Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 21, 2012

CAIRO/GAZA,  (Reuters) – Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip agreed today to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict that killed 162 Palestinians and five Israelis.

Friends and family remembered actor Sherman Hemsley today at his funeral service in West Texas by showing video clips of his best known role as George Jefferson on the TV sitcom “The Jeffersons.”

(Barbados Nation) Millions of people around the world have already seen a sneak preview of a new Barbados tourism campaign featuring Rihanna.

The police say they are investigating an accident which occurred at about 0645h today on Airstrip Road, Mahdia, which resulted in the death of Keith Paul, of No.

Hits and Jams this afternoon issued a statement on its Facebook page confirming that R&B star Chris Brown has pulled out of his scheduled Boxing Day concert here following continued protests against him.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Doctors treating Hector “Macho” Camacho for a gunshot wound to the face and neck said the three-time world boxing champion suffered a heart attack early today and his prognosis was “very poor.”

Nigerian-born professor Jacob Opadeyi is among four candidates short-listed for the post of UG Vice-Chancellor.

The body of a 29-year-old fisherman was this morning discovered in a drain with what appeared to be a laceration to

(Jamaica Observer) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – 22-year-old Cornelius Neale of Trinidad & Tobago has been named the 2013 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh number 10 Abul Hasan scored a unbeaten century on his test debut today to complete an astonishing comeback by the home team on the opening day of the second test against West Indies.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica went deeper into recession in the third quarter, during which the economy contracted by 0.6 per cent year over year, said the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka selectors have packed their test squad full of pace bowlers as they expect to encounter seamer-friendly conditions when they travel to Australia for a three-match series starting next month.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo,  (Reuters) – Rebel forces in eastern Congo said today they planned to take control of the whole of the vast central African country after they captured the eastern town of Goma while United Nations peacekeepers looked on.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India secretly hanged the lone survivor of the Pakistan-based militant squad responsible for a rampage through Mumbai that killed 166 people, sparking celebrations days before the fourth anniversary of the assault on the financial capital.

The Lethem Power Company Inc. (LPCI) yesterday an-nounced that a generating set that recently failed, creating a “crisis” situation for residents enduring major disruptions in power and water supplies, should be back in service in the next 48 hours.

Construction of the Marriott-branded hotel has begun with Chinese workers and heavy equipment working at the Kingston site one year after the sod turning and following years of controversy about the project and its lack of transparency.

Army Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best has declared that the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has no problem with same sex relationships.

An advance payment of $9.7M was made by the Ministry of Health for the supply of breast milk but it never received it and neither was the money returned.

Assistant Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine has sued the state- owned Guyana Chronicle for $5M over a recent publication in which two miners made allegations against him.

The British High Commission yesterday announced the opening of a trade and investment office in Guyana which will also service Suriname.

Hypovolemic shock as a result of severe blood loss has been found as the cause of death of Amanda Tulsie, an Anna Regina mother who died shortly after a caesarean-section to remove a dead foetus last Sunday at the Suddie Hospital.

The Guyana Revenue Authority  (GRA) says that motor vehicle owners can now pay for the renewal of their vehicle licences at Demerara Bank Ltd, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry and Bank of Baroda (Guyana) Inc.

Police say that Fazal Mohamed of Second Street, Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and as a result his licence has been suspended.

– wants World champion to use his status to influence other athletes Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

An unidentified female died after she was struck down at the corner of Lamaha and Peter Rose streets around 4am yesterday.

North Georgetown District 11 finished atop the points standing of the  52nd edition of the Guyana Teacher Union (GTU)/Ministry of Education/Digicel National Schools Swimming Championships held yesterday at the National Aquatic Centre at Pattensen.

A man was air-dashed to Georgetown on Monday evening following an accident in Port Kaituma, Region 1.

A man died after his car crashed into the median of the Agricola, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Monday night.

-late surging Straker captures female edition of the race District Nine’s Samuel Kaitan stunned race favourite Nathaniel Giddings to win the 10km road race yesterday morning  as the Guyana Teacher Union (GTU)/Ministry of Education/Digicel National Schools Track and Field Championships got underway.

Michael `Jaggy’ Persaud’s TNT dominoes team on Sunday exploded to emerge winners of the F&H Printing Establishment million dollars countrywide dominoes competition at the National Gymnasium.

Salim Bacchus called ‘Black Salim’, who was wanted for questioning by the police, yesterday turned himself in accompanied by his lawyer Ramesh Rajkumar.

Michael `Jaggy’ Persaud’s TNT dominoes team on Sunday exploded to emerge winners of the F&H Printing Establishment million dollars countrywide dominoes competition at the National Gymnasium.

Following rousing opening words from President of the Guyana Teacher’s Union, Colin Bynoe, the 52nd Guyana Teacher’s Union/Ministry of Education (MOE) National School’s Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships was officially declared open by the Minister of Sports, Dr.

National 1500m and 5000m record holder Cleveland Forde came out of his comfort zone over the weekend, finally mustering up the courage, strength and determination to finish the Suriname Marathon.

By Iva Wharton Alika Morgan and Llewellyn Gardner won their respective categories at the  Suriname marathon held Saturday in the neighbouring republic.

– Guyana Fight Night Pro Am Card By Iva Wharton Patrick Boston said he will beat Kishon Simon a second time when they clash November 30 on the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am Card organized by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control.

