Daily Archive: Thursday, November 25, 2010

Guyana’s highest national award was tonight conferred on outgoing Brazilian at the National Cultural Centre.

A Linden gunman has been keeping police at bay in his attempt to escape their grasp after he terrorized a family and taxi driver in the early morning hours today.

Minister of Human Services & Social Security Priya Manickchand this afternoon said that she was “horrified” that convicted child-sex felon Dr Vishwamintra Persaud was given a licence to practice in Guyana and was employed by the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

A boat powered by an outboard motor engine yesterday afternoon collided with a paddle boat in the Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River and a man is missing.

On the heels of its demand for more money for its players, Alpha United Football Club was today dropped from the popular Kashif and Shanghai tournament and replaced by Ann’s Grove United.

(BBC) President Obama has declared a major disaster exists in St Croix in the US Virgin Islands – a move which frees federal aid for recovery efforts.

In a message today to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the PNCR has urged the Guyana Police Force to become the protectors of the country’s women.

(Trinidad Express) A United States soldier and his friend were shot dead when gunmen attempted to relieve the soldier of a silver Nissan Almera motorcar early yesterday, police said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A delegation from the Association for the Resettlement of Returning Residents is expected to meet with the British High Commissioner to Jamaica today.

It is 40 years since businessman Arif Ali sold his Caribbean food store in north London and founded Hansib Publications, a publishing house for Caribbean, African and Asian writers and their communities, the UK Telegraph newspaper reported on Wednesday.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australian paceman Peter   Siddle ripped apart England’s lower middle order with a   hat-trick on his way to figures of 6-54 as the tourists were   dismissed for 260 late on the first day of the first Ashes   test today.

A delegation from Iran headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Behrooz Kamalvandi, met President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday to continue discussions on fulfilling several of the recent agreements between Guyana and Iran, according to the Government Information Agency.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Part-time bowler  Tillakaratne Dilshan snapped up two West Indies wickets within  the space of three balls to tilt the balance of the second test  in favour of Sri Lanka on the third day today.

Leaders of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are meeting in Georgetown today to strengthen regional ties and push an ambitious integration agenda which currently prioritizes climate change, energy cooperation and political stability.

In the last 10 months the Three Kings Guest House had suffered two break-ins, so when the owner walked into the lobby early yesterday morning and found two men trying to steal his 50-inch plasma television he took no chances.

The two health ministers were taken to task by their colleagues at the recent cabinet meeting over the upsurge in maternal deaths and it was recommended that there be more stringent recordkeeping in the health sector to allow for the identification of what is wrong.

The three guards attached to Mohamed’s Enterprise who were viciously beaten by four men, yesterday agreed to accept compensation in various amounts and thereafter declined to continue with their complaints.

Murray’s funeral for Monday at St George’s CathedralFormer Deputy Prime Minister and PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray will be buried on his home island of Leguan on Tuesday following a funeral service in the city on Monday.

-five held for questioning Armed bandits on Tuesday evening robbed an overseas-based Guyanese couple of almost $2M in cash and jewellery and police yesterday detained five persons to assist in the investigations.

A Corentyne labourer was on Tuesday night found mortally wounded at a temple close to where he lived at Number 63 Village with chop wounds about his body and police have since detained three of his relatives.

Teenager Steven Julian admitted to the lesser count of manslaughter  following his second appearance at the Berbice Assizes on Wednesday after being previously indicted for the murder of his eighteen-year-old friend Keron Calderia on November 2, 2008.

Noting  the rise in alarming  cases of violence against  women  amidst progressive legislation   and a reformed Sexual Offences Act, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA)    is  contending that “the missing ingredient appears to be women themselves.”

Frustration over his spreading cancer and the pain associated with it may have prompted well-known gold and diamond dealer Joseph Hillaire called `Uncle Joe’ to take his own life on Tuesday night.

First Bauxite Corporation says it has entered into a binding commitment letter with Resource Capital Fund V L.P.

After threatening that its crippling strike action could drag out until next year, GAWU said workers have agreed to resume duties tomorrow, but NAACIE workers continued to hold out yesterday for a satisfactory pay hike offer from the sugar corporation.

The French Fire Brigade on Tuesday presented several pieces of rescue equipment comprising emergency aid kits, resuscitation equipment, stretchers, burn treatment kits and disinfectant to the Guyana Fire Service.

Twenty truants from South Georgetown and  some 30 others from selected communities on West Coast Demerara  were nabbed during  two separate campaigns conducted last week, according to the Schools Welfare Department.

Alvin Ganga who is accused of murdering Desmond Henry on May 14, 2005 and has been in hiding ever since was finally apprehended on Sunday last and placed before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Ministry of Local Government has collaborated with a private company, Netram and Sons to excavate the East La Penitence canal to boost drainage and promote a healthier environment.

Twenty immigration officers from 11 Caricom member states and seven law enforcement officers from Trinidad and Tobago have benefited from training under a partnership agreement between CARICAD and IMPACS.

The Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) on Tuesday launched a website for employers and potential employees.

Marvin Hutson, the man accused of assaulting his wife after she refused to return home with him on Tuesday last was yesterday sentenced to a six-month prison term after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Forest Products Association of Guyana (FPA) on November 10 signed a letter of agreement as the local forestry sector strives to meet the European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) due diligence requirements.

-six other clubs also lend support The pre-Kashif & Shanghai tournament drama took another twist yesterday when president of Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba said that his club will not be participating unless there are better monetary rewards for the teams and players.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyanese all-rounder June Ogle-Thomas is the only newcomer in a 14-member West Indies women’s squad named for next January’s tour of India.

