Daily Archive: Saturday, October 2, 2010

Hi Everyone, over a month ago, whilst I was in Guyana, I went in search of allspice because I needed some to put into the apple crostata I was going to make for dessert one evening.

Work on the Northern Relief channel of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) to the Atlantic Ocean commenced yesterday at Hope/Dochfour with the authorities presenting it as a long-term solution in 24 months to flooding in the surrounding areas.

Almost 10 months after being shot in the back outside a city bar, Mark Caesar was executed by gunmen last night, as he stood at his usual Broad and Adeliade streets liming spot.

-open to power sharing ‘I don’t feel the PNC, at present, needs to apologise for anything.

-Clarke The process to decide the PNCR’s presidential candidate is to be unveiled later this month even as the party is being accused of dragging its feet by postponing a General Council meeting scheduled for last month in contravention of its constitution.

-number of records broken The Guyana Police Force (GPF) returned to the throne after beating out their nemesis Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by a whopping 202 points in the Joint Services Track & Field Championships at the Eve Leary ground yesterday.

A man was early yesterday morning found near the Georgetown Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to his legs and police are trying to ascertain if he was part of a gang that came under fire during attempts to break into a Jonestown, Mahaica home, late Thursday night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean football mogul Jack Warner has confirmed he will run gain for president of CONCACAF, the continental governing body for North Central America and the Caribbean region.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has warned that if his government’s much-vaunted US$200M Skeldon sugar factory doesn’t succeed …”well the sugar industry is dead”.

KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago crushed Ghana 4-0 to make headlines on a day when the English-speaking Caribbean had a disastrous outing at the 39th World Chess Olympiad yesterday.

Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL), after an alarming winding down period, commenced buying paddy on Monday and will be supplying Venezuela under the recent US$38 million deal.

Four years ago she was a bubbly young girl who blew the country away with her powerhouse voice when she won the Star Guyana competition.

Work has started on the bridge that links Hampton Court and Devonshire Castle on the Essequibo Coast and according to the contractor work will also start soon on a second bridge that links Better Hope and La Resource.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Attacking openers Martin Nurse and William Perkins have been named in a 14-man Combined Campuses and Colleges squad for this month’s WICB Regional one-day championships.

I once submitted a school assignment minus any citations and watched as my teacher tossed it away, relegating it to a filthy dustbin of a messy classroom.

-public tendering to start next week The public tendering process for the rebuilding of Buxton’s historic Tipperary Hall is to be done next week, with the administration hoping to start building by December.

Police were up to press time last evening still working to ascertain the identities of the gunmen who invaded the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) headquarters early Thursday morning and escaped with a quantity of fuel marker.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Australian opener Shane  Watson hit an unbeaten century but Indian pacer Zaheer Khan  struck in the final session to halt the visitors’ progress on a  see-saw opening day of the first test yesterday.

-as Month for the Elderly begins The need for a change in the perceptions of the elderly,  who are vessels of knowledge, was voiced at the launch of the Month for the Elderly at the Palms yesterday.

CHAGUANAS, Trinidad, CMC – Ryan Hurley was voted Cricketer-of-the-Year at the prize-giving ceremony of the Central Zone held recently at Presentation College.

Dear Editor, I was very happy to read that Briga-dier Granger was nominated by some PNC members to be that party’s presidential candidate for the 2011 general elections (SN, September 30).

PARIS, (Reuters) – First the French banned Muslim face  veils, now the Dutch have decided to follow suit.

Scores of citizens from ages four to 66 rode in harmony for a five-mile stretch starting at Turkeyen to Carifesta Avenue in support of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s ‘Big Ride.’

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Video referral will not be  available in field hockey at the troubled Commonwealth Games  after the technology was requested too late, officials said.

Dear Editor, I am shocked that Brigadier Granger would attempt to defend the massive rigging of the 1973 election.

MADRID/BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s Sinopec Group  said yesterday it plans to buy 40 percent of Repsol’s deepwater  oil assets in Brazil for $7.1 billion as the Asian giant  expands its presence in resource-rich Latin America.

Mawanza Glenn’s dream is to launch his first clothing line on the grandest stage in the fashion world: Guyana Fashion Weekend.

The two finalists in the Open Division of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series were decided on Thursday night at the Burnham Basketball Court after the Courts Pacesetters tossed aside the Macabees 77-60 and Ravens outscored Beepat Scorpions 68-53.

Seromanie Choomanlall raced past her nine competitors on Saturday last to be crowned Miss Queen of Essequibo 2010, at a pageant promoted by the Lake Mainstay Resort and held at the Anna Regina Community Centre.

Dear Editor,The interesting thing about reading news, letters and comments about Guyana is not only that we learn what is happening and being discussed there, it is also that we learn, in observing our own reactions to the data and stimuli, much about ourselves.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former French President Jacques  Chirac will go on trial next year to face criminal charges that  he misused public funds, a court said yesterday, in a case which  dates back to his tenure as mayor of Paris over 15 years ago.

The East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) recently restructured Linden’s Cricket Administration.

Dear Editor, I read that Mr David Granger has accepted a nomination to run for president on the PNCR ticket.

As Education Month came to a close, the Ministry of Education teamed up with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to host a one-day “education fair” on Thursday to “promote the various programmes and polices within the education sector”.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former military ruler Pervez  Musharraf apologised to Pakistan yesterday for mistakes he made  in office and said he would return to the country as the new  head of a political party in time for elections due by 2013.

Eighteen-year-old Aasieya Husain, a Guyanese by birth, was crowned Miss India DC on September 18 at the Betts Theatre in Washington, DC.

