Daily Archive: Saturday, August 4, 2012

(WICB) Kingston, Jamaica – Narsingh Deonarine found the perfect formula of flight and variation as he bowled the West Indies into a match-winning position today – the third day of the second Digicel Test match at Sabina Park.

Khemraj Ramjattan is the new leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), while Nigel Hughes is the Chairman.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce bulleted to the race of the season to win Jamaica’s first gold medal at the London Olympics.

Departing AFC leader Raphael Trotman will no longer be the party’s List Representative—a responsibility that will be passed to the new leader to be elected today.

With track and field just getting underway, many spectators may feel that the best is yet to come at the London Olympics, but the first week of these games has already produced enough competitive drama to silence rumours that the city was not ready for an event of this magnitude.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams won her first Olympic tennis women’s singles gold today with a 6-0 6-1 demolition of Russia’s Maria Sharapova on Wimbledon’s Centre Court.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened today and will soon bulk up into a hurricane while keeping a westerly course in the Caribbean Sea that may threaten Jamaica, U.S.

LONDON, England (AP) — Former 100 meters world champion Kim Collins has been disciplined by the St Kitts and Nevis team and dropped from Saturday’s heat at the London Olympics.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding said he felt betrayed by Tivoli Gardens gangster Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Ernesto begins to strengthen while moving towards the central Caribbean.

(Jamaica Gleaner) World 100m champion Yohan Blake ran 10.00s flat in heat six to complete the Jamaican trio which has advanced to the semi-finals of the men’s 100m tomorrow at 1:45 p.m.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Crowd favourite, Double Olympic Champion, Usain Bolt opened his London 2012 campaign with a 10.09 clocking inside the Olympic Stadium in London in heat four of the men’s 100m.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Bauxite mining company Suralco is in the red and needs to change its policy drastically to be able to compete on the world market.

(Trinidad Express) The Poultry Association is calling on Government to intervene to keep chicken prices down as feed prices go up.

(Trinidad Express) A Caribbean “Epcot Centre” featuring a Carnival wax museum, in partnership with world famous Ripley’s Believe it Or Not, is part of the TT$2 billion vision businessman Derek Chin has for the development of Invaders Bay, Port of Spain.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday announced that he has instructed that moves be made to invoke penalty clauses in contractors’ contracts and if possible blacklist them if they continue to produce substandard work.

A bag containing 50 pounds of cocaine was on Thursday night intercepted by law enforcement agencies at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri and several airport baggage handlers are being interrogated over the find.

Fuel trucks bound for the Konawaruk mining district, in Region Eight, were yesterday disabled and damaged by protestors as an attempt was made to bypass a roadblock along Amelia’s Ward, in Linden, to get supplies to interior regions.

With President Donald Ramotar’s attempts to visit Linden being hindered by roadblocks erected by protesting residents, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

Following a meeting with President Donald Ramotar on Thursday, miners yesterday won assurances from the mines commission on two key recent demands: no bans on river mining or on the use of mercury.

As members of the Buxton community gathered yesterday to witness the unveiling of a monument erected to memorialise more than 450 Guyanese killed by police over the last two decades, Opposition Leader David Granger promised that a commission of inquiry will be launched into each one.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday released a draft of its Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Commission of Inquiry into the July 18 Linden protestor killings and it is pressing for the panel to consist solely of international experts.

The fragments recovered from the bodies of the three linden protestors shot dead on July 18, are shot gun pellets and all ranks on duty in the mining town that day have given statements, the Guyana Police Force said yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Narsingh Deonarine gave West Indies a boost with two late wickets, after Marlon Samuels emphasised his batting rebirth with a fourth Test hundred in the face of a batting meltdown, which allowed New Zealand to nose ahead in the second Test yesterday here.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday performed the first caesarean section (CS) in the recently-commissioned operating theatre of its Maternity Unit and the operation was a success.

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle yesterday confirmed that the fire which gutted four Regent Street stores and destroyed the top flat of the Lucky Dollar Furniture and Electronics store on Tuesday was electrical in origin and started in the living quarters of Chinese nationals.

Government has moved to the National Assembly to restore some of the allocations cut from this year’s budget, including subsidies for the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), the state-media agencies and salaries for contracted workers at Office of the President (OP).

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon on Thursday defended the scale of the salaries being paid to some contracted workers of the Office of the President (OP), which include high-profile members of the ruling party.

A woman who burnt her common-law husband with a lit cigarette was yesterday placed on a six-month bond to keep the peace and to be on good behaviour.

At the crowded Port Kaituma central, the gateway to the goldfields of the North West District of Region One, one-time city traders—including many single-mothers—are now looking for their big breaks.

From Orin Gordon in London Now it gets serious. For Aliann Pompey and Team Guyana, for whom all three track athletes compete at the London Olympic stadium today.

Traffic along the Berbice Bridge was temporary halted on Thursday night, after a vessel laden with sugar drifted into the structure.

The suspect in the fatal stabbing of 20-year old plantain chip vendor Jermaine Simon, who died in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Thursday, a day after being stabbed about the body several times, has been held by the police.

Guyana’s most recent record holder is ready to swoosh to another big mark.

Frank Persaud, who was murdered by three men who posed as customs officers, died as a result of blunt trauma to the head and suffocation, an autopsy has found.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Narsingh Deonarine gave West Indies a boost with two late wickets, after Marlon Samuels emphasised his batting rebirth with a fourth Test hundred in the face of a batting meltdown, which allowed New Zealand to nose ahead in the second Test yesterday here.

