Daily Archive: Saturday, November 13, 2010

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – David Haye retained  his WBA world heavyweight title with a third round technical  knockout against fellow Briton Audley Harrison today.

Guyanese neurosurgeon Dr Ivor Crandon is expected to arrive in Guyana tonight on a flight chartered by the government to treat PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray.

YANGON, (Reuters) – Aung San Suu Kyi, who went from  English housewife to Myanmar’s oppposition leader and world  famous political prisoner, is a powerful symbol of the struggle  against dictatorship in one of the world’s most oppressive  countries.

GUANGZHOU, China, (Reuters) – After Chinese  spectators sat through a short video explaining the basics of  the game, cricket made its Asian Games debut today.

The decomposed body of a 36-year-old woman was found in an overgrown yard in Matthews Lane, Section B Christianburg at 6 am today.

(BBC) Caribbean countries are forging an international alliance to fight soaring increases in Britain’s controversial air passenger tax.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Taliban fighters  attacked a foreign military base at the main airport in  Afghanistan’s east today, one of four incidents in 24  hours that marked a sudden upswing in violence.

YANGON, (Reuters) – Military-ruled Myanmar freed  Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi today after her  latest period of house arrest expired, giving the country a  powerful pro-democracy voice just days after a widely  criticised election.

-suffered brain haemorrhaging PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray was at press time still unconscious following cerebral hemorrhaging and remained on a respirator in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

Fuel markers stolen from the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA)’s Quamina Street headquarters during an armed robbery in September were yesterday found at a Ruimveldt fish processing plant and two men were up to late last evening being questioned by police.

Photo identification of persons venturing into the mining districts across Guyana is among proposals by miners to step up security in interior locations.

New Chairman of the Medical Council of Guyana Dr. Sheik Amir said yesterday that past members of the body were unaware child sex felon Dr Vishwamintra Persaud was convicted of a crime when they granted him a licence to practice here.

Hi Everyone, With the American holiday of Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, all over the television channels, online, on air and in the newspapers, there is talk of the turkey.

In a twist of events, CN Sharma’s long awaited appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was on Wednesday adjourned due to the lack of stationery at the court.

Guyana is projected to rake in US$280 million in remittances this year, US$27 million more than the US$253 million received last year, the World Bank’s latest Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 says.

PNCR leader Robert Corbin yesterday announced that the party has finally settled on the procedure for the selection of its presidential candidate and said the process would be made public by Monday.

The National Disabled People’s Network (NDPN) yesterday at its second General Assembly selected a new executive as the organisation became a registered non-governmental organisation this year.

-closed section back in operation Now that the fire at the Mandela landfill has been extinguished, plans are being made to reopen a section to accommodate more garbage until the scheduled opening of the Haags Bosch facility next year.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has appointed Vanessa Thompson Manager, with responsibility for Finance and Planning.

Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday said that it has not increased its prices for sugar to its wholesalers, while expressing alarm at reports from retailers who are alleging that they had to pay an increase for bagged sugar by a wholesaler.

-questions lack of info on mining fund The National Toshaos Council (NTC) was described as “toothless” by PNCR-1G MP Dr.

The US$20 million recently identified as necessary to expand Guyana Power and Light(GPL)’s generation system by 15.6 megawatts may not be the last such investment required, the company’s CEO Bharrat Dindyal says.

-Commonwealth Group Strong parliamentary action to air grievances and expose bad government is required to prevent or resolve serious conflicts that destabilize entire nations, representatives from eight Commonwealth Parliaments, including Guyana, say.

The High Commission of Canada says all sections of the mission will be closed to the public on Monday.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is inviting the public to submit nominees for its Annual Awards Presentation before Monday.

-TB reports under close watch In response to concerns about multiple reports of tuberculosis (TB) in the North West District community of Tobago Hill in the Mabaruma Sub-Region, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has said that teams had already been sent in to investigate the public health status of the community.

Workers of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) have down tools following the non-payment of salaries for weekly workers and disciplinary action taken against the Town Clerk.

