Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 27, 2010

President Bharrat Jagdeo will meet with the retrenched Barama Company Limited workers on Monday in an attempt to offer them transitional assistance.

The first meeting of the National Task Force for the prevention of Sexual Violence was held today in the boardroom of the Ministry of Labour, Upper Brickdam, Georgetown.

The People’s National Congress Reform today mounted a protest outside the office of Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand her ministry’s handling of the Neesa Gopaul case.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Former Argentine President  Nestor Kirchner, the current president’s husband and a  contender to succeed her in next year’s election, died from a  heart attack today.

(Jamaica GleanerArchive Photo)

The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal today ruled in favour of the Antigua government in an election petition case.

The Leguan Post Office is now in full operation after extensive renovations were done as a result of bats and an infestation of termites.

(Trinidad Express) Guyanese national Kamaldeo Singh, charged with beating his two-year-old stepson, Etean George-Smith, to death, appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate yesterday.

Spurned lover attacks woman at car dealership (Trinidad Express) Sabrina Lalla-Mitchell’s tormentor turned up at her workplace and stabbed her to death yesterday afternoon —a killing witnessed by her two children.

A new website, Get24kt.com, aims to buy gold directly from mines including Guyana’s thereby minimizing financial risk and maximizing returns.

-others wounded, chased As Howes Street, Charlestown residents settled into their morning routines yesterday a man who reportedly `tripped out’ went on a chopping rampage which left two dead, two injured and many, who were chased by the cutlass wielding attacker, in shock.

Despite a slim improvement, Guyana remains among the most corrupt countries, according to the 2010 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index.

The life of a 49-year old miner was yesterday afternoon snuffed out after a tree fell on him while he was working at a mining area at Mahdia in Region 8 (Potaro/Siparuni).

A 21-year-old pregnant woman stricken by bone cancer is in constant pain but she is unable to take any painkillers because of her unborn child and in the end she gives birth to a stillborn and she herself dies, her agonizing screams a heartrending sound that’s difficult to forget.

The woman who forgot to drop off two-year-old Radain Wilson of El Dorado Village, West Berbice (WCB) at his playschool on Monday is still in police custody; the child was discovered dead in her car three hours later.

Nine persons, including two infants are now homeless after a two-flat three-bedroom wooden and concrete house went up in flames around 10 am yesterday at No.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) of the Ministry of Agriculture has begun a major dredging exercise in Region Two in preparation for the rainy spell.

Several Amerindian leaders believe that education and job opportunities are key to transforming their communities and are voicing their concerns at the National Toshaos Council Meeting which opened on Monday.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has said that the Health Minister’s acceptance of personal responsibility for the recent maternal deaths should be followed by his resignation.

The Sea Defence Board (SDB) is currently doing a report on the new housing development at Sparendaam, an official at the River and Sea Defence Unit said.

“It was the coming together of two champions,” according to Public Relations Officer of the Berbice Cricket Board(BCB) Hilbert Foster yesterday at the canteen of the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) company yesterday.

-had been pinned under bus The man who was killed in Sunday’s New Hope, East Bank Demerara accident was yesterday identified as Cornel Ferreira, a 26-year-old farmer of Moruca, North West District.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Usain Bolt has passed himself as fully fit again, and is looking forward to the challenges of the coming year.

GPL said both converters at its Sophia power plant and a feeder at its Kingston station failed causing the recent blackouts, however; the company is embarking on an expansion project which is expected to boost power supply.

(BBC) England’s 2018 World Cup bid team has lodged a complaint with Fifa against the head of Russia’s rival campaign over comments he made about London.

The national under-19 rugby team returned home on Monday from their stint in Trinidad and Tobago where they suffered a 18-22 points defeat at the hands of the home team in a 15’s rugby match-up last Sunday at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

-SN reporter locked out Only a few persons turned up to a meeting called by the Non-traditional Agriculture Exporters Association yesterday.

-miners to make own submission The Special Land Use Committee (SLUC) has wrapped up its work with the report expected to be submitted to President Bharrat Jagdeo and cabinet shortly.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Switzerland is considering closing a loophole for sporting bodies in its anti-corruption law following allegations of bribery among FIFA officials for World Cup bids.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – West Indies Women’s all rounder Pearl Etienne has described her first stint with the team as a rewarding experience.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI)  yesterday condemned what it sees as the abuse of the  Permit for Immediate Delivery (PID) and the Prior to Processing facilities by some importers, and urged  members of the Chamber and the larger business community to note these issues and comply accordingly.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) of the Ministry of Agriculture has begun a major dredging exercise in Region Two in preparation for the rainy spell.

A 30-year-old man accused of damaging a window of the Discount Store was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $75,000 when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(Cricinfo) Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Johan Botha restricted Pakistan to 119 before Colin Ingram and JP Duminy revived the chase from a wobbly 26 for 3 with a 66-run partnership to push South Africa to victory in the first of the two Twenty20 games in Abu Dhabi.

BERLIN, (Reuters Life!) – Paul, the oracle octopus who shot to fame in the World Cup this summer for his uncanny ability to predict the results of Germany’s soccer matches, has died at his home in Oberhausen at the age of two.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Iraq’s high tribunal yesterday  passed a death sentence on Tareq Aziz, once the international  face of dictator Saddam Hussein’s government, over the  persecution of Islamic parties, the court said.

