Articles published on Friday, July 3, 2009
-but Caricom credibility at stake He wasn’t inscribed as one of the scheduled speakers for the opening ceremony but former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson galvanized the audience last evening at the National Cultural Centre when he warned that the disintegration of Caricom was not an option but that its credibility had been wounded by failure to implement solemn declarations year after year.
The persistent setbacks in Caribbean integration and a growing immigration debate dominated the opening of the heads of government conference here yesterday as leaders grappled with the pressing issues threatening a unified CARICOM.
– judge slams police over suppressed evidence Ashanti Schultz, who was accused of murdering a man during a shooting on Main Street in September 2007, was yesterday freed of the charge.
–small planes usually land, miners sayBy Cathy Richards Members of the Joint Services have taken possession of a quantity of aviation fuel, which was discovered on the “cattle trail” in the vicinity of the UNAMCO Road in Region Ten.
The dignitaries are in town. Barred roads, heavily armed police, motorcades, blaring sirens and a protest accentuated this fact as the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) opened in Georgetown yesterday.
Thirty-seven-year-old Trevor Garraway was on Wednesday remanded to prison shortly after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly choking and robbing a woman of a quantity of gold jewellery, among other items.
Three men were yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $200,000 each when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of break and enter and larceny.
A high-profile prisoner, outraged that he was not granted bail, hurled a book at Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Persid Edmond as he was leaving the ‘further remand centre’ in New Amsterdam at around 11:40 am yesterday.
A group of women from Mahdia in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) which functions under the name ’Women on the Move’, will benefit from training in the operation of machinery such as bulldozers and bobcats through funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
SISTER ACT IV – US Independence Day showdown for sport’s most famous sibling rivalry LONDON, (Reuters) – Sport’s most enduring sibling rivalry will be played out on U.S.
The decomposed body of 57-year-old Edward Merchant was found late yesterday afternoon in his 118 Greenheart Street, Mackenzie, Linden home.
The Ministry of Health yesterday morning dispatched a team of health workers to Region One (Barima/Waini) following the deaths of four persons after gastro-like diarrhoea and vomiting.
Gros Islet, St Lucia: West Indies captain Chris Gayle says that he is expecting a high scoring Third Digicel One Day International in St Lucia today since the venue always favours batsmen.
-accused on station bail The 19-year-old waitress of Hong Chinese Restaurant at Canefield, Canje who was stabbed at around 9:30 pm on Monday, was discharged from the New Amsterdam hospital yesterday while her alleged attacker was released on $10,000 station bail.
-calls for player to be banned President of Alpha football Club Odinga Lumumba says national football player Anthony `Awo’ Abrams has acted unprofessionally in regards to his unauthorized move to Surinamese Football club Leo Victor.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday signed a multi million dollar contract with Shivnauth Construction Services Ltd.
All the big names, with the exception of Robert Fernandes made it to the semis of the national senior squash championships as quarter final action came to an end on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Club courts.
-says governance issues crucial The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is at a crossroad and governance issues are very important, Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning declared yesterday in Georgetown.
Australia had a tough day in the field at New Road despite a brilliant spell of fast reverse-swing bowling from Brett Lee either side of tea.
DETROIT, (Reuters) – The Detroit Pistons wasted little time in retooling their team for next season, agreeing terms with free agents Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva on Wednesday the NBA franchise said on their website (www.nba.com/pistons).
…as ultimatum draws to an end Secretary General of the Organisation of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza travels to Honduras today to press the interim government on restoring power to ousted President Manuel Zelaya, but Insulza said firmly yesterday that they “are not going to negotiate”.
President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday met with representatives of the Clinton Foundation who praised the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) document and his leadership on climate change.
Parika/Hydronie, Rangers SC rocket into semis Parika/Hydronie and Rangers Sports Clubs rocketed into the semi-final round of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) Trophy Stall 15-overs-a-side countrywide competition after easily over throwing their opponents this past week.
Neal & Massy to partner with other business houses A business plan for the creation of a major multi-stakeholder private sector investment in the country’s agricultural sector could be completed within a few days and critical decisions with regard to moving ahead with the investment are likely to be made over the next month, Chairman of the Agriculture sub-committee of the Private Sector Commis-sion (PSC) Beni Sankar told Stabroek Business earlier this week.
The Rio Group has strongly condemned the coup d’etat perpetrated in the Republic of Honduras and reaffirms its support of the constitutional president of that country Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales.
The Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) will conduct a Fitness Run tomorrow at the Police Sports Complex ground.
Guyana’s talented community of art and craft producers appear, finally, to be seeking in earnest to lift themselves out of the condition of underachievement that has characterized what is widely believed to be a potentially lucrative industry.
