Articles published on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister-elect Kamla Persad-Bissessar promised today to rebuild a nation fractured by allegations of fiscal mismanagement and corruption under the defeated People’s National Movement.
– calls on society to protect the vulnerable President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday signed the Sexual Offences Bill into law saying its reforms are gender-neutral and add to the state’s arsenal to fight predators in the country.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Thirty-one people, 28 of them civilians, have been killed in three days of violence in Jamaica triggered by government moves to extradite an alleged drug lord to the United States, police said today.
Just before Terry Bacchus’ black Lexus land cruiser slammed into the concrete base of the light post on Water Street a car – carrying the gunman who murdered him late Saturday night – was seen closely following him.
– leave him unconscious in yard A 90-year-old man of Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice had to seek treatment at the Fort Wellington Hospital after relatives beat him at his home last Saturday and left him unconscious.
– were stored at wrong temperature Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said that while his ministry has asked the World Health Organisation (WHO) to replace some $40 million worth of H1N1 vaccines it donated it is not because the vaccines, which he admitted were not properly stored, had spoiled but rather out of “an abundance of caution.”
– escape with cash Three gunmen held up staff at a Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara gas station during a robbery early yesterday morning and after failing to enter a room in the shopping mart, escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.
“I never threatened to kill him I merely prophesied that he will be burnt with fire like his father at that very house he lives in,” stated 35-year-old Edward Bowen who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday on a threatening language charge.
The US Embassy yesterday announced an increase in the fees of machine-readable visas for most visitor visa classes from US$131 to US$140 so as to meet the increasing cost of processing non-immigrant visas.
Guyana ready for next stage implementation, Jagdeo says After almost one year of review and consultations, government has launched the third draft of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) doubling its efforts to forge a new low-carbon effort over the coming decade.
– polls put Bouterse coalition ahead By Mark McGowan in Suriname A high voter turnout is expected today for Suriname’s general elections, which could see controversial former President Desi Bouterse regaining power.
Police are investigation a bizarre attack on Kaieteur News columnist Frederick Kissoon around 7 pm, which has since been strongly condemned by the Guyana Press Association.
Government yesterday confirmed that Professor David Dabydeen has been appointed Guyana’s ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.
-UNICEF tells welfare officers UNICEF representative Dr Suleiman Bramioh told a workshop for social workers that the task of a childcare officer is incomplete and his/her function ineffective if children are not offered protection from childbirth until adulthood.
Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony reiterated the ministry’s support of sport and cultural programmes when he on Saturday commissioned the Golden Grove/Nabaclis and Haslington Community Centre at Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara.
The Management Committee of the Cheshire Home recently received from the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives two washing machines and a newly-installed water filtration system, as a contribution towards enhancing general hygiene and living conditions for the children’s benefit.
Significant issues affecting internal auditors in Guyana was highlighted by Deodat Indar, vice president of the Institute of Internal Auditors-Guyana at a leadership conference he attended recently in Orlando, Florida.
-foreigners also seeking services Minister in the Ministry of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran met staff and at the National Ophthalmology Hospital on Wednesday last when he checked on its operations.
– US-based group misinformed Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir insists that neither he nor the government is engaged in any form of union busting or in the denial of workers’ rights as it relates to the continuing dispute be-tween the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and the Rusal subsidiary the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.
The Region Seven RDC said it picked up 23 truant children in Bartica when it conducted an exercise on Wednesday.
North Sound, Antigua: South Africa were able to dodge a Darren Sammy bullet and escape with a 17-run win to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match Digicel One Day International Series at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground yesterday.
By Marlon Munroe Following three postponements Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) President Ryan Wissow and head of BrisO Promotions Seon Bristol are looking to appease fight fans that the eagerly anticipated rematch between Corrinne `Sexy Panther’ Van Ryck De Groot and Shondell `Mystery Lady’ Alfred will come off next month.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed his hometown Chicago Bulls as a great destination for LeBron James should the National Basketball Association MVP decide to leave Cleveland as a free agent this year.
The first regional Twenty20 tournament since the lucrative Stanford Series ended with the imprisonment of its sponsor in the United States on “massive fraud” charges has been scheduled by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) from July 22 to 31.
By Tony CozierJustifiably concerned with he frailty of the batting, the West Indies selectors are bringing back Darren Bravo early from the current ‘A’ team tour of Bangladesh to be available for the last three One-Day Internationals of the current series against South Africa.
