Daily Archive: Friday, October 5, 2012

(Jamaica Observer) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda police have appealed to people both here and in Dominica for assistance as they investigated the circumstances that led to the discovery of the bodies of two Dominican nationals on Friday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will lead a review of Bangladesh’s investigation of alleged corruption tied to a major bridge project, the World Bank said late on Friday.

The Associated Press today said that a Guyanese has been arrested on the Dutch Caribbean territory of St Maarten in connection with the murders of a US couple last month.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka can kiss their title hopes goodbye if they fail to dismiss West Indies opener Chris Gayle cheaply in the World Twenty20 final on Sunday, Australia captain George Bailey said.

Colombo,  (Reuters) – Chris Gayle’s primary job as an opener is to throw caution to the wind and give West Indies a flying start but the Jamaican said he enjoyed sharing the strike and batting till the end in today’s World Twenty20 semi-final against Australia.

BAYAMO, Cuba,  (Reuters) – Cuba arrested a dissident blogger and other activists one day before the start of a Spanish activist’s high-profile manslaughter trial, a rights advocate said today, in a move the U.S.

A timber truck this afternoon toppled several times on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway in the vicinity of Splashmins killing one and injuring three others.

Seven Guyanese – five men and two women – have been remanded in St Vincent and the Grenadines until February 4, 2013  over conspiracy to commit burglary, the Vincentian.com

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) fired 12,000 wildcat strikers today, a high-stakes attempt by the world’s biggest platinum producer to push back at a wave of illegal stoppages sweeping through South Africa’s mining sector and beyond.

(BBC) Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard produced a superb display of power hitting as the West Indies thrashed Australia to reach the final of the World Twenty20.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE — Lower House legislators regret being constantly confronted with hostile actions by the Bouterse administration.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Parliament adopted the Supervision on Money Transaction firms Act last night by a 27-7 vote.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Central Division police officers were allegedly caught red-handed by their seniors receiving a bribe on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A senior British Airways (BA) executive has complained that majority state-owned Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) is benefiting from an unfair advantage as a result of using subsidised fuel on its London–Caribbean route.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — The two brothers accused of raping five females, including an eight-year-old, in the middle-class community of Irwin Point last week, were yesterday charged with a range of offences.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has applied to the Inter-American Development Bank for a BDS$66 million loan to shore up its finances.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar has admitted to having thoughts about retiring from the sport but would not confirm precisely when he plans to hang up his boots.

Assistant Superintendent Walter Stanton said that he had to flee the scene at the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge on the evening of July 18, after protestors threatened his life.

-Aranka cave-in survivor Percy Lancaster, one of the survivors of the Aranka backdam cave-in that claimed three lives, says he feels like he has come back from the dead.

Police have issued wanted bulletins for the two policemen accused of murdering teenager Shaquille Grant, after they failed to appear in court to formally face the charge.

Benedict Thompson, one of two persons arrested after the discovery of an arms cache that included AK-47 rifles and grenades at Lethem, was yesterday arraigned on weapons possession charges.

Phone records have confirmed that calls were made between numbers registered to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and former Linden Commander Clifton Hicken on July 18, after three persons were fatally shot and others were wounded at Linden.

-after West Dem Hospital maternal death While an autopsy today will determine the cause of death of Tushana Cameron, who died after delivering at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) on Wednesday, her parents said they will be meeting the Chief Medical Officer Shamdeo Persaud to discuss assistance for her funeral and her newborn baby girl.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment yesterday conducted a lottery through which it issued 388 Special Mining Permits in all six mining districts in fulfilling a commitment to making more mining properties available to small and medium miners.

After a mountain of speculation, the Anna Regina Town Council has been disbanded and an Interim Management Committee (IMC) installed.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking to regularise the use of two of international bus service routes for the transportation of passengers between Guyana and Brazil.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Darren Sammy has seen how Pakistani spinners tormented Australia earlier this week and the West Indies captain is planning to subject George Bailey and his men to the same treatment in the second semi-final of the World Twenty today.

United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary General, Heraldo Munoz on Wednesday said that Latin American and Caribbean governments need to move away from the “iron fist” in fighting crime and violence, choosing instead softer approaches.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene and his lion-hearted spinners powered Sri Lanka to their second World Twenty20 final following the team’s 16-run win over 2009 champions Pakistan in the first semi-final yesterday.

