Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 30, 2009

– since amnesty announced, foreign minister says Fifty-three Guyanese were deported from Barbados since the announcement of that country’s immigration policy, according to local immigration records, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has disclosed.

A Guyanese man, who was last week caught attempting to smuggle cocaine into the US disguised in baking soda, has been remanded to prison.

-accuses Corbin of power play PNCR executive member Aubrey Norton yesterday said that the voting process that saw him being ousted from the chairmanship of the Georgetown District on Sunday was “fraudulent,” and he accused party leader Robert Corbin of influencing the outcome in a bid to retain power ahead of a crucial biennial congress.

The World Bank has approved the readiness plans (R-Plans) for Guyana and Panama, opening the way for both countries to tap grants of up to US$3.6 million for preserving their forests.

An elderly man, who was found naked and barely alive on a dam aback of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Guyana government yesterday condemned the removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya after a military coup and called for his early reinstatement.

“I use to be a trunker [thief who specializes in stealing from vehicles] but I didn’t commit this offence,” stated Richard Craignan, who was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of breaking a policeman’s car window and stealing his cell phone.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded a 48-year-old mason to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with robbing a woman of a pair of gold earrings at knifepoint.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 16-year-old boy be kept in police custody when he appeared before her accused of chopping three men with a cutlass after they interfered with his girlfriend in a disco at Lethem.

Cops want relatives to provide numbers used to call 911 The police are calling on the relatives of persons who drowned in the Abary Creek on May 27 to provide them with the telephone numbers from which repeated calls were made to 911.

-‘Battersea Bomber’ calls out Lennox `Too Sharp’ Allen ‘I challenged him so we will fight’ Known as the ‘Battersea Bomber’, Howard Anthony Eastman, Guyana’s Middleweight Champion and the undisputed Commonwealth and British Middleweight Champion is looking to add another title to his name in the near future.

– dormant state of GABF hindering the sport in a major way The dormancy of the Godwin McPherson-led Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has now caught the attention of Minister of Sports Dr.

-Windies remain unchanged ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – No room has been found for all-rounder Darren Sammy in the West Indies squad for the two final One-Day Internationals against India next weekend.

Unbeaten Meusa in the lead By Tiadi Blair Wendell Meusa took an early lead in the Sasha Cells Chess tournament which started last Sunday at the Kei-Shars Sports Club.

A 25-year-old man, who stated that he “unintentionally” hit his grandmother in her face with a telephone in a fit of anger after she had slapped him, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

As reported cases of sexual violence against women and girls continue to surface, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has expressed worry about what it calls the government’s “indifference” towards implementing legal reforms.

LONDON, England, CMC – Barbadian Dwayne Smith played a vital role with the bat to help fire Sussex into the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 Cup on Sunday.

Neal and Massy Sports Club elected new office bearers at it Annual General Meeting held on June 26 at the Neal and Massy Staff Facilities at Ruimveldt.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has once again vowed that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will not lose its almost $6 billion investment in CLICO.

Federer, Williams sisters ease into last eight LONDON,  (Reuters) – A new layer of mystique was added to Wimbledon’s unique charm yesterday when Andy Murray survived a five-set sweat-fest against Stanislas Wawrinka under Centre Court’s new roof and long after darkness had descended.

The Cuban and Venezuelan Ambassadors to Guyana yesterday condemned the ousting of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and said that the only solution was his re-instatement.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Santa Fe’s Uruguayan coach Ruben Israel resigned yesterday after being threatened with death if he did not quit, the Colombian club’s president Armando Farfan said.

The Ministry of Health has a new rehabilitation building in New Amsterdam and plans are in train to upgrade rehabilitative services countrywide.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – United States switch  attention from the Confederations Cup, where they finished  runners-up to Brazil on Sunday, to defending the CONCACAF Gold  Cup this weekend.

There is probably some measure of validity to  the point made by President Bharrat Jagdeo that the  current travails of Guyanese residing illegally in Barbados may well have a great deal to do with a measure of earned eye pass arising from the fact that many of us are inclined to run down our own country to ‘outsiders.’

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand on Thursday distributed over 700 school vouchers valued $1,500 each to Region Three students after a similar exercise had been conducted previously in Linden.

The Hemisphere The Federative Republic of Brazil used the occasion, nine years ago in 2000, to celebrate the historic 500th anniversary of its discovery which coincided with the start of the new millennium.

– after VC declined to pursue the matter Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson ordered a 44-year-old food vendor to keep the peace after he pleaded guilty to simple larceny when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Proceedings filed against Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson with regard to evidence she ruled inadmissible in the Oliver Hinckson advocating a terrorist act preliminary inquiry (PI), were dismissed yesterday afternoon.

Regional security The euphoria of Cricket World Cup has evaporated. And so, it seems, has enthusiasm for the sort of regional security cooperation that helped to make that event successful.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England all-rounder  Andrew Flintoff said he was not thinking about revenge for the  humiliating 5-0 Ashes defeat by Australia in 2006-07.

LTI makes successful start to title defence Defending champions Linden Technical Institute (LTI) made a successful start to their title defence after narrowly getting past Bishops’ High School 40-39 yesterday on day two of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Liloutie Persaud, the woman who was struck down by a 16-year-old unlicensed driver is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Education By Astrid Waterman When I walked up the steps of the Caribbean Examinations Council on that first day of November 1977, I knew what I was going to do.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras came under pressure yesterday to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya as many Latin American leaders agreed to withdraw envoys, Washington called his overthrow illegal and street protests turned violent.

Twin calves: Cattle farmer, Fazil Abrahim, 44, of Bush Lot New Housing Scheme, West Berbice was very excited yesterday when his one of his cows gave birth to twin calves.

