Daily Archive: Saturday, February 26, 2011

A Guyanese man on Friday pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a fellow Guyanese before Schenectady County Judge Karen Drago and will face at least 17 years behind bars Hours earlier, New Yorker Dhanashar “Tony” Persaud confessed in an eight-page sworn statement that he fatally shot Ganesh Ramgoolam on Feb.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Losing Dwayne Bravo through  injury is a huge setback that has forced West Indies to review  their World Cup strategy, coach Ottis Gibson said today.

During a police identification parade held today an eighteen-year-old was identified as the suspect in the armed robbery committed on businessman Albert Joseph called ‘Bolo’

Police are in search of a woman who reportedly tried to ship cocaine out of the country this morning via the post office concealed in cosmetics.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Some almost comical fielding not  to mention hilarious batting mix-ups could not disguise the very  serious threat Pakistan are starting to pose at the World Cup  after silencing a Sri Lankan crowd today.

(Barbados Nation) It may read like a soap opera but a case involving a Bajan who tried to kill her best friend who was carrying her philandering husband’s baby can end up making legal history in the United States.

[This piece was originally published in Feet in Two Worlds, which brings the work of immigrant and ethnic media journalists from communities across the U.S.

(BBC) The Grenada Trades Union Council led a picket outside the Caricom leader’s meeting in Grenada on Friday, calling for regional leaders to find a solution to the assist policy holders of the cash-strapped insurance company Clico, following the demise of its parent company, Trinidad-based CL Financial.

(BBC) The British government has agreed to guarantee a US$260 million loan for the Turks and Caicos Islands.

(BBC) BBC broadcasts to Cuba came to an end on Friday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – A depleted West Indies look  vulnerable in Monday’s match against the Netherlands, who will  be hoping to create the first upset of the World Cup that they  threatened to pull off against England on Tuesday.

ROME, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi does not seem to be  in control of Libya anymore, Italian Prime Minister Silvio  Berlusconi, Gaddafi’s strongest European ally, said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David  Cameron and other European leaders agreed the United Nations and  European Union should take urgent action to deal with the Libyan  crisis, including tough sanctions, Britain said today.

Although fair weather has prevailed since persistent rainfall ended on Monday, parts of Buxton yesterday remained under several inches of water and it may take two more days to be drained.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says that all the necessary preparations are on stream for its Special Delegates Congress today to elect its presidential candidate for this year’s elections.

A mother of two died early this morning after she stabbed by her live-in lover during a struggle at the Red Dragon night club.

Marcelle Joseph’s dismissal from the Office of the President (OP) was unjustified, the Alliance for Change (AFC) said yesterday, while condemning the intimidation of her family.

PPP presidential aspirant Moses Nagamootoo is determined not to submit himself to the process the party is using to determine its candidate but remains willing to champion the party’s cause at the general elections due later this year.

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Monday last intercepted a quantity of marijuana in a container at the John Fernandes Wharf.

Even though the rain has eased up, 1,600 acres of rice is still under water at the No.

Experiencing its biggest flood in years, sections of St Cuthbert’s Mission remained swamped yesterday—a week after rains dumped inches of water on the community.

Government is concerned about the delay in the construction of the road to Amaila Falls but the contractor should be more concerned, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

In the run up to upcoming general elections, Guyana Press Association (GPA) President Gordon Moseley yesterday urged local media workers to set the tone for a new political discourse, while ensuring fairness and balance in their coverage at all times.

An Anna Regina man is dead and two others have been hospitalised after the driver of a motor lorry lost control of the vehicle, causing it to topple along the Barama Road at Buck Hall, Essequibo Coast.

While Georgetown Prison officials remain tight lipped on the escape of teenaged murder accused Eddie Williams, there are suspicions that he walked through the front gates of the facility during a heavy shower on Monday morning, managing to elude the eyes of a prison warder manning a nearby tower.

The three men accused of robbing the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of $5M were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $500,000 each by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Writer and columnist Allan Fenty last evening launched, “A Plate-a-Guyana Cook-Up,” a pocket book collection of Creole proverbs.

Georgetown schools ‘mashed-up’ the rest of the competition in the Education Ministry/Unit of Allied Arts Children’s Costume and Float Parade held Saturday last in the city.

McDonald Gobin and Naresh Bacchus were yesterday charged with sacrilege committed on the Cornerstone Christian Brethren Assembly Church at Harkman’s Lane, New Amsterdam.

At the Weldaad Court on Thursday, Magistrate Roby Benn remanded Ashton Lambert, 19, who was charged with murdering a man during a drinking spree.

Three men accused of stealing fuel from the RUSAL Bauxite Company at Aroaima were yesterday admitted to bail in  the sum of $125,000 each by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Two students of Vryman’s Erven Secondary School, in New Amsterdam, who are alleged to have indecently assaulted an 18-year-old woman, were placed on $30,000 bail after they denied the charge at the New Amsterdam Court yesterday.

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo suspended the licence of driver Suesharpaul Bishun for one year, after he was convicted for driving under the influence of alcohol for a second time.

The body of the man found floating in the Demerara River on Wednesday has been identified as that of seaman Desmond Chung.

The Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) is calling on all conscientious citizens to report all instances of animal fighting to the police.

With a spicy tune advocating the independence of women Fiona Singh sang her way to the Chutney crown for the second consecutive year.

I’ve read some of the early reviews of Link Show 27 and while I agree with some of it, I’m also wondering whether I went to a different show.

