Daily Archive: Friday, December 24, 2010

Two houses were gutted in a fire tonight at Bagotstown, one lot from the KFC outlet in the area.

(Trinidad Express) Four Guyanese nationals, among them a toddler, died in an accident on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway this evening.

The Ministry of Health this afternoon issued an urgent appeal for blood donors saying that it was down to 15 units when it should usually have 150.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A Delhi court has launched a  probe into allegations by two inmates that they were ordered by  prison officers to murder two 2010 Commonwealth Games officials  inside the high-security Tihar jail.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict called for people  to remember the significance of Christ’s birth in a Christmas  message specially recorded for Britons and aired on the BBC today.

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 3 am today during which proprietrix of the New Thriving Restaurant, Che Jin King, 52 years of Brickdam, Georgetown, was attacked and robbed by three men who were armed with a handgun and

The police say they are investigating the reported kidnapping of office-clerk, 29 years of Evan Phillips Park, Agricola, EBD, which occurred at about 8.

(Barbados Nation) It will be a bleak Christmas for more than 100 children who will not have an Auntie Olga Christmas party this year.

(De Ware Tijd) – In January, construction will start of a so-called ‘carbon lab’ at the premises of Berg en Dal on the Suriname River.

(De Ware Tijd) – The number of repeaters in the first and second grade of primary school, as well as the sixth grade are a matter for concern.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday issued a one-month ultimatum to government to abide by the existing wage agreements or it will take whatever action is necessary to secure the rights of public servants.

The man who was discovered along the Dora trail, Linden/ Soesdyke Highway, was yesterday morning identified as taxi-driver Leyton Garraway and police are now searching for several men who were seen leaving the area shortly before his body was found.

A taxi driver was on Wednesday night attacked by four men and robbed at gunpoint of his motor car and cash at Bare Root, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Should all go according to plan, the bungled Supenaam Stelling should be operational by the end of January, Transport and Hydraulics Minister Robeson Benn yesterday told the National Assembly.

An attempt yesterday by the Alliance For Change to have the National Assembly debate the state of the sugar industry as a matter of urgent public importance, was rejected by Speaker of House Ralph Ramkarran triggering a walkout by the party.

Activist Mark Benschop and journalist Freddie Kissoon were granted $1 bail yesterday after they were arraigned on obstruction charges at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

World Bank Country Repre-sentative Giorgio Valentini has reiterated that Guyana’s inability to access the US$30M deposited by Norway into a fund under the Bank’s supervision is not the institution’s fault.

A Guyanese man, convicted of murder in the United States in 1984, is being deported after authorities on Wednesday ruled that he should be returned.

The National Assembly last evening passed the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (NO.

Canadian mining company, Shoreham Resources Ltd, is on the verge of buying-out Infinito Gold Ltd’s mining properties here including the Marudi Mountain Project in Region Nine.

The Ministry of Health yesterday received 250 children and adult wheelchairs along with walkers, crutches, ferrules and canes.

Twenty-eight youth graduated in the final batch of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Information and Technology programme for 2010.

(Barbados Nation) They called him Tiny. But yesterday, everything was big about the memories of one of this country’s most beloved motor sport enthusiasts.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sporting quotes from 2010: WORLD CUP SOCCER “We feel like a small footballing nation and it hurts. 

Defending Caribbean T20 champions Guyana are aiming for victory when they play Trinidad and Tobago in a four-team Cricket Festival next week at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – There was no Christmas comeback  for the Toronto Raptors as the Detroit Pistons rolled into the  holiday break with a 115-93 win on Wednesday, ending an  eight-game losing streak on the road.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Allegations of pitch   doctoring to favour Australia’s attack for the fourth Ashes   test against England have been “funny to read”, the Melbourne   Cricket Ground’s head groundsman said yesterday.

President of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC), Raj Budhoo says that videos from the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship, held here last month, reveal that the collision between Guyana’s Mark Vieira and Barbadian Stuart Williams was an accident.

The Trinidad and Tobago senior team which is bound for the regional T20 cricket series will open play in the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) T20 Festival against the T&T ‘A’ team at Guaracara Park on December 28.

The Guyana Police Force destroyed 422,000 kilogrammes of cannabis at the incinerator on Wednesday – the total seized from drug cases made over a two-year period.

Guyana has again conducted a successful simulation exercise testing the country’s readiness in the event of an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).

The complaints surrounding the poor condition of the rugby field in the National Parak made by the Guyana Rugby Football Union in the past continued yesterday as GRFU president, Kit Nascimento expressed his dissatisfaction with the ground to Stabroek Sport.

Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gregory Dean on Tuesday signalled his company’s eagerness to see the recent completion of draft legislation on the liberalisation of the country’s telecommunications sector followed by an acceleration of the process towards the end to the monopoly being held by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).

President Bharrat Jagdeo encouraged youths at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) to utilise the available opportunities at the centre to obtain an education, even as he gave assurances that government will continue to take steps to ensure their transition back into society is smooth.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fast bowler Tino Best believes he is still a valuable asset to West Indies cricket and hopes he can make the final squad for next year’s World Cup in Asia.

Dear Editor, In your edition of December 22, 2010, Cde Donald Ramotar, commenting on the portion of my advertisement published in SN on December 21, in which I expressed the expectation for a secret ballot if there is a contested election for the presidential candidate of the PPP, said that he did not know whether there would be a secret ballot for the election because there was none before and that the meeting would have to decide.

Cabinet has approved a $35.18M contract for the construction of a market tarmac at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.

