Daily Archive: Monday, November 5, 2012

(Jamaica Observer) Another gay rights group is targeting deejay Beenie Man.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite numerous setbacks, the managers of the multi-million dollar Palisadoes Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation Project say it will be completed by the end of this month.

(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday New Yorkers affected by superstorm Sandy will be allowed to vote in Tuesday’s U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Monday it had ordered the suspension of some housing foreclosures in areas hit by megastorm Sandy and would help find hotels and motels to temporarily house some 34,000 people displaced by the storm.

The police this afternoon said that a post-mortem examination was today performed on the body of Canadian citizen Jean Le Blanc by Government Pathologist Dr.

The Guyana Defence Force did not take the requisite steps to secure vouchers totalling $1.6B for examination according to the 2011 Auditor General’s Report on the Public Accounts of Guyana.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – U.N. delegations sharply criticized the United Nations’ management today for an almost “total breakdown in communications” with the world body’s 193 member states after superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today launched an investigation into post-Sandy price gouging after receiving hundreds of complaints from consumers across the state.

The U.S. Embassy has completed its new awning construction project on Duke Street, Kingston. 

RAMALLAH, West Bank,  (Reuters) – The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is set to be exhumed on Nov.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A suicide car bombing killed at least 50 members of the Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Monday in Hama province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj is expected to take a delegation from his ministry to Guyana to work out details of setting up a food security facility in that country.

The Haitian government is calling on other countries and international organisations to provide emergency humanitarian aid after Hurricane Sandy caused major damage, the Associated Press reported yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler says some 7 000 temporary public officers would go on the breadline  unless Government borrowed to pay  their salaries.

(Trinidad Express) Congress of the People (COP) leader and Minister of Legal Affairs Prakash Ramadhar went to see former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj a few weeks ago, Maharaj disclosed yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) They went through five months of military training together.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India have named Yuvraj Singh in their squad for the first two tests against England, marking the all-rounder’s return to the five-day game following treatment for cancer.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – West Indies have a long way to go if they are to return to the top of world cricket, despite their recent success in the World Twenty20, manager Richie Richardson said today.

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Carl Greenidge has tabled amendments to the President’s Benefits and Other Facilities Act of 2009, proposing to slice away chunks of benefits that a former President is presently entitled to and limit them to a maximum of 10 years.

Two Regent Street stores were destroyed and millions in stock lost after the building housing them was gutted by fire early yesterday morning.

Seven months after going into the Omai Backdam to work as cooks with a dredge owner, two women had to be rescued on Saturday by the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) with assistance from the Ministry of Natural Resources & the Environment and the police following the miner’s refusal to pay them and not having money for transportation.

Timehri North residents say they will not accept compensation from the Government to move from the homes they have worked over the years to build and are asking Transport and Hydraulics Minister Robeson Benn to visit the community.

Residents of First Dam, Garden of Eden yesterday made the shocking discovery of 1,400 rounds of ammunition and a gun on the street and two unopened suitcases.

The police say they are investigating the murder of labourer Herman La Cruz, 49 years, of Port Kaituma, NWD, which occurred at about 1900h on November 01, 2012,

Guyanese golfer Avinash Persaud captured his fourth Guyana Open Golf title when he defeated Canadian Roger Rajkumar who placed second while 2011 winner Trinidad-based Papo Haniff  failed to make it in the top three in a thrilling finish yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Dozens of Parika vendors yesterday continued a protest against the removal of their stalls and prevented market committee member Lyndon Fowler, who is the person in charge of the demolition of stalls, from removing some stands.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Head coach Ottis Gibson says West Indies are targeting a top five spot in the International Cricket Council Test rankings within the next year.

Guyanese in New York hard-hit by Hurricane Sandy last week are struggling to return to normalcy.

The father of murdered taxi driver, Sean De Freitas Sookdeo says that while he has an idea why his son was killed, it will be worthless to pursue it because he has nothing to gain.

Persons seeking treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Accident and Emergency Unit were Saturday morning outraged as they were greeted by the sight of a nude man strapped to a stretcher.

-BK Int’l There is no shortage of stone of any kind in Guyana, according to BK International, which says it is in a position to provide any quantity of stone required for construction.

The Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) will be providing free vaccinations for dogs across the country, starting on the East Coast.

