Daily Archive: Monday, July 1, 2013

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country.

Washington, (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, charged with leaking secret U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – German Sabine Lisicki sent another seismic shockwave through Wimbledon today when she dumped five-times champion Serena Williams out of the tournament with a 6-2 1-6 6-4 fourth-round upset.

At about 0900h today, police say that Accounts Clerk attached to the Woodlands Hospital, Sattie Persaud, 47 years, was conveying a bag with $1.1M to the Hospital’s Accounts Office when she was held up by a man armed with a firearm who took away the cash and her cell phone and escaped.

Police say that at about 0040h today, they responded to a report of the discharging of a loaded firearm at a function at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony Creek, ECD, where they found Mahendra Persaud, 29 years, of Esau and Jacob in a yard with injuries to his face.

At about 1730h yesterday, police say that Jerome Hackett, 60 years, of Phoenix Park, WBD, was riding his motorcycle along the Den Amstel Public Road, WCD, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a concrete bridge.

The financial condition of the ruling PPP is unknown and its increasing reliance on donations opens it up to influence peddling.

(Trinidad Guardian) While gay communities celebrated Wednesday’s US Supreme Court ruling which gave federal recognition to married same-sex couples, one Caribbean activist group has been rallying support after a hateful attack against a Trinidadian-born artiste.

(Trinidad Guardian) Vice President of Operations at Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Captain Jagmohan Singh, has been appointed to run the day-to-day operations of the airline following the sudden resignation of acting CEO Robert Corbie on Friday. In

(BBC) US actor and karate expert Jim Kelly, who starred with Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, has died at the age of 67.

A man suspected of killing six members of his family including two children on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe was found dead yesterday, after apparently committing suicide, the French news agency AFP reported.

(Barbados Nation) Make the CLICO forensic audit public or face the wrath of the Opposition.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gender, Youth and Child Development Minister Marlene Coudray is calling for criminal charges to be laid against the aunt of six-year-old Ronase Osbourne who perished in a fire at her Port-of-Spain, home on Friday. Coudray,

PRESCOTT, Ariz.,  (Reuters) – An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S.

Rossignol Butchery and Meat Centre, a multi-million dollar investment by a Surinamese entrepreneur yesterday came to full fruition and an official opening ceremony was held yesterday to mark the occasion.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Opener Johnson Charles slammed 97 but it was left to West Indies last wicket pair of fast-bowlers Kemar Roach and Tino Best to scramble a thrilling one- wicket victory over India in the second game of the Tri-Nation ODI series at Sabina Park  yesterday.

Sunita Persaud, 23, of Rosehall, Corentyne died yesterday after she was struck down by a driver who was later found to have alcohol over the legal limit.

One day after emphatically winning the senior National Time Trial Championships in the hills of Linden, national star cyclist Raynauth Jeffrey took his talents to the open road yesterday and dominated his rivals to earn the title of National Road Race champion.

The Astor Cinema, built in 1940 and the last of Georgetown’s old-style movie houses, yesterday closed its curtains for the last time and is now up for sale or rent.

Declaring his government’s full support for the deepening and widening of CARICOM, President Donald Ramotar yesterday said he is convinced that member countries could be more prosperous if bold steps are taken to bolster integration.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil humbled world and European Champions Spain with a crushing 3-0 win in the Confederations Cup final  yesterday, ending their opponents’ three-year record run of 29 unbeaten competitive matches Two goals from Fred, one either side of a stunning left-foot shot from Neymar, gave next year’s World Cup hosts their fifth straight win in the competition as they clinched the trophy for a third time in a row.

Government has issued its formal response to the 2009 Auditor General’s report and has provided assurances on long backlogged financial statements for a number of state entities.

Five members of the 14-man national U17 team were honoured on Friday by the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ahead of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.

The experimental heightening of the seawall along the Rupert Craig Highway is in full swing in the aftermath of stunning overtopping by Atlantic waves in April.

Orealla Secondary School nailed Lower Corentyne Secondary 13-nil on Friday as the Digicel Schools football tournament continued at the Skeldon Community Centre ground.

A family at Brahan, West Coast Berbice almost lost their house when a car ran off the road and crashed into their front stairs, shattering it around 12:10 am yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – The Grenada Football Association (GFA) runs the risk of losing a FIFA funded Goal Project if the requisite documents are not available within the next two weeks.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The number of Cubans leaving their country has increased steadily in recent years, the government reported yesterday, reaching levels not seen since 1994 when tens of thousands took to the sea in makeshift rafts and rickety boats.

Lawyers for James Hyles, who was charged with the 2008 Lusignan massacre, have moved to the High Court for his freedom, saying that he was charged almost five ago years but is still to get a fair trial.