The Ministry of Education through the National Parent/Teachers Association (PTA) is hosting a series of parent awareness sessions in depressed communities countrywide aimed at stimulating and keeping parents interested in their children’s education and well-being.

A man accused of attempting to murder another was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – A U.N. torture  investigator said President Barack Obama has ended harsh  interrogations that were commonplace during the Bush era but an  independent probe is needed of U.S.

Globe Trust depositors are trickling in for the cash refunds which the liquidators are currently paying out, but nowhere near the numbers expected.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Vera Zvonareva powered past a lethargic Jelena Jankovic in the opening game of the WTA Championships yesterday, keeping her hopes alive of grabbing the world number one spot from Caroline Wozniacki.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago will be coming harder than ever next year to regain some of the prestige they have lost, following a year in which they promised much, but delivered very little.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Two high profile Kenyan  officials faced corruption charges on Tuesday, in a further sign  the long-promised war on graft in east Africa’s biggest economy  is finally gathering momentum.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has reduced its  greenhouse gas emissions by at least 34 percent over the past  five years and virtually met its 2020 target, the government  said yesterday, a month before global climate talks begin in  Mexico.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Red Bull and the ever-cheeky  Sebastian Vettel presented Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone  with a walking frame, equipped with steering wheel and front  wing, as an 80th birthday gift last weekend.

Dear Editor, Christopher Ram’s analysis entitled ‘Mid-year report and the Debt party…’ in Sunday Stabroek of October 24, where he examined Guyana’s half year economic performance is flawed.

Dear Editor, I read with utter disappointment and frustration one of the articles in today’s edition of your newspaper captioned, ‘Newborn’s arm broken during delivery at Georgetown Hospital – grandmother calls for probe.’

NAGOYA, Japan,  (Reuters) – About a fifth of the  world’s vertebrates are threatened with extinction, a major  review has found, highlighting the plight of nature that is the  focus of global environment talks underway in Japan.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela sent troops to two  plants owned by U.S.

Dear Editor, I read with interest your headline ‘Judge reprimands Kaieteur, Times for misconstruing testimony in murder trial’ (SN, October 23).  

AUSTIN, Texas, CMC – Marion Jones has written a book that hit the stores yesterday, and in it she is contrite about the lies that sent her to prison for six months two years ago.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mervyn Williams (Stabroek News, October 25) captioned ‘The continuation of PNC’s “Grow More Food” campaign would have yielded considerable results.’

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Organisers of the World Masters Tournament have postponed the event out of respect for the passing of late Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson.

The Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Commission will meet for the first time next Wednesday and Thursday in Kingston, Jamaica, and the meeting is expected to move arrangements to the coordination and implementation phase.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s  governor on Monday announced plans to cut business and income  taxes by more than a $1 billion annually over the next seven  years in an attempt to jumpstart the U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Deaths from Haiti’s  cholera epidemic approached 300 yesterday, and health experts  said the illness would “settle” in the poor Caribbean nation,  joining other endemic diseases like malaria and tuberculosis.

Dear Editor, The headlines on page 22 of SN of October 1, 2010, caught my eye, if only in answer to a question with which I have been wrestling for some time now.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Russell Latapy has fortified Trinidad & Tobago’s men’s national team with the selection of four overseas-based players for the second round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup to be staged from November 2 to 6 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium here.

Kenwin Small of Carenage Blasters grabbed the first Cecil James Open Singles Tournament title on Sunday night, turning back Arima Hawks player Anson Wellington 4-1 at the Maloney Indoor Sport Arena.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A severe drought has  pushed river levels in Brazil’s Amazon region to record lows,  leaving isolated communities dependent on emergency aid and  thousands of boats stranded on parched riverbeds.

Dear Editor, Mr Hydar Ally in a letter in the SN captioned ‘A misrepresentation of the facts,’ published on October 6, stated that Lionel Peters was bent on “misrepresenting the facts regarding the selection of presidential candidates… since he was not a member of the leadership… and as such was not privy to what transpired.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A growing African food sector can  yield private sector returns on the back of government support,  said a report yesterday, which also said that a global grain  reserve may be needed to protect consumers from price spikes.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Trent Bridge will be one of the stops on West Indies’ tour of England in two years time.

The Ethnic Relations Com-mission (ERC) met with hundreds of residents in regions, two and three, and in interior regions, one, eight and nine during a recent four-day visit aimed at promoting its mandate of national unity.

NAGOYA, Japan, (Reuters) – Delegates at a global  U.N. meeting to preserve natural resources moved closer yesterday to agreeing ways to set aside about $4 billion to help  developing nations save tropical forests, as studies  highlighted the plight of nature.

Dear Editor, I agree with Leon James Suseran (‘Where are the local media?’

(Barbados Nation) It’s the end of the road for Government’s lead political adviser Hartley Henry.

When, two weeks ago, our editorial concerned itself largely with the changing political fortunes in the leadership of the Barbados Democratic Labour Party, there was already widespread speculation in that country that the serious illness of Prime Minister David Thompson was almost certainly one of the considerations in former Prime Minister Owen Arthur’s decision to mount a challenge to Ms Mia Mottley.