Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 1, 2013

(Trinidad Guardian) US Embassy officials have denied knowledge of imposing a ban on Carnival masqueraders passing near its building on Marli Street, Port-of-Spain.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Washington’s last-minute scramble to step back from a “fiscal cliff” ran into trouble today as Republicans in the House of Representatives balked at a deal to avert a budget crisis.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, a BBC cricket commentator and newspaper writer, has died of cancer at the age of 67.

Start-up logging company, Vaitarna Holding Private Incorporated (VHPI) has not yet set up a promised wood processing plant here but company director Chethan Narayan has assured that such a facility is on the cards and the company is doing the groundwork.

(Jamaica Gleaner) National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort will meet with senior officials of the Antigua and Barbuda Police Force tomorrow to deal with the upsurge in criminal activities on the island.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Mandeville was yesterday left in shock and disbelief after an elderly couple was found dead at their home in the town Monday morning.

(Barbados Nation) Reopen the case! Find the man who raped us!

(Trinidad Express) Legal Affairs Minister and Congress of the People leader Prakash Ramadhar yesterday stated that in 2013 he will keep the promise to deliver on Constitution reform.

ABIDJAN,  (Reuters) – About 60 people were crushed to death in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan overnight after a New Year’s Eve fireworks display, an emergency official and state radio said today.

(Trinidad Express) Defence force soldier Curtis Marshall, who died at hospital early Sunday morning, was murdered.

(Trinidad Express) POLICE are investigating the murder of a San Fernando man, who was shot multiple times yesterday morning.

Home Minister Clement Rohee yesterday announced major reforms of the police force starting this year, with civilian oversight of the implementation of a strategy that emphasises more training and possible hiring of foreign police officers to serve as consultants for critical reorganisation.

(Trinidad Express) A night liming with friends ended in tragedy for one fire officer after she was shot dead in Port of Spain on Sunday.

Three days after his vehicle was found by police ranks in a forested location some distance away from the Splashmin’s Fun Park, there was still no sign of missing Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) worker Levoy Taljit.

While many were anxious to welcome this New Year, 2012 will be forever etched in the minds of those whose lives were touched in one way or the other by the Guyanese greats who passed away this year.

The two police officers accused of unlawfully killing Dameon Belgrave outside the White Castle Fish Shop were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 each when they appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell.

Police Constable Terrence Wallace was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of Eccles teen, Shaquille Grant who was shot in Agricola.

(Trinidad Express) The fight against crime will remain the Government’s top priority in 2013, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

Charges may be brought as early as tomorrow against the surviving boat captain involved in the fatal Pomeroon boat crash, which claimed six lives, following a recommendation by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).

President Donald Ramotar says he remains ready to work with the opposition for the country’s development, but claims his administration’s efforts have not been reciprocated by the other sides.

Confidence was as visibly exuberant as the new colourful kit when the national squad for the Caribbean T20 was formally outfitted with warm up and match gear after completing effectively their final training session of the year before regrouping on January 2 2013.

A Georgetown family with roots in Essequibo, who had made plans to host a party for needy children on the Essequibo Coast on Decem-ber 9, almost had those plans overturned by the capricious operation of the Essequibo ferry.

By Ralph Ramkarran (This column first appeared on Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s blog at www.conversationtree.gy

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A deal worked out by U.S. Senate leaders to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” was far from any “grand bargain” of deficit reduction measures.

Just over 48 hours since bandits robbed a Robb Street family of $4 million in cash and jewellery, one of the suspects has been held by police and positively by two of the victims.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Commodore Gary Best said yesterday that the Christmas bonuses of some officers were withheld based on their poor performance and it is something that has been done in the past.

Relatives of Rajmohan “Vishnu” Phaskanran, 47, a fisherman of Lot 46 Section C Number 79 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, who was brutally chopped in the wee hours of December 18, 2012 are seeking justice over his killing.

A week after the front of Savitri Persaud’s Goed Fortuin home was destroyed when a vehicle crashed into it, the owner of the vehicle, has begun to make amends by repairing the damage.

Riddim Squad Football Club edged the Guyana Defence Force Football Club by two goals to one while Sunburst Camptown overcame a spirited Northern Rangers Football Club 3-0 to reach today’s final of the Georgetown Football Association/Banks Beer knockout Cup competition.

In Saturday’s edition of Stabroek News under the heading ‘Suspect in fatal hit-and-run re-manded’ the photo below was provided to the newspaper by a freelance photographer who said he had obtained it independently.

Forty-five-year-old Sharon Fraser may still be unaware that her husband died as a result of the very accident which made her a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Dear Editor, The West Indies cricket team seems to have finally turned the corner in 2012 with a Test series victory over New Zealand, the World T20 trophy in its hands and a Test series victory over Bangladesh.

