Daily Archive: Monday, April 19, 2010

-letter sent to Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation Worried about unresolved land titling and a lack of meaningful participation in decision-making, the Amerin-dian Peoples Association (APA) has urged donors to ensure that indigenous peoples’ guaranteed rights are fully upheld in all forest conservation activities they finance here.

-major disaster averted Despite significant damage, what could have been a major disaster was averted when a section of the J&R Service Station at Nismes, West Bank Demerara caught fire last night.

Avasa Jagan and a friend were attacked and robbed outside her Charlotte Street, Georgetown, home early yesterday morning.

-sources Sources close to CN Sharma said that they understood he would appear at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court today, although Stabroek News was unable to get confirmation from the police last night.

-Trotman In the light of the first ever conviction for money laundering leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Raphael Trotman is calling for the law to be tested against some of the bigger players in the drug world and said he hoped the administration would be putting pressure on the US justice system to offer up information that could result in the seizure of assets locally.

A Ruby, East Bank Essequibo mother of eight is contemplating her next move after her home was damaged by a “demolition crew” a few weeks ago, and her son sustained a wound to his arm during the ordeal.

The Latin American Group is blocking Caricom attempts to have representation on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Direc-tor of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security and Oversight System (CASSOS) Anthony Archer says.

New Amsterdam’s basketball team were in the hunt for their first victory in the opening game of the Mackeson National Super Wards Basketball Championships Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, but an injury to leading scorer, Shem Scotland, who suffered a broken finger in the first quarter thwarted their efforts and they were defeated by North Ruimveldt 78-59.

– relatives Almost three years after a young mother of two was stripped naked then shot dead by a man she trusted, her relatives are still wondering about the motive and are beginning to accept that they might never know the answer.

Closer collaboration between villages and mining company, Romanex, is critical, residents said as a major gold mining project in southern Guyana is set to gain approval to begin operations.

First ever 20/20 soccer launched in mining town The inaugural 20/20 Football tournament was kicked off by Parliamentary Secretary attached to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Steve Ninvalle on Saturday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden.

A 25-year-old man is hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot in his leg by police last evening at Mahaicony.

When details of the Indian Premier League (IPL) were first announced, Julian Hunte expressed his concern about its potential impact on West Indies cricket.

Cricket and boxing are two vastly different sport disciplines, but Brian Lara’s reported plans to return to competition exposes one common trait – star performers regardless of age or ability cannot stay away from the action.

-body unidentified The police are investigating the suspected murder of an unidentified man whose body was found in the Stabroek Market area on Saturday night with stab wounds.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics shut down the Miami Heat in the fourth quarter to record an 85-76 victory and take a 1-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoffs first-round series on Saturday.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of a man at Konawaruk in Region 8 early yesterday.

LAWRENCE, Kansas, CMC – The husband and wife team of Omar Brown and Veronica Campbell-Brown slammed their fields in the 200m to be the leading lights for the Caribbean in the invitational events on Saturday at the Kansas Relays.

A man was struck down and killed by a vehicle on the Park, Mahaicony public road last evening.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama’s  national security advisers are considering a broad range of  options to curb Iran’s nuclear programme, among them military  strikes, if diplomacy and sanctions fail, Pentagon officials  said yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Ramnaresh Sarwan continued to clear away the cobwebs, and Ravi Rampaul gained a timely boost of confidence to set West Indies up for a 16-run victory over Ireland in the Jamaica Cricket Festival yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global finance leaders  face fractious talks this week on how to shift more voting  power at the World Bank to emerging economic heavyweights such  as China, a prelude to a bigger fight over the IMF.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to the headline of Sunday Stabroek of April 18, ‘Lumumba netted millions in controversial land deal,’ with the strap line, ‘-bought from gov’t  for $1.5 M, sold for S38M,’ and to the accompanying article in relation thereto published at pages 3 and 9 of the said newspaper.

LONDON (Reuters) – Officials hope to significantly  increase flights at the start of Europe’s new working week today and EU ministers will hold talks as pressure builds for a  solution to the 5-day-old air travel crisis.

(Cricinfo) The semi-finals of the 2010 IPL have been moved out of Bangalore and will be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.

Dear Editor, There are some of us in society who are severely underprivileged and are therefore forced to beg for a living.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal won his first title in 11 months yesterday when he pummelled fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-0 6-1 to win the Monte Carlo Masters and send an intimidating message of intent before May’s French Open.

NICOSIA (Reuters) – Turkey said yesterday it  wanted to tackle the problem of Cyprus’ ethnic division within  eight months after nationalist Dervis Eroglu won the presidency  in northern Cyprus, which relies on Ankara for its existence.

Dear Editor, In April 2009, I attended the funeral of my mother-in-law and was very surprised to see a mountain of garbage in the distance while at the burial site in Le Repentir.

Linden’s 40th anniversary Interviews By Cathy Richards Overseas-based Guyanese spoke with us about Linden at 40 and their expectations for the town week celebrations that coincide with the 40th anniversary.

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – The leaders of Poland  and Russia attending the state funeral of Polish President Lech  Kaczynski said yesterday his death in a plane crash in Russia  must serve as a catalyst for reconciliation between the two  Slavic nations.

Chennai Super Kings 195 for 4 (Dhoni 54*, Badrinath 53, Raina 46) beat Kings XI Punjab 192 for 3 (Marsh 88*, Irfan 44*) by six wickets (Cricinfo) A pumped-up MS Dhoni showed why he’s one of the great finishers in the game, blasting 25 runs in the final two overs to ensure Chennai Super Kings would contest an IPL semi-final for the third season in a row.

Dave Ramsaran is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Susquehanna University By Dave Ramsaran For the second time in his political career, Patrick Manning, political leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM) of Trinidad and Tobago, has called an early election while serving as Prime Minister. 

Dear Editor, It hurts my heart to witness the negative letter-writing campaign against Ms Syeada Manbodh. 

Local boxing promoter Carwyn Holland is set to call the action when the bell tolls for the Ria Ramnarine/Etsuko Tada world title fight next Saturday in Trinidad & Tobago.

The Essequibo River is probably my favorite place on earth. A couple places come close – the Canadian Rockies between Edmonton and Calgary; the North Rupununi; southern Utah – but I think the Essequibo beats them.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez kicked  off a national party  yesterday for the 200th anniversary of  Venezuela’s independence, but critics used the date to accuse  him of turning the nation into a Cuban-style dictatorship.

If it does yield 154 mw of relatively clean and environmental friendly energy, the Amaila Falls hydro project would indeed provide a platform to catapult the economy by taking care of repressed and developing power demand while at the same time drastically reducing dependence on fossil fuels.

Dear Editor, I am pleased to see that the Ministry of Works continues to demolish illegal structures on the government reserve on the East Coast of Demerara.