Daily Archive: Thursday, September 16, 2010

– house crashes down, roofs take flight An hour-long thunderstorm with heavy winds hit Parfait Harmonie yesterday damaging at least three houses, dislodging zinc sheets and other movable objects and tossing them about the community; some residents suffered severe loss.

The Demerara Bank staff last night held a silent lamplight vigil in remembrance of their fallen colleague Sheema Mangar even as the police say they are looking for a second suspect in the slaying of the young woman.

Five years after he was arrested for the murder of his reputed wife Lennox Syfox was pronounced guilty by a jury yesterday afternoon and subsequently sentenced to death by Justice Roxane George.

The exodus of advertisements from the print media is seemingly snowballing with GuySuCo and GPL indicating recently that they were discontinuing placing ads to be published in the newspapers.

As the Guyana Amazon Conquerors, today take on the Mumbai Indians, internationally renowned Guyanese cricket coach Roger Harper says he believes they are capable of playing much better cricket than they did at their last game on Sunday, where they suffered a distressing loss to the Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Two weeks after fugitive Tyrone ‘Cobra’ Rowe was handed over to police through the efforts of social activist Mark Benschop, there is still no word on the $1 million reward that was offered for assistance in his capture.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ramnaresh Sarwan and his fitness has now become the catalyst for another explosion of vitriol between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players’ Association.

-Jagdeo says, as Indigenous Peoples’ Commission sworn-in As next year’s general elections near, President Bharrat Jagdeo says the reconstitution of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is necessary to guard against race-based campaigning.

Known to credit officers for exemplary work in law enforcement, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday went one step further in honoring four officers for their stellar contributions in the sports arena.

-denies bowing to protest A scheduled meeting between President Bharrat Jagdeo and Route 50 (Georgetown to Rosignol) minibus operators was yesterday called off and the Office of the President (OP) rejected suggestions that it was arranged because of a protest by the operators.

After a brief setback, the organizers of the True Champions Volleyball Tournament (TCVT) have confirmed that the semi-final round of the competition will be contested on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall; one week behind schedule.

With a reputation as one of Guyana’s most successful and well managed clubs, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) in Berbice yesterday continued the commemoration of its twentieth anniversary with the launching of the RHTYSC Review, at a ceremony held at the GT&T canteen, Hadfield Street.

-Luncheon The government is moving to establish a 24-hour educational channel as part of a scheme under its Educational Sector Strategy Plan to use technology to push distance education countrywide, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon says.

-police fingered in missing cocaine probe A former policeman was questioned over the weekend about his possible link to the recent execution of five persons, including a child, at Cummings Lodge.

Even as it admits that it will not be able to pay workers on time for this month, City Hall owes millions of dollars in workers’ national insurance and income tax remittances, among its current debts.

PORT OF SPAIN, CMC – Assistant West Indies coach David Williams believes match fixing remains a massive threat to the game but has backed his players’ integrity in avoiding the lure of bookmakers.

A security guard is now a patient in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot on Tuesday night by a man who attempted to force himself into a popular Robb Street bar.

Reigning national champion Sudesh Fitzgerald easily disposed of Anil Lachman by a 2-0 margin in the Open Singles finals of Granny’s Hangout Bar darts tournament last Sunday at the bar’s location at Market Street, Better Hope.

“I tek de clothes fuh wear it meh worship,” was the response given by a man accused of stealing a quantity of clothing from his brother when he  appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry-Sewnarine on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

LONDON, Reuters – Jose Mourinho’s quest for a unique Champions League hat-trick began in style at the Bernabeu on Wednesday as Real Madrid beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-0 on a night of commanding wins for the main contenders.

Dear Editor, Today at the National Cultural Centre President Jagdeo will tell policyholders of Clico Guyana about his administration’s arrangements for them to recover the billions of dollars squandered by the failed insurance giant.

In a replica of their Division Three encounter earlier this month, the Beepat Scorpions defeated the Colours Panthers 84-82 when the two teams met in the Open Division of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association Division Three and Open Leagues on Tuesday night at the Burnham Court.

Another intense battle looms as local golfers gear up for Saturday’s Farm Supplies/Doosan-sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan Course.

