Daily Archive: Monday, June 18, 2012

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A Surrey county cricketer was killed by a train in London today shortly after police saw a man matching his description run from a car they had flagged down because it was being driven erratically.

Justice James Bovell-Drakes today sentenced Colin Bentick to 21 years in jail for the murder of Elon Shepherd in 2007 on the West Berbice.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Board of Supervision of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development is putting in place an identification system, as it looks to adequately meet the needs of the country’s homeless.

(WICB) London – Dwayne Bravo said he fancied West Indies chances of winning the second One-day International against England tomorrow at the Kia Oval here.

At about 1400h yesterday, police say that Eon Clarke, 47 years, of Dahlia Street, Wismar, was sitting on the top of the cab of a motor lorry that was travelling along the 48 Miles Mabura Trail, Upper Demerara, when he fell off and suffered injuries.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Rampersaud Latchman, 47 years of Fyrish, Corentyne, whose body was found on the Fyrish Public Road at about 2300h last night.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s top financial crime investigators today dropped their probe of property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz in a humiliating admission of error that could leave the crime-fighting agency facing a large bill for damages.

(Trinidad Express) “Impossible, unreasonable and reckless.” This is how Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described demands made over the past few months by political leader of the Movement for Social Justice, David Abdulah.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United States, Professor Stephen Vasciannie has brushed aside notions of Jamaica having its own final appellate court, and at the same time has given a fresh vote of confidence to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) replacing the United Kingdom-based Privy Council as Jamaica’s court of last resort.

LONDON, England, CMC – Injury has ruled West Indies batsman Darren Bravo out of the tour of England.

Nurses and ancillary staff of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) this morning downed tools and proceeded to block Casuarina Drive, Watooka, Linden protesting the deplorable state of the road.

(de Ware Tijd) NIEUW NICKERIE/PARAMARIBO – Eight prison guards and two Customs officers have caused embarrassment to their organizations recently.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The government has allocated SRD 80 million on the Home Affairs Ministry’s budget to put the Coast Guard into operation this year.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia is preparing to send marines to Syria in the event that it needs to protect personnel and remove equipment from its naval facility in the Mediterranean port of Tartus, Interfax news agency reported today.

The opposition parties, APNU and AFC, are open to consultations with the government on legislation they plan to bring to the National Assembly but say that the same courtesy would have to be extended to them.

Several underage teens some as young as 13 were, in the wee hours of yesterday morning, busted for underage drinking  after police raided the popular Platinum Bar and Night Club downstairs of the Platinum Hotel in Bartica.

As of July 1 this year, Lindeners will begin paying close to the commercial cost of electricity generation for power consumed over 50 Kwh.

Minister of Transport Robeson Benn has said that the Chinese ferries will be put into operation in the first week in August, after setbacks plaguing the retrofitting of the Parika and Supenaam stellings resulted in undue delays.

The relatives of businessman Mohammed Baksh are calling on the authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding his execution-style killing thoroughly as they remain puzzled as to why someone wanted him dead.

Residents of Buxton are hoping that the commissioning of the 21st century Tipperary Hall last Thursday will revive the many social activities that were once common in the community and  that partnership with the government that led to the restoration of the facility will continue, a press release from the Government Information Agency stated.

Guyana cannot ignore the serious sanction from the World Bank on the China Communications Construc-tion Company, the parent company of the firm contracted to execute expansion works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Timehri (CJIA), Timehri according to Shadow Minister of Finance Carl Greenidge.

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker says government has invested in training overseers and assistant overseers in order to boost their capacity to fulfil their mandate.

European Union Ambassador Robert Kopecky recently paid an official visit to the office of the BK Group of Companies on Mandela Avenue and met with the company’s managing director, Brian Tiwarie, and senior members of his staff, a press release stated.

Time is running out on the gains made from last year’s elections, according to historian Dr.

Chartered accountant Christopher Ram believes there is need for rules for the governance of state- owned enterprises in the wake of the ongoing saga surrounding the Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington and the quest to find out how his brother got wind of an investment opportunity in Hand in Hand Trust Company Inc.

