Daily Archive: Sunday, August 19, 2012

The Associated Press is reporting that a police chief in the US Virgin Islands has been shot along with an officer while trying to stop armed robbery suspects on the island of St Croix.

(Jamaica Observer) Attorney Clover Maxine Graham, 56, was found with her throat slashed in the middle of the field at the Caymanas Polo Club this morning.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana yesterday said that the Muslim scholar who had been charged with sexually abusing boys remains suspended from the CIOG.

BAYFIELD, Barbados,  CMC – An invaluable 47-run fifth wicket stand steadied Guyana and helped them to a cautious five-wicket win over Jamaica in their opening match in the Regional Under-19 one-day Championship campaign here today.

Preparatory works for the reconstruction of the One Mile Primary School started today with many Lindeners participating to the sounds of a recently produced song recounting the events in the mining town over the past 33 days of protest.

The Joint Services Co-ordinating Council today said that transiting through the town of Linden has been re-established.

Police say that at about 1900h yesterday, businessman Albadar, 47 years, of Vigilance North, ECD, and his reputed wife Reshma Bisnauth had just arrived home in their motor vehicle and as they were about to exit the vehicle they were confronted by two men armed with handguns.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange used the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy on Sunday to berate the United States for threatening freedom of expression and called on President Barack Obama to end what he called a witch-hunt against his whistle-blowing website.

(Trinidad Guardian) Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar is being asked to refund more than TT$300,000 in legal fees to a client he represented at the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court two years ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) received its third ATR 72-600 aircraft on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six San Fernando businesses were destroyed when a fire razed a two-storey commercial building on Mucurapo Street on Friday night.

(Jamaica Observer) The leadership of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is fuming in the wake of calls for an enquiry into whether it is to be blamed for the significant decline in pass rates for English Language and Mathematics among students throughout the Caribbean in May this year.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Up to 31 people including at least one Sudanese minister were killed when a plane taking them to an Islamic festival crashed in the south of the country, an official and state media said today.

(Trinidad Express) A woman described as a gang informer and an Arima man were killed in separate incidents between early yesterday morning and midday.

(Trinidad Express) A manpower shortage and overworked officers at the Estate Police Association (EPA) are compromising security operations at the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and the Arthur NR Robinson Airport in Tobago.

“To the question of if you should return to work on Monday remember I will be signing the agreement on Monday and the struggle continues, but victory is in sight,” Regional Chairman Kuice Sharma Solomon told Lindeners yesterday who had gathered to mark the one month anniversary since the killing of three men and the wounding of many others by the police.

Photos by Marcelle Thomas and Shabna Ullah Long before you reach Woodley Park you catch the aroma of the village.

An Alberttown man was up to press time last night hospitalized with gunshot wounds to his body after a gunman opened on fire on him as he sat outside a Waterloo Street drinking spot.

Amid a damning report on the loss of parliamentary transcripts for the period 1985 to 1992, questions are being raised as to how none of these documents had been transformed into Hansards up to the year 2003 and why no one either on the government or the opposition benches moved to ensure that they were safeguarded.

Retired Major General Joseph Singh yesterday resigned as Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Board, following strong agitation from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA), which expressed no confidence in him and pulled its participation from Mining Week activities as a result.

Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell yesterday said that Superintendent of Police Errol Watts can remain on the job and be allowed to attend overseas training programmes since the criminal charges brought against him in relation to last year’s rubber bullet shooting of APNU protestors were filed privately and not by the police.

Leading opposition members do not agree that it was necessary to forego the parliamentary recess to address a number of outstanding national issues.

Police are no closer to finding the killers of businessman Frank Persaud but his wife has expressed confidence in the police to give her some closure.

Savita Haynes of Brusche Dam Vigilance, East Coast Demerara has been missing for approximately three weeks and her family is pleading with anyone with information about her whereabouts to come forward and inform them.

Rohanie Ramsood, the Cane Grove, Mahaica resident who set herself on fire two days ago is said to be improving at the Georgetown Hospital, her relatives said yesterday.

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed the Community’s deep sadness at the loss of life and property during the recent floods in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is urging Georgetown residents to pay their rates and taxes while warning  property owners that failure to engage the council in property-tax issues can result in legal action being taken against them.

Accommodation for the displaced students of the burnt One Mile Primary School is a priority for the government, according to Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira, who says that education officials will be meeting parents and teachers tomorrow to work out arrangements for their placement when school reopens on September 3.

Guyana, a country heavily influenced by all things American including television sitcoms, clothing and books will now get a chance to play one of America’s more popular sports baseball.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) said some of its garbage trucks have mechanical problems and so there has been a pileup of trash in some city wards.

By Neil Barry Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) yesterday easily defeated a depleted Ace Warriors side on home turf by 153 runs and there were wins as well for Malteenoes and Transports Sports Club `A’  on day three of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) David Persaud Investments Cup Under-19 cricket tournament.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has nominated University of Guyana lecturer Sherwood Lowe as its representative on the Broadcast Authority, subsequent to the passage of the Broadcast Bill in June 2011 without the support of the PNCR, the main opposition party at the time.

“We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our schoolmasters, and one from the world.

