Daily Archive: Monday, May 31, 2010

Heavy rain over the past two days has left parts of the mining community of Mahdia inundated, affecting road transportation to and from the area.

-‘Hit-man confesses’ As Bibi Raffina Saymar lay dying early Saturday morning, her reputed husband, who is accused of putting a contract on her, showed up, looked at the still living Saymar and walked from their apartment without offering help.

…after 30 minutes of rain With the Hope Canal threatening their future and the drought-like El Nino just behind them, Dochfour residents are under inches of floodwater again and are blaming poor drainage maintenance.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli commandos stormed a  convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships today and more than 10 of the  mostly international activists aboard were killed, provoking a  diplomatic crisis and Palestinian charges of a “massacre”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A former member of the security forces trained as an explosive expert is the suspected mastermind behind the elaborate defence system established around Tivoli Gardens last week.

-two passengers held Two outgoing LIAT passengers and three other persons were arrested after a gun, ammunition and more than a kilogramme of cocaine were discovered in their luggage.

There appears to be uncertainty as to what the actual cost of constructing the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Plant (AFHEP) will be with the project’s developers Sithe Global LLC and the government citing different prices.

The Akawini land records for Presidential Advisor Odinga Lumumba which the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission said it was unable to track down are not likely to be found because Lumumba has disclosed that he never had a lease for the land.

The independent probe into the treatment that late minister Dr Desrey Fox received at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) confirmed that the hospital did everything possible given the circumstances, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said.

Members of three families are appealing for assistance after a palm tree fell on the building they call home last Tuesday, damaging the roof and other parts along with furniture.

Guyana’s rifle shooters completely dominated their regional opponents to emerge overall winners of the West Indies Fullbore shooting championships which ended yesterday at the Paragon rifle ranges in Barbados.

…not sparring over photos President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh should be more concerned about the allegations of irregularities in the board’s finances instead of trying to prove that the cricket hostel at LBI is not falling apart two months after it opened its doors, according to a source close to the board.

Roseau, Dominica: – West Indian hearts were once again broken at Windsor Park.

-court hears of frequent abuse A man who was charged with unlawfully wounding his wife was refused bail by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Friday after years of abuse was unveiled by the complainant in the matter.

A man on remand on a murder charge appeared in court on Friday accused of assaulting a female police officer at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

By Marlon Munroe World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) light middleweight champion Hector Camacho Jr. 

Education Minister Shaik Baksh talks with Guyana Review Editor Arnon Adams about issues, challenges and accomplishments in Guyana’s education system Challenge and Controversy Challenge and controversy are common to Guyana’s education system.

“Live Happy, Live Healthy, Live Rite.” That is the business tag line of the spanking new branch of Rite Vitamins Incorporated which officially opened its doors to the Guyanese public Friday.

Cabinet has given the go-ahead to eight contracts valued over $750 million in the public works sector.

Poor performance, poor report Guyana has been the subject of poor reports from international organisations because its record of governance has been poor.

President of the Guyana Scrabble Association, Moen Gafoor won the Indepen-dence Day Open tournament held last Wednesday at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce building.

Simone King also known as Diane De Nobrega was granted $250,000 bail on Friday on the last two charges of fraudulent conversion which were read to her on April 22 by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Dear Editor, In letters to the editor, during 2008 and 2009 I attempted to demonstrate some fairly obvious flaws in the government’s chosen response to the challenges facing single parents, the ill-conceived President’s Youth Choice Initiative, and the administration’s unimaginative response to the growth in delinquency and youth crime.

Labour on a highway to nowhereMay Day has become a bearable irritant, the presence of red-shirted workers on the traditional Labour Day March indicative of a sentimental attachment to a time-worn tradition rather than to any inherent belief in the dictum that the union makes us strong.

The authorities have declared that gold production for this year is on target as figures compiled at the end of the first quarter have surpassed those for the same period last year.

– Sukhai Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai says Guyana’s efforts to improve the livelihoods of its Indigenous people were recognised at the Ninth United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held late last month at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Unsure about UNASUR How prepared is Guyana for the presidency of the Union of South American Nations?

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sport Alfred King was expected to be returned as president of the Guyana Football Referees Council at yesterday’s Annual General Meeting at the Carifesta Sports Complex.

Dear Editor, Your article captioned ‘Jagdeo, Corbin meet on local government poll,’ of May 26, tells us nothing new about where we are going with much talked about local government reform and movement on legislation currently before Parliament.

Dear Editor, Ms. Kamla Persad Bissessar will be a great Prime Minister according to views obtained from NACTA’s post-election opinion survey after she won T&T’s general elections 29-12.

The failure of Guyana’s National Drug Strategy Master Plan Guyana’s National Drug Strategy Master Plan 2005-2009 has expired.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Tamim Iqbal launched an audacious  assault on the England bowlers yesterday during a glorious  Bangladesh counter-attack on the fourth day of the first test at  Lord’s.

ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton returned to the  top of the Formula One podium for the first time this season yesterday with a smile of delight that only rubbed salt in Red  Bull’s wounds.

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The difficulty with the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative The United States must work more closely with the Caribbean Community if the region is to be made more, not less, secure.

Building under our sun – Part II Following is the second part of “Building Under the Sun” by Rory Westmas Ideas suffer a sea-change But the discipline of classical architecture on its way to the Caribbean went through a middle passage and suffered a sea change.

PHOENIX,  (Reuters) – An inspirational Kobe Bryant  and the Los Angeles Lakers booked their place in the NBA Finals  by beating the Phoenix Suns 111-103 in Game Six on Saturday to win the Western Conference championship series 4-2.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The remnants of Tropical  Storm Agatha dumped more rain across Central America yesterday  after killing at least 86 people in the region, sparking fears  of further mudslides in three countries.

The Guyana Local Government Officers Union is disgusted at the “vile, cowardly and heinous act” committed against Kaieteur News columnist and trade union leader Frederick Kissoon.

Dear Editor, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname are two sister Caricom neighbours which have recently held and concluded their general elections quite peacefully, a testimony to their apparent democratic principles.

Dear Editor, Daily I agonize over the tragedy of Guyana. And this tragedy has nothing to do with the governments that have led Guyana for the last forty years.

—says Hilaire ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – The soon-to-be opened High Performance Centre will not purely address on-the-field matters, a top West Indies Cricket Board official has assured.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, on behalf of the government, has expressed sympathy to the family of Austin Lashley who died following a collision at Sheriff Street and Rupert Craig Highway on Wednesday morning.

Their challenges Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week on What The People Say we spoke to West Berbice women who were part of the single parent programme sponsored by the Ministry of Labour, Human Services & Social Security.

Elevating the Carnegie School of Home Economics to its proper place Some weeks ago in the course of an interview with the a senior manager of the Pegasus Hotel the question of meeting the challenge of finding skills to meet the various disciplines associated with the day-to-day running of hotels and guest houses arose and my interviewee immediately began to sing the praises of the Carnegie School of Home Economics, pointing out in the process that he believed that but for Carnegie most of not all  of the major hotels in Guyana would probably be in dire straits.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the Guyana Power & Light (GPL) Basketball Team for securing the Inter-Organization Basketball title for the second consecutive year at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last week.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Tuesday handed over a quantity of items estimated to be worth US$90,000 to the Linden Salvation Council (LSC).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Blair Wynne scored a first-half hat-trick to propel Trinidad and Tobago to a crushing 9-0 defeat of Guyana in their senior women’s international friendly at the National Hockey Centre on Friday night.

By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St.

Increasing the Caribbean’s human capital in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Fields: The Pivotal Role of Mentoring This year the eleventh in the series of William G.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Former Colombian Defense  Minister Juan Manuel Santos easily won a first round  presidential election but was short of votes needed to avoid a  June runoff with rival Antanas Mockus, officials said yesterday.

During the 1970s, Tradewinds operated a nightclub called `We Place’ in downtown Toronto.

VENICE, La., (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers and local  residents clamored yesterday for BP and the Obama  administration to do more to save the Gulf Coast from an  out-of-control oil spill that has become the biggest  environmental catastrophe in the country’s history.

Dear Editor, It is with deep regret I read about another woman murdered in Guyana (`Hague woman found dead, stabbed 11 times’ Sunday Stabroek May 30th). 

The Linden Fund Trust donated a number of items including foodstuff and clothing to a Speightland/Lower Kara Kara family that lost all their belongings after an early-morning fire gutted their home.

There could hardly have been a more searing critique of the protagonists in the continuing and demoralizing decline of West Indian cricket than that issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board, Mr Ernest Hilaire.

Michael Holding’s T/20 tantrum So Michael Holding wants nothing to do with T/20 cricket.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Venus Williams and her much-hyped  wardrobe made an unexpected exit, and Roger Federer had one of  his best friends smashing his racket to pieces in frustration as  a windy chill engulfed the French Open yesterday.