Daily Archive: Thursday, September 26, 2013

(Barbados Nation) A shooting in St Lucy this evening has left one man dead.

(Barbados Nation) THE PETROCARIBE oil agreement isn’t cutting it. That’s according to former Cabinet Minister Clyde Griffith and University lecturer Kai-Ann Skeete.

ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – The estranged wife of George Zimmerman, the Florida man who was acquitted of murder for the shooting of an unarmed teenager, said in an NBC TV interview on Thursday that she now doubted his innocence after standing by him during his trial.

In his address to the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Donald Ramotar today railed against the “graduation and differentiation” policies by the developed world which he says is wrongfully denying developing countries access to concessionary financing.

(Trinidad Guardian) Journalist Ric (Ulric) Mentus was yesterday remembered as a member of the profession who had a reputation for reporting the truth, particularly about politicians, even when to do so led him into controversy and even danger.

(Jamaica Observer), Manchester — The death of four Holmwood Technical High School students as a result of a bus crash in Chudleigh, North East Manchester, yesterday has again placed on the front burner the issue of careless driving in the public transportation sector.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) and two of its directors were brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday on allegations of fraudulently importing beef into the island.

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza (right) today met with the President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar (second from left) in New York, within the framework of the 68th United Nations General Assembly.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday disclosed that several contracts have been cleared by Cabinet including one for $27m for 3.5m male condoms and US$127,950 for textbooks.

The Alliance For Change today chastised both President Donald Ramotar and the Guyana Elections Commission over the continued failure to hold local government elections.

The Alliance For Change today said at a press conference that it will not be swayed into a pre-election coalition with either the PPP/C or the APNU.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – Charles Taylor lost his appeal against a war-crimes conviction today as judges confirmed a 50-year jail term against the Liberian ex-president for encouraging rebels in Sierra Leone to mutilate, rape and murder victims in its civil war.

(Trinidad Express) Former acting general manager of Airports Operations at the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) Dayanand Birju’s certificate from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, in the United States is a fake, the university confirmed yesterday.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (second from right) who is performing the duties of President, and Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Mr Zhang Limin toast to Guyana and China’s relations at the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

The ruins of the fire last night at Islington, East Berbice in which 86-year-old Margaret London died.

An 86-year-old East Bank Berbice woman perished in a fire last night, despite a valiant effort by her 93-year-old sister and carer to save her.

Head of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) Anne Greene is urging swifter prosecutions of child abusers, saying perpetrators are being allowed to go free while the wheels of justice turn slowly.

The suspect held for the murder of policeman Michael Cumberbatch has confessed, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

The Kashif and Shanghai Organization yesterday said that they will not be hosting their year-end tournament if the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) grants permission to the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) to host their event during the same time frame.

Despite smashing his world deadlift record, last year’s 74kg World Masters Two powerlifting champion, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby had to settle for the overall silver medal at the World Masters Championships, Tuesday in Orlando, Florida.

Berbice skipper Sewnarine Chattergoon yesterday said that despite his team’s narrow three-wicket defeat to Demerara in the second round match of the Guyana Cricket Board Pepsi Senior inter-county tournament, the mood in the camp was still positive.

‘The government’s objective while securing its investment is not so much getting a high rate of return as it is creating development opportunities, creating a world class hotel that will help to drive our travel and tourism, and create jobs for a few hundred Guyanese.

MYSORE, India, CMC- Fast bowler Fidel Edwards will replace injured left-arm seamer Sheldon Cotterell in the West Indies A team for their current series against India A.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a suspect in a murder which occurred on June 18 at Far Back Backdam, Cuyuni River.

The Guyana Power and Light said that electricity supply has returned to normalcy in Bartica and in Berbice following works by the company to remedy the situation in both locations.

MYSORE, India, CMC- West Indies A skipper Kirk Edwards said he was disappointed that he was unable to score a century in the first unofficial test match against India A here yesterday.

While the administration is willing to “tweak” to allow for different perspectives of those employers affected by the implementation of the Minimum Wage Order, it is not prepared to alter the core features of the legislation to appease anyone, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.

One month after 20-year-old Keith Wallerson of Golden Grove, West Coast Berbice was laid to rest, his relatives are still seeking answers about events leading up to his death.

The results of the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) elections which got underway yesterday will likely reflect a low voter turnout as a check of the polling stations at the Turkeyen Campus revealed that not many students turned up to vote.

MYSORE, India, CMC- Powerful half centuries from Kirk Edwards and Kraigg Braithwaite that were steering West Indies A into a position of strength were undermined as India A hit back with quick late strikes on day one of their first unofficial four-day test match here yesterday.

The PPP is focused on drafting a ‘Framework of Action’ to develop party structures and identify more proactive ways of presenting issues of concern to the nation, especially as it prepares for the upcoming Local Government Elections.

A man was yesterday charged with being one of six men who carried out an armed attack in which a Chinese businessman and his family were beaten and robbed of $41 million in cash, jewellery and other articles.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC- Chris Gayle, arguably the world’s leading T20 batsman, has described countryman Usain Bolt as Jamaica’s biggest ambassador on the global stage.

The police force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has found that there is “insufficient evidence” to take action against ranks accused of torturing former murder accused Shaka Chase.

The Ministry of Works says China Harbour Engineering Company will be responsible and therefore liable for any defects encountered with the US$138 million Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project for which works have started.

Head coach of the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF), Seibert Blake was scheduled to depart for Hungary this morning for a high intensity three-month long coaching course that could see him becoming Guyana’s newest level three tutor.

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) advises the public that the junction at Regent and Camp streets has been re-opened to vehicular traffic, following the completion of repairs to the sewer pump station which serves the area.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) believes its recommendations to government for wage increases and other benefits have fallen on deaf ears and will be looking at options over the next three days to address the situation.

