Articles published on Saturday, November 20, 2010
Heavy winds, the result of a sudden and short storm around 9 am today lifted a house off the ground and deposited it almost in a neighbour’s yard, in addition to causing other damage at Bath Housing Scheme, West Coast Berbice.
LISBON (Reuters) – NATO endorsed a plan today to hand control of security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 and the alliance’s leader said the NATO-led force would cease combat operations by then.
(Trinidad Express) – Opposition MP Patrick Manning last night questioned where the money being used to construct the private house of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, which he described as “Kamla’s palace”, was coming from.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – The body of the late Reggae singer Gregory Isaacs will be laid to rest today following the funeral at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.
Two armed men tried to stick up a Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara businesswoman shortly before midnight last night, but were forced to flee empty-handed after she started screaming uncontrollably for help.
In the wake of a crippling seven-day strike called by GAWU, the Guyana Sugar Corporation said that it may cease all operations across the industry, delivering the latest blow in a dismal production year.
The exploratory ‘Jaguar 1’ oil well to be drilled offshore Guyana next year will be the deepest ever drilled in the region, at a depth of four miles, officials of Spanish oil giant, Repsol said as the company formally opened its Duke Street office here last evening.
The PNCR yesterday announced that its presidential candidate for the upcoming general elections would be elected at a special congress to be held on February 19, next year.
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday met with President Desi Bouterse in Suriname in the first part of exchange visits by the two leaders to further recent discussions about a greater partnership between Suriname and Guyana.
Two men were yesterday charged with the murder of Chateau Margot businessman Dennis Ramah.
Police were up press time last night on the hunt for four gunmen who invaded a house at Victoria Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara and escaped with millions in local and foreign currency.
Three armed bandits stormed two houses at Canefield, East Canje early yesterday morning and robbed the occupants of an undisclosed amount of cash and jewellery.
“Rat-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta,” Tyrone’s hands move quickly through the air as he beats out the rhythm on his tassa drum.
Prime Minister and acting President of Guyana, Samuel Hinds officially declared the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) open yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, following an opening ceremony with a march-past of athletes and officials from Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
Every year I have a beginning-of-Christmas-season ritual. At the beginning of November, I wake up early, rush to the radio and wait to hear the first Christmas song.
Twenty-five-year-old Monica Carmichael, who expired after she delivered a still-born baby at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Wednesday afternoon, died as a result high blood pressure coupled with a blood clot.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – Western Australia are celebrating the return of Chris Gayle for the 2010-2011 Big Bash Twenty20 competition.
There is an increased maritime security presence on the coasts of Guyana and Suriname as a result of a multinational operation aimed at preserving the “legitimate activities of South American countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean,” the US Embassy in Georgetown said yesterday.
Hi Everyone, I had a totally different idea planned for this week’s column but that idea was immediately tossed aside when I popped the first piece of a caramelized-bottom of baked ripe plantain and bacon into my mouth.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, CMC – Nicolette Fernandes failed on Thursday in her bid to reach the quarter-finals of the Dutch Open.
Guyana, a country famous for producing cricketers like Rohan Kanhai, Lance Gibbs, Clive Lloyd and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, are not often beaten at home.
A recent report has found that there has been a 5.7% increase of Guyanese students studying in the US, representing a slight increase after five years of decline, the US Embassy in Georgetown stated today in a news release.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite came of age yesterday, when he gathered his maiden first-class hundred to put West Indies-A in an almost impregnable position in the opening four-day “Test” against Pakistan-A.
Despite external and domestic shocks, Guyana’s economy showed resilience and registered its fifth consecutive year of “robust growth,” according to the latest review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The works of gifted young artist Dominique Hunter are currently on show in an exhibition titled ‘Introspection’ at the National Gallery, Castellani House, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.
Budding local designer Carlos `Lucky B’ Williams will on December 11, officially launch his `She Stush’ clothing line, which is his fifth collection since he emerged onto the local scene in 2008.
GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Opener Tharanga Paranavitana missed out on a century as the first test between Sri Lanka and West Indies was drawn yesterday after rain washed out the final session on the fifth day.
Years of drunken brawls and threats to kill each other sadly came to fruition yesterday when a man was stabbed with a broken bottle by his younger brother in Enmore North, East Coast Demerara.
Upholding a previous ruling by a special committee set up to investigate claims against University of Guyana (UG) lecturer Evan Radhay Persaud, the University Council yesterday ruled that he will be back on the Turkeyen campus with a stern warning.
LONDON (Reuters) – Daniel Radcliffe, 21, has spent nearly half his life as a movie star since he was first cast as Harry Potter a decade ago.
Suriname’s female volleyball team yesterday spiked their way to a 3-1 victory over Guyana in the first volleyball game of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Lovers of gospel music are expected to be in for a treat tomorrow evening when the Power to Change Guyana Celebration concert is held.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – David Cameron will host FIFA Vice President Jack Warner for lunch next Thursday in the Swiss city of Zurich.
A fine all round performance from Viendra Gooniah failed to save Skeldon Line Path Secondary School from defeat against Tagore Memorial Secondary School at the No.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a house at No.2 Settlement, Blairmont yesterday afternoon, leaving two people homeless.
National swimmer Niall Roberts on Thursday won the 18-years and over 200m freestyle event of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association National Championships currently ongoing at the Castellani Swimming Pool.
Artist Dominique Hunter (at right) discusses one of her works with a young patron at the launch of “Introspection – An Exhibition of Drawings in Graphite Pencil, Pencil Crayons and Mixed Media.”
