Daily Archive: Saturday, June 16, 2012

(Reuters) – World champion Yohan Blake tuned up for a Jamaican Olympic trials showdown with Usain Bolt by winning the 100 meters at the Donovan Bailey Invitational in Edmonton, Alberta today.

(WICB) Gros Islet, St Lucia – Devendra Bishoo is working his way back to the top level of international cricket.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly and PPP executive Ralph Ramkarran today called for the government to take determined action against corruption.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Emotions are flying after 23-year-old Shantel Davis was reportedly shot in the chest on during what the NYPD describes as a wild struggle.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – All-rounder Thisara Perera registered a rare hat-trick to lead Sri Lanka to an unlikely 44-run win over Pakistan in the fourth one-day international today.

(Reuters) – England’s bowlers backed up Ian Bell’s impressive century to lead the hosts to a 114-run victory over West Indies in the first one-day international in Southampton today.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally accepted her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today after spending a total of 15 years under house arrest and said full political freedom in her country was still a long way off.

(Jamaica Observer) ROSE HALL, St James — President and chief executive officer of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) David Scowsill has called for a concerted effort to persuade the United Kingdom to discontinue the Air Passenger Duty (APD) on travellers from that country to the Caribbean region.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of National Security Peter Bunting yesterday admitted that it was unusual for seven persons to be killed by the police in less than 24 hours, but at this stage he was awaiting the relevant authorities to carry out their investigations before he passed any judgement.

(Reuters) – Chris Gayle’s return to international cricket was delayed today after the powerful West Indies batsman was ruled out of the first one-dayer against England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton with a foot injury.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, next in line to rule the world’s top oil exporter, has died just eight months after becoming heir to 89-year-old King Abdullah, the royal court said today.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – United Nations monitors in Syria have suspended operations because of the increasing violence over the last 10 days by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels seeking his overthrow, the head of the observer mission said today.

Former President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday lashed out at the opposition for cutting the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) funds from the budget and said it will hold the country back and retard growth.

Director of Pest Control Plus Mohammed Baksh was last night shot by two gunmen, in an attack on Thomas Street, Georgetown and succumbed this morning, police said.

An elderly Chateau Margot resident shot himself dead with a shotgun yesterday, shortly after firing at his daughter and trying to break into the apartment where she hid from him.

CEO of the International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Lloyd Singh yesterday charged that there is still to be a level playing field in the award of contracts for the supply of drugs, while saying that his company is still trying to find out why it failed a pre-qualification process undertaken two years ago.

City Hall has been asked to respond to the findings of a recent probe that suggest major fraud in its operations, including “phantom” workers on the payroll, payments to front companies and abuse of its assets.

The Donald Ramotar-led administration has appealed the decision by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang to throw out its challenge of the numerical make-up of the National Assembly’s Committee of Selection and other key committees.

Britain is to plough ₤1.5 million into boosting Guyana’s agricultural exports as the Department for International Development (DfID) takes over an agricultural diversification programme from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

A man died of severe burns about his body yesterday after he accidentally set himself on fire, by falling asleep with a lit cigarette at his Ogle, East Coast Demerara home.

By Iva Wharton For the second successive year Buxton Sceondary School’s football team was knocked out of the Digicel schools football tournament when they suffered an 11-1 defeat at the hands of Bygeval Multilateral in the opening match of the competition at the Georgetown Cricket Club, ground, Bourda yesterday.

The body of an epileptic resident of No. 28 Village, West Coast Berbice, was discovered in a drain close to his home, where he is believed to have drowned yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – West Indies have found themselves in an unfamiliar position, attempting to shake off the flattering but dubious tag of favourites ahead of today’s start of the three-match One-Day International series against England.

Despite hundreds of millions spent on infrastructural development, Block 22 Wismar, Linden remains beset by deteriorating roads and major erosion.

Four masked bandits armed with a gun terrorised and robbed an Albion, Corentyne family in an attack on Thursday night.

LONDON, England, CMC – Talismanic opener Chris Gayle says he has put to rest the last 14 months of animosity and is now focussed on helping to transform the fortunes of West Indies cricket.

