Daily Archive: Friday, January 15, 2010

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Cuban government has  agreed to let the U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian authorities said  today they believe 140,000 people were killed in the  earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation and said gangs  of robbers were preying on survivors desperately awaiting aid.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Thousands of people  injured in Haiti’s massive earthquake spent a third night  twisted in pain, lying on sidewalks and waiting for help as  their despair turned to anger.

-was to be paid US$6,000 Questions are being raised as to how authorities at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri failed to detect a suitcase with some 24 kilogrammes of cocaine which was intercepted later at the JFK airport in New York.

Ramesh Muniram, who fled into thick bush behind Unity Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Wednesday after allegedly murdering his wife, turned up at the La Grange Police Station yesterday with a relative shortly after his mother was detained for questioning.

CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister  Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica will lead a fact-finding mission to Haiti today following the catastrophic earthquake on Tuesday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday urged Guyanese to be generous in helping Haiti which suffered a catastrophic earthquake on Tuesday.

A Guyanese man, who bludgeoned his wife to death in October 2008 in Schenectady, New York, yesterday pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is expected to be sentenced to 15 years in prison next month.

Activist Mark Benschop was placed on self-bail yesterday when he made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the unauthorised use of a wireless radio and obstruction.

In recognition of his sterling contribution to relations between Guyana and Japan, former Foreign Affairs Minister Rudy Insanally was yesterday conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government.

Ex-soldier Oliver Hinckson’s gun and ammunition charge was yesterday dismissed by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, four years after he was charged.

-following parliamentary flap The PNCR is calling on the Auditor General to immediately undertake an audit of the Ministry of Housing and Water following Monday’s fallout in the National Assembly over what it described as “inadequate explanations” by Housing Minister Irfaan Ali regarding the expenditure of the additional $4 billion sought.

By Andre Haynes In an apparent about-turn, President Bharrat Jagdeo has signalled renewed interest in “enhanced collaboration” with the political opposition.

– identified by two victims A man identified as a cutlass-wielding bandit who had committed a robbery at the Plaisance Market yesterday was later shot by the police, as he attempted to escape even as he was ordered to surrender.

– fights for Pan Asian boxing title tomorrow By Rawle Toney Guyana’s Leon ‘Hurry-up’ Moore will take on Indonesian Marangin Marbun tomorrow evening for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) super bantamweight title, promoter Carwyn Holland disclosed yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago clash in the historical day/night match of the WICB Regional four-day tournament at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium from 13:00 hours today.

-ailing grandma left to take care of four children By Sara Bharrat As Kulmattie Singh’s mother calls for justice police have released the two men they had taken into custody for her murder during the shooting at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant.

By Rawle Toney It’s been eight months since Guyana’s heavyweight champion Mitchell ‘The Killer’ Rogers stepped into the ring and now the hard-hitting Berbician is counting down the days towards his clash with Anthony Agustin on January 29 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A 29-year-old minibus driver was remanded to jail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday when he appeared in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Zaman Deen of 17 Belvoir Court  was chopped by cutlass-wielding men and left lying in a pool of blood  on November 12, 2009.

Albion, Rose Hall/Canje and D’Edward Cricket clubs are through to the semifinals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 tournament.

Police on Tuesday arrested a man at Puruni, Bartica, who was found with an unlicensed .32 revolver with two matching rounds and a spent shell.

The recent call by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) for a hastening of the pace of the CLICO liquidation process has secured the backing of the Heads of both the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

LUANDA, (Reuters) – A header from Rafik Halliche just  before halftime revived Algeria’s African Nations Cup hopes as  they beat Mali 1-0 in Group A yesterday.

The man who was found dead outside the Stabroek Market on Tuesday has been identified as Phillip Rajaram of Public Road, Soesdyke.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Arch rivals Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago will be part of cricketing history today when the two teams meet in the first ever four-day first-class match under lights, using a pink ball.

State TV among those guilty of intellectual property violation Guyana continues to lag behind in the process of seeking to update its domestic laws and trade policies to reflect its obligations to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, according to the recently published Eighth Report to the United States Congress on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act by the Office of the US Trade Representative.

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – For the second successive season, Barbados face Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) seeking to avenge a defeat from the previous year.

The Eighth Report to the US Congress on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act prepared by the Office of the United States Trade Representative has, briefly, but rather pointedly, drawn attention to the protracted delinquency of the Government of Guyana in the matter of creating an adequate legal framework for the protection of intellectual property.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Title-holders Jamaica will look to extend their winning start while Leeward Islands will be hoping to open their account when the two teams clash in their second round WICB first-class Championship game which bowls off here today.

A thirty-four-year-old security guard who is accused  of unlawfully assaulting another man on January 7 was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Customer Service 8 By Jacquelyn Hamer I have decided that at this juncture some attention should be given to what one might consider to be some of the critical reasons why we continue to face the difficulties that we do in the area of customer service delivery.

Sports Comment Says Donald Duff In 1995 West Indies opener Desmond Haynes was not selected by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the Test and One-Day Series against Australia.

By Rawle Lucas Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.

The  surname van Beek doesn’t even hint at a West Indian connection but the genes are clearly strong in one of New Zealand’s most talented young sportsmen.

Bandits, one of whom had a handgun broke into a house at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara in the wee hours of yesterday and robbed a man of valuables including $200,000 cash.

