Daily Archive: Thursday, September 30, 2010

Uniting the fractured People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) will be at the top of retired Brigadier David Granger’s list should he be nominated as the party’s presidential candidate for next year’s elections.

A Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) bond at La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara sustained major damage as a result of a fire of unknown origin last night.

Government will be sponsoring free classes in Mathematics and English over the next year for students who would have failed to matriculate at this year’s CSEC examination, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced yesterday.

The payout process for policyholders of the collapsed Clico (Guyana) continued yesterday but there was no information from the liquidators on how many people have so far received money and the totals paid out.

…but Bhim optimistic Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim yesterday confirmed that the sugar industry is facing a heavy production deficit saying that it has slumped to “some low levels” this year, but he expect things to “pick up soon”.

Two vendors accused of behaving in a disorderly manner in the courtroom of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court were admitted to bail in the sum of $25,000 each when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday.

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is tipped to win the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, according to a leading bookmaker, a year after US President Barack Obama won amid criticisms.

Channel 6 owner and Justice For All Party leader Chandra Narine Sharma was flown to Trinidad on Monday for medical attention after the High Court granted permission for him to leave the country and is still in a serious condition, his family says.

-court told A man who allegedly caused a woman to hand over her cell phone to him out of fear as he pointed a gun at her, which according to police turned out to be a toy gun, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Caricom’s reconstituted Inter-   governmental Task Force (IGTF) has commenced deliberations on the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas with the aim of bridging existing gaps within the region’s founding instrument, particularly in the area of security.

Students’ concerns about the accreditation of regional examinations were addressed by officials from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) when the regional body held its first ever Students’ Forum in the auditorium of Queen’s College yesterday.

A man alleged to have stolen one gold chain from the person of another was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

It is yet to be determined whether the pieces of fabric found under a car match the clothes Sheema Mangar was wearing when she was fatally dragged along Camp Street, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud says.

Berbice is slowly diversifying its economy from one that is based mainly on agriculture with a growing hospitality and services sector and an expected economic boost when the CGX oil company starts exploring for oil.

Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman Ramesh Dookhoo has lauded the efforts made by President Bharrat Jagdeo in ensuring Clico (Guyana) policyholders particularly pensioners  are reimbursed.

The private meeting between Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, and the management of Guyana’s Amazon Conquerors cricket team at the ministry’s office on Main Street yesterday was described as “very fruitful.”

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under their El Dorado brand in collaboration with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) launched the 2010 edition of their Inter-County 50-over round robin competition yesterday at the Head Office of the GCB.

Bartica is much more than the ‘gateway to the hinterland.’ It has also become a gold-plated magnet for armed robbery and murder.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga has promised there will be no repeat of what happened in the Caribbean Twenty20 series, when the WICB Regional 50-over tournament bowls off next month.

Dear Editor, The novel approach by Mrs Ann Greene and her staff in taking their ‘child protection’ programme to the streets recently was a brilliant hands-on approach to interacting meaningfully with persons who could make positive contributions.

Dear Editor, What will Jagdeo’s legacy be when his term expires next year?

Is the war against piracy along Guyana’s wild coast being won?

-capture Leslie Amsterdam trophy from home team The Demerara Under-23 cricketers yesterday captured  the Leslie Amsterdam Memorial trophy with a five-wicket triumph over Berbice at the Albion Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, Mr Roshan Khan is once again complaining of noise nuisance emanating from the duck curry event that was held at Starlite Drive-in over the weekend.

– Doreen De Caires only female golfer in squad A small but strong contingent of local golfers will fly to Suriname tomorrow to take part in the annual RBTT Open, Suriname’s biggest tournament of the year.

A brilliant century by national player Royston Crandon propelled Gizmos and Gadgets Rose Hall Town to an easy 74-run victory over West Berbice in the semi-finals of the 2010 Busta Champion of Champions Tournament at the Albion Community Centre Cricket (ACC) ground on Sunday. 

Dear Editor, I respond in empathy to a caring letter, ‘There should be an end to horse carting’ (SN, September 28), wherein the writer expressed deep compassion about the brutality inflicted on carthorses, and said the time had come to stop their oppression by cruel hands, and liberate them.

Port Kaituma Secondary emerged victorious in the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary Schools debating competition held at the Diamond Secondary School auditorium.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – There were no major surprises in a 14-man squad named by Jamaica’s selectors on Tuesday to contest next month’s WICB Regional one-day championships here.

…if developed countries keep commitments President Bharrat Jagdeo believes that there are key opportunities that can be had at the Cancun, Mexico meeting on climate change that would improve on commitments made in the Copenhagen Accord last year.

Dear Editor, On August 20 I made a decision to join the DSL e-magine broadbrand faster internet connection offered by GT&T.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan cricket captain Salman  Butt has appealed against his suspension from the game for  alleged spot-fixing, the International Cricket Council (ICC)  said yesterday.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud urged farmers at the West Berbice Sheep and Goat Farmers’ Association’s Third Annual Exhibition and Gymkhana to collaborate and to capitalise on the investment government has made to help them to boost and develop their livestock.

Dear Editor, On behalf of all participants in the sewing workshop held at Kurukabaru in Region 8, I personally would like to say thank you very much to Mr Mangal.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian mother Louise Estela Nacius and her five children have lost their home twice in less than a year.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Former Indian Premier League  (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi was the main casualty when the  country’s cricket board announced five new vice-presidents yesterday leaving him without any involvement in Indian cricket.

Guyana Goldfields Inc presented a cheque to Batavia Village Deputy Toshao Bridget McWatt to support its Heritage Month activities as well as a community project chosen by residents.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my eternal gratitude to the staff of Stabroek News for their assistance in helping me to find my mother after 36 years.

