Daily Archive: Monday, June 25, 2012

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s new finance minister resigned because of ill health today, throwing the government’s drive to soften the terms of an international bailout into confusion days before a European summit.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Mohamed Mursi, Egypt’s first freely elected president whose powers have already been curbed by the army, began work on a coalition today after touring his new palace, once home of Hosni Mubarak who banned his movement for three decades.

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s cabinet submitted its resignation to the Gulf state’s ruler today in a move some parliamentarians believe could be a first step out of the latest crisis that has stalled legislation and blocked reforms in the major oil producer.

A repeal of the Former President’s (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2009 will not affect the basic pension of former president Bharrat Jagdeo, AFC Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan has emphasized.

(Jamaica Observer) Buju Banton’s failure last week to have an appellate court in the United States overturn his 2011 drug conviction and 10 year prison sentence has resurrected speculation that there may be an effort to go after the Grammy-winning reggae artiste’s assets.

(Jamaica Observer) Seven years after Government spent more than J$143 million to acquire the Goodyear factory in St Thomas with the stated intention of opening a call centre, the run-down facility lies idle, providing shelter for goats.

(Jamaica Observer) The work ethic encouraged by Chinese contractor China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is the reason the company is able to keep all of its current projects within budget and on schedule, Jamaican workers on the bridge building projects in St Mary and Portland say.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With approximately 10 persons killed in separate incidents on the weekend, National Security Minister Peter Bunting has assured the nation that the security forces are continuing their relentless efforts to fight crime.

-Will set back Supenaam stelling works by a month A flotation pontoon intended for the Supenaam stelling but which became submerged at the Parika stelling on Saturday was yesterday salvaged and towed along with the link span bridge it supported to Supenaam.

A barber was on Saturday night forced to deliver a baby boy after there was no one to attend to the mother at the CC Nicholson Hospital, Nabacalis, East Coast Demerara.

Two men died on Saturday afternoon at a mining camp in the Waiamu Backdam, Region 7 after they were crushed by a falling tree as they attempted to run to safety.

Senior member of the PNCR Lance Carberry says nominations for the position of leader of the party are in and are being processed and the party will make an announcement in one week as to the persons nominated.

Pregnant women are being forced to deliver their babies in a room with a leaking roof at the Port Kaituma Hospital, in the North West District—a situation that residents and staff say is only one problem at the run-down institution.

By Emmerson Campbell A collective gasp was heard at the National Park by the thousands of local supporters when St Vincent scored its first goal against the Back Circle Stallions (Team Guyana) but it was the second dagger that sent them to the exits.

Niron Bissu, who was selected by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to participate at next month’s Pre-Cadet tournament in Jamaica, on Saturday received sponsorship from Digital Technology Incorporated.

By Iva Wharton Santa Rosa Secondary School was yesterday adjudged champions of Region One in the Digicel Schools football competition when their opponents in yesterday’s final Hosororo were disqualified for fielding an over age player in the semi-final match against Port Kaituma.

Lindener Orville Hinds is the new national Road Race champion after he blitzed a star-studded field to pedal off with the winner’s trophy of the Road Race Championships yesterday.

GALLE, (Reuters) – Pakistan were facing defeat at 36 for three wickets in their second innings at the close on the third day of the first test against Sri Lanka yesterday after being set a formidable winning target of 510 runs.

The finals of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Under-15 junior badminton tournament will take place this afternoon from 4.30pm at the Queen’s College Auditorium.

Even though a Works Ministry assessment team had failed a section of the East Coast Demerara (ECD) Four Lane extension project, the contractor was allowed to continue the works, which are only 35% complete a little over a month shy of the deadline.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – A dejected Darren Sammy has lamented West Indies’ inconsistent displays, after they slipped to another loss  yesterday to finish their tour of England empty handed.

Despite the presence of a number of IPL players, the Indian ‘A’ team could not defeat the West Indies ‘A’ team in their first T20 match at the Queen’s Park Oval on Saturday night.

A Guyanese delegation will travel to Boa Vista, Brazil for the First Tourism Meeting of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, on June 28.

EUGENE, Oregon, (Reuters) – Justin Gatlin is back. So is Tyson Gay.

