Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 21, 2012

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaac formed in the Atlantic Ocean today and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane later this week as it moves on projected path across most of the Caribbean, the U.S.

    Agreement between the Government of Guyana and Region # 10On this 21st day of August 2012 the Government of Guyana and Region 10 hereby agree to the following: i)          That the situation of Electricity Tariffs in Linden will remain at the pre-July 1st 2012 rates and the implementation of a future tariff regime in Linden will await due consideration of the findings and recommendations of the Technical Team.

The agreement between the government and the Region Ten delegation regarding the Linden situation was earlier this evening signed after the contentious clause in the Terms of Reference for the Commission of Inquiry was dealt with earlier in the day.

Former Police Commissioner Laurie Leland Lewis was today remembered for leaving a lasting impression on both the police force and the many who knew him.

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna, during the one-hour special on Oprah’s New Chapter, shocked her mother Monica Braithwaite when she gifted her with a brand new five-bedroom home in Barbados.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT wishes to advise that due to the impending passage of a tropical storm, services throughout its network are likely to be disrupted tomorrow, Wednesday August 22, 2012.

MONROVIA,  (Reuters) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has suspended her son and 45 other government officials for failing to declare their assets to anti-corruption authorities, in her first major step to battle graft in her administration.

(Reuters) – Captain Michael Clarke is fed up with Australia’s slide down cricket’s world rankings and has demanded his team begin to turn things around during matches in the United Arab Emirates.

(Trinidad Guardian) David Abdulah, Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), is blaming the People Partnership Government’s “inexperience” in international affairs for a vote at the Organisation of the American States (OAS) on Friday where T&T distanced itself from Caricom and the rest of Latin America.

(Jamaica Observer) Tension between the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) and the Jamaica Association of Contractors and Consultants (JAC) widened yesterday, with the OCG calling in the police to investigate alleged threats against two of its officers.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican staples like pumpkin are losing ground to other varieties in the United Kingdom (UK) market, the Government is warning.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen’s rapid fall from grace in international cricket was completed today when the controversial batsman was left out of the England squads for the Twenty20 World Cup and a one-day series against South Africa.

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, regarded by the West as a bulwark against Islamic militancy, died while being treated abroad for an undisclosed illness, the government said today.

Guyana and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) representatives yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will cover a programme to prevent smuggling of drugs and contraband via containers.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment yesterday received four computer systems from Mahdia Gold Corporation for a mining school which is to be  built in Linden in Region Ten, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.

Following recent attacks by robbers, Stabroek Market vendors believe they are being targeted and they say police are not doing enough to find the people responsible.

Joseph Taylor, the man who was accused of brutally assaulting his partner with a hammer, died yesterday at the Georgetown Hospital after he ingested a poisonous substance.

Two fishermen of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice who went out to sea around 6:30 am on Saturday are missing  and relatives are praying for their safe return.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday confirmed the names of the five-member Commission of Inquiry which will investigate the July 18 Linden killings stating that work should begin by August month end.

Any major rehabilitation of the Georgetown/Vreed-en-Hoop Ferry Stellings will have to await a pre-feasibility study being conducted by the Ministry of Transport with regard to the Demerara River crossing, Minister Robeson Benn says.

The reconstruction of the One Mile Primary School at Linden is likely to take more than a year, Education Minister Priya Manickchand announced yesterday, while assuring that none of the students displaced by the situation would be disadvantaged.

The non-completion of the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 Linden protestors shooting yesterday resulted in the Region Ten delegation refusing to  sign the list of agreements reached with the government last Friday.

A man is now dead after two vehicles collided along the Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Sunday night.

A young man was yesterday charged with threatening a woman and throwing missiles at her house, which his lawyer said was due to a medical condition.

Technical and clerical workers at Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) estates around the country suspended their strike yesterday and returned to work, ahead of formal talks between their union, the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), and the corporation’s board later this week.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), KA Juman Yassin has concluded that for Guyana to do better at world class competitions such as the just-concluded London Olympic Games, more investment must be made to help the athletes to become professionals instead of being part-time competitors.

-wants Lotto funds to go to sports President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) KA Juman Yassin believes that investing in sports at the school level will help benefit the nation in the long run.

The Vivienne Parris Health Centre at Central Mackenzie, Linden went up in flames yesterday morning and arson is suspected.

Seventeen  International Driving Permits have been issued by the Licence Revenue Office, Guyana Revenue Authority, at July this year but they only cover some countries, the Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday in a press release.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, CMC – Fast bowler Justin Greaves conceded 18 runs from the final over as West Indies Under-19s squandered a final four berth in the Youth World Cup with a shocking loss to New Zealand Under-19s in a tension-filled quarter-final here yesterday.

A Venezuelan teenage girl who entered Guyana illegally by sea at Pomeroon was yesterday fined $50,000 and ordered to be deported when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

LONDON, (Reuters) – South Africa replaced England at the top of the world test rankings  yesterday after defeating the home side by 51 runs at Lord’s to win their three-test series 2-0.

Regional diplomats were last evening urged to be prepared to deal with the changes occurring in the region and the world as a training programme for mid-career diplomats opened here last evening.

BAYFIELD, Barbados, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago were brought down to earth by archrivals Barbados, after suffering defeat in the second round of the Regional Under-19 one-day Championship here  yesterday.

A taxi driver was yesterday put on bail after he denied threatening another man.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opener Kerry Holness stroked an attractive, unbeaten half-century as Jamaica crushed Leeward Islands by eight wickets in their second round match in the Regional Under-19 one-day Championship  yesterday.