Local apiculture expert and executive member of the Guyana Beekeepers Association Linden Stewart said the goal of Guyana becoming an exporter of honey to the Caribbean and further afield is still “some way off” but local conditions continue to hold promise for the success of the industry.

Several successful tournaments and other developments have made 2010 a satisfactory year for the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA), the organisation’s President, Christopher Ram says.

Dear Editor, Sometimes, in days gone by, in this the season of goodwill, the mood would be joyous and thoughts inspired by the prospects of camaraderie, good cheer and the spirits of Christmas.

You’re traditional. No matter what. You believe or share other people’s belief, about the Birth celebrated on December 25.

Light up

The United Nations General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution promoting a New Global Human Order at its 65th session held on December 10.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – China restructured billions in  Cuba debt over the last six months and agreed to provide new  credit in a clear show of support for President Raul Castro’s  efforts to reform the economy, Asian diplomats said this week.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A 13-year-old has smashed the  record for the highest individual score by an Indian schoolboy  with a marathon innings of 498.  

It would be by no means an exaggeration to state that this week’s hasty backing away by the sugar corporation from its threat to de-recognize the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) was a demeaning and undignified experience for the leadership of the company.

Dear Editor, In a letter entitled ‘What about the rights of workers?’

Hot water

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds charged the final batch of 2010 graduates from the National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) to become entrepreneurs rather than employees.

Dear Editor, On December 21 at 09:30hrs, I was at the Parika Stelling in a speedboat destined for Supenaam waiting while it was being loaded. 

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Procter & Gamble Co’s  Gillette brand will not renew its endorsement contract with  golfer Tiger Woods, which ends on Dec.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The U.N. General  Assembly on Thursday recognized Alassane Ouattara as Ivory  Coast’s legitimate president, after the United Nations said he  beat Laurent Gbagbo in last month’s presidential election.

Eggs

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South Africa are prepared for  India’s experienced line-up to fight back strongly in the Boxing  Day test after their crushing defeat at Centurion, captain  Graeme Smith said yesterday.

Dear Editor, A secret ballot is the bedrock of democracy and is used all over the globe in choosing a party’s candidate for office. 

Public Procurement Last week, reference was made to the non-creation of the small business bureau as an example of an institutional problem that causes lower returns on the investments of Guyana. 

Over 75 children from Betsy Ground, Canefield and Sheet Anchor in East Canje, Berbice were given a special treat at the New Amsterdam Rotary Club’s annual Christmas party for ‘needy children.’The

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban Economy Minister Marino  Murillo has emerged as the point man for the Caribbean island’s  economic reforms after President Raul Castro let him make the  public case for modernizing one of the world’s last  Soviet-style socialist systems.

Balloon festival

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The head of Haiti’s  voodoo religion appealed to authorities on Thursday to halt  bloody lynchings of voodoo priests by people who blame them for  causing the Caribbean country’s deadly cholera epidemic.

Dear Editor, It is with pleasure that I inform you that primary and secondary school teachers in Berbice who participated in the National Remediation Programme 2010 with low achievers in English and Mathematics during the summer holidays have been paid.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican government is being tight-lipped about allegations that the wife of Prime Minister Bruce Golding tried to present the extradition request for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke as a conspiracy against her husband and his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) administration.

ANALYSIS OF SECURITIES MARKETS Global markets have become more closely correlated.

RALEIGH, North Carolina,  (Reuters) – A young Kenyan  provided athletics’ biggest breakthrough in a year when injuries  and American Tyson Gay bested Usain Bolt.

Ginger galore

The final preliminary inquiry into the $69 million New Building Society (NBS) fraud will commence before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on February 17 next year.

The National AIDS Pro-gramme Secretariat (NAPS) on Tuesday hosted its annual appreciation activity for its staff and partners who performed exceptionally well in helping it to fight HIV/AIDS, create awareness about the disease and eradicate discrimination.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett is expressing regret at the passing of an Argentinean tourist who died in St.

A broad range of issues associated with the application of techniques to the processing of selected local fruit and vegetables are outlined in the recent agro-processing manual prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture.

When people look in to Guyana what do they see? What do others feel about us as a society?

ROME, (Reuters) – An Italian anarchist group claimed  responsibility for parcel bombs on Thursday that wounded two  people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, a reminder of  Europe’s home-grown threats at a time of political instability.

We apologise for the fact that the letter by Mr Omadatt Chandan, which appeared in our edition yesterday, was not reproduced in full owing to a technical error.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Chicago Bulls continued  their rapid ascent through the Eastern Conference by defeating  the injury-depleted Washington Wizards 87-80 Wednesday for  their ninth victory in their last 10 games.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 387’s trading results showed consideration of $1,524,833 from 25,346 shares traded in 10 transactions as compared to session 386 which showed consideration of $2,563,277 from 73,889 shares traded in 27 transactions. 

For many Guyanese who followed his career from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, he was the closest thing we had to a non-political national hero.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall and a team visited a number of Region One communities to do assessments based on expressions of interest from foreign investors.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces  fired a water cannon and rubber bullets yesterday to disperse  hundreds of students protesting against a new law tightening  the government’s control over universities.

After receiving the Guyana Cricket Board’s Club of the Year Award at the Umana Yana on December 15, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) took time out to acknowledge their sponsors over the year 2010 and all those who contributed to the clubs winning of the award.

(Barbados Nation) Two young men are dead following an altercation in Halls Road, St Michael on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I am responding to regional news item ‘T&T PM outlines three steps to fight crime’ (SN, Dec 23).

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