Daily Archive: Thursday, January 28, 2010

Amidst growing concern over a government proposal for a six-month waiting period before mining can commence, Barticians plan to shut down the mining town on Monday, February 1st in protest.

– car found at herstelling Persons searching for missing taxi driver, Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, yesterday stumbled upon a badly burnt corpse at the side of the road leading to Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara, believed to be his.

By Rawle ToneyThe International Cricket Council’s (ICC) venue inspection team feels that the Providence Stadium will be more than ready to deliver “Captivating, Contagious Cricket” when it hosts the opening ceremony and first round matches of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup.

By Kizan Brumell Courts Guyana Inc. pumped a total of $400,000 into the Holland’s Entertainment Promotions ‘Season’s Beatings’ card which gets underway tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

A fine all round performance from Rose Hall Town Bakewell under-17 team captain Dominic Rickey enabled his team to secure a six wicket victory over Albion in the final of the 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial under-17 tournament.

The owner of Ezee Runnings taxi service who was shot in the chest while fending off robbers, succumbed to serious internal injuries early yesterday morning and in the wake of his death, relatives called for those responsible to be brought to justice.

Cervical Cancer is the second most prevalent cancer in women worldwide and one of the leading causes of death among women in developing countries.

(Cricinfo) Mitchell Marsh’s impressive 97 set up Australia’s entry into the Under-19 World Cup final, but not before they were given a huge fright by a committed Sri Lanka team yesterday.

LUANDA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s new generation continue their bid for the country’s first African Nations Cup title in  28 years when they face a Nigeria side that needs freshening up  as the World Cup-bound teams clash in today’s semi-final.

Interviewee: Dr. Vilma Perez, former assistant consultant Cancer Institute of Guyana GR:  How high is the incidence of Cervical Cancer in Guyana?

Some sugar workers on the Albion and Wales estates yesterday went on strike as the stormy relationship between the workers and GuySuCo on the annual production incentive and other matters continues.

Guyana is attempting to adopt a new diplomatic posture. But does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs understand what it is capable of achieving with its limited resources?

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit supervisor who was implicated in the passing of a suitcase with 50lbs of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was yesterday taken into custody by the police.

DOHA, (Reuters) – World number 13 Kenny Perry called yesterday for fellow American Tiger Woods to end his  self-imposed exile from golf.

As the People’s Progressive Party celebrates its sixtieth anniversary, tensions rise, rifts reopen, rivalries are rekindled and the struggle for supremacy sharpens.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Based on the precept that genies cannot be thrust back into their bottles, the technology now available to help review umpiring decisions cannot now be denied to the officials themselves.

Guyana would be prepared to support a regional initiative to relocate survivors of the Haitian earthquake, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo, who also says the country’s homes and hospitals would be open to children that need care.

By David A. Granger Is the Caribbean nothing more than a geographical expression?

-Jagdeo says better use must be made of human resources The traditional focus of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will have to be shifted to ensure the better use of the country’s resources, Com-mander-in-Chief President Bharrat Jagdeo said.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Paceman Zaheer Khan ripped  through Bangladesh’s batting order to claim seven wickets in an innings for the first time in leading India to a crushing 10 wicket victory and a 2-0 series whitewash over the hosts yesterday.

Members of the joint services who are bent on committing criminal acts will be booted out, Commodore Gary Best said yesterday as he implored leaders of the forces to act now and “stop protecting underachievers”.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Teenaged batting sensation Kraigg Brathwaite has revealed that he fashions his approach off top West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

How will Guyanese remember the first decade of the 21st Century?

Dear Editor, We wish to clarify a lot of the points in your front page article written by Alva Solomon on Monday, January 25, 2010, captioned ‘Residents dispute mangrove replant “success.”’

By Dr Leyland Mason Introduction There is a changing role for teacher education in these times.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Gilbert Arenas and Washington Wizards team mate Javaris Crittenton have been suspended for the rest of the NBA season after a league investigation into them  bringing guns into the team locker room.

-Persaud tells Parliament committee The proposal for a six-month notification period before mining can commence came out of a meeting of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC) and the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA), Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud disclosed yesterday.

Dear Editor, There appeared in the newspapers a number of letters and articles relative to the situation at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI).

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday  ruled that a prima facie case had been made out against the two prison officers who are accused of the 2008 murder of Edwin Niles and their case was transferred to the High Court for trial.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa (CSA)  has sacked the entire selection panel, Mike Proctor, convenor  of the selectors said yesterday, a day after head coach Mickey Arthur resigned ahead of a tour to India.

Humphrey Metzgen and John Graham, Caribbean Wars Untold: A Salute to the British West Indies.