Dear Editor, A fixture on the calendar for lawyers is the Annual Bar Association Dinner which I attended last Friday evening and which I thoroughly enjoyed as usual.

Suriname swept the male and female volleyball competitions on Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to steal a close win of the first phase of the Inter Guiana Goodwill Games (IGGG) against Guyana. 

KANDY, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 14 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method  yesterday to finally achieve a positive result on a rain-scarred tour.

Dear Editor, As you are aware, on the 28th October, 2012 the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) were engaged in the finals of the GCA/Queensway 50 Over match. 

By Emmerson Campbell After unanimously defeating former WBC cruiserweight world champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite two weeks ago to claim the vacant WBC CABOFE cruiserweight title, Sean Corbin has now called out local cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, Kurt Bess.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News reported incorrectly on Wednesday, October 31 2012 that “Earlier this month, Jamaica’s Minister of Transport, Works and Housing Omar Davies said that CHEC breached regulations over a multi-million road project.

(Reuters) – The Brooklyn Nets baptised their new Barclays Center home with a 107-100 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday as the first major professional sports team in 55 years to call Brooklyn their home.

The gun and ammunition found (Police photo)

Dear Editor, I totally disagree with the eminent names who wrote the letter captioned, ‘The Linden Commission of Inquiry (COI) cannot be seen making a case for the authorities‘ (SN, Nov 1). 

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A housing crisis loomed in New York City as victims of superstorm Sandy struggled without heat in near-freezing temperatures yesterday and nearly 1 million people in neighboring New Jersey remained without power.

By Iva Wharton Tucville, Redeemer, F.E Pollard, St. Gabriel’s, West Ruimveldt, North Georgetown, Marian Academy and St.

Defending champion Phillip Squires and GBTI Open winner Anthony Downes will next face off in the next round of the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel Open tournament after the two registered wins Thursday last in men’s singles matches at the hotel’s courts.

Dear Editor, I believe I speak for many other park goers when I say kudos to the Ministry of Natural Resources on the launch of the ‘Safe Parks Initiative.‘

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has launched an internal inquiry into allegations made by The New York Times that the family of Premier Wen Jiabao accumulated at least $2.7 billion in “hidden riches”, the South China Morning Post said today.

-says coach of South American Under23 bronze medallist Reputable athletics coach Raymond Dauw is proposing that clubs, coaches and athletes should take serious action against president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Colin Boyce over the state of athletics in Guyana.

Introduction On Wednesday last, the acting Auditor General was confirmed in the position.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – An autopsy on late President Turgut Ozal, who led Turkey out of military rule in the 1980s and whose body was exhumed last month, will reveal he was poisoned, his son believes, calling for a full investigation of the “dark years” two decades ago when he died.

-organisers hope to develop Burnham Court and improve basketball in Georgetown The Colts Basketball Club hopes that the memory and philosophy of their late coach Phillip George will be immortalized in the local basketball arena and they intend to do so by staging the inaugural Phillip George Legacy Basketball tournament from November 16 to December 16 at the Burnham Basketball Court.

Dear Editor, Two months ago columnist and author GHK Lall predicted Obama would be a one-term president.

Politikles

Dear Editor, If only vicariously a visitor to this society must absorb, and then wonder about the volatile environment in which the concept and practice of governance abides.

A million dollars countrywide dominoes tournament is set to commence Wednesday at the Banks DIH Sports Club from 6pm.

CONCORD, N.H.,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney sprinted to an unpredictable finish in the last 48 hours of a close White House race yesterday, trying to turn out supporters and woo undecided voters in a handful of toss-up states.

Giving back: The Princess Hotel Guyana International recently hosted children from the St Ann’s and St John’s Bosco orphanages for a fun-filled day poolside and at the Children’s Halloween Party.

The countries of the Caribbean are, as it’s said, divided by sea, but united by culture.

What the people say about… Interviews and photos by David Papannah This week we spoke to residents in the vicinity of the Port Mourant  market square on the blackouts that have been recently affecting Berbice.

On October 15, Mr Ricardo Rodrigues was gunned down at the GMR&SC bar on Thomas Lands.

(Trinidad Express) A 30-year-old fireman and his 65-year-old mother were found chopped to death yesterday afternoon in the living room of their Arima home.