Daily Archive: Saturday, December 18, 2010

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Abdul Jameer, 65 years of Tempe, WCB, whose body was found in the backdam at Chester, WCB, at about 3 pm yesterday.

A Grove, East Bank goldsmith was today robbed in the latest of a series of attacks by armed bandits.Police this evening said that goldsmith Nandalall Narine of Grove, EBD, was in his workshop with two other workers at the time, when he was attacked and robbed

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress today voted to repeal the ban against gays serving openly in  the U.S.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – The government of Ivory Coast’s  incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo today told the United  Nations and French peacekeeping missions to leave, escalating a  dispute over last month’s elections.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Sudan today dismissed  allegations President had deposited up to  $9 billion overseas, saying it was impossible because of  sanctions.

The body of a construction worker was this morning found some 12 hours after he was thrown overboard during a boat collision near Hog Island in the Essequibo River.

(Jamaica Observer) Just over four months since Usain Bolt lost his first race in two years at the August 6 Stockholm meet, his popularity has not waned — well, certainly not on Facebook.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Middle-order batsman Ajinkya  Rahane was the lone uncapped cricketer in India’s 30-member  preliminary squad for next year’s World Cup, the Indian cricket  board announced today.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mike Hussey produced a sparkling   century before Australia’s pace bowlers destroyed England’s   top order to push the hosts to the brink of a series-levelling   victory on day three of third Ashes test in Perth.

Guysuco today said that its decision to review ties with main sugar union GAWU is “based purely on the expectations of the union as outlined in the ‘Recognition and the Avoidance and Settlement of Disputes’ agreement’”.

Former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge has been sacked as the Deputy Senior Director in the CARICOM Secretariat’s Office of Trade and Negotiations (OTN), following a complaint by the Guyana government over recent statements he made while delivering a tribute at the funeral service for the late Winston Murray.

Canadian airline Enerjet  has been granted permission by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate flights between North America and Guyana.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) records show that armed robberies have decreased by 19.6% since last year and credit is being given to increased anti-crime patrols and intelligence gathering.

Le-Var Hutson, known as ‘Force Ripe,’ 24, and his girlfriend Tramaine Sewah, 17, were remanded to prison by Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton, after the couple denied the charge of trafficking 103 grammes of cocaine.

At the recent 42nd Annual Conference of Monetary Studies in Trinidad,   Professor Clive Thomas received tributes from former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Sir Courtney Blackman and others for his brilliant contributions to Development Economics, the WPA said in release yesterday.

The Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School yesterday certified 22 students, including six from the Eastern Caribbean region, at a graduation ceremony held in the Kayman Sankar Hanger, at the Ogle International Airport.

A young man, found with a knife on the road by police, was remanded on a charge of unlawful possession of offensive weapon.

Minutes after a Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara man entered his yard on Thursday night he was attacked by two robbers and shot to the abdomen.

A tender is out to verify the findings of a report on deforestation rates in Guyana that could see the disbursement of the second tranche of money under the Guyana-Norway forest deal by the second quarter of next year.

Government has delayed finalizing the funding for the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHEP) so as to minimize the interest on loans, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

Management of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) says that referrals of patients to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is not high when compared with other hospitals and that they are necessary judgement calls by the medical staff.

A CARICOM–Australia forum opened yesterday with the Pacific nation promising to urge developed nations to honour financial pledges to beleaguered Haiti, which has been ravaged by earthquake, disease and political instability this year.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday emphasised the importance of integrating South America and the CARICOM to form a sizeable bloc to impact every major global decision, when he participated in a plenary session of the Mercosur Summit being held in Brazil.

The Caribbean Community is increasing efforts to respond to the Cholera epidemic in Haiti.

The tomb of a well-known Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara contractor was broken into sometime Thursday night and relatives believe the perpetrators planned to steal jewellery believed to have been buried with him.

They went and they conquered.      Fruta Conquerors last evening went to the Enmore Community Centre ground and emerged with a 4-3 win on penalty kicks against Victoria Kings in the second game of the 21st annual Kashif and Shanghai football tournament .

At the New Amsterdam Court yesterday, a carpenter was sentenced to a total five years imprisonment after he confessed to being in of possession of cocaine and a smoking utensil.

A man is in police custody after cocaine was allegedly found in his possession during a search operation at Lima, Essequibo Coast yesterday.

An early morning search operation at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony River yesterday earthed an illegal gun and a large quantity of ammunition in a house.

Patrick Bentam, who admitted to taking a sum of money from another man and promising to deliver a firearm licence was yesterday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.

Guyanese swimmers participating at the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational Swim Meet carved out a number of new personal best (PB) times on Thursday.

A porter accused of stealing three flat screen televisions from his employer’s Water Street business place was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $75,000.

Linden Greene, who told a Georgetown court that he was using cannabis for medical purposes, was on Thursday fined $3,000 and ordered to serve six months of community service for having the prohibited substance in his possession.

Guyana’s junior swimmer Ronaldo Rodrigues recorded two more personal best times when he participated in the men’s 50m butterfly and 200m breaststroke events yesterday at the FINA (World Swimming Federation) World Championships (25m) in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai.

The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) of Guyana will get the ball rolling early in the New Year when they bowl off their Inter-Jamaat Tapeball round robin cricket competition.

A Black Bush Polder, Berbice family was robbed by two armed men on Thursday night, police said.

