Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Home Affairs Ministry expresses ‘deep regret’ The horrific treatment and torture of a teen and two other men in the Ramenauth Bisram murder investigation was known by other police ranks but they were indifferent and complicit, and under investigation, some told lies and gave conflicting statements.

Minister within the Ministry of Education Desrey Fox was last evening admitted as a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after she was pitched through the windscreen of her car following a three-vehicle smash-up in the city.

GAWU disappointed, sees bleak future for industry The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guy-SuCo) will have to find approximately $450 million by March of next year to pay sugar workers increased wages, after an arbitration panel ruled in its favour and awarded a 3% hike for those represented by GAWU.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has extended the period for the distribution of new National Identification (ID) cards.

The National Parks Commission has refurbished its Nature School at the Zoological Park with a $3.7M grant from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

-court hears A 40-year-old mother of six attempted suicide after the police did not respond to a report made that she was raped.

Guyana’s world-ranked squash player Nicolette Fernandes has a starring role in the 2010 Women’s International Squash Players’ Association Calendar, which has just been launched by the player body WISPA.

On February 27 this year, Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson became the first Guyana footballer to play in the US Major League Soccer competition (MLS) when he signed a US$75,000 contract with the Colorado Rapids.

-says Washington’s policies to countries like Guyana weak With his political aspirations and recent installation as Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Peter Ramsaroop says he is willing to give up his US citizenship if called upon to serve at any high level of government.

Adelaide, Australia: It was not to be. Try though Dwayne Bravo and the West Indies did, they could not get the five more wickets needed to complete what would have been an astonishing come-from-behind victory at the Adelaide Oval in the Second Test.

Unknown persons broken into a car at Parika, East Bank Essequibo yesterday and stole $6.6M that a North West District businessman had earlier withdrawn from a bank.

-whistleblower protections being expanded The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank has approved an action plan to help countries reduce corrupt practices, while bolstering whistleblower protections.

The presidents of the country’s two most active basketball associations Trevor Rose and Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid yesterday told Stabroek Sport that it was time that the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) holds elections.

Hours after recovering the body of miner Michael Leslie, suspected to have drowned in a gorge below the Kaieteur Falls, soldiers were forced to cut it loose in a rapid to save one of their own.

Lionel Jaikarran created history by becoming the youngest person to be elected president of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Monday night.

The Fisheries Department in the Ministry of Agriculture has permitted the first legal harvesting of Arapaima in North Rupununi following the implementation of a management plan and after a count of the giant freshwater fish showed a significant increase from last year.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) Banks 2009 Masters Invitational tournament was officially launched yesterday at the Pegasus Hotel and serves off Friday at 6pm at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel Tennis Courts.

-says after set-offs $510m owed The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) has given the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) until tomorrow to honour an agreement to commence paying the net $510m owed and failure to do this will result in the disconnection of electricity to two city markets.

-Australia press turn on own team Australia’s cricket press has swung full circle within a week.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – China led calls by developing  nations for deeper emissions cuts from the United States, Japan  and Europe at U.N.

ADELAIDE, Australia,  CMC – Fast bowler Kemar Roach has caught the attention of Australia captain Ricky Ponting who says the rookie pacer will be the one to watch in the final Test in Perth starting next week.

A 19-year-old GuySuCo mechanic lost his life after he was struck by a low-bed trailer at Corriverton on Monday evening while he and other workers were fixing a bulldozer that broke down on the roadway.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 60-year-old man be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old schoolboy.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board director Baldath Mahabir says more needs to be done to develop the region’s fast bowling stocks.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – At least four car bombs killed  112 people in Baghdad yesterday, leaving charred buses and  scattered body parts in a blow to the government’s efforts to  show it can defend Iraqis before U.S.

International reggae sensation Taurus Riley, Duane Stephenson and a Brazilian band which is yet to be named are set to take Linden by storm come 1st January 2010 for a ‘stress relief fest’.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Police in Brazil’s  biggest cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro routinely  execute suspects and cover up the killings as self-defence,  U.S.-based

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Upbeat West Indies captain Chris Gayle has hailed the regional side’s performance after they forced Australia to battle hard on the final day before earning a draw in the second Test here yesterday.

The 60-year-old guard who was left in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following a hit-and-run is now stable.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Children will be taught about online dangers with a new “Green Cross Code” for internet safety  under plans launched by the government on Tuesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Discarded Test opener Brenton Parchment compensated for his first innings failure and Danza Hyatt sustained his impressive form, as they both hammered unbeaten half-centuries in the Jamaica Cricket Association’s third and final four-day trial match which ended in a draw Monday.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that two men, one accused of using a knife to rob another man of a gold chain and a quantity of cash, while another accused of using a cutlass to rob a woman of a quantity of gold jewellery in separate incidents, be remanded to prison when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian officials want FIFA to allow the country’s domestic football codes to continue running their competitions during the World Cup if their bid to host the tournament in 2018 or 2022 is successful.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Mohammad Yousuf has been retained as Pakistan captain for the test and one-day international series in Australia starting this month.

