Daily Archive: Thursday, February 26, 2009

Guyana’s Commissioner of Insurance, Maria van Beek has secured an order from the High Court to place CLICO (Guyana) under judicial management prior to winding up of the company.

-held 51% of CLICO (Guyana’s) assets at end of 2007 CLICO (Bahamas) Ltd was on Tuesday ordered liquidated raising serious concerns here as the company held 51% of CLICO (Guyana’s) assets at the end of 2007 and sources last night said the government could move to the courts as early as today to protect the interests of local clients.

-EU-ACP Assembly opens President Bharrat Jagdeo says that protectionist measures emerging in developed countries following the global financial crisis are of “major concern” to ACP countries that have signed the Econo-mic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union based on reciprocal trade.

Guyana has been shifted off the government of Canada’s international bilateral assistance radar as it moves towards more focused, effective and accountable aid, concentrating its resources on 20 countries around the world.

-post-mortem shows blunt traumaThe funeral of a De Willem man was stopped by police on Tuesday after they received information that he might have been murdered and a post-mortem examination later showed that he died from blunt trauma.

A motion to acquire over 250 acres of land owned by the Stanford Financial Group of Companies  is to be moved today by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda  when it convenes an emergency  meeting of the House of Representatives.

Officials from the Bosai Mineral Group Guyana on Tuesday assured President Bharrat Jagdeo that the global financial crises will not have a great impact on plans to establish an alumina plant at Linden or on plans to develop other sectors.

The 21st batch of Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Guyana on Tuesday to serve for two years.

The badly decomposed remains of the 17-year-old boy who was missing following a mishap with a 30-ft fishing boat around 9 am last Saturday was found at the Bush Lot, West Berbice foreshore yesterday.

A police detective attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for the past 10 years yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of corrupt transaction when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic  canceled an Independence Day military parade amid public outrage  over scandals linking soldiers and police to crime and drug  trafficking.

CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands,  (Reuters) –  Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, charged by U.S.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called yesterday for  a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulations, saying big  changes were needed to avoid a repeat of the financial meltdown.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – News of plunging exports hit  Japan and Germany, while home sales fell in the United States,  painting a grim economic picture yesterday, the day after  President Barack Obama offered assurances the United States  would emerge strengthened from the financial crisis.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The AIDS virus is quickly adapting across large groups of people to avoid triggering the human immune system, posing another challenge in the search for  a potential vaccine, researchers said yesterday.

Three murder accused are to be sentenced on March 20 after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter before Justice Winston Patterson in the High Court yesterday.

A twenty-one-year-old man who allegedly used an ice pick to rob another man of a quantity of cash and several other items was remanded to prison on Tuesday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– in US human rights report – but general respect by gov’t Potentially unlawful killings by police, mistreatment of suspects and detainees by the security forces, poor prison and jail conditions and lengthy pretrial detention were among the most significant abuses of human rights in Guyana during last year.

– weeks after no word from Jagdeo Weeks after they had returned to work following a promise by President Bharrat Jagdeo to meet them, air traffic controllers (ATCs) are yet to hear from him and are mulling their next move.

A list of names and places including drug accused, dead notorious criminals and present and past members of the Guyana Police Force will be included in a questionnaire for prospective jurors in the trial of Guyanese drug accus-ed Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan.

S and S Promotions Saturday night’s proposed 12-round card between overseas-based Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen and Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes has been sidelined and now Gilkes will face Guyana’s middleweight champion, Howard Eastman over ten rounds at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The West Indies find themselves in an unfamiliar position entering today’s Test at Kensington Oval.

Dear Editor, I refer to your article entitled ‘Opposition grills gov’t on contracted workers, NCN $$’ (SN 24 February, 2009) in which you reported that Minister in the Ministry of Finance Jennifer Webster, said that contracted employees in the Office of the President are paid the same amount as a person in the Public Service Ministry, with the exception of them being granted a gratuity every six months.

Dear Editor, We are writing this letter, out of sheer frustration, on behalf of the Albion Front community that is situated close to the Kali and Hindu Temple Street.

The Barbados government is setting up a seven and a half million US dollar fund as a buffer for its tourism industry to cope with the global financial crisis.