Conservation International (CI)-Guyana is expected to once again facilitate the flow of funds from Guyana’s forests partnership with Norway for low carbon development consultations here.

Submissions for the 2014 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize, which will be awarded to an emerging writer of literary non-fiction, will close on September 30.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Guyana is preparing to launch a pilot programme to integrate cricket into the school curriculum.

An 18-year-old Albouystown man is now in jail awaiting his next court date after he was refused bail on a robbery charge stemming from an attack on a woman in the community.

Guyana’s national women’s hockey team suffered its third consecutive defeat falling to tournament hosts and world number two Argentina 0-22 in their final group ‘A’ fixture when action in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Cup continued in Mendoza on Tuesday.

A 19-year-old woman charg-ed with inflicting injuries causing grievous bodily harm was yesterday placed on $80,000 bail when she appeared before Magistrate Rondell Weaver at the Fort Wellington Court.

Defending champions Albouystown/ Charlestown opposes Werk-en-Rust/ Wortmanville today in the final of the Mackeson Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters Basketball Club Inter-ward tourney with game one of the best of three series at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) last Friday rewarded national U15 all-rounder Ronaldo Mohammed and opener Robin Bacchus for their recent accomplishments in the sport of cricket.

Miner Albert Richards, who police allege was found with 35 grammes of cannabis at Ekereku, Cuyuni, was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran’s new government, stepping up a campaign to project a more moderate image abroad, said yesterday it wants to jump-start talks with world powers to resolve a decade-long dispute over its nuclear program and hoped for a deal in three to six months.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Indiana Pacers confirmed  yesterday that the team signed guard-forward Paul George to a multiyear contract extension.

The Environmental Community and Health Organisation (Echo) is collaborating with Cevon’s Waste Management on a waste oil recycling initiative to reduce the incidence of waste oil dumping into the natural environment.

Dear Editor,   The appropriation by government of Norwegian aid money is worse than is portrayed in your article ‘New Norway gov’t likely to continue climate policy’ (SN, September 24, derived from the subscription-only Norwegian magazine Development Today and Chris Lang’s summary ‘Almost half of Norway’s climate and forest aid remain unspent’ in http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/09/20/almost-half-of-norways-climate-and-forest-aid-remains-unspent/

NEW YORK (Reuters) – South American nations are jointly exploring the creation of a communications system to curtail US spying in the region, Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked tennis player, announced via social media yesterday that he was engaged to marry his longtime girlfriend, Jelena Ristic.

Hakeem Haymer is facing a simple larceny charge after being identified to police by the woman who says he was the man who snatched her chain.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – An unconvincing Real Madrid needed a controversial Cristiano Ronaldo penalty deep into stoppage time to snatch a 2-1 win at promoted Elche yesterday that kept them hard on the heels of La Liga leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

Dear Editor, A Commission of Inquiry under the laws of Guyana, falls under an Act of Parliament Chapter 19:03.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Envoys from the United States, Russia, France, China and Britain have come to an agreement on the core of a UN Security Council resolution to get rid of Syria’s chemical weapons, three Western diplomats said yesterday, but Russia denied such an accord had been reached and insisted work was “still going on.”

Dear Editor,  Much has been made recently in the press about the supposed demise of the AFC’s New York and New Jersey Chapter consequent upon recent “defections” to APNU.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi was expelled from the Indian cricket board (BCCI) yesterday after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of “various acts of indiscipline and misconduct.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Arsenal will host Chelsea in the standout tie of the English League Cup fourth round after the draw was made  yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to the September 24 letter (‘Indian communities suffer from the same maladies and social pathologies as do African ones’) written by the eminent Mr Annan Boodram.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have appointed former England batsman Graeme Hick as high performance coach for their talent development programme, after employing the Zimbabwe-born 47-year-old as a consultant for the past four months.

LOS ANGELES, Reuters) – He will not hit one shot at next week’s Presidents Cup in Dublin, Ohio but the unpredictable and always funny Tony Johnstone could prove to be a trump card in the locker room for Internationals captain Nick Price.

ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – One person was killed and three others were wounded in a grenade blast in the Kenyan town of Wajir, including a man suspected to have hurled the device at a supermarket, police said.

Questions of corruption dog this Government with determined persistence. The list of State projects and shadowy dealings over which huge question marks hang runs long, and problematic.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Manchester United manager David Moyes was given the perfect tonic to soothe the pain of Sunday’s loss to Manchester City as a largely second-string side gave him a pleasing selection headache against Liverpool yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday said he was preparing legal action against Airbus due to a “serious fault” with the country’s presidential jet following five months of maintenance by the plane maker.

(Cricinfo) Exactly at which point Neil Broom had begun to take off is hard to tell.

Dear Editor, I simply wish to pen this letter in response to Peter Persaud’s absurd letter published in the Guyana Chronicle, of September 5, 2013 captioned ‘Mr Larson should work for the benefit of Isseneru Village.’

On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, UNiTE, the UN Secretary General’s campaign to end violence against women proclaimed that the twenty-fifth day of every month would be dubbed Orange Day and it would be used to bring attention to preventing and ending what has been dubbed ‘the Global scourge’ ‒ violence against women and girls.

(Cricinfo) Brad Hodge’s late assault on Lions’ bowlers and an unexpected four-wicket burst from legspinner Pravin Tambe propelled Rajasthan Royals to the top of Group A with eight points and also extended their unbeaten run in Jaipur to 10.

Dear Editor, Over the years I have read about the various companies that have an interest in mining operations in Guyana and wondered whether the government has created an environment of self-deprecation.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass (Reuters) – The support of Venezuela and Cuba will play a key role in Colombia’s efforts to reach a negotiated end to Latin America’s last major guerilla war, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday.