Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 23, 2012

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck western Costa Rica today, shaking buildings in the capital and sending residents running onto the streets, but there were no initial reports of damage or injuries.

Atlantic Hotels Inc. (AHI) has advertised for casino, restaurant and nightclub operators to manage an entertainment mega complex to be part of the Marriott-branded hotel which has come in for heavy opposition from various sections of the society.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba,  (Reuters) – A ccused Sept.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – Apple Inc took the wraps off an 8-inch tablet today in its biggest product move since the debut of the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller version of the gadget into a market staked out by Amazon.com

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Next year’s Caribbean Twenty20 Tournament, to be staged from Sunday, January 6 to Sunday, January 20 in Trinidad and St.

(Jamaica Observer) OTTAWA, Canada — Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper says his country will continue to pursue efforts to boost trade and investments in order to help Jamaica get out of its current economic hardships.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Sandy has strengthened and continues on a track towards the island.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) yesterday announced that Guyanese student Sarah Hakh has won the award for the Most Outstanding Candidate Overall in the region.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has lost about 16 000 private sector jobs over the past five years, says Opposition St Philip South candidate Anthony Wood.

(Barbados Nation) The Ramnaresh Sarwan issue is now a matter for chairman of West Indies’ cricket selectors, Clyde Butts.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The government has drafted a long-term plan to combat human trafficking in the country, entitled ‘Road map Suriname to Combat Human Trafficking 2012-2016’.

(Trinidad Express) The Hindu Credit Union (HCU) financed Karen Nunez-Tesheira’s successful campaign to become the Member of Parliament for D’Abadie/O’Meara in the 2007 general election.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip,  (Reuters) – The Emir of Qatar entered the Gaza Strip today for a visit that broke the isolation of it Islamist rulers, Hamas, but disappointed Israel and mainstream Palestinian leaders in the West Bank.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said there is no evidence of corruption in her Government.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – It was billed as a debate on foreign policy, but that did not stop Democratic President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, from sparring repeatedly on issues that polls indicate are more important to voters: the economy and jobs.

-opposition moves to block minister in National Assembly Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday called for the National Assembly to bar Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee from presenting any bills or partaking in any parliamentary business, saying it must stand by the no-confidence motion that was carried against him.

– APNU MP Desmond Trotman APNU MP Desmond Trotman yesterday defended the actions of protestors who blocked the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge on July 18, and said that the actions of police were unprovoked.

With both government and opposition MPs absent yesterday, a motion by the opposition to establish the independence of the Parliament Office was stalled.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds accused the opposition parties of instigating the disturbances to destabilise the country and get into power yesterday, in the light of the recent protest in Agricola.

 – Singh Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday said that the government is being guided by the ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang in the budget case and the relevant laws, when asked if the administration is spending funds that were not approved by the National Assembly.

The government’s involvement in the planned Chris Brown concert has raised questions about the criteria used to determine which promoters get tax breaks.

– condemns cops over shoddy probe A Mahaica resident is decrying what he described as shoddy police investigation into an accident on Friday night, which resulted in him losing his minibus which was his only means of income; he alleges that ranks at the Mahaica Police Station are only focusing on protecting the businessman who owned the vehicle that caused the accident.

Efforts are continuing to boost the full-time tutoring staff of the Guyana School of Nursing by next April even as moves are being made to stock three of the nursing schools with text books, Dr Bheri Ramsaran said yesterday.

Several Bills were last evening deferred after Members of Parliament indicated that they wanted to go home and view the televised final debate between US President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney.

– “Sickened” UCI strips Armstrong of Tour wins GENEVA, (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life yesterday after the International Cycling Union (UCI) ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) sanctions against the American.

-court hears Joanna Livingston, 19, was allegedly beaten by her partner after he found a photograph of her and another a friend, Magistrate Sueanna Lovell was told yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

– Golden Jaguars looking to bounce back tonight From Emmerson Campbell in St Lucia Guyana’s Golden Jaguars football team will be looking to bounce back against Curacao tonight after an upset 1-2 loss against their other Group Two foe, St.