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies Under-19s coach Andre Coley says his side is confident of making a winning start against Pakistan, in the opening match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup today (Thursday, Eastern Caribbean time).

Just over three months after its official opening downtown Georgetown’s most attractive shopping centre is seeking feverishly to raise its public profile Inside the Water street New Vendors’ City Mall there is an ambience of cleanliness and good order that contrasts sharply with the atmosphere   that attends the rest of downtown Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I was surprised at the condemnation attributed to Minister Priya Manickchand of the announced appeal by the Red Cross Society in Guyana for emergency monetary donations to boost its aid to disaster-hit Haiti.

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin has written to Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir “over his failure to carry out his constitutional duty to intervene in the dispute between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and RUSAL’s Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.”

Dear Editor, In reply to the letter from the Commissioner of the Guyana Forestry Commission, Mr James Singh (‘Log exports have declined,’ SN January 12), I suggest that the Commissioner is not properly interpreting even the limited sets of data which the GFC publishes in the Forest Sector Information Report. 

DALLAS, (Reuters) – An ailing Kobe Bryant drained a game-winning jump shot with 28 seconds remaining to pull the sliding Los Angeles Lakers to a 100-95 victory over the Dallas  Mavericks on Wednesday.

An investment in old-fashioned taste and values If you happen upon the imposing concrete structure sitting squarely on the corners of Stone Avenue and Fourth Streets in Campbellville, it appears not to belong in a neighbourhood better known for and far more modest, older generation of architecture comprising rows of small, ageing one-flat dwelling houses built more than half a century ago.

A woman who attempted to take cocaine to Jamaica hidden in a wig she was wearing was nabbed by ranks of the Police Narcotics branch on Tuesday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

(BBC) Unbeaten centuries from Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke steered Australia to 302-3 on day one of the final Test yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez called off drastic energy rationing in Caracas after a chaotic first day of staggered blackouts angered his supporters, but the measures will continue across the country.

A taxi driver who was accused of stealing one Motorola ZM phone valued $32,000 from his passenger was placed on $25,000 bail yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Cites weak border controls, resource deficiencies, poor inter-agency cooperation Local drug traffickers continue to move shipments of cocaine by river, air and land without meaningful resistance from the country’s security services according to the Eighth Report to Congress by the Office of the United States Trade Representative on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

Dear Editor, We, at the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO), have noticed, with great concern, a full-page advertisement which appeared in the Stabroek News of January 13 under the rubric, ‘Climate Change is not man made and has little to do with the release of CO2 gases.’

Dear Editor, In the year 1985 I, along with two other persons, bought some farm land (two four-acre plots) at Supply, EBD with orange and banana.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African runner Caster Semenya will not be allowed to compete until a resolution has  been reached in her gender case, the country’s athletics  association said yesterday.

Brian Benn, 42, of 40 D’urban Street, Lodge was fined $10,000 or four months imprisonment by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for behaving disorderly in a public place.

(Barbados Nation) – The legacy of the three Bs in Caribbean politics – Barrow, Bird and Burnham – will be celebrated on Errol Barrow Day on January 21.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Desperate Haitians  turned rubble-strewn streets and parks into makeshift hospitals  and refugee camps yesterday in the absence of any noticeable  response from authorities in Haiti after Tuesday’s earthquake.

-ILO, ECLAC reports While the full effects of the global economic and financial crisis on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2009 are unlikely to be fully understood for some time yet, some of the earliest reports on the scale and impact by widely respected regional and international organizations are already painting a telling picture.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Serena Williams survived a scare  from France’s Aravane Rezai yesterday before booking her spot  in the Sydney International final against Russian Elena  Dementieva.

Dear Editor, Here in Santa Rosa Village, there is something known as a presidential grant.

A miner was sentenced to 18 months in jail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson after he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting his employer.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – Teddy Pendergrass, the  seductive American rhythm-and-blues singer who continued his  recording career after he was paralyzed in a 1982 car accident,  has died at the age of 59, media reports said yesterday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 338’s trading results showed consideration of $3,201,623 from 242,275 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 337 which showed consideration of $3,293,656 from 291,616 shares traded in 16 transactions. 

(Trinidad Express) – Eight handguns, close to 200 rounds of ammunition and a ceremonial gold chain worth in excess of $200,000 were stolen from the police armoury at the headquarters of the Diego Martin Regional Corporation sometime between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.

Dear Editor, Guyana is doubtless in an inexorable march towards an elected dictatorship or hegemony.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – The United States Geological Survey’s website shows there have been approximately 80 earthquakes, measuring anywhere from 2.4 to 7.0, in the Caribbean within the past week.

Frankly Speaking…By A.A. Fenty Oh, poor doctor Narine Singh This may be regarded as a teaser with respect to the 2010 Mashramani festival for which preparations are currently in full swing.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  yesterday proposed Wall Street banks pay up to $117 billion  to reimburse taxpayers for the financial bailout, as he slammed  bankers for their “massive profits and obscene bonuses.”

Three men yesterday robbed the manager of the Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Fire and Life Insurance (GTM) office at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara yesterday of $33,000, a lap top computer, two cell phones and jewellery after which they tied her up.

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The magnitude 7 earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday evening has prompted many to ask how much more can Haiti and her long-suffering people endure.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – England had no answer to  the pace of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel as they were skittled  for 180 on the first day of the fourth and final test against  South Africa yesterday.