Daily Archive: Monday, February 14, 2011

(Trinidad Newsday) One of Guyana’s top recording artistes, Terry Gajraj is one of 15 finalists competing for the prize of $2 million at the Chutney Soca Monarch competition this year.

DELHI,  (Reuters) – Brief run-down of the top batting  knocks in the World Cup (against test playing nations only)  ahead of the 2011 edition which starts on Saturday: 1.

A large business complex is currently on fire in Lethem. Regional Chairman Clarindo Lucas told Stabroek News that the fire started some time around 6:30 pm.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Haroon Lorgat, the International  Cricket Council’s chief executive, addressed some of the sport’s  challenges four days before the World Cup begins in an interview  with Reuters today.

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has turned down an application from Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to fly passengers, cargo and mail between Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia and New York as well as scheduled services between Barbados and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation.

(Jamaica Observer) Entertainer Buju Banton’s trial started this afternoon with DEA agent Dan McCaffrey on the stand.

Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte died yesterday morning at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital.

Joyce Hoyte  November 26, 1933  to February 14, 2011

(de Ware Tijd)- Speculators (money changers) on the illegal currency market say they are “broken” and “dead”.

An early morning boat accident in the Pomeroon River has left one man dead.

(BBC) The Brazilian foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, has said that his country hopes for free and fair voting in next month’s second round presidential run-off in Haiti.

(BBC) Cuba’s government says it’s liberalising the sale of sugar, after decades of subsidising its price.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The three Pakistan cricketers   banned for a minimum five years for corruption have been sacked  by the National Bank of Pakistan, one of the leading teams in  domestic cricket.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – India’s jam-packed itinerary  has not only taken a physical toll on the players but could also  affect their mindset heading into the World Cup, captain  Mahendra Singh Dhoni said.

Miners will “never” accept a requirement that they give six months notice before they start mining and should such a proposal be implemented, it will compel them to become politically active, according to Executive Director of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Edward Shields.

An Enmore Estate worker was found dead in an Enterprise drain yesterday morning.

As the PNCR “town-hall style” public meetings wind down the candidates have exuded confidence that they will gain the nod at the February 26 Special Congress to be the party’s presidential candidate this year.

Prosecutor Vishnu Hunt on Wednesday made an application for extra time to have additional statements filed in the harassment matter of Babita Sarjou in which her estranged husband is accused of publicizing nude photos of her.

For several laid off workers of NPI Communications Incor-porated, the focus is now on finding a new job and several have spoken about the conditions of work.

Efforts on Saturday to raise the fuel boat that sank in the Demerara River at Providence on Friday were futile and it remained close to the Texaco terminal preventing another fuel vessel from discharging its load.

Within two years, Guyana should have a specialty hospital that would perform any surgical procedure that can currently be done in the United States of America at a “fraction of the cost”, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Friday.

Ramdarrie Rajpattie and Natalie Loncke are among four victims of domestic violence who have been allegedly murdered by their partners so far this year and their partners were still on the run last night.

A $29.5M multi-purpose centre  at Area C Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, was commissioned last week by Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali who called it another physical demonstration of the commitment of the Government to the people of Guyana.

GECOM never intended to mail ID cards to registrants nor will the commission ever go in this direction, for obvious reasons, Chairman Dr.

The National AIDS Commit-tee (NAC)  at a recent workshop identified a number of impediments in  the effective delivery of HIV care, treatment and support.

Lloyd Williams, who is accused of severely chopping Trevor Nero during an altercation at James Street, Albouystown, was on Friday arraigned on a wounding charge.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says the ministry has put measures in place to curb delinquent behaviour by extension officers, after several complaints of plant disease.

Under the ambit of the IDB-funded Citizen Security Programme’s community action component, 36 young people from the Sophia housing scheme graduated on Friday in very diverse and skilled areas.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud on Friday  commissioned the second of eight ICT centres for the benefit of sugar workers and their families, and scores of workers particularly from the Skeldon Sugar Estate in Region Six were present, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Friday  met a team of youths from Student Task Force (STF) who are visiting the country for a three-week period to work on several service projects, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

China’s Ambassador to Guyana Yu Wenzhe has pledged to donate sport gear to the Ministry of Education, in a demonstration of his country’s commitment to supporting the development of sport and physical education in schools.

The Grove/Diamond, Central and West Ruimveldt Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) recently engaged in a voluntary mangrove planting exercise along the seashore at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Grenada Friendship Association is hosting a ‘Concert of Cultural Fusion’ featuring Guyanese music icon Dave Martins in celebration of its 37th independence anniversary.

By Treiston Joseph Cleveland Forde and Natasha Alder were voted male and female athletes of the year at the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) annual awards ceremony Saturday night at the Young Men’s Christian Association building on Thomas Lands.