The report on the Public Accounts for 2011 was yesterday tabled in the National Assembly and revealed continuing abuse of the Contingencies Fund.

The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) says the due diligence process which has started for the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project will finally determine whether or not the bank finances the project and also the level of the financing.

Guyanese born international recording artiste Elcock Jhayee, who has recorded a “contemporary version” of Guyana’s National Anthem, yesterday presented a CD of his recordings to Minister of Culture Dr Frank Anthony.

Teenage robbery accused Trevor Roberts yesterday told a court that police beat him with a gun when they arrested him.

A large crowd turned up to witness the local boys of the Universal DVD Club Titans team defeat the Hits and Jams Superstars on home soil at the Albion Community Centre Ground early Sunday morning.

A pilot programme has been undertaken in the Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke area to help parents and guardians develop parenting skills to avoid their children becoming victims of child labour, truants or school drop-outs.

By Iva Wharton Central American and Caribbean gold medalist, Devon Davis was crowned Mr.

Unknown persons broke into the Excise Licensing and Motor Vehicle Registration office, Smyth and Princes streets over the weekend resulting in a disruption of service.

Western Tigers won the inaugural Karibee Rice knockout football competition when they defeated Rosignol United in the final on Sunday at the GFC Ground, Bourda.

A 46-year-old woman has been missing since late August and her relatives are calling on the public to help locate her since they are worried that some tragedy has befallen her.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-World and Olympic 400m champion Grenada’s Kirani James and Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott, the Olympic javelin champion, shared the spotlight at the 30th Commonwealth sports awards here over the weekend.

The Ministry of Agriculture has commissioned a $28.2M Genetic Improvement Lab which will facilitate the realisation of artificial insemination and other services critical to the success of the Guyana Livestock Develo-ment Authority (GLDA) and livestock industry.

Opposition Leader David Granger charged villagers from three East Coast communities to mobilise themselves to fix certain deficiencies in their areas, even as he acknowledged that central government and the regional administration are mandated to do so.

BOCA RATON, Fla (Reuters) – President Barack Obama aggressively attacked Republican challenger Mitt Romney on foreign policy yesterday in their third and final debate in an effort to blunt his opponent’s surge in the polls with two weeks left until Election Day.

UG track and field C/ships… The Faculty of Social Sciences reclaimed the Inter-Faculty Track and Field Championships last Friday after three years by dethroning the Faculty of Natural Sciences last Friday at the University of Guyana ground, Turkeyen.

By Iva Wharton Former WBC title holder Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite said he has a lot riding on his fight against Shawn Corbin on the Redemption Card on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, I live on Irving Street and I saw the fire truck involved in that accident last Sunday speed past my home with sirens blaring – on the other side of the road, i.e.,

Dear Editor, Dr. Henry Jeffrey has been thorough in his recent perspectives on long-term care of the elderly in Guyana.

LONDON (Reuters) – The head of the BBC goes before lawmakers today with the publicly funded British broadcaster facing one of the biggest crises in its history over accusations it pulled a probe into sexual abuse by a former presenter as part of a wider cover-up.

It is said that a bad beginning leads to a good ending.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy has lauded the restructuring and reopening of the Guyana Shop, which provides a market for local produce and products as well as other key services needed to add value to them to compete on the local market and for export.

LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists reacted with alarm to the manslaughter conviction of six earthquake experts in Italy for failing to give adequate warning of the 2009 earthquake in the city of L’Aquila that killed 308 people.

Savitri Ramnauth, the teen who confessed to stealing over $150,000 from her employer was on Friday placed on special probation for six months, which will allow her to be engaged in self-development activities.

Dear Editor, GWI wishes to respond to an article published in the Saturday, October 20 edition of the Stabroek News titled `Mayor Condemns GWI over major works without city’s input’.

BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s interim government accused Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries of being behind an assault on an air force base, saying it was part of a strategy to return to power the West African nation’s exiled former prime minister.

Dear Editor, Almost two weeks after the ugly, sad horror of Agricola, everyone has had a say: partisans, the outraged, the political parties, the media, the church, and many others. 

– autopsy Kaimattie Sooknanan, the Berbice teacher who succumbed on Saturday as she was being transferred from the New Amsterdam Hospital to Georgetown, died because of haemorrhaging an autopsy that was

LONDON (Reuters) – British newspapers belonging to Trinity Mirror are facing legal claims for phone hacking by four people, including former England football coach Sven Goran Eriksson, media said yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said  yesterday that a US 20 million dollar claim made by the West Indies players Association in a lawsuit against the WICB has been overstated.

Dear Editor, In their missive `How come no reports to police on Agricola robberies’ (SN Oct 22), Messrs Rose and Singh, described me as “an embattled pollster”. 

The Indigenous Peoples Commission (IPC) last year found it difficult to meet outside its statutory schedule because of insufficient funds.

LONDON (Reuters) – British newspapers belonging to Trinity Mirror are facing legal claims for phone hacking by four people, including former England football coach Sven Goran Eriksson, media said yesterday.

The Guyana Cultural Association (GCA) of New York Inc and the Ministry Youth, Culture and Sport are collaborating on a symposium aimed at preserving the legacy of the masquerade art form in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The accident on Sunday between the fire engine and a motor vehicle has caused me to make an observation and comments pertinent to the East Bank and other roads with similar indisciplined driving practices.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-West Indies hero Marlon Samuels, still riding the waves of a sensational rebirth of his international career, has signed with Melbourne Renegades for the second season of the Big Bash League.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it was investigating reports of five deaths that may be associated with Monster Beverage Corp’s namesake energy drink, and the company’s shares fell more than 14 per cent.

(Reuters) – No matter how artificial and canned the candidates can seem at a presidential debate, no matter how competent or ineffectual the moderator — the nominee’s true self will peak out at some point.

Mohammed “Nanko” Shariff’s California Strike romped to victory in Sunday’s feature C class event when the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with the Jumbo Jet Stable held a one-day race meet at No 6, Bel Air West Coast Berbice.

Dear Editor, Over time, I have read some interesting letters published by your paper and written by retired military officer, CS Vaughn MSM.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dismissed reports that he was dead or near death in an article published yesterday in Cuba’s state-run press.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon said yesterday that he has non-aggressive prostate cancer and would need nearly 40 sessions of radiation treatment, only two weeks after the president had surgery to remove a cancerous tumour.

(Trinidad Express) “The single transaction that caused the CL Financial empire to fall.”

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Guadeloupe’s leading cyclist, Boris Carene, raced to back-to back-victories in the Caribbean Cycling Championships (CCC) staged in St.John’s

GENEVA (Reuters) – Colombian military and police forces suspected of committing crimes including murder and torture in the country’s long war could escape prosecution under proposed constitutional reforms, UN human rights experts warned yesterday.

-ganja in crotch accused tells court Colin Mansonhing, who was allegedly held with marijuana in his crotch at the Ogle Airport, was yesterday remanded to prison.

One half of a duo alleged to have robbed a woman of a $500,000 gold band was yesterday charged.

Dear Editor, On the night of Saturday October 13, into the morning of Sunday October 14, residents of Patentia had to endure the worst torment lately by loud, lewd music until 3am which was being played at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara.

Dear Editor, Ten months after the Jagdeo/Ramotar regime promised to end corruption and create jobs, we are left to wonder what the regime has done so far.

Several Bills were last evening deferred after Members of Parliament indicated that they wanted to go home and view the televised final debate between US President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney.

The political administration was bound to come out ‘batting’ for Clement Rohee.