Daily Archive: Monday, June 8, 2009

The Trinidad Sunday Express yesterday reported that forensic investigator Robert Lindquist has uncovered what is being described as an elaborate scheme within the CL Financial Group, where annuities, with attractive returns, were being sold by CLICO but that customers’ monies were being funnelled for ghost services to the group.

The mother of twenty-year-old Gavin Paul, who was fatally shot after he snatched a chain from a woman on Saturday, says the shooter should be charged.

“Barbados has opened some doors for me to live so much better than I used to in Guyana” – Guyanese woman living in Barbados as a skilled CARICOM national Apart from the hundreds of Guyanese bound to be affected by the new immigration policy which the government in Barbados  has introduced, there are also others who have lived in the sister state for many years mostly unaffected by prejudices.

-includes info from Kadir’s computers Information from two computers seized from the home of Guyanese Abdul Kadir and other documentation are among the evidence the prosecution will present when the conspiracy to blow up the JFK International Airport case starts.

A 22-year-old Guyana Defence Force soldier was admitted to the Male Surgical ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon nursing a stab wound which was inflicted by his partner.

A man is in police custody after law enforcement officials found a live grenade in his Meten-meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara home on Saturday.

Gallons of fuel, suspected to be diesel, flowed through the drains located near to America and Longden streets yesterday morning as persons nearby helped themselves by filling buckets, drums and small containers.

Another primary school has used the money granted after approval of its School Improvement Plan (SIP) to construct a reading room to boost the literacy level of students.

President Bharrat Jagdeo met with a team of Lethem businessmen on Friday and will be travelling to Region Nine in the next couple of weeks when it is likely that the long–awaited Takutu Bridge would be provisionally opened.

Twenty-eight-year-old Kenneth Kennedy, who was stabbed to death last Friday afternoon in Port Kaituma, died as he attempted to represent his uncle who was in fact preventing a dwelling from being destroyed by an irate resident.

-some anecdotal reports of trafficking between Guyana, Suriname The illegal trade in wildlife, believed to be worth billions worldwide, represents a serious threat to the survival of many endangered species both globally and in the Caribbean and a four-day workshop that focused on combating this scourge, wrapped up here on Thursday.

The Public Utilities Commis-sion (PUC) last Thursday expressed its concern that the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Small farmers on Region Three islands Hog, Leguan and Wakenaam are set to benefit from ventures aimed at expanding the agriculture sector under the US$21M Agri-culture Export Diversification Programme and the US$6.9M Rural Enterprise and Agricul-ture Development (READ) programmes.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek, Georgetown recently commissioned a playground at Vigilance for the Buxton Youth Developers (BYD) Project through partnerships with UNICEF and Scotiabank.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Monday granted $40,000 bail each to two men accused of diverting electricity to their homes from a Guyana Power and Light pole.

Over 3000 die-hard basketball fans turned up at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Saturday night to see North Ruimveldt edge Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust 74-72 in game one of their best-in-three finals.

-illegal miners had offered soldiers gold to avoid being turned in The general manager of the mining camp which was allegedly robbed by four soldiers two Thursdays ago at Five Star, Region One, and another worker were flown to the city yesterday morning and are expected to give further statements to the police.

– Abigail Mc Donald Newly crowned National Scrabble Champion Abigail McDonald said that winning the title this year came as no surprise since she was always expected to lift the coveted trophy.

-NDIA to invoke Act to remove them The Ministry of Housing and the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) are upping their efforts to find alternative locations for squatters encroaching on government reserves in Stanley-town and impeding drainage.

LONDON, (Reuters) – AB de Villiers cracked 79 from 34  balls to inspire South Africa to a crushing 130-run victory over Scotland in their Twenty20 World Cup group D match at the Oval yesterday.

The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) says the agro-packaging facility at Parika has processed over 160 tonnes of vegetables and fruits, primarily for export, since it started operations in October.

A 34-year-old policeman was last Friday placed on bail in the sum of $50,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of unlawful wounding which reportedly occurred in a station compound.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Jenson Button ran away with the  Turkish Grand Prix yesterday to stretch his overall Formula One  lead to 26 points with a sparkling sixth victory from seven  races.

A 25-year-old man last Friday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of assault causing actual bodily harm.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England batted purposefully, bowled accurately and fielded athletically to avert an early  departure from the Twenty20 World Cup with a comfortable 48-run  win over Pakistan yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The family of late actor  David Carradine is “profoundly disturbed” by photos published  in Thailand that are said to be of Carradine’s naked body  hanging in his Bangkok hotel room, according to family attorney  Mark Geragos.

Lowe and Brian outstanding again Guyana’s two young leading table tennis players Trenace Lowe and Nigel Bryan again took center stage at the Medicine Chest-sponsored tournament which concluded yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

Guyana is among eight CARICOM member states who will be the first beneficiaries of grants, interest subsidies and concessionary loans through the Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) which has started a series of consultative missions designed to make the organisation responsive to these states.

The Mike’s Pharmacy 15-Over Countrywide Softball Competition which is organized by the Guyana Softball League (GSL) was officially launched Thursday after the handing over of the sponsorship cheque.

