Daily Archive: Thursday, December 6, 2012

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore today sharply criticized President Barack Obama, a fellow Democrat, for failing to make global warming a priority issue, saying action was more urgent than ever after the devastation in the Northeast from Superstorm Sandy.

At about 0330h today, acting on information received, ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri conducted a search among a quantity of boxes of mangoes consigned for shipment to Canada and found cocaine.

PARKUPIK, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Veteran gold and diamond buyers sit on a small metal boat gliding down a river in southern Venezuela that brushes the borders of Brazil and Guyana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Max Clifford, Britain’s highest-profile celebrity publicist, was arrested for alleged sex crimes on Thursday by a special police unit set up in the wake of an abuse scandal involving a former BBC TV star, his lawyer said.

BRASILIA/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not attend a regional trade summit in Brazil on Friday, sources said, an absence sure to heighten speculation over the leftist leader’s health.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the Recording Industry Association (RIATT) Fabien Alfonso is not pleased with statements made by Minister of Trade and Industry Vasant Bharath on the creative-industry stakeholders and the Creative Industry Company (CIC).

Dec 6 (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a peace messenger wounded Afghanistan’s intelligence chief in Kabul today, another sign that the government is struggling to improve security ahead of a NATO pullout in 2014.

Guyana and Brazil yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see a working group established on an upgraded Linden-Lethem road, a port and a hydro project.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Despite an investment of US$610 million to complete the North-South leg of Highway 2000, the Jamaican Government says contractor China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) will be required to comply with all regulatory requirements.

NEW BATAAN, Philippines,  (Reuters) – Rescue workers searched today through thick mud, broken homes and fallen trees for survivors, two days after a typhoon swept the southern Philippines killing nearly 400 people and leaving at least as many missing.

(Barbados Nation) Shock swept through the St Michael community of Brittons Hill yesterday as word spread about the death of a five-month-old baby in the back seat of his father’s car.

(Trinidad Express) Lawrence Duprey, former executive chairman of collapsed conglomerate CL Financial, was no “one-man show”, his attorney, Queen’s Counsel Andrew Mitchell, said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is categorically denying that she has a problem with substance abuse.

(BBC) Captain Alastair Cook set a record for England Test centuries with his 23rd as the tourists assumed control of the third Test against India.

-transparency institute calls for urgent appointment of oversight bodies Guyana remains among countries rated as having a serious corruption problem in the latest Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), prompting the local watchdog body to urge the overdue appointment of key oversight bodies and the strengthening of those already in place but too weak to tackle white-collar crime.

-Top Cop confirms Police have finally confirmed that the vessel, from which 476 lbs of gold was stolen during a daring heist in Curacao last week is from Guyana as is its owner.

Steven O’Neil, the last of the suspects in pirate attacks carried out in September, has been captured and charged.

-as Rubis launched The Demerara Oxygen Company (Docol), Guyana’s major distributor of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG), feels that enough is not being done to enforce fuel safety handling here, which could result in a serious disaster.

Three gunmen attacked a Bounty Meat Centre security officer on Tuesday night and robbed him of an undisclosed amount of cash he was transporting at the time.

A woman lost her life after she was struck down by a truck on the Good Hope, East Coast Demerara public road yesterday morning.

-poor training, impaired driving among causes, says Benn Roughly 85% of the persons killed on the road are young men and many of them who are behind the wheel are improperly trained or impaired due to drug or alcohol use.

The AFC says a comprehensive road transportation policy needs to be designed and implemented in order to arrest the lawless and dangerous practices on the country’s roadways.

A man on Tuesday admitted that he stole two BlackBerry phones from two nurses, calling it an act of frustration over his mother’s illness.

Road works in Triumph have caused discomfort for residents of the East Coast Demerara village and damage to telephone cables and the contractor who was hired by the Regional Democratic Council of Region Four says he won’t be  reimbursing the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T).

The dismissal of two nurses led to a protest in front of the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday on New Market Street.

NAACIE General Secretary Kenneth Joseph says the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) refusal to meet to discuss issues affecting employees it represents is a strategy employed by the company to deny workers increases and year-end bonuses.

The Region Seven child protection officer is investigating the reported case of a child working in the mines at the Puruni backdam, the Childcare and Protection Agency (CC&PA) said on Tuesday.

-GCB holds press conference After months of legal wrangling with the government, the Guyana Cricket Board held a press conference yesterday at the GCB Office, Regent Road, Bourda where Senior Selector Reon Griffith said he was confident that the best team was selected to represent Guyana at the upcoming Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.

Government says it will not condone businesspersons who may try to rip off consumers during the festive season.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday appealed to citizens to get on board the clean-up of the capital.

The Edward B. Beharry Group of Companies yesterday handed over a Toyota Allex car to the organisers of the annual Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament at the company’s Charlotte Street Head Office.

More than seven months after Guyana scholarship student Shurlon Austin was accused of murdering a man and slitting a woman’s throat in Cuba, he remains in police custody and is expected to appear in court within the next week or two.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced that the Motor Vehicle Registration Series ‘PP’ has come to an end.

Cellphone giant Digicel yesterday handed over a cheque valued at $500,000 to the Guyana Squash Association to assist players travelling to the Cayman Islands for the Women’s World Open Squash Championship.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has warned his team to be wary of a backlash from Australia in their three-test series after the hosts were stung by their series defeat to South Africa earlier this week.

The prosecution wrapped up its case in the Cyon ‘Picture Boy’ Collier murder trial before Justice Diana Insanally at the High Court on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds will be declaring the Flex Night Health and Fitness Expo open on Saturday at the National Cultural Centre.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant become the youngest player to score 30,000 NBA career points during the first half of Wednesday’s game against the New Orleans Hornets.