The Police Progressive Youth Club will host a one-day seminar for athletes today from 12:00hrs at the Felix Austin Police College.

Two of the four Venezuelans who were burnt about their bodies when a fuel boat exploded at Morawhanna, in Region One, last Sunday, have succumbed to their injuries.

The family of Gerald Fraser, the cook who was aboard cargo vessel Miss Elissa that capsized in the Demerara River last Friday afternoon, has given up hope that he will ever be found.

Team X-Men ravaged Danza Kuduro in four matches to clinch its second consecutive win of the Farfan and Mendes junior squash team tournament Thursday night at the Georgetown Club squash courts.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) has suggested that Pamela Lashley, whose 12-pound baby died during delivery, is suffering from post-partum depression or psychosis and indicated its willingness to provide counselling to her.

Its Official

Kwame McCoy’s trial on charges of assault and threatening language continued yesterday with two witnesses taking the stand but the defence was granted a needed adjournment after serious blunders while taking the evidence.

Dear Editor, It was clear from the views expressed in the Stabroek News ‘What the people say’ column on Monday, June 11, that many people believe that children are no longer beaten in Guyana’s schools.

By Emmerson Campbell Raising the Bar, that was the theme at Herdmanston Lodge yesterday when the Flex Night Inc.

By Jairo Rodrigues She’s beautiful, she’s sassy and she’s now a million-dollar dancer.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A senior manager with Ernst & Young has quoted a price tag of US$30 million per financial institution to implement the requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act or FATCA, a new US law meant to snag Americans in the tax net wherever they reside.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar in his remarks at the commissioning of the new Tipperary Hall in my home-village, Buxton, declared that the PPP and Buxtonions are inseparable. 

The assault and threatening language charges against radio broadcaster Malcolm Ferreira were yesterday dismissed after the virtual complainant (VC), his wife, told the court that she no longer wished to proceed.

So it ended just the way I had expected: Nadata, Dominic and Patricia as 1, 2 and 3 after a phenomenal evening of performances by some of Guyana’s best.

The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) will continue tonight with the quarterfinal round as Nigel Hinds and Associates North Ruimveldt will trade baskets with McDoom/Diamond at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall (CASH) from 19:00hrs.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Further rate cuts could follow Thursday’s announcement by LIME to slash its rates by up to two-thirds.

Dear Editor, The days when the Preamble of a Constitution could be ignored or brushed aside are over.

Hi Everyone, Have you ever found yourself sitting down to a plate of food and saying, “You know what this (fill in the blank) needs?

Running Brave Athletic Club members will now be decked out in their new colors of gold and blue after receiving a supply of Rossi track suits last Monday in the National Park from an admirer of the club Mervin Rodriguez.

Two men accused of breaking into a building and stealing $2 million in cash and other items were yesterday granted bail in the sum of $250,000 each by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Kwesi Wilson, who was allegedly stabbed to death by accused Eon Williams, had earlier attacked the man with a knife, a witnessed testified on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I am positive that good things are happening in many of our institutions, both government and private.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought into the United States as children will be able to avoid deportation and get work permits under an order yesterday by President Barack Obama.

Hits and Jams Entertainment is about ready to elect its representative to the Ms Jamzone International Pageant slated for August – well not quite.

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed and Guyoil under the CASTROL Brand have organized the 13th Annual Father’s Day cycle road race tomorrow.

(Trinidad Express) A hitman was hired by former president of the Hindu Credit Union (HCU), Harry Harnarine, to assassinate Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), Sat Maharaj.

Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in its ongoing support of the region’s creative industry will select three of the participating designers at the just concluded Caribbean Fashion Week (CFW) 2012 to showcase pieces of their collection in a live catwalk in London.

(Jamaica Gleaner) By the end of the year, persons leaving Jamaica will no longer be required to go through immigration lines.

Dear Editor, “Nothing I’ve ever done has given me more joy and rewards than being a father to my children” – Bill Cosby.

Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh yesterday testified that a stab wound to the right side of the chest was the operating factor resulting in Nohar Bahadur’s death, when the trial of Sherwin Barnwell continued yesterday in the High Court before Justice Franklyn Holder.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – A Chinese state-security official arrested this year on allegations of spying for Washington is suspected to have compromised some of China’s U.S.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) yesterday said that swimmer Jessica Stephenson had qualified above Britany van Lange and would have been Guyana’s female representative in swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics if not for current personal obligations which sidelined the former Trinidad-based swimmer.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Rajat Gupta, a consummate business insider who once sat on the board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, was convicted yesterday of leaking secrets about the investment bank at the height of the financial crisis, a major victory for prosecutors seeking to root out illicit trading on Wall Street.

(Jamaica Observer) Senior detectives are currently probing the murder of a Negril hotelier whose mutilated body was discovered at his Hanover home on Thursday evening.

Carib Feedback Productions Company will stage Ras Leon Saul’s play Shango & Da Golden Scheme on Emancipation weekend.

The annual Olympic Day run, walk and jog event, which is held by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) is set to take place next Sunday from its usual starting point, outside the Thomas Lands YMCA, Camp Street, commencing at 6am.

The US Embassy on Thursday, in celebration of Secretary Clinton’s Global Economic Statecraft Day, hosted a roundtable with entrepreneurs to discuss economic opportunities and areas of possible collaboration in supporting small enterprises.

Dear Editor, It is being reported that Mr Robert Corbin will not be competing for the leadership of the PNCR at this year’s congress. 

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on her first visit to Europe in nearly a quarter of a century, warned that her country’s political transformation was not irreversible and the military had to give up its excessive powers.

(Trinidad Express) Too feeble to fight back, 87-year-old Jane Toophanie was hog-tied, gagged and terrorised by two men who broke into the family’s home and killed her son on Thursday.

Painting the Spectrum 8, SASOD’s LBGT annual film festival continues in its third week tomorrow at 7 pm at the Sidewalk Cafe in Middle Street, Georgetown with a special Father’s Day tribute.

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday launched a monthly clinic for visually-impaired people at the Guyana Society for the Blind, in Werk-en-Rust.

Dear Editor, The announcement by the acting Minister of Commerce on the importation of one million pounds of chicken provoked in me the disturbing question of how the twelve importers were selected to be given licences for the importation.

The second edition of the Goodwill relays will be on tomorrow at the Eve Leary Sports Club ground from 10:00hrs after a one-year break.

Politikles

Dear Editor, I see that the Cabinet Secretary has indicated that the electricity tariff hike in Linden will begin to take effect in July.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Human rights organization ‘Allied Collective’ is dragging the State of Suriname before the Inter-American Court for Human Rights (ICHR) for what it calls the “probable summary execution” by the police of three notorious criminals and a fourth person at the Maretraite project in Tout Lui Faut Tuesday evening.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, some eastern Germans are once again carrying round images of Karl Marx – if only in their pockets.

OKLAHOMA CITY,   (Reuters) – LeBron James and Dwyane Wade signalled they were not yet ready to pass the torch to the next generation by leading the Miami Heat to a 100-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Two of the NBA Finals on Thursday.

Every week, this column celebrates women in all their glory, whether by highlighting the great things women accomplish and presenting her-story, or by underscoring the many injustices meted out to women and standing up for their rights.

The Iwokrama International Centre on Thursday presented a plaque to the Guyana Police Force, in recognition of the continuous, reliable and efficient support to the Iwokrama River Lodge, at Kurupukari, by ranks of ‘E&F’ (interior) Division, with the maintenance of law and order and forest conservation.

(EUR) R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo, at the tender age of 32, was inducted on Thursday into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City at its 43rd annual induction.

Any idea how much sugar you consume daily? If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, lipid problems, a sizeable girth, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or heart disease you may be conscious of your sugar consumption.

(Barbados nation) The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) guards its stellar reputation jealously, but the institution says it will not abandon borrowing member countries in these perilous economic times just to protect that image.

(Barbados Nation) Cricket and politics have another knight. For his sterling contribution to sport and the community, Wesley Winfield Hall has been given a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

(Trinidad Express) History in the making was how national carrier Caribbean Airlines’ re-entry into London was described on Thursday by chairman Rabindra Moonan, Minister of Transport Devant Maharaj, and passengers on the inaugural flight.