Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Alpha United Football Club President Odinga Lumumba today wrote to the Guyana Football Federation accepting the prize money and kit sponsorship that were originally on offer for the popular end-of-year K&S tourney.

President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association, Fred McWilfred has quit his post citing differences with executives of the body.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud today had charges of assault and threatening behaviour against him dismissed after his wife Romona Persaud told the court that she no longer wanted to proceed with the matter.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has put on hold the new proposed system of clearing personal effects which should have been in effect from today until further notice.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 2115h last night at Mon Repos South, ECD, during which butcher Nazim Ali was attacked and robbed by three men.

Police say they are investigating the murder of Jennifer Thomas, 49 years of Moleson Creek, Corentyne, whose body was found in her home at about 1815h yesterday.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – West Indian Darren Bravo  lifted a rain-hit opening day of the third and final test  against Sri Lanka with a fluent, unbeaten 63, his third  half-century of the series, today.

World AIDS Day is both a day of remembrance and a day of celebration. 

(BBC) Suriname and Brazil have signed an agreement aimed at regulating migration between the two countries.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Decision Review System (DRS)   has been extended to bilateral one-day internationals to help   teams get used to it in time for next year’s World Cup, the   International Cricket Council (ICC) said today.

Alpha United Football Club president Odinga Lumumba has until today to respond to the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) memo on whether his club will be playing in the Kashif & Shanghai football tournament that is scheduled to begin on December 12.

Facing increasing criticisms including from Human Services Minister, Priya Manickchand, the George-town Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday announced the firing of child sex convict Dr Vishwamintra Persaud and Minister of Health, Dr.

Swimmers from the Dorado and Dolphins Speed Swim Clubs are gearing up for their participation at the upcoming Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational from December 16 – 19.

The Rage, Scramblers and TX domino teams out of Georgetown and the Essequibo coast recently etched their name among other zone winners in the ongoing Ivanoff Vodka National Domino tournament.

-hunt on for teen Police are hunting an 18-year-old labourer who allegedly repeatedly knifed a 29-year-old man after being accused of stealing a cellular phone and cleaning out a bank account.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Finally, the ‘Big Three’ made big  contributions and the Miami Heat crushed the Washington Wizards  105-94 on Monday with LeBron James scoring 30 points and Dwyane  Wade adding 26.

As police continue to interrogate Collin Jones – an alleged member of a gang responsible for plots aimed at getting back at the government – they have now arrested his mother and younger brother.

RIVIÈRE-PILOTE, Martinique, CMC – Jamaica secured a berth in the semi-finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals with a comfortable 2-0 win over Guadeloupe on Monday night.

Minutes before PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray was buried yesterday in the churchyard of the St.

A Russian national was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre last evening following a motorcycle accident on the Farm Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

An armed robbery charge amounting to $1.4M against Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ was withdrawn and he was jointly charged with two other men.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – African soccer president Issa  Hayatou said his conscience was clear yesterday after a British  TV programme made bribery claims as he and the rest of FIFA’s  executive committee prepared to choose the 2018 and 2022 World  Cup hosts.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan omitted senior batsman  and former captain Mohammad Yousuf yesterday from their squads  for their tour of New Zealand next month.

The Guyana government will donate US$100,000 to St Lucia and US$100,000 to St Vincent and the Grenadines to assist the governments of those countries in their efforts to restore infrastructure and to provide relief to their citizens following the destruction caused by Hurricane Tomas earlier this month.

A labourer received the maximum sentence of six months in jail for inflicting grievous bodily harm on his wife when he appeared at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Dear Editor, The issues pertaining to Dr Vishwamintra Persaud are already sufficiently complex and difficult.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia pace bowler Mitchell   Johnson’s wayward first Ashes test performance in Brisbane has   placed him squarely in the firing line for media and fan   criticism as his dented side prepare for the second match in   Adelaide on Friday.

A woman who is accused of soliciting a sum of money after falsely promising a man that she could obtain a plot of land for him was on Monday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Dear Editor, The United Nations on the eve of the new millennium in 1999 through its Secretary General Kofi Annan suggested the idea of a Global Compact, which would involve major international companies signing on to some universal principles of responsible business behaviour.

Dear Editor, I sometimes smile wryly when I read the offerings of Leon James Suseran regarding the performance of NCN and its various branches.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – An “accidental” remark he  wished he had never made is behind AB de Villiers’ rapid ascent  into the top-rank of the world’s leading batsmen, the South  African told Reuters yesterday.

The Guyana Defence Force has established its first Day Care Centre and the service is expected to  boost the proficiency of single mothers in particular as they will be assured of their children’s well-being while they are on duty.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York Knicks used a  third-quarter scoring burst to beat cross-river rivals the New  Jersey Nets 111-100 at Madison Square Garden last night for  their seventh win in eight games.

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee on Monday handed over 20 motorcycles to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a bid to improve local crime fighting capacity.

Dear Editor, Sheema Mangar died as a result of being run over by the escape car used by the thief who snatched her phone on September 10.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – Secretive North Korea boasted  advances in its nuclear programme on Tuesday, making sure it held  the world’s attention, saying it had thousands of working  centrifuges, as pressure built on China to rein in its ally.

Dear Editor, Now that the fanfare and frenzy surrounding the just concluded UNASUR confab in Georgetown are over, Guyanese need to know one thing: our country has had it ‘up to here’ with talks that lead us nowhere positive as a nation.

KANDY, Colombo, CMC – Resurgent wicketkeeper/batsman Carlton Baugh says his half-century in the last Test was important to his career.

The Mayor and City Council has extended its amnesty to December 15 so that defaulting taxpayers will “have another opportunity to settle their accounts”.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) launched the third Pepsi/Carib Inter-County Twenty20 tournament yesterday at its headquarters on Regent Road.

Dear Editor, Following extensive contact with the Guyanese diaspora as well as people at home, Rod Grimes-Graeme, a former pilot now resident in Antigua, has submitted proof to solve the saga of the origin of the National Bureau of Statistics building (opposite Parliament Building in High Street), which was demolished in November 2010.

The management of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) has taken control of all operations of the Kitty Health Centre on Sandy Babb Street, Kitty with effect from November 1.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Pentagon unveiled a study  yesterday that predicted little impact if the U.S.

The New GPC Inc pledged their third year of support to the annual Kashif and Shanghai Tournament with a donation of $2 million in the company’s boardroom  yesterday.

Warren Welcome who alleged that he was terribly beaten by police in Port Kaituma is disappointed at the sloth with which the matter is being investigated.

Dear Editor, The public’s perception is that street crimes are more serious than white collar crime.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Interpol issued a “red notice” yesterday to assist in the arrest of Julian Assange, founder of  the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, who is wanted in Sweden  on suspicion of sexual crimes.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s elections at the  weekend were “fairly good” and were not derailed by the call for  annulment made by a group of presidential candidates, two of whom  later recanted, the top United Nations official in the country  said yesterday.

• West Indies Union dissolved; replaced by Jamaica Conference, Atlantic Caribbean Mission(Jamaica Observer) MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The West Indies Union (WIU) Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is no more.

THOUSAND OAKS, California, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods  has a final chance to claim his first victory of the year at  this week’s Chevron World Challenge and close the curtain on a  2010 campaign he described as “very painful”.

The financial model for supporting HIV programmes in the Caribbean must be reconsidered and new efficiencies are needed, a new report has said, while pointing to a reduction in development assistance from donor governments.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Men with long index fingers have a  lower risk of prostate cancer, British scientists said yesterday, a finding that could be used to help select those who  need regular screening for the disease.

Dear Editor, My first encounter with Khemraj Ramjattan was at an Accabre class in 1980 at the GAWU building on Regent Street.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The wife of Pakistan   wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider wants to join her husband in   London as she fears for her children’s safety after Haider   said he would expose those taking bribes in Pakistan cricket.

Dear Editor, My deepest sympathy go out to the relatives of Chateau Margot businessman, Dennis Ramah, who met his death at the hands of bandits while defending his family.

CANCUN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Climate negotiators at  U.N. talks in Mexico yesterday struggled over proposals that  would abolish a two-decade divide between rich and poor on  scrutiny of greenhouse gas emissions.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) has launched their re-developed website www.pancap.org

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans fled  their homes yesterday after landslides and swollen rivers  killed at least 21 people and threatened to cause more damage.

The January 2008 general elections having come and gone, the people of Barbados found themselves with a new government, having experienced a fifteen-year stretch under then Prime Minister Owen Arthur.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is scheduled to meet Chinese living in Guyana on Friday, 3rd December to discuss matters of “mutual interest” A notice from the Chinese Association of Guyana in today’s Stabroek News invited all Chinese living or working in Guyana to a meeting at the International Convention Centre, Liliendaal at 3 pm.