Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Ramlakhan Samaroo, 67 years of Novar, Mahaicony, ECD, who was involved in an accident at Mahaicony Park, ECD, on December 10, 2012, while a passenger in motor car PLL 6153 died at the GPHC at about 1630h yesterday, police said.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0630h today at Lesbeholden Public Road, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Razeem Khan, 41 years, of Lesbeholden.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Even before the cassava processing plant in Para has been operational, export deals had been closed.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  (Reuters) – The Cayman Islands’ governor appointed Deputy Premier Julianna O’Connor-Connolly as premier of the British Caribbean territory today, refusing a request by the ousted premier to dissolve parliament and call early elections.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Bangladeshi authorities have issued a report accusing a senior SNC Lavalin Group Inc executive of corruption, just after he left the engineering company, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported today.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A government official in Venezuela for the first time has raised the possibility that Hugo Chavez’s Jan.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The BBC did not cover up allegations of sex abuse against one of its former stars Jimmy Savile but the British broadcaster missed numerous warnings and proved incapable of dealing with the scandal when it finally broke, an inquiry found.

Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul says that the government has no difficulty with the audit office probing its accounting for public funds and he hailed the current Auditor General, Deodat Sharma as someone who meets the requirements of the job.

(Jamaica Observer) Jaycinth Brae gave her seven-year-old son a special hug before she left home yesterday morning for work.

(Jamaica Observer) The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) says that it is appalled at the Cabinet’s challenge to its powers to access information needed to complete investigations into three major investment projects being pursued by the Government.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was named TIME’s Person of the Year for 2012, citing his historic re-election last month as symbolic of the nation’s changing demographics amid the backdrop of high unemployment and other challenges.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were gunned down at close range yesterday after gambling at a Housing Development Corporation building scheme in San Fernando.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) has negotiated an eight to ten per cent wage increase for teachers.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – South Africa celebrated their long-heralded arrival at the summit of test cricket in 2012 while West Indies enjoyed their first world title since the team’s 1970s heyday with a maiden Twenty20 trophy.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will announce today that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an effort to come up with policies to address gun violence amid calls for action following the massacre of 26 people including 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school last week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya was grossly inadequate to deal with a Sept.

(Trinidad Express) A man awaiting trial on a charge of murdering a State witness has been released from prison due to a clerical error while his co-accused has to face trial.

Six persons including a boat captain perished in the Pomeroon River yesterday when a boat contracted to the One Laptop per Family Project (OLPF) collided with a passenger speedboat on its way upriver in low visibility due to rain.

The National Assembly on Monday night committed the Clerk of the National Assembly Bill to a special select committee even as Attorney General, Anil Nandlall said that the Bill is incapable of correction and could not be supported by Government because it breaches the Constitution.

A man was yesterday accused of robbing two gold miners of $10M in property in a gunpoint hold-up in the city.

The prosecution is expected to close its case when the murder trial of Haslyn Hodge, accused of smothering the mother of his children to death, continues today before Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court.

Sean Benjamin, the number two accused in the 2007 murder of Ian ‘Safo’ Adonis walked out of the High Court in Berbice a free man yesterday after the mixed jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty.

Vendors near the Stabroek Market Square were made to vacate the area last evening after City Constabulary workers moved to enforce an order to prevent them from selling after 6pm.

Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran says a multi-agency approach is needed to address the problem of mentally unstable persons roaming the city’s streets, with his ministry seeking to ensure that primary healthcare workers are trained to diagnose such persons during the early stages of illness.

Abraham Gibbs was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail and a bond to keep the peace after he denied charges of assaulting and threatening his wife.

Winston Munroe, a goldsmith, was released on bail after denying three charges yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

A US$1.688M ($346M) contract was signed on Friday by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Trinidad- based Western Scientific Company for the supply of  equipment for the state-of-the-art Police Forensic Laboratory,  a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

A drunken driver crashed into a small home in the Goed Fortuin Squatting area on Sunday evening, leaving two people injured.

The Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Caricom Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) concluded on  11 December 2012 with a warning that high food and fuel prices will continue to roil the region next year.

