Daily Archive: Saturday, December 11, 2010

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Two explosions killed a man  and injured two people in a busy shopping area in Stockholm this evening after an email sent to a news agency threatened  retaliation for Sweden’s military presence in Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Housing and Water has advertised for expressions of interest for housing development in an area comprising Eccles to Mocha on the East Bank of Demerara.

I am looking for a friend of mine…Ms.Donna Blount formerly of Linden but moved to GT in 1968.

(Trinidad Express) Sports Minister Anil Roberts yesterday became the first Government MP in this session to be sent to the Privileges Committee for a possible contempt of Parliament.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Mark Madoff, the elder son of  convicted swindler Bernard Madoff, was found hanged in his New  York City apartment in an apparent suicide, police and his  lawyer said today.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting may be just one   test defeat away from becoming the first Australian captain in   120 years to lose three Ashes series but he is not   entertaining any retirement thoughts.

(Barbados Nation) Dame Olga Lopes-Seale, also popularly known as “Aunty Olga” has been hospitalised in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) after falling at her Stanmore Crescent, Black Rock, St Michael home and breaking a hip on Thursday evening.

Three days after the Obama administration took office, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton copied a cable to the US Embassy in Georgetown expressing qualms about Iran’s outreach to the Caribbean and seeking clarity on Tehran’s strategic objectives.

CANCUN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Almost 200 nations  agreed today to modest steps to combat climate change,  including a new fund to help poor countries, and put off major  disputes until 2011 and beyond.

(BBC) A Cuban government sponsored pilot project to treat diabetic foot ulcers has been hailed as a major success following trials in St Lucia.

With general elections less than a year away, the parliamentary opposition parties are against any electoral reforms that could result in a postponement.

The first of the Wikileaks cables that mentions Guyana relates a 2005 conversation between President Bharrat Jagdeo and the Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

World Bank Director for the Caribbean Yvonne Tsikata has stressed that US$30M deposited by Norway into a fund under the bank’s supervision cannot be released until the green light is given by a steering committee comprised of representatives from Oslo and Georgetown.

The teenager who was severely beaten and hogtied after he was among a group allegedly caught stealing vehicle parts is in custody at the La Grange Police Station but members of his family yesterday said they have been denied access to him.

Quick action from the fire department saved the Forrester’s Lodge building, at Camp and New Market streets, from complete destruction last night.

Repairs on the section of the Boerasirie Conservancy Dam that slipped were yet to begin up to yesterday morning though workers were preparing the materials.

Delta Airlines Sales Manager Junior Horatio has dismissed rumours that the airline is pulling out of Guyana, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.

CARICOM has expressed concern over the deteriorating public order situation in Haiti and urged all the political leaders and the  Haitian people to exercise calm and patience.

A $55M well and pumping station was on Thursday  commissioned at Somerset on the Essequibo Coast and Water Minister Irfaan Ali praised the performance of GWI.

Three men who were charged with nine counts of armed robbery were remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Krishndat Persaud at the Springlands Court yesterday.

A $121M double-door sluice at Golden Fleece on the Essequibo Coast was on Tuesday commissioned by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud.

After several years of a steady decline, recorded cases of malaria are up again in the country.

A Guyanese woman was last Friday released after spending almost seven harrowing  months in a US jail on charges of robbery which are now believed to be an elaborate scheme concocted by her ex-lover whom she had accused of raping her.

President of the Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) Colin Bynoe yesterday said that the union will add its voice on the Education Ministry’s Automatic Promotion policy after an upcoming general council meeting.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday urged ranks in ‘A’ Division to remain vigilant since criminals have started focusing on “soft targets” as a result of recent police successes.

Cellink Berbice concluded another year as the number one County in Guyana when they comfortably retained their Pepsi/Carib T20 title against the Rest Team by nine wickets at the Guyana National Stadium last night.

A Bartica man was yesterday accused of causing the death of a ten-year-old child who he hit while riding an ATV in the mining community.

Demerara and Essequibo ended their miserable campaign in the Carib/Pepsi T20 tournament as joint third place finishers after the umpires called off the game last evening at the Guyana National Stadium because of rain.

Government is weighing the utilization of highly technological coding and tracking equipment to combat the new and emerging security challenges in Guyana.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard will miss Trinidad and Tobago’s campaign in next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, after opting to play in Australia’s Big Bash T20 tournament.

A fisherman of Sheet Anchor, Canje was sentenced to two years imprisonment after he admitted to a charge of break and enter and larceny yesterday.

Retired Head Teacher of Queen’s College Freidel Isaacs has been granted temporary orders by the High Court quashing her dismissal and demotion over the handling of the abuse of Neesa Gopaul, whose murder in October sparked widespread public anger.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago head coach Russell Latapy’s fate will be determined today when the top brass of the country’s Football Federation sit down to mull over his failed campaign with the national side in the Digicel Caribbean Cup.

The Guyana Defence Force has congratulated three soldiers who recently graduated from medical training.

Overseas-based racquet wielder Trenace Lowe was in sight of her first women’s single title as the Vita Malt National Open table tennis championships continued last night at the Cliff Anderson  Sports Hall.

CANCUN, Mexico,  (Reuters) – A draft accord from a  U.N. climate conference yesterday proposed a raft of modest deals,  including a $100 billion in financing to help developing  nations by 2020, a temperature target and payments to protect  tropical forests.

Kester Miguel, who is accused of stabbing chainsaw operator Clive Williams to death after a drunken brawl at 23 Miles Mabura, Region 10, was remanded to prison yesterday.

Local golfers continue to defy the prevailing rainy weather and will be in action again today in the Oasis Café sponsored two-man team tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said yesterday he would seek fast-track decree powers  from the National Assembly for the fourth time in his  controversial 11-year rule due to a crisis caused by flooding.

