Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2245h.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nora Ephron, known for romantic comedies When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, has died in New York at age 71 after battling leukemia, according to media reports today.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement officials on Tuesday said 24 suspected hackers had been arrested in a sting operation spanning four continents that targeted online financial fraud of stolen credit card and bank information.

(Trinidad Express) Justice Minister Herbert Volney says Trinidad and Tobago may, in time, do away with criminal trials involving juries.

(Trinidad Express)The murder rate has to come down, National Security Minister Jack Warner pledged yesterday.

Government has announced plans to establish a temporary child support assistance fund.

(Barbados Nation) Police are investigating the death of Elvin Adolphus Thomas, 59, of Lower Estate, St.

The Congress of the International Press Institute today heard how the Guyana Government had discriminated against Stabroek News in the placement of advertisements and the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Anand Persaud called for state ads to be handled by a professional advertising agency.

Unknown persons early this morning attempted to torch another building owned by executed Pest Co boss Mohammed Baksh, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has confirmed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican entertainer Busy Signal accused of fleeing the United States to avoid a drug trial a decade ago, pleaded not guilty yesterday to one count of failure to appear in court.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – A Saudi court sentenced a middle-aged joy-rider to death by beheading for accidentally killing two people while performing a car stunt near the capital Riyadh, the Saudi newspaper Al Watan reported today.

(Trinidad Express) A single mother of four, who admitted in court yesterday to burning the hand of her eight-year-old daughter, was sent to prison for three years.

(Trinidad Express) Responding to concerns about the expansion of her Government as a result of last Friday’s Cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday: “It is all well and good to talk about numbers and size.

City Hall’s mechanical workshop at Princes Street, Georgetown, is the site of rampant fuel theft, the cannibalising of city equipment and the operation of a private scrap metal business, according to the findings of the recent probe into the operations of City Hall done by consultant Ramon Gaskin.

Taking advantage of the absence of an opposition MP, the PPP/C members on the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday forced through the appointment of 11 staffers of the Auditor General’s Department, including the wife of Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, according to APNU.

A 27-year-old miner succumbed to burns about his body yesterday after he was turned into a human torch at a Mahdia mining camp on Friday by a workmate who dreamt that he was being sexually assaulted.

Nandy Collins, the young mother who delivered a premature baby boy at a Nabaclis barber shop on the East Coast Demerara on Saturday night recounted a harrowing experience in which she almost gave up on the birth of her first son.

A mother and her 25-year-old son were terrorised and shot last evening during a robbery at their 18th Street Foulis, East Coast Demerara home and up to press time they were both being treated for their wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Despite several reported sightings of the man accused of fatally stabbing Plastic City fisherman, Vishwanauth Narine, on June 8 the police are yet to apprehend him.

By Emmerson Campbell “It’s nothing but first round (knockout). He stepped in on the wrong day, wrong time.

The Break of Dawn, a collection of poetry and writings by Guyanese author Janet John-Dorie was launched yesterday at the National Library.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Men’s champion Novak Djokovic arrived on court with a golf club, Roger Federer with his own unique brand of magic and Maria Sharapova basking in a Parisian glow as Wimbledon’s headline acts shone in the opening day sunshine  yesterday.

The Guyana Model Search/Designers’ Portfolio (GMS/DP) is urging businesses to book now as limited spaces remain for persons interested in exhibiting items at its Better Living 2012 grand lifestyle extravaganza set for July 1 at Isika.

Late Amerindian rights activist and minister of government Dr Desrey Fox was last night hailed for her multi-disciplinary character and immense contribution in the development of Guyanese especially the Indigenous peoples.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opener Nkrumah Bonner’s sensational half-century was in vain as West Indies lost an enthralling second Twenty20 to India A on the dreaded “super over” late Sunday night.

By Iva Wharton Moruca Secondary of Region One and Charity Secondary of Region Two are the first two schools into the quarter finals of the Digicel School’s Football Tournament currently being played across the country.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Organisers are confident that they can prevent gangs behind illegal gambling from fixing events at the Olympics in London next month, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) figure said  yesterday.

A woman who hit her reputed husband with a rolling pin and pulled a knife on him was yesterday fined $15,000 or alternatively ordered to spend 10 days in prison when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

MOSCOW,   (Reuters) – Russian soccer chief Sergei Fursenko quit his post  yesterday following Russia’s disappointing showing at Euro 2012.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in collaboration with the National Sports Commission will be facilitating a Swimming Programme from July 16 to August 22 at the Colgrain Swimming Pool, Camp Street.

A British national who swallowed 34 pellets of cocaine with the intention of exporting the narcotics to improve his financial situation was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 when he made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Eon Williams, on trial for allegedly stabbing his friend Kwesi Wilson to death, was acquitted yesterday after Justice Roxane George upheld a no-case submission in the High Court.

A shop vendor, a broom vendor, and a carpenter who were jointly accused of trafficking in cannabis were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

GNIEWINO, Poland,  (Reuters) – Spain captain Iker Casillas can become the first player to notch up 100 victories in international football if his team beat Portugal in  tomorrow’s Euro 2012 semi-final.

By Yonalla Dalrymple Stabroek Warriors sports organization will stage its second Inter-Market football tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall next month.

Police investigators are currently looking for a suspect in the murder of Pest Co boss Mohammed Baksh, and so far there is nothing to suggest that there is a link between his killing and the attempt to torch a building he owned, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said.

The release of telephone records in the Trevor Kissoon murder investigation has led to the arrest of a suspect, who is likely to be arraigned on the capital charge today.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka claimed the extra half-hour at the end of the fourth day to complete a 209-run rout of Pakistan in the first test  yesterday.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has said that ample information was given to support the allocations for expenditure by his ministry under Financial Paper 9/2011, which was recently rejected by the opposition in the National Assembly.