Ephraim Parris, one of the survivors of Saturday’s accident along the Mabura Trail which claimed the life of one, remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) while the others are slowly recovering.

Dear Editor, A recent news item in the print media gave the impression that the appointments of four senior members of the Audit Office’s staff have already been made by the long-acting Auditor General Mr Deodat Sharma.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Scintillating half-centuries from Dwayne Smith and Dwayne Bravo were not enough to save West Indies from a seven-wicket defeat in their one-off Twenty20 International as they completed a wretched, winless tour of England here  yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Having picked himself up after the disappointment of failing to complete his grand slam collection in Paris, Novak Djokovic begins his Wimbledon defence looking for a repeat of last year’s “perfect tournament”.

Dear Editor, The numerous problems that have plagued the Supenaam Stelling have been well publicized and documented and up to this day it has not been determined with any degree of certainty who is to be blamed or whatever went wrong that caused the numerous delays in handing over, as well as the on-again, off-again manner in which this facility used to operate.

Dear Editor, I write as a boxing fan concerned about the shameful treatment of the young amateur boxers at the recently-concluded under-16 boxing competition sponsored by Pepsi and organized by the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA).

VALENCIA, Spain, (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso thrilled home fans by winning an incident-packed European Grand Prix in Valencia yesterday to take the overall championship lead and become Formula One’s first repeat winner of the season.

Dear Editor, While I laud the commitment of Digicel in sponsoring the second edition of the Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition, which according to a report has attracted 154 participating teams, I have a point of contention about Bygeval Multilateral inflicting an 11-1 drubbing on a hapless Buxton lineup.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Alessandro Diamanti scored the decisive spot kick as Italy beat England 4-2 on penalties after their action-packed Euro 2012 quarter-final finished goalless after extra-time yesterday.

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay’s government plans to start growing marijuana soon after a law legalizing sales of the drug passes Congress, but a ban on selling to foreigners will stop the country becoming a drug tourism hot-spot, officials sy.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Uncapped leg-spinner Samuel Badree has been called up for West Indies’ two-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand which bowls off next week in Florida, United States.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Ousted Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo branded the country’s new government illegitimate yesterday and called for a return to democratic rule following his sudden impeachment two days ago.

Dear Editor, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan’s warning of unrest should government proceed with plans to increase electricity tariffs in Linden (SN, June 22), has been exploited by PPP apologists to mean Mr Ramjattan has called for turmoil or disorder.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former prime minister Basdeo Panday says Trinidad and Tobago now has “the biggest Cabinet in the world, per capita.”

Dear Editor, On Saturday, June 23, the Wales Community Centre was the venue for an event which saw the intrusion of loud music into the Patentia community well after midnight.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamist Mohamed Morsy was declared Egypt’s first freely elected president yesterday, sparking joy among his Muslim Brotherhood supporters on the streets who vowed to wrest more power from armed forces reluctant to cede ultimate control.

By Tonya Haynes Tonya Haynes is the co-ordinator of CODE RED for gender justice, which organized the CatchAFyah New Generation Caribbean Feminist Grounding with funding support from Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN).

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Jack Warner has promised to crack down on crime and return Trinidad and Tobago to a level of normalcy, even if it means bringing back the flying squad and other measures that worked in the past.

Dear Editor, I write to issue a severe reprimand to Brother Ramjattan and to correct a stereotype of Afrikans given by his reported statement to Demerara Waves that the foolhardy and ostrich-like intention to increase electricity rates in Linden could “create violence in the street.”

Dear Editor, Demerara Waves reported in a news item on June 23 that Minister Rohee had announced that police officers would not get their full leave because of the ‘political climate’ in the country.

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has accused Syria of shooting down one of its military reconnaissance jets in international airspace without warning and summoned a NATO meeting for tomorrow to agree a response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Interviews and photos by David Papannah In the wake of the recently started ‘Pick it Up’ campaign which encourages persons to clean up and take pride in their community, we asked some men and women in Berbice what they thought of the campaign and whether they would want to be part of it.

Each Friday, Stabroek Business gives a fascinating insight into efforts by micro, small and medium-scale businesses to plot their own journeys to success which at the same time often leaves the thinking reader to ponder what exactly is being done by the government and the private sector to enable them to grow.