Articles published on Friday, September 7, 2012
(Reuters) – A lawsuit claiming U.S. securities regulators were negligent in failing to respond earlier to Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme can go forward for now, a federal judge ruled in Florida today.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, (Reuters) – Hurricane Leslie was downgraded to a tropical storm today as it swirled over the Atlantic on a track toward Bermuda but is expected to regain hurricane strength before passing by the island on Sunday, the U.S.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan held their nerve to win a thrilling Twenty20 international against Australia off the final ball of a super over after the match finished in a tie today.
The Office of the President this afternoon offered condolences on the passing of former Police Commissioner, Henry Greene today.
(Trinidad Guardian) If a tsunami is heading towards Port-of-Spain, buses will take people from the capital city to places like the Lady Young lookout or the Northern Range which are more than 30 to 40 feet high, says the CEO of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), Dr Stephen Ramroop.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Yohan Blake won the men’s 200m today in 19.54, from training partner, Jason Young in19.92 at the Brussels Diamond League.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic champion Usain Bolt recovered from a poor start to dominate the men’s 100m in 9.86 in a Jamaican sweep of the event.
The police today said that Prem Persaud also known as Prem Rampersaud of Lot Six Herstelling and Prospect, East Bank Demerara is wanted for questioning in connection with a series of fraud-related offences.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Association of Contractors, Construction and Consultants (JACCC) yesterday called on the Government to intervene on their behalf, in light of recent disclosure that the re-registration of 81 grade one contractors was being held up by the National Contracts Commission (NCC).
(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents of the community of Maroon Town in south St James were yesterday cowering in fear following a string of violent incidents that escalated on Wednesday night and left a young couple gunned down at their business place in the area.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Two shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquakes hit mountainous southwestern China today, killing at least 64 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from damaged buildings, state media said.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A former senior prosecutor who has served across the Caribbean is asserting that judges in Jamaica and the rest of the region are not capable of delivering judgments that are on par with their British counterparts.
(Barbados Nation) Two customs brokers charged in connection with a more than Bds$2.6 million, 664-pound marijuana find in a container at the Bridgetown Port were released on bail when they appeared in the Bridgetown Traffic Court yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados has been told that it needs to take quick corrective action, similar to what was done in 1991, in order to turn around the ailing economy.
Former Commissioner of Police Henry Greene died this morning after he was involved in a head-on collision with a truck at Harlem, West Coast Demerara this morning.
(Trinidad Express) It starts innocuously enough. A security guard assists an elderly man with his transaction at an ATM.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The cash-strapped Hyderabad franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has invited bids for its Twenty20 team in what is perceived as yet another sign of the league’s diminishing sheen.
The outcome of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18, 2012 Linden protestors’ shooting will be based solely on the evidence provided, Chairman and former Chief Justice of Jamaica Lensley Wolfe said yesterday.
A mid-afternoon outing for a Paradise, East Coast Demerara family turned tragic yesterday when a 17-year-old boy died by drowning in the swimming pool of the Ocean View International Hotel at Liliendaal.
Two men, including a Roraima Airways employee, were yesterday remanded to prison over the almost two kilos of cocaine intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) on Monday.
Terms of resumption were yesterday afternoon signed between representatives of striking city workers and the Local Government Ministry and will see the workers returning to their duties within 72 hours.
A Guyhoc Park, South Georgetown mother and her three children escaped yesterday with minor injuries after an electricity pole which was rotting at its stem broke and crashed on their home.
Balkarran Lillie and Danica Griffith were yesterday charged with defrauding prospective land buyers by pretending they could acquire over two dozen house lots at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara through the Ministry of Housing.
The badly decomposed body of a 52-year old man was yesterday fished out of a canal at Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice.
Ramesh Praimlall, aka Sharukh, 27 years old of 14 Supply, Mahaicony and Airy Hall perished in an early morning accident yesterday at Kairuni, Linden-Soesdyke Highway while others escaped with minor injuries.
Veteran broadcaster, Enrico Woolford says that expertise is lacking in the recently appointed governing board of the Guyana National Broad-casting Authority (GNBA) and he has renewed his call for the process of frequency allocation to be made transparent.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon says that he doubts that the police will be called to probe financial irregularities at state broadcaster NCN until internal investigations are completed.
