Daily Archive: Friday, September 4, 2009

American Missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will continue to appeal orders to leave the country although they are still to determine a way forward and the opposition PNCR yesterday condemned the government over its handling of the matter.

By Tiffny Rhodius Family, friends and peers yesterday paid tribute to the late Czerina Ali, who was remembered as an enduring vocalist who pushed on despite her years and failing health.

…in President’s Premier League T20 By Marlon Munroe The stars are set to collide this evening at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence in the President’s Premier League Twenty20 tournament and both teams are exuding confidence going into the match-up.

-weather, poor worker turnout blamed for lower sugar output Bad weather during the first half of 2009, low cane yields and poor worker turnout are among the factors to be blamed for the significant reduction in sugar production during the first seven months of the year but the agri sector has seen a big boost in rice export earnings.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Players Association president, Dinanath Ramnarine said yesterday his organisation would welcome the intervention of CARICOM governments in a bid to end the long simmering dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.

Government has signed two contracts with a US firm to build capacity within the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA)and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), which among other things, will see the lawmen being trained in modern policing techniques.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament approved most  of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet ministers, including the first  woman, yesterday, bolstering the hardline president as he  deals with an international dispute over Tehran’s nuclear  programme.

Dear Editor, Elections represent arguably the most important component in the complex processes which result in a democratic system.

…but manufacturing sector reeling from high costs, reduced market access A survey by the local private sector has revealed that the Guyana economy is holding its own in the current global economic and financial crisis and that businesses outside the manufacturing sector have been minimally impacted, according to President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chandradat Chintamani.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – The Canadian government is going  to court to try to overturn a controversial decision to grant  refugee status to a white South African who said he suffered  racist attacks at home, an official said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Kumaka waterfront which is situated on the left bank of the Aruka River in Region One has been deteriorating at a rapid rate for the past two-and-a-half years.

-were dressed in women’s garb Four armed bandits pounced on a family at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice around 7:30 last evening as they were returning from the mosque and terrorized and robbed them of $800,000 in cash and jewellery.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Elena Dementieva and Jelena  Jankovic were left punched-out, breathless wrecks after their  U.S.

Following calls made by passengers and other concerned persons for the North West ferry, MV Kimbia to be replaced, the Ministry of Public Works and Communications on Wednesday announced that with assistance from the Chinese Government, it is working to acquire two news vessels.

Dear Editor, I recently wrote a letter to this newspaper advocating that parliament should clarify and/or correct the legislation governing road traffic regulations pertaining to signage (September 2).

EL MIRADOR, Guatemala, (Reuters) – One of  Guatemala’s greatest ancient Mayan cities may have died out in  a bloody battle atop a huge pyramid between a royal family and  invaders from hundreds of miles away, archeologists say.

…as Champions Trophy looms RIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – New West Indies team manager Lance Gibbs has invoked the memories of the legendary 1960-61, Tied Test tour, in defending the under-strength regional team which will contest this month’s Champions Trophy.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm  Erika weakened to a tropical depression in the northeast  Caribbean yesterday but still threatened Puerto Rico and  neighboring islands with heavy rainfall, the U.S.

Conquerors surmount PeleFruta Conquerors recorded a victory against the Pele Football Club to stand firm at fourth on the points standing of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus 2009 Premier League at the Tucville Playfield on Wednesday.

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.Mr.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter ‘Express mail not express’ by Daniel Kumar (SN, August 27), I endured a similar experience recently when I sent some mail via the Guyana Post Office’s Express Mail service thinking that the items would reach their destination at a faster pace compared to the regular mailing system.

-suspect in custody A Wismar man is nursing a gunshot wound to his buttocks following an altercation with a man who reportedly shot him after residents apprehended his friend who had stolen a gold chain from a woman.

Dear Editor, Today is the 25th day since the Hog Island murders, and still no answers from Minister Rohee.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Americans with relatives in  Cuba can send them unlimited cash and visit the island as long  and often as they would like under new rules that fissured a  nearly five-decade trade embargo yesterday.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton granted a man and woman bail when they appeared before her on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being caught with a utensil used to smoke cocaine.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyanese striker Collie Hercules scored to help fire Tobago United to a 3-1 victory over Police in their First Citizens Cup qualifier at the Dwight Yorke Stadium.

Akeem Kanhai and Richard Mohandatt are unarguably two of the country’s most promising basketball players and yesterday the pair said that their ultimate gold is to have their dream realized overseas and as such, are calling on the relevant authorities for assistance.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British court has issued an  arrest warrant for a Russian mobile phone tycoon wanted in  Moscow on charges of kidnapping and blackmail, a source  connected to British law enforcement agencies told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, In the Stabroek News edition of March 16, 2006 I wrote a letter captioned ‘Linden should honour this hero.’

