Daily Archive: Saturday, June 12, 2010

-CADRES poll The governing party’s ability to enhance the country’s infrastructure is seen as its major strength, while the inability to tackle corruption, fight crime and create employment are seen as some of its major weaknesses, according to a recent Caribbean Development Research Services Inc (CADRES) survey.

– was shot in chest at close range Kelvin Fraser died of shock and haemorrhage from laceration of the lungs caused by gunshot injuries, a post-mortem examination (PME) found yesterday.

Alliance For Change (AFC) Execu-tive member Michael Carrington is advocating that the presidential candidate of the party be elected through an open democratic process, allowing the party’s membership to elect the candidate from a list of persons interested in contesting for the position.

The National Assembly on Thursday passed the long-awaited Persons with Disabilities Bill, paving the way for the establishment of National Commission on Disabilities and the implementation of several measures to improve the lives of the differently-abled.

-still under close arrest The police ranks accused of brutalising a prominent Bartica night club owner and a patron on Saturday night have been transferred from the area, one day after a community meeting was held to address the concerns of residents.

Social activist Mark Benschop was yesterday charged with obstructing and resisting a police officer, stemming from his conduct at a protest staged on Brickdam in wake of the killing of schoolboy Kelvin Fraser.

-autopsy An autopsy performed on Rudolph Moonsammy yesterday revealed that he died from a fractured skull and brain laceration.

-Baksh Minister of Education Shaik Baksh says that the printing process used to prepare the National Grade Six Examinations is not compromised.

A Linden family of six was left only with the clothes on their backs after a fire destroyed their homes early last evening.

Police in Berbice were yesterday still hunting for the killers of taxi driver Trevor Kissoon, who was murdered sometime early Thursday morning while on duty.

Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) officer Shemika Tennant, one of the four persons charged with conspiracy in the pink suitcase cocaine case has accused Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack of acting out of malice in instructing that she be charged because she had searched two of her sisters at the airport.

-court told Daniel Persaud, who allegedly used the money given to him to buy containers to build a house instead, was refused bail yesterday by acting   Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

A man who carjacked a vehicle and robbed the driver of his possessions in the process was remanded to prison yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

A Chinese national was refused bail yesterday on charges of illegal entry, forging a document and two counts of conspiring to commit a crime.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Mexico deprived hosts  South Africa of a dream start to the first World Cup on African  soil, equalising late in a thrilling 1-1 draw at Soccer City to  frustrate tens of thousands of vuvuzela trumpet-blowing fans yesterday.

–  mother is his donor A 19-year-old will be given a second chance at life, again by his mother, who is his donor, as they depart today for kidney transplant surgery in India.

After a 17-year absence, the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) Open Tennis tournament returned yesterday with the opening ceremony at the GBTI Sports Club courts in Bel Air Park.

From Orin Davidson in New York Guyana made a quiet start in the New York Digicel Caribbean Cup football tournament featuring 12 representative teams of several West Indian islands along with Colombia and Dominican Republic when they played to a goalless draw against Haiti at the Jefferson High School ground in Brooklyn recently.

Residents of Zorg on the Essequibo Coast are very upset over what they say is the “half-done work” by a contractor who was hired by the Neighbourhood Demo-cratic Council (NDC) in Onderneeming.

-lanky spinner bamboozles Proteas for five wicket haul Port of Spain, Trinidad – Sulieman Benn has had a torrid two weeks leading up to the First Digicel Test.

-Canadian ambassador CARICOM-Canada Trade and Development Negotiations are advancing well, according to new Canadian Ambassador to CARICOM Francois Montour, who says his country is interested in supporting the region’s efforts in tackling crime and security threats.

GRACE ROAD, England, CMC – Teenaged left-arm seamer Jaidev Unadkat snatched a seven-wicket haul to wreck West Indies A’s batting before Ajinkya Rahane and Abhinav Mukund scored half-centuries to put India A in charge of the first four-day “Test” yesterday.

New cooperation blocs among countries in the Caribbean and Latin America should not be seen as threats to CARICOM regionalism, says CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General Dr.

In yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Ex-cashier of Survival on embezzlement charges’ the accused was incorrectly identified in the article as Rabina Ramesh. 

The first day of the Berbice Zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Digicel Summer Smash 20/20 tournament was washed out after overnight and early morning rain yesterday at Port Mourant Community Centre Ground.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to two specific aspects of the letter titled ‘Political parties must put their house in order in relation to the national election’ penned by Mr Isahak Bashir and published in the Stabroek News of June 8.

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) launched its list of activities scheduled for the celebration of Emancipation at their headquarters in Thomas Lands on Thursday.

By Candace Phillips Michael Jackson was undisputedly the world’s greatest entertainer, Guyanese singer Courtney Noel emphatically said, as he spoke of a new single written and produced by him to honour the artistry of the late singer.

Dear Editor, The tragic death of Kelvin Fraser raises many questions, but the most important one is this:  In what manner of police force do police go heavily armed to respond to a call from a school that unarmed youths are misbehaving?

