Daily Archive: Saturday, October 27, 2012

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Pakistani politician Imran Khan, a former cricket star and critic of U.S.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The police are still investigating the brutal murder of 28-year-old Charlene Mertowirijo by her former partner Rishi G.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Yusuf Sadeek, 52 years, of Patentia, WBD, which occurred at about 0005h.

(Trinidad Guardian) Drama unfolded at Piarco International airport early yesterday morning when a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) newly acquired ATR 72-600 (BW 300) with 44 passengers and four crew aboard had to return yesterday after a section of the plane’s exterior panelling peeled away shortly after take-off at 6.49.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies star batsman Chris Gayle was moved to tears yesterday as he helped to unveil a cricket nursery named in his honour at his club, Lucas, on Preston Road in east Kingston.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has begun airlifting relief supplies to communities in the mountainous border region between St Andrew and St Thomas which were marooned following the passage of Hurricane Sandy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Describing as exploitative, the practice of employers to offer fixed-term contracts to workers, Government Senator Lambert Brown on Friday urged fellow legislators to join him in calling on the Government to make the necessary legislative amendments to put an end to the practice.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will not only introduce three new subjects next year, but will soon launch a project to give those who’ve left school without important qualifications – including prisoners – a second chance at education.

(Barbados Nation) A new court-approved restructuring plan for the controversial CLICO International Life Insurance Company that will see investors and policyholders not get the full value of their investments plus interest has been blasted by the policyholders’ group.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian men, both young and old, are popping pills daily to get an erection and to enhance their sexual performance.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba,  (Reuters) – A day after Hurricane Sandy shattered Santiago de Cuba, retiree Rosa Maria remembered the sound of the storm as it battered her home in the city center.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association is calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to clearly state the Government’s intent on the media and press freedom.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy was downgraded this morning but remained highly menacing as it pulled away from the Bahamas, making a slow path toward the U.S.

Chelsea Edghill yesterday validated her world ranking as she spearheaded Bishops’ High School to the most outstanding school title when the curtain was pulled on the third annual Digicel sponsored schools table tennis teams’ tournament at the National Gymnasium.

– Cash strapped AAG fail to generate funding; likely to be sanctioned One of Guyana’s most talented junior sprinters Tevin Garraway has been deprived of the earned entitlement of competing at the South American (SA) Youth Championships which will be taking place this weekend in Argentina.

Jean Le Blanc, the Canadian man who was wounded during the bullet-riddled murder of Ricardo Rodrigues on October 15, died yesterday at the Georgetown Hospital after a rapid deterioration in his condition, raising questions about his security and the sudden cause of his death.

–acting CEO Acting CEO of EZjet Air Services Inc. Rosalinda Rasul has assured that there will be no disruption in the airline’s schedule and that passengers have nothing to worry about, noting that Thursday’s cancellation of a Toronto-bound flight was due to low bookings that are seasonal and unrelated to the disclosure of a US lawsuit against the airline’s owner.

An 84-year-old woman was last evening pulled and saved from her burning Beterver-wagting, East Coast Demerara home, which was razed entirely.

By Iva Wharton Today is designated Redemption day by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control whose Redemption boxing card takes place tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Roraima Bikers Club’s super cycling weekend gets underway today with the annual Troy Humphrey Memorial event and concludes tomorrow with the Digicel Cancer Breast Awareness meet.

A seven year old Vryheid’s Lust boy died yesterday at Beterverwagting (BV), East Coast Demerara, where he was hit by a speeding car.

-after complaints of ‘prevalent’ corruption With miners complaining that corruption is “quite prevalent” among police officers in the interior regions, police chief of criminal investigations Seelall Persaud on Thursday urged them to report such cases and follow through to ensure that guilty ranks are caught and prosecuted.

-GHRA tells Linden inquiry The constitution’s guarantee of the right to life of the individual must be unequivocal, according to the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), which says the number of exceptions that allow for the use of deadly force have contributed to the “unacceptable levels of extra-judicial killings” committed by the police force.

Olympian Britany van Lange yesterday complemented Thursday’s record breaking performances with another Goodwill Swimming Championships qualifying times on the second day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA)

–residents concerned about deterioration Emergency repairs to the deplorable three-mile stretch of the Bartica-Potaro Road came to an abrupt end more than a week ago, after a Ministry of Works official left for the city to test a sample of the tar that was being used and has not returned.

The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph- sponsored National Indoor Hockey championships will climax tomorrow evening but hockey fans have been treated to several exciting matches over the past three days at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

By Neil Barry Jr., At the conclusion of a major final, presentations are made, awards are given and photographers rush to capture the winning team in their new found glory.

South Georgetown’s Inter Zone C/ships….. Tiffany Carto’s performance was expected. Danta Thom’s was not and Thursday’s South Georgetown District Inter Zone track and field championships at the Eve Leary ground failed to produce a winner.

Bookland has announced it is closing all operations with a going out of business sale, as a result of the non-profitability of the enterprise due to the lack of support from the public.

Telecommunication giants Digicel have aligned themselves with yet another athletics fraternity.

Relatives of Herman Ramnarine say that one of the men involved in the robbery that led to his demise has been positively identified.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) cricketers Dennis Squires and Lyndon Lyght Jr.,

The body of an unidentified man was found along the trail at 4 miles, Port Kaituma, North West District, on Thursday.