-traveller interest up but IMF says revenue could fall by 15 per cent this year Current assessments of the state of the crisis-hit Caribbean tourism industry are sending mixed signals of continued contraction in the short term, on the one hand,  along with indications that in the medium to longer term the industry may now have put the worst of its woes behind it.

More than five weeks after two suspects in the arson attack on the Ministry of Health mysteriously disappeared from the Providence Police station lock-ups, the men remain on the run.

Digicel Guyana customers will now be able to talk to each other as well as Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) mobile and landline subscribers for just $10 a minute from the very first minute; the lowest price ever offered.

Dear Editor, In accepting his defeat by Mr Corbin for the position of leader of the PNC, Mr Murray was reported as saying “I am prepared to accept the results… because the margin is so wide, that even if there were – as I believe there were – flaws in the process and irregularities in the procedures, it is clear that Mr Corbin would have won.”

Continued inefficiencies in the procedures associated with the Customs clearance of goods imported into Guyana are a serious impediment to the enhancement of the “culture of business in Guyana”, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chandradat Chintamani told Stabroek Business in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it would cut more than $30 million in aid to Honduras  in an effort to pressure the de facto government to step down  and allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to power.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia wicketkeeper Brad  Haddin has been ruled out of cricket’s Champions Trophy in  South Africa this month while he recovers from finger surgery.

Dear Editor, Mr Frederick Kissoon noted in a letter (KN August 26) that, amongst other things, I am an “Indian supporter of Indian dominion in Guyana” because I did not call the Jagdeo regime for what it is.

Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Chandradat Chintamani has told Stabroek Business that the position of the Chamber is that the business sector should help to ease the crisis presently confronting the Georgetown City Council by moving to settle its outstanding rates and taxes obligations.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The man accused of  kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and hiding her in a squalid backyard  compound for 18 years was arrested in 1972 for raping a  14-year-old girl, but never faced prosecution because the  victim refused to testify in court, police said yesterday.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – The International  Cricket Council will ask the World Anti-Doping Agency to  consider a cricket-specific code for its controversial  “whereabouts” rule, ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat told  Indian media yesterday.

…at Geneva meeting Guyana is calling for the development of a multi-sector global framework for climate services that will support agreements on mitigating and adapting to climate change and contribute towards programmes centred on environmental sustainability and development.

The National Sports Commission and the Guyana Volleyball Federation will collaborate over the next few days to coordinate a teacher’s volleyball clinic to revitalise the sport in Guyana.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Per-manent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dr Alwyn Hayles, was on Wednesday unable to explain why money from the Port Authority of Jamaica’s pension fund was used to purchase a ministerial residence for transport minister Mike Henry.

LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Security forces clashed with  opposition supporters in Gabon’s capital yesterday after Ali  Ben Bongo, son of long-time ruler Omar Bongo, was declared the  winner of a disputed presidential election.

Dear Editor, There is a vast gap between pre and post-Independence leaders/policies that accounted for  the failures of nationalized industries generally.    

The University of Guyana’s Faculty of Technology will be better positioned to expose engineering students to more hands-on experience following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the university and the Machinery Corporation of Guyana Ltd (MACORP).

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 319’s trading results showed consideration of $617,059 from 25,509 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 318 which showed consideration of $5,957,616 from 79,890 shares traded in 19 transactions. 

St George’s Cathedral undergoing a face-lift.

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The new H1N1 swine flu virus  has killed 36 U.S.

-professor (Jamaica Gleaner) United States law-enforcement authorities are keeping a close watch on Jamaica as local justice officials react to a request for the extradition of reputed Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

The standoff in Honduras continues. It is now just over two months since President Manuel Zelaya was removed from office and ejected from the country still wearing his pyjamas.

The family of ten who lost all their belongings in a recent fire in Linden was the most recent recipient of relief items from the Guyana Relief Council (GRC).

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Dear Editor, The AFC is calling for one minute of silence to be observed nationwide today, Friday, September 4, at 12:00 hrs, in mourning for Jainarine Dinanauth, Henry Gibson, and Dweive Kant Ramdass, and to pray for the safe return of Ricky Jainarine.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – World and Olympic champion  Kenenisa Bekele is driven by the prospect of breaking his 10,000  and 5,000 metres records and is also is considering an attempt  at the 3,000 world best set 13 years ago.