Daily Archive: Monday, March 8, 2010

21 murders for first 59 days of 2010 – according to SN records Knife-related crimes are up this year, accounting for eight murders at the end of February.

Officials remain tight-lipped about its status Is the $18.8 million Venezuela rice and paddy deal still on?

Minister Clement Rohee has dismissed criticisms of his ministry’s plans to spend $37M on water cannon to disperse demonstrators, saying it is better to use the water cannon than rubber bullets.

A fourth suspect – a sister of one of the three men already charged – has been charged with murder in connection with the February 20 killing of a Guyanese immigrant in the New York county of Schenectady, a Times Union report said yesterday.

Residents of Hope/Dochfour on the East Coast of Demerara are calling on the authorities to give them more information as they are still in the dark about compensation to be paid to them for their land as well as other issues, such as whether a feasibility study would be undertaken on the proposed Hope Relief Canal whose construction will see more than 40 households in the area being relocated.

Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz is living proof that social networking can level the playing field during election campaigns.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has said that all the necessary regulations are in place to facilitate the opening of casinos in Guyana as the Gambling Act gives the minister the power simply to have the regulations gazetted, and does not require that they be taken before the National Assembly.

The Guyanese man who was wanted by the FBI in connection with a US$7M mortage scam, was captured on Wednesday last, according to the Daily News.

-GHRA The failure to pass the Sexual Offences Bill into law “constitutes the most significant disappointment with respect to women,” the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said yesterday, adding that nine months later the ‘Stamp it Out’ bill is still at the level of the Select Committee and  expectations and momentum are waning.

Teenager Ayodha Kishore captured the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) Medal Play Golf tournament last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara.

The Lady Jaguars team reigned supreme in Group `A’ of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) 2010 Female World Cup Qualifiers when they completed a 1 – 0 victory over the St.

MADRID, (Reuters) – David Ferrer crushed  Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2 6-4 6-0 to fire depleted  champions Spain into the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup yesterday and set up a clash away to nine-times winners France.

After an outstanding 2009 season, the Hikers Hockey Club is once again looking to give its youngsters a taste of international competition.

Dear Editor, The investigation of Region Four Regional Executive Officer (REO) Shafdar Ali is a case of too little too late and politics before propriety.

UNCASVILLE, Connecticut, CMC – Guyana’s former world boxing champion Wayne Braithwaite sounded a warning that he is ready to return to the world’s top flight with a swift first-round knockout of American Adam Harris in their cruiserweight non-title bout on Saturday night.

Dear Editor, Minister of Local Government, Mr Kellawan Lall boasts in a letter (‘Minister of Local Government called in Auditor General’ SN, March 3) that the investigation currently being carried out by the Auditor General into alleged financial irregularities by Region 4 personnel was done on his “explicit instructions.”

Jason Montgomery, the Australian shot during a robbery at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant in January, has finally made it home.

Winners and runners up of the just concluded General Equipment Farm Supplies Mashramani junior badminton tournament received their prizes on Saturday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bomb blasts and rocket and  mortar fire killed 38 people as Iraqis voted on Sunday in an  election they hoped would distance their nascent democracy from  years of sectarian slaughter as US troops pack up to leave.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter dated February 20, 2010 under the caption ‘$1,500 after fifteen years of contributing to NIS,’ please be advised that the information provided by the writer is insufficient for us to follow up his matter.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says that he has recommended that the fee paid to stray catchers be increased to $5000 for each animal they take off the roadways as the job is a risky one.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Top-rated Chelsea got goals in each half from England internationals John Terry and Frank Lampard to defeat Stoke City FC 2-0 in their English FA Cup quarter-final yesterday afternoon.

JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s acting president  yesterday ordered the security forces to hunt down those behind  clashes involving Muslim herders and Christian villagers in  which more than 300 people may have been killed.

Dear Editor, I find it rather strange that the weather is being used as the scapegoat for the poor performance in the sugar industry in 2009, but simultaneously is the main reason being used by the Minister of Finance for the credible performance in the rice industry.

