Daily Archive: Saturday, January 8, 2011

(BBC) Drugs smuggled from the Caribbean concealed in peanuts and cashew and bottles of Bailey’s are some of the novel methods traffickers have used to get their illicit product into Britain.

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A congresswoman from Arizona was shot and seriously wounded and six other people were killed by a man who opened fire at a meeting the politician was holding in Tucson today, officials said.

(Jamaica Observer) Reverend Don Meredith has created history in becoming the first Jamaican and the fourth black person to be appointed to the Senate in Canada.

(Barbados Nation) Shoplifting and organised theft have reached “epidemic proportions” in Barbados, says retailer John Jackson.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Captain   Misbah-ul-haq and Asad Sahfiq ground out an unbroken 128-run   partnership to resurrect Pakistan’s first innings and guide   them to 235 for four at the close of play of the second day of   the first test against New Zealand today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Any pretensions Australia had   to still being at the top table in test cricket have been   shattered by their ashes humiliation with India, South Africa   and their conquerors England likely to battle it for the right   to call themselves the world’s best side.

Guyanese motorcycle rider Ryan Perreira died in Antigua after he lost control at the corner of Simone Boulevard Main Road and Fitzroy Road on Thursday.

Five of the 23 persons nominated by party groups will go forward to contest to be the PNCR’s presidential candidate, who should be known by a Special Congress on February 26, the party yesterday revealed.

PNCR presidential hopeful and attorney James Bond, 31, says his acceptance of the nomination is a signal that the country’s youth are capable and willing to provide leadership at the national level.

-after ministers order for removal Intervention by President Bharrat Jagdeo will see the resumption of vending at the Stabroek Market square, two days after vendors were told by government ministers that they could no longer sell in the area following the detonation of a grenade.

At approximately 3.30pm yesterday, the driver of this car, BMS #3, ran off the Embankment Road behind Bel Air Gardens and plunged into the canal.

“American”, the man who police say was holding the grenade in his hand when it exploded at the Stabroek Market square on Wednesday morning, may be involuntary remigrant Gordon Baird.

PNCR leader Robert Corbin says that his party has seen evidence of plans by the Bharrat Jagdeo administration to stay in office beyond its constitutional mandate but an official from the Office of the President yesterday staunchly rejected these assertions saying that the allegations were unfounded.

The main opposition PNCR is questioning the legality and wisdom behind Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr.

Investigators last evening surrounded and searched the premises of PPP MP Philomena Sahoye-Shury, after a failed attempt was made to “channa bomb” her house.

Linden businessman Albert Joseph, called “Bolo,” who was shot during a robbery last Monday, succumbed to his injury last evening.

No one has been appointed to lead the prosecution in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason charges against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton.

Rudolph London, the man accused of severely chopping his common-law wife who is now clinging to life in the hospital, was arraigned on an attempted murder charge at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magis-trates’ Court yesterday.

Two University of Guyana (UG) students were yesterday fined for detonating an explosive device on the university’s Turkeyen Campus on Thursday afternoon.

Veteran journalist and television personality, Clem David, 63, died on Thursday night at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home following a prolonged heart condition.

Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman Majeed Khan, who was shot once in the chest during a robbery at his home on Thursday evening, remains hospitalised in a critical condition with the bullet still to be removed from his body.

Medical Director at Georgetown Public Hospital Dr Madan Rambarran says the institution has a mass casualty preparedness plan and was equipped to handle the influx of patients injured in the recent grenade explosion in the city.

Forecasters attached to the HydroMet Department of the Ministry of Agriculture have benefited from a numerical weather prediction programme which will improve the forecasting capability of the agency.

Elton Todd’s death, days after undergoing surgery at a city hospital for acute appendicitis, stunned his family but they were even more surprised when they found out that the medical team that operated on him failed to remove his appendix.

A family of No. 2 Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, on Thursday managed to save their house from a fire that was ignited after the collapse of a rotten section of a utility pole.

The Linden business community received another scare yesterday when a second prominent businessman was robbed by a lone gunman, who made off with an undisclosed sum of cash and jewellery.

All the bills passed by the National Assembly last year received President Bharrat Jagdeo’s assent, according to Speaker Ralph Ramkarran.

Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad on Wednesday commissioned a “Giants of Guyana” billboard at the head of the Main Street avenue, as part of a bid to promote eco-tourism.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is hosting a two-day International Civil Aviation Organisation training course on Monday and Tuesday.

Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on January 1, replacing Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

With a large haul of medals and several new initiatives implemented by stakeholders in the sport fraternity, nominees are eagerly awaiting the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport awards ceremony where 23 honours including three new medals will be given out.

Former Technical Director (TD) of the national Sevens rugby team, Joe Whipple has resigned, according to president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union, Kit Nascimento.

President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool, in retrospect, believes that the monthly Friday Night Fights were a success but he said this year the board will be upping the ante to improve the career of its boxers.

