Articles published on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Belize’s prime minister today urged anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee to help the country’s police with a murder inquiry, calling McAfee “bonkers” for recent media statements.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Scarabeo 9, a Chinese-built offshore drilling rig that Cuba hoped would open a new era of oil production, sailed away from the island today, taking with it the communist country’s near-term dreams of energy independence.
AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – The Lance Armstrong Foundation has formally dropped the name of the disgraced cyclist from its title, the organization said today, marking the latest move by the cancer charity to distance itself following the biggest doping scandal in the sport’s history.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – An estimated 400 people have been killed in relation to the lottery scamming in Jamaica since 2006, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds said.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police say they have arrested two men in connection with the murders of the Deputy Chief of Security at the Jamaica Postal Service Barrington Davis and his friend Patricia Lurmot-Barnswell.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A computer used by Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with CIA director General David Petraeus led to his resignation, contained substantial classified information that should have been stored under more secure conditions, law enforcement and national security officials said today.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Actor Channing Tatum, who set female hearts fluttering in the summer movie hit “Magic Mike”, was named the sexiest man alive by People magazine today.
(Reuters) – Some of music’s most notable names including Billy Joel, Rihanna and Missy Elliott have signed an open letter to Pandora Media Inc opposing the online music company’s push to change how artists are compensated.
(Reuters) – The end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf, which brings together the winners of the four majors, will return to the island of Bermuda for the next two years, organisers said today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today imposed sanctions on two more relatives of Guatemalan drug lord Waldemar Lorenzana Lima, broadening its asset freeze on the family and businesses linked to the country’s Sinaloa drug cartel.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. electrical grid is vulnerable to terrorist attacks, including cyber strikes, that could cause far more damage than those associated with natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, according to a report released today.
The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is nearing a crisis stage, according to the latest actuarial report, and a number of steps have been urged for immediate execution including the raising of the contribution rate from 13% to 15% no later than January next year, hiking the wage ceiling to $200,000 per month and a phased raising of the pension age from 60 to 65.
GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel killed the military commander of Hamas in an airstrike on the Gaza Strip today, bringing the two sides to the brink of a possible new war.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Financial Secretary Dr Wesley Hughes has dismissed claims made by Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw, of a re-emergence of the black market in the foreign exchange trade.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson yesterday warned of grave consequences for the country’s democracy if politicians continue to pursue the dangerous path of denigrating and belittling the efforts of their rivals.
(Barbados Nation) Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Arnold Nicholson wants an urgent meeting with his Barbadian counterpart Senator Maxine McClean to discuss problems with the freedom of movement of Jamaicans to Barbados.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit his second ever double century and Denesh Ramdin struck an unbeaten 126 as the tourists took command of the first test against Bangladesh today.
(Trinidad Express) Reeling from a whopping multi-million-dollar loss from the collapsed insurance giant CLICO, Canadian consultant and former director of the company Gene Dziadyk and his wife Mary Rose have asked the Canadian government to intervene in the matter.
(Trinidad Express) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday dismissed a claim by Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) against the Caricom Competition Commission accusing them of acting wrongly and giving them 21 days to pay court costs.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Major international news agencies are likely to suspend coverage of the India v England series after the Indian cricket board barred photo agencies from covering the series starting in Ahmedabad tomorrow.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar launched a scathing attack on Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley at the closing of the Divali Nagar festivities in Chaguanas on Monday.
– traced to US, other countries The 10 automatic rifles that were discovered during a raid on a house at Tabatinga, Lethem last month have not been linked as yet to any crimes here, according to ballistic tests, but police do have information that the weapons were passed through several countries, including the United States.
As questions continue to linger as to why the police were unable to protect hundreds of persons who were stranded during the October 11 Agricola protest from criminal elements, security expert and opposition leader, retired Brigadier David Granger puts it down to bad policing.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that persons distributing sexually explicit images of children while claiming they are trying to raise awareness about child pornography are just as guilty as the makers and could be held accountable.
– PAC told By Chevy Devonish Permanent Secretary (PS) Alfred King led a team from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport that had to take its lumps from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday after admitting to awarding a contract to a contractor to clear his over $1 million debt to the ministry.
Drug trafficking here distorts the local economy and has been responsible for 30% of the homicides here per annum.
More than a week after an investigation was launched into the claims of two cooks, who told authorities they were taken into the Omai Backdam to work by a dredge owner who then refused to pay them, they are yet to receive word on their payments.