Guyana’s Golden Jaguars and El Salvador will lock horns in the first game of a crucial Group B home and away match of the North, Central American and Caribbean Zone, third round 2014 World Cup qualifiers this evening.
By Emmerson Campbell Reigning king of this year’s third biennial Hugh Ross Classic (HRC), Kerwin Clarke, is brimming with confidence ahead of the 40th annual Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships billed for later this month in Puerto Rico.
The University of Guyana Law Society and corporate sponsors came together to refurbish the Law Department, in order to provide a comfortable learning environment for students in the new academic year.
CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy smashed an unbeaten half-century as West Indies beat the High Performance Centre by 44 runs in the first of two Twenty20 practice matches here at the 3Ws Oval here yesterday.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon says that he has no reason to believe that former president Bharrat Jagdeo is not accessing his benefits under the Former President’s (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2009.
With prevailing good weather, cricket in Georgetown is scheduled to continue in both zones of the New Building Society 40 Overs Competition tomorrow and Sunday.
Residents of Port Kaituma yesterday intensified their protest action blocking more sections of the community’s road network even as government announced that remedial road works costing between $20M to $30M are expected to start within the next 48 hours.
Despite the cutting of their subventions from the national budget by the opposition, contract workers at the Office of the President and employees at other affected state entities have been paid, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr.
By Johann Earle in South Korea In the backdrop of rich Korean tradition and culture on display in Jeju Island, South Korea, the World Conservation Congress 2012 officially opened yesterday with a warning that a new ethic was needed for more sustainable development.
LE LAMENTIN, Martinique, CMC – Hosts Martinique annihilated 10-man British Virgin Islands 16-0 to launch the 2012 Caribbean Football Union’s Caribbean Cup with fanfare here Wednesday.
The Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup First Division Two Day Competition continues this weekend with two matches in Georgetown.
The Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Services Unit on Tuesday evening conducted a fogging exercise in a number of city wards in a bid to reduce the mosquito population.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has presented a cheque valued $5M to the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) for the August 1 hosting of Emancipation Day observances at the National Park.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer edged Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-3 6-7 2-6 6-3 7-6 yesterday in a see-saw slugfest marked by gutsy, gritty play to reach the semi-finals of the U.S.
By Johann Earle In Jeju, South Korea Caribbean members of the Inter-national Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have submitted a motion at the World Conservation Congress taking place in Jeju, South Korea calling on the Union to consolidate its presence in the Caribbean, promote its objectives there and facilitate the region’s participation in existing and new IUCN activities.
VALLADOLID, Spain, (Reuters) – Italy’s Daniele Bennati won stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana, from Aguilar del Campo yesterday, while Spain’s Alberto Contador held on to the overall lead.
Dear Editor, The trash and filthy drain around Guyana’s Parliament epitomizes the state of Georgetown, and one can safely say Guyana – a nation plagued by corruption at all levels, with a bureaucracy that makes the nation crawl, and a political system that totally centralizes power in a country that still awaits the implementation of local elections.
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand slammed contractors for failing to complete all installations at the new Grove/Diamond Primary School and she put bidders on notice that the ministry will be seeking damages for every day that the work remains unfinished.
Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a letter published by the Stabroek News on September 4, 2012, and written by Cindy Sookdeo, in respect of statements I made in the recently aired in the NCN debate series in respect of former President Bharrat Jagdeo‘s pensions (‘The evidence shows that former President Jagdeo got preferential treatment for Pradoville II land’).
LONDON, (Reuters) – There was more disappointment at the Paralympics for South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius after he was left trailing in the wake of Britain’s Jonnie Peacock in the men’s 100m final yesterday.
Lakhram Sugrim, the four-year-old boy who was struck down by a pick-up on Wednesday night as he was being towed by his father on a bicycle at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is recovering and remains a patient of the Georgetown Hospital Paediatric Unit, a relative said yesterday.
Dear Editor, What kind of a country do we live in when the body of a dead donkey lies on the side of a major roadway in Guyana and it is left to the stray dogs to dispose of the carcass?
