Daily Archive: Friday, March 4, 2011

Students of the South Ruimveldt Secondary School this afternoon stumbled upon the bound and gagged body of an elderly woman in the area.

At about 5.30 pm yesterday, acting on information received, police ranks conducted a search on a camp at Pamella Backdam, Potaro, during which an unlicensed 20-gauge shotgun and three matching cartridges were found.

Corruption in Guyana’s gold mining sector is now quite commonplace according to industry sources.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Australia and Sri Lanka, the  pre-tournament favourites to top World Cup Group A, meet on  Saturday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Nearly 80 fans are vying for  every seat available online for the April 2 final of the World  Cup in Mumbai, head of the official ticket agency said today.

(Go Jamaica) The Sugar Association of the Caribbean says Jamaica led sugar production in the region in January this year with 22,872 tonnes.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former World  Cup-winning captain Imran Khan has said this year’s tournament  is the most open he has seen.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s 2010 profit reached $1.2B compared to the $991M for 2009, according to its financial statements published in today’s Stabroek News.

(The Bahama Journal) A massive fire swept through another Haitian community early yesterday morning, leaving hundreds of Haitians homeless and left to sift through the rubble.

(De Ware Tijd)  — The informal sector in Suriname is booming.

(De Ware Tijd) — The Maritime Authority Suriname (MAS) will be authorized to act as “water police” this month.

The Georgetown Magistrate’s Court will be moving to Middle Street as of Monday to enable repairs to its historic Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam building.

AL-UQAYLA, Libya, (Reuters) – Libyan rebels vowing  “victory or death” advanced towards a major oil terminal today, calling for foreign air strikes to set up a “no-fly”  zone after three days of attacks by Muammar Gaddafi’s warplanes.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Ruthless West Indies humiliated  Bangladesh with the bat and ball in front of their own fans today, skittling the World Cup co-hosts for their lowest ever  ODI score of 58 before chasing down the target in 12.2 overs.

AHMEDABAD, (Reuters) – The New Zealand opening  batsmen complemented the efforts of their bowlers and thrashed  Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in a one-sided match to notch up their  second World Cup win today.

In what he pointed out was his final address to them, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday praised the police force for its performance but charged that major crime fighting efforts such as in Buxton and the hunt for Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins’ were dogged by the varying agendas of senior force members.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh fans, who greeted the  opening of the World Cup with a glorious celebration two weeks  ago, stoned the West Indian team bus today after a  humiliating defeat for the home team.

An amended pension bill for legislators was yesterday passed in the National Assembly, prompting the opposition to criticise the priorities of the administration in light of legislation it has left on the back burner.

Broken promises to pass broadcast and Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation shows the administration’s lack of credibility, said Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan as the party picketed outside Parliament yesterday over government’s failure to act on these issues.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday reported a 9% increase in the crime rate, which he said along with gang violence and its link to the entry of illegal firearms through border locations are causes for concern for the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

As city businessman Gregory Lewis exited his car outside his Anira Street home on Wednesday night, he was attacked by a gunman who fired a bullet at him before escaping.

In a daring daylight robbery yesterday, three gunmen attacked a Berbice couple outside a hardware store at Barrack Street, Kingston.

Guyana Water Inc. has restored service to the Turkeyen community, including the University of Guyana as well as all sections of Cummings Lodge, the company said in a release yesterday afternoon.

Six years after a devastating flood in which it is believed to have played a major role, a US$2.7M contract was signed on Wednesday for studies of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) aimed at gaining a better understanding of how it operates.

A woman accused of drenching an officer attached to Courts Guyana Limited with a bucket of water after he visited her residence to repossess a stereo system that was in arrears was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail.

All proceeds received from the sale of properties held by the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Ltd (NICIL) over the past 5 years were deposited into an interest bearing account held locally by the state body.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) has assumed management of the Industry Health Centre at Crown Dam.

Two teenagers accused of stealing a boat and engine belonging to the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $75,000 each after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Three men accused of stealing a quantity of nails and barbed wire belonging to Gafoors Limited were yesterday placed on $40,000 bail each when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) presidential hopefuls were given another opportunity on Tuesday to speak on national issues before the party’s Executive Committee (ExCo) as it moves ahead to select the candidate for this year’s general elections.

Savitri Ramdeen, the occupant of the Albouystown house that collapsed on Tuesday, is asking for assistance from any organisation or person in a position to help.

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) has recently assisted nine families/36 persons who have suffered losses in fires and also provided welfare help to two families.

The Ministry of Culture launched the latest addition to the Guyana Classics Collection, titled Hearing Slaves Speak on Wednesday at the Umana Yana.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Darren Sammy confessed he still needs to show the form needed to lead by example.

Half centuries from Shemroy Barrington and Gajanand Singh, along with spells of good bowling, added some spark to an otherwise ordinary day of cricket at the GCC Ground, Bourda, yesterday.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DHAKASo much has changed in cricket’s World Cup that its initial tournaments now seem like museum pieces.

The 2010 National Sports Awards Ceremony will be held tonight at the National Cultural Centre at 19:00 hours.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A battle for supremacy between  bouncers and yorkers may eventually decide the outcome of  tomorrow’s World Cup Group A showdown between Australia and Sri  Lanka in Colombo.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA made a profit of $631  million over the last four years but was over-dependent on the  World Cup for its revenue, soccer’s world ruling body said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Marlon Samuels has shrugged off suggestions he refused the offer to replace the injured Dwayne Bravo in the West Indies World Cup team out of fear of being charged by police authorities in India.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA is planning to take greater  control over international friendlies after a fake Togo team  played in one game in September and seven penalties were awarded  in two matches in Turkey last month.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Nitish Kumar has serious  business to attend to during the long rest periods at the  Cricket World Cup — armed with a stack of textbooks and notes,  the Canadian batsman has his high school homework to complete.

Cassava has long been an integral part of the staple diet in a number of Caribbean households; today, however, Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries are pressing this versatile root crop into service in pursuit of a critical contemporary mission.

Less than three years after having its application to operate flights between Jamaica and the United States turned down by the authorities in Kingston, the air carrier service Airone is set provide travel services to the Caribbean.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago have shifted their fifth round match in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Leeward Islands to the Queen’s Park Oval.

Dear Editor, Having been a Maths and Science teacher for a long time at almost every level of education, and having also taught other subjects up to high school level, I feel I ought to contribute my two bits.

The Monday, February 21 issue of the Barbados Business Authority, one of the more informative business newspapers in the region, contains an article titled “Attractive Environment For Investment” authored by Michael Austin, the Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based offices of Illuminat, a Neal and Massy subsidiary with interests elsewhere in the region that provides information technology and communications products, services and solutions that help to manage, develop and troubleshoot businesses.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Officials in St. Kitts & Nevis have hailed the International Cricket Council’s decision to stage a High Performance camp in the island.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Clubs taking part in the Caribbean Football Union’s Champions Cup tournament now know their path to next season’s CONCACAF Champions League.

AL-UQAYLA, Libya, (Reuters) – Libyan rebels pushed  west yesterday, extending their grip on a key coast road as  Muammar Gaddafi received a warning he would be held to account  at The Hague for suspected crimes by his security forces.

Dear Editor, On Monday, February 28, 2011, at 10.30am, a member of the public brought to my attention the fact that the previous day, Sunday, February 27, 2011, in the ‘Weekend Magazine’ section of the Sunday Stabroek