Powell, Chanderpaul tons help Windies dominate first day’s play DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul carved out his 26th Test century to pull level with the peerless Sir Garfield Sobers while rookie Kieran Powell stroked his second, as West Indies dominated the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh here yesterday.
Novelist Pauline Melville, most recognised for her book Shape Shifter, will deliver the annual Mittelholzer Memorial Lecture at the Umana Yana, Kingston on Thursday, November 29.
Founder of Depressed Black Gay Men(DBGM) Guyanese Antoine Craigwell will this Saturday premiere his awareness-raising documentary You Are Not Alone as part of the DBGM Benefit Gala at the Malcolm X & Dr Betty Shabazz Memorial and Education Center in Washington Heights, New York.
By Emmerson Campbell After topping Group Two of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championships in St Lucia last month, Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will look to mirror that achievement starting today when they tackle Haiti in their opening Group Six game here in St.
Robeson Benn Jnr, who was stabbed on Saturday night after a fight with a young woman, is recovering in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Hospital, where his condition is listed as stable according to hospital officials yesterday.
Police seem no closer to finding the owner of the ammunition, gun and police-like clothing that were found in Garden of Eden last week but have since started patrolling the area at night.
The taxi driver who was shot twice by gunmen on Sunday evening in Moleson Creek is still nursing his wounds.
A man destined for an interior location was yesterday found with over 1 kilogramme of marijuana in the soles of three pairs of boots he had in his possession.
– World Bank report The Latin America and Caribbean region saw a 50% increase in the number of people joining its middle class over the last decade, according to a new World Bank report, which sees them as the potential change agents in alleviating poverty.
West Berbice farmers who suffered losses when saltwater got into their canal through the Abary/Profit sea defence breach are happy that the water is back to normal.
The trial of Kester Thomas, accused of trying to set a house on fire, began on Monday, when he was pointed out by a witness as the person who threw a Molotov cocktail at the building.
A house in Eccles, East Bank Demerara last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country (Photo by Arian Browne)
(Reuters) – Stunned though he was that Phil Jackson has not returned as Los Angeles Lakers head coach, All-Star guard Kobe Bryant said yesterday he was excited about the prospect of playing under new appointee Mike D’Antoni.
Payless Variety Store officially launched its ‘Shop & Win Promotion’ recently where customers who spend $1,000 or more are eligible to win several prizes including a Suzuki Swift motor car.
A house in Montrose, East Coast Demerara last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country, with the winning float of a past Diwali motorcade in the compound adding to the specatcle.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Flamboyant West Indies opener Chris Gayle became the first player to hit a six from the first ball of a test match when he launched his big-hit against Bangladesh yesterday, the International Cricket Council said.
Annandale Secondary with 36 points and Abram Zuil Secondary with 21 points occupied the first place and first runner-up position respectively in the quiz competition held by the Rotary Club of Stabroek in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.
AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag played down the notion of looking to get even but revenge is very much on India’s mind when they face England in a four-test series starting in Ahmedabad tomorrow.
A girl lights a diya at a house in Herstelling, East Bank Demerara last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Batting star Marlon Samuels is predicting a cricket revival in the Caribbean as a result of the West Indies recent title triumph at the ICC world Twenty/20 tournament in Sri Lanka.
The PPP Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) will hold its 16th Triennial Congress on November 24 and 25—six months before its starts its year-long 60th anniversary celebration—to examine ways of improving the status and conditions of Guyanese women.
A house in Herstelling, East Bank Demerara last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country. Photos
By Iva Wharton Action in the Guinness in the Streets Futsal competition continued on Monday night with eight exciting round two matches.
A house in Herstelling, East Bank Demerara last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country. Photos
-ministry says drop in production hampering development The Ministry of Natural Resources called on quarry suppliers to increase their output as there has been a significant drop in production compared with last year, while there are currently several ongoing development projects.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – South Africa were forced to scrap their way through an uncomfortable final day of the first test against a Michael Clarke-inspired Australia yesterday to save a match they had once looked like winning.
A house in Herstelling, East Bank Demerara last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country. Photos
A house in Alexander Village last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus widened yesterday as US defence officials said they were looking into “flirtatious” e-mails between General John Allen, the top US commander in Afghanistan, and a woman at the centre of the affair.