By Donald Duff Following their continued vote of confidence by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) which continues to recognize the present Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) administration the GCB is now moving to regularise certain issues affecting the administration of cricket in Guyana.

A lumberjack was fatally injured on Sunday afternoon after the tree he was cutting fell and pinned him to the ground.

By Iva Wharton Today’s double header of the 23rd edition of the Kashif and Shanghai annual football extravaganza  will now be played at the Beterverwagting(BV) Centre, Ground.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has sent the Dameon Belgrave file to the police seeking clarifications.

One of the world’s best professional squash players Christopher Gordon is expected to visit Guyana during the festive season and engage some of the country’s top players including Nicolette Fernandes in exhibition matches at the Georgetown Club.

A man accused of assaulting his girlfriend after a misunderstanding was yesterday released on $25,000 bail at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) of the Ministry of Labour on December 14 held a graduation ceremony at the New Amsterdam Town Hall for 187 persons who successfully completed training in over 21 areas under the National Training Project for the Youth Empowerment (NTPYE).

By Yonalla Darymple The discipline of lawn tennis is currently at a standstill with respect to the staging of local competitions following repair works to the tennis courts at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel.

Residents of Parfaite Harmonie are complaining that the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has not done anything to relieve a longstanding water shortage in the area.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain has targeted an improvement on its London 2012 medal haul in Rio in four years with UK Sport announcing an 11 percent rise in funding for elite sport  yesterday.

Special Constable Lorna Andrews, who accidently shot herself in the thigh at the Ministry of Home Affairs compound, was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The second annual Georgetown Football Association Banks Beer Knockout Cup tournament will continue this evening at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda ground with another double header.

Guyana says it won support at consultations for Latin America and the Caribbean for a lobby to be mounted at a key meeting in Geneva next year for mercury use in mining to be extended.

The long awaited final of the Inaugural Phillip George Legacy Basketball Tournament will take place this Friday night beginning at 19:00hrs at the country’s premier basketball facility the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Just days after he became the target of a civil suit by his former employer alleging embezzlement, now indicted EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo created a new company with two associates.

By Emmerson Campbell The 23rd Kashif and Shanghai (K&S)and the second annual Banks/Georgetown Football Association (GFA) tournaments both kicked off Sunday night at adjacent venues and will continue to attract fans on the same playing days until both tournaments culminate on January 1 next year.

Senior local officials were among Caribbean delegates who exchanged views with US counterparts at a Miami forum on bolstering the rule of law and ending gender-based violence.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Former manager of the Windward Islands cricket team and respected cricket commentator, Tom Lafond died  yesterday after a prolonged illness, his son Dr.

HOBART, (Reuters) – Seamers Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc skittled Sri Lanka’s last six wickets in a dramatic final session to give Australia a 137-run victory in the last hour of the first test yesterday.

The PNCR and its North American group on Sunday took Christmas cheer to the families of two men, Shemroy Boyea and Allan Lewis, who were killed on July 18 during the electricity protests in Linden.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The fracturing of Mexico’s criminal establishment in the government-led crackdown on drug traffickers created between 60 and 80 new cartels, the nation’s attorney general said yesterday, far more than were active six years ago.

HOBART,  (Reuters) – Match officials have found no evidence of ball tampering in the Hobart test between Australia and Sri Lanka and no charges will be laid, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

Anderson Nicholson of 15 ‘C’ D’ Edward, West Bank Berbice was sentenced on Monday to 13 years imprisonment  by Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for the murder of his wife.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the Cayman Islands passed a vote of no confidence yesterday ousting embattled Premier McKeeva Bush from office one week after he was arrested on suspicion of corruption.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers in Havana from his fourth cancer operation, Cubans face renewed worries about their economic future if the country’s top ally dies or has to step down from office.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Barcelona secured the futures of leading players Lionel Messi, Xavi and Carles Puyol with renewed contracts yesterday.

Everton McCollin and Dwight Darrel were both placed on $20,000 bail yesterday after they denied unlawfully assaulting each other.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-Reliable West Indies player, Shrivnarine Chanderpaul, has lost his position as the world’s number one test batsman following the release of the latest Reliance ICC player Rankings  yesterday.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) re-elected President Jacob Zuma as its leader yesterday, setting him up for seven more years as head of state of Africa’s biggest economy.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has promised to end discrimination against the lesbian,?gay,

Eleven Officer Cadets of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) completed the Standard Officers’ Course No.