Dear Editor, Monday March 8, 2010 is a very important day in our international calendar of events; International Women’s Day is celebrated.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Government planners and  international experts are racing to produce a blueprint this  week to reconstruct Haiti’s economy after the earthquake that  killed up to 300,000 people and devastated its infrastructure.

LONDON (Reuters) – Four in five adults believe  access to the Internet is a fundamental right — with those  feelings particularly strong in South Korea and China — and  half believe it should never be regulated, according to a global  survey.

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, (Reuters) – The Milwaukee  Bucks produced a strong attacking display to beat the Cleveland  Cavaliers 92-85 on Saturday, capitalising on the absence of LeBron James, who was rested by Cavs coach Mike Brown.

This container overbalanced into the trench at La Penitence Market yesterday very close to an electricity pole, which fortunately was not brought down.

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) – Residents in Chile’s  earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion dumped new televisions,  fridges and furniture on roadsides on Sunday to avoid arrest as  police prepared to search homes in a crackdown on looters.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)  is calling on all women to lead in the effort for greater change and growth while it acknowledges that many women have made much progress towards improving their quality of life in the past century.

Dear Editor, There is a large pothole in the road at 139/141 Middle Road LaPentience, which is posing a serious danger to cyclists, motor cyclists and vehicles, especially at night.

In the Diaspora Annan Boodram is a public school teacher, journalist and social activist in New York City.

LONDON (Reuters) – Vitamin D is vital in activating  human defences and low levels suffered by around half the  world’s population may mean their immune systems’ killer T cells  are poor at fighting infection, scientists said yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Mallorca swept aside  Sporting Gijon 3-0 in La Liga yesterday to keep up their push  for a place in next season’s Champions League.

(Jamaica Observer) Five well-known Jamaicans are among a number of witnesses whose statements the United States Government intends to use against Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the diminutive and powerful Western Kingston don who has strong family and business connections in the constituency of Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

Dear Editor, The recent letters on the topic Mr Ralph Ramkarran brought up about overseas voting have enlightened many readers on this subject, whether it’s nay or aye.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana,  CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle expressed relief Saturday after steering his side to the four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe that snapped a woeful winless streak that had stretched to 15 games.

Two weekends ago I performed in St Lucia.  The occasion was the annual Guyana/St Lucia night, and the Guyanese crew over there had asked me to come over and do my one-man thing where I sing those vintage Tradewinds songs, and tell some funny stories about Caribbean, and particularly Guyanese, culture.

Contributing to LCDS? The forest appears to be slowly claiming this house at Grove, East Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU)  in a message for International Women’s Day is urging all women to unite and fight for their right to be recognised for their rightful place in society.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The treasurer of Brazil’s  ruling Workers’ Party defrauded investors in 2005 while  director of a real estate cooperative to illegally finance  party campaigns, a newsmagazine reported yesterday, citing  unnamed officials in a state run by an opposition party.

Nowhere, has the risk of stagnation and political paralysis in local government been greater than in the area of financial probity.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Women head governments,  run companies and comprise about half the world’s workforce,  but a global poll shows that one in four people, most of them  young, believe a woman’s place is in the home.

This vendor took her mobile boutique into Grove, East Bank Demerara, on Saturday (Photo by Jules Gibson)

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Mexico emerged champions of the Four-nation Under-17 women’s football tournament when they shot past Jamaica 2-0 in the final round Friday night at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium.

In view of the recent increase in violent incidents in school and involving schoolchildren, residents of Linden were asked what they thought the Department of Education could do to deal with the situation.

A man was on Wednesday placed on $500,000 bail on the indictable charge of attempted murder, after he was arrested for leading a gang attack that left the victim hospitalised.

Dear Editor, With reference to Syeada Manbodh’s correspondence in the press, what a great advocate Syeada is for the voiceless animals.

Rowley: Other board members must go (Trinidad Express) Following a call for his resignation by Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Urban Develepment Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) Executive Chairman Calder Hart resigned on Saturday with immediate effect.