Guyana’s Britany van Lange led the girls’ 15 – 17 relay team to an outstanding 4x100m gold which was preceded by an exceptional bronze medal performance from the Guyana boys’ 13 – 14 relay team as day two of competition in the Goodwill Swimming Championships came to a close at the National Aquatic Centre yesterday.

All things being relative, these past couple of months have been encouraging for West Indies cricket.

As with the first, the second installment of this column last week attracted a full length response from the Prime Minister Samuel Hinds which as far as I could understand pleaded with me “to help soothe anxiety about removing a historical subsidy.”

LONDON, – Jonny Bairstow fell five runs short of a maiden test century yesterday before South Africa took their lead in the match to 139 at the end of day three of the third and final test against England at Lord’s.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was already polling at historically low numbers among Hispanic voters before his decision to name Wisconsin Rep Paul Ryan as his running mate.

Introduction Starting with my column on April 1 this year, this is the twenty-first and concluding one in a series, which may be broadly described as an appraisal of the political economy of the National Budget, 2012.

By Emmerson Campbell Top veteran cyclist Junior Niles sprinted away with the winner’s trophy in the feature 35-lap event of this year’s second annual Unitech Awning 11-race programme which was staged around the inner circuit of the National Park yesterday.

From Orin Gordon in London London 2012 was my third Olympics.

Can the 2008 EU Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) still be made to work to the region’s advantage, or is its economic promise fading?

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, CMC – Unbeaten West Indies Under-19s will chase a spot in the final four of the Youth World Cup when they clash with New Zealand in their quarter-final today.

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Commission of Inquiry into July 18 protestor shootings in Linden are being given the “final touches,” Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa yesterday cast the Andean country’s tensions with Britain over asylum for WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange as a menace to Latin America, warning the UK that it should think twice before trampling on the region’s sovereignty.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) second male/female softball tournament will begin next Sunday throughout the country.

A Guyanese man fatally stabbed his wife and stuffed her in a plastic bag under a bed in their Queens, New York home, after hearing she had cheated on him, authorities and relatives said yesterday, according to the New York Post.

These columns usually come from my own observations, or from my recall of an experience, but readers will occasionally prod me into subjects of their own interest or even suggest a slant that hadn’t occurred to me.

The last of the well-known snake families found in Guyana is the Vipers (Viperidae).

Dear Editor, In response to a letter published in the Stabroek News of August 17, 2012, the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security wishes to publicly state that the letter is not entirely accurate, specifically as it relates to the amendments pertaining to the Sexual Offences Act 2010.

The National Communica-tions Network Inc. (NCN) says it will be broadcasting a live seven-part debate series on corruption, commencing this Sunday, August 19, 2012, at 7:00pm.

Ornamental peppers (Capsicum annuum) are small bushy plants with bright glossy peppers. 

By Alan Fenty Quite justifiably, the name Camptown evokes memories of the famous Chronicle Atlantic Symphony steel and Brass Orchestra.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar’s belated visit to Linden must be viewed as a positive development. 

MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34 deaths this week could also wound the ruling ANC and its main labour ally, laying bare workers’ anger over enduring inequalities in Africa’s biggest economy.

Continued Last week we dealt with the whole issue of the estrus cycle in dogs. 

 (Trinidad Guardian) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) scrutiny to prevent white-collar crime will soon apply to all public authorities—from ministries to the Tobago House of Assembly—and also to “politically-exposed” people.

In her younger days 17-year-old Priya Dookie felt that her voice was unconsciously “taken away from me” in the name of discipline, as she was taught to be seen and not be heard and to only “answer when you are called” and “speak when you are spoken to.”

Dear Editor, Moray House Trust salutes the example of the late Hugh Cholmondeley as an exemplary citizen of Guyana and of the world.

(Reuters) – Miss China, a 23-year-old music lover who wants to work with the poor, was crowned Miss World 2012 at a ceremony in Inner Mongolia, pageant organizers said yesterday.

Local lawn tennis doubles pairs will look for improved weather this month-end when they compete in the Trophy Stall Doubles lawn tennis  tournament.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria dismissed reports that President Bashar al-Assad’s deputy had defected and its forces pursued an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of Aleppo in the north and attacking an insurgent-held town in the oil-producing east.

By R M Austin Last week Reince Priebus, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) called the Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, a “dirty liar” for  saying Mitt Romney has not paid taxes for years; the same individual said President Obama has “blood on his hands” for cutting Medicare; and  David Axelrod, the mild mannered adviser to President Obama, was apoplectic with fury when he was asked on ‘Meet the Press‘ last week whether Romney’s allegation that an Obama ad, which gave the impression that he was responsible for a woman’s death, was beyond the pale.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Jack Warner on Friday vowed to go after the “Mr Bigs” of this country who were in high places and are protected by politicians.

Dear Editor, I am relieved, to say the least, that an agreement has been reached between the Ramotar administration and representatives of Linden on the electricity tariff issue, as well as other social and economic revitalization factors.

While events in Linden were commanding public attention, the National Toshaos Council Conference was held in Georgetown between August 6 and August 10. 

A Hare Krishna group

(Reuters) – India batsman VVS Laxman announced his retirement from international cricket yesterday, despite his selection for the two-test series against New Zealand.

Sunday Cartoon

Dance theatre in the Caribbean has developed in a number of interesting and increasingly important directions.