Zaheeda Hamid of Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara unlocked a vault valued $1.2M

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Embattled West Indies could make a significant jump in the ICC Test Championship if they manage to pull off a series win over Sri Lanka on the current tour there.

More than a month after it was scheduled for completion the $20.35M  squash courts of the Racquet Centre, being built by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), is still incomplete pending the installation of the floors and back walls.

– Kashif and Shanghai supports…Seven of Guyana’s most talented young football players will participate in the Sporting Kansas City trial matches scheduled for Trinidad and Tobago next week.

For the fifth consecutive year Giftland OfficeMax will by supporting the annual Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza which kicks off next month.

Executive members of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) have acknowledged that no formal correspondence was given to national chess champion Wendell Meusa notifying him of the commencement of a six-month suspension order against him.

BRISBANE (Reuters) – Michael Clarke was declared fit on yesterday to play in the first bout of what promises to be a titanic Ashes tussle as Australia finally caught a break on the eve of the start of the five-test series against England.

Dear Editor, On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of all Forms of Violence Against Women 2010, Help & Shelter notes with increasing concern that violence against women (VAW) remains a tragically pervasive and prevalent problem in Guyana and worldwide.

ATHENS (Reuters) – Pedro Rodriguez scored in each half as Barcelona strolled into the Champions League last 16 as Group D winners with a 3-0 victory over Panathinaikos yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyana is currently reflecting upon the life of one of Guyana’s bravest sons, Winston Murray.

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq shared a top-class rearguard partnership with Azhar Alias to help salvage a draw against South Africa in the second test as the series ended in stalemate yesterday.

Dancers yesterday going through the paces of a welcome number in preparation for the investiture ceremony and cultural extravaganza in honour of Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva at the National Cultural Centre today.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti needs a surge of  foreign nurses and doctors to stem deaths from a raging cholera  epidemic that an international aid operation is struggling to  control, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official said.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – The Diamond Leagues series hopes to increase its popularity by creating a new award for the top male and female athletes each season, a senior athletics official said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial (22.11.10) that referred to the seven days strike called by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union as ‘’thoughtless” and in stark contrast to an anonymous column in  another daily that accused GAWU of not doing enough and followed by a letter on the same day  in SN  “that GAWU needs to make informed decisions” are shortsighted and unfortunate especially when those in the corridors of power have consistently refused to settle labour disputes via the process of negotiations or through a process of mutually beneficial dialogue.

Dear Editor, In all the hubbub around news of Dr. Vishwamintra Persaud’s sexual assault conviction against a minor girl child in the United States, one voice has been quite noticeably absent- that of Minister Priya Manickchand. 

Stabroek News introduces a weekly column by journalist and former SN   reporter, Shaun Michael Samaroo. 

INCHEON, South Korea, (Reuters) – South Korean   President Lee Myung-bak called an emergency meeting yesterday to contain the economic impact of an artillery attack   by North Korea while the United States asked China to rein in   Pyongyang.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies saw Sri Lanka seize the balance of power in the second Test yesterday, following Kumar Sangakkara’s 24th Test hundred before rain again interrupted the two sides.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s incoming economic policy  team surprised financial markets by promising deep cuts to budget  spending yesterday, moving to shore up the main weakness in the  country’s booming economy.

Dear Editor,Over the last eleven days Guyanese, and more particularly, the members and supporters of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) have been hoping and praying for a total reverse in Mr.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Pyongyang has rejected a proposal  by the U.S.-led

AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – A Texas jury on Wednesday found  former Republican U.S.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Shannon Brown scored 21   points with hot shooting off the bench to spark the Los   Angeles Lakers to a 98-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls on  Tuesday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Suspected Brazilian gang  members burned cars and buses in Rio de Janeiro yesterday in  a fourth day of violence, defying a heavy police presence and  raids on slum communities that killed 13 people.

Dear Editor, I have now lived in Guyana for the period of one year, and it is my firm opinion that the streets of Georgetown, especially, have become like irrevocable raceways.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – China is taking another great  leap forward in its Latin American energy plans, raising Cuba’s  energy importance in the process, with a deal to lead a $6  billion refinery expansion project on the communist island,  experts said this week.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Opener Khurram Manzoor stroked a fine century as Pakistan A kept West Indies A in the field for the entire opening day of the second four-day “Test” at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex yesterday.

Dear Editor, It was heartening to read in the Sunday Stabroek of November 21 that GECOM will be able to facilitate the holding of the next general election on or after August 12, 2011. 

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s ruling Congress   party chief, Sonia Gandhi, defended Prime Minister Manmohan   Singh yesterday over an alleged corruption scandal that has   paralysed parliament, quashing speculation that Singh could be   forced to resign.

By Dr. Christopher Carrico Amerindian Research Unit University of Guyana When Europeans came to the Americas, they came with clearly defined ideas about what was civilised and what was not. 

Dear Editor, I am commenting on the news item `Guyanese awarded ‘teacher of the year’ in The Bahamas’ (SN Nov 23).

GREYMOUTH, New Zealand, (Reuters) – A pall of gloom  hung over this small New Zealand town yesterday as the  government promised an independent inquiry to try to answer  what caused the country’s worst mining disaster in nearly 70  years.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Nine workers were killed at two  small coal mines in Colombia when gases ignited and caused  cave-ins, relief workers and the mining regulator said yesterday.

On Monday, three Berbice men appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo charged with three very similar offences; all three had given their wives “lashes”; all three were at first remanded to prison then placed on bonds of a year each to keep the peace failing which they would be imprisoned for one year.

The Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) will be hosting a two-tier East Coast Scrabble Tournament this Sunday at Playland, 70 Park Street, Enterprise.