The third Plenipotentiary Representative of the Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Picewell Forbes recently presented his Letters of Credence Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque, at the Caricom Secretariat.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Both sides in the US “fiscal cliff” debate stood their ground yesterday as they gathered in Washington for the first time since the elections, with a fundamental tax dispute preventing a broader compromise on deficit reduction.
Alexander Village Mandir was protected by police barricades and a strong police presence yesterday.
Dear Editor, The celebration of Dipavali provides us a unique opportunity to reflect on questions of gender and religion in general and on the status of the female in the Hindu and wider Guyanese society.
While there are some similarities in terms of the composition of the broadcast authority of Trinidad and Tobago and that of Guyana, they differ starkly in that it is the ceremonial President of that Caribbean island nation that appoints the Board, while in Guyana’s case it is the executive president.
-WICB/WIPA issue joint statement St John’s, Antigua – Following reports of violence in Bangladesh yesterday, the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players’ Association wish to jointly assure the Caribbean public that the West Indies players and members of the Team Management Unit are all safe and that at no time was their security under threat.
(Trinidad Guardian) The community of Ste Madeleine was in shock yesterday after the body of an eight-year-old boy was found hanging from his bedroom window.
Dear Editor, ‘Poorest president donates 90% of his salary‘ is the heading of a deeply inspirational article about the President of Uruguay published at http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/poorest-president-donates-90-salary-205125869.html
One person is still in police custody over the murder of Rose Hall Town teenager Ajai Cecil Sookhoo.
Gibran Hussain last Saturday defeated southpaw Rono Joseph to win the inaugural Berbice Table Tennis Open Championship at the Berbice High School auditorium, Queenstown New Amsterdam.
A house on Sheriff Street last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country (Photo by Arian Browne)
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Peace talks between Colombia’s government and FARC rebels scheduled to start in Cuba this week will be delayed until Monday so negotiators can work on “technical” details, both sides said.
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s parliamentary speaker said she wanted to pass as a “Christmas gift” for Ugandans an anti-gay law, which rights groups have criticised for its draconian penalties against homosexuals.
The women’s Hockey World League Round 1 event in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, has gotten off to a cracking start with a staggering 40 goals being scored in the opening six matches.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union backed a plan yesterday to send troops to push rebels and al Qaeda-linked militants out of northern Mali, clearing a hurdle for the strategy that now needs United Nations approval.
(Jamaica Observer) Electricity theft continues to hit the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) hard, amounting to US$32 million so far this year.
A house in Alexander Village last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country (Photo by Arian Browne)
Dear Editor, The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) is responding to a letter from Mr Alfred Mentore that appeared in Stabroek News on November 5, 2012 with the headline ‘DCC concerned that system other than Duckworth-Lewis was used to pick winner of Queensway tournament.’
South Road Full Gospel Assembly will host its annual Missions Conference this weekend under the theme “A vision for the harvest”.
Dear Editor, The letter in SN on November 8 from a Berbice resident concerning GPL and the continuing black-outs in Berbice-Corentyne is but one of the examples of mismanagement by this government in relation to the people of Berbice (‘Proud of Berbicians standing up to GPL…‘).
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Defending men’s doubles champions Jeremy Miller and Jason Andrews opened with a win against Mario Niamatali and Anthony Ameerally while Anthony Downes and partner Owen Lewis went down to Nicholas Fenty and Leyland Leacock as competition heated up in the Pegasus Tennis Open tournament over the weekend at the Pegasus Hotel’s courts.
The obvious fascination among Caricom citizens with the US election, as reflected in editorials in regional newspapers including our own, cannot but lead us to further contemplate what promise President Obama’s re-election holds for us.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has dropped a plan to force firms to give 40 per cent of non-executive board positions to women in favour of a less drastic obligation to favour female candidates where they are equally qualified, an EU source said yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) has applied the brake on the practice of lay preachers using the public transportation system as their platform to spread the Gospel.
Rangoli in the compound of the Alexander Village Mandir last evening when diyas and lights were lit in celebration of Diwali around the country (Photo by Arian Browne)
(Reuters) Now that President Obama has been reelected, he faces a number of basic questions about the future of America’s national security strategy.
LONDON – In the coming days and weeks, critics will try to minimize what voters in the US states of Colorado and Washington accomplished by backing referenda permitting marijuana legalization and regulation.
Stakeholders in the housing, private, banking and other sectors met on Friday to give input on the guidelines of the draft National Housing Policy document which will be used as the government’s blueprint for developing the sector.