Dear Editor, In his letter, ‘The mechanism which works to ensure the ethnic vote has been under-analysed’ (SN, September 23), Mr Abu Bakr made a claim about Indian voting patterns that is not substantiated by facts.

The upper flat of a two-storey Ogle house was on Saturday destroyed by a late afternoon fire, leaving a family of three temporarily homeless.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Daniel  Vettori believes the one-day series against Bangladesh will  provide his team with the opportunity to acclimatise to  conditions for next year’s World Cup.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez’s party just beat a newly united opposition bloc for the popular vote at a weekend parliamentary election that split the country down the middle, final official results showed yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of  Representatives  stepped up pressure on China to let its  currency rise faster, passing a bill yesterday that could  penalize Chinese goods, as lawmakers blamed it for lost jobs in  America.

Dear Editor, It is time we responded to all those negative writers, especially the letter in Kaieteur News dated September 22, 2010 written by Aubrey Retemyer, which stated that the administration had reduced Linden to shambles. 

(Trinidad Express) – A 23-year-old woman who was five months pregnant lost her child after she was shot twice in the stomach by a man at her home.

BERLIN/LONDON, (Reuters) – A militant plot to stage  coordinated attacks in Europe has been disrupted in its early  stages by drone strikes in Pakistan, but it is not clear if the  threat has been completely eliminated, security sources said yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Out-of-favour wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh has been surprisingly drafted in to fill one of the three vacant spots on the West Indies Cricket Board’s central retainer contract list.

A teenager accused of stealing a woman’s cell phone was on Tuesday admitted to bail in the sum of $25,000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

By Tamica Garnett The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday extended  its lead by amassing 231 points a lead of 132 points over  the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) at the end of the second day of the Inter-Service Athletics Championships at the Police Spots Club ground, Eve Leary.

TAMPA, Florida (Jamaica Observer) — Prosecutor Jim Preston is expected to appear before a grand jury today in an effort to re-indict Reggae star Buju Banton on cocaine and firearm charges.

Dear Editor,Violence against women is one of the most destructive  manifestations of gender inequity that has ever evolved.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s government has seized  the one-time state yacht of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern  Turkey, following media reports that a vice ring had used the  vessel to throw sex parties with prostitutes.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Cecil Kennard will be in Bartica on the 8th and 9th of October to meet with members of the public and members of the Police Force.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – At least nine people are feared dead as rains which lashed Jamaica over the last 48 hours took its toll.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) joins the rest of the Caribbean family in mourning the death of calypsonian Arrow.

MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – When criminals beat  small-town mayor Gustavo Sanchez to death with rocks this week,  Mexicans were horrified but no longer shocked by the latest  attack on a local leader in the country’s vicious drugs war.

From a meeting at the Office of the President on Tuesday, it has emerged that local religious leaders have “agreed to be more active in helping to curb domestic violence” and have indicated “their willingness to be part of a standard training programme specifically designed to sensitize and equip them to deal with the issue.”

In a series of one sided affairs Beterverwagting (BV), Wortmanville, Newtown and Kitty on Tuesday night became the latest victors of the seven-a-side Inter-Ward Football currently ongoing at the Georgetown Football Club ground (GFC).

Dear Editor, I recently read an article that mentioned the commendable work done by Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Trinidad and Tobago, Ernie Ross, and his company, Ernie Ross Advertising Limited, in bringing the UNC’s message to the masses and ultimately helping the People’s Partnership to power.

Donald Ramotar, bar the shouting, seems to be the last man standing in the race for the nomination as the People’s Progressive Party’s presidential candidate.

The National Assembly has finally approved the Report of the Disciplined Forces Commission.

Suriname’s path to international acceptability runs through Vlissengen Road Suriname’s President Désiré Bouterse desperately needed a friend after having his inauguration snubbed by every head of state on the planet.

Head of the Commission of Enquiry into the Operations of City Hall, Keith Burrowes talks with The Guyana ReviewKeith Burrowes is altogether unsurprised over the fact that the outcomes of the 2008 Commission of Enquiry into the operations of the Georgetown Municipality have not, so far, brought the citizenry bountiful returns.

Gerard Best goes one on one with Bevil Wooding, the Caribbean’s very own technology ambassadorBevil Wooding Since news broke in the international media that a Trinidad and Tobago technology evangelist was one of only seven persons in the world trusted with keys for the Internet, the spotlight has turned to this tiny Caribbean state and to Bevil Wooding, the man with a key to the Internet.

What happened to the Amazon Conquerors in South Africa was a considerable and predictable humiliation.

The Guyana Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC-Lott-Carey) is currently celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its founding The Guyana Missionary Baptist Church (GMBC Lott-Carey) is a Christian denomination that answered the call to Christian service more than fifty years ago.

A motor accident several years ago may have cut short a promising cricketing career; life, however, is full of ironies, and when one door was closed to Vincent Adams another threw itself open for him to step inEven as the Guyana twenty/20 cricket team reflects on its failures at the just concluded Champions League tournament in South Africa, a former Guyanese cricketer continues to climb the ladder of success in an entirely different field.

An outspoken Caribbean policeman has chosen to tackle what he believes to be corrupt practices by the political administration in his country.

Trevor Rhone Beginning with this issue The Guyana Review seeks to shine a spotlight on Caribbean Writers whose works are widely felt to have made a significant impact on the literature and culture and in an understanding of the West Indian condition.

By JAMES LEE WAH I first saw Trevor Rhone’s Two Can Play in the 80s when, if my memory serves me right, Trevor himself brought his production, I believe to The Little Carib Theatre.