Led by an unbeaten 87 from Man-of-the-Match Veerapen Permaul, coupled with an impressive spell of bowling from Gudakesh Motie (4-15), Corentyne defeated Leguan/Wakenaam Combined by 112 runs, in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Ministry of Education under-15 inter-district competition yesterday.

Guyana will now play their ninth round match in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sponsored regional four-day competition against the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) at the famous Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Bourda ground, instead of the Albion Community Centre ground.

(Jamaica Observer) – A businessman in his 60s could be slapped with more than 20 counts of incest and indecent assault following his arrest on Tuesday on allegations that he had been molesting his three young daughters.

Dear Editor, The sinister and intimidatory tone of Mr Peter Fraser’s reply (‘The law only works against those who fail to comply with it,’ SN 14.2.09) to my letter was quite unsurprising.

Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) coach Clinton Clarke expects that his three-week stint with the University of Loughborough 2009 BOOST Coach Exchange Programme will result in a boost for Guyana’s rugby team.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Three sons of a former boss of Colombia’s Cali drug cartel have been arrested along with more than 20 other people on charges of money laundering, authorities said yesterday.

The guns, ammunition, phones, masks and other articles recovered by the Joint Services following the armed confrontation at Arimu Trail on Saturday during which Dwayne Marks called ‘Bully’, Antwan Smith called ‘Deportee’ and Gavin Gray called ‘Sweet Eyes’ were fatally shot.

Dear Editor, Poor nations such as Guyana are not islands unto themselves in this global economic village. When

-licence suspended A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving stemming from a 2008 incident and his licence has been suspended pending the outcome of the trial.

– pilot accused of $5m customs breach (Jamaica Gleaner) – Airline crew should now expect to go through regular searches at the island’s two international airports as the Customs Department implements more stringent measures placing them under the microscope.

Judoka Colin Gomes won the U-154 pounds category when the Guyana Judo Association (GJA) held its Mashramani tournament on Sunday at the Marian Academy School’s Auditorium earning for himself an on-the-spot promotion.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

Dear Editor, May I extend my sympathy to the family of Dr Joshua Ramsammy on his passing.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Not even dark skies and intermittent showers could damper the spirits and waistlines of thousands of masqueraders who went out on Tuesday to celebrate Carnival.

For Punishment or Pleasure: A synopsis of the life of the enslaved Africans in Guyana under the Dutch Part 1 By Lloyd Kandasammy The enslavement of Africans is without a doubt, one of the worst atrocities to have been committed in the name of Catholicism, wealth and greed by European powers who pillaged the African continent, with the help of some African kingdoms to meet the demands for labour in the ‘New World’.

– MP Patterson AFC parliamentarian David Patterson has argued that the government should take steps to ease the woes of the construction sector.

-Michelle John qualifies for National Collegiate Championships National table tennis player Paul David, former Caribbean men’s singles champion Sydney Christophe and Caribbean junior girls champion Michelle John posted important career wins over the weekend in the USA.

Exploration Guyana started yesterday with Britisher Charles Montier attempting to sail from the source of the Potaro River into the Essequibo River and then along the Atlantic Ocean to the seawall bandstand in a canoe.

This Albouystown street has had a huge pothole for a long time.

Child Citizenship Act of 2000 Installment Seventy-Seven The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 allows certain foreign-born, biological and adopted children of U.S.

A few days ago, Slumdog Millionaire, a low-budget Bollywood-meets-Hollywood fable, won eight Oscars this year and turned a clutch of unknown actors into international celebrities.

CORUMBA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Jaguars still roam the  world’s largest wetland and endangered Hyacinth Macaws nest in  its trees but advancing farms and industries are destroying  Brazil’s Pantanal region at an alarming rate.

By Rawle Toney Some 19 young footballers have been shortlisted for the upcoming Inter-Guiana Games set for April following trials last weekend.

Dear Editor, As the years go by we as Guyanese are very proud of celebrating a rich culture − our very own Mashramani − and this year is no exception.

Dear Editor, I am compelled with dismay to respond to an NIS advertisement in the Sunday Chronicle of February 15, 2009, in which it is stated that an NIS Pensioner/contributor must submit a prescription for drugs every three months.