Daily Archive: Thursday, April 30, 2009

With the growing increase in domestic violence, mostly being committed against women, a group of men joined the many voices in condemning the scourge by mounting a silent protest yesterday outside the High Court on Avenue of the Republic.

-Kanhai named MVP A vociferous crowd at the McKenzie Sports Club hard court in Linden yesterday hailed the McKenzie High School (MHS) as they blew away New Silver City Secondary School (NSSS) 50-36 to preserve their championship trophy in  the finals of the 5th Victory Valley Royals (VVR) Inter-school basketball tournament.

-tells them it’s shutting down Once-thriving furniture establishment, Precision Woodworking Limited yesterday sent home its workers after being hit hard by the effects of the global financial crisis.

-in superseding indictment Drug smuggler Roger Khan’s spy computer remains a hot issue, featuring in two of the 14 new charges against his former lawyers.

A second remand prisoner, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death of Corentyne teacher Saisnarine Ramnauth, as well as to armed robbery, was yesterday sentenced to 19 years in prison by Berbice Assizes judge Diana Insanally.

The sight of captain Chris Gayle using the aid of a runner has become worryingly familiar for the West Indies and it recurred yesterday just a week before the first Test against England at Lord’s.

-Cougars upset Plaisance A Peter Parks double helped the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) defeat tournament host Bakewell Buxton Stars (BBS) 4-1 in their feature match-up, when action in the second annual Mackeson Stout/Digicel-sponsored Sweet 16 Football tournament continued at the Plaisance Community Centre ground on Tuesday.

Demerara looking for comprehensive win Coach of the Demerara Under-19 Inter-county team currently contesting the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM-sponsored Under-19 Inter-county tournament, Orin Bailey told Stabroek Sport that nothing but a comprehensive win is on his mind for today’s game.

‘The President wants a Mercedes lifestyle in a jackass cart economy’ – Ramjattan The AFC has added its voice to opposition to a proposed law to ensure special benefits and amenities to the president after he leaves office.

Guyana and Stanford Twenty20 players Travis Dowlin, Christopher Barnwell, Deon Ferrier and Derwin Christian along with Reon Griffith and Orin Forde are set to participate in the Georgetown squad contesting the DJ Stress T20 Cricket Festival at the Providence Stadium tomorrow.

-Luncheon In keeping with custom and practice, government is footing all expenses for Opposition Leader Robert Corbin’s treatment overseas, Cabinet Secretary Dr.

Superstreet humbles Raiders The Superstreet XI team crushed Raiders XI by a margin of 70 runs when action in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Trophy Stall 15-overs–a-side countrywide softball competition continued at the Leonora Primary School ground on Sunday.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Olympic silver medallist  Amir Khan has predicted a volatile, high quality contest when  his compatriot Ricky Hatton defends his IBO light-welterweight  title against Filipino Manny Pacquiao on Saturday.

-ran away on fractured ankle In her bid to escape from three masked bandits who attacked her home on Monday night, Parika resident Ormilla Talchand jumped from the veranda of her two-flat home and ran away on a fractured ankle.

-20,000 doses medicine available From noon today the Ministry of Health will begin to implement its public awareness programme on the deadly swine flu, according to a statement from Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks  completed a surprise series victory over the higher-ranked San  Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, while the Rockets’ bid for a  second-round berth was grounded when Houston lost to the  Portland Trail Blazers.

Janet Jagan was a household name in this country for over six decades.

A man who is accused of robbing a fisherman of a boat engine, a wooden boat and several other items at gunpoint in February this year was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – John O’Shea’s  early goal put Manchester United in control of their Champions  League semi-final against Arsenal with a 1-0 first-leg win at  Old Trafford yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s former world  number three Guillermo Coria has quit tennis at the age of 27  because he has lost motivation.

By Arnon Adams I can still remember the sense of anticipation that preceded the swearing in of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth President of the United States of America on January 20th. 

A forty-year-old woman, who was allegedly found with a quantity of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was remanded to prison yesterday when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday remanded to prison a man who was allegedly found with a quantity of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), while she granted bail to another who allegedly had a quantity of cannabis in his possession.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – World record  sprinter Usain Bolt was being treated at a hospital near the  Jamaican capital yesterday after a motor vehicle accident, a  doctor said.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization  said yesterday the world is at the brink of a pandemic,  raising its threat level as the swine flu virus spread and  killed the first person outside of Mexico, a toddler in Texas.

With their hands in a three-fingered salute pointing at the ceiling and the stirring lyrics of the battle song “Oh Fighting Men” on their lips, delegates to the People’s Progressive Party’s triennial congresses renew the vows and reenact the rites of an  anachronistic creed.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, (Reuters) – World number  one Tiger Woods has downplayed rumours he may be ready to part  company with coach Hank Haney.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has urged the Wakenaam Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to strictly monitor all projects on the island to guard against the perception of collusion between officers and suppliers.

The Report on Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development by the United Nations Expert on Minority Issues has ignited a firestorm of controversy.

Two men who allegedly attacked a  group of students as they were studying in the Botanical Gardens last Saturday and robbed a girl of a laptop computer and shot her to her left thigh were both remanded to prison yesterday when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – The Bangalore  Royal Challengers secured a five-wicket win off the penultimate  ball against the Kolkata Knight Riders to move off the bottom of  the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings yesterday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro  repeated yesterday an offer to discuss “everything” with the  United States to try to improve ties, but said Cuba did not  have to make conciliatory “gestures” to its long-time enemy.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister is extremely astonished at the paid advertisement placed in the name of the People’s National Congress/Reform and appearing on page 18 of the 27.4.09 edition of the Kaieteur News (KN).

