Daily Archive: Thursday, May 21, 2009

Four men, including a businessman, fingered in the kidnapping and murder of Guyanese Narad Sookoo and Tomeshwar Doobay, were expected to be arrested last night in Trinidad.

Guyanese residing in Barbados have been experiencing serious delays in having their work permits processed and to date the Guyana government has not made an official statement on the decision recently announced by that country’s prime minister.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered the police to find a key piece of evidence that has gone missing in the Preliminary Inquiry into the rape charge against promoter Colin Mack.

– Ambassador Guyana will most likely not be able to regain any of the 6 million euros ($1.6 billion) that it lost in budgetary support from the European Commission (EC) after the late submission of a sugar action plan.

A woman and her sister, who forged two Jamaican passports to travel from Guyana to Jamaica and then to the US, were each ordered to pay a $120,000 fine or alternatively serve 12 months in prison when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Acting Crime Chief Louis Crawford and Commander of ‘C’ Division Balram Persaud have both refuted reports in the media that a cellular phone was found on the body of Courtney James.

– man says he deflected bullet to chest A 25-year-old Stabroek Market vendor is under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to his left hand after he was shot during a confrontation with police in the Stabroek Market area yesterday.

A 14-year old boy of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon with a screwdriver lodged in his left foot.

A 34-year-old woman, who told the court that she slashed another woman with a broken glass bottle shortly after she was pushed away from fighting with the woman’s friend, was remanded to prison yesterday when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Mercy Wings Vocational and Day Care Centre, which is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy Guyana, yesterday held the dedication ceremony for its newly constructed multi-purpose building.

A 38-year-old man from Tuschen who allegedly forged and tendered a driver’s licence to a police sergeant was granted bail yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Traffic along the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) slowed to a crawl yesterday afternoon after a 50-seater bus encountered mechanical problems while proceeding to Georgetown.

– French owner rescued by cargo ship The vessel which was discovered off the coast off Berbice on Sunday is believed to be one that was abandoned after it capsized during a race from Senegal to French Guiana last month.

– slams cops over sloth in prosecuting her attacker “Cut and run.

Convicted murderer Rondel Harris, who pleaded guilty to killing Saisenarine Ramnauth in January, returned to the Berbice Assizes yesterday where he confessed to three counts of armed robbery.

– Regional side aiming for redemption LEEDS, England, CMC – West Indies will try to salvage something from their tour of England when they start a three-match One-day International series today at Headingley.

President Bharrat Jagdeo urged delegates at the 11th Special ACP Ministerial Conference on Sugar to present a united front in international negotiations as it is vital that sugar remains a part of the future of ACP countries.

As ways of assigning a monetary value to climate services provided by forests continue to be examined, a project being implemented at the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) is said to be moving slowly, more than a year after a ground-breaking agreement was signed.

-Joseph triple winner on first night Eight-year-old Alexander Cheeks created the first upset when action in this year’s Woodpecker Products-sponsored Guyana Squash Association (GSA) junior championships got underway at the Georgetown Club Courts Tuesday night.

Charlestown/Albouystown blew away North Ruimveldt 70-52 Tuesday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to take game one of their best-in-three semi-finals of the Georgetown Inter-Ward Basketball Championships.

While he is satisfied with “having been given the protection of the court”, Devroy Thomas, the chief of Arau says that the refusal of the other reliefs sought by residents of the Amerindian community in a constitutional motion shows that much work remains to be done.

Over 50 children from several villages in West Berbice were recently treated to a trip at the Jubilee Resort at Timehri, courtesy of the Aditya Foundation (AF) of Bath Settlement.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s rebel Twenty20 league  faced a bleak future yesterday with many players seeking to  be released from their contracts to return to official cricket.

-Cougars defeated by Monedderlust Corriverton Links and Barzilla recorded convincing victories over Strike Force and Scottsburg United respectively when action in the Berbice Football Association organized Cheddi Jagan Memorial football tournament got underway last Sunday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Ricky Ponting warned England yesterday that his Australian side will provide much stiffer opposition than West Indies during the Ashes Series this summer in England.

Dear Editor, I have read the comments attributed to Mr Khemraj Ramjattan in the KN on May 18, 2009 entitled ‘AFC wants more information on Corbin’s medical expenses.’

LONDON, England, CMC – Guyana-born former England fast-bowler Chris Lewis has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine into the country.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – With a quarter-century civil war in  the history books, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will  now put to the test his theory of using a military victory over  terrorism as the first step to tackling its root causes.

Dear Editor, I am very surprised that up to the time of writing President Bharrat Jagdeo has not come out in response to Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson’s announ-cement on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 that undocumented Caricom nationals who have been living in his country for more than eight years will be kicked out by December 1, unless they regularize themselves in the six months prior to that date.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  said yesterday Iran had tested a missile that defense  analysts say could hit Israel and U.S.

Cougars carts off all individual prizes They came, they saw, they conquered and they were rewarded.

