Daily Archive: Monday, December 13, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richard Holbrooke, who was President Barack Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died today, CNN reported citing a senior US official.

Customs officials today discovered a 12-gauge Winchester shotgun with telescopic lens in a barrel that was being cleared at the time at Muneshwer’s Wharf, Water Street, Georgetown.

Gunmen today made off with a quantity of jewellery after robbing a family at Gangaram Settlement, East Canje, Berbice.

The police are investigating the stabbing to death of a 25-year-old woman by another female yesterday in the North West District.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) yesterday concluded its Annual Regional Visits with meetings in Aishalton and Karasabai, Region Nine and heard residents of the former call for a clean election campaign next year.

The passing of Winston Murray elicited a level of bipartisan expression of grief usually reserved for distinguished and universally loved Heads of State.

The West Indies Cricket Board has created history in awarding Central Retainer Contracts to six women cricketers for the period October 2010 to September 2011, a release from the board said today.

Congratulations are extended to Amika Lewis-Dorris who has successfully completed her studies at the University of Guyana and graduated on November 20, 2010 with a Bachelors Degree in English.

A quartet, including a teenager and a pensioner who allegedly are members of the ’Salt fish’ gang that went around stealing vehicle parts, was remanded to prison when they appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court this

(Trinidad Guardian) The Caribbean Airlines board will not resign. Tired of being punched by its line Minister Jack Warner, CAL’s board sought to defend its actions in a three-page statement issued yesterday.

The Guyana Red Cross will be hosting the last blood drive for 2010, tomorrow Tuesday December 14th at the GRCS Headquarters, Eve Leary, Kingston, Georgetown. 

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Lawrence Duprey is disappointed about what is described as the People’s Partnership Government’s poor management of the collapsed CL Financial conglomerate and he is willing to return to Trinidad and Tobago “to set things right”.

The Ministry of Agriculture along with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Guyana Police Force over the weekend conducted simultaneous exercises along the East Bank of Demerara, West Bank and West Coast of Demerara and the Sophia area to stop the dumping of garbage by residents in drains and canals.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – A Middle East-born man who  died in a blast in Stockholm was wearing an explosives belt and  likely intended to attack a crowded train station or department  store when the device went off prematurely, an official said.

(BBC) Britain wants to breathe new life into the Commonwealth, the 54-member grouping made up mostly of former British colonies.

The recently released report on the findings of an investigation into the Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI) Captain Lloyd 97 trawler fire will be sent to the Attorney General’s Chambers to determine whether any criminal charges will be levelled against the seafood company.

The body of a miner, who reportedly died after being crushed when a pit caved in, was flown out from the Echerak Backdam yesterday afternoon.

Experiencing a decline in logging, residents of the Supenaam Creek are returning to farming with new lands being opened as the government digs canals in the area.

Several members of a Joint Services patrol came under fire while pursuing a wanted man in the Plaisance Squatting area on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) early yesterday morning.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a global partnership to reduce extreme poverty by setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015.

Talent triumphed over training, activity and several other factors as national men’s singles champion Godfrey Munroe successfully defended his title when the Vita Malt 2010 national Open table tennis championships climaxed at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last night.

Passers-by discovered the body of a man in a trench in the vicinity of Camp Ayanganna on Vlissengen Road just after noon yesterday.

Dear Editor, While the independence of the judiciary is often couched in lofty concepts about separation, one from the other, of the three arms of the state, the essence of it all is empowering, securing and protecting the judiciary and its individual members in their fearless and uncompromising defence of the fundamental rights of the citizens.

Jack Finglton, the Australian batsman of the 1930s and one of the most entertaining writers on the game, devoted a book to it and entitled it “The Greatest Test of All”.

Dear Editor, As we fast approach Christmas I observe a constant rise in the prices of some basic commodities and the increase in blackouts.

The Home Affairs Ministry is currently engaged in talks with the Ministry of Finance and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in a bid to implement a new type of computerised number plate with security features.

The overseas-based duo of Paul David and Trenace Lowe yesterday won the mixed doubles title as the Vita Malt national Open Table Tennis championships ended at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Guyana’s two-time junior Caribbean squash champion, Ashley Khalil, on Saturday defeated Canadian Becky Kohlruss in her first round match in the Canadian Junior Open Squash Championships currently ongoing at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.

The teenager who was hogtied on Thursday after he was allegedly caught stealing at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, and three men, are due to appear in court today.

