Daily Archive: Friday, August 31, 2012

Articles published on Friday, August 31, 2012

Major quake hits off Philippines

MANILA,  (Reuters) – An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines today damaging roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, a politician and authorities said.

Ganja found in trunks of two racing cars at Bridgetown Port

(Barbados Nation) A six-month operation by the Drug Squad and Customs Department led to the discovery yesterday at the Bridgetown Port of 38 pounds of marijuana valued at B$156 000 in the trunks of two racing cars, which arrived from Jamaica to participate in this weekend’s Digicel/Williams Seaboard Marine International Race Meet.

Trinidad President: Money taking toll on civilisation in T&T

(Trinidad Express) Are we civilised? This question was asked last night by President George Maxwell Richards in his Independence Day address which was delivered on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Independence of Trinidad and Tobago at the National Multicultural Extravaganza and Re-Enactment of the 1962 Independence at Woodford Square, Port of Spain.

Russia’s Berezovsky loses UK battle with Abramovich

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich won a court battle today against former partner Boris Berezovsky, who sued him for $6 billion over claims he was intimidated into selling assets they acquired in the post-Soviet carve-up of Russia’s vast natural resources.

Timehri North residents refuse to go

The Timehri North Develop-mental Council (TNDC), a group representing the 2,364 residents who have been asked to remove from their homes near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), has said that there are no plans to move as it awaits word from government on their resettlement.

Waning Isaac heads north but eyes turn to stricken dam

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Torrential rain dumped by Hurricane Isaac threatened to burst a dam in Mississippi yesterday, triggering the mass evacuation of local residents, while large areas of the region were still flooded and without power but getting ready to mop up.

Luncheon apologises to Solomon over names mix-up

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon on Wednesday night apologised to Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon for incorrectly stating earlier in the day that the region was still to name its three nominees to the committee which will review the economic situation in Linden.

EPA Head surprised by Harmon’s remarks

Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr. Inderjit Ramdass says he is surprised by comments that Opposition parliamentarian Joe Harmon made in reaction to a letter sent by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment which sought to justify why a new impact study was not necessary for the airport’s expansion.

UN all talk on Syria aid as West mulls military action

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria’s aid crisis achieved nothing new yesterday except to highlight global paralysis on the 17-month conflict as western powers warned that military action to secure civilian safe zones was still an option.

President Donald Ramotar (right) meeting with Wartsila officials at the Office of the President yesterday. (GINA photo)

Key role still seen for Wartsila

While the coming on stream of the Amaila Falls hydro project will inevitably change the scope and mode of Wartsila operations in Guyana, it is not likely that its operations will be gradually phased out since fossil fuel generation will have to make up for the shortfall of the hydro during downtime for maintenance.

Delegates at the congress

GAWU boss says cooperative effort can turn sugar around

President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), Komal Chand has lamented the sugar industry’s poor  production performance over the past few years and GuySuCo’s  financial predicament but he insists that a “co-operative effort could contribute to the industry’s return to sustainability in light of the favourable world sugar price.”

‘We selling hay eleven years now’

On Monday of this week, during one of the Georgetown City Council’s usual inconsistent sporadic, “law-and-order exercises”, the “single-parent” pavement vendors – all female to “a man” – let go their normal protest-anthems.

No King for US World Cup tie

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Troubled Birmingham City striker Marlon King has been left out of a 24-man squad for Jamaica’s CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tie against United States starting next week.