Moen Gafoor continues to lead the Courts National Scrabble Championship Following play on yesterday’s second day of the championships which is being held at the Bank of Guyana Roof Garden.

Fruta Conquerors, through a Jermaine Garrett first half strike in the 25th minute needled Camptown FC 1-0 as action in the Fruta Conquerors sponsored U13 football tournament continued at the Tucville Community Center ground yesterday.

An overloaded minibus plunged into the trench at the corner of Homestretch and Mandela avenues yesterday afternoon after its brakes apparently failed.

Dear Editor, The call for good governance is in the halls of every modern and democratic institution, but for Guyana this is not only a call, it is enshrined in our Constitution.

Nearly three weeks after bandits invaded their Festival City, North Ruimveldt home carting off a laptop computer and jewellery, George Grimes say the police are yet to take a statement from him.

The forces of Mother Nature Saturday night knocked out the professional segment of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) 28th edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card which scheduled for the Uitvlugt Community Ground.

Dear Editor, In its June 11th edition, SN carried an `Apology’ on page 3, which reads in part, “Stabroek News is now in receipt of correspondence showing that the basis of these implications is erroneous.” 

BK Western Tigers, led by a Malachi Adonis brace, defeated Fruta Conquerors ‘A’ 2-0 as action in the Fruta Conquerors sponsored U13 football competition continued at the Tucville Community Center ground on Saturday.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Saturday held its 2012 “Honour’s Roll” ceremony at which 28 workers were recognized, according to a release from the Government Information Agency.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Tridents pulled off an exciting 17-run triumph over Saint Lucia Zouks as the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League got underway at the Kensington Oval here Tuesday.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt was locked in a tense standoff yesterday after millions of protesters swarmed into the streets to demand the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and militants set the ruling Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters on fire.

Dear Editor, Please provide me space to express my gratitude to the Caribbean Press, David Dabydeen and Lynne Macedo (of Warwick University) for publishing my novel The Dumb and the Brave.

The school uniform voucher distribution which began on June 20 is scheduled to end when school closes for this term on July 5, according to the Government Information Agency.

Habitat for Humanity Guyana held its annual housing quality standards training for contractors aimed at ensuring that they are knowledgeable about the charity’s building process as outlined by Habitat for Humanity International.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to reports of supernatural manifestations at schools and other locations.

(Jamaica Observer) Retired police officer and revered crime-fighter Reneto Adams wants the police force, which he served for 41 years, to be scrapped and replaced by another institution.

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, CMC – There were mixed results for Caribbean athletes at the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham yesterday.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Delegations from over a dozen countries that are members of the Venezuelan-led oil alliance Petrocaribe agreed on Saturday to adopt a framework for promoting trade within the block.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Seven Cubans have died and more than 40 have been hospitalized, eight in critical condition, after drinking wood alcohol, or industrial methanol, they thought was rum, the public health ministry said yesterday.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon 2013 is an interesting year in the Caribbean for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality.

SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) – Germany’s Nico Rosberg won the British Grand Prix for Mercedes yesterday after a spate of exploding tyres almost caused the race to be stopped and threw the sport into crisis.

Dear Editor, There is an urgent need for an ‘intervention’ in the way the President is handling Guyana’s disturbing criminal and corruption crises, and mostly because the President appears to have entered a steadfast denial mode.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Serena Williams will head a cast of fresh-faced hopefuls today as Wimbledon heads into the second week which will be a Federer-free zone for the first time in 11 years.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to some poisonous attacks on my character that were published in the Guyana Chronicle of 20th April, (‘Parker’s reputation is not one of credible leadership material’) written by a phantom Mary Charlie; one of 24th January (‘Parker’s track record will be interesting to the people of Rupununi’), written by Peter Persaud, the Leader of the United Force; and one of 30th January (‘Carl Parker, an APNU activist masquerading as someone of importance’), also by Peter Persaud.

At every twist and turn along the way, the government is being confronted with diplomatic and not so diplomatic warnings about corruption and the threat that this poses to investment, good governance and the rule of law here.

Politikles

Last week, we commenced reviewing the operations of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) in the light of its disastrous performance over the years, despite the massive subsidies and capital contributions from the Treasury.

If I’m accused of journalistic laziness today, I’ll plead guilty. That’s because in recognizing yesterday’s birth anniversary of Nelson Mandela, one of the world’s foremost international Statesmen, I shall record what anyone can glean from Internet sources.

This week we asked people at the Mon Repos Market how they felt about the recent news that vendors will have to relocate to facilitate the extension of the four-lane highway on the East Coast road.

(Trinidad Express) Acting chief executive of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Robert Corbie has resigned with immediate effect from the cash-strapped national carrier.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 before the start of Caribbean Airlines Flight 526 to Kennedy Airport (15:55 hrs departure), it really got off to a bad start.