Table tennis players will meet this afternoon at the Linmine Constabulary Recreational Hall to attempt to resuscitate the sport in the mining town.

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

(Reuters) – Sprinter Dwain Chambers has been left out of Britain’s team for the individual 100 metres at the European championships in Helsinki which start tomorrow.

Fuelled by the announcement of a hike in electricity rates in Linden starting from July 1, APNU representative Aubrey Norton urged members of the Region 10 community to mobilize themselves to protest against this imposition, at a public meeting held on Friday night in Linden.

Dear Editor, ‘Georgetown, my Garden City/Land of beauty and brains’ The above seems to capture an era long gone, sigh!  

WARSAW,  (Reuters) – Former Portugal and Benfica great Eusebio should leave hospital in Poznan on Thursday after his medical examination results proved satisfactory, local press agency PAP cited the hospital spokesman as saying yesterday.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s new centre-right president swore in his cabinet yesterday as neighbouring nations intensified diplomatic pressure over the sudden impeachment of his leftist predecessor, Fernando Lugo.

Extra eyes? Stuffed monkeys, which are usually seen hanging from the backs of SUVs, dangle from security cameras at a store at the corner of Camp and Lamaha streets, formerly Lee’s Funeral Home.

The St John Association of Guyana is encouraging persons to participate in health programmes during its week of activities, which began on Sunday and concludes on Saturday, June 30.

Ansa McAl Trading Limited held the fourth drawing in their Trinchloro “Touch of Luxury” promotion at Survival Supermarket on Sheriff Street on Friday when Albert Armstrong of West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, the first winner of a 32” LCD flat screen TV, was available to collect his prize.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Works or some other contractor has been changing defective steel plates on the East Coast embankment road bridges. 

Roraima Airways Group conducted a blood donation drive on Friday to help meet a shortage at the National Blood Bank.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao asked leaders of South American trade bloc Mercosur to look into the possibility of a free-trade deal with the Asian nation, a key market for its commodities exports.

(Reuters) – Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has delayed the start of her outdoor season by pulling out of a meeting in Reims, France, on July 4.

The Society against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is applauding former Speaker of the National Assembly and member of the PPP/C Ralph Ramkarran for his recent statements in support of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Guyana and said that other political leaders should take their cue from him.

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

Dear Editor, I wish you could investigate whether television sets installed in the dashboards of motor vehicles are legal.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Guyana came to Bermuda for the first time confident they could avenge defeat at home last year but left a well-beaten side after losing the Caribbean Rugby Championship final 18-0 at the National Sports Centre on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Response is made to Prime Minister Sam Hinds’ letter in SN of  June 24, captioned ‘Electricity reform is the last step in the transformation of Linden from company town to a regular Guyanese town.’

(Jamaica Observer) The work ethic encouraged by Chinese contractor China Harbour Engineering Com-pany (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.

The National Blood Bank has collected 31 pints of blood from a blood drive organised by the United States (US) Embassy and the Ministry of Health.

THE VALLEY, Anguilla,  CMC – CARIFTA Games bronze medallists quarter-miler Dee Ann Rogers and sprinter Zharnel Hughes will spearhead Anguilla’s track and field team at the 19th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in El Salvador starting Friday.

So small you could miss it! This ‘No Right Turn’ sign (inset) at the corner of Middle and Cummings streets is not only very small, but tacked on to a utility pole rather than being placed in a position where it would be easily visible to motorists.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The United States has agreed to freeze an arbitration panel with Guatemala in order to informally settle accusations that the Central American nation has failed to protect workers’ rights, Guatemala’s economy minister said yesterday.

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.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Petrotrin easily brushed aside Angostura White Oak by nine wickets to win the inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Powerplay tournament here Sunday night.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Three federal police officers died in a shootout with suspected drug traffickers a t Mexico City’s airport yesterday, as panicked travellers scrambled to take cover amid the latest sign of encroaching violence in the country’s capital.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand interacting with parents and guardians at the Richard Ishmael Secondary School yesterday as the uniforms voucher distribution rolled out yesterday.

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s cabinet submitted its resignation to the Gulf state’s ruler yesterday 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.

Politikles

This year is shaping up to be the deadliest ever for journalists with 72 killed so far for 2012, the opening of the International Press Institute (IPI) Congress was told on Sunday in Trinidad.

This vehicle overturned after the driver, who was reportedly speeding, hit the median in the vicinity of the Georgetown seawall on Sunday evening.

Dear Editor, Facilitated by the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport, and Region Three’s Culture Youth and Sport Division, the communities of Fort Island, Lower Bonasika, Bendaff and Hubu in collaboration with the National Amerindian Development Foundation (NADF) last week began the observance of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (World Drug Day) early by shouting a message of ‘No to drugs!’

The current raging controversy over the allegation made in another section of the media that hugely inflated prices were paid for drugs imported by the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) for the Government of Guyana is not the first health sector-related controversy in which Dr Bheri Ramsaran has had to fight the administration’s corner.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,   (Reuters) – Sri Lanka paceman Chanaka Welegedara will miss the rest of the three-match series against Pakistan because of a torn shoulder muscle in his bowling arm.

(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.

By Naomi Wolf OXFORD (Reuters) – Two years ago, frustrated by the powerlessness citizens expressed to me about the political process, moved by their transpartisan worries about the state of US democracy, I began an experiment on Facebook: I sought to train “ordinary” people from all walks of life as reporters and opinion writers.

By Yao Yang BEIJING – China has undoubtedly benefited from the world system created and supported by the United States.

Dear Editor, Recently, I read a news item captioned ‘Father jailed for beating promiscuous daughter’ and I quickly got my glasses to read and reread the article because I could not believe it. To