Daily Archive: Monday, June 21, 2010

*missing captain was engulfed by flames *vessel had been dubbed as troublesome Leslie Adams, a survivor of Saturday morning’s trawler explosion off the Waini coast recalled awaking to fire and seeing his still missing captain engulfed in flames.

A 41-year-old mini-bus conductor was stabbed to death at Stabroek Market square just after midnight yesterday following an argument with another man.

-other hospitalised The driver of one of the cars involved in the fatal smash-up at No.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Pakistani-born American  citizen defiantly pleaded guilty today to attempting to set  off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square, saying that Islamist  extremists would continue to attack the United States.

Despite oil exploration company, CGX Energy Inc’s decision not to drill here this year at least one company expects to commence drilling onshore in a couple of months.

Over a week after breaking both his legs in a crash on the Bee Hive Public Road, Leslie Anthony Simon remains an in-patient in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown hospital and police are yet to interview him.

No provisions have been made by police to secure the crime scene at the George Street house in which Jamal Beete’s body was discovered on Saturday afternoon.

-no word yet from Synergy Construction of the access road and the transmission line to the proposed site for the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHEP) has been timetabled to start next month, although it is unclear whether Synergy Holdings is in a position to begin the project as scheduled.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a global partnership to reduce extreme poverty by setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015.

The National Commission on Law and Order (NCLO) met recently with residents of Eccles and nearby East Bank Demerara communities to discuss issues affecting them.

Basseterre, St Kitts – Yesterday was the South Africans’ turn to suffer from sunburn and toil in the field.

Dear Editor The Forest Products Association (FPA) notes that the US State Department 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report erroneously claims that approximately 984 children were removed from exploitative labour in Guyana between 2005 to 2009.

Ahmad Ally, the man who was charged with attempting to sell a plot of land at Turkeyen to  a man using a forged transport was refused bail on Friday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her charged with trying to sell the same plot of land to another man.

Dear Editor, I consider the reaction of the Honourable Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green to inquiries for details of his trip to China to be bordering on hypocrisy.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Brazil dented more African  hopes in the World Cup yesterday by outclassing Ivory Coast to  sweep into the second round, while European torment increased  with an unseemly rebellion in the French camp.

While GuySuCo’s first crop production was around 10,000 tonnes below its revised first crop figure it fell considerably below what its turnaround plan had envisaged and former shadow minister of agriculture, Anthony Vieira has refuted the view that the low output is attributable to the arid El Nino weather.

Dear Editor, Sasenarine Singh’s June 18, 2010 letter titled ‘The presidential candidate of a Guyana People’s Partnership would have to be someone not tainted by the PPP or PNC’ was refreshing, but it is not without question. 

Portugal vs. North Korea 7.30am Chile vs. Switzerland 10:00am Spain vs.

An autopsy conducted last Friday on the body of miner Wilberforce Kendall could not determine the cause of death due to its decomposed state.

Regional Chairman for Region Six  Zulfikar Mustapha has praised  top junior cyclist Neil Reece  for his success at the Beacon Cycling Festival held in Trinidad and Tobago in April.

Dear Editor, The United States State Department has once again issued a report scathingly critical of the Government of Guyana’s approach to the social phenomenon of trafficking in persons.

Dear Editor, I am a born Essequibian.  I am over 60 years old, and recently read of the problems with the Supenaam ferry stelling.

The owner of Versus Auto Sales and his business partner were each placed on $150,000 bail when they appeared before acting Chief Magis-trate Melissa Robertson on Friday charged jointly with obtaining money by false pretence.

The Royal Youth Movement athletics club dominated the De Gold Striders Games when the event rolled off yesterday at the Police Sports club Ground, Eve Leary.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Former Defense Minister Juan  Manuel Santos swept to a landslide victory in Colombia’s  run-off election yesterday to succeed Presi-dent Alvaro Uribe as  the leader of Washington’s top ally in Latin America.

Two men posing as passengers robbed a taxi driver of $800 and drove off with his car which they stripped of several parts before abandoning it several miles away.