(Trinidad Express) Put aside “arrogance” and deal with the perception of corruption in this country, President George Maxwell Richards has said.

Dear Editor, A letter from Swami Aksharananda appeared in SN on December 17.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is in “stable” condition in Cuba after being treated for a respiratory infection following cancer surgery a week ago, the government said yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-William Perkins was in ripping form with the bat again as Trinidad and Tobago registered a convincing 65-run win over Queen’s Park Cricket Club in their second Twenty/20 practice match on Sunday.

Dear Editor, On my way to attend the Georgetown Football Association Competition and the Kashif and Shanghai 23 Football Tournament, I witnessed an appalling sight outside the NCN compound on Homestretch Avenue.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Russia sent warships to the Mediterranean to prepare a potential evacuation of its citizens from Syria, a Russian news agency said yesterday, a sign President Bashar al-Assad’s key ally is worried about rebel advances now threatening even the capital.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Gathered in the yard of a small home in the Venezuelan countryside, a young man with dreadlocks asks a bearded musician clutching a guitar: “Who can Chavez rely on?”

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Beaten finalist in the just ended Caribbean Cup, Trinidad and Tobago, is planning to target their strikers for special training ahead of the 2013 edition of the CONCACAF Gold cup in the United States.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – It has taken 10 years of hard work and indie movies, but Ben Affleck finally has moved past his “Bennifer” nightmare.

Dear Editor, Regarding Mr Clinton Urling’s letter in SN of December 12, captioned ‘The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce has a wish list…’ with great respect, my initial letter to SN was dated December 7, with the correction of one word sent on Monday, December 10.

Scouts bring smiles: The Scouts Association of Guyana (SAG) treated several dozen children at its annual share-a-meal and fun day held on Sunday at its Woolford Avenue headquarters.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s political career may go on for a while, at least symbolically, even though he no longer holds the country’s top political positions.

 (Reuters) – Serge Ibaka produced a season-best 25 points and 17 rebounds to spark the red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder to a 107-93 victory over Western Conference rivals San Antonio on Monday.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Exploration drilling in the Coronie Swamp has yielded oil.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Days after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, actress Naomi Watts took part in a fundraising telethon spearheaded by George Clooney to help the region’s hundreds of thousands of people in 14 nations whose lives were shattered.

Scotia Xmas cheer: Last Wednesday, Scotiabankers, accompanied by Mr and Mrs Claus and a live band comprising employees of the bank took Christmas cheer to several homes for children and the elderly under the Bank’s Bright Future Programme.

“What is to be feared is not so much the immorality of the great as the fact that immorality may lead to greatness.

Dear Editor, My letter published in Stabroek News on December 4 captioned ‘Modest dress would protect women against rape,’ attempted to furnish a solution to this scourge that continues to plague our society.

First Lady visits Red Cross home for Children: First Lady, Deolatchmee Ramotar on Monday visited the Red Cross Convalescent Home in Durban Backlands.

Politikles

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec 18, CMC-Top Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are among athletes in the running for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards 2013.

TIKAL, Guatemala, (Reuters) – At the center of the rebel base where Luke Skywalker took off to destroy the Death Star and save his people from the clutches of Darth Vader, Guatemala is preparing for another momentous event: the end of an age for the Maya.

By Minxin Pei CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – One question that should have been asked about the Chinese Communist Party’s just-completed leadership transition is whether the entire elaborately choreographed exercise was akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Dear Editor, Kudos must be given to the Minister of Housing for his innovative ways of facilitating the expansion of the housing sector.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Against all rules political party Pertajah Luhur (PL) lighted fireworks in public last Sunday in the District of Nickerie.

That we have carried three editorials on the Syrian uprising in the course of this year, indicates how this issue has dominated the news and the attention of the major powers.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has responded to President George Maxwell Richards’ written request for answers on the Section 34 fiasco, informing him that answers were already provided and action taken on the issue.

(Trinidad Express) President George Maxwell Richards has called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to provide information on the early proclamation of Section 34.