Guyana’s Under-17 footballers suffered a humiliating 7-0 defeat at the hands of regional powerhouse Haiti yesterday in their second round Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup preliminary match played in the Dominican Republic.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The British millionaire accused  of murdering his bride while the couple were on honeymoon in  South Africa was granted bail by a High Court judge yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to the Attorney General’s letter to you captioned ‘Allegation against President is a fabrication’ (December 9).

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo  was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony where he was  represented by an empty chair and he dedicated it from prison to  the “lost souls” of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

At the Springlands Court yesterday, Magistrate Krishndat Persaud remanded a Moleson Creek labourer to prison when he appeared before him charged with murdering his mother-in-law.

National midfielder Shawn `Bubbly’  Beveney was on  target for his club when the Trinidad an Tobago  Digicel Pro League resumed Tuesday night after a two-week break for the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals which ended in Martinique on Sunday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England have named uncapped  Warwickshire paceman Chris Woakes to replace the injured  Stuart Broad in their Twenty20 and one-day squad for their   Australian tour in January.

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday remanded the driver accused of causing the death of Mon Repos gardener Suresh Sawh along the Turkeyen Public Road earlier this week.

SALT LAKE CITY, (Reuters) – A homeless street  preacher was found guilty yesterday of the 2002 kidnapping of a  Utah girl who was abducted from her bed in the middle of the  night and endured a harrowing, nine-month ordeal in captivity.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Should we be afraid to state our views lest they be said to be political?’

Dear Editor, Your editorial (Monday, December 6) looked at several issues relating to immigration to Guyana and my comments are restricted to the basic problem of Guyana’s low and declining population.

A Puruni District miner was yesterday remanded to prison on the accusation that he had 242 grammes of marijuana in his possession in a bag at Turtle Creek, Mazaruni River.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Thrust under an unexpected  Ashes spotlight, rookie Australian spinner Michael Beer is  stumped by his shock selection for the third Ashes test against  England starting in Perth next Thursday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Mozambique has become a  leading drug trafficking centre in Africa, with high-level  government officials receiving bribes to turn a blind eye to the  trade, classified U.S.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – India completed a 5-0 whitewash  over New Zealand in their one-day series yesterday when they won  the final match by eight wickets after bundling the Kiwis out  for 103.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The suspected leader of  Mexico’s La Familia drug cartel was gunned down in a raid by  security forces, the government said, handing President Felipe  Calderon a major victory in his war on drug gangs.

Dear Editor, The present chaotic order of things – dictators, various partisan groups, and so-called democracies, all vie for power.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England’s Ashes hopefuls Tim   Bresnan, Chris Tremlett and Ajmal Shahzad failed to press  their cases as the tourists dropped five catches on the   opening day of their three-day match against Victoria yesterday.

Dear Editor, I would like more of Nicola Fernandes’ footwork. I have been watching sport for a long time.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Simply setting up clinics to  treat Haitians with cholera is not doing anywhere near enough  to tackle the epidemic there, health experts said yesterday,  calling for intensive vaccination and more use of antibiotics.

The construction of the access road for the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHEP) could lead to illegal mining, forestry, hunting and commercial fishing in the Kuribrong watershed and the Pakaraima Mountains, according to the project’s draft Access Management Plan.

COLOMBO– West Indies’ head coach Ottis Gibson isn’t disturbed by Thursday’s eventual decision to defer the scheduled limited-overs series against Sri Lanka to late January.

Dear Editor, GAWU needs to step back and look carefully at the things it is saying and doing.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela plans to include the  Internet in a law that regulates the media, under a proposed  bill presented to parliament yesterday that the opposition  claims will result in censorship.

The Red House’s monthly discussion series on Dr Cheddi Jagan’s The West on Trial continued this week with a mini-lecture on chapters 9 and 10 by Charles Ramson Jr, to a crowd of mainly younger people, many of whom had not read the book.

Dear Editor, Sometimes, we have to take a stand for what we believe or don’t believe.

Travellers utilising the airstrip and Takutu Bridge at Lethem next week will have their footwear and vehicles disinfected as part of a simulation exercise to test local preparedness to deal with an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama  yesterday called on a battle-scarred dealmaker, former  President Bill Clinton, to help convince reluctant Democrats to  back a compromise tax plan before rates rise for most Americans  in January.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has refused permission for former captain Shoaib Malik and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal to play league cricket in Bangladesh.

Politikles

Yesterday the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an empty chair in Oslo.

For the third consecutive year, designer Sonia Noel is hosting her annual charity show, but this year she says the mission is bigger than her project.

Part 2 Hi Everyone, this week, we continue our Holiday Baking Success series by looking at the all-important Christmas cake.

I saw this line somewhere one day and laughed really hard: “Skinny women are evil.”

It is down to fourteen hopefuls after two semi-finals in the inaugural Banks Groovy Soca competition, and while some of the big names have been eliminated Director Sean Bhola promises that tonight’s finals will be spicy and provide something to talk about for a very long time to come.

Miss Guyana Universe Tamika Henry and a group of friends will be holding a fun-filled benefit concert in aid of various orphanages in Georgetown next Sunday.

Sauna

The Manhattans, a melodious quartet that brought us the timeless hit ‘Kiss and Say Goodbye,’ will be in Guyana next week performing at the National Cultural Centre at the ‘Night of Classics’ concert hosted by Hunte Entertainment.

Cellink Berbice concluded another year as the number one County in Guyana when they comfortably retained their Pepsi/Carib T20 title against the Rest Team by nine wickets at the Guyana National Stadium last night.