BOCA RATON, Fla., (Reuters) – Corruption, whether in  the form of crooked officials, financial fraudsters or even  philandering sports stars, is tearing at the fabric of U.S. 

Just over half of the $400M recently set aside by President Bharrat Jagdeo to assist the rice sector will be distributed in the form of fertilizer vouchers.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies will head to Perth for the final Test against Australia without a replacement for the injured paceman Jerome Taylor.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina and Brazil, once  joint pioneers of South American integration, are drifting  apart, a gap that leaves Argentina with far more to lose.

Dear Editor, The newly installed Chancellor of the University of Guyana, in speaking at the recent dinner hosted by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was reported to have invited the private sector to contribute (substantially) more to education, and the University of Guyana in particular, which provided a good proportion of the skills and competencies the sector utilises.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – Allen Iverson received a  warm ‘welcome home’ from Philadelphia fans on Monday, but his  return could not prevent the 76ers from losing 93-83 to the  Denver Nuggets.

(Barbados Nation) Emigration of nurses is costing some CARICOM countries an estimated US$16 million in losses.

Dear Editor, Sometimes you become gullible when you least know it and your gullibility leads to you becoming vulnerable.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s cricket authorities  have proposed a fund-raising one-day series in England next year against a world XI selected by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after failing to attract teams to play in Pakistan because of security fears.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Poland’s last communist leader,  General Wojciech Jaruzelski, wanted Soviet troops to invade his  country in 1981 to help crush striking workers, according to a  document published yesterday by the state archives institute.

Bandits, one of whom was armed with a gun stuck up a pump attendant at the Bel Air Service Station, East Coast around noon yesterday and later escaped in a waiting motor car with a cash register containing cash and a computer.

Consecration: The new Anglican Bishop of Guyana, the Venerable Cornell Jerome Moss (centre) surrounded by visiting Bishops on the main stairway of the St.

LONDON, (Reuters) – English umpire Mark Benson has  said he withdrew from officiating in the second Australia v West Indies test due to ill-health, not because of frustration over  the referral system.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Suspected drug hitmen yesterday shot and killed Honduras’ top anti-drugs official who  recently had warned the country was in danger of becoming a  “narco-state,” police said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It was high drama on the streets of Ocho Rios on Mondsy afternoon when gunmen and the police traded bullets after a daring daylight robbery at a cambio in the resort town.

Two of the three men who had been separately charged for setting fire to the Ministry of Health in July appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where a single joint charge in relation to the fire was read to them.

Dear Editor, I read in your Monday issue (December 7) that the Guyana Football Federation is set to ban football club Riddim Squad from this year’s Kashif and Shanghai competition.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, (Reuters) – The Royal  Canadian Mounted Police acted prematurely and inappropriately  in their use of electronic stun guns in an incident at  Vancouver airport that led to death of a Polish immigrant, a  government commission reported yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans from Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States are expected to make presentations to a parliamentary committee dealing with issues affecting the diaspora next month.

Dear Editor, For whatever reason, it seems by general acceptance that if one is not in the medical field, then one is forbidden to harbour, much less venture an opinion on any medical issue, or else you can be seen as pompous.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, (Reuters) – Pace bowler Jimmy Anderson will miss England’s two-day warm-up against a SA  Provincial XI on Wednesday with his niggling knee injury causing  concern ahead of next week’s first test against South Africa.

Heavy winds accompanied by a downpour on Monday caused some panic in parts of Craig and toppled two electricity poles along the Diamond Public Road.

Workers with RUSAL’s bauxite subsidiary protesting yesterday outside Prime Minister Sam Hinds’ office.

Scotiabank on December 3rd presented prizes for the winners in its Mastercard Back to School promotion.

(Trinidad Express) A Barataria woman was killed and her husband critically injured on Monday when gang members opened fire on the couple while they slept.

By Tarron Khemraj Introduction I agree with Mr. Rajendra Rampersaud’s letter (SN November 30, 2009) that the sugar industry is viable in spite of the many challenges it presently faces.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday reduced  the prison term for a Cuban spy from a life sentence to 30  years in a high-profile espionage case that has strained  already hostile ties between Havana and Washington.

There has been a continuing interest in the political and economic evolution of Cuba since the assumption of the presidency by General Raul Castro in July of 2006.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Cricket-crazy India woke up to  banner headlines and a multitude of special television  programmes on Monday celebrating their team’s ascent to the top  of the test rankings for the first time.

(Barbados Nation) Homeowners must be able to leave their homes locked or unlocked and come back and find their property intact.