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela said yesterday a  preliminary court ruling signaled Exxon Mobil Corp will not win  its full compensation claim of $10 billion after President Hugo  Chavez nationalized its oil projects in 2007.

Persons escaped serious injury yesterday after a mini-bus in a bid to avoid hitting a car, toppled and crashed into two lantern posts outside the Walter Rodney Archives on Home Stretch Avenue.

I’m a boxing fan! No let me rephrase that, I am a boxing fan at convenient times and in my world that amounts to about one fight a month.

LONDON- When Brian Rose describes an innings as “the most remarkable one-day knock I have ever seen played for Somerset” there can be no doubt he has witnessed something very special.

South Korea vs. Greece (Port Elizabeth)  7:30am Argentina vs. Nigeria (Johannesburg) 10:00am England vs.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Local officials appeared stunned by news out of Port-of-Spain on Thursday that the new Trinidad government, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, could be having second thoughts about the takeover of Air Jamaica by the state-owned Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL).

Hi Everyone, Here in the Caribbean we have a rich food heritage centred on ‘ole time’ bakeries and bread vans.

OSH, Kyrgyzstan,  (Reuters) – At least 46 people were  killed yesterday when ethnic conflict flared in Kyrgyzstan’s  second-largest city Osh, the worst outbreak of violence in the  Central Asian state since the president was overthrown in April.

Negotiations between BOSAI Minerals Group of Companies and NAACIE have resulted in an agreement for a seven percent across-the-board-increase for bauxite workers, retroactive from April 1, 2010 to March 2009.

Dear Editor, With reference to a letter titled ‘Test cricket should take precedence over World Cup football’ in the June 11 edition of Stabroek News, The National Communications Network wishes to advise that cricket reigns supreme on radio at 560AM and 102.5FM as well as our shortwave signal which is received worldwide.

(Cricinfo) One-day cricket in its familiar form could soon become a thing of the past after the Cricket Australia board gave the green light to a trial of split-innings state games next summer.

Dear Editor, In 2008, Hilary Benn, then the United Kingdom Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, boasted that the Climate Change Act of that year would make the UK the first country in the world to put carbon reduction targets into law, and asked us to imagine what that meant for a newborn child.

BONN, Germany,  (Reuters) – Rich and poor nations  alike criticised a new blueprint for a U.N.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don’t want to go to sleep.

When the Guyana Music Teachers Association (GMTA) holds its annual Musicians on Stage concert, it presents the crème de la crème of students to delight music lovers and last Sunday’s affair, with its several film themes plus the spice of the National School of Dance doing two Linda Griffith choreographies and the versatile Parkside Steel Orchestra showing its mettle was no exception.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Two UNC financiers, Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson, lost their final battle on Thursday to avoid extradition to Miami, where they face a total of 95 charges relating to the construction of the $1.6 billion Piarco Airport Terminal building.

Dear Editor, I have had visits from GPL’s disconnection teams both at my home and place of business in Georgetown during the past week.

LONDON/VENICE, La.,  (Reuters) – Britain stuck up  for beleaguered BP Plc on Friday against American criticism  over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while the company ramped up  efforts to siphon more crude from its gushing well.

In the third week of the SASOD film festival, Painting the Spectrum 6, at the Sidewalk Café, films will be screened which deal with a range of issues related to their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender subjects.

-Celtics bench out-hustle Lakers to tie finals at 2-2 BOSTON,  (Reuters) – A fired-up Glen Davis helped the Boston Celtics reclaim their inside presence and hold off the Los Angeles Lakers 96-89 on Thursday to tie the best-of-seven NBA finals at 2-2.

Dear Editor, Is it ironic that Mr Slowe made his remarks on the conclusion of his years of service with the Guyana Police Force?

CIUDAD JUAREZ, (Reuters) – Armed gunmen burst into  a drug recovery clinic in the northern Mexican city of  Chihuahua and killed 19 young addicts, the latest in a wave of  attacks on drug rehabilitation centers near the U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – A weeping mother has vowed to serve God and never to travel abroad for economic reasons after her son committed suicide on Thursday.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Flash floods swept through a  campground in western Arkansas overnight, killing at least 20  people as they slept and leaving an estimated 36 missing, state  officials said yesterday.

This bridge at Parika Backdam Road, East Bank Essequibo and the stretch of road on either side of it are in need of urgent repairs.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Soccer-mad Haitians are revving up to watch the World Cup on large-screen televisions at makeshift camps, their first collective therapy since the devastating January earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and left more than 1 million homeless.

Although no West Indian teams have made it to the finals, there are good reasons to believe that the upcoming FIFA World Cup, Africa’s first, might well be one of the best.

(Cricinfo) The BCCI has called the 10 IPL franchises for a meeting on June 24 in Mumbai, ending a brief communication lull.

Local vintner Warren Douglas will host two wine tastings next week under the theme ‘Let’s Toast to Dad’, in the run-up to Father’s Day.

Dear Editor, On reading the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs’ letter, ‘The public may not be aware of all Paul Slowe’s deeds,’ (SN, June 10), I had to ask myself on what basis did the Guyana government decide to bring him back to serve in his current capacity.