Daily Archive: Saturday, November 28, 2009

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Commonwealth countries representing more than a quarter of the world’s population launched a diplomatic push yesterday to drum up momentum for a comprehensive UN climate deal in 10 days’ time.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has again taken its dissatisfaction with government to the international stage with a full-page advertisement in today’s edition of the Trinidad Express.

– Teixeira denounces dossier in fiery speech The National Assembly on Thursday endorsed a motion by GAP/ROAR member Everall Franklin calling for police training to be intensified in the use of non-lethal weapons, but the support came with amendments and sharp words from the government benches.

– wants to reunite with her eight children Fifty-one-year-old Gale Daniels is as the saying says, ‘trying to keep her head above water’ with her only silver lining being the hope of being reunited with her eight children.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has thrown down the gauntlet to pharmacies to desist from selling the single dose artemisinin malaria drug by the end of this year or he would instruct officers from the Food & Drugs Department to size the drug from their shelves.

– as ambitious EC-funded project launched Peace, human rights, reconciliation, democracy and development do not come easily or readily nor do they happen naturally Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said yesterday at the launching of a project tackling those issues.

By Iana Seales Randy Madray talks fashion like someone raised him to understand cuts, coordinate colours and differentiate between glam and trying too hard.

The WPO supports all the initiatives taken thus far to stop violence against women and it encourages citizens to play a greater role in shaping the lives of youth to deter them from employing violence to solve problems.

Brisbane, Australia: After two days of cricket at the Gabba, both teams are in very familiar positions, Australia significantly happier.

Culture Box Love bites suck and not just because they involve a lot of vigorous sucking either.

PETER ROEBUCK, Melbourne Age: “Amid the sadly predictable mayhem at the Gabba, as an efficient home side crushed an outclassed opponent, one man produced a performance packed with passion and power.

– criminalises unauthorized communication with inmates In spite of some concerns raised by GAP/ROAR MP Everall Franklin, the National Assembly on Thursday passed the Prison (Amendment) Bill 2009 in an attempt to modernize the prison service.

Almost three months after the nude body of octogenarian Kharpattie Shivnauth was found bound and gagged in her La Grange home, relatives are upset that no one has been charged.

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By Rawle Toney There was nothing colourful about the Demerara’s Panthers showing against Pepsi Sonics and the Panthers’ dream run in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Open knock-out tournament ended when they went down 67-78 to the Sonics  Thursday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Ahead of next month’s crucial UN-led talks in Copenhagen, China yesterday announced plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40-45% by 2020 and intends to take major steps to develop renewable and nuclear energy to meet consumption demands.

(BBC) Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif took four wickets in New Zealand’s second innings yesterday to leave the first Test finely balanced going into today’s final day.

KANPUR, India, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will need  Muttiah Muralitharan to rediscover his rhythm in the final test  in Mumbai if they are to come back from a humbling defeat  against India and square the series.

DUBAI (Reuters) – The “Dubai vision”, which has suffered a crushing blow from the freewheeling Gulf emirate’s sudden debt crisis, is the creation of one man who failed to apply the rules of open governance.

The PNCR is not surprised by government’s response to the recently released dossier, but said if it were certain that the information was inaccurate then it should have no hesitation in heeding the call for an international inquiry.

Classique is probably out of ideas or perhaps the time has come to determine who flows better with the choreography, hence the upcoming show, ‘Battle of the Sexes’.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Twenty-two people were killed and 55 more injured when a Russian train crashed yesterday, in what officials said could have been an act of terrorism.

The Agricola Practical Instruction Centre (PIC) has been helping students of East Bank Demerara primary-tops schools to learn lifetime skills but a staff shortage is hampering its work.

KANPUR, India, (Reuters) – India crushed Sri Lanka by  an innings and 144 runs in the second test yesterday to take a  1-0 lead in their three-match series.

Dear Editor, As we mark International Day for the Elimination of all Forms of Violence against Women and Help & Shelter’s 14th anniversary on November 25, 2009, the tragic reality is that Guyana is still a society in which violence is seen as an acceptable means of resolving conflict and enforcing control and discipline and that its use continues to escalate.

Sonia Noel’s charity event, Style Mission 2009, is set for December 10 at the Pegasus Hotel and the focus this year is on the Archer Home.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in SN dated November 25, 2009, on the subject ‘Hope Canal still on govt radar –Persaud.’

The United Women for Special Children announces the winners in its Pre-Halloween Fun Fair Raffle.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – AB de Villiers lashed a  sensational century as South Africa beat England by 112 runs in  the third one-day international at Newlands  yesterday to level  the series at 1-1.

Two men are nursing chop wounds about the body in the Georgetown Public Hospital after separate incidents.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran summoned Norway’s ambassador yesterday over accusations made by Oslo that Iranian authorities had confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to human rights campaigner Shirin Ebadi in 2003.

Dear Editor, An embattled Chávez seems to be buckling under US pressure to show that he is doing something to allay US concerns on the drugs’ traffic to the US.

GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 1,000 deaths from the H1N1 swine flu virus were officially reported in the past week, a sharp rise which brings the global total to at least 7,826, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Dwight Howard responded to a  halftime challenge from his coach to lead the Orlando Magic to a  93-76 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.

As part of is 2009 gospel fest the Baptist Convention of Guyana (BCG) will launch its compact disc (CD) entitled ‘Here am I, Lord send me’ which features local artistes and the children’s choir from the Campbellville Baptist Church.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) and the United Nations Volunteer programme (UNV) hosted a roundtable discussion on “Volunteering and it’s contribution to the development of Guyana” yesterday at the National Library.

DHAKA (Reuters) – At least five people died and 50 were reported missing after a ferry with several hundred passengers going home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival sank in a coastal area river last night, police said.

This newspaper reported yesterday that a woman of Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice is to appear in court next week charged with abusing the eight-year-old son of her deceased brother.

The young and old will tomorrow morning continue a 15-year-old tradition through Kala Utsav, the festival of arts put on by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, at 10am in the Sanskritik Kendra located at Ganges Street, Prashad Nagar.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former West Indies captain Carl Hooper has strongly backed Test cricket to survive the threat posed by the onslaught of the glitzy Twenty20 form.

A University of Guyana (UG) student was last evening shot and injured during a robbery at his Cummings Lodge home.

Dear Editor, Mr Skinner, in his letter dated November 25, captioned ‘No suggestion that anyone should stop their activism’ stated, “It is in no way my intension to ‘let the government off the hook’ in relation to fulfilling its responsibilities to the masses… What I am worried about is the disregard for the bigger picture and that is what I am addressing.”