Nineteen year-old junior national player Dominic Vincente has been given, in his opinion, the opportunity of a lifetime to attend the Impact Basketball Academy in Florida, USA for the next four months.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – New Zealand have done absolutely nothing to suggest they can upset South Africa in the first test of the two-match series beginning at Newlands  tomorrow – and that may be their greatest weapon.

A 45-year-old man was struck down on Sunday evening by a speeding minibus as he was making his way across the Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- Australia bowler Glenn McGrath will be inducted this week into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame, the ICC announced  yesterday.

Dear Editor, Almost a year ago I wrote a letter to the press entitled ‘Opportunity knocks for Guyana.’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-A veteran player and an engineering student have emerged as Trinidad and Tobago’s top male and female chess players of 2012.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suffered a blood clot in a vein between her brain and skull behind her right ear but is expected to make a full recovery, her doctors said yesterday in a statement released by the State Department.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s Richard Sterne fired a scintillating 10-under-par 62 in the Dubai Desert Classic first round yesterday to overshadow a fine start to the season by world number eight Lee Westwood.

At about 22:30 hrs on Sunday, police said, Wesley Griffith, 18, of Determa Street, Mackenzie, was at home when a man rode up on a motorcycle and called out for him.

Dear Editor, Contrary to the myth being perpetrated by Mr Moeen ul-Hack, Mr Roger Ally and whoever else, rapists do not prey on women who show cleavage and wear skimpy dresses; rather they prey on women and girls whom they know and are familiar with and who almost invariably are modestly dressed – in fact, almost three quarters of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim.

NAPIER, New Zealand,  CMC – Central Districts have quashed reports West Indies batting star Chris Gayle will be brought in for the final two games of the domestic Twenty20 Championship.

In Saturday’s edition of Stabroek News under the heading ‘Suspect in fatal hit-and-run re-manded’ the photo below was provided to the newspaper by a freelance photographer who said he had obtained it independently.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department made a “grievous mistake” in keeping the US mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in the weeks before a deadly attack by militants, a Senate committee said yesterday.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Grim news grabs more headlines than good works but deeper probing will find a world of love and service hidden in the shadows, Pope Benedict said at his traditional end-of-year Mass last night.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in stable condition and spent yesterday with his daughters, the cancer-stricken leader’s son-in-law said in an appeal for supporters to ignore rumors about his condition.

Dear Editor, A BBC world report a few days ago noted that several cities around the world are using the Christmas season to fuel their economies by promoting Christmas markets, and they have been met with phenomenal success as revenues generated during the short season can sustain a small business for the rest of the year.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott was the big winner at the Spirit of Sport Awards, picking up four awards including Trinidad and Tobago’s Male Athlete of the Year.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Discarded West Indies cricketer, Jason Mohammed, says he has been working overtime in an effort to repeat the performance that earned him man of the series in the 2011 Regional Super50 tournament.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said that for 2012, 40 out of 57 law enforcement officers failed polygraph tests.

Dear Editor, The Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc and its Guyana Chapter, extend many best wishes for the New Year to the government and citizens of Guyana, and wish to thank Food For The Poor, Guyana, Inc and all of its donors, supporters and other NGOs in Guyana and North America.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A UN Security Council sanctions committee yesterday blacklisted two rebel groups that have been responsible for war crimes in conflict-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations said in a statement.

If anything proves that the PPP/C has discounted receiving African votes in the near future it must be its decision to change the proposed site of the 1823 monument from the Independence Square to Carifesta Avenue and its administratively incorrect and flimsy excuse for doing so!

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica’s coach Junior Bennett has warned that his side will be a united force in the Caribbean Twenty20 starting next Sunday in Trinidad and Tobago.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – One of hundreds of attacks reported in New Delhi each year, the gang rape and murder of a medical student caught Indian authorities and political parties flat-footed, slow to see that the assault on a private bus had come to symbolise an epidemic of crime against women.

Once the final results of the November 2011 poll became known the return to office by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic was not the major issue on the post-elections agenda.

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) held its first annual fundraising dinner on 23 November, 2012.

Saying it with shoes: A Regent Street vendor holding up a ‘Happy New Year’ sign yesterday  as she entreated passersby to ensure they were properly shod for 2013.

Dear Editor, I sincerely thank you and your staff for a hand up by the publishing of my letters.

CARACAS (Reuters) – He uses Hugo Chavez’s bombastic language, brandishes the constitution and showers opponents with vitriol at every turn.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Sidelined Reggae Boy, Sean Fraser, is set to play in the Mexican league next season following two impressive seasons in El Salvador’s premier league.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Senate moved the U.S. economy back from the edge of a “fiscal cliff” today, voting to avoid imminent tax hikes and spending cuts in a bipartisan deal that could still face stiff challenges in the House of Representatives.