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Ashish Bagai has returned to lead a Canada 15-man squad announced for next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship in Antigua and Barbados.

Ongoing works yesterday at the Ogle stretch of the sea defence, along the East Coast Demerara.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mercurial paceman Mitchell Johnson  rediscovered his lost form to help Australia skittle England for  187 and wrest back the initiative on a pulsating second day of  the third Ashes test yesterday. 

Home Minister Rohee yesterday said there should not be any major implications for Guyana following the sentencing of former PNCR MP Abdul Kadir, who was convicted of plotting to blow up fuel tanks at the John F Kennedy Airport.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Unbeaten  centuries by Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla put South Africa  totally in control against the inconsistent India attack on the  second day of the first test yesterday. 

Super-efficient policing? A patrol of Tactical Services Unit ranks rounded up several boys and took them and their bicycles into custody after they were found cycling in the wrong direction along Vlissengen Road yesterday.

A punch has not yet been thrown but the tension is at fever pitch for the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Champion of Champions tournament which begins tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) from 19:00 hours.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K. Juman-Yassin has urged cricketers to elevate their standards on as well as off the field and to project their life after cricket.

MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – More than 140 inmates  escaped via the main entrance of a prison near the U.S.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr  was arrested at a Las Vegas casino on a misdemeanor battery  charge after he allegedly assaulted a security guard at his  gated community, authorities said yesterday. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s newest batting recruit Runako Morton has dismissed any idea of acrimony when he faces his old team the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship next month.

Dear Editor, In response to a letter in your newspaper dated December 15, 2010 and captioned ‘ECG service at Georgetown Hospital not available because of “lack of paper,”’ management would first like to thank the author for highlighting the problem and must advise that it exists because the local suppliers of the paper required for the machine had supplied the incorrect type, inter alia, and as a result the hospital had to source it from an overseas vendor, but it is yet to be delivered.

Christmas Bouquets: Savitri Sukhdeo brought out the flowers and made bouquets for the holidays.

  ABIDJAN/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – African nations have  promised Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo a “soft landing”  in exile, a senior U.S.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Windward Islands selectors have retained the bulk of their one-day squad for the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship campaign next month.

Dear Editor, The verbal skirmish in Cancun (‘Jagdeo complains in front of Norway PM that forest funds still unavailable’ (SN, December 9)  has provided commentators and bloggers with a nice little pre-Christmas present and much has already been said and written about the president’s un-presidential behaviour.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The International   Monetary Fund said on Thursday that its board of   governors had approved reforms that will shift more voting   power to emerging-market countries like China.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s parliament gave  President Hugo Chavez decree powers for 18 months yesterday,  outraging opposition parties that accused him of turning South  America’s biggest oil producer into a dictatorship.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics extended   their season-high winning streak to 12 games with a 102-90   victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Pan American Health  Organization hopes to start a cholera vaccination program in  Haiti by April but must first boost and fund production of the  vaccine that is in short supply, the group said yesterday.  

Dear Editor, I understand the government’s desire to try and attract visitors.

(Trinidad Express) Government is moving to regulate the foreign used car industry by early next year, Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Rahul Gandhi, seen as an   Indian prime minister in waiting, told the U.S.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General  Ban Ki-moon announced yesterday the creation of an independent  panel to investigate Haiti’s cholera epidemic, which some  Haitians have blamed on U.N.

Dear Editor, We have read Mr Khan’s complaint about the music level at the Digicel store in Cotton Field on the Essequibo Coast (‘An inconsiderate marketing strategy’ SN, December 17).

The Nativity cast getting ready on Thursday for Scotiabank’s annual Christmas carolling.

(Cricinfo) Brad Hodge has been given some hope of playing for Australia again, after being named in the preliminary 30-man squad for next year’s World Cup.

Politikles

FOZ DO IGUACU, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil’s  President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday he will work  on alleviating poverty in Africa when he steps down from  office, but played down speculation that he might be interested  in heading the United Nations.  

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – A spectator was  ejected from the ground yesterday after India pace bowler  Shanthakumaran Sreesanth complained to the umpires about verbal abuse on the second day of the first test against South Africa. 

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) –  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao   left New Delhi yesterday, vowing that India will never be a   rival, but his rhetoric has done little to lift Indian unease   over a long-running border dispute and China-Pakistan relations.

Dear Editor, I salute Mark Benschop for his concern for the environment and the residents being affected by the dumpsite in Cemetery Road.

A decade from now, perhaps even sooner, newsprint may be as marginal to our daily lives as video cassettes and vinyl records.

Colleen Reis discusses skin and hair care with a passion rarely seen, and she has so much information at her fingertips you would think she lives and breathes it.

Hi Everyone, This week, we conclude our 3-part Holiday Baking Suc-cess series by discussing the ham.

A review If you’re looking for some Christmas music with a bouncy Caribbean flavour then Prince Ally’s new album ‘Christmas Dance Mix’ may not be the thing for you.

Miss Guyana Talented Teen 2010, Kenisha Richards confesses that she has a love for pageantry and modelling and she says her pageant experience has taught her invaluable lessons and more importantly given her self esteem a needed boost.

International recording artistes Mavado, Serani and D’Hitman along with Guyana’s own Natural Black will create waves on the West Side on Christmas Day during the ninth annual Vergenoegen Village Day.

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