Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Articles published on Wednesday, May 20, 2009

TT boss issued death threat to slain workers

-accused them of stealing money Narad Sookoo and Tomeshwar Doobay, the Guyanese construction workers who were executed in Trinidad, may have been killed over money they were accused of stealing from a businessman they worked with, according to the Trinidad Guardian.

Ganesh Ramkellawan

Chesney rampage…

Police arrest three ‘[It] is like a ghost-town; the shops closing early and everyone going indoors early’ The police last night announced that three men have been held following the deadly rampage at Chesney, Corentyne on Saturday night.

Kallis keeps Bangalore in the hunt for semi-final spot

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African Jacques  Kallis shone with bat and ball yesterday to keep the Bangalore  Royal Challengers in the hunt for a semi-final place in the  Indian Premier League.    Kallis’s all-round performance steered Bangalore to a  seven-wicket win over the Delhi Daredevils and lifted them to  fourth place.  

RHTWSB skipper Assad Fudadin receives the winner’s trophy and cheque from Director of ABS Martin Singh.

Sinclair, Percival steer RHTWSB to ABS 40-overs title

Outstanding performances from middle order batsman Jason Sinclair and former national under-19 captain Andre Percival helped Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) defeat archrivals Young Warriors by 73 runs to win the inaugural Associated Business Service limited overs cricket tournament. 

RHTYSC/Busta Champion of Champions

RHTWSB, YW, West Berbice and Canje advance to semi-finals Defending champions Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB), Young Warriors (YW), West Berbice and Canje all advanced to the semi-finals of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Busta Champion of Champions competition recently.

Headley to be honoured

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Organisers are planning a week of activities to commemorate the 100th birthday, life and legacy of West Indies legend George Headley.

UK parliamentary speaker to step down over scandal

LONDON, (Reuters) – The speaker of Britain’s lower  house said yesterday he would step down after lawmakers from  all the main parties demanded he resign over an expenses scandal  that has tarnished the reputation of parliament.    Michael Martin, 63, became the most senior figure to step  down after parliamentarians’ expense claims for everything from  manure to porn films triggered outrage across recession-hit  Britain and opposition calls for an early general election.    Prime Minister Gordon Brown said an early election would not  solve the expenses scandal and called for independent oversight  of lawmakers’ pay and expenses in a major break with  parliament’s centuries-old tradition of self-regulation.    The government and opposition parties agreed to curb the  worst abuses of the system, saying there would be no more claims  for furniture and appliances, home improvements and gardening.  

Break and enter accused tells court:

“Me ain’t do none a dem things…” A 38-year-old labourer was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of break and enter and larceny.

Obama takes aim at climate-warming car emissions

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took  aim at climate-warming greenhouse gases yesterday and ordered  the struggling auto industry to make more fuel-efficient cars  under tough new national standards to cut emissions and  increase gas mileage.    Obama said the standards, announced at a White House  ceremony attended by auto industry and union leaders, would  reduce U.S.

Scientists unveil ancient fossilised primate

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Scientists yesterday unveiled  the well preserved fossilized remains found in Germany of a  primate from 47 million years ago that may have been a close  relative of the common ancestor of monkeys, apes and people.    It is the most complete fossil primate ever found, only  missing part of one leg below the knee, and could shed light on  an early stage of primate evolution, the scientists said.    Norwegian paleontologist Jorn Hurum, who led a team of  scientists who analyzed the fossil in the past two years, said  it may resemble one of the earliest ancestors of humans but was  not likely to have been a direct ancestor.    “We are not dealing with our grand- grand- grand-  grandmother but perhaps our grand- grand- grand- aunt,” Jens  Franzen of the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt told  reporters at New York’s American Museum of Natural History.

Police should not allow protestors to wear masks

Dear Editor, From 1992, when the PPP/Civic was elected democratically to legal and legitimate office, the PNC and its spokespersons and sympathizers embarked on a continuous propaganda campaign, on a range of manufactured or created ‘ issues’ which are played and replayed, and recycled, especially when they want to embark on unlawful and violent activities.

Brazil wants African allies in seabed mining quest

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil is trying to forge an  alliance with African and South American countries to defend  seabed mining rights and strategic shipping lanes in the South  Atlantic, its defence minister said yesterday.    Brazil is concerned it could fall behind as leading  developed countries race to divvy up the rights to mineral and  maritime resources in international waters.    Potentially huge deposits of manganese, copper, cobalt and  other minerals are at stake, with the seabed in international  waters covering more than 50 percent of the world’s surface.    “Brazil can’t fall behind in this (race),” Defense Minister  Nelson Jobim said in a briefing with foreign reporters in the  capital Brasilia.  

Jamaican remittances down

(Jamaica Observer) The global economic downturn is hitting home with remittance inflows for the January to March period declining by 15 per cent to US$414.6 million compared to the corresponding period in 2008, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) revealed in a report on Monday.

U.S. Senate passes tougher rules for credit card firms

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate yesterday  voted 90-5 to approve a bill to curb sudden credit card  interest rate increases and hidden fees, with President Barack  Obama expected to sign it into law by the end of the month.    Credit card issuers’ shares fell after passage of the bill,  the first of several banking and market regulation reforms  expected from the Obama administration as it deals with the  worst financial crisis in generations and a deep recession.  

Some vulgarity at chutney show

Dear Editor, I always enjoy a live stage show at Starlite Drive-in ECD, because it is normally clean, there is good security and bright lights, and one would feel safe and comfortable being in the company of your family, relatives, friends, etc.

Sri Lanka confirms Tamil Tiger leader is dead

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s military said on  Tuesday Tamil Tiger rebel leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran’s body  had been found, and President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged Tamils to  join in rebuilding a nation split by a 25-year separatist war.    Footage broadcast on Sri Lankan TV showed what appeared to  be the corpse of the man who plunged the Indian Ocean island  nation into one of the world’s most intractable wars, his eyes  open, face bloated and the top of his head blown off.    The military declared total victory over the Liberation  Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after a climactic gunbattle on  Monday, putting Sri Lanka completely back under government rule  for the first time since the war erupted in 1983.  

Caricom’s pilgrimage

A series of meetings of ministerial and heads of government is being held in the region at both the Caricom and OECS levels at this time, in preparation for their usual more formal and scheduled  mid-year meetings.