Hi Everyone, Bring out the pans, the tawahs and the griddles, it’s time to mix the pancake batter and spread it, swirl it or drop it!

Cuts to the work force of the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat are not imminent, according to Acting Secretary General Lolita Applewhaite.

Guyana battled to a respectable position against Barbados at the end of day one of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Regional Four-Day competition at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DELHIFor an hour and half on Thursday afternoon, the young left-hander rapidly developing into the next in the long line of great West Indian batsmen lit up the overcast Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here with an array of strokes uncannily reminiscent of his immediate predecessor and, as it happens, blood relation.

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CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – England Lions, choosing to bat, reached 260 for four in their first innings at the close on the opening day of their fourth round match in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Combined Campuses & Colleges yesterday at the Three Ws Oval.

ST. JOHN’S Antigua, CMC – West Indies are likely to activate their third World Cup reserve to replace injured vice-captain Dwayne Bravo.

LOS ANGELES (Holly-wood Reporter) – Who will take home Oscar statuettes tomorrow?

(EUR) Aretha Franklin thinks Fantasia overreacted by boycotting the Grammys when she wasn’t included in a tribute to her.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Sherwin Ganga and Denesh Ramdin scored resolute half-centuries to lead a Trinidad & Tobago fight-back against Windward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Marlon Samuels enhanced his chances of a recall to the West Indies side for future assignments, when he collected his third hundred for Jamaica in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Leeward Islands yesterday.

(EUR) *Last weekend, Rihanna cancelled on money man Donald Trump, claiming she was sick.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Shafiul Islam grabbed four wickets for 21 runs from eight overs to take Bangladesh to a 27-run victory over Ireland in the World Cup yesterday.

(Billboard) – Foxy Brown is weighing in on the bitter feud that escalated between Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim last week, after Lil Kim appeared to behead Minaj on the cover of her ‘Black Friday’ mixtape.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Hosts India will aim to bring  the spotlight back on to the field as they look to extend their winning start to the World Cup by beating England tomorrow.

Link Show 27 is back onstage from this evening until Monday.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – Ruthless Australia  compounded the miseries of rivals New Zealand by notching up a  seven-wicket victory in their World Cup match yesterday.

Registrar of the Friendly Societies Kareem Jabar said that he will commence his review of the report on the operations of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Monday.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi vowed to “crush  any enemy” yesterday, addressing supporters in central Tripoli  as Libya’s popular uprising closed in around him and Western  powers set about punishing him for attacks on his own people.

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility in collaboration with the Lions Club of Corriverton will stage a grand one-day horse race meet on March 6.

St. Aloysius Primary School emerged winners of the one-day Inter-Primary School football competition which recently concluded at the Scott’s Church Ground, Princess Elizabeth Road, New Amsterdam.

MADISON, Wis.,  (Reuters) – The Wisconsin state  Assembly early yesterday passed a Republican plan to curb  public sector union power, setting up a showdown with Senate  Democrats who have fled the state to prevent a vote in that  chamber.

In observance of tomorrow’s Mashramani celebrations in New Amsterdam, Berbice the Flying Ace Cycling Club of New Amsterdam will roll off a 45-mile cycle road race.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States announced  yesterday it would soon impose sanctions on Libya and bluntly  said the legitimacy of longtime Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi  had been “reduced to zero.”

Dear Editor, On Friday, Febuary 11, I was asked by the PNCR to read part of a press release on its behalf.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – The U.N. atomic watchdog has  received new information regarding allegations that Iran may be  seeking to develop a nuclear-armed missile, the agency said in a  report voicing deepening concern about the issue.

Dear Editor, Extensive flooding earlier this week in Georgetown and many coastal areas has shown once again the overall degradation in the ability of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the City of Georgetown (M&CC) to manage floodwaters, as the drainage systems under their respective responsibility continue to function at reduced capacities instead of progressive increases over time.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to add a few words to the current discussion concerning the importing of Math and Science teachers.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge has  suspended plans for construction of the massive Belo Monte  hydroelectric plant in the Amazon rain forest, citing  environmental concerns, a federal court said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I note with considerable alarm and interest that my good friend – and he is my good friend – Dr Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, has publicly taken to task aspects of the satirical production, the ‘Link Show’ (‘Best Link Show in years, but…’ SN, Feb 24). 

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s usually loquacious  leader Hugo Chavez has been uncharacteristically quiet on the  unfolding revolt in Libya against his close friend and ally  Muammar Gaddafi.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says he has had to request more security after threats to his life by former PNM councillor Dansam Dhansook.

This unused refrigerator was placed by residents along an unlighted section of the railway embankment passing through Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara more than three weeks ago to alert motorists of a crater along the road.

Dear Editor,Mr Christopher Ram’s acerbic comments in his letter captioned ‘Mr Khan’s letter ignores Section 13 of the Income Tax Act, exempting only the President’s official emoluments from Income tax’ (SN, Feb 20) does him no good.

Dear Editor, At its meeting held in October 2006, in Georgetown, the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), considered, with much concern, the burning issue of the skills drain from the Caribbean region.

(Jamaica Observer) The Supreme Court has thrown out a libel lawsuit brought against the Jamaica Observer by hotelier John Issa for its publication of a letter lashing him over the promotion by a travel agency of nude flights to his Hedonism III hotel, a subsidiary of SuperClubs International Limited.

The Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Companies donated meals to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre for its Children’s Mashramani Fun Day, which was held on

Some of the most resonant lines of political commentary penned in the twentieth century can be found in Gil Scott-Heron’s poem ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.’

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