This year’s Caribbean Twenty20 side is missing a few key elements from last year but Manager Carl Moore is confident that new stars will emerge to ensure Guyana make a successful defence of their title when the tournament bowls off on Monday in Antigua.

All regional cricket matches under the auspices of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will now be shown live on the ESPN Caribbean television channel for the next three years.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has announced a new list of criteria for nominees in the 2010 National Sports Awards.

Newly-elected President of the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) Gregory Rambarran says a number of programmes will be launched this year to revitalise the sport in the ‘Ancient County.’

In an effort to develop youth basketball in Guyana, the Youth Basketball Programme was launched yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters Life!) – With sickles and   slingshots in hand, farmers in Indonesia are guarding chilli   plants from thieves, after prices for the much-loved spice   jumped five-fold in the past year to boost inflation and worry   the government.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French intelligence services are  investigating a possible Chinese connection in an industrial  espionage scandal at carmaker Renault, a government source said  yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a  setback to hopes for the quick closing of the Guantanamo Bay  prison, reluctantly signed a bill yesterday barring suspects  held there from being brought to the United States for trial.

Netball continues to trail behind other sports, partly due to a lack of resources.

Dear Editor, Informed sources wish to express appreciation of SN’s very instructive editorial of January 3, 2011 commenting on appointments to the reportedly established Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA).

NAIROBI/KAMPALA, (Reuters) – East African nations  could reap trade and investment opportunities worth billions of  dollars to help develop south Sudan if it splits from the north,  but they will have to compete with bigger rivals like China to  do so.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Pakistan made short  work of the tail to bowl New Zealand out for 275 early on the  second day of the first test at Seddon Park yesterday.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile said yesterday it had  recognized a Palestinian state, joining an endorsement by Latin  American peers the United States has called premature and  Israel has warned is harmful to the Middle East peace process. 

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Levern Spencer and Darren Sammy have been gifted parcels of land by the St.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A package addressed to U.S.  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited yesterday  at a postal facility in Washington, D.C.

Dear Editor, I would like to say off the bat that it is well known that I have publicly came out in support of Cde Moses Nagamootoo to be Guyana’s next president. I

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Trinidadian conglomerate Neal & Massy Holdings says that it has written off its investment in Joey Issa’s Cool Petroleum Ltd and that Cool is a looking for a new equity partner to pump cash into the business that has failed to return a profit over the past two years.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands gained a timely boost of confidence ahead of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Thursday, with a 37-run victory over Windward Islands in a practice match.

Dear Editor, Recently I went to the Aurora Police Station to make a report of simple larceny allegedly committed by a worker of mine.

(Go Jamaica) Head of the so called New World Order gang, Horace Ramsey, more popularly known as ‘Pugu’, was yesterday morning shot and killed during a joint police/military operation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A former British lawmaker was  jailed for 18 months yesterday for falsifying his expenses, the  first parliamentarian to be convicted over a 2009 scandal that  engulfed the nation’s political system.

Politikles

The most famous Dead White Male author since Shakespeare has been in the headlines ever since Oprah Winfrey, host of what is arguably the world’s most influential book club, announced plans for “a date with Dickens” over the Christmas season.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Amnesty International  urged the Dominican Republic yesterday to halt what it called  “mass” deportations of Haitian immigrants in a bid to prevent  the spread of cholera from neighbouring Haiti.

Dear Editor,As is traditional for many persons at this time of the new year, we tend to reflect on the past year – lessons learned, opportunities exploited and challenges faced, etc.

LONDON, CMC – Former British heavyweight boxing champion Gary Mason has been killed in a road accident at Wallington on the southern edge of the British capital.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber   killed 17 people, including a police commander, inside a   public bathhouse in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar yesterday   in the country’s worst attack in more than five months.

Nadia Jabour is a creator and it is safe to say that she uses any and everything she puts her hand on to lovingly create pieces of jewellery that bring satisfaction to her customers.

Tuesdays are not my best days, but I am beginning to reason that if interesting things are incorporated into the day things would pick-up, interesting enough like poetry readings over a glass of wine.

Hi Everyone, This is a fresh column. It is the first for 2011 but I do not plan to bandy words such as vegetables, vegetarian, diet and healthy.

I woke up two days ago to find that the Christmas pepperpot was on “its last”, as my sister would say, and realized that the season just came and went.

Have you any standards?

Classic Tuesdays, the monthly presentation by the National Gallery opens the year with  Yojiro Takita’s Departures next week.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Twilight again stole the limelight at the People’s Choice awards on Wednesday, on a night that also saw big wins for singer Katy Perry and actor Johnny Depp at the start of the Hollywood awards season.

(Reuters Fanfare)  They said they were just friends and laughed off the photos a few weeks ago that suggested there might be a teen romance budding.