Dear Editor, The news of children giving birth in Georgetown is nothing new in Guyana.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – West Indies opener Chris Gayle’s power-hitting can make all the difference in today’s second semi-final of the World Twenty20 and dismissing him early would be half the battle, believes Australia captain George Bailey.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it is concerned about the plight of citizens along the Essequibo Coast, particularly vendors who ply their trade in a filthy “bazaar” that passes for a market at Suddie, and the lack of development in the sprawling ‘Red Village’ community.

As noise nuisance complaints continue to pile up from citizens from all over the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) has instructed the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to take action against those verified to be in violation of the law and the force’s own co-op is among the offenders.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The doom-mongers predicted big trouble for Arsenal when Robin van Persie packed his bags and headed for Old Trafford in the summer but perhaps they need not have worried.

Dear Editor, The Attorney General, the Minister of Finance and the Head of the Presidential Secretariat have been busy distorting the decision in the Budget cuts case to mislead the public.

Dear Editor, One would expect a government to care for its people, especially those who are in the twilight of their years. 

-court hears Dwain Blair, a miner accused of robbing a man of his iPhone, was yesterday placed on $125,000 bail after he denied the charge of armed robbery.

Come Christmas, the process of transforming the southern end of Water Street will begin in earnest with the opening of the US$6 million Avinash Entertainment Complex.

By Emmerson Campbell After launching awareness campaigns and hosting numerous radio and television programmes to create a ‘12th man’ to support the Golden Jaguars, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has now switched its approach and will relocate next Friday’s World Cup Qualifier game against Mexico to a US state that borders that country.

                      Action in the Mackeson Smooth Moves Three on Three basketball tourney at the Albouystown court last evening.

Dear Editor, I have never seen such massive traffic jams in so many sections of the city before, and it’s not Christmas yet.

– funding to come from GRIF Government will shortly roll out a new US$10 million financial support programme for small enterprises through the Small Business Bureau (SBB), Chief Executive Officer of the bureau’s Secretariat Deryck Cummings says.

Two men were yesterday accused of robbing an elderly man of his cell phone and cash.

DENVER, (Reuters) – A day after a muted performance in a presidential debate, U.S.

Dear Editor, Bartica is one of the fastest developing communities and tourism is picking up rapidly.

A Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice woman who tried to put a stop to a man interfering with her in a “suggestive” manner was punched by him and fell unconscious on the road around 6:35 pm on Saturday.

A Resource Centre, which will have the capacity to house some 100 people at any one time, is set to be built at the National Racquet Centre compound, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.

 (Final part) Diaspora Aid There is little doubt that the development of Guyana over the last 20 years has been driven, in part, by the massive resource input of money, goods and skills contributed by the Guyana Diaspora. 

Six lucky Republic Bank customers have reason to be happy after yesterday’s drawings of both the Republic Bank Deals on Wheel Financing Campaign as well as the Set for Life Mortgage Promotion.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Facebook Inc passed the 1 billion user mark in September, a level of global penetration that is a remarkable achievement for an 8-year-old social network and a heightened challenge to its quest for sustained growth.

Dear Editor, Was Dr Luncheon awake as the Chairman of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) when the Board made the decision to invest 20% of the Scheme’s assets (the workers money) in CLICO? 

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council yesterday condemned a Syrian mortar attack on a Turkish border town that killed five people and demanded that “such violations of international law stop immediately and are not repeated.”

By Clinton Urling President Georgetown Chamber of COmmerce and Industry It is encouraging to see the issue of development banks being placed on the government’s agenda for discussion (“Government, private sector to collaborate on Development Bank white paper- Burrowes” SN, September 28, 2012).

The Christian community and all faith based groups are being urged to be prepared to make presentations to the National Assembly on proposed amendments decriminalise buggery.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – A match that promised much for the Sagicor High Performance Centre team after more impressive bowling from Sheldon Cotterrell and Veerasammy Permaul was spoiled when rain forced a no-result in the first game of their Twenty20 series against Bangladesh-A yesterday.

Land mass limitations in a majority of Caribbean Com-munity (Caricom) countries make Guyana and Suriname crucial to any collective regional initiative to respond to the challenge of food security, according to Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development institute Dr Arlington Chesney.

The technical staff of the Guyana national football team has announced the squad for the final two Group B 2014 World Cup Qualifiers versus Mexico and Costa Rica.

Dear Editor, It is a privilege to be able to commend my fellow teachers on this special occasion of World Teachers’ Day.

Two men are currently in police custody after they attempted to rob Eccles, East Bank Demerara businessman Ravi Singh on Tuesday morning.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Suspected Colombian drug trafficker Luis Enrique Calle has surrendered to U.S.