By Treiston Joseph Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony has challenged the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) to institute a long term development plan to aid the country’s athletes in achieving their true potential.

By Treiston JosephPresident of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA)  K.

National table tennis player and Olympic Solidarity coach Andrew Daly said yesterday that Saturday’s Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) training programme at the New Amsterdam “I thought the programme was well attended,” said Daly adding, “ there were at least 35 persons between the ages of 10-50 years  and drawn from various sections of the society that attended the course.”

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Not a ball was bowled in the WICB Regional first-class match between Guyana and Leeward Islands yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados were made to endure a long, hard toil, when the England Lions, led by James Taylor and James Hildreth, batted resolutely in their WICB Regional first-class match yesterday.

Dear Editor, On my way to the Lusignan open air market, every Friday midday, I must pass the Good Hope East Coast Demerara, cemetery where my parents and most of their peers are interred, and I feel sad to behold the deplorable state of their final resting place, which is neglected by the administrative authorities of that area.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – A memorable all-round performance from newcomer Carlos Brathwaite brought Combined Campuses & Colleges back into their match against Trinidad & Tobago in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am very happy that the young people of Egypt have shown the way to end the rule of autocratic, despotic regimes.

LONDON, (Reuters) – China is in talks to build a  “dry canal” linking Colombia’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts by  rail, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was quoted as  saying yesterday.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s new military rulers   dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution yesterday  but said they would govern only until elections to replace  ousted president Hosni Mubarak, possibly in six months.

A new executive body was elected to run the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) yesterday afternoon when GABA held its Annual General Meeting and elections at the National Gymnasium.

Dear Editor, Now that the National Sports Awards have been announc-ed, will the members of the National Sports Commission Awards Panel and sports writers indulge me by answering this question: Are all our athletes given fair consideration before the final votes are cast?

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Their bowlers, led by Jerome Taylor, helped three-time defending champions Jamaica to capture first innings points from Windward Islands, and take control of their match in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

Dear Editor, First Tunisia, then Egypt; and the youth set the pace and called the shots.

ROME, (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of women  rallied in Rome and other cities on Sunday, incensed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandal which they say has  disgraced Italy.

The St. Stanislaus College Mash basketball competition gets underway today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Roraima Bikers Club cyclist, Alonzo Greaves defeated  his opponents in the National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored 40-mile cycle road race yesterday at West Bank Demerara.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state oil company  PDVSA loses around $1.5 billion a year through domestic  subsidies that make the South American OPEC member’s gasoline  the cheapest in the world, the energy minister said on Sunday.

The energetic North Ruimveldt Steel Orchestra competing at the Republic Bank Mashramani

Dear Editor, The news at the beginning of January that Olato Sam had been named Chief Education Officer (CEdO) captured my attention and aroused concern.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Jay-Z overshadowed fellow  rapper Eminem during a ceremony preceding the main Grammys  telecast yesterday, winning three awards including a pair for  his duet with Alicia Keys on the “Empire State of Mind.”

Professional Guard Service (PGS) honoured 12 ranks at its quarterly awards ceremony held on January 29.

By Kevin de Silva Kevin De Silva is a second generation Guyanese-Canadian, and a student of Political Science and Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto.

Dear Editor, Why must this country endure these recurring nightmares such as political charlatans like Hamilton Green taking high pedestals and telling people to speak up fearlessly (‘People should speak up fearlessly,’ SN, February 12), when Hamilton Green’s PNC played an integral role in creating this crushing psyche of fear and numbing silence during the heyday of the PNC?

Akecia Nedd brought Saturday night’s action of the annual Mashramani table tennis competition to a stunning climax with an upset win over Chelsea Edghill in the final of the girls’ 18 years and under division at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

This week, in the light of the action taken by staff at the Linden Hospital Complex to press demands for their twice-yearly gratuity to be paid this month, we asked people at Linden for their views on the situation.

Dear Editor, There is a saying, ‘Unity is strength and strength is power.’

It has become a recurring theme in these columns for the poor conditions of schools throughout the country to be highlighted in the expectation that urgent action would be taken.

Lucky escape: Several schoolchildren escaped unscathed on Thursday morning when the car, HB 4656, they were travelling in ended up in the trench at First Street, Alexander Village.

Gareth Davies scored 19 points from one try and seven conversions while Matthew Morgan added 10 points from two conversions as Wales defeated Guyana’s national Sevens team 54-0 yesterday in the quarter finals of the plate division.

politikles

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British government minister  said yesterday there should be an international approach to  dealing with the overseas assets of deposed Egyptian president  Hosni Mubarak and his family.