Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 23, 2010

‘Green’ design aimed for After being courted by the government for over four years, Marriott International Inc.

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar are expected to meet today in the Twin-Island republic to discuss several issues including the possibility of an aluminium smelter originally proposed for the southwestern Trinidad town of La Brea being built here.

-dredge owner, alleged assailant die from bullet wounds By Sara Bharrat and Cathy Richards Miner Clifford Andrews ran for cover after his employer and one of two reported assailants started exchanging gunfire during a deadly ambush at Mousie Landing on Monday.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Alleged drug kingpin  Christopher “Dudus” Coke was arrested by police on the  outskirts of Kingston  yesterday, peacefully ending a manhunt  for the fugitive at the centre of last month’s deadly raids in  the Jamaican capital.

Dhanchand Balkishun, the departing passenger who died after a fall at the Timehri airport on Saturday never reached the steps of the aircraft, according to a statement yesterday from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation.

The Bureau of Statistics says that  in the context of this year’s inflation target  and in contrast with last year’s first quarter  rate of 0.4%,  the inflation rate for the first quarter of this year of 0.5% has been  “favourable”.

The US State Department yesterday stood firmly behind its 2010 trafficking in persons (TIP) report on Guyana even as the government here has indicated its intention to take its protest against the report to the US Congress in an effort to “correct these misleading reports.”

A Guyanese hit-man, who was paid to kill a fellow countryman in the United States, is set to be freed in August, having only served a portion of his sentence.

Armed bandits early yesterday escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Brass Aluminium and Cast Iron Foundry (BACIF) after subduing guards and cutting their way into a vault.

Two GPL meter technicians were each placed on $75,000 bail yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when they appeared before her charged with demanding money with menace.

A mini-bus driver was remanded to prison for allegedly causing the death of a woman by dangerous driving when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with the offence.

A 56-year-old man was found dead at his workplace at Guysons Engineering, West Ruimveldt early yesterday morning and police are investigating the circumstances.

-relatives Officials of Pritipaul Singh Investment, the company whose trawler exploded on Saturday morning, have given assurances to the relatives of those injured that the men will be taken care of.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa went out with  heads high yesterday, despite being the only hosts ever to exit  the World Cup’s first round, but France headed home in shame and  Latin American giants Argentina cruised into the second round.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – As victories go it was a breeze  for Rafael Nadal against Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the first round of Wimbledon yesterday but it was the Spaniard’s ecstatic  reaction that told the real story.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China appeared to engineer a  fall in the yuan yesterday to make clear that its newly  flexible currency was not a one-way bet to appreciate, as  markets reflected waning optimism over Beijing’s new policy.

Chanderpaul named Man-of-the-Match Basseterre, St Kitts – South Africa retained their 1-0 lead in the three Test Digicel Series against  West Indies after the Second Digicel Test, which was contested on a excruciatingly placid Warner Park pitch, pettered out into a dreary draw.

For the third month in a row, as seen in the graph above, the Guyana Times (GT) has secured more Government Information Agency (GINA) advertisements than the Kaieteur News (KN).

LONDON, (Reuters) – British scientists who conducted  the largest study yet into cell phone masts and childhood  cancers say that living close to a mast does not increase the  risk of a pregnant woman’s baby developing cancer.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organization of American States (OAS) recently met at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC to explore ways of collaborating to address the challenges and opportunities of youth in the Americas.

The Guyana women’s hockey team returned from Barbados Sunday evening after a three-day practice session on artificial turf in preparation for the Central American and Caribbean Games set for July 22 – 31 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says the ministry will clear an acre of land for each pineapple farmer who was affected by the recent El Nino weather condition in order to boost pineapple production for export.

Dear Editor, In a Sunday Stabroek article of June 20, captioned ‘Government looking seriously at ethanol from molasses project,’ President Jagdeo delivering the feature address at the Low Carbon Conference was reported as expressing the need for the planning and standardization of projects executed in Guyana and implied that in their absence engineers seemed to be performing their work in a helter-skelter fashion.

BRAZZAVILLE, (Reuters) – A train derailed and  plunged into a ravine in Congo Republic, killing about 60 people  and injuring hundreds on a dangerous rail link in the  oil-producing Central African state, officials said yesterday.

By Floyd Christie A record number of 32 teams from the  top secondary and tertiary level educational institutions are scheduled to participate in this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which will run from June 27 to July 5 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, We have seen the Guyana country narrative report in the  US Department of State’s 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report, which places Guyana yet again on the Tier 2 Watch List, and which has as one of the recommendations to Guyana: “ensure trafficking-specific shelter and care is offered to identified victims of trafficking.”