BURAS, La., (Reuters) – BP Plc estimates that a  worst-case scenario rate for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could  be about 100,000 barrels of oil per day, according to an  internal company document released yesterday by a senior U.S. 

Dear Editor, A prominent NY-based Guyanese, James Permaul, a Port Mourant native, passed away last Monday in  NY. 

Mike Guyadin had an inspirational day on the golf course and eased to victory in the Muneshwar’s Ltd.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) says it is considering a number of wide-ranging recommendations made at its Strategic Assessment Validation Workshop to improve its service.

Dear Editor, I could not believe that we would hear of an execution (of a convicted inmate on death row since 1985) by firing squad which took place a few days ago in Utah.

-Corinne Van Ryck De Groot By Carwyn Holland Following her failure to snatch the coveted Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight world title belt from Shondell `Mystery Lady’ Alfred the multi-talented Corinne Van Ryck De Groot is turning her attention to other pursuits.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran hanged the convicted leader  of a Sunni Muslim rebel group yesterday for his involvement in  deadly attacks in the Islamic state, state television reported.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is refuting allegations made in the Kaieteur News of Wednesday, June 16, 2010, that a radio communication set has been stolen from a police vehicle attached to the Mahaicony Police Station, which was published in an article under the caption ‘Transmitting set stolen from police vehicle.’

BEIJING/WASHINGTON – Policymakers in the world’s economies  will closely monitor the Chinese yuan this week for signs that  it is actually moving after Beijing announced it would make its  exchange rate more flexible.

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican businessman who authorities said stashed US$83 million in several financial institutions in the United States is now the subject of intense scrutiny by investigators from at least three investigative arms of US law enforcement.

Ulric Trotz is Science Advisor to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, based in Belmopan, Belize.

Karatekas of the Guyana Karate College (GKC) stepped up their training regimen when they went through their paces at the Marudi Resort on the Linden Highway last weekend.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling on its members and businesses to seek compliance with the international standards for their business process, products and services.

Dear Editor, The next general elections in Guyana will surely test the maturity of the Guyanese people and our electoral systems.

Seventeen persons have been arrested and charged as motorists have breached traffic regulations by transporting persons in the tray and goods compartment of the trucks and other goods transportation vehicles, without permission.

Some places on earth are stunning just as they are – Utah’s Bryce Canyon; the Pitons in St.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers detonated   cars laden with explosives outside the Trade Bank of Iraq yesterday, killing 26 people in the latest attack to raise concerns  about the nation’s stability after an inconclusive election.

(Barbados Nation) BDS$1.7 billion! That’s the amount Prime Minister David Thompson says the Pickering Town Centre project in St Lucy is expected to contribute to Barbados’ economy.

CROYDON, England, CMC – Lower-order half-centuries from Dave Bernard Jr and Gavin Tonge earned West Indies-A a high-scoring draw in the second and final four-day “Test” against India-A yesterday.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters Life!) – An electric battery  based on boiled potatoes could provide a cheap source of  electricity in the developing world, according to the technology  transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah With the FIFA 2010 Football World Cup fever now in the air, members of the public commented on the match, their favourite team(s) and their feelings about the vuvuzela [a plastic trumpet-like object used in South Africa during football matches].

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Sprint superstar Usain Bolt will miss this year’s Commonwealth Games in India, his coach Glen Mills has confirmed.

While the extraordinary levels of corruption in Guatemala’s criminal justice system have no parallel here at the moment, the excrescences in Guatemala City should be instructive to the Guyana Government which doggedly refuses to admit the extent of organized crime here even as the country is entering a potentially troublesome interregnum as the Jagdeo era meanders to an end and a new government is to be installed at general elections next year.

(Trinidad Express) Government is looking at proposals by farmers to reopen the sugar industry and access funds from the European Union, Food Production Minister Vasant Bharath said on Saturday.

Dear Editor, As we continue to look for solutions to our problems we need to reorganise our thinking process.