The Paradox of heritage and hesitancy Law & Society Address by Sir Shridath Ramphal at the Inauguration of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers Port-of-Spain,  June 25, 2009 (The salutations have been edited from this presentation) From the time we lost the Federal Supreme Court in 1962, I had dreamed of the creation of this Court as the Court of final jurisdiction in our Region, the fountain head of our jurisprudence.

Dear Editor, We write to communicate concerns about your article, ‘Ministerial team in Region 9 Low Carbon Consultation’ published on June 24, 2009. 

Gomes’ double strike drowns Pele Alpha United’s Edison Gomes recorded a  double against Pele Football Club  to help his team gain  a come-from-behind victory in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League at the Tucville Playfield on Sunday.

Orin Duncan, the 44-year-old man who was stabbed at Meadow Bank on Sunday evening is still a patient at the male open ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Industry “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff was sentenced yesterday to 150 years in prison — the maximum penalty the judge could give him for “extraordinarily evil” crimes in Wall Street’s biggest and most brazen investment fraud.

An Israeli investment company has been clearing 200 acres of land for the cultivation of pawpaws and pineapples at Dora, Soesdyke.

Dear Editor, During a speech at the University of Guyana by President Jagdeo, SN reported on June 21 that he declared that final studies for the Amaila Falls hydropower project on the Kuribrong River, a tributary of the Potaro River, should be completed in August this year the results of which will determine whether the chosen investor, Synergy Holdings Inc will go ahead to develop the venture.

By Tiadi Blair National Scrabble Champion Abigail McDonald with five wins and a cumulative spread of 287 won the Earl Vigilance Memorial Scrabble Tournament held Sunday at the Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) building in Mackenzie.

Literature Al Creighton Evelyn O’Callaghan writes in the Editorial of the Journal of West Indian Literature (JWIL) Vol.15, Nos 1&2, November 2006, a Festschrift in honour of Eddie Baugh,  that in 2006 “.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – As expected, Olympic champion Usain Bolt completed the sprint double for the second straight season, while Veronica Campbell-Brown ran away with the women’s 200 metres dash, on the third and final day of the National Track and Field Championships here.

Dear Editor, I would like to suggest that NCN Channel 11 accept only 30-second commercials to be played during the cricket commentary.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and said a row over his June 12 re-election was over, leaving opponents who cried foul with few options.

A 50-year-old pork-knocker on Friday opted to serve a three-week jail term after pleading guilty to the charge of fraudulent conversion when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Regarded as the top two junior basketball players in the country, Richard Mohandatt of President’s College and Akeem Kanhai of Mackenzie High School (MHS) said that they are ready to leave their mark on this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which bounced off on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.Speaking

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s parents yesterday sought control over his children and an estate that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

History By Vincent Roth Kyk-Over-Al is one of this country’s oldest and most respected literary journals.

The Central Demerara Lions Club recently inducted a new Board of Directors.

Dear Editor, So according to your editorial of Sunday, June 28, the Latin states involved in Alba “are all socialist in orientation” and by implication our Caricom countries are all ‘free’ and democratic, ie, we all follow a free market, neo-liberal system graciously bestowed on us by a benign colonial history, God and America.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez ruled out a Cabinet reshuffle and defended her handling of the economy yesterday after losing control of Congress in a mid-term election.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo is once again providing clear-headed and visionary leadership in dealing with new difficulties facing Guyana.

(Antigua Sun) – Leroy King may only be the first on a list of Antiguans to be named in the financial scandal that crumbled the Stanford empire.

Historic Edifices Lennox J Hernandez St James-the-Less Anglican Church in David Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was described by its designer, Rev George Fox, as “… an ideal model of what a church in the tropics should be.”

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – US troops pulled out of Baghdad yesterday, triggering jubilation among Iraqis hopeful that foreign military occupation is ending six years after the invasion to depose Saddam Hussein.

Reflection Inspired by a lifelong love of words, his exceptional capacity for work and an indomitable will, Richard Allsopp created the monumental Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage – a priceless asset to the nation and region.

Dear Editor, The letter of June 25 by Pandit Balbadar and the one of June 27 by Mr Jadunath in the Chronicle raise valid concerns about the need for adequate training of pandits in Guyana and should be heeded by the relevant organizations.

Reflection Ranji Chandisingh’s motivation for his resignation from the People’s Progressive Party and his affiliation with the People’s National Congress was the greatest political enigma of the 20th century.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Some of Haiti’s sitting legislators have vowed to block newly elected senators from taking office, in a protest against the exclusion from the ballot of candidates from one popular party.

(Barbados Nation) – An armed bandit last Saturday night left a family $60,000 in the red when he made off with their clients’ gold.

Dear Editor, Sir Shridath Ramphal, former Common-wealth Secretary General and Professor Compton Bourne, President of the Caribbean Development Bank have joined the many commentators who have criticised the rounding up and deportation by Barbadian Immi-gration officials of undocumented Caricom nationals in early morning raids.

Dear Editor, Death smiles at all of us, and all we can do is smile back.

(A farewell to potholes) Infrastructure Development Romix, a South African company known for research into road construction technology believes it can  play a role in improving Guyana’s coastal  and interior road networks, including the  road link between Guyana and Brazil.

Digicel has launched its summer promotion with a number of prizes up for grabs including two BMW Coupes.

Dominican leader invited to Caricom meeting Foreign ministry sources in the Dominican Republic say President Leonel Fernandez has been invited to attend this week’s Caricom summit in Georgetown.

Kandeh K. Yumkella is director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organiza-tion (UNIDO).

President Bharrat Jagdeo marked last Friday, June 26 − which was observed as ‘International Day against Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking’ − by declaring, “I think we are doing the best we could in terms of combatting the trade.