A 52-year-old real estate agent accused of stealing from Brains Watch World was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of simple larceny.
Scorching card set for July 19 The Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club (NSMTC) will host an eight event, one-day horse race meet organized by Campton Sancho on July 19 at Bel Air, No.6 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB).
Even as the National Stadium at Providence received the thumbs up for next year’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup there will be another first for the venue this Caricom weekend.
A Roraima Airways plane, transporting six passengers, yesterday morning skidded off a wet airstrip in Essequibo but no one was hurt.
Some of our local artists and craftspeople still feel strongly about what they continue to believe was a missed opportunity to effectively market the local art and craft industry on the global stage provided by the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.
This year’s edition of Global Development Finance, the report by the World Bank on the state of the international economy focuses in its entirity on the global finanxcial and economic crisis, its current and projected impact on both developed and developing countries and the prognosis for recovery.
GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka face a selection dilemma over their wicketkeeper as they gear-up for a tough three-test series against Pakistan starting in Galle tomorrow.
-tenders for industrial, military footwear not favoured by local clients Insufficient success in making inroads into the local leathercraft market has forced one of Guyana’s highly skilled craftsmen to temporarily close his $20m factory even as he continues to seek ways of changing a domestic consumer culture which, he says, is yet to be persuaded that goods manufactured here in Guyana can be every bit as durable and attractive as foreign imports.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan test captain Javed Miandad has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to resist calls for a shake-up of the traditional test match format.
Dear Editor, I was entirely bemused reading Ms Elizabeth Daly’s fulminations vis-à-vis Dr Tarron Khemraj.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil wants historic emissions to be the basis for greenhouse gas pollution targets, slated for discussion during December climate talks in Copenhagen, Brazil’s top climate negotiator said in an interview.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Three consecutive ducks in his first three tests were the worst of times for Ravi Bopara.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has fined pace bowler Mohammad Asif one million rupees ($10,250) for bringing Pakistan into disrepute, after he was detained in Dubai last year for possessing opium.
Dear Editor,GT&T has been installing a new antenna service on the Essequibo Coast.
PARIS, (Reuters) – The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last month hit the water intact and at high speed but was missing for six hours before an emergency was declared, French investigators said yesterday.
$60M loan sealed with World Bank private sector arm The Small Business Development Finance Trust on Tuesday announced that it had funded over 540 micro and small loans to the value of $ 147, 245,000 during 2008, in spite of the challenging economic environment.
MONACO, (Reuters) – Bjarne Riis, the man who led Carlos Sastre to Tour de France victory last year, warned Lance Armstrong he should be ready to struggle over the next three weeks against younger rivals.
Dear Editor, I write this letter to you on behalf of my friends living in the Covent Garden, Prospect and Little Diamond areas.
The Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association elected a new executive committee to oversee and manage its operations for 2009/2010 at its AGM held on June 4.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An Indian court yesterday ruled gay sex was not a crime, a verdict that will bolster demands by gay and health groups that the government scrap a British colonial law which bans homosexual sex.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 310’s trading results showed consideration of $600,980 from 47,140 shares traded in 5 transactions as compared to session 309 which showed consideration of $16,690,500 from 385,000 shares traded in 3 transactions.
Last year England-based rugby player Rupert Giles was a vital member of the national U-19 rugby team at the North American and West Indian Association’s tournament.
Dear Editor, After reading Peeping Tom’s column in Kaieteur News on Saturday, June27, 2009, captioned ‘The PPP is in a tangle,’ it occurred to me that this particular Peeping Tom is a PPP/C activist who is using his column to wage an internal party struggle, publicly.
SIRTE, Libya, (Reuters) – African Union foreign ministers yesterday voted to suspend cooperation with the International Criminal Court over its indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a delegation member said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government said yesterday it will give 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu to the Pan-American Health Organization to help fight the new H1N1 influenza virus in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dear Editor, The recent death of Ranji Chandisingh brought many statements from many prominent politicans and personalities in this country.
Dear Editor, Michael Jackson was truly an icon in the global music industry.
In our most recent editorial on Caricom, ‘Structures of unity,’ we lamented the failure of heads to establish a commission to further the integration process, as recommended by the West Indian Commission (WIC) in 1992.
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BOGOTA, (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean judge ordered the arrest of a former Colombian official involved in a 2008 bombing raid carried out in Ecuador, but Bogota refused to recognize his jurisdiction, intensifying cross-border diplomatic tensions.
Born in the land… Of the Mighty Roraima -Some early pre-campaign Bacchanal?
