Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Seeking to galvanise support for an international inquiry into human violations here, the joint opposition political parties yesterday unveiled a dossier documenting abuses, including the torture and murder of citizens that they say were carried out with state support.

Two miners were killed on Monday and another injured after being hit by a tree, which fell over the pit they were working in at Marudi Mountain, Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine.

Guyana remains ranked among the most corrupt countries in the world, according to the 2009 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released yesterday.

A man who was deported to Guyana from the US early yesterday morning and arrived on a Delta Airlines flight was refused entry after immigration officials could find no records of him being Guyanese.

By Gaulbert Sutherland The development of a local bio-fuel sector is still on the cards though President Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated that Guyana will likely pursue next-generation bio-fuels, which are not made from food crops.

Based on the current performance of the mining sector, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) expects the industry can only achieve better in the years to come.

By Cathy Wilson Seventy-five bauxite workers will soon be retrenched after their union and the Rusal subsidiary, Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara,  will soon benefit from road upgrades, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali told the residents on Monday.

By Marlon Munroe Rajendra Chandrika scored his maiden Inter-County century but Demerara were bowled out for 248 in 85.5 overs on the first day of the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) four-day competition against Berbice at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

-mayor says efforts being made to collect The Ministry of Local Government has expressed concern that the  City Council and Mayor Hamilton Green, in its view, have shown no inclination to collect the rates and taxes owed by the People’s National Congress Reform to the city, putting  the total  debt at some $100M.

More than a month has elapsed since the Island Princess was found deserted and drifting off the coast of Grenada and there is still no clear indication when it will be brought to Port Georgetown.

In spite of yet another injury that will extend his already lengthy absence from Test cricket, Brett Lee isn’t about to call it quit just yet.

Australia had one of their many injury worries prior to next week’s first Test against the West Indies eased yesterday.

The Local Authority of Linden and the Linden Salvation Council (LSC) have condemned the Ministry of Public Works for threatening to dismantle a number of stalls at Mackenzie.

Albert DeFreitas was not required to plead to two counts of the indictable charge of attempted murder on Monday when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

This year’s Guyana Open golf tournament is being sponsored by Banks DIH Limited and will be known as the 2009 Power Stout Open Golf Tournament.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) on Monday disconnected the electricity supply to the Mayor and City Council which it says has an outstanding debt of some $600M, forcing the council to use a stand-by generator to avoid crippling its various operations.

Opener Kenzo Baksh sparked some fight in Essequibo as the host team reached 226 all out in 74.3 overs on the first day of the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter- County four-day competition against the Rest Team XI at the Anna Regina Community Development Centre ground.

The Ministry of Public Works and Communication has almost completed installing 70 street lights at West Bank Demerara, under a $10.5M project.

– Hope and Future organization makes donation The Mayor’s 75th Anniversary seven-a-side football competition continues tonight at the Tucville Playfield at 6pm with eight matches in the third round of the competition.

Fidelity Investments, which is now importing flour, has accused the National Milling Company of “crying foul” over the new product on the market saying yesterday that its import is legally purchased from Suriname and has been approved for sale by local authorities.

By Donald Duff Look out Las Vegas! Here come Guyana’s rugby teams.

-Kenneth De Abreu table tennis league Spartans (Hewley Griffith and Joel Alleyne), Forehand Connection (Paul Meusa and Nigel Bryan) and Unstoppable (Warren Hacksaw and Dwayne Gibson) secured victories in Division “A” of the Kenneth De Abreu  table tennis league competition on Saturday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that a 23-year-old taxi driver be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

The two suspects in the blitz on the city and the hijacking on the Linden/Soesdyke highway who surrendered  to investigators last week after their photographs and particulars were released by police, have been released on station bail.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies will launch their tour Down Under in earnest today (Tuesday night, Eastern Caribbean time) when they clash with Queensland in a four-day match.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Vincentian Shandel Samuel and Guyanese Randolph Jerome scored for their respective clubs on Sunday, to help fire them to victories in the Trinidad & Tobago FA Trophy tournament.

Marcel Chesney, called ‘Fineman’ of Hopetown, West Coast Berbice, was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday  received from the Government of China 137 pieces of equipment comprising 100 portable generator sets, 28 gasoline water pumps and 9 tillers worth a total of $6M, not including the cost of transporting them here.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former chairman of selectors Dudnath Ramkessoon has been returned to the post and will have his panel increased to five, an increase of two members over the former Deryck Murray-led administration.

A man who admitted he drove his vehicle carelessly and under the influence of alcohol was fined $47,500 when he appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have read with interest a letter in the Stabroek News dated November 17th, 2009 titled `The possibility of a Flagstaff-Mahaica route to take off floodwaters from the conservancy is now being explored rather than the Hope Canal’ which is filled with inaccuracies and is quite misleading.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Algeria’s players are fully fit  and “ready for the war” with Egypt in neutral Sudan today  when the two teams chase the final African place in the 2010  World Cup, defender Madjid Bougherra said.

BEIJING/COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – U.S. President  Barack Obama said yesterday next month’s climate talks in  Copenhagen should cut a deal with “immediate operational  effect,” even if its original aim of a legally binding pact is  not achievable.

Dear Editor, We the members of the Linden Chamber of Industry, Commerce and Development would like to express our concern over the non-arrival of the entity that is expected to replace the Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) which ends on December 31.

The Commerce ministry says due to the current surplus of chicken on the local market no shortage is expected during the festive season and as such no licence will be granted to import chicken this year.

BRISBANE, Australia,  CMC – Talismanic West Indies captain Chris Gayle will return home today from the tour of Australia to attend to his mother who has fallen seriously ill in Jamaica.

Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday placed a man on self-bail when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court  for allegedly behaving disorderly after being found with a cutlass in his possession without reasonable excuse or authority.

Dear Editor, I have since realised that my earlier formulation for effective communication in the sugar industry fell well short of the mark. 

THE HAGUE, (Reuters Life!) – The business of selling  food that is halal, or acceptable to Muslims, is set to grow  rapidly in Europe in coming years as more supermarket chains  target the sector, a Nestle executive said yesterday.

(BBC) England produced a strong batting display to beat South Africa A by four wickets in their final warm-up before the one-day series begins on Friday.

Dear Editor, I have been deeply affected by the tragedy that occurred at Kaieteur Falls on Saturday, November 7, which claimed the life of Aliya Bulkan, an academically accomplished and creative young woman whose immense potential cannot now be fulfilled.

The decomposing body of a 52-year-old man was yesterday morning found in an old reservoir in front of his home by children.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s President Michelle  Bachelet yesterday condemned as haughty and offensive comments  by Peru’s leader Alan Garcia over a spy scandal that has  stirred century-old tensions between the neighbours.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Opener Tillakaratne Dilshan stroked his fifth test century of the year for Sri Lanka who reached 275 for three in reply to India’s 426 at the close on the second day of the first test yesterday.

Government continues to pursue large-scale agriculture in the Rupununi, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

EDINBURGH – NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen  said yesterday he was confident the alliance would agree to  increase substantially the number of troops battling Taliban  insurgents in Afghanistan.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – The Atlanta Hawks beat Portland  99-95 in overtime on Monday, spoiling the Trail Blazers’ bid  for a perfect five-game road trip.

Dear Editor, The distribution of National ID cards has commenced. Everyone who was registered during the house-to-house exercise is to be issued with an ID card.

A somewhat surprising hiatus in the governance of Haiti, the removal of Haitian Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis by the country’s Senate in October, gave cause for concern as to the progress which the country had been making in terms of its political stability.