– Mayor’s Cup Thomas Lands (the Guyana Defence Force) football team scored the biggest win of the Mayor’s Cup competition last Tuesday at the Den Amstel ground by defeating Bagostville 4-0 but have withdrawn from the competition organizer Lennox Arthur said yesterday.

By Yonalla Dalrymple The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation’s end of year football extravaganza yesterday received the sum of one million dollars from the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Company.

-court hears Christopher Greaves, who is accused of stealing a car from the compound of the Rent-A-Tent company, abandoned the vehicle after the owner trailed him into the city, a court heard yesterday.

A 17-year-old girl was yesterday arrested by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officials after one gram of compressed marijuana was found in two car tyres that she had dropped off to be sent in on an Air Services Limited (ASL) flight to Imbaimadai.

By Iva Wharton Two days have elapsed and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is yet to comment on the statement released by Golden Jaguar’s Captain, Chris Nurse accusing two senior officials of the federation of being responsible for the stagnation of the sport among other things.

The Community Health Post at 58 Miles Mabura Road was yesterday outfitted with a $11.1M ambulance compliments of the Government’s 2012 capital projects allocation to Region 10.

A new Guest House and Warden Building estimated to cost $27 million, are to be built at Tukeit, within the Kaieteur National Park, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Dear Editor, The Lethem Power Company Inc has put in place plans to restore an acceptable level of generation by mid-December 2012, and to provide a reasonable safety margin by the end of May 2013.

-urges Trotman to act impartially  Attorney General Anil Nandlall is maintaining that the parliamentary opposition has no legal authority to prevent Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee from addressing the National Assembly, and he is urging House Speaker Raphael Trotman to ensure he acts impartially in handling the situation.

Dear Editor, I am not sure that the state will ever satisfy the need for house lots, as there are still hundreds, nay, thousands of applications for house lots in the various parts of this country.

The Caribbean is the only developing region that has approached near-universal provision of medication to prevent the transmission of the HIV virus from mother to child, according to the annual UNAIDS report on AIDS but it also names Guyana as one of several countries that have seen increases in risky sexual behaviour.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Church of England voted yesterday against allowing women bishops after it failed to win the support of enough lay members for the reform, leaving the Church facing more internal strife over an issue that has divided it for years.

—Miller/Andrew win men’s doubles title Berbician Carol Humphrey will face a stern examination from young Nicola Ramdyhan in the women’s singles final of the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel Open lawn tennis tournament which ends this evening at the hotel’s courts.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Football Federation is becoming a constant feature in the dailies, but unfortunately  not to celebrate its achievements in any way.

The $174.4M IDB-funded rice seed facility in Region Six is to be commissioned within three weeks, according to Project Manager Dr Elizabeth Ramlall, amid concerns by the bank over the delay in the project.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday and pledged to work for a truce in the Gaza Strip “in the days ahead”.

Dear Editor, Barack Obama is of mixed race and president of a country with deep racial divisions.

KHULNA, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has passed a fitness test and cleared to play in the second test against West Indies, a team official said yesterday.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo,  (Reuters) – Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the eastern Congolese town of Goma yesterday, parading past United Nations peacekeepers who gave up the battle for the frontier city of one million people.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago opening batsman, Adrian Barath, has turned to a West Indies legend to improve his batting as he attempts to regain his place on the regional side.

Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill has urged the contractor to accelerate works on a $417M project being undertaken at East Black Bush Polder to safeguard farming areas during rainy season.

Dear Editor, Fed up with the opposition, Mr Norman Browne is concerned that “until David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan stop their weak posturing, we may just roll into another election year to once again give the PPP a majority in the National Assembly” (‘It’s all up to Hughes and Nagamootoo now’ SN, November 19).

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar did not meet with Dr Wayne Kublalsingh on Monday but she issued a statement saying she shared a deep concern for his health and welfare.

Cheddi Jagan was extremely proud of his government’s commitment to transparency and one of the most visible signs of this was his government’s ability to present the annual Auditor General’s Report after many years of default under the PNC regime.

(Trinidad Express) BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) has made an estimated 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) natural gas discovery off Trinidad’s south east coast, the company said in a release on Monday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Reliable Jamaican sprinter, Michael Frater, is hoping to be elected as a vice-president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) when elections are held November 29.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s former media chief Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper business, were charged yesterday with conspiring to make illegal payments to officials for information for stories.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian limited overs international Dan Christian has been suspended for one match by South Australia for smashing up three dressing rooms this season.

Dear Editor, Dr Joey Jagan was incorrect to pen ‘Bisram got it wrong’ (SN, Nov 10).

President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde said that after months of futile wage negotiations, the union is willing to accept a 9 percent interim payout from Government and said it is giving President Donald Ramotar a chance to reach out otherwise the workers will resort to industrial action.

To many older persons, the Israel-Hamas confrontation must induce a sense of déjà vu – and déjà vu over and over again.

(Barbados Nation) Emotions ran high yesterday when accused Derick Crawford came face to face for the first time with the two British women he is accused of raping.

(Trinidad Express) A TOTAL of 24 charges of armed robbery, shooting with intent, and murder were yesterday read to three men accused of killing police Constable Kevin McMillan two weeks ago.