The formation of the People’s Progressive Party-Civic alliance was a useful political expedient in 1992.

The RK security guard who was discovered dead on a roadway in the Diamond New Housing Scheme on Friday night, died as a result of shock and haemorrhage, an autopsy revealed, but the police are no closer to definitively stating how he was shot.

Dear Editor, Mr Rafael Trotman of the Alliance for Change (AFC) in a lengthy interview with the Stabroek News and published in its Sunday, April 26, 2009 edition claimed that “Security Sector Reform is moving at a snail’s pace.”

BUNER, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Pakistani troops took  the main town in strategically important Buner Valley yesterday after dropping by helicopter behind Taliban lines,  killing more than 50 militants in two days, the military said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Referee Howard Webb has  admitted he was wrong to award a penalty to Manchester United  in their Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Old  Trafford on Saturday.

(Jamaica Observer) – Police and soldiers were kept busy on Tuesday clearing roadblocks mounted in the Corporate Area and St Catherine in protest against the new tax package, especially the $8.75 cess on each litre of gasoline, imposed by the government last week.

Even as West Indian Literature continues to evolve, it seems almost imperative  to remember the efforts of those pioneering authors who metaphorically ‘blazed the trail’.

This is the third in a series of articles provided by the CXC Secretariat for exclusive publication in the Guyana Review to mark the 30th anniversary of the CSEC examinations.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack  Obama said yesterday that a string of spectacular deadly  bombings in Iraq were a cause for concern, but the political  system was functioning and violence was low compared to a year  ago.

Dear Editor, Every few weeks the young men who ‘lime’ on the bridge at the exit to the Sophia Exhibition Site near the eastern end of Duncan Street find themselves feeling bored.

Dear Editor, In an article published April 28, 2009 in SN captioned ‘Hope canal consultancy contract awarded solely on set guidelines – NDIA,’ Mr Lionel Wordsworth, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority was reported as saying that the consultancy services for the Hope Relief Channel were not in any way negotiated and were awarded solely on the national competitive bidding process, and that negotiations were carried out only with consultants who participated in submitting bids for the project.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack  Obama said yesterday he was confident about the security of  Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal but was “gravely concerned” about  the situation in Pakistan because of its weak government.

A once ardent Linden farmer is now unable to perform the job he loves after he was diagnosed with a tumour in his brain and he is appealing to the public for financial assistance in order to obtain medical treatment overseas.

In the early forties in then British Guiana when Mrs Janet Jagan as a young bride of a young Guianese Dentist came to this colony of migrant workers as it then was, she was in fact an immigrant from the United States.

STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – Bahrain’s Olympic  1,500 metres gold medallist Rashid Ramzi and two cyclists are  among six athletes to test positive for drugs at the Beijing  Olympics, officials said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The close-knit community of “Vegas” in Morvant reeled with shock on Tuesday, after the murder of “community leader” Sean “Bill” Francis.

The bridge north of Kaikan Street leading into Lamaha Springs,  which is also known as the Joint Services Scheme, is to be completely rehabilitated by the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation over three days, commencing tomorrow.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – A novel genetic technology will  be used in Africa to track mosquitoes that can spread a disease  disfiguring millions of people with often grotesque swellings,  scientists said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) – The test needed to confirm whether a victim has contracted swine influenza, A (H1N1) virus, is not yet available at the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC).

PARIS, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One   title defence remained alive yesterday after his McLaren team  were handed a suspended three race ban for lying to race  stewards.

By Troy Peters Guyana’s cricket,  once the admiration and envy of most of the regional territories  for its astute leadership and sound developmental programmes because of its domination of regional cricket especially at the U19 level over the past years now finds itself reeling towards a stage of destruction never experienced before.

Dear Editor, I went on line and did a Google search trying to locate the company GOPEC Int that is supposed to invest $9B in petroleum refining in Guyana, but found no result except the news item relating to their meetings with the President.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Politicians yesterday  described as “extraordinary” the near 1 million pound salary  earned by the head of a government-owned fund manager tasked  with reducing poverty in developing countries.

History of the British Guiana Railway  System– Georgetown to Mahaica (Part 3) By Shammane Joseph This is the third instalment in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of the History of the British Guiana railway with particular reference to the Georgetown-Mahaica link.

LONDON, England, CMC – Batting standout Ramnaresh Sarwan is anxious to transfer the pivotal form he showed in the recent home series against England to help West Indies retain the Wisden trophy in the upcoming Test series.

Every time a person lights up – a cigarette that is – his or her blood pressure immediately rises, temporarily.

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) is asking the public to continue to support its efforts to assist persons who suffer disaster and for the year it has already helped 19 fire-hit families.

Dear Editor, Every time there is a flood, it is followed by a flood of excuses, such as there were blockages of kokers, culverts, drains, trenches, etc, by styrofoam boxes, plastic bottles, tyres, plastic cups and bags.

The significance  of the Inter Guiana Games reposes both in its importance as a symbol of friendship among the three Guianas and in the opportunity that provides for healthy competition among young people.

(Trinidad Express) – Caribbean Airlines will be providing face masks and anti bacterial gel aboard all its flights to and from North America for persons displaying any flu-like systems.

LONDON, CMC – Michael Vaughan has failed in his bid to earn a recall, when he was excluded from England’s 12-member squad for the opening Test against West Indies, starting in a week’s time at Lord’s.