– nine-year report DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Priests beat and raped children  during decades of abuse in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland,  an official report said yesterday, but it stopped short of  naming the perpetrators.

Dear Editor, I am open to the interpretation by Mr W Moore ( ‘History… stumbles along the trail of the past,’ SN May 20) that what Mrs Jagan could have simply meant in her telegram to her parents in 1953 was that Cheddi won his seat, Janet won her seat and the party won an overwhelming victory.  

Twenty-two-year-old Guyanese Cedric Fraser was recently crowned the US National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA) heavyweight champion after  competing for West Point US Military Academy at the University of Maryland’s Ritchie Coliseum last month.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant scored 40  points and produced an inspired fourth-quarter performance to  lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-103 victory over the  Denver Nuggets on Tuesday and a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

MAGETAN, Indonesia, (Reuters) – An Indonesian  military transport plane carrying 110 passengers and crew  crashed and burst into flames in East Java yesterday,  killing at least 98 people on board and on the ground,  officials said.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s squad selections for  this year’s Ashes series reflects a growing confidence that  they have overcome a spate of high-profile retirements, which  spells big trouble for England.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Railway authorities in Mumbai  tore down the shanty home of another “Slumdog Millionaire”  child star yesterday, barely a week after a first child actor from the Oscar-winning film was forced into the streets.

Dear Editor, Last Thursday’s edition of KN dated May 14 has a letter by Mr Hamilton Green captioned, ‘Is anyone listening?’

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe  is edging closer to a shot at a third term next year, but any  bid must still clear many obstacles, including the question  whether he even wants to run for re-election.

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.

The Inter-American Development Bank yesterday approved a US$48.75 million loan to Trinidad and Tobago for the first phase of a programme to improve the quality and equity of education, with a focus on early childhood.

Dear Editor, I hope the student living/existing next to the fish shop in Drury Lane and other students affected by the fish shop pass their CXC exams.

The 2009 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Tenelec Inc.-sponsored first division 50 overs-a-side cricket competition got underway last Sunday with outstanding performances from Veerasammy Permaul, Jermaine Reid, Colin Duke and Anthony Bramble in the three matches.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr Patrick Barker entitled ‘Van West Charles is not the man to lead the PNC or be president’ (SN May 16).

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Former U.S. President  Bill Clinton’s role as U.N.

(Trinidad Express) Bad aviation fuel from State-owned National Petroleum (NP) shut down the domestic airbridge on Tuesday afternoon, leaving passengers stranded.

In a move that is expected to revive the sport of cycling on the local scene, the Ministry of Sport has renewed its commitment to the Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) through several initiatives announced by Sports Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange.

Dear Editor, It makes for quite interesting politics when men who for decades were alien to local politics  decide that it is time they wave their magic wand and become leader of the PNCR.

Tourism campaign planned The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association says it is planning a campaign to highlight the importance of tourism to island economies.

Guyana’s International Relations and Foreign Policy 1966-1985 By Dr. Mellissa Ifill This article gives an overview of Guyana’s international relations and foreign policy between 1966 and the mid 1980s and argues that although Guyana’s foreign policy shifted to accommodate the adoption of a differing ideology, particularly after 1970, the themes that dominated Guyana’s foreign policy during the period of review remained constant.

BAGHDAD,0 (Reuters) – The death toll from a parked car  bomb near a popular restaurant in northwest Baghdad rose to 35  yesterday, and the number of wounded rose to 72, police said.

Best-of-Three semi-finals game one tonight After witnessing the Charlestown/Albouystown downing of  defending champions North Ruimveldt in game one of their semi-finals on Tuesday, basketball fans are eagerly looking for a similar show  tonight when  South Ruimveldt and Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust  do battle in game one of their best-of-three semi-finals  at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

This ‘shortcut’ near a canal in the Tucville area has become almost jungle-like, obscured by tall grass.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez is threatening to close Venezuela’s top anti-government television station in his latest push to weaken the opposition and build a socialist state in South America’s top oil exporter.

Marian Academy, School of the Nations trump rivals Marian Academy and School of the Nations conquered their rivals Cummings Lodge Secondary and President’s College (PC) respectively when competition continued on Thursday in the GBTI Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech contest.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Holders Rajasthan Royals were knocked out of the Indian Premier League following a four-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders at Kingsmead yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rhythm and blues singer Natalie Cole, who has been battling Hepatitis C, received a new  kidney in Los Angeles and is resting comfortably, her  spokeswoman said yesterday.

Traveling With Children, Part II This installment of Ask the Consul continues the discussion which began in installment 82 about traveling with American citizen children.

When People magazine included Michelle Obama in its recent “most beautiful” list, which usually profiles celebrities no one wondered why.

Dear Editor, The RPA Action Committee published an ad on page 5 in Sunday Stabroek of May 17, 2009 captioned ‘Rice Farmers Livelihood in Danger/Demands of Rice Farmers of Guyana.’