Governor of the Bank of Guyana Lawrence Williams has said that the bank will be seeking to ensure that the new $5,000 currency note shortly to be introduced lessens consumer dependency on the $1,000 note thereby reducing the risk of inflation in the economy.

The Mahaicony Post Office was broken into sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, but no money has been reported stolen, the police have said.

Dear Editor, Recent weeks have found the intellectual property scene in Guyana astir with activity.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s continued failure to win a major international limited overs title hangs over the team like a “dark mist”, coach Gary Kirsten said yesterday after his team’s premature exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.

(Jamaica Observer) Government is giving US$7 million (approx J$630 million) in revenues to the Russian-based aluminium producer UC Rusal, under a one-year waiver of the bauxite levy, Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell announced on Wednesday.

HARARE, (Reuters) – A police motorcyclist in Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade burned to death after crashing into a lorry in the third fatal accident since June involving the 15-vehicle convoy, notorious for sweeping through the streets at high speeds.

SUZUKA, Japan, (Reuters) – Michael Schumacher achieved more than any other driver in Formula One but the winner of a record seven world championships and 91 grands prix could not beat time however hard he raced.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s biggest media group is resisting pressure from President Cristina Fernandez to dismantle its broadcasting empire to comply with an anti-monopoly law that critics call an assault on free speech.

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese deludedly see former president Jagdeo as a good economic steward and as the architect of Guyana’s improved economic fortunes.

In March 1995, after six years in the teaching profession and on the verge of entering the Cyril Potter College of Education, Carlotta De Jesus changed her mind about her career.

(Reuters) – Google Inc and a group of publishers have agreed to a settlement over making digital copies of books, capping seven years of litigation involving the search giant’s mission to become the world’s library.

The Ministry of Education is implementing the Inquiry Based Science Education programme, aimed at fostering an interest in science among fifth and sixth grade primary school students, in four more schools, with support from Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) and ExxonMobil.

Cave-in survivors: The two survivors, Percy Lancaster (left) and Randy April (right) at their home last evening.

LONDON, Reuters) – As a new documentary shows, the real story behind the James Bond film franchise is almost as dramatic as the 007 fantasies themselves, full of twists and turns, personality clashes, heroes, villains, beautiful women and narrow escapes.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday that once negotiations with CLICO policyholders and shareholders are complete, the government will move to consider all its options to recoup the nearly TT$20 billion of taxpayers’ money it shelled out to save the failed insurance giant.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Skipper Charlotte Edwards anchored a comfortable chase as England sailed into the final of the Women’s World Twenty20 with an emphatic seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first semi-final yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is indisputable that the challenger Mitt Romney won Wednesday’s US presidential debate with President Obama, but it will not necessarily change the outcome of the presidential race in which Obama was leading in all of the opinion polls.

– mulls $10M workshop, showroom here The Williams Legacy is the story a Guyanese craft enterprise that has made waves in Barbados and now seeks to put down roots in the country where the tradition was born.

(Jamaica Observer) CASTRIES, St Lucia – Britain has raised the possibility of following Canada and imposing visa restrictions on St Lucians travelling to the United Kingdom.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hardening her stance on additional help for struggling euro zone economies like Greece and Spain as pressure from parliamentary allies and a looming election campaign shrink her room for manoeuvre in Europe.

It has been quite some time since Caribbean Community (Caricom) has been pondering the issue of regional food security.

Dear Editor, With reference to the article in yesterday’s Stabroek News dated October 04, 2012 captioned, `Lindeners demand Justice as shooting commission visits’ on page 12, I wish to state that the article is erroneous because it was not the people of Linden but Mark Benschop and his sidekick Norman Browne attempting to attack the solid record of representation of the people of Linden by the PNCR /APNU leaders.

Demography, Control – and image Two tiny introductory points:  It was once advanced that a stranger could judge a new society after a little while, by how that society treats its books, treats its animals and treats its old people. 

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Business Cartoons

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 479’s trading results showed consideration of $1,685,294 from 29,039 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 478 which showed consideration of $1,228,733 from 60,951 shares traded in 7 transactions. 

Events over the past few years involving governments in the Caribbean Community would seem to reflect an increasingly unwelcome and worrying trend in the region’s politics.

DDL blood donation: Staff members of Demerara Distillers Limited recently donated 30 units of blood to the National Blood Bank.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Three footballers have been charged with serious rule breaches after an investigation into suspicious betting activity by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), the governing body said yesterday.