By Emmerson Campbell After roaring to a 20-nil victory against the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Warriors two weeks ago in the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the Guyana Jaguars have now turned their attention to Bermuda.

Dear Editor, I made my first overseas trip to the island of Antigua during the month of April.

Defending Champions Young Achievers Volleyball Club is racking up the wins in the third annual Tradewind Tankers nationwide invitational volleyball competition organized by Castrol Strikers which began Saturday at the National Gymnasium.

‘Every blood donor is a hero’, that was the theme for Thursday’s observances of World Blood Donor Day and the Berbice Regional Health Authority (BRHA) is planning to honour its heroes in Berbice.

Enmore homage: A section of those who gathered on Friday to pay homage to the five Enmore sugar workers who were slain 64 years ago on June 16, 1948.

Dear Editor, Please be kind enough to desist from roiling my Sunday breakfast. 

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said on Thursday that as the impact of the opposition led budget cuts on several agencies deepens, it is surprising the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has remained silent.

CHRISTCHURCH,  (Reuters) – Tom Latham has had all of his injections.

Dear Editor, A few months ago the local press publicized that the Canadian Government will refund processing fees to all skilled workers applicants who filed their applications for Permanent Residence in Canada before 28th February 2008 in order to get rid of the backlog applications and quoted press releases from the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Mr.

A Mon Repos Market vendor was stabbed five times about her body when two armed men invaded her home on Saturday evening, escaping with an undisclosed sum of money after assaulting her family.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Opener Kieran Powell kept himself in the Test selection frame when he stroked his third first class hundred and his second in as many months, to lead an impressive West Indies A effort on the second day of the decisive third and final Test against India A here  yesterday.

Organisers of the upcoming lucrative inaugural Guinness Street Football Challenge tournament yesterday said that only teams from five Caribbean countries will participate in the tournament following the withdrawal of a representative team from Haiti.

A variety of vegetable and flower seeds were donated to the Ministry of Agriculture by Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated in the boardroom of the Non- Governmental Organization last Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I was extremely pleased and happy when I made the turn at the head of Sheriff Street heading towards the East Coast of Demerara and saw the huge billboard saying “Pick it Up,” sending the message to keep Guyana clean.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) recently engaged in discussions with teams from two Canadian tertiary institutions that have offered to train Guyanese for development in the emerging oil and gas sector.

Yesterday’s annual Guyoil sponsored Father’s Day race. Was won by Orville Hinds after Alonzo Greaves was disqualified.

President Donald Ramotar says Guyana is looking to Russia to be an advocate at important international forums as it prepares to highlight the Low Carbon Development Strategy and REDD + Partnership with the Norwegian government at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (RIO +20) in Brazil later this month.

 LONDON,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s David Nalbandian was defaulted from his Queen’s Club final against Croatia’s Marin Cilic  yesterday for kicking out and injuring a linesman.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Parties supporting a bailout saving Greece from bankruptcy won a slim parliamentary majority yesterday, beating radical leftists who rejected austerity and bringing relief to the euro zone which was braced for fresh financial turmoil.

Dear Editor, After the Golden Jaguars’ low carat showing against Costa Rica, I am calling for the head of the talkative head coach Jamal Shabbaz.

ZARIA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Suicide car bombers attacked three churches in northern Nigeria yesterday, killing at least 19 people, wounding dozens and triggering retaliatory attacks by Christian youths who dragged Muslims from cars and killed them, witnesses said.

McDoom/Diamond handed Nigel Hinds and Associates North Ruimveldt their first loss of the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) last Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

El Dorado Rum has been unveiled as the official rum of the Scotiabank Caribbean Festival 2012, formerly known as Caribana, scheduled for Toronto, Canada from July 10 to August 12.

Dear Editor, I refer to the news item `Ramkarran calls for action against ‘pervasive’ corruption’ set out at pp 16-17 of the Stabroek News of June 17, 2012.