Residents of Garnett Street between Sheriff Street and Stone Avenue are annoyed and distraught about flooding in their area, caused by drains blocked with sand from a nearby construction site.

Defending champion of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Competition, Back Circle along with Leopold Street, won their respective semi final games, one-nil on Tuesday night at the National Cultural Centre tarmac and will battle for the $600,000 first prize when the final is staged on Saturday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC- Stylish right-hander Marlon Samuels stroked his fifth One-Day International century as West Indies beat Bangladesh by four wickets yesterday to halt a two-game losing skid, and haul themselves back into the five-match series.

Dear Editor, I am intrigued by the recent report of a gold heist in Curaçao.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago football coach, Hudson Charles, says the inclusion of Jamaal Shabazz as a second head coach will bolster the soca warriors chances as they compete in the finals of the 2012 Caribbean cup in Antigua from tomorrow.

Mother of seven, Luela Linton, who was lashed in her head with a hammer by her reputed husband on Tuesday, was discharged from the

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Barcelona’s Lionel Messi was carried off on a stretcher after sustaining what the club said was bruising to his left knee near the end of the La Liga side’s Champions League Group G match at home to Benfica yesterday.

Mackenzie High School, Region 10 successfully defended its JOF Haynes Debating champion title for the third time since winning the title in 2009.

Dear Editor, Almost fourteen months after the arrival of two Chinese vessels, the Canawan and the Sabanto, at Port Georgetown in Guyana it was only recently they both became operable for a variety of reasons.

The prosecution and the defence in the Dwayne Jordan murder trial made their closing arguments before Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court yesterday.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul has made a return to the top of the International Cricket Council’s Test Match Batting Rankings.

Dear Editor, Visual Arts in Guyana is no longer a hobby.

A man accused of threatening a woman was released on self bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Approximately two weeks ago I read a letter written by one of our respected matriarchs, Ms Eileen Cox, where she lamented the noise nuisance on the seawall at weekends.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) defied the IOC and went ahead with its controversial election to pick a tainted official as its new secretary-general yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa want to use their recent series win in Australia as a stepping stone to cement their position as the world’s dominant test team and to build something “really special”, captain Graeme Smith said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Democracy works. Our majority parliamentary opposition is now one year old.

The Russian Aluminium Company (Rusal) has announced plans to increase bauxite production by 1,900,000 tonnes next year, during a recent meeting with President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Islamists battled with protesters outside Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s palace yesterday, after his vice president suggested amendments could be agreed to the draft constitution that has divided the nation.

(BBC) England’s bowlers again made light of losing the toss as the tourists had the better of the first day of the third Test against India in Kolkata yesterday.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Indonesia yesterday approved a rainforest conservation project that sets aside an area roughly the size of Singapore and rewards investors with tradable carbon credits in the first of its kind to win formal backing in the country.

Dear Editor, September 8, 2012: I would never forget that evening, when my late mother was taken to the famous ‘Best’ (West Demerara Regional) hospital.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s fragile ruling coalition won a vote on allowing foreign supermarkets to operate in Asia’s third-largest economy yesterday, in a key test of support for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his flagship economic reform.

Dear Editor, I noticed in SN’s edition of November 30 Mr Romeo Ramdehol wrote about Queenstown and the insouciance of the residents about protesting the decimation which has taken place there (‘Businesses are operating in Queenstown in defiance of the bylaws’).

PARIS, (Reuters) – Italian jockey Frankie Dettori has been banned from riding in French races for six months after a positive dope test at Longchamp, the French racing authority said yesterday.

Dear Editor, There continues to be an absence of ethics, professional conduct and moral fortitude in our dear land, Guyana.

(Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder cruised to their sixth straight win on Tuesday after an incredible night of shooting earned them a 117-111 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

A vendor, who is accused of unlawfully assaulting the man who hit his stall, was yesterday released on self-bail by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(Trinidad Express) In its regulation of failed billion-dollar insurance company CLICO, the Central Bank faced a double-edged sword—archaic legislation limited its legal teeth and attempts at moral suasion on issues like corporate governance fell flat.

(Trinidad Guardian) After 21 days, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh’s hunger strike over the disputed Debe to Mon Desir extension of the Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin ended at 6.30 pm last evening.

(Trinidad Express) Interim executive director of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) Francis Forbes has described as “disturbing” the illicit trafficking of small arms and the growth of gangs in the region.

For such a poor country, we seem to generate enormous wealth through organized crime.

Installment One Hundred Forty-One Unfortunately, applicants for visas sometimes receive fraudulent or inaccurate information from persons regarding the United States visa process and how to complete the necessary requirements for the application.

Courts hands over fifth car: Winner of Courts’ Drive Away Promotion, Mandy Clarke (left), received the keys for her new car from Finance Director Steve Nauth yesterday at Courts on Main Street.

We are living in exciting times. Technology that was not even a dream 30 years ago is available in the palm of our hands.

YOKOHAMA, Japan,  (Reuters) – Prompted into action by England midfielder’s Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal against Germany at the 2010 World Cup, FIFA will use goal-line technology for the first time in Japan this week.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Anti-virus software guru John McAfee was arrested by Guatemalan police yesterday, for illegally entering the country, interior minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla said.

Thursday’s Cartoon

The Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) operations at the General Post Office (GPO) Building will be relocated to its new headquarters at the former CLICO Building on Camp Street from Monday, December 10.

Dear Editor, I became very emotional upon viewing the final exit from the international scene of former Australian captain Ricky Pointing following the culmination of the final Test match against South Africa.

(Trinidad Guardian) After 21 days, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh’s hunger strike over the disputed Debe to Mon Desir extension of the Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin ended at 6.30 pm Wednesday evening.