Dear Editor, As 2010 comes to a close here are a few reflections past and present: a.

Dear Editor, Over the years I have endeavored to point out how a particular genre of letter writers use inaccurate data to draw unjustified conclusions, but this unpleasant tendency continues unabated. 

An investigation is underway into the case of Oswayn Littleton Vieira, whose body was found in the Canje River after he escaped from the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital (NAPH), Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said on Thursday.

The Umpire Decision Referral System (UDRS) could undergo further changes, but will never be perfect, the ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has said.

Dear Editor, “In Guyana, the course of febrile politics and ethnic rivalry between the two major political parties has led to some calculated misrepresentation and sheer propaganda on this highly sensitive issue.

CANCUN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Global carbon markets  will struggle after the deal reached at annual U.N.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Opener  Tamim Iqbal hit a brilliant 95 to power Bangladesh to a  six-wicket win over Zimbabwe in fifth one-day international yesterday and a 3-1 victory in their five-match series.

Jomo Primo is the Groovy Soca King after edging out Michelle ‘Big Red’ King to cop the title at the National Park early yesterday morning.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Hungarian lawmakers will roll  back a 1997 pension reform today, allowing the government to  effectively seize up to $14 billion in private pension assets to  reduce the budget gap while avoiding painful austerity measures.

Dear Editor, Any political campaigning by the PPP/C that continues to focus on the 28 years of PNC rule must be met with deaf ears.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s cricket chief has continued to throw his support behind new West Indies captain Darren Sammy.

STOCKHOLM – Police said yesterday they were treating bomb  blasts in Stockholm as an act of terrorism by a lone attacker  that followed an emailed threat referring to Sweden’s troops in  Afghanistan and to cartoons of Mohammad.

Dear Editor, St. Vincent and the Grenadines goes to the polls today to choose a new government. 

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Britain’s Amir Khan   withstood a furious challenge from Argentina’s Marcos Maidana   to retain his WBA light welterweight title in Las Vegas on   Saturday.

Over sixty ranks of `A’ Division were on Friday recognised for their work and commitment during this year at the Annual Awards Ceremony and Christmas Luncheon held at the Brickdam Police Station.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Matt Prior thrived in the   specialist batsman’s role and warmed up for the third Ashes   test with an unbeaten century in England’s rain-hit drawn tour   match against Victoria yesterday.

Almost two decades after its birth the Outreach Pro-gramme to the Children of Rosemary Lane has become a youth group and this is a solid part of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Commissioner of Police Henry Greene said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have noticed that many people are either very reluctant  or neglectful in saying a simple ‘thank you’.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States tried to  stop delivery of Russian anti-aircraft missiles to Venezuela in  2009 amid concerns it could pass them on to Marxist guerrillas  in Colombia or Mexican drug gangs, The Washington Post said yesterday, citing diplomatic cables from WikiLeaks.

TITANYAN, Haiti, (Reuters) – Former Alaska Governor  Sarah Palin yesterday urged her fellow Americans not to forget  Haiti as she wrapped up a two-day visit to the crisis-torn  Caribbean country.

Dear Editor, The UNASUR meeting was a success. Guyana as the host country did everything possible to ensure that the country was well prepared to make the occasion a success.

A reading of the report entitled “Preliminary Inquiry into the Fire Aboard Trawler `Captain Lloyd 97’’ leaves one wondering whether any part of the government functions remotely how it should.

The Mashramani Secretariat has announced that 21 calypsonians have been shortlisted for the semi-finals in Bartica on February 12, 2011 The contenders are 1.

Politikles

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean football strongman Jack Warner says he will urge FIFA to add the Digicel Caribbean Cup to its international calendar.

(Jamaica Gleaner) John Maxwell, the fiery journalist and environmentalist, died from lung cancer late Friday at the age of 76.

This week we asked the man and the woman in the street whether they will be attending any of the events planned for the holidays.

When I returned to Guyana in 1968, after a gap of some 12 years, I was standing in my aunts’ shop at Hague Front, talking with a rice farmer from Hague Back who had known me from a boy.

Brendan de Caires lives in Toronto. He has written book reviews for the Caribbean Review of Books, Kyk-Over-Al and the Literary Review of Canada.

On the anniversary of Martin Carter’s death Gemma Robinson reassesses his poetry from the 1950s and its origins during the early years of his marriage to Phyllis Carter.