Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The police today issued an arrest warrant for a 22-year-old in connection with the shooting on Main Street last Sunday morning that resulted in three persons being injured.

-Moves to court over judicial management CLICO (Guyana) on Monday suspended its Chief Executive Officer, Geeta Singh-Knight with immediate effect, citing decisions she made without the knowledge of the board, and the embattled company has also moved to court seeking to have actions taken by the judicial manager properly sanctioned by the court.

-identified as ‘Beenie’ A Guyanese youth was shot dead in front of a Creole restaurant in Cayenne, French Guiana on Saturday in an apparent revenge killing.

Chief Executive (CE) of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Karan Singh has been sent on leave for at least three weeks for the board of the utility to examine allegations about mismanagement in the water sector.

A Beterverwagting man stabbed and killed his uncle during a heated argument at the family home yesterday after years of minor disagreements between the two.

One man has been taken into custody as police continue an investigation into the discovery of the bullet-riddled bodies of two men on Monday in the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Iron Punt, North West District (NWD).

A mason who allegedly broke and entered a woman’s home and stole $500,000 worth in jewellery was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-urges governing, opposition parties   to come together in national interest The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said yesterday that its  members who strongly uphold the exercise of democracy do not “believe that good governance, the rule of law and representative democracy can be ensured or strengthened by the constitution suspension in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) and a return to direct rule by the colonial power through its governor.”

– President tells Syrian leaders President Bharrat Jagdeo underscored the importance of communication in strengthening economic ties between the government and private sector of the two countries during a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Changes continue to be wrung at the financially troubled CLICO (Guyana) and the most recent has seen a change in the security arrangements for the offices of the insurance company.

Three masked gunmen attacked and robbed a Bush Lot, Corentyne rice vendor of $2.6M in cash and jewellery at around 3:30 am yesterday after he got up to check his canter truck.

Two men yesterday accused of stealing a car pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny when it was read to them by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.

-following cancelled Mash concert Local promoting company Hits & Jams Entertainment has slapped US artiste T-Pain and his camp with a US$5 million lawsuit for the cancellation of his much hyped Mash night concert.

Relative says threatened by assailantThe six-month-old baby injured when her mother was attacked by an ex-lover remained in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) up to late yesterday afternoon.

A Lamaha Street resident died yesterday afternoon as he attempted to cross a section of the East Coast highway.

The truck driver accused of causing the death of an octogenarian at Bartica last Saturday was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Romel Jeffrey, 26, of Third Avenue, Bartica pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Bishop Juan Edghill says that International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination presented an opportunity to focus on the importance of the fight against racism and all forms of intolerance.

Ever so often in every sport, a young player with significant talent would emerge and in Guyana a 17-year-old Lindener  named Akeem Kanhai is creating quite a stir in basketball.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has dispatched a team to Arau, Region Seven to investigate environmentally unfriendly mining practices following a report in this newspaper on Monday.

– Amelia’s Ward to come alive  Sunday Bread and pastry giant Bakewell yesterday presented an undisclosed sum of cash to the Kashif and Shanghai organization which is promoting an Inter-Ward Fitness Day Sunday at Amelia’s Ward, Main Street, Linden.

–IICA Director General The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says the current food crisis can be overcome through “creative and innovative ways” of ensuring that farmers stay in business.

Host and W/Connections play unbeaten in preliminaries Pre-tournament favourites Net-Rockers and Winners Connections Football Clubs lived up to the expectations by topping their respective groups at the end of the preliminary round of the Net-Rockers Linden Town Week Under-19 football tournament.

The Thomas Lands-based Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) is now among  the several well wishers who have offered their congratulations to Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, sending their own congratulatory message yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Seven-times Tour de France  winner Lance Armstrong fractured his right collarbone in a race  in Spain on Monday, casting doubt on his participation in May’s  Giro d’Italia.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa will host  the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) next month after the Twenty20 competition was moved out of India due to security reasons, the IPL said yesterday.

The Guyana Hockey Board has shortlisted 27 players to begin training tomorrow for the second Caribbean Hockey Cup billed for Jamaica in June.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies will have to deal with the threat of England’s talismanic all-rounder Freddie Flintoff, when they go in search of a series-leading win in Friday’s third One-Day International at Kensington Oval.