A man who received a severe licking by public-spirited citizens after being accused of breaking into a woman’s home and stealing a laptop and other items was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000.
Dear Editor, Recent articles carried in the Stabroek News editions of the November 6 and 17 [sic], that sought to highlight the health situation and conditions in the Amer-indian Village of Tobago in the Maba-ruma Sub-Region of Region One do require a response from me, lest the selective picture of neglect painted by the writer of these hyperboles become entrenched in the minds of the unsuspecting and unaware among our Guyanese populace.
The current inclement weather could play a major role in the outcome of the R1 Vodka sponsored Guyana Open Golf championships which tee off this morning at Lusignan Golf course, East Coast Demerara.
Marlon Roberts, 21, was remanded to prison yesterday after he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court charged with the murder of his older brother, stemming from a row over $1,000.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The United Nations-led international response to Haiti’s deadly cholera epidemic is “inadequate” and woefully short of funding, aid groups, including the U.N.
The contracts for the printing of pension books leave the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security “open to exploitation,” according to an audit of the Old Age Pension (OAP) Programme and the Ministry has asked the guidance of the Audit Office in revising them.
Defending Guyana Open ladies champion Christine Sukhram and men’s contender Muntaz Haniff sharpened their game with victory in the European Union (EU) Medal Play Golf tournament played Wednesday at the Lusignan Golf Club.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in SN of November 18 where it was stated that the building on High Street opposite the Parliament Building being torn down had been the terminal of the Mackenzie Airport, while the headline of that letter read: ‘The former Bureau of Statistics building now being torn down was once the airport terminal at what is now the CJIA.’
Nestle supports IGG – Director of Sports Neil Kumar (left) receives a substantial quantity of juices, which will be utilized by the teams participating in the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), from Brand Manager of Nestle, Selwyn Bobb (second right).
Rain washed out the second day of play between Berbice and Essequibo yesterday at the Blairmont Community Centre ground and the second match between Demerara and the Rest Team was called off at Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground because of an inundated field.
Several officers who were fired by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) last week are mulling court action, calling the issue surrounding their dismissal a “cover-up” and relating a tale of illicit sex tapes and alleged blackmail.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – Seven years ago a chance encounter with a poor, young girl during a backpacking trip through Cambodia changed the life of Hollywood film executive Scott Neeson.
Dear Editor, I refer to the article ‘Repeat offenders becoming a nuisance to the society’ set out at page 12 of the Kaieteur News of Friday November 19, 2010.
The Guyanese duo of Randolph Jerome and Shawn `Bubbly’ Beveney both got on the scoresheets to help their respective teams claim victories in the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association FA Trophy round-of-16 encounter on Wednesday night.
A post mortem examination found that Alexis Perreira, whose decomposing body was discovered early Saturday morning in a yard at Christianburg, died as a result of strangulation.
Dear Editor, I was receiving medication from NIS from February 1998 until NIS stopped giving medication to pensioners at the end of 2009.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Judiciary of T&T is calling for the destruction of all illegally obtained material gathered by the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA).
BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday she was willing to work with Myanmar’s military junta who locked her up for 15 years and she would support its new political system if it helped the people.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has turned to India’s top legal official to represent him at the Supreme Court over why he failed to probe what is emerging as one of the country’s biggest corruption scams.
(Jamaica Gleaner) David Smith, head of the failed foreign-exchange trading scheme Olint, is in United States custody today after he was handed over to American authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on Thursday.
The Board of the CARICOM Development Fund last Friday authorized its Chief Executive Officer Lorne T.
Dear Editor, My father, a contractor has been self employed for 33 years.
The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club retained its Berbice Cricket Board/ Tenelec Inc.
Floyd Carmichael won four games and ended with a positive spread of 345 to win the Eid-ul-Adha Scrabble Competition staged by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) on Wednesday at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.
Following a ganja bust, Bartica shop owner Fiona De Freitas was remanded on Wednesday on a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Dear Editor, Indian-Guyanese (as well as non-Indians) and other people of Indian origin (PIO) face serious health issues that are either hereditary or caused by their eating habits and lifestyle.
(Trinidad Express) An Iranian national, suspected to be linked with international terrorist organisations, was detained at a house in Arouca on Wednesday.
BRUSSELS/DUBLIN, (Reuters) – A financial aid plan to help Ireland cope with its battered banks will be unveiled next week, EU sources said on Friday, but experts warned a rescue may not be enough to prevent contagion to other euro zone members.
On November 11, while millions of Europeans and North Americans bought poppies and gathered at the tombs of various unknown soldiers, during a quiet ceremony on Carifesta Avenue, the President of the Guyana Legion, Hector Bunyan, gave a dismaying account of the poverty which afflicts many local veterans.
Dear Editor, The shocking figure of $85,971 per month for an engineer was pulled from the same e-procurement website the government set up to rob the independent print media of ads in a barefaced attempt to destroy press freedom and democracy in turn.
(Jamaica Observer) Popular dancehall deejay ‘Zebra’ was sentenced to 30 years at hard labour in the St Catherine Circuit Court, yesterday morning.
An auto mechanic accused by the police of obtaining a stolen motorcycle was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $300,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Kriskal Persaud and David Khan (1386), with four points each are in the lead at the end of round five of the Neal and Massy/Seven Seas National Chess Championships on Wednesday at the Ocean Spray Hotel, Kitty.
LISBON, (Reuters) – NATO leaders agreed yesterday to develop a missile defence shield linking systems in the United States and Europe to protect member states against long-range attacks from regions such as the Middle East.
