Daily Archive: Thursday, August 23, 2012

The female dormitory at the New Opportunity Corps on the Essequibo Coast was gutted at around 8:30 tonight as police were called in to quell a fresh disturbance as inmates stormed various departments at the facility.

The body of a missing 12-year-old Corentyne, Berbice boy was found with marks of violence in a canal this afternoon.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, fresh from his silver medal performance at the 2012 London Olympics clocked a personal best 9.69s to place first in the 100m Diamond League race in Switzerland a short while ago.

KATHMANDU,  (Reuters) – A Nepali man who was bitten by a cobra snake bit it back and killed the reptile in a tit-for-tat attack, a newspaper said on Thursday.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaac weakened slightly as it dumped heavy rain off Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands today but it was expected to strengthen into a hurricane before tearing across the Dominican Republic and Haiti, U.S.

The body of missing New Amsterdam woman Roxanne Brewster was discovered this morning on the East Bank of the Berbice River.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Seventh-day Adventist pastor Reverend Charles Brevitt has said Jamaica is suffering from a critical breakdown in parenting, which has resulted in the unleashing of a crude, course and lewd generation on the nation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government is expected to slash the public-sector establishment by some 3,000 posts by next month as part of its debt-containment strategy.

(Barbados Nation) The archaic Education Act has no bite and is failing the island’s children.

(Trinidad Express) A 33-year-old Rio Claro man with a history of guns, ammunition and murder charges was shot and killed on Tuesday night by two men.

(Trinidad Express) The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has been going after delinquent people and businesses who were not complying with the programmes, Finance Minister Larry Howai has said.

(Trinidad Express) People’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday said the nation should be concerned that National Security Minister Jack Warner would admit he hired a photographer to spy on his (Rowley’s) office.

Inmates at the New Oppor-tunity Corps, Ondern-eeming, Essequibo Coast escaped from the compound last night and rampaged through the area with only four being recaptured by the Joint Services up to press time this morning.

The two men accused of shooting Kevin Singh on Waterloo Street on Saturday night, were yesterday arraigned on an attempted murder charge at the George-town Magistrates’ Court.

The police are leading a search in the Berbice River for a woman who reportedly fell off the gangway leading to a boat moored at Everton, East Bank Berbice early yesterday morning.

A post-mortem examination performed on 49-nine-year-old Kumar Singh, a joiner of No 79 Village, Corriverton who was discovered dead in his apartment around 6 am on Tuesday proved that he died of manual strangulation.

A seven-year-old boy was yesterday afternoon found murdered behind a rice mill in Number 68 Village, Corentyne.

Surendra Engineering, the firm responsible for the Enmore sugar packaging facility, has been awarded the contract for the construction of the Specialty Hospital, at Liliendaal, on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

Showstopper Kerrie Baylis of Jamaica was crowned Miss Jamzone 2012 on Tuesday evening at the National Cultural Centre after an incredible performance throughout the pageant, garnering  the strongest support from the Guyanese audience.

Gunmen yesterday invaded the Guy-America Enterprise at Ruimveldt and stole the $860,000 staff payroll.

The decomposing remains of a man were yesterday found floating in the Port Kaituma creek, from where hundreds of residents of the area source their water.

AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan says that Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh could be faced with contempt proceedings in the National Assembly for failing to fully report on the sale of national assets by the holding company, National Indus-trial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

A 21-year-old man arraigned on a charge of causing the death of his father by dangerous driving was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $450,000 when he made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

The police force is investigating the theft of as many as 100 computers from the warehouse storing the units for the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon disclosed yesterday.

Guyana’s highest rated squash player Nicolette Fernandes topped  her competitors in Trinidad and Tobago by claiming the female individual title fairly easily in the senior Caribbean Squash championships last Tuesday.

Acting on a tip, security officials at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) on Tuesday discovered almost two kilos of cocaine in a bag close to the airport’s western perimeter fence.

