in the fatal case of Karen Badal, and they also want Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran to make abortion procedures accessible countrywide.

Sugar production for the first crop this year as of May 6th was 67,299 tonnes – the lowest figure for over two decades – and the output from the US$200M flagship Skeldon factory was only 6,596 tonnes which was surpassed by Uitvlugt, historically the poorest performer.

The man being held in connection with the murder of Corentyne security guard, Karamchand Panchoo has given conflicting information to investigators and is being treated at the prime suspect, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

Relatives of the young man who was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday night after a bullet grazed the side of his head yesterday remained silent on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Brazilian miners working in Guyana are today due to meet with top government officials at the Celina Atlantic Resort.

The body of the man who was struck down on Monday evening at Camp Road and Young Street was transferred to the Lykens Funeral Parlour and he remains unidentified.

Several persons hurt in the smash-up, which claimed the life of 23-year old Raymond Madray, on Sunday last at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice remain patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Roy Ali and Raymond Samaroo were yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court faced with a joint charge of  simple larceny and were both remanded by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Ogle-based Jags Aviation Limited is providing the first locally available executive jet service with the unveiling of its British Aerospace Hawker mid-size jet at the Ogle airport recently.

The 12-year-old boy who was struck down by a minibus earlier this month along the Friendship, East Bank public road, showed the first sign of recovery when he opened his eyes three days ago.

John Phang and Sarah Lewis were among the under 13 winners on night one of the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Woodpecker Junior National Squash Championships which began last night at the Georgetown Club’s squash courts.

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) will be holding its third annual International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on Sunday, May 20 from 17:00 hours to 18:00 hours on the steps of St.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies look set to have a fully fit seam attack for the opening Test at Lord’s starting here tomorrow.

Councillor Gwendolyn McGowan has been banned from making contact with officers within the Mayor and City Council on the instructions of Mayor Hamilton Green, but the reason for his action was not made clear.

Players in Guyana’s forestry sector find it difficult to access bank loans, seemingly because it’s a high-risk industry and on Monday government brought the two sides together, as a means of paving the way to a mutually beneficial agreement.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Five uncapped Indian cricketers have been provisionally suspended following allegations of corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier League, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

After three games of the current World title clash between World Chess Champion Viswanthan Anand of India and challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel, the two players are locked on one and a half points each following three straight draws, FIDE website reported.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday called on all categories of road users to exercise utmost caution when using the roads, reminding them that road safety  is a shared responsibility.

(Cricinfo) Mahela Jayawardene’s half-century may have been the slowest for Delhi Daredevils this season but it was compiled under trying circumstances and helped his team become the first side to qualify for the playoffs.

The PNCR says it is with sadness and a deep sense of national loss that it extends condolences to the relatives of internationally celebrated artist and sculptor Philip Moore, CCH.

The police have found no sign that foul play was involved in the death of Judy Joseph at Waiakabra and are awaiting the post-mortem examination to ascertain how she died, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

World renowned track star and Linden’s own Marian Burnett arrived in Guyana  Monday night to fulfill her promise of participating in the third edition of the President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic scheduled for May 20th at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden.

The Guyanese scholarship student, who allegedly murdered a man and slit a woman’s throat in Cuba, remains in police custody and the authorities here are paying keen attention to the case.

With only three days to the President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic  the burning question is which club will run way with the $500,000 first place prize.

Dear Editor, Thursday, May 3 gone there was a prolonged and torrential downpour  in Linden that once again caused a flood. 

Dear Editor, I cannot figure out why Mr Robert Corbin’s indication that he might not be seeking re-election as leader of the PNCR, is causing such a stir.

By Emmerson Campbell The three-man boxing team of Imran ‘Magic’ Khan, Stefan Gouveia and Bert Braithwaite which failed in their respective bids to clinch Olympic berths at the recently-concluded Olympic box off in Rio de Janiero, Brazil returned to Guyana yesterday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday launched its “Switch it Up” campaign which will allow customers to take advantage of the various services provided by GT&T for two to three months for free.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday exercised her discretion when she ordered a man who  unlawfully assaulted his reputed wife to  serve one-month’s imprisonment and undergo counseling upon his release.

The Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association has donated the sum of $100,000 to the Demerara Cricket Club which is this year celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Dear Editor, Please allow us to clear the air on pronouncements made by APNU Public Relations Officer Malika Ramsey on the May 13 airing of Nation Watch, which stated that employees of the Government Information Agency (GINA), were forced or threatened to make statements condemning the 2012 Budget cuts.

Grenadian Kenisha Pascal is set to spearhead the three-member contingent for the upcoming third edition of the President’s/Jefford Track Classic this Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden.

A miner in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of trafficking in 195 grams of  cannabis but he maintained that the narcotics he had was not meant for trafficking but for personal use.