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer was knocked out of the U.S.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Selected positions from the latest ICC One-Day player rankings released yesterday: BATSMAN 1 Hashim Amla (SA) 901 2 Virat Kohli (IND) 858 3 AB de Villiers (SA) 852 4 Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 773 5 Jonathan Trott (ENG) 749 6 MS Dhoni (IND) 745 7 Michael Clarke (AUS) 718 8 Alastair Cook (ENG) 707 9 Gautam Gambhir (IND) 689 10 Mike Hussey (AUS) 688 25 Chris Gayle (WI) 633 33 Kieron Pollard (WI) 581 BOWLING: 1 Saeed Ajmal (PAK) 759 2 Mohammed Hafeez (PAK) 747 3 L Tsotsobe (SA) 690 4 Ravi Ashwin (IND) 681 5 Morne Morkel (SA) 676 6 Steven Finn (ENG) 668 7 Graeme Swann (ENG) 661 8 Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 655 9 Kyle Mills (NZ) 647 10 Dale Steyn (SA) 644 22 Kemar Roach (WI) 598 25 Ravi Rampaul (WI) 586
Dear Editor, I am not a fanatical churchgoer, but I believe in miracles.
Akeisha Jackman, the Brickdam Secondary School student who was struck down on Monday by a car as she was about to cross on a pedestrian crossing at Flour Mill Road, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, has been moved to the Georgetown Hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU) as her condition has worsened.
QUEENSLAND, Australia, CMC-An internationally capped Guyanese national who is now playing professional rugby in Australia says his ultimate dream is to compete in the highest standard of the sport there, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Dear Editor, My letter in Stabroek News and Kaieteur News of August 31 in which I described comments made by Mr Romel Roopnarine on his ‘Let’s Talk Essequibo‘ programme, as being one sided and misleading refers.
Residents turned out in large numbers at the Airy Hall Grounds on the Essequibo Coast to support efforts for the establishment of a new community library at the Riverstown Primary School.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Having knocked down many an off stump during his time as England cricket captain, Andrew Flintoff hopes to do the same to opponents when he takes to the boxing ring later this year.
President of the International Muslim Organisation (IMO) of Canada Omar Farouk recently donated $400,000 to the Shaheed Boys and Girls Orphanages to boost its services to children.
Dear Editor, In his speech to the Democratic Convention Wednesday night, former President Bill Clinton made the best case so far why President Barack Obama should be re-elected – more compelling than Clint Eastwood did for Romney at the Republican Convention.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Warwickshire won the English county championship for the first time in eight years when they wrapped up an innings and 202-run victory over local relegation-threatened rivals Worcestershire yesterday.
Teachers of St Stanislaus College are expected to benefit from a more comfortable working environment after they were presented with an expanded and refurbished staff room by St Stanislaus alumni on Wednesday.
NYON, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Players are still voluntarily kicking the ball into touch when an opponent goes down injured despite directives that they should wait for the referee’s whistle, UEFA said yesterday.
Mexican Ambassa-dor to Guyana Francisco Olguin Uribe donated several books to the National Library on Wednesday, during a courtesy call on Chief Librarian Gillian Thompson.
Dear Editor, President Ramotar was quoted on Demerara Waves as saying that “efforts to upset the smooth running of Guyana would not be tolerated.”
Following the massive success of the Games of the 30th Olympiad, the London 2012 Paralympics have been unfolding to rave reviews and dramatically changed perceptions of the disabled in the United Kingdom and those parts of the world fortunate enough to receive some television coverage of the event.
The truck that was being driven by Ramesh Praimlall
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Olympic champion Andy Murray produced an extraordinary turnaround to dig himself out of a deep hole and book his place in the semi-finals of the U.S.
Letter-writers: Prolific and Prominent Thoughts of the just-concluded Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival held in Georgetown, the Guyana Cultural Association, New York and its Labour Day week-end, Guyana-oriented Folk Festival and the quite imminent preparations for the Mashramani 2013 Festival all combined to prompt these reflections and personal opinions on Festivals generally.
(Trinidad Express) For the first time since the Government intervened in the bailout of collapsed insurance giant CLICO more than three years ago, Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran yesterday admitted that, as a supervisory body, there was a perception that the Bank “faltered”.
(Barbados Nation) There is a proposal for customs officers to undergo polygraph (lie detector) tests.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., (Reuters) – President Barack Obama asked Americans yesterday for patience in rebuilding the weak economy as he appealed for a new term in office and defiantly rejected Republican Mitt Romney’s proposals to restore growth.
