Daily Archive: Monday, February 8, 2010

It was because of the “bad faith” actions by government that miners felt that they had to protest, spokesman for the Committee of Concerned Barticians, Frederick McWilfred says.

An FBI officer has sworn in an affidavit that former PNCR parliamentarian Abdul Kadir, indicted over a conspiracy to blow up the JFK airport in 2007, had links to Iranian Moshen Rabbani who was charged in Argentina for masterminding a deadly attack on a Jewish centre.

The Guyana Police Force has sought the assistance of Interpol in their effort to apprehend one of the persons suspected of embezzling some $6M from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Andrew Arjoon won the Open category and Jason Van Dyk the category `A’ final Saturday night as the Bounty Farm handicap squash tournament wrapped up at the Georgetown Club’s Squash Courts.

-Left-hander makes return to boost team’s performance against B/dos this week-endBy Marlon Munroe A Guyana team languishing in the cellar on a measly seven points and out of championship contention for the WICB regional four-day title will be boosted by the return of prolific middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul from injury for this week-end’s encounter against Barbados.

President Bharrat Jagdeo was on Saturday conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.

One-Day cricket has again been swamped by Twenty20, with yesterday’s day-night series-opener between Australia and the West Indies drawing the smallest MCG crowd for Melbourne’s first ODI of the season in almost 30 years.

–chairman Authorities in Region One (Barima/Waini) are currently purchasing fuel from licensed fuel distributors within the region.

Cyclists attached to the various clubs under the umbrella of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) will be back in the saddle on Saturday competing for cash prizes when the Roraima Bikers Club stages its fourth annual George `Boy Blue’ Cumberbatch Memorial cycle race.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Imran  Khan has described the Australian team as one of the weakest he  has seen in years.

After spending almost a month in a hospital bed Australian Jason Montgomery, shot during the robbery at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant, boarded a flight for home yesterday.

The annual general meeting of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) will take place this afternoon at the Georgetown Club beginning from 4.30.

Dear Editor, Rex’s passing was sudden and untimely and it has taken some time to come to terms with it.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has rejected the statement by the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) in which the union expressed concerns about what it termed “the high-handed manner” in which the ERC was attempting to address its call for a public inquiry.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent articles in both the SN and KN, reporting Mr Corbin’s statements concerning the revelations by Mr Trotman and the AFC that there are ongoing “secret” talks between the PPP and PNC, and furthermore, Mr Trotman’s insinuation that there is something sinister in such talks. 

Mohanlall ‘Santo’ Dinanauth added two more trophies to his collection when he won the A.H.

-man admitted to hospital One man was admitted a patient at the Fort Wellington Hospital and three others were treated and sent away when a car slammed into a minibus around 9:15 am yesterday at Number 28 Village, West Berbice.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud told Blairmont and Ithaca farmers last week that government is taking all necessary steps to ensure that they get enough water for their farmlands in the wake of the El Nino phenomenon.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hundreds of Haitian  earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked  capital yesterday, accusing a district mayor of corruption and  hoarding food aid provided by relief groups, witnesses said.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Touring West Indies offered a meek batting response and plunged to a lopsided 113-run loss to high-flying Australia in their first One Day International (ODI) yesterday.

Dear Editor, The actions of some police officers are nothing short of distasteful, and are proving to be very counter-productive to the efforts of those who truly seek to ‘serve and protect.’

Dear Editor, An eminent Guyanese educator turned politician, named Robert Hart, was a columnist in one of our newspapers in the nineteen fifties.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s quake-shattered  justice system, grappling with collapsed courts, destroyed  records and homeless employees, would be hard-pressed to hold a  high-profile trial for 10 Americans charged with kidnapping  children, Haitian lawyers and rights advocates said yesterday.

The Hindu College, at Cove and John on the East Coast of Demerara is the beneficiary of a US$300,000 ($60M) learning resource centre compliments of an overseas-based group of Guyanese.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – Hashim Amla posted his  first test double century to grind India’s insipid bowling into  submission on the second day of the opening test yesterday.

By Honor Ford-Smith The first time I met Rex Nettleford was when he came to our Kingston High school in 1968 around the time of the Rodney uprising to speak to our 6th form about Black Power.  

Dear Editor, Although over the recent years, the Suddie Public Hospital has undergone some remarkable changes in its infrastructure, the poor quality of services offered remains a critical issue which needs urgently to be addressed.

LINKOPING, Sweden,  CMC – Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes was beaten by top seed Vanessa Atkinson, of the Netherlands, in the semi-finals of the US$6,000 Swedish Open squash tournament on Saturday.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, (Reuters) – Costa Ricans voted  yesterday in an election that could see Laura Chinchilla, a  protege of Nobel peace laureate President Oscar Arias, become  the nation’s first female leader.

The PPP on Friday in responding to an AFC press statement on Tuesday declared that the notion that the AFC is “on the move”  is the product of wild dreams by that party’s principals.

In years past, hearing outside about my country’s difficulties, I would come home to Guyana with Tradewinds to play music, or just to visit, always concerned that I would find a joyless, dispirited people.

Dear Editor, What is it that prompts a citizen to pick up the pen of the keyboard to address fellow citizens? 

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle has lamented his team’s batting flop that resulted in their huge loss to Australia in their first One Day International (ODI) at the MCG yesterday.

CAMAGUEY, Cuba, (Reuters) – Cuba has launched an  ambitious project to ring urban areas with thousands of small  farms in a bid to reverse the country’s long agricultural  decline and ease its chronic economic woes.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn.,  (Reuters) – At least five people  were killed and 12 injured yesterday when a massive explosion  rocked a large gas-fired power plant being built in Middletown,  Connecticut, the town’s mayor said.

Beepats  launched a  Milo-branded   mountain bike promotion  on Friday as the first part of the company’s nutrition and health drive for 2010 in which a total of 110  bikes will be given away countrywide.

Following the work stoppage by part-time staffers at the Government Technical Institute last week, the Ministry of Education has said that it expects to conclude a review on the part-time rates of pay and this will be made known to all parties by the end of this month.

(Jamaica Observer) Instead of the Christmas gift he had prematurely promised Cash Plus investors last year, liquidator Hugh Wildman will have to pay legal costs to a Dubai bank he believed was holding US$25 million, allegedly stashed there by Carlos Hill.

Reuters World NeTEHRAN – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave  instructions yesterday for the production of higher-grade  nuclear reactor fuel, prompting the United States and Germany to  threaten carefully targeted new sanctions against Tehran.

Dear Editor, All irrigation water contains dissolved salts derived as it passes over and through the land, and rainwater also contains some salts.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Guyana’s Republican status and 40 years of celebrating Mashramani.

In a television programme on NCN on February 1, Prime Minister Sam Hinds, who has responsibility for mining, launched a thoroughly misplaced attack on the Stabroek News in relation to its coverage of the dissent in the mining sector.

STUTTGART, Germany,  CMC – US Virgin Islands (USVI) sprint ace Lavern Jones-Ferrette clocked a striking 2010 world best 6.97 seconds to win the women’s 60 metres at the Sparkassen-Cup indoor track and field on Saturday.