By Emmerson Campbell The National Men’s Sevens Rugby team currently in Canada suffered a speed bump along the road on their quest to secure their seventh consecutive NACRA Sevens Caribbean title.

President Donald Ramotar and Minister of Natural Resources and the Environ-ment Robert Persaud yesterday made unprecedented aerial and ground visits of mining operations in and around Puruni and Issano, Region Seven and addressed a number of miners’ issues.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Under-19s compensated for their heart-breaking quarter-final loss by getting past Pakistan Under-19s by 16 runs, in their fifth place playoff in the ICC Youth World Cup here yesterday.

Lone Opposition party member at last evening’s edition of the corruption debate on NCN, Khemraj Ramjattan of the Alliance For Change challenged members of the opposite panel to justify why it was Guyana was spending monies on the Marriott Hotel and asked if the project was so feasible why private entities did not finance it entirely.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-handed stroke-maker Darren Bravo has made a return in an otherwise predictable 15-man squad announced  yesterday to contest next month’s Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.

The family of carpenter Devanand Nauth, who died as a result of the poor medical care he received after he was struck down in accident, has been told that no charge can be brought against the driver who hit the man.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Heavy rain associated with the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac wrecked the third round of matches in the Regional Under-19 one-day Championship here yesterday.

An elderly Stanleytown, New Amsterdam couple was last evening stabbed about their bodies by a mentally-challenged man who reportedly used a glass bottle to commit the act.

By Neil Barry Skipper Shaquille Williams gave his home ground a welcome return to club cricket as he smashed 158 against Transport `A’ playing for Malteenoes Sports Club in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) David Persaud Investments Cup match yesterday which ended in a draw.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) says it is in support of the initiative to establish an Economic Committee to develop Linden.

The inform Troy Cadogan,  Ansa Mc Al Trading Marketing Director, will attempt to add the Carib Beer Medal Play Golf title to his collection when the tournament is played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Four government ministers completed an outreach recently to the North Pakaraimas, Region Eight and help was pledged for rice cultivation.

(Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has no doubts the team will miss the experience of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman but expects young players to step up and fill the void created by the retirement of the batting stalwarts.

Government spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday all but ruled out the demand by Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon for the Commission of Inquiry (COI) in the July 18 protestor shooting at Linden to be based in the mining town.

Two car wash attendants who were jointly charged for allegedly stealing a motor vehicle tray cover valued $100,000 were  placed on $80,000 bail each yesterday.

LINZ, Austria, CMC– World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James continued his winning ways when he outpaced the field in the Gugl games in the Austrian City of Linz  on Monday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Stabroek News on Wednesday July 18, 2012, under the caption ‘Surinamese man says he was harassed by corrupt Guyanese cops.‘

Dear Editor, I am the licensed owner of a liquor restaurant and bar at Lot 7 Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast. 

Two men jointly arraigned on charges of cannabis  trafficking and possession of ammunition  casings  were yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Shiv Chanderpaul has moved up one place in the latest ICC reliance rankings for test batsmen.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s Central Bureau of Investigation is probing possible corruption in the sale of coal concessions to private companies, it said yesterday, as the affair dubbed “coalgate” caused uproar in parliament, paralysing it for a second day in a row.

(BBC)Two former Grand Slam winners have tipped Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray to win the upcoming US Open.

A high level delegation from Russia’s fourth largest city, Ekaterinburg, paid a courtesy call on President Donald Ramotar on Tuesday in an ongoing campaign to promote the city’s candidacy to host the World Universal Exposition EXPO 2020, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) on their recent success at the South American Powerlifting Championships in Cali, Colombia.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaac swirled over the Caribbean yesterday and was forecast to become a hurricane as it moved on a track that would put it off the coast of Florida on Monday, the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Dear Editor, I was having a quiet beer at the corner shop on the evening of Sunday, August 19, when my cellular phone started to ring continuously.

