Daily Archive: Thursday, October 29, 2009

The British government yesterday defended its decision to withdraw assistance for a joint £4.9M security sector project, saying the latest proposal by the Government of Guyana (GoG) moves away from comprehensive reforms originally requested.

Jagdeo signals massive mangrove planting project The ability of the Georgetown Municipality to address the problem of flooding in the city was yesterday significantly boosted when the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) commissioned and handed over two recently rehabilitated pumps at the Liliendaal Pump Station.

Guyana has once again produced the most outstanding candidate overall at the CSEC examinations and for the fourth consecutive time that student is from Queen’s College (QC).

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), yesterday afternoon commissioned its new bottling plant at the company’s Diamond, East Bank Demerara location, as the company aims to expand its capacity to meet the specifications and the growing demand it has created for its products.

Forty-year-old Gavin Towler who allegedly caused the death of his reputed wife was ordered remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday  at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a 24-year-old man, while she granted his brother bail when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court over the Albouystown feud that left one man dead and his cousin injured.

The Inter-American Development Bank yesterday approved a US$24.8m ($5.7b) credit line to improve roads here, thereby cutting transportation costs and travel time while increasing safety and accessibility to key residential and agricultural areas.

–relatives relate life of abuse, call for justice Relatives of the Enmore mother of five who died on Saturday night following a severe beating from a male relative are crying out for justice even as police yesterday said a post-mortem report indicated that the woman died from a brain tumour.

Well-known academic, politician and social activist Dr Rupert Roopnaraine  yesterday issued a stirring appeal for citizens to embrace the traditional ancestral values of “sharing, solidarity and togetherness” in the quest to produce the “constructive social change” necessary to transform the nation.

As police continue investigations into the murder of former Region Three Vice-Chairman, Ramenauth Bisram, a number of persons have been questioned and his daughter believes that the killer was someone who knew him.

-teen on wounding charge tells court “Meh Worship, de alcohol in me head had me real bad and like I din know wuh I de really doing, when people tell me that I juk dis woman, but I still telling yuh I know me en bore she even though I din really know wuh I de doing at de said time.”

– as part of its 25th anniversary observances Accounting firm Ram and McRae is spearheading an inaugural award for the best annual report and financial statement produced by a local company, geared towards improving accounting and auditing standards in the longer term.

-seller being questioned The fuel that was in the possession of coastguards when they were arrested at Parika on Sunday has been found to be illegal and as the investigations intensify, a North West District businessman who reportedly sold the fuel has been held, police sources said.

A 37-year-old man accused of uttering a forged passport to an immigration officer and conspiring with persons to insert a forged immigration stamp into a passport was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $300,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

By Marlon Munroe Guyana’s cricket got a much needed boost after the national senior team scored a hard-fought three wicket win over the Leeward Islands in the first round of the WICB President’s Cup limited overs tournament at the Enmore Community Centre ground yesterday.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – A quickfire century by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni set up India’s 99-run victory over Australia yesterday as the home team levelled the one-day  series 1-1.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former international cricket  umpire David Shepherd has died aged 68 following a long battle  with cancer, Gloucestershire County Cricket club said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant delivered a  masterful 33 points as the Los Angeles Lakers held off a late  fightback by city rivals the Clippers to launch their NBA  championship defence with a 99-92 win Tuesday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Eight-times grand slam winner Andre  Agassi left the tennis world in a state of shock yesterday  when he admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men’s governing body the ATP to escape a ban.

DOHA, (Reuters) – The anticipated duel in the desert for the world number one spot failed to materialise at the WTA Championships yesterday as Dinara Safina withdrew with a back injury to gift the prize to American Serena Williams.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wishes to present to the public the under-mentioned facts relevant to the current performance of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (Guysuco) lest the public be misguided by the Corporation’s perspective only.

Champions League Twenty20 runners up Trinidad and Tobago with the Bravo brothers to the fore, yesterday thrashed Jamaica by 90 runs at the Providence National Stadium in a President’s Cup limited overs first round encounter.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A car bomb ripped  through a crowded market killing 90 people in Pakistan’s city  of Peshawar yesterday, just hours after Washington’s top  diplomat arrived pledging a fresh start in sometimes strained  relations.

The Combined Campuses and Colleges yesterday snatched a thrilling one run victory over the Windward Islands in a match that went all the way down to the wire.

Hardly a month seems to pass without some new report of serious indiscipline in the Guyana Defence Force.

Dear Editor, Once again I am obliged, ex virtute officii, to place on record for public consumption the Government’s position regarding the Fugitive Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2009 which is a mirror image of the legal principles enunciated in King, predating the decision of the Full Court in Dataram.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – An emergency delegation of  senior U.S. government officials arrived in Honduras on  Wednesday for a last-ditch effort to resolve an impasse between  ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the country’s de facto  leaders since a June coup.

Dear Editor, GHK Lall’s letter in Stabroek News, titled, `Too many are irrevocably partisan that those who think along national lines are damned as outsiders’ (SN 10.23.09), is one of the more insightful letters that I have read, and after reading it, I was feeling quite hopeful, that is, until I read Dr.

A responsible innings of 27 from tail ender Suleiman Benn helped Barbados defeat the West Indies Under-19 team yesterday at the world famous Georgetown Cricket Club ground,  Bourda when the 2009 WICB President’s cup Limited overs tournament bowled off.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Taliban militants killed five  U.N. foreign staff in an attack on an international guest-house  in Kabul yesterday, deepening concerns about security for a  presidential election run-off due in 10 days.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana, more so, the President and Head of the Presidential Secretariat must be commended for their stance in relation to the U.K.’s

PAARL, South Africa, CMC – Teenager Deandra Dottin thumped a typically aggressive half century that spurred West Indies to a narrow two-run victory in the third Women’s Twenty20 International and a series whitewash of hosts South Africa yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – More than 5,500 children across  Africa have been given an experimental new malaria vaccine and  the British drugmaker behind it, GlaxoSmithKline, promised yesterday that price would be no hurdle if it works.

Dear Editor, New contributors have raised serious and probing questions about aspects of the drug scourge that appear to be missing from my writings. 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – In a repeat of the 2004 final in Bangladesh, West Indies will tackle Pakistan in their opening game of the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand next January.

History this week        No 38/2009 By Tota C. Mangar In the year 1882 Sir Henry Irving assumed office as Governor of the then colony of British Guiana and he quickly established himself as both a pro-reform and a strong administrator. 

HARARE, (Reuters) – U.N. human rights expert Manfred  Nowak was detained at Harare airport yesterday by Zimbabwean  security agents, even though he said he had been invited by  Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Patrick Manning has spent in excess of $1million on 32 foreign trips between January 2007 and March 31 this year.

OSLO – The world can still agree a robust U.N. climate deal  in Copenhagen in December and will miss a unique opportunity by  delaying talks into 2010, the senior U.N.

Dear Editor, During my 40 years of contribution to the NIS I never entertained a thought that I would have had problems receiving a pension when it fell due as was the case with some of my colleagues.

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Bahamas bank delisted A Bahamas-based bank is among firms and individuals removed from an international blacklist by the UN Security Council’s Taliban and al Qaeda sanctions committee.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez told the citizens of that country last week that they should shower for just three minutes in order to conserve on water usage in the face of low water reserves as a result of the current El Nino weather phenomenon.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao’s trainer  Freddie Roach has predicted a knockout by the Filipino southpaw  when he challenges Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto for the WBO  welterweight title next month.