Daily Archive: Monday, November 30, 2009

-villagers For some Agricola residents, the biggest worry in the village is not crime or neglect – it is young people with nothing to do.

A Corriverton, Berbice man was crushed to death yesterday morning at Number One Caroni, Suriname after two Guyanese fishing vessels were attacked by two armed men, who stole one of the vessels and escaped.

-accuse them of theft from poultry farm West Demerara police have detained the owner of a poultry farm and four others after it was discovered they were part of group which beat three teenagers, who they claimed had stolen from the farm, before taking them to the Wales Police Station.

During the first night of its three-night crusade, which started last Wednesday, over half a million in electrical equipment was stolen from the Life Spring Ministries at Rosignol, West Berbice.

-Luncheon Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon admitted that there were some “legitimate names” included on the parliamentary opposition’s dossier of human rights abuses but said that these could be categorised as “work in progress” since the police would still be investigating the cases and would not have officially closed their investigations.

-Interim Board The deplorable state of field and factory assets within the sugar industry has been blamed by the Interim Board as a factor responsible for the current troubles plaguing GuySuCo.

Minister of Health of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said he had invited the Guyana Pharmacy Council and Pharmacy Association to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the sale of the single-dose malaria drug in pharmacies even as he indicated that there would have to be a restriction on the import of the drug because of the threat it posed in the malaria fight.

Chairman of GECOM, Dr Steve Surujbally said the commission must provide its services with optimal efficiency as well as courtesy, respect and understanding.

-Sukhai The trail from Lethem to Aishalton as well as roads in the South Pakaraimas will be improved to make access in the sprawling Rupununi region easier, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai says.

(Barbados Nation) Air traffic controllers at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) all reported sick on Saturday.

A dispute over a plot of farming land at West Coast Berbice has caused farmer, Rawlston Cambridge, to have recourse to the High Court and Justice Diana Insanally is now calling on the Chairman of the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary (MMA) board to defend his decision to repossess the land from the farmer.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – His Test debut came almost six months later than scheduled, and on the other side of the World.

By Marlon Munroe Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) recorded a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Lusignan Cricket Club (LCC) while Malteenoes Sports Club gained first innings honours in the drawn encounter against New Line Cavaliers (NLC) in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) first division three-day competition.

An exhibition featuring the paintings of UK-based Guyanese, Dennis de Caires opened at the National Gallery of Art on Wednesday with the artist hailing the high standard of local artwork and donating two of his paintings to the National Collection in memory of the late editor-in-chief of Stabroek News.

A defeat inside three days by an innings is as pathetic a display as any team can muster even if that display was illuminated by the brilliance of a 19-year-old batsman.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday called on the Guyana Police Force to undertake more public education about what road users should do when they hear the sirens of an ambulance, the police or the fire service.

It might not be his call but Chris Gayle is adamant that he intends to remain as West Indies captain.

A Guyana family of four recently lost their bid to remain in Canada through the refugee route when a federal court found that while they may be at a risk of becoming victims of crime in Guyana they would not find themselves in an unusual situation.

-selectors to make determination about replacement As expected once he injured his hip after nine overs on the first day of the West Indies’ massive defeat in the first Test against Australia, Jerome Taylor is to return to the Caribbean for treatment.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran announced plans yesterday to  build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of  its atomic programme, just two days after the UN nuclear  watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret.

In a radical cost-cutting manoeuvre, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have opted to play five of the seven rounds of next year’s yet-to-be-sponsored regional first-class tournament in a single territory.

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Commonwealth states  representing a third of the world’s people said yesterday  momentum was growing towards a global climate deal, but nagging  doubts remained over funding levels and degrees of commitment.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Sport in the island is expected to receive a boost, after the Government secured funding for a project to promote healthy and wholesome living through the pursuit of excellence on the field of play.

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – The Commonwealth has  admitted French-speaking Rwanda as its 54th member in the  latest expansion of the geographically diverse group of mostly  former British colonies, its leaders said yesterday.

– Chanderpaul slips to eighth position Opener Gautam Gambhir has regained number-one batting spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his eighth career century helped India record an innings and 144 runs victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test in Kanpur.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Switzerland voted to ban the  construction of new minarets yesterday, a surprise result  certain to embarrass the neutral government and which the  justice minister said could affect Swiss exports and tourism.

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers  cruised to a 111-95 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on  Saturday, returning to winning ways after a surprise loss to  the lowly Charlotte Bobcats.

Dear Editor, With regard to your article ‘Government still eying large-scale farming in the Rupununi’ (SN, November 18), we wish to thank you for at last letting the secret deal out of the bag.

WINDERMERE, Fla., (Reuters) – Golf star Tiger Woods  accepted responsibility  yesterday for the car accident that  took place outside his Florida home and again canceled an interview with authorities investigating the incident.

Dear Editor,Tarron Khemraj’s article entitled ‘President Jagdeo and the notion of productivity’ in the Stabroek News of November 26 presented a plethora of issues that can be debated; however, in the interest of time and space I will focus on two of the issues, firstly on sugar and secondly on productivity.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – James  Anderson took a career-best five for 23 to set up an  overwhelming England win against South Africa yesterday, putting  the tourists 2-1 up in the series with one to play.

One colour for taxis Interviews and photos by Femi Harris and Tiffny Rhodius This week we asked the man and woman in the street for their opinion on the decision to require all taxis to be one colour from next August.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans are bracing for hard  times in 2010 as President Raul Castro slashes imports and cuts  government spending to get Cuba out of crisis — and they are  growing impatient with the slow pace of economic reform.

Dear Editor, Three sets of comments surfaced in response to ‘Guyanese bloggers should return home’ (SN, November 27). 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Stylish former West Indies batsman Carl Hooper produced an archetypical knock and also grabbed two wickets to spur West Indies Masters to an exciting one-run victory over Sri Lanka’s Masters in the opening game of the CLOBI Cup International Masters Twenty20 tournament on Friday night.

LONDON (Reuters) – Simon Mann, a British mercenary  jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea,  has said South Africa tacitly supported a failed 2004 coup in  the oil-rich African nation.

Who do we think we are? By Cary Fraser Cary Fraser teaches at Penn State University, and is a regular contributor to the Trinidad and Tobago Review.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez warned the nation’s private bankers yesterday that they  must comply with the law or face nationalization, regardless of  their banks’ size.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A tight Brazilian title  race will go to the wire next weekend after Flamengo, without  burn victim Adriano, went top for the first time with a 2-0 away  win over Corinthians yesterday.

Dear Editor,The development strategy in the bill relating to the differently-abled should permit the material and cultural condition of all disabled people to improve simultaneously.

LONDON (Reuters) – The debut album of Scottish  singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame after her audition for TV  show ‘Britain’s Got Talent,’ has become the fastest selling  album in Britain this year.

It is unsurprising that the 2009 Transparency International report was a mirror image of the 2008 version.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Kyle Hope continued his prolific form, when he hit his fifth century this season for Pickwick in the penultimate round of matches in the Barbados Cricket Association’s Division 1 championship on Saturday.

When I lived in the Cayman Islands, I would make it my business to come out and support the sports teams from Guyana that would visit the island. 

Dear Editor, The rejection of Republican status by St Vincentians (and the people of the Grenadines) in a free and fair referendum comes as no surprise, but the large percentage of voters who backed the move was a surprise to some people. 

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – A former guerrilla fighter  was poised yesterday to become the next president of Uruguay,  pledging to maintain the ruling leftist coalition’s moderate  policies in one of Latin America’s most stable economies.