The International Poultry Council (IPC) has expressed concern that the current world grain shortage caused by a prolonged drought situation in the soybean and corn producing regions in the United States, coupled with excessive rains in Northern Europe, is having a significant impact on poultry meat production worldwide.

(Reuters) – Frankel, a British colt who has become known as the Usain Bolt of horse racing, won his first 10-furlong race to complete a run of 13 straight victories when he clinched the International Stakes at York  yesterday.

AMMAN/ALEPPO, Syria  (Reuters) – The Syrian army shelled southern Damascus yesterday and helicopters fired rockets and machineguns during an assault meant to shore up President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on the capital 17 months into an uprising, opposition activists said.

Dear Editor, In my last letter I mentioned Mr Neil Kumar and his waste-of-time performance as Director of Sport in Guyana, and I stated that money for sports and culture should come from the lotto fund as it was intended to.

A Rupununi man allegedly found with eight grammes of cannabis in his possession was placed on $60,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(BBC) Ravi Bopara was out cheaply as South Africa beat Gloucestershire by three wickets in a 50-over match at Bristol yesterday.

President in Puruni: President Donald Ramotar (left) and Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud (right) in discussion with Puruni miners yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States and Pakistan should stop pretending they are allies and amicably “divorce,” Pakistan’s former ambassador to Washington said yesterday, citing unrealistic expectations in both countries that include U.S.

A 35-year-old man was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he was brought before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for allegedly being in possession of nine grammes of cannabis.

Dear Editor, This is laziness by the opposition parties, plain and simple.

 LOGRONO, Spain, (Reuters) – Up-and-coming German sprinter John Degenkolb claimed his second stage of the Vuelta a Espana yesterday when he outpowered Italian Daniele Bennati and Belgium’s Gianni Meersman in a mass charge for the line.

Dear Editor, I would agree with anyone who says that the current government can afford to do some more for sport in Guyana, but at the same time, sports associations should take some responsibility for the decline of sport.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Australia’s acting coach Steve Rixon believes the extreme heat they will face in the United Arab Emirates when playing Afghanistan and Pakistan will be the perfect preparation for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz, businessman Bruce Bicknell and Senior Super-intendent James Forbes have each been granted J$250,000 bail and told to surrender their travel documents.

CANBERRA/MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia declared the end of the resources boom which had cushioned the country against the global financial crisis, a day after the world’s biggest miner BHP Billiton shelved two major expansion plans worth at least $40 billion.

Persons looking at a model of a chemical processing plant that was used in ancient India at the Sciences Museums of India exhibition, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

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MADRID, (Reuters) – Barcelona striker David Villa was fined  yesterday for taking off his shirt to reveal a vest with a message dedicated to his family after he scored on his long-awaited return from injury last weekend.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The Los Angeles County coroner has amended the 30-year-old death certificate of actress Natalie Wood to change the official cause of her demise to “drowning and other undetermined factors” from accidental drowning, authorities said yesterday.

Politikles

Q: My friend told me that the Embassy has more tourist visas available this year and is giving them out now, is that true?

A replica of the Brihadeeswara Temple of Tanjore that was dedicated to Lord Shiva on display at the Sciences Museum of India exhibition, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday. 

Dear Editor, I see only glowing tributes paid to the deceased Laurie Lewis.

We wake up every morning to build, to make something useful and beneficial of this gift of life, in a sunny, fertile land.

If Republican Congressman Todd Akin is to be remembered for anything other than his awfully ignorant and horribly tasteless comments which were publicized last Sunday, it would be for coining what could possibly be the most offensive phrase of this century: ‘legitimate rape.’

(Trinidad Express) A month ago, the sister of Nigel “Black Boy” Caesar told him his friends would look at him lying dead in a pool of blood and laugh.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Jack Warner has confirmed that a representative was sent from his Ministry to hold talks with gang leaders in Laventille yesterday.