Daily Archive: Monday, June 1, 2009

The spectators in the mining town of Linden were left calling for ‘Moore’ after witnessing Guyana’s WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and NABA bantamweight champion Leon ‘Hurry-up’ Moore, put on a tactical display of boxing to beat Mark Murray with a third round TKO when Holland’s Entertainment staged their Foreign Invasion 2 card at the McKenzie Sports Club ground on Saturday.

By Donald Duff in Nassau, Bahamas The venue was the Conference Room of the Atlantis Hotel, with a total of 7000 rooms, the biggest and most unique hotel in the Caribbean.

—Robert Simels Drug smuggler Roger Khan was trained in the use of the triangulation equipment found in his possession in 2002 by representatives of the UK company which had manufactured it, and which the Spy Shop in the US had purchased on behalf of the Guyana government, according to Khan’s former lawyer Robert Simels.

-President Brazilian Football Confederation President of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) Ricardo Terra Teixeira said yesterday that hosting the World Cup competition in 2014 will be a tall order and that his country would have to pass several tests along the way.

-after squabbling between PPP/C and PNCR members A meeting to hear the concerns of persons living in Yarrowkabra on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway ended in disarray as residents witnessed squabbling between members of the PPP and PNC.

KANSAS CITY,  Mo (Reuters) – A Kansas doctor who  was a controversial provider of so-called “late-term” abortions  was shot and killed in the foyer of his Wichita, Kansas, church  yesterday, and police said they captured the man responsible.

Chris Gayle and his West Indies team are confident of winning the International Cricket Council’s World Twenty20 2009 and they will be going all out to achieve this goal.

– relatives The Guyanese couple found dead at separate homes in New Jersey last Thursday morning, weeks after ending a long-term relationship, had been going through “a rough patch” for a good while.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani forces consolidated  their hold on the main town in the Swat valley yesterday and  began trucking supplies to 40,000 civilians stranded there, as  fighting flared in South Waziristan on the Afghan border.

Smith, Simmons, Van Lange, Roberts shatter recordsNoelle Smith, Soroya Simmons, Britany Van Lange and Nial Roberts continued their record-breaking pace on the final day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA), Independence swim meet which was held at the Castellani swimming pool.

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has advised the police to conduct further investigations into the multi-million fraud which was discovered at Republic Bank (Guyana) last November and two persons arrested have since been placed on bail, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Muslim groups and individuals  should not use weapons of mass destruction against non-Muslim  countries partly because any attack could also kill Muslims,  Egypt’s state-appointed Grand Mufti said yesterday.

Guyana’s senior national team (Golden Jaguars) leaves today for Suriname, where they will compete in the biennial Parbo Bier Cup against the host, French Guiana and Antigua.

Anthony claims best boxer awardAtwell defeats all odds Port Kaituma’s Mark Anthony walked away with the title of best boxer after remaining undefeated at the conclusion of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s (GABA) National Intermediate Box Off at the National Gymnasium.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba  have agreed to resume direct talks on migration, last held in  2003, and open discussions on establishing direct mail service  between the two countries, a U.S.

-monthly electricity bill a major burden Citing the monthly electricity bill as a major burden on its operations, the Theatre Guild of Guyana is seeking financial and in-kind support from the general public including corporate Guyana to upgrade aspects of the state-of–the art facility, including the performance and rehearsal areas and to install a small transformer to reduce electricity use.

Following discussions held during the Caricom organized Public-Private Sector Consultation on Agri-Business, participants have called for the establishment of a council that will advance regional public-private co-operation in the agriculture sector.

Dear Editor, Within the music industry in the Caribbean and the wider world, Guyanese musicians have always represented their country, keeping the Golden Arrowhead flying proudly with the works they perform.

OSLO (Reuters) – Scientists asked people around the  world today to help compile an Internet-based observatory of  life on earth as a guide to everything from the impact of  climate change on wildlife to pests that can damage crops.

Dear Editor, The campaign against loud music in public transportation has lost its momentum, and the loudness (lewdness) is back.

The PNCR has accused the government of being content with a reputation for violating the rights of citizens and taking an inordinate length of time to investigate infractions by the security forces.

-Guyana’s Mahendra Nagamootoo also shines with the ball PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Exciting young left-hander Darren Bravo smashed a superb unbeaten hundred to give Queen’s Park CC control against Moosai Sports in their Trinidad and Tobago Premier Division match on Saturday.

A 14-year-old was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital early yesterday morning after being chopped on the left hand.

Dear Editor It sickens me to read nearly every week another report of a woman injured or killed by her husband or partner.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Security personnel defused a  homemade bomb found on an aircraft during a domestic flight in  Iran late yesterday, Iranian media said, two days after a  mosque bombing killed 25 people in the country’s southeast.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Ryan Austin, who picked up the Courtney Walsh as the top bowler in the recent WICB Regional first-class season, snared a five-wicket haul for UWI against Bristol in the Barbados Division One on Saturday.

PARIS (Reuters) – Roland Garros witnessed one of its biggest upsets ever on Sunday when four-times champion Rafael Nadal was brought to his knees in a 6-2 6-7 6-4 7-6 defeat by Sweden’s Robin Soderling in the fourth round.

Dear Editor, The President of Guyana, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, said that if CLICO Guyana is to be investigated then Globe Trust will also have to be investigated.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva’s approval rating bounced back in May to  nearly all-time highs as confidence grew in measures to stoke  growth in Latin America’s largest economy, a new poll showed.

A post-mortem examination performed Friday on the three persons who perished in the boat mishap in the Abary Creek on Wednesday revealed that they died as a result of asphyxiation due to drowning.

Three armed robbers attacked a businessman and his son on Saturday night on the East Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness that I read of the passing of Ivan Van Sertima. 

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic crushed the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-90 on Saturday to claim the Eastern Conference championship and set up an NBA Finals showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers.

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio  Berlusconi did not have sex with a teenage girl at the centre of  a sex scandal that has wrecked Berlusconi’s marriage, the girl’s  ex-boyfriend said. 

Schengen Visa exemptions: First Class and Second Class Caricom citizens? Norman Girvan is Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies.

An RK’s security guard on Friday pleaded guilty to the charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan’s captain Younis Khan has listed West Indies among the most potent teams in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament starting this coming weekend in England.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez had promised a four-day marathon edition of his widely  watched weekly television talkshow, but unspecified technical  problems threw the plans awry this weekend.

Dear Editor, Ever since I wrote a letter urging President Bharrat Jagdeo to redeem his sagging legacy by restoring public confidence in government – executive, legislative and judicial – PPP and government apologists have been wallowing in an orgy of consensus about statistics as they try to hijack the ensuing discussion/debate by shifting the focus to the President’s handling of Guyana’s foreign debt crisis.

Picturesque but for the garbage: While persons jog in the cool breezes of the Atlantic, a sight such as this at the Kitty section of the Georgetown seawalls at low tide yesterday, is sure to take away from the experience.

In the light of the recent drowning accidents, this week we asked the man/woman in the street whether they thought a person should know how to swim before getting involved in water-related activities, and whether they personally knew how to swim.

(Trinidad Express)  Attorney General John Jeremie, back in Cabildo Chambers for a second term, attempted to push the former Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP), Geoffrey Henderson, now a High Court judge, to charge powerful political and corporate players under criminal investigation in 2006, including Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday and businessman Lawrence Duprey.

In its 2009 report, global press freedom watchdog, Freedom House said Guyana had moved up from partly free to free.