-eyes CAC Games By Floyd Christie Nineteen-year-old Continen-tal Cycling Club cyclist Geron Williams has his eyes fixed on participating at the upcoming CAC games after a splendid stint of racing in Trinidad and Tobago.
-says Jeffrey Wong By Marlon Munroe In order to stage a successful 11th International Shotokan Federation (ISKF) Pan American Karate Championships, the Guyana Karate College (GKC) says they are in need of a healthy injection of corporate funds.
SAVAR, Bangladesh, CMC – Test left-hander Brendan Nash missed out on a century as the second four-day “Test” between Bangladesh A and West Indies A remained evenly poised after the second day yesterday.
By Tamica Garnett The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) yesterday afternoon officially launched the Under-23 Games in the boardroom of sponsors Digicel.
The Guyana Martial Arts Masters Association will be hosting their second annual Hall of Fame ceremony tomorrow from 7pm at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Dear Editor, I should like to thank SN for publicizing the very agonizing issue of domestic violence and the wanton murder of women by their husbands.
Dear Editor, The most obvious advantage of vending is the generation of employment and income by small ‘entrepreneurs.’
Thirty-six-year-old Maria Campbell of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court accused of obtaining $1 million from a man for whom she had promised to acquire an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) when she knew that she wasn’t in a position to do so.
Dear Editor, I know it was with a heavy heart that Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding rescinded his earlier decision to delay or avoid the extradition of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, the notorious crime lord wanted by the US.
-National champion excels but Guyana lose Goodwill series Current national champion Ransford Goodluck continued his excellent form in Antigua ahead of the West Indies fullbore shooting championships when he captured three gold medals and three trophies at the Goodwill shooting competition over the weekend in St.
Dear Editor, Of the Amaila Falls hydropower project Sithe Global noted, “Our environmental and social standards have been certified by our partners including multilateral lenders, such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and other institutions well-known to have the world’s most exacting environmental, social and safety standards.
PHOENIX, (Reuters) – The Phoenix Suns turned up the heat in the Western Conference finals by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 118-109 in Game Three on Sunday.
A team of police officers was dispatched to Cuyuni yesterday to investigate the suspected murder of a man.
It was with tears in her eyes that Samantha Jordan received the key from Habitat for Humanity to her new two-bedroom concrete house.
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Soldiers and police stormed a Kingston slum yesterday and traded gunfire with supporters of an alleged Jamaican drug lord who faces extradition to the United States.
Dear Editor, If we are honest with ourselves we can ask the following question: What have we achieved as a nation after 44 years of independence and political struggle?
Emanuel Van Koko was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $60,000 and then deported to Nigeria since he had entered Guyana illegally and had falsely presented himself as someone else to the officers at the Central Immigration and Passport Office to obtain a Guyana passport.
Helping to educate: The Mocha Arcadia Seventh Day Adventist Church recently donated a quantity of books to the Mocha Arcadia Primary School.
GALLIANO, La (Reuters) – The US government piled pressure on BP Plc yesterday to clean up a “massive environmental mess” in the Gulf of Mexico, and a top official said fines would definitely be imposed on the energy giant for the spreading oil spill.
Ashton Bovell showed that skill rather than size is what counts as he dominated the male six-to-eight-years-old category in both the kata and kumite competitions when the Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) held its 2010 National Junior Karate Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last weekend.
Dear Editor, In the last century, there were many just wars for freedom , and one cannot help but recognize Vietnam, Algeria and Afghanis-tan, to mention a few.
A boost: Yesterday Japarts handed over $580,000 worth of high-beam spot lamps and luminous vests along with a $100,000 cheque to the Guyana Police Force to assist ranks in the execution of their duties.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, (Reuters) – The final one-day international and the first test between West Indies and South Africa next month could be moved from Kingston to another Caribbean island due to violence in the Jamaican capital.
The Guyana government’s record on human rights and public security collided with the reality of its international obligations and the vigilance of the developed democracies a fortnight ago in Geneva.
Dear Editor, I wish to append my views to that of Lincoln Lewis, in his letter captioned ‘The racial issue has to be frontally addressed’ (SN, May 24).
A man sustained pellet injuries during a confrontation with two armed bandits who had invaded his Canje home on Sunday night.
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – South Korea yesterday announced steps to tighten the vice on the North’s already stumbling economy in punishment for sinking one of its navy ships, and both sides intensified war-like rhetoric.