National junior sprinter Elton Bollers is making headway with his rising career as he clocked 10.88s to with the boy’s under-20 100 metres yesterday at the Mustang Games in Trinidad which was held at the Hasley Crawford Stadium.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood’s party declared last night that its candidate Mohamed Morsy had won Egypt’s first free presidential election, beating Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister Ahmed Shafik and ending a tradition of rule by presidents plucked from the military.

Octogenarian Cecil Oswald Milo overcame disappointment from poor exam results and putting aside his dream to become a mechanic at the Diamond Sugar Estate to train and serve an electrician there for over 30 years.

(Trinidad Express) The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) has removed itself as one of the five parties which form the coalition People’s Partnership government.

The Little Rascals convincingly defeated the Black Panthers on Saturday evening to cart off this year’s Farfan and Mendes Junior Team Tournament at the Georgetown Club courts.

AJIJIC, Mexico, (Reuters) – For decades, American and Canadian expats have flocked to the shores of Chapala, seeking refuge in the spring-like climate of Mexico’s largest natural lake, where English author D.H.

Dear Editor, It has been almost six months since Kaieteur News Columnist and a critic of the PPP regime Freddie Kissoon’s contract has been breached and his services as a senior lecturer at the University of Guyana (UG) terminated.

Prominent scholar-politician Dr Rupert  Roopnaraine has agreed to deliver this year’s Martin Carter Memorial Lecture  which is scheduled for the Umana Yana on Thursday, June 28.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Rodney King, the black man who came to symbolize racial tensions in the United States after his 1991 beating by police led to riots in Los Angeles a year later, was found dead in a swimming pool yesterday in Rialto, California, police said.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development recently presented a weed slasher to the Leguan Interim Management Council (IMC) of Region Three.

(Trinidad Express) A three-year-old etiquette company with limited experience and a link to Government’s primary advertising agency has secured lucrative sponsorships from four state companies totalling almost $2 million to teach children good manners.

Lodge Secondary and North Georgetown won the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively at Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools football finals played Saturday at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A decade ago, there were plenty of doomsday forecasts asserting the AIDS pandemic would sharply curtail African economic growth with a particular focus on its impact on food security.

By George Lamming Pambazuka Press has recently published a new edition of Walter Rodney’s seminal book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – When an earthquake shook Haiti’s capital in January 2010, bringing death and destruction to the impoverished Caribbean nation, it all but crushed the dreams of modern dance choreographer Jeanguy Saintus.

LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies are sweating on the fitness of batsman Darren Bravo and all-rounder Andre Russell but have been boosted by the news that talismanic opener Chris Gayle will be available for  tomorrow’s second One-Day International against England.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a historic move last Friday, a former cop – Mark Russell – was finally extradited from the United States (US) to face a murder charge in Jamaica.

Politikles

Introduction The accountability for the proceeds from the sale of state assets as well as dividends paid by state-owned/controlled companies has been the subject of fierce ongoing public debate among politicians and civil society.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will not be attending the Rio+20 Sustainability Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week even though she had accepted an invitation to participate in a specific meeting during the event.

The proposed US$138M Chinese-funded expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International  Airport, Timehri has from the inception triggered notable and well-founded concerns.

This week we asked residents of Linden what is their role in ensuring that public works in their community are done to a satisfactory standard.

President Donald Ramotar laying a wreath on

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan C ricket Board ( PCB) h as hired sports psychologist Magbool Babri to counsel problem players including banned pace bowler Mohammad Amir.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The animals of “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” held the top spot on U.S.

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra poses for a picture as she arrives on the green carpet for IIFA Awards show in Singapore.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s claim to have unearthed six bones belonging to John the Baptist has received a boost from scientists who have concluded after dating them and analysing their genetic code that they could indeed be relics of the man who baptised Jesus.

(Trinidad Guardian) A total of 32 people are expected to appear before a Tunapuna magistrate today to answer charges of engaging in lewd and suggestive dancing.