TAMPA, Fla., (Reuters) – The FBI has opened an inquiry into the multibillion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan Chase, stepping up pressure on the bank after key U.S.

Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) welterweight champion Simeon `Candy Man’ Hardy yesterday received a cash donation to assist with his

Dear Editor, The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) saga has its genesis in the desire and aspirations of a few individuals to dominate and take control of the GCB for their own personal purposes rather than for the purpose of developing cricket.

The Linden IMC Town Week Committee plans to conduct rehabilitation works at the once thriving Bamia Creek, one of several projects it has earmarked for funding from the $4.8M it made from Town Week celebrations.

One of Test cricket’s oldest prizes will be up for grabs once more tomorrow, when England and West Indies meet at Lord’s to contest the Wisden Trophy, now in its 49th year.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged yesterday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon’s empire and sent shockwaves through the British political establishment.

The Government Analyst Department is advising veterinarians not to administer cephalosporins as a treatment to food producing animals in order to preserve the effectiveness of this drug for treating disease in humans.

Dear Editor, In Sunday Stabroek’s editorial of May 13, 2012, the view was expressed that, “One cannot help but feel that the governing party has no idea what it is doing at the moment, or what it should be doing in the circumstances.“

(Trinidad Express) A total of TT$78 million in cash was withdrawn from the Hindu Credit Union (HCU) even as its members were unable to access their deposits, Queen’s Counsel Edwin Glasgow said on Monday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday granted a man $100,000 bail when he appeared in court to answer to charges that he had attempted to commit passport fraud and he had submitted false information to the Central Immigration Office.

Dear Editor, I attended the Guyana Football Federation campaign launch for World Cup 2014 on My 12, at the Princess Hotel.

ATHENS/BERLIN, (Reuters) – Attempts to form a government in Greece collapsed yesterday, jolting financial markets at the prospect that leftists opposed to the terms of an EU bailout could sweep to victory in a June election and tip the euro zone deeper into crisis.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Wicketkeeper Matt Prior has warned England against complacency as they prepare to face embattled West Indies in the opening Test at Lord’s starting tomorrow.

WASHINGTON/BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A long-delayed free-trade deal between Colombia and the United States came into force yesterday, a step that should boost the Andean nation’s exports and foreign investment, President Juan Manuel Santos said.

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association is inviting all persons interested in being trained as umpires.

Dear Editor, After reading the Minister of Amerindians Affairs’ response to the GHRA over how the budget cuts will affect Amerindians (GC, May 14), I have a simple question which I hope she will answer with the same alacrity she did the GHRA.

Travis Prince was yesterday granted $50,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on an indictable  charge of robbery with violence.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite strong opposition from the governors of two major United States cities and immigrant groups, the Obama administration says it will extend a controversial fingerprinting programme that identifies Caribbean and other illegal immigrants.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to two responses – ‘US former presidents benefits cannot be compared to those in Guyana‘ by Eric Moseley (SN, May 15) and ‘What was the principle the government applied when it came up with the former presidents’ benefits package?’

Nikkoloi Smith threw down two thunderous dunks on his way to a triple-double as he led Plaisance Academy to a routing of St.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The price tag for every holiday is SRD 50 million, but if the authorities decide to cut back on the number of national holidays, bringing the total from 15 to five, the country would be able to save SRD half a billion a year.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – One of the two male masseurs who accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault dropped his $2 million lawsuit yesterday, but the lawyer for the second man said he was going ahead with that case and was confident of success.

National chess champion Taffin Khan last Saturday snatched the lead from his father David with a convincing victory as the Caribbean Container Incorporated FIDE rating tournament continued at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

Only a few weeks after Chancellor Merkel of Germany appeared to be on the upswing as she dominated Eurozone policymaking in respect of the crises in Italy, then Spain and Greece, her apparent success seems to have begun to unravel.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend the Guyana Police Force’s ‘Operation Safeway’ for its modest successes over the first four months of 2012. 

(Trinidad Express) International energy giants BP and BG Trinidad and Tobago on Monday signed three production sharing contracts (PSCs) for oil and gas exploration as a culmination of last July’s deep water energy bid round.

“Interest and objectives are two sides of the same coin. They are closely related, yet being able to differentiate one from the other can often make all the difference during negotiations.”

Two of the protestors yesterday

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government launched a national plan to address Alzheimer’s disease yesterday with funding for a first prevention study in high-risk patients and tests on an insulin nasal spray that has shown promise in earlier studies.

(Trinidad Guardian) Detectives investigating the deaths of two men in separate incidents in San Juan on Monday afternoon believe they were both executed.

(Barbados Nation) A licensed gun dealer, who spent a day and a half in jail after being charged with illegal storing of firearms, has filed lawsuits against Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin.