Daily Archive: Friday, November 2, 2012

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – As a new member in Caricom, Suriname must try its best to breathe new life into Caribbean partnerships.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The State’s environmental watchdog has taken action at gold mining company Iamgold where three cyanide leaks occurred within a month’s time.

Three Guyanese including a policewoman died this afternoon in Nickerie, Suriname after the car they were travelling in ended up in a canal.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Foreign Office spent 10,000 pounds ($16,100) to re-stuff the corpse of a giant 120-year-old snake, at a time when government departments are being told to rein in spending.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City canceled its annual marathon today, reversing Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s earlier decision to go forward with Sunday’s race, as it had become a lightning rod for residents frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy.

ARCADIA, California,  (Reuters) – Hot favourite Royal Delta lived up to her billing as the top female horse in the United States by retaining her title in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at Santa Anita Park today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – “Suriname is one of the important powers in the regional and international trade in fish, and it also plays an important role in supplying fish to the Caribbean,” says Milton Haughton, head of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM).

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T and West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has been dropped from the Sun TV Network, owners of the Hyderabad IPL franchise.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government of Jamaica is doling out bond returns by the billions, creating a cash stash for investors but a headache for the central bank, which this week sought to assert some control over the reinvestment of such funds.

(Jamaica Gleaner) That is how West Indies star Marlon Samuels described his two years away from cricket; a bowling suspension in 2008 followed by a complete ban from the sport for reported match-fixing.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels has targeted his alma maters, Tarrant Primary and Kingston College (KC), as the first beneficiaries of his soon-to-be-launched charity organisation, the Marlon Samuels Foundation, which he expects to be up and running early next year.

Attorney Nigel Hughes will this afternoon reappear before the Linden Commission of Inquiry despite quitting its proceedings yesterday.

Attorney Nigel Hughes today issued a statement on his withdrawal from the Linden Commission of Inquiry yesterday and in what would have likely been his closing statement to the probe declared that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to show that the fatal firings on July 18 had been done by the police.

Discussions about having attorney Nigel Hughes return to the Linden Commission of Inquiry this morning were terminated after Chairman of the Commission Justice Lensley Wolfe stated that he will not “participate in that”.

(Barbados Nation) It will be a labour war in Barbados if either political party or group seeks large-scale layoffs as its remedy for the current economic problems.

(Barbados Nation) An elderly patient was stabbed to death at the Psychiatric Hospital yesterday morning following an alleged altercation with another.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official urged China today to address deep-rooted frustrations that have led to desperate forms of protest by Tibetans, including some 60 self-immolations since March.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) yesterday presented its $50M four-year Strategic Implementation Plan to the Ministry of Sport, noting among its goals a plan to enrol elite pugilists into a high-level training programme that will keep them in peak form and ready for the Rio Olympics.

LONDON,  CMC- Cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards says he believes West Indies cricket can return to its glory days under the leadership of Darren Sammy.

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that Taj TV Limited has acquired television broadcast rights for West Indies Cricket for a period of 7 years from January 2013.

Four persons are now in custody as police move to track down those responsible for the execution-style slaying of Marlon Osborne, which occurred in broad daylight at Laluni Street, Queenstown, in Georgetown on Wednesday.

Two-time Inter-Services Annual Athletic Championships (ISAAC) sprint champion Quinse Clarke and 2011 winner Rupert Perry are expected to battle to the end at the finals set for today at Camp Ayanganna.

(Reuters) – Rugby will return to the Olympics for the first time in almost 100 years at the 2016 Rio Games but which stadium hosts the opening kick-off remains in doubt after the planned venue failed to meet a deadline to present its plans and guarantees.

The ground at Queen’s College and the school’s sports facilities will be enhanced with financial aid from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, a release from the Government Information Agency said yesterday.

-relatives of dead woman in shock Local grass track racer Dwarka Gangadin, who was accused of murdering his wife Bridgette in 2010, was on Tuesday freed after the Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) reviewed the evidence in the case and this development has left the woman’s relatives shocked.

Home Minister Clement Rohee yesterday denied charges that government attempted to derail the planned five-day protest at Linden.

-defending champs GDF expect to keep title The Guyana Police Force is heading into the final day of competition in the 2012 Inter-Services Annual Athletic Championships as the leaders having amassed a total of 267 points after two days of rivalry.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Jamal Crawford has taken his high-scoring act on the road during a 12-year NBA career full of short stays with new teams, but the veteran guard hopes he has reached his final destination with the Los Angeles Clippers.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins will miss most of the rest of the season with a back injury, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

-call for REO’s sacking Residents of Mahdia yesterday put their daily activities on hold as they “shut down the town,” taking to the streets to protest the lack of water and facilities in the community and schools and their dissatisfaction with the work of Region Eight Regional Exe-cutive Officer (REO) Ronald Harsawack.

Regional Chairman for Region 10 Kuice Sharma Solomon is to convene an emergency meeting with the Community Development Council (CDC) Monday to address the issues of drainage and irrigation in the town of Linden.

Fines will be imposed on clubs competing  in unauthorised tourneys – GFF The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is cautioning its clubs that sanctions will be imposed on them for participating in unauthorised tournaments, after it was made aware that efforts were afoot to do so.

-final notice given for Parika removal By Mandy Thompson Vendors who operate along the Hydronie Market roadways had their pallets demolished and burnt by regional officials last Friday as part of a move to clamp down on illegal vending.

The National Gymnasium is set to come alive next weekend when boxing fans from across the three counties meet for the GABA annual National Intermediate Championships.

The Suriname delegation is arriving midday today to compete in the Annual inter-Guiana Games, which will start off with the time trials for cycling on Sunday morning.

Attorney Nigel Hughes, who has been representing the interest of the families of the three men who were shot and killed at Linden on July 18, yesterday said he would no longer carry out these duties at the ongoing Commission of Inquiry after his line of cross-examination was terminated by Chairman of the Commis-sion, Justice Lensley Wolfe.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-West Indies cricket coach Otis Gibson has described pacer Fidel Edwards as a capable replacement for fast bowler Kemar Roach who will miss the test series of the tour of Bangladesh next month.

Police Constable Mark Cameron was on Wednesday grilled about his nickname and said he could not recall whether he had been rebuked by Lindeners on July 18 for allegedly “shooting at innocent people”.

Archie Cordis, an AFC councillor attached to the Region 2 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday voiced his suspicion of plans to sweep events surrounding the illegal reproduction and distribution of this year’s Essequibo Nite tickets “under the rug.”

Scotiabank/Pepsi Female All Stars has chosen 19 women and seven teams to continue training for selection to the team for the local competition, the CFU under-17 and under-20 tournaments of 2013.

– upcoming seminar aims to kick start businesses The now defunct Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) could have done much more than it actually did to advance the interests of ordinary people in Linden who were willing to accept the support that was on offer to those who were prepared to undertake small business initiatives, an executive member of the Linden Chamber of Commerce (LCC) told Stabroek Business in an exclusive interview earlier this week.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News carried two comments from the Auditor General which caught my eye and which require a clarification.

(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers picked up where they left off in their budding rivalry with the Memphis Grizzlies, claiming a 101-92 home triumph in the season-opener for both teams on Wednesday.

“Several thousand” local small business enterprises continue to benefit from the package of products and services available under Scotiabank’s small business lending programme, Manager Marketing Jennifer Cipriani told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week.

-retired judge tells GRC Florida’s 6th gala Retired Guyana-born judge Vibert Lampkin recently told attendees at the Guyana Relief Council (GRC) of Florida’s Sixth Annual Gala that despite the terrible situation the country is in, they could take pride in the its ranking ahead of all other Caribbean states and many large nations in generosity.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Already acknowledged as the top female horse in the United States, Royal Delta will aim to embellish those credentials when she defends her title at the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic today.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the under-mentioned petitioners and residents (list provided) of the Profit/Rising Sun community of Belladrum, Eldorado, Paradise, West Coast Berbice we are seeking an urgent solution to the following problems: 1.

Historic development The global financial crisis which hit the world four years ago continues to produce aftershocks which are altering the global economic and financial formations. 

The Burnham Education Scholarship Trust (BEST) distributed 10 bursary awards to students who excelled at the 2012 National Grade Six Assessment on Wednesday.

Public and political controversy over the management of medical supplies and drugs by the Government of Guyana is not confined to what its critics allege is considerable discrimination in favour of the privately-owned New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (New GPC).

Residents of Main Road, Kwakwani are complaining that it has been approximately two weeks since they have received potable water.

Dear Editor, There is a critically important issue for the residents of the Pattensen (south) community, commonly called B Field Sophia.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India and Pakistan will resume bilateral cricket ties with a Twenty20 international in Bangalore on Christmas Day, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

The driver of a Suzuki Jeep, PFF 3479, was hospitalised after his vehicle slammed into a Toyota Allion, PPP 5185, at the intersection of Camp and Quamina streets at about 14:00 hrs on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Boxing in Guyana is a sport which requires, especially in a third world country like ours, a lot of intervention on the part of the government and private sector, to make it a sport which can propel Guyana to the top levels of the world boxing fraternity.

By Collin M. Constantine and Saieed I. Khalil The persistence of pioneering oil exploration companies in continuing drilling activities off the Guyana coast has served as an indicator that this tiny nation on the North East shoulder of South America may very well be on the cusp of a major oil find.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Dale Steyn believes there are better bowlers in world cricket and it is simply his durability and consistency that have enabled the paceman to rise to the top of the ICC test bowling rankings.

NEW YORK/SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J.,  (Reuters) – Rescuers searched flooded homes for survivors, drivers lined up for hours to get scarce gasoline and millions remained without power yesterday as New York City and nearby towns struggled to recover from one of the biggest storms to hit the United States.

The New GPC Inc on Tuesday handed over a cheque to the value of $100,000 to the Pharmacy Council of Guyana.

The customary anomalies in the management of public funds repeatedly pointed out in successive reports of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of Guyana surfaced again in the recently released 2011 Report, with seeming irregularities in financial transactions involving public sector administrators and private enterprises undertaking contracts paid for by public funds.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Tiger Woods said fatigue was the reason he skipped this week’s World Golf Championship event in Shanghai.

Dear Editor, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee may appear to have dodged the proverbial bullet when he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry into the July 18 Linden shootings, (‘Rohee denies blame for Linden deaths,‘ SN, November 1), and denied giving explicit or implicit instructions for the police riot squad sent to Linden to fire live ammunition at protestors.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate Lance Armstrong’s 2000 Olympics bronze medal after the American was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in the biggest doping scandal to hit the sport.

The Ministry of Agriculture is augmenting its thriving Aquaculture Diversification Programme with more research in feed trials and other methods of fish cultivation including cage culture fish rearing, with the aim of inviting farmers in far-flung locations to participate in the programme.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare if symbolic concession to Israel yesterday, saying he had no permanent claim on the town from which he was driven as a child during the 1948 war of the Jewish state’s founding.

Dear Editor, The sea defence works (rip-rap) that were done at Aurora Village on the Essequibo Coast, beginning from where the nursery school used to be located and ending some 150 meters north in the Johanna area, according to all of the residents who used to be flooded out by the high tide, were undertaken by contractor Mr Samaroo, and were well done, for which we are grateful.

BEIRUT – Rebels killed 28 Syrian army soldiers on Thursday in an attack on three checkpoints around the town of Saraqeb, which straddles the country’s main north-south highway, an opposition-linked group said.

Caribbean commercial banks could adopt a more assertive policy in relation to the new United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which is scheduled to come on stream next year.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown was given the go-ahead to carry out his European tour after a Los Angeles judge said yesterday that the entertainer was “in compliance” with probation imposed for his 2009 assault on former girlfriend Rihanna.

Sybris Harvey believes that she has her feet set on a path that is taking her in the direction of a life’s ambition: to own her own business.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – South Africa test captain Graeme Smith has signed a three-year contract with Surrey to captain the English county.

Dear Editor, What is wrong with Stabroek News and Kaieteur News?

Stalls along the Parika Stelling road as vendors went about their normal business yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – As the biggest corruption trial in Brazilian history comes to an end with convictions of once-powerful politicians, at least one hero has emerged from the mess — the first black member of the country’s Supreme Court.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 483’s trading results showed consideration of $906,350 from 54,585 shares traded in 6 transactions as compared to session 482 which showed consideration of $$6,834,728 from 322,052 shares traded in 15 transactions. 

As we are well aware, Hurricane Sandy tore through the northern Caribbean last week and transformed into a massive ‘superstorm,’ hitting the eastern seaboard of the USA on Monday evening.

Not nearly enough public attention is paid to the Auditor General’s Report.

KANDY, (Reuters) – Heavy rain prevented any play in the first one-day international between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Pallekele yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Beatrice Wilkinson Welters, says it will be “highly disappointing if, after years of investigation”, the case involving Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson “was not brought to trial”.

Business Cartoons

“Om Shree Ganesh Aya Namah” Gosh! Today I’m as guilty as those newspapers Editors who ensure that the subjects in my caption are plastered on their front pages.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – With the future of thousands of immigrants at stake, the U.S.

Admitted to the Bar: Anita Mohan-Hamilton was admitted to the Guyana Bar last Friday before Justice Roxane George.

Dear Editor, I read with some degree of jocularity a letter in the Stabroek News on October 31, captioned ‘The Linden Commission of Inquiry cannot be seen as making a case for the authorities.“

Politikles

(Trinidad Express) Some 15,794 people, formerly short-term investment products (STIPs) policyholders of CLICO and British American Insurance, are expected to benefit from participation in Government’s CLICO Investment Fund (CIF), which was officially launched yesterday at the Ministry of Finance and the Economy, Eric Williams Finance Building, Port of Spain.

(Trinidad Express) VIREN Annamunthodo, son of murdered political activist and pamphleteer Walter Annamunthodo, was ambushed and stabbed to death as he arrived to open his businessplace yesterday.