By Jairo Rodrigues Coming from an existence of working in the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit and doubling as the hospital’s gender-based violence point person, Dr Vivienne Mitchell-Amata was far more accustomed to scrubs, hospital gowns, healing, practising emergency medicine and listening.

De Sinco owner Frank De Abreu remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Hospital following an accident involving a fire tender almost one week ago, while the last of the injured firemen was discharged yesterday.

Canada-based Guyanese golfer Roger Rajkumar has returned to defend his title at the fourth Annual Digicel two-day Golf Classic which tees off today at the Lusignan Golf Course.

The Courts-sponsored Pee Wee football competition will continue today at the Thirst Park with another eight matches of the second round.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Lakhdar Brahimi’s holiday truce may have saved Syrian lives yesterday, as government troops and rebels drew breath on several fronts – though dozens still shed blood on Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice.

Call me a hypocrite now. For months, I have spoken out about how we as a people should never kick our local artists.

Noble House Seafoods second division competition… By Neil Barry Jr., The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition continues this weekend with one game in Zone A and three in Zone B.

-Trotman The government “is going to give its consent” for the establishment of a legislative department to assist both sides of the National Assembly in drafting bills, according to Speaker Raphael Trotman, who said it is expected to be set up before the end of the year.

Hi Everyone, Please don’t roll your eyes. Don’t sigh at the headline and say, ‘not green plantains again’!

Dear Editor, Recently, the Government through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports made an amount of money available to the Region 2 Administration for the development of a number of sports grounds.

-Ramsammy With 100,000 tonnes of sugar already produced for the second crop, The Ministry of Agriculture is confident that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will surpass it production target.

Come January, 2013, Sonia Noel will debut yet another side to her business, a magazine titled after her latest clothing venture, makin’ style.

Dear Editor, The last debate in the US Presidential debates saw Mr Obama as the clear winner and I would venture to say that on that night, he won the election for sure; Mr Obama looked and acted presidential right through the debate and all of his supporters, both inside and outside the United States, millions upon millions, are extremely proud and energized for his victory on election night.

Dr Vivienne Mitchell-Amata, a consultant anaesthetist, shook up the National Cultural Centre and won the Miss Guyana Renaissance crown and title last Saturday, as the pageant ended three years of dormancy.

Almost two weeks have passed and Richard Singh, 24, remains hospitalised in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Hospital after the Plantation Hope, East Coast Demerara minibus accident that claimed the life of his cousin.

(Reuters) – The family of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, a leader known for his humble roots and compassion for ordinary Chinese, has accumulated massive wealth during his time in power, the New York Times reported yesterday.

Carly Rae Jepsen has been named Billboard’s “Rising Star” for 2012 following a year of dizzying success for the “Call Me Maybe” singer-songwriter.

As the rate of women being brutally murdered by their abusive partners continue to rise, the scourge of domestic violence (DV) is being tackled in a new way.

Dear Editor, Bollywood movie producer and director Yash Chopra, 80, who gave us so many popular movies, died on Sunday and was cremated on Monday in Mumbai. 

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A massive blackout left as many as 53 million Brazilians in the dark late Thursday and early yesterday, the latest in a string of energy shortages that have raised questions about whether Brazil’s infrastructure is keeping pace with economic growth.

Dear Editor, The new dispensation of governance in Guyana following the November 28th, 2011 General Election is beginning to expose serious and ineffective control of power from the combined opposition parties, notably APNU and AFC.

-US worried about ‘Frankenstorm’ MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic cyclone that threatens to be one of the worst storms to hit the U.S.

(MSN) – Cloud Atlas is the most sprawlingly ambitious ostensibly mainstream motion picture I’ve seen in years.

-urges new mindset among officers Prison officers and ranks must change their mindsets about the functions of Guyana Prison Service, in keeping with its new aims as a correctional and training facility, according to Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, who says the reform process is not restricted to policies and practices.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s tourism capital, Montego Bay, was spared the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, which left the resort town unscathed.

Dear Editor, As a legal marriage officer and Reverend/Pastor, I have a few concerns pertaining to some issues with marriage, birth and death certificate applications at GPOC.I

Although it seems more than thirty years ago, it was in October 1983 that the United States made two nearly simultaneous decisions that dramatically altered the scope of its foreign policy.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to four years in jail yesterday for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company.

I was more than a little taken aback at the negative response to my last column, which condemned the government’s involvement in bringing Chris Brown – a convicted woman beater – to perform in Guyana.

Applications for the 2013/2014 Chevening Scholarships, which are awarded for a one year master’s programme in any subject area at any university in the United Kingdom (UK), are now open,

(Billboard) Brandy reaches the summit of R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for the second time in her nearly 18-year career, as ‘Two Eleven’ debuts at No 1 with 65,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

(Jamaica Observer) WASHINGTON, USA – The jailed Jamaican-born man who helped kill 10 people in a bloody rampage in the Washington, DC area in 2002 has accused John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the killings, of sexually abusing him.

(Trinidad Express) The probe to determine who leaked the witness statement of former CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey to Express political editor Ria Taitt was dropped at the Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of CL Financial and the Hindu Credit Union yesterday.