Dear Editor, Your Sunday leader on Amerindians and the Guyanese mining sector seems to pass over the existence of a national land use plan, developed over the past decade or more under the management of a respected local expert who subsequently, I believe, held a salaried post in the Office of the President.

A beverage vendor was yesterday charged with assaulting his common-law wife.

GROS ISLET St Lucia, CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines crowned themselves Windward Islands Twenty20 champions when they beat Dominica by 22 runs in a low-scoring Championship final at the Beausejour Cricket Ground here Sunday night.

By Neil Barry Inspired by a century from wicketkeeper Sunil Singh, Transport Sports Club `A’ team pulled off a narrow 20-run victory over the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)’s David Persaud Investments Cup competition continued yesterday.

A mother of four accused of stealing another woman’s handbag containing items valued at $22,500 was yesterday placed on $15,000 bail when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Dear Editor, I thank the Minister of Human Services for her response to my letter re the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2012 (‘Amended Sexual Offences Bill will be ready after the parliamentary recess,’ SN, August 19); however, questions about the lack of implementation of the SOA for the past two years remains unanswered.

YANGON,  (Reuters) – Myanmar abolished direct media censorship yesterday, the latest dramatic reform by its quasi-civilian regime, but journalists face other formidable restrictions including a ban on private daily newspapers and a pervasive culture of self-censorship.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article captioned, ‘Maths, English passes continue to plummet‘ (SN, August 11). 

FRIENDSHIP, Barbados,  CMC – Fifteen-year-old opener Shimron Hetmeyer slammed a delightful century to pilot Guyana to a comprehensive victory over the Windward Islands, in the second round of the Regional Under-19 one-day Championship here  yesterday.

Cement block maker Kenroy Cadogan was yesterday charged with assault at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, I believe the system of education Ian on Sunday accurately criticizes is essentially a product of government bureaucracy.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has said it is saddened over the passing last Monday of  Laurie Lewis, former Commissioner of Police.

Guyana’s 26-member team ended with 23 medals and in the cellar position while defending champions Suriname were officially declared overall winners, late Sunday evening, during the closing ceremony of the Goodwill Swimming Championships, at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Kingston.

(Jamaica Observer) Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) member Charles Winston Anderson said Marcus Garvey would want Jamaica to embrace regional unity.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Senior Republicans urged congressman Todd Akin yesterday to quit the U.S.

Almost two weeks after she was pummelled by her ex-boyfriend, a serving member of the Guyana Police Force, Alana Farley is yet to see the man charged and placed before the courts.

 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge  yesterday dismissed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s effort to block a probe into whether the retired cycling champ cheated by using performance-enhancing drugs.

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – U.S. forces could move against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, President Barack Obama warned, notably if he deploys his chemical weapons against rebels trying to overthrow him.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Barbados Government has objected to an application by the Jamaican Govern-ment to become a party to the suit brought by Jamaican Shanique Myrie.

Dear Editor, Recent reported statements by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand have caused me some unease. 

Twenty-four children who were successful at the National Grade Six Assess-ment (NGSA) received Bursary Awards from Banks DIH Limited during a ceremony in their honour on Saturday at Thirst Park, the company said in a press release.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities said yesterday that they had seized $150 million from a Lebanese bank suspected of being at the heart of international money-laundering schemes linked to the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah.

Dear Editor, Examination results for the Cambridge University (UK) International O-Levels (IGCSE), the Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level 6th Form have just been released.

By Iva Wharton Western Tigers may not have returned with a prize but they have secured valuable experience from the Inter-Guiana Cup played in Suriname at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium, Paramaribo, over the weekend.

(Trinidad Express) A 64-year-old Barrackpore mother was bludgeoned to death in bed on Sunday while her visually impaired husband slept in the downstairs section of their home.

Dear Editor, This letter is a follow-up to an article published in SN on June 15, with the headline ‘Sharma Raghunandan should be commended for going to Orealla to teach children chess.

(Trinidad Guardian) A police investigation has been launched into a series of threats made against High Court judge Mark Mohammed and several members of staff at the judiciary.

Bronze medalist at last year’s World Masters Powerlifting Championships, John ‘Big John’ Edwards added a gold medal to collection Sunday night at the South American Powerlifting Championships in Cali, Colombia.

YARE, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Well-armed inmates in one of Venezuela’s notoriously overcrowded prisons rioted over the weekend, killing 25 people, the government said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Dethroned as Chutney Soca Monarch in February, entertainer Rikki Jai on Saturday night won the 50th anniversary Independence Chutney Soca Monarch finals.

Dear Editor, Attorney Nigel Hughes and several other speakers at a recent monument-dedication ceremony at Middle Walk, Buxton, lamented that too many monuments were being dedicated in Guyana to memorialize the dead; I agree with those speakers.

The preparation for the Guyana Cup horse racing event  set for Sunday continues to move ahead in anticipation of it being the largest ever local event with over $30 million in cash and prizes up for grabs.

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – Dom Mintoff, Malta’s former socialist prime minister and dominant political force for more than half a century, died at his residence near Valletta on Monday, the government said.

The Donald Ramotar administration has spent much of the eight months or so that it has been in office fending off demands for independent inquiries into various allegations of corruption said to have been perpetrated during the period when Mr Bharrat Jagdeo’s government was in office.

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Science fair: An Indian science exhibition got underway at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Seven murders have marred the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday weekend, pushing the murder toll to 263.