Dear Editor, The internet cafes, which provide internet telephone or VoIP services, have been criticized as illegal operations. 

Dear Editor, I endorse fully your editorial of Monday, March 23, ‘Where was the Captain?’

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Captain Rawl Lewis lashed an unbeaten half-century for the Windwards Islands to secure a draw against Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, a result that killed the remote chance both teams had of capturing the 2009 WICB Regional Four-day championship title.

Dear Editor, I was struck by the advertisements recently for the Bollywood Chutney show which was held last weekend in Uitvlugt, Albion and Starlite Drive-in.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Carlton Baugh extended his rich vein of form yesterday when he hammered an unbeaten half-century to help Jamaica stave off defeat against Combined Campuses and Colleges on the final day of their 11th round WICB Regional first class match at Sabina Park.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court  upheld yesterday a jury award of $260,000 against four-time  NBA scoring champion Allen Iverson and his bodyguard to a man  injured in a 2005 brawl at a Washington, D.C.,

(Trinidad Guardian) Three days after publicly signing the Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) aimed at saving Clico’s depositors and policyholders, Lawrence Duprey was scrambling in a virtual fire sale to sell off key energy assets to his German business partners, according to documents made available to the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  said yesterday his administration was confronting the economic  crisis on all fronts and seeing signs of progress as he sought  to reassure recession-weary Americans about his recovery  strategy.

Dear Editor, The Chutney Soca Show which was billed as “bombshell,” ended up being a bomb!

Dear Editor, It was not my intention to complain in writing of my treatment by Delta Air Lines staff while on my way to Guyana for the Christmas holidays, but having heard of the similar experiences of some of my relatives and friends, I feel compelled to do so.

(Trinidad Express) Trade fairs from India will soon be a thing of the past following a decision by the Trinidad and Tobago Government to deny work permits to the merchants.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The detention of hundreds  of thousands of immigrants every year in the United States  represents a violation of human rights, Amnesty International  USA said in a report yesterday.

Christopher Holder in a fighting finish snatched both the senior and junior titles of the second Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycle road race held on Sunday last on the West Coast of Demerara from  Wales Police Station to Bushy Park and back to the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States will  send more agents and high-tech gear to its southern border to  crack down on smuggling of illegal drugs, guns and money by  Mexican gangs whose bloody wars threaten security on both sides  of the frontier, U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Portland on Monday forcefully rejected an application from People’s National Party (PNP) candidate Kenneth Rowe to be its member of parliament, and opted instead to have the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Daryl Vaz resume representing it in the House of Representatives.

Dear Editor, Following the recent announcements by DDL to target underage drinking and to enforce laws, it was interesting to see that El Dorado Rum and Carib Beer were proud sponsors of the ‘Bollywood Chutney/Soca Fest,’ which seems to be open for children and families.

FIFA international referee Stanley Lancaster and assistants Venton Mars and Selwyn Blair left Guyana yesterday for Trinidad & Tobago where they will be the officials in charge of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championship Cup Match between W.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Hours after embattled premier of the Turks and Caicos, Michael Misick stepped down, he was on Monday replaced by businessman Oliver Galmo Williams, a member of his organisation, the Progressive National Party (PNP).

The J. C. Chandisingh Secondary School will be buzzing Sunday with the activities of the 18th annual awards ceremony for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) from 13:00hrs.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Barclays’ investment bank chief  Bob Diamond saw his pay slump 99 percent to 250,000 pounds  ($366,500) last year from over 21 million in 2007 as rewards for  executives at three of Europe’s top banks more than halved.

Dear Editor, When I was a youngster attending primary school, I read in The Way To English Book 2, Chapter 5, a fascinating story about ‘The country where people do not work.’

The March 12 elections in Antigua and Barbuda ended more or less as expected by the pollsters and analysts, with Mr Baldwin Spencer’s United Progressive Party (UPP) gaining a slender 9-7 majority at the polls on their first appeal to the electorate since they gained their first victory five years ago.