By Jairo Rodrigues She is described as the best female hip-hop artiste in Guyana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba powered away from two Kenyan rivals to capture the first track gold of the London Olympics in the women’s 10,000 metres  yesterday, while three wins in the pool propelled the United States to the top of the medals table.

It seems that some people are sceptical about Guyanese using the term ‘summer’ in current entertainment events or signature names when we experience a summer climate all year round.

The Attorney General’s Chambers has recommended the termination of the contract of a West Demerara construction firm, after it failed to complete its job on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) four lane road extension project.

Hi Everyone, There are subtle differences between a country style biscuit (think KFC and Pillsbury) and a scone.

Damion Moore, who was stabbed twice by his cousin on Thursday at their Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara home is recovering in the male surgical ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and is expected to undergo another surgery.

The inaugural National Fitness Week which was launched yesterday in the boardroom of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport aims to raise healthy and fitness lifestyle awareness countrywide.

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Twenty-five year-old Plaisance native Winston George will be taking to the track in a matter of hours to run the race at his life at the Olympic Stadium of the London 2012 Olympic Games in the first round of the men’s 400m race.

A minibus driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of a 70-year-old man, after he failed to stop at an intersection and collided with a vehicle that hit the now-dead pedestrian.

National chess champion Taffin Khan has opened up a lead of 10 points over his nearest rival following play Wednesday in the fourth round of the inaugural Red Cherry ladder tournament at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Hadfield Street.

By Jairo Rodrigues Eighteen-year-old Jilicia Adela Pinder was on Tuesday last crowned Miss Guyana African Queen; prevailing over seven other contestants in the inaugural pageant at the National Cultural Centre.

Dear Editor In 2006 the Government of Guyana, with funds from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) initiated a project described as the Community Services Enhancement Project, designed to specifically prepare the communities of Bartica, Charity, Parika and Supenaam for their upgrading into municipalities.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Heavy rain here yesterday resulted in the abandonment of the final day of the second round of matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship.

ALEPPO, Syria,  (Reuters) – Syrian forces stormed the last rebel stronghold in the capital Damascus in tanks and armoured vehicles yesterday and blasted artillery at rebels in Aleppo, where the United Nations said the army was preparing a massive assault.

A teenager accused of stealing two vehicle batteries was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

He is not called “Mr Fete” by chance and on Saturday night last, Machel Montano demonstrated to Guyanese that there is an artiste who can give an over three hours of energy-laced dynamic performance stopping only because of his tired and soaked fans.

Dear Editor, The submerging of the Demerara Harbour Bridge leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

US Ambassador to Guyana D Brent Hardt and his wife Saskia Hardt hosted a piano recital with distinguished Guyanese-American international pianist Dr Ray Luck last Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Katherine Jackson was unaware she had been reported missing or that her pop star son’s three children were trying to contact her during a stay in Arizona last month in which she was unable to communicate with the outside world.

The third annual Mark Sutton Memorial football tournament is set to conclude tomorrow at the Melanie Playfield.

Dear Editor, Every nation has periods in its history where a singular event or series of events, inevitably leads to profound changes hitherto unimaginable.

I have been in sports heaven this past week. I look forward to the Olympics for one reason only:  to see women athletes perform on an international stage while the world watches intently.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Sudan and South Sudan have reached a deal on oil payments and will soon discuss when to resume southern oil exports through the north, a mediator from the African Union said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Three of Michael Jackson’s siblings vowed yesterday to keep up their fight to have the pop star’s will thrown out, but denied their efforts were motivated by money.

Three Guyanese doctors last week Thursday afternoon at Herdmanston Lodge graduated from the Guyana Echocardiography Education Programme, which is a joint initiative among Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Canada, the Ministry of Health, the Institute of Health Science Education, and Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Dear Editor, I was at the Square of the Revolution on August 1, and part of the motorcade to Linden, staying throughout the ceremony until night fell to say farewell to the Linden shooting victims.

The eighth annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race will pedal off tomorrow at 09:00hrs.

(Reuters) – Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has pulled out the Hollywood stops in his latest video for the single “As Long As You Love Me,” making a sort of mini-film showing his grown-up side.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Young illegal immigrants – many of whom have spent much of their lives attending schools in the United States – will be able to begin emerging from their uncertain status on Aug.

Sophighters Youth Group of North Sophia will stage a five-s-side football competition tomorrow at the North Sophia Entrance, Pike Street.

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers hired the most workers in five months in July, but an increase in the jobless rate to 8.3 percent kept prospects of further monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve on the table.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s election commission is investigating both sides in this year’s bitterly contested presidential race over alleged campaign irregularities, a mere two months before voters head to the polls in the South American OPEC nation.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, August 1, I saw a column in the Stabroek News  headed ‘Minister Rohee and the Becket syndrome’ by Henry Jeffrey.

Fuel truck disabled

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ernesto swept over the tiny island of St.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. weather has been lousy this year, with droughts, heat and killer storms.

The two-day clinic organized by the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) for fast bowlers and spinners will conclude today.

Dear Editor, One would have thought that following Nigel Hughes’ response to then President Bharrat Jagdeo following the latter’s attack on him during the last elections campaign, the administration would have recognized that to attack Hughes is an endeavour best avoided.

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