Dear Editor, After I saw the caption, ‘Sarwan snubbed’ on the back page of the September 1 edition of the Stabroek News, I decided to read the article and discovered that the West Indies Cricket Board had announced that the central retainer contract for Messrs Ramnaresh Sarwan, Narsingh Deonarine and Travis Dowlin had not been renewed, but that Messrs Andre Fletcher, Devon Smith and Keiron Pollard had been offered similar contracts for the new period from October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011.

Dear Editor, I sold my paddy on May 5, 2010, to a rice miller (name supplied) in Region 2.

A 28-year-old man accused of having six grammes of cannabis in his possession was on Monday granted $40,000 bail when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry-Sewnarine at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Interviews by Tamica Garnett and photos by Orlando Charles Today the Guyana Amazon Conquerors will once again take to the field, this time at Durban against the Mumbai Indians in hope of a big comeback at the Airtel Champions League currently ongoing in South Africa.

DUBAI (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council will mull the introduction of a new four-year league and a playoff series to decide the world’s test champion as part of a raft of measures to boost interest in the sport.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The world economy faces a threat from the global market imbalances that caused the 2008-09 crisis and slashing government spending can only heighten the problem, a senior United Nations economic official said yesterday.

A man accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry-Sewnarine at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, Many thanks to Edwin Seeraj for reviving my memories of Roy Clifton Fredericks. 

LONDON (Reuters) – England all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas has been handed a two-week suspension starting next season after pleading guilty to a Twitter outburst attacking national selector Geoff Miller.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Rebuilding earthquake-ravaged Haiti is a task similar to rebuilding Europe after World War Two and involves complex decisions on how to house or resettle more than a million people left homeless by one of the world’s worst disasters, a senior World Bank official said.

Dear Editor, When the global economic collapse started in September 2008, and word started spreading that Clico (Bahamas) was in dire straits having lost millions of US dollars in bad investments, President Bharrat Jagdeo went public in January 2009 with an assurance that Clico (Guyana) was safe and that depositors had nothing to worry about.

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is irate over its exclusion from interviews being conducted by the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) for entrance into the Associate Degree programme and is calling on the Minister of Education to have them stopped immediately.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) said it welcomes the decision by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang to liquidate Clico (Guyana).

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday declared his intention to run in elections next January, using an announcement on the networking site Facebook to steal the thunder from a rival’s campaign launch.

Dear Editor, The government is not at fault for Seema Mangar’s death and it is almost impossible for government to prevent all crimes. 

(Part VIII-Final Instalment)By Winston McGowan This series of articles has focused on the six Guyanese cricketers who have scored only one Test century in their career.

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – Stylish stroke-maker Suresh Raina missed out on a century yesterday as Chennai Super Kings pummelled Wayamba by 97 runs in the Champions League Twenty20.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The US trade embargo against Cuba has gotten tougher under US President Barack Obama, not more lenient as many had expected when he took office, a top Cuban official said yesterday.

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

Dear Editor, Your edition of the 7th reported that Tony Blair the former British Prime cancelled his book signing over a protest since he is worried the protest will cause public inconvenience.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s mother yesterday filed a lawsuit accusing the promoter of the singer’s planned comeback concerts of failing to provide proper life-saving equipment for her son, her lawyer said.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. athletics officials, in a bid to stem relay failures at major championships, have called a summit for next month to discuss the problem.

Even as they struggle to deal with the shock of her horrific death, relatives of Dionne Stephens are also looking for all the help they can get to cover her funeral costs.

(BBC) The man often credited with taking soca global, Arrow, has died after fighting cancer for some time.

BERNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer has dropped out of Switzerland’s Davis Cup world group qualifier in Kazakhstan at the weekend, saying he needs time to recover from his exertions at the U.S.

PARIS (Reuters) – France hit back yesterday at “unacceptable” criticism from a European Commissioner of its repatriation of Roma, prompting her to say she regretted her comments were interpreted as comparing France with Nazi Germany.

In a photo caption published in Tuesday’s edition of the Stabroek News, Orin Brutus was incorrectly stated to be a member of the Rotaract Club.

Cuba urged to free contractor A senior US official says Cuba’s continued detention of an American contractor is impeding moves by Washington to improve ties with the communist-ruled island.

Two months after they had been left to fend for themselves, seven children between the ages of 15 months and 14 years were taken into the custody of the Linden branch on the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Child Care and Protection Unit.

Dear Editor, When I lived in Canada I once gave a lift in my car to a male York University student.