Daily Archive: Monday, November 23, 2009

Truck driver was drunk – police One more person has succumbed as a result of Saturday’s grisly Mahaica crash, taking the death toll to six and the police last night railed against recklessness on the roads revealing that the truck driver had 242 microgrammes of alcohol above the legal limit.

By Sara Bharrat A 65-year-old security guard was discovered lying in a pool of blood with a piece of wood abandoned by his side and marks of violence to his head early yesterday morning at his Alexander Street and North Road workplace.

Teenage golfer Avinash Persaud is the 2009 Guyana Open men’s champion while Christine Sukhram retained the ladies’ title when the curtain came down on the Power Stout Open Golf championships yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

A Corentyne businesswoman is the latest victim of a spate of recent bandit attacks in Berbice.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle will return in time for the first Test against Australia starting in Brisbane on Thursday, after flying home last week to attend to his ill mother in Jamaica.

By Cathy Richards Workers at the Bauxite Com-pany of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) yesterday downed tools after their union and the company failed to come to a satisfactory agreement during recent negotiations.

Ituni residents, now being served with an uninterrupted power supply, have been praised by Chief Executive Officer of Linmine, Horace James for energy conservation.

By Rawle Toney Debutants Melanie Patriots pulled off an upset victory over Maccabees beating the more seasoned club 56-51 while Dyna’s Ravens steamrolled Eagles by 56 points (99-43) as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Third Division and Open Knock-Out tournaments continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday last.

Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy says that it will drill offshore of the Corentyne in the second half of next year.

Dear Editor, The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Norway and Guyana “regarding Cooperation on Issues related to the Fight against Climate Change, the Protection of Biodiversity and the Enhancement of Sustainable Develop-ment”, signed on November 09, contains the wording “a willingness to work together to provide the world with a relevant, replicable model for how REDD-plus can align the development objectives of forest countries with the world’s need to combat climate change” (Stabroek News, November 16, 2009 “Updated low carbon strategy to be released soon”, http://www.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Murray marked the start of  London’s five-year hosting of the ATP Tour Finals with a 6-3 3-6  6-2 win over U.S.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday continued its search for Private Julian Marks who was discovered missing on Tuesday from the army’s Eteringbang border location, Cuyuni River.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – IAAF president Lamine Diack said yesterday he did not think athletics would soon join soccer in holding its top championship in Africa.

Dear Editor, I wish to applaud the editorial entitled ‘Our public discourse,’ with particular reference to your comment or emphasis on Dr Ramcharan’s quest for “independent public policy reflections.”

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate you for your wonderful editorial of November 13, 2009 under the caption ‘Perpetual crisis.’

LONDON, (Reuters) – World number one Roger Federer  started slowly but finished like an express train yesterday as  he beat Fernando Verdasco 4-6 7-5 6-1 in his opening match at  the ATP World Tour Finals.

After conducting a second trial of road construction products in Linden, the South African company Romix is confident of its ability to improve the country’s interior road networks.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Common-wealth must do more to  promote democracy and get tough on autocratic regimes, even if  that means publicly “shaming” some of its members, said a report  to be presented to its political leaders today.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Usain  Bolt, who became one of the world’s most recognised athletes,  and American women’s 400 metres world champion Sanya Richards  were named IAAF world athletes of the year  yesterday.

-questions raised about output from previous initiatives On the heels of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Security Sector Reform Action Plan, the Ministry of Home Affairs will today open a two-day conference with the hope of building capacity in evidence-based crime prevention initiatives and facilitating coordination among key stakeholders.

Dear Editor, It grieves me to see how power-boat racers have been treated over the past years.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A dream of having a home for the sport in Dominica is one step closer towards becoming a reality.

Dear Editor, As in cricket so also is it in life; timing is everything.

Guyana and Venezuelan authorities agreed to strengthen cooperation to combat the drug trade during a meeting in the Venezuelan capital earlier this month.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudan sentenced six children to  death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum but  has since promised not to execute them, a top United Nations  official said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) A police officer with 40 years experience in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is convinced that no commissioner coming from within the ranks can solve the problem of police corruption, as more than 80 per cent of all senior officers, he insists, have question marks over their heads.

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers held  the Philadelphia 76ers to just 10 fourth quarter points to  rally for a 97-91 win on Saturday, LeBron James leading the  home team’s assault with a 32-point effort.

Dear Editor, Our sister Caricom state, St Vincent and the Grenadines, holds a referendum on November 25 to replace its constitution, making the country a republic with a complete break from Britain. 

Parika man injured by gun trap Two teens were stabbed in separate incidents late Satur-day and early yesterday while a 57-year-old man is nursing gunshot wounds after walking into a gun trap at Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

Twenty-nine-year-old Romar Benn of Bel Air Park who allegedly received four wheels from a car that had been recently hijacked was granted bail on Friday in the sum of $100,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

In the Diaspora (This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) By Nalini Mohabir Nalini Mohabir is a PhD student at the University of Leeds, UK.

CENTURION, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Paul Collingwood  marked his record 171st one-day appearance with an unbeaten  century to lead England to a commanding seven-wicket victory  over South Africa in the second match of the series yesterday.

Dear Editor, It has now come to light that the 14 year-old boy who was tortured by Guyana Police officers at the Leonora Police Station was examined by Dr Mahendra Chand, at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station on October 29, 2009, shortly after the abuse occurred.

Dear Editor, Permit me to clear the air on a few points regarding myself. 

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – Sixty-five world leaders have  confirmed they will attend next month’s U.N.

First of all, a limerick: If you have a pretty shirt, Alvro Keep jamoon far, bobo Jamoon is a stain Don’t come out again Even battery acid say so I will come back to that, but first let me say that I have always been drawn to words that capture the essence of a thing precisely, with the emphasis on “precisely”, which, by the way, is the basis for my love of our dialect: there are words there that describe things more succinctly than Standard English can.

KANPUR, India, (Reuters) – Muttiah Muralitharan will  be hoping the bowlers get more favourable conditions when Sri  Lanka face India in the second test from  tomorrow after a flat  pitch consigned the first to a high-scoring draw.

-as efforts to cultivate more land move apace Several irrigation structures are being rehabilitated and built at Crabwood Creek, Berbice as efforts move apace to cultivate more land in the region.

LONDON, (Reuters) – East Antarctica’s ice started to  melt faster from 2006, which could cause sea levels to rise  sooner than anticipated, according to a study by scientists at  the University of Texas.

(Trinidad Express) Mobile telecommunications provider Digicel has reported a ten per cent increase in its half-year profit to US$364 million on revenues of US$857 million.

Secrecy and unaccountability are so boundless in the day-to-day business of this country and its officials that an eyebrow is hardly lifted when outrages fly under the radar.

Photos and interviews by Tiffny Rhodius, Femi Harris and Sara Bharrat This week we asked taxi drivers what they thought of President Bharrat Jagdeo’s announcement that from next August all taxis will have to be the same colour.

Dear Editor, I have read with great interest and apprehension the call by the GPSU for tax reforms and increased salaries for public servants.

A man accused of unlawfully wounding and threatening his girlfriend was on Thursday placed on bail in the sum of $30,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Daniel Bailey is suing a Swedish newspaper for erroneously publishing reports that he had failed a drugs test at the World Championships last August.