The Accident and Emergency (A&E) Unit  at the Georgetown Public Hospital  Corporation is scheduled for upgrading  work between  22:00 hrs (10 pm) and 06:00hrs from today and this is expected to conclude on Sunday, June 14.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Up,” the story of a  floating house, its grumpy 78-year-old owner and an inquisitive  8-year-old accidental stowaway, remained atop the weekend box  office in North America, selling $44.2 million of tickets its  second weekend in theaters.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – An anti-Syrian coalition defeated  Hezbollah in Lebanon’s parliamentary election yesterday in a  blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

BACOLET, Tobago, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup hopes suffered another huge blow Saturday evening when they went down -2-3 to Costa Rica in their latest CONCACAF qualifier for the 2010 Finals in South Africa.

ACAPULCO, Mexico, (Reuters) – Eighteen people were  killed in a shootout between drug gangs and soldiers in the  Mexican beach resort of Acapulco, the army said yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Brazil went top of the  South American World Cup qualifying group with an astonishing  4-0 win in Uruguay on Saturday as previous leaders Paraguay  slumped to a 2-0 home defeat by Chile.

Dear Editor, Emile Mervin (‘After sixteen years the government still has not revealed a long-term economic plan’ SN, 29.5.09) requested that I comment on: “whether it was not practical and possible for the government to do a double-barrelled approach to dealing with our struggling economy by tackling both debt relief and a major economic recovery and development plan that allowed for the constructive exploitation of our natural resources.”

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Africa must seek to solve its own  problems as the global economic crisis limits the ability of  more developed countries to follow through on aid pledges,  African ministers told a conference in Cairo.

So It Go by David Martins Now that I’m living in Guyana again, I’ll be writing a regular column for Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Guyanese drug smugglers are increasingly prosecuted in foreign lands but not at home.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Mexico slumped to their  fourth successive away defeat in World Cup qualifiers with a  2-1 reverse in El Salvador on Saturday, while the United States  recovered to get their campaign back on track for South Africa.

– Roger Federer finally won the French Open crown  becoming in the process the sixth person to win Grand Slam tournaments on four different surfaces and equalling Pete Sampras’s record of 14 major titles PARIS, (Reuters) – As Roger Federer watched the yellow ball spin into the other side of the net, he sank to his  knees, covered his face and knew that the French Open trophy was  his at last.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – China Construction Bank (CCB)  <0939.HK>, the world’s second-biggest bank by market value,  would like to set up branch offices in fellow BRIC nations  Brazil, India and Russia, its chairman Guo Shuqing said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is approximately two months now since the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) placed a release in the newspapers that repairs will be done to First, Second and Sixth Streets in central Cummings Lodge, among other streets in Georgetown.

(Reuters) – A list of grand slams that Pete Sampras  and Roger Federer have won after Federer equalled Sampras’s  record of 14 titles at the French Open yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr David Hinds (SN, June 5).

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Russia’s top  showcase for international investors was dominated by one man  who didn’t even come: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

By Sara Bharrat with photos by Jules GibsonThis week we asked the man/woman in the street when they’d last written a letter and whether they sent text messages?

(Trinidad Express) Six weeks after the Sunday Express sent Attorney General John Jeremie a written request for comment on reports of behind-the-scenes manoeuvres to get Dansam Dhansook to withdraw his bribery accusations against two high-ranking government ministers, Jeremie expressed the view that this newspaper was in possession of classified information and should be charged for “perverting and/or attempting to pervert the course of public justice.”

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A French woman goes on trial this  week for the murder of her French financier lover in a crime combining sex, power and wealth that rocked Geneva’s discreet  banking circles.

– says Kuznetsova of French Open win PARIS, (Reuters) – Svetlana Kuznetsova wears the glow of a proud parent after securing her second grand slam title with a convincing French Open victory on Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As insurance companies continue to insist that individuals be tested for HIV/AIDS before they qualify for certain policies, the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS (JABCHA) is urging the providers to offer special coverage for persons living with the disease.

Dear Editor, The PNC’s call for an investigation into Roger Khan’s alleged link with the government is admirable and indeed prudent. 

IN the Diaspora (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guy-ana and the Carib-bean) By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York, and is a former WPA executive member The recent passing of renowned historian, linguist, anthropologist, and philosopher of the first order, Ivan van Sertima, allows for some preliminary musings on the subject of Guyanese philosophy, its tradition and “acceptance.”

(Barbados Nation) A call has been made for all CARICOM immigrants in Barbados to get their status regularised in light of there being over 2 000 non-nationals in the island’s school system, 227 of whom sat last month’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance (11-Plus) Exam.

The usual rain-fuelled scene on Bentinck Street on Saturday.

HERMOSILLO, Mexico, (Reuters) – The death toll from  a fire at a day-care center in Mexico rose to 41 children yesterday and a dozen more were fighting for their lives in  hospitals.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer said he would never  again feel any pressure in his career after clinching his first French Open title with a 6-1 7-6 6-4 victory over Swede Robin Soderling yesterday.

Today’s national consultation on a draft low carbon development strategy entitled `Transforming Guyana’s economy while combating climate change’ is exceedingly important and all stakeholders – particularly those in forestry – and those who would aspire to govern the country should treat it with the importance it deserves.