Daily Archive: Monday, October 29, 2012

CNN is reporting that there is three feet of water on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan from the sea surge generated by Hurricane Sandy.

NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Del., (Reuters) – Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain tonight near the gambling resort of Atlantic City, New Jersey, after forcing evacuations, shutting down transportation and interrupting the presidential campaign.

Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn says that the aircraft found on an illegal airstrip in Guyana’s interior was seized early this morning, GINA reported.

(WICB) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Narsingh Deonarine said he was looking to make his first trip to Bangladesh a memorable experience.

Justices Naresh Harnanan, Sandra Kurtzious and Navindra Singh took the oath before President Donald Ramotar today as newly appointed puisine judges, GINA reported.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City evacuated neighbors of a partially built, 90-story apartment building after the top of a construction crane collapsed in high winds, prompting fears the entire rig could crash to the ground.

At about 0700h today, the police say that narcotics ranks at the Ogle Airport, conducted a search on the baggage of a man booked for an internal flight to Ekereku.

Police say that at about 1040h today, the decomposed body of Junior Henry, 41 years, of Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice, was found in an abandoned building at Williamsburg.

Police say that Clevon Romeo, 39 years, of Lima, Essequibo Coast, appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate Court today after being charged with robbery under arms and murder committed on businessman Herman Ramnarine of Lima, Essequibo, on October 24, 2012.

Mark De Abreu who was wanted for questioning by the police in relation to the murder of Ricardo Rodrigues turned himself in to the police today accompanied by his lawyer Mark Waldron.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee will appear before the Commission probing the July 18 shooting at Linden which resulted in the death of three protestors.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy, located about 110 miles (180 km) southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and about 175 miles (285 km) south-southeast of New York City, is expected to make landfall early Monday evening, the U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti,  (Reuters) – As Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the U.S.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – A 36-hour delay in Amsterdam of a Surinam Airways/SLM flight on 20 November last year has cost the airline some 8 million Euros.

(de Ware Tijd) LIGORIO – Emma Pobosie officially celebrates her 111th birthday today, which makes her the country’s oldest inhabitant.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reaffirmed her Government’s commitment to regional integration.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Out of favour West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and attorney Dave Kissoon have resigned from the board of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s two main television stations, CVMTV and Television Jamaica (TVJ) are to answer to claims of violating the constitutional rights of gay activist Maurice Tomlinson in the Supreme Court on December 12.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Ian Hayles says early estimates indicate that close to 11,000 farmers across the island have been affected by Hurricane Sandy, with some 1,500 hectares of crops totally destroyed.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is promising a new Constitution, the divestment of the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the reform of the court system as part of a 15-point plan to improve governance in Barbados by 2016, once returned to Government.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Labour Party has taken legal action against Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler for alleging that it will send home public sector workers if it regains power.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the U.S.

(Reuters) – Seventeen people from the replica HMS Bounty abandoned ship while stranded at sea off North Carolina in the path of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S.

By Yonalla Dalrymple Mo Shafi and Christine Sukhram yesterday won the male and female titles of the fourth annual Digicel Classic golf tournament which ended at the Lusignan Golf Course.

—Atwell highlights card with scintillating performance By Emmerson Campbell If there was one word to describe Clive ‘Wonder Kid’ Atwell’s performance against Trinidad and Tobago’s Prince Lee Isidore on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s Redemption Card Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall that word would be annihilation.

Caribbean Airlines is advising passengers that adverse weather conditions en route to and gusting winds affecting the Toronto Pearson International Airport, as a consequence of Hurricane Sandy, has led to cancellations of flights BW600 and BW601 in and out of Toronto today.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran yesterday criticized homophobia in the Disciplined Services and rapped the government on this issue saying that its plan for a public consultation on same-sex relations was a cop out.

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

This year’s Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships gold medalist, Paul DeNobrega, added another piece of hardware to his collection yesterday when he stormed to victory ahead of a star-studded field to capture the  spoils of the inaugural Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness road race.

An autopsy on the Canadian man, who was shot the same time that Ricardo Rodrigues was slain on October 15th last, is expected to be performed today at the Georgetown Public Hospital morgue.

By Iva Wharton The current impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) is engaging the attention of the world governing body for football (FIFA).

Announcing a new phase in its operations, the People’s Parliament on Saturday said that it would end the 24-hour occupation of the public park at High Street and Brickdam.

Flight of Hope Ministries has pledged continued support two hinterland athletes, Doretta Wilson and Samuel Kaitan.

-Auditor General’s report For the second year running, the Office of the Auditor General has commented on 550 metres of sea defence work between Profit and Abary, West Coast Berbice which is now more than a year past its originally scheduled date of completion.

Individual elements in relation to policies involving copyright and piracy may appear alluring, but taken together these policies are destructive and have contributed to the de-skilling and de-industrialisation Guyana has experienced, says APNU parliamentarian Carl Greenidge.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Even though she won four big titles during the year, Serena Williams will still end 2012 ranked number three behind Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova.

Six months after the murder of 18-year-old Nikita Ramischand in Trinidad, family members of the main suspect and his alleged accomplice say they have not heard from them and are beginning to believe they have died.

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  yesterday.

Dear Editor, On Friday, October 26, Muslims around the world took part in Qurbani (an act performed to seek Allah’s pleasure) by sacrificing animals keeping one-third for oneself, gifting one-third to friends/family and giving one-third as charity.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach believes the regional side’s Twenty20 World Cup triumph will be a huge boost for them heading into next month’s Bangladesh.

-second period expires NCN Programme Manager Martin Goolsarran remains off the job amid a probe-now into its fifth month- of financial irregularities at the state broadcaster.

Dear Editor, If anyone, but especially former President Bharrat Jagdeo, still desires evidence of corruption in government so that remedial action can be taken, I refer him or her to the Auditor-General’s report for 2011.

Dear Editor, The government’s decision to enthusiastically support the planned Chris Brown December concert raises a number of questions, and there are also implications in a wider social context on the efforts to tackle the issue of gender abuse in Guyana.

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

-projects turnover of $7B for 2012 ANSA McAl Trading Ltd (AMTL) celebrated its 20th anniversary last week, boasting of a projected $7B in turnover for 2012 and playing up its planned mega investment in biofuels.

Despite 80 withdrawals from the Contingencies Fund over nine months in 2011, Minister of Finance, Dr.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy, which could become the largest storm ever to hit the United States, is set to bring much of the East Coast, including New York and Washington, to a virtual standstill in the next few days with battering winds, flooding and the risk of widespread power outages.

Dear Editor, The PPP has launched anti-corruption investigations into Georgetown‘s City Hall and the GDF’s cooperative credit union.

Dear Editor, Recently I saw in the media the Minister of Agriculture making a declaration that GuySuCo has surpassed its revised [down] target for the year and that there was much to celebrate.

…following three aborted meetings After three aborted meetings with the University of Guyana (UG) negotiation team, two of the institution’s unions are hopeful that solid discussions on wages, salaries and working conditions of all UG staff will commence on November 1.

Dear Editor, The road work at Diamond began over four months ago and only a part of the work has been done; the grading of the old streets and filling in the red loam.

-company says waste released after truck got stuck Residents of Bartica last week said that a  waste management firm dumped sewage in the community but the company said that its truck got stuck in a sandy path and the driver and porters released some of the waste, without the knowledge of management, to lighten the weight of the vehicle so that it could move.

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 yesterday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party won the mayorship of Sao Paulo in elections yesterday, giving it control of the country’s biggest city and a prize it had long coveted, but the party’s candidates lost two key races in its traditional stronghold in the northeast.

USA-based Guyanese Dr Vincent Adams, site director at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant was recently honoured for his  contribution to Ohio education.

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

Dear Editor, There is hard, surging discontent across Guyana; it is not limited to opposition supporters, or a single ethnicity. 

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

A team of government officials visited Region One (Barima/Waini) over the weekend and commissioned a tarmac at Santa Rosa/Kumaka among other activities, the Government Information Agency reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyanese in London welcome the effort of the Guyana government and the International Organisation for Migration on the long overdue launching of the Guyana Diaspora group in London. 

The SAI’s contact with the media has traditionally been a once a year feature. 

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has urged the Belizean private sector to capitalise on the opportunities provided under the CSME, even as he examined a suggestion about its role as a possible conduit to increase trade between Caricom and Central America, during a recent visit there.

Maya Trotz grew up in Kitty, Georgetown and is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida.

Dear Editor, I have two little comments regarding news coverage in Guyana.

This week we asked the man/woman in the street if they have been following the sittings of the National Assembly and what they expected the sittings will accomplish for them.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists have come up with a test for the virus that causes AIDS that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods, offering the promise of better diagnosis and treatment in the developing world.

(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.

Worried about parliamentary gridlock and the potential for social unrest, the Private Sector Commission on Thursday convened a luncheon at the Pegasus Hotel to impress upon House Speaker Mr Raphael Trotman and representatives of the parties with seats in the National Assembly the need to work assiduously for compromise and in the national interest.