The fishing industry here is currently monitoring opportunities as the demand for shrimp imports by the United States market has increased following the British Petroleum (BP) well spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Tamica Garnett Fresh from their participation last Sunday in the  Olympic Day Run Walk and Jog event, distance runners Cleveland Forde and Alika Morgan now turn their attention to the sixth annual Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 10 kilometres road race which will be held in Jamaica next month.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – As much as 1 million times the  normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near  the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete  oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S.

The Ministry of Agriculture through the Agricultural Export Diversification Programme has started a series of training programmes for technical officials of the animal health sector.

Dear Editor, I sat reading Mr Dave Martins’ contribution in the SN of 21.6.10 captioned ‘A scenic bonanza in waiting.’

BANGUI, (Reuters) – Authorities in Central African  Republic are chasing heavily armed ivory smugglers who have  threatened villagers as their caravan of donkeys carries tusks  northwards, officials said yesterday.  

Thi Fernandes and Carol Humphrey defeated Krystal Sukra and Nicola Ramdyhan 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the final of the ladies doubles of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) tourney Sunday at the bank’s Sports Club courts, Bel Air Park.

– Football, table tennis could join judo, weightlifting on the sidelines  unless govt intervenes By Marlon Munroe With the judo and weightlifting associations already opting out of the upcoming Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Puerto Rico, some of the other sporting bodies are hard pressed to garner funds to participate at the July 22-31 championships.

A man was refused bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with attempting to defraud a businessman by way of a forged cheque.

Dear Editor, The recent reports, which suggest that the opposition political parties are open to forming a coalition to contest the 2011 elections, are welcome news.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said  he would decide whether to fire the top U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Torrents of flood water  devastated towns and villages in northeastern Brazil, killing  at least 42 people and leaving more than 600 missing, emergency  officials said yesterday.

– Srinivasan N. Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, has rejected the replies filed by Lalit Modi, the suspended IPL chairman, to the three show-cause notices, terming them as “not acceptable”.

A councillor of the Linden municipality staged a one-day vigil at the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday in protest at the poor water quality throughout the town.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Statutory bodies are to be banned from making any form of donation or contribution to political parties under new regulation expected to be in place by year end.

Dear Editor, The body count on our roadways continues to grow astronomically.

A miner was shot in the right foot early Monday morning while walking along a trail at Tiger Creek Landing, Puruni.

NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday blocked the Obama administration’s ban on deepwater  drilling, complicating its efforts to improve the safety of  offshore oil operations after the worst spill in U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Eoin Morgan struck a brilliant unbeaten century to lead England to a four-wicket victory over Australia in the first one-day international yesterday.

Dear Editor, Political parties are there to form governments. Parties therefore cannot and must not relinquish their role to civil society since politics is not civil society’s leading role, unless they are organised into a grassroots mass movement.  

(Jamaica Observer)  Business leaders, in spite of problems faced by crime and Government bureaucracy, on Monday knocked the delivery and cost of energy as having the greatest negative impact on production in Jamaica.

(Caribbean360.com) Eastern Caribbean leaders have signed the treaty that establishes their countries as a single economic and financial space.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Peru has replaced Colombia as  the top producer of illegal coca leaf used in cocaine  production after years of U.S.-backed

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – All-rounder Farveez Maharoof claimed a hat-trick as Sri Lanka produced a near-perfect performance to beat India by seven wickets in the final  round-robin match of the Asia Cup yesterday.

Dear Editor, It would be remiss of me to bottle up my delight at how, within the past week, both print and electronic media have suddenly zoomed in on the critical services Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc, in collaboration with the Roetheli Lil’ Red foundation of Kansas, Missouri, have been making accessible to the poor of our country.

Toolsie Persaud Limited and N&M Security Solutions recently renovated the Office of the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, as a sign of the good relations the university has always shared with the private sector.

Not afraid of heights: A worker straddling an arm of a lantern post in Lethem 30 feet high.

BELFAST, Ireland,  CMC – West Indies A will clash with Phil Simmons’ Ireland in the first of two one-day matches today, as they search for their first win on their tour of Britain.

AGADIR, Morocco, (Reuters) – Talks on replacing a  whaling moratorium with a controlled cull are likely to fail  this week because anti-whaling countries are giving no ground,  Norway’s delegate to the meeting said yesterday.

Medical authorities are appealing to women of Region 10 to access available services for the early detection of pre-cervical cancer and other forms of cancer, following the results of a recent two day medical outreach in Linden.

(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner confirmed on Monday night he was investigating several “high-priced” consultants at Caribbean Airline Limited (CAL).

Earlier this month the new British Secretary of State responsible for international development laid out the new coalition government’s policies on that issue.

Dear Editor, I could only take one taxi at a time so I chose the one driven by a young man not older than twenty-one. 

By Tarron Khemraj Introduction The last column noted that politics and economics are intimately connected.