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Bruno Mars likes things just the way they are atop Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart, as “Just The Way You Are” held at No.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A computer-driven  sale worth $4.1 billion by a single trader helped trigger the  May flash crash, setting off liquidity crises that ricocheted  between U.S.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia paceman Shaun Tait  will miss the one-day series against India after undergoing  elbow surgery that will keep him out of action for at least two  months, Australia’s cricket board said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is encouraging at last, to see some progress being made in the PNCR presidential candidate selection process, with the nomination of retired Brigadier David Granger.

Dear Editor, I write in response to a comment posted in your online edition of September 22 in response to Mr Bisram’s letter, ‘Clico investors don’t care who addressed them; they want their money back’ (SN, September 22).

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti needs “more, better, different” assistance from the world, including significant private investment, if it is to have any hope of developing beyond the humanitarian crisis caused by the January 12 earthquake, the country’s prime minister said on Thursday.

NEWPORT, Wales, (Reuters) – The United States holders,  inspired by a blistering run from Stewart Cink, came from behind  to seize control in yesterday’s unfinished fourball matches after  the 38th Ryder Cup was severely disrupted by torrential rain.

(EUR) Beef, for better or worse, is a part of the entertainment industry.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations released a  report on Friday documenting hundreds of atrocities in the  Democratic Republic of Congo and suggesting ways to end the  climate of impunity for the violence.

PINTO, Spain, (Reuters) – Tour de France champion  Alberto Contador yesterday called for anti-doping regulations to  be revised after his positive test for a banned anabolic agent,  saying the whole system was in question.

(BVI Platinum News) – The matter against Guyanese, Dwaine Pearce will be heard in the Virgin Gorda court on November 11, following a postponement on Thursday.

Dear Editor, After reading Ralph Ramkarran’s carefully constructed missive on Janet Jagan’s emergence as the PPP/C presidential candidate in 1997 it has become imperative that I now re-enter the political debate in Guyana.

(MTV) If the first single from Rihanna’s album ‘Loud’, “Only Girl (In The World)” is any indication, the “Umbrella” singer has got her groove back.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States apologized  yesterday for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which  U.S.

-court hears Keith Andrews, 23, was yesterday remanded on four counts of armed robbery, in which he is alleged to have taken over $1M in cash and goods.

Sara and Nand Kishore Andrews of San Souci, Wakenaam have been making pottery craft for nearly 20 years and on this their second outing at GuyExpo, are optimistic that the trade fair will save their business.

The Brasimex 7-a-side inter-ward football tournament continued on Thursday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with the kicking off of four more games.

Dear Editor, I refer to the news item in the Stabroek News, for Monday, September 27 in which in an interview with Mr Bob Persaud, brother-in-law of the murdered Minister of Agriculture Sash Sawh, he openly said that David Leander (aka ‘Biscuit’) was killed to cover up the truth as to why Sawh was executed.

A bamboo furniture maker at GuyExpo is hoping that the trade fair will increase her market base and bring new customers.

A 44-year-old man who had a gramme of cannabis in his possession was on Tuesday fined $3,000 and ordered to do six months of community service when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Barbados Nation) – Ailing Prime Minister David Thompson on Thursday night reshuffled his Cabinet placing the critical job of Minister of Finance in the hands of Chris Sinckler.

QUITO, (Reuters) – President Rafael Correa reasserted  control over Ecuador yesterday and his disgraced police chief  resigned after officers’ protests at spending cuts rattled the  left-wing leader, who accused foes of a coup attempt.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Earl Fray, father of convicted hijacker Stephen Fray, has been found guilty of negligence after his firearm was used by his son last April in the attempted hijacking of a CanJet Airline flight in Montego Bay, St James.

A Liana Cane representative showcases an impressive tibisiri table. The company she explained uses “renewable rainforest products” to create furniture.

A taxi driver accused of breaking into the home of a man and stealing a quantity of female pants and tools was on Thursday admitted to $40,000 bail when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A very charismatic, natural leader from her youthful years, Omoni Oboli has always loved acting.

Dear Editor, In July-August of this year I was involved in a work stint on the Essequibo Coast (the Anna Regina area).

A four-member delegation from Suriname and French Guiana touched down at the Ogle airstrip yesterday to finalise arrangements for the upcoming second leg of the Inter-Guiana Games which will be held in Guyana from November 18-21.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Car bomb explosions killed eight  people and injured three near a parade in Nigeria’s capital yesterday marking the 50th anniversary of independence, police  said.

(The Dominican) – Dominica is reeling from the news of yet another murder in the country.

A common theme among the many claims routinely made for digital technology and the efflorescence of social media is the bold idea they are collectively abolishing the traditional constraints of time and distance.

Magistrate Chandrawattie Chandan and not Magistrate Chandra Sohan presided over the case of the drunk driver who ran into the Police Commissioner’s vehicle, Police said on Thursday.

2008 junior Commonwealth Games bantamweight silver medallist Clevon Rock hits the heavy bag during a workout at the University of New Delhi yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to comments made about the PNC 2009 elections in the article ‘Granger keen on being PNCR candidate’ (SN, September 30).

For Sunday Oct. 03, 2010 1. At Ogle Ground: 12:30PM  – Enterprise VS Industry Super Kings 2.

Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (Guy) Limited under the Western Union Brand recently donated the sum of $150,000 towards Guyana Fashion Week 2010.

(BBC NewsBeat) – Kanye West halted his giveaway of free tracks to fans yesterday, because a song from his unreleased album has been leaked.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Suspected militants in Pakistan  set fire to three dozen tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops  in Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, a day after three  soldiers were killed in a cross-border NATO air strike.