(Trinidad Express) – Defeated candidate for United National Congress political leader Basdeo Panday claimed sabotage on Tuesday night after boxes allegedly containing thousands of party membership cards were discovered hidden at the Rienzi Complex, Couva, headquarters.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti appealed to  foreign governments and charities yesterday to do more to  help earthquake victims as rescuers pulled a teenage girl out  of the rubble 15 days after her Port-au-Prince home collapsed  around her.

By Judaman Seecoomar (Leeds,Peepal Tree, 2009) ISBN13: 9781845230272 Peter D Fraser This is the last book, posthumously published, of a fine scholar and teacher.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – President Mahinda Rajapaksa won  Sri Lanka’s first post-war national election on Wednesday, but his rival alleged vote-rigging from inside an hotel surrounded  by soldiers which he said were sent to arrest him.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned yesterday that he may quicken his drive to build a socialist state, as he shuffled his cabinet amid opposition demonstrations sparked by closure of a television station.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Leeward Islands selectors have called up Mali Richards, the son of cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards, to the team for this weekend’s WICB First-class match against Trinidad and Tobago at the new Foursquare Park.

Dear Editor, In your news item, ‘US plays down Jagdeo’s criticism of Haiti role,’ (January 26), I whole-heartedly agree with the Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Georgetown, Ms Karen Williams, waving off President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent criticism of the US government’s role in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, which was based on this quoted remark: “I was informed that a delegation comprised of Latin American leaders who were going to visit Haiti and contribute aid to that country faced the objection of the US government and could not make the humanitarian move.”

A 62-year-old businessman of Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder (BBP) sustained gunshot injuries to his foot when four armed bandits invaded his home around 7:20 last evening.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados yesterday called up fiery fast bowler Corey Edwards to their team for this weekend’s day/night clash against the Windward Islands in their fourth-round WICB First-class match at Kensington Oval.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian politicians yesterday blasted President Alvaro Uribe’s proposal that students be paid to spy on violent gangs in the city of Medellin, saying the plan would put young people in danger.

Dear Editor, Two current local situations highlight the law of unintended consequences. 

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that a Linden woman serve four years imprisonment when she admitted being found with a quantity of cannabis.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Researchers have genetically  engineered one of the most common bacteria on the planet — E. 

The Weldaad, West Coast Berbice (WCB) mother whose three-week-old baby was drowned in a canal close to her home on Monday was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Toppled Honduran president  Manuel Zelaya emerged from months holed up in a Brazilian embassy  compound and flew into exile yesterday, ending a months-long  political crisis as Honduras swore in a new president.

History This Week – No.4/2010 By Dr. Mellissa Ifill This article is the second in a two part series that examines the transition from the private to the public model of accumulation during the immediate post independence period.

Water as a factor in Guianese History Guyana Review reprints this essay by W.T.

Dear Editor, “Rice is a key staple for the Haitian people and about 90 per cent of the rice consumed in the country is grown in the United States,” according to a USA Rice Federation bulletin of January 20, 2010.

PAM going to court The opposition Peoples Action Movement (PAM) in St Kitts and Nevis says it intends challenging the outcome of Monday’s general election in which Prime Minister Douglas’ Labour Party retained power with a slightly reduced majority.

-Serena Williams, Federer through; Venues ousted MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Serena  Williams needed all their fighting qualities to stay in the  Australian Open on Wednesday after Li Na stunned Venus Williams  to become the second Chinese to reach a grand slam semi-final.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban and US negotiators will meet in February for a second round of talks on migration issues since the discussions were renewed last summer, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former Democratic  presidential candidate John Edwards and his cancer-stricken  wife, Elizabeth, have separated following reports that he  fathered a child with a woman who was a former campaign aide.

Early Monday morning, Ms Alexis Felix a 30-year-old mother of three, picked up her youngest child – a three-week-old boy – walked to a nearby canal and threw him in.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a boy who is now 17-years-old,  who was charged with carnally knowing a 15-year-old girl when she was 13, be kept in police custody shortly after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, Permit me to most sincerely congratulate President Bharrat Jagdeo not only for his government’s donation of US$1M to help the suffering people of Haiti but also for his leadership and alacrity of response.

DALLAS, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks withstood a  late charge from the Milwaukee Bucks and hung on for a 108-107  victory on Tuesday.

Ask the Consul – Installment Ninety-Six The U.S. Embassy welcomes information from concerned citizens who are aware of visa fraud.

Part 1 In the fullness of time the Report of the 2009 Commission of Enquiry into the operations of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown may well come to be seen as a landmark contribution to the salvaging of the machinery that manages the ‘engine room’ of the country’s capital though Commission Chairman Keith Burrowes prefers to describe the undertaking as “a small step in what will have to be an extended process.”