Businessman and host of the Eye on the Issues programme Yesu Persaud has apologised to Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud over a statement made on the November 7 programme by businessman Peter Ramsaroop.

What are most local men under age 25 doing these days?

Although the Police ‘D’ Division is understaffed it has been successful in reducing crime this year, Commander Balram Persaud said yesterday.

A Rupununi farmer accused of stabbing his wife in her back with an arrow was yesterday remanded to prison on a wounding charge.

Technology is my best friend. Like, perhaps most of the world, I cannot imagine my life without it.

Six persons from the fifth batch of winners in the Lucky Dollar – Guyana ‘Early Bird Savings Promotion’ received their grocery hampers at a simple presentation at the company’s Regent Street branch on Thursday.

-Straker steals 400m win from Letitia Myles The official results were yet to come in up to press time last night but unofficially District 10 are the winners of the National Schools, Track and Field Championships which climaxed late last night at the National Stadium at Providence.

A man who was on Thursday arrested for behaving disorderly in the Port Kaituma Hospital compound was subsequently found with an illegal firearm and matching rounds.

The Majek Fingers Drumming School will receive a quantity of musical instruments from Caribbean Peoples International Collective Inc, a non-profit organisation and two other private donors on Monday.

– but also notes thousands of success stories The Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) says it is extremely distressed at  the recent upsurge in cases of maternal deaths which appear to have been the result of negligence by medical personnel but the body also noted that there are thousands and thousands of success stories by those who have received treatment at these institutions.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: The arrival of Santa and his entourage was the moment every screaming child at last evening’s Courts Christmas Tree Light Up was waiting for.

– heads into studio to record with Ne Yo (Jamaica Observer) – Reggae artiste Gyptian copped another major award on Wednesday night.

—captures Valladares Trophy Fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud yesterday picked up from where he left off at this year’s Commonwealth Games by winning the first two stages of the Queensway-sponsored Guyana National Rifle Shooting Association Fullbore national championships at Timehri Rifle Ranges.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A duet recorded by Michael Jackson and rapper-producer Akon will go on sale on Monday — the first single off an album of new music from the King of Pop after his death in 2009, his record label said on Thursday.

From Marlon Munroe in Blairmont The Rest Team swung the pendulum back their way after a brilliant unbeaten century from opening batsman Shemroy Barrington on the third day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Four-Day tournament at the Blairmont Community Centre ground yesterday.

A 46-year-old man accused of having a quantity of narcotics in his possession was on Thursday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The stage of the National Cultural Centre will see the unfolding of comedic performances tonight through which actors and actresses will portray the sacrifices of the Indians in colonial times as written in three plays by Guyanese award-wining playwright Sheik Sadeek.

-Dowlin, Johnson hit unbeaten tons Essequibo suffered another humiliating defeat in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Four-day tournament  when they were beaten by an innings and 38 runs inside two days at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground yesterday.

The European Union (EU) pledged support for the establishment of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) at a Caricom meeting held on Wednesday.

A big food and beverage festival is planned for November 27 and according to the organizer, Global Friendships Foundation, the festival will give Guyanese an opportunity to sample some of the best cuisine and beverages from Guyana and neighbouring countries.

The preparation of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) got a push start last month when  US$400,000 in grant funding was made available after CARICOM and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) formalized the Technical Cooperation Agreement.

– AND 1 players amaze in warm-up game Promoters of the current All-Star Basketball Weekend, which began yesterday unveiled the uniforms that will be worn by Guyana’s All-Star players and disclosed  the members of Wildfire’s Guyana “All-Star team who  will clash with the AND 1 Streetball team tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A Sophia woman accused of a theft in excess of $210,000 was on Thursday granted bail in the sum of $125,000 after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, November 9, I learnt that my dear aunt was ill and a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corpora-tion. 

GRAPEVINE, Texas, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao aims to  enhance his place among boxing’s elite while Antonio Margarito has a chance of redemption when they clash in today’s hotly  anticipated WBC super welterweight bout.

Dear Editor, Is Guyana a better place than it was in 1980? 

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat for the second time this season with a 112-107 victory on Thursday led by Ray Allen’s 35 points.

A man who stole a quantity of items from a woman was on Thursday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment when he made his appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, Several official statements as well as information in the media with respect to the identity of the Champion of Champions at the 2009 National Track, Field, Swimming, Cycling and Teachers’ Championships have prompted this letter.

Region 5 students who excelled at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination were rewarded for their hard work yesterday.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), fresh from its staging of the National Schools TT championships, will stage a competition for ministries, business entities, corporations and organizations this weekend at the National Gymnasium.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara believes his side has enough to firepower to undermine West Indies, though the hosts will be without spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan who recently retired from Test cricket.

Dear Editor, I refer to the horrific accident which claimed twelve lives approximately two weeks ago.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board executive says he expects the three-Test Sri Lanka tour to serve as the real test of new West Indies captain Darren Sammy’s mettle.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent case where a medical doctor practising in Guyana’s largest and busiest hospital had been earlier convicted of sexually abusing a child.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Graeme’s Smith’s 22nd test century  set South Africa on their way to a formidable 311 for three at  the close of the first day of the first test against Pakistan at  the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Opener Tim McIntosh  scored his second test hundred to build a solid platform for New Zealand in their first innings on the opening day of the second test against India yesterday.

Nicola Joseph of Region 8 last night won $2M in the Courts Vault promotion during its annual Courts Christmas tree light up.

Dear Editor, I was shocked to learn of the sudden illness of one of Guyana’s finest sons, my dear friend, Winston Murray.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – G20 leaders closed ranks yesterday and agreed to a watered-down commitment to watch out for  dangerous imbalances, yet offered investors little proof the  world was any safer from economic catastrophe.

Dear Editor, Journalists should be allowed the absolute freedom to ply their trade even when working in a state controlled media agency. 

Telecommunications giant, Digicel, in collaboration with the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) on Wednesday launched the 2010 Digicel Golf Classic which will be held today at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria will report Iran to the  U.N. Security Council if it finds any evidence that an illegal  arms shipment it seized two weeks ago violated U.N.

Dear Editor, It is with deep sadness that I received news that Mr Winston Murray, MP is hospitalised at the Georgetown Hospital after a sudden fall.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Hundreds of people have  fled a Mexican town on the U.S.

– competition continues tonight The opening night of the second Guinness ‘Greatest of de Street’ futsal competition was flooded  with goals as the first 16 teams took to the Albouystown Court on their journey to the top in search of the $500,000 first prize.

Dear Editor, On November 7, 2010 on Channel 7, Eye on the Issues had as its guest Mr Peter Ramsaroop. 

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday stated that in her capacity of chairman of the National Security Council (NSC), she was never informed of the secret operations of the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA), a unit which spied on law-abiding citizens.

Dear Editor, The government can spend $40 million on a race track, but can’t spend $10 million on old age pensioners.

The seventh staging of the annual Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Competition was officially launched Thursday at the Guyana Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said yesterday he would promote a general accused by  the United States of helping Colombian guerrillas smuggle  cocaine, to armed forces’ general in chief.

(Jamaica Observer) Two workmen died on Wednesday after the walls of a trench in which they were working to lay sewer pipes in Barbican, St Andrew, collapsed, covering them under mounds of earth.

(Jamaica Observer) Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has ordered members of the constabulary to dress and conduct themselves more professionally.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies will enter the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle next week with precious little match practice after the final day of their tour game against the President’s XI was washed out yesterday.

Dear Editor, These days as we prepare to embrace Christmas, happiness is predicated upon consumption and the only virtuous activity is material enrichment.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Facebook will unveil  changes to its messaging system at a press event on Monday,  according to a person familiar with the matter.

Twenty years ago, humiliated by the landslide election of Aung San Suu Kyi, the military junta in Burma ignored the poll, placed the newly elected leader under house arrest and decided to play a waiting game with the international community.

Former prime minister Patrick Manning stated yesterday that he was “not aware at all” that President George Maxwell Richards’ phone was being monitored by the Strategic Intelligence Agency (SIA).