Daily Archive: Sunday, October 28, 2012

With Hurricane Sandy approaching the US, Caribbean Airlines has cancelled a series of flights for today and tomorrow.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Forty four Haitians have been declared dead due to Hurricane Sandy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A system believed to be a tornado caused extensive damage when it hit Somerset in western Bermuda this morning, cancelling several flights.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The Sydney Sixers made light work of the Highveld Lions as the Australian side cantered to a 10-wicket win in the Champions League Twenty20 final at the Wanderers in Johannesburg today.

(ICC) Sri Lanka and New Zealand will launch what will be an interesting couple of months of Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) when the two sides go head to head in a one-off match at Pallekele on Tuesday 30 October.

LONDON, (Reuters) – One-time British pop star Gary Glitter was arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, the BBC said.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma intends to drop a four-year-old lawsuit claiming nearly $600,000 in damages from a cartoonist who depicted him poised to rape “Lady Justice”, his office said today.

KADUNA,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a jeep packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria today, killing at least eight people, injuring more than 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more, officials said.

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said today.

A 31-year-old carpenter of Ithaca, West Bank Berbice was chopped to death during a brawl at Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme, Blairmont around 9:15 last night and several suspects were taken into

(Reuters) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today ordered public schools closed on Monday and said that areas of the city from City Island to Coney Island to Battery Park City were under mandatory evacuation because of approaching Hurricane Sandy.

Jamaica Producers (JP) is feeling the wrath of Sandy. The damage inflicted by the Category One hurricane last week is significant, said Jeffrey Hall, JP’s managing director.

(Barbados Nation) Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell has gone head-to-head with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss, telling her that her agency has been giving “bad advice” to countries like Barbados and, like it or lump it, devaluation is not an option for this country.

(Trinidad Express) Former chairman of defunct airline BWIA Arthur Lok Jack and his board of directors are fighting back over allegations contained in a report that they undersold the prized landing slots at Heathrow International Airport in London, England for 5 million pounds sterling.

HONOLULU,  (Reuters) – At least 100,000 people in Hawaii were ordered to move from the shoreline to higher ground late on Saturday after a tsunami warning, but the first waves were less forceful than had been feared and no damage was initially reported.

GREATER NOIDA, India,  (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix today and stretched his Formula One championship lead over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, who was a battling second, to 13 points with three races remaining.

Political interference, lack of resources and poor training continue to stifle the Guyana Police Force’s ability to solve serious crimes, particularly murders, and if not addressed urgently, the force’s incompetence will grow, Opposition Leader David Granger said.

Story and photos by Chevy Devonish Located approximately 14 miles from Georgetown and nestled neatly between Paradise and Enmore is the homey little village of Foulis.

The government and the Region 10 administration are moving to hold talks on their August 21st agreement—brokered to address the development of Linden and end sustained protests—as there has been little progress in its implementation.

—$4m first prize, car for MVP By Iva Wharton The organisers of the annual Kashif and Shanghai football tournament are hoping to regain lost ground when the 23rd annual tournament commences in December.

A man was fatally stabbed at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, after an argument between him and another man over beef on Friday night.

Kishan Bacchus continued to show impressive form this season as he shares the first day lead with Rawle Moore at the fourth Annual Digicel two-day golf Classic at the Lusignan Golf Course yesterday.

Years of mental and emotional abuse have served to make Karen Hall a stronger person but she said that without a mother and a grandmother who never saw her disability as a challenge she would not have been where she is today.

National cyclist, Rastaff Oselmo sped off with a prime prize and the winner’s trophy of the feature 25-lap event of the 15th annual Troy Humphrey Memorial Cycling meet yesterday at the National Park.

President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) Lennie Shuffler is breaking new ground in developing the sport both locally and regionally.

-Greenidge  Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Carl Greenidge has admitted that there has been a delay in the examination of the 2010 Auditor General’s report, for which he blames the government’s continued stymieing of the work of the committee.

A businessman was robbed and shot by two bandits who took away jewellery, his gun and an undisclosed sum of cash as he left his store at Lombard and Haral streets at about 2 pm yesterday.

By Iva Wharton Seven schools, Tucville, St. Gabriel’s, West Ruimveldt, St.

It rained goals on the third night of the Guyana Telephone &Telegraph national indoor championships with Old Fort inflicting an 11-3 victory over Georgetown Cricket Club in the men’s first division while GCC Tigers hammered Innovators 13-0 in the ladies contest Friday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Wily off-spinner Sunil Narine hopes next month’s series in Bangladesh can kick start his fledgling Test career.

Opposition leaders believe that the frequency of the sittings of the National Assembly are sufficient and say that often the public is not aware of the work that goes on behind the scenes.

The Annual General Meeting of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) which was scheduled for today at Olympic House from 2pm will be postponed to November 4.

With a number of bills and motions in the pipeline, the opposition parties have been meeting to outline their positions and priorities, but there is no common legislative agenda though they are unified in aiming for higher standards of governance.

Introduction The 2011 Auditor General’s report is the earliest since 1993.

When I was young, and benefited not only from a fresh and eagerly absorptive mind but also from a strong belief that an eternity of life stretched in front of me, I loved to read big books, books of immense length.

By Neil Barry Jr., The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) yesterday held a pre-match briefing with the captains and coaches as well as the officiating umpires participating in the Queensway Cup final which will be held today and not yesterday as was previously reported.

Guyanese youth are being encouraged to join their counterparts around the Caribbean in a series of online discussions ahead of the launch of the United Nations Development Programme Youth-IN portal on Wednesday.According

The third edition of the 10-kilometre team, relay road-race will be held this morning beginning on Carifesta Avenue.

Sports on television and radio is part of modern life.  Almost any time a professional team plays, there are cameras and announcers and folks doing colour coverage, background interviews, post-game interviews – the list goes on; it is a virtual flood.

A simple sod turning ceremony was held yesterday morning to initiate $10M in development works at Coomacka Mines, in Linden.

-focussed on Inter Services Athletic Championships Guyana’s national long distance champion Cleveland Forde has decided not to participate in the 2012 University of West Indies (UWI) Half Marathon today in Trinidad and Tobago, stating that his commitment to the Guyana Defence Force track and field team was his paramount priority.

Two weeks ago, Barbados’ Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, pointed to an issue that ought to give pause for thought across Caricom.

-but financial independence is key, says Ramjattan The opposition is in favour of a full-time legal office for the National Assembly to offer legislative drafting assistance to parliamentarians and to advise the Speaker and Clerk, but AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan believes that the parliament’s financial independence is essential to making it a reality.

Introduction Last week’s discussion on sugar in the economy focused on those long-run performance indicators, which would aid an evaluation of the viability of GuySuCo.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – The West Indies team will begin a one-week preparatory camp here today ahead of the tour of Bangladesh, which starts early next month.

– says visit here can bring ‘good’ Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Human Services & Social Security Pastor Patrick Findlay feels Chris Brown should be forgiven and that his coming here could serve as a good, but government continues to face criticisms of its open support for the convicted domestic violence offender’s visit to Guyana.

HATTERAS ISLAND, NC (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy closed in on the United States yesterday as it threatened to smack the eastern third of the country with torrential rains, high winds, major flooding and power outages a week before the US presidential election.

The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a large, bulky, barrel-shaped owl. 

Dear Editor, I refer to the appalling display of homophobia by our disciplined forces during last week.

Beauties on a mission: From left: Meleesa Payne, first runner-up in the Miss Humanity International 2012 pageant, Miss Guyana Universe 2012 Ruquayya Boyer and Miss Guyana Jamzone, Ayana Harris, leading a domestic violence walk yesterday which aimed to bring awareness to the general public.

Former West Indies fast bowler Sir Wesley Hall became the first West Indian bowler to take a hat trick in tests performing the feat on the 1959 tour of Pakistan and not the 1958 tour of India as was reported on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) – The family of the BBC presenter at the centre of a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the broadcaster offered its “deepest sympathy” to the late Jimmy Savile’s victims  yesterday, saying it felt “despair and sadness.”

By Ronald Austin It is said that during his exile and imprisonment one of Napoleon’s interlocutors mentioned the word “Moscow”, whereupon the famous Frenchman leapt to his feet and proclaimed “My whole destiny is in that word.”

Sansevieria commonly called Mother-in-law’s tongue or Snake plant originated in Africa.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the Caribbean Cardiac Society Dr Ronald Henry says research has shown that T&T is the heart-attack capital of the western hemisphere and has called on the government to provide more funding for health.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Errol Thompson, a Baptist pastor in Orlando’s black community, acknowledges that the excitement over Barack Obama becoming the first black US president has cooled.

Native American flautist Johnny ‘JJ’ Kent is trying to do his part to make the world a better place, preserve the cultural heritage of his people while also promoting harmony.

We have been commenting on the state of training in the performing arts in Guyana.

The Bosai Open basketball championship will continue tonight at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard-court from 18:30hrs with Retrieve Raiders opposing Amelia’s Ward Jets.

Former Miss Guyana Universe Meleesa Payne was named first runner-up in the recent Miss Humanity International 2012 pageant

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

Over the last few weeks, we have been discussing all those reasons, psychological and physical, why dogs will not mate.

Dear Editor, Most of us in the Caribbean harbour a rather romantic vision of piracy.

(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.

It is sometimes difficult to know whether the government is in a state of denial, or whether it is aware that it is playing a much weaker hand than the one Mr Jagdeo held, and is cynically trying to reverse history.

Some have been more contentious than others but the selection of no West Indies team, home or abroad, has ever met with the unanimous approval of media and fans.

Sunday Cartoon

Part of the Seventh Day Adventist Church’s band leading members on a march through the city yesterday.

ROME (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday his centre-right bloc may withdraw its support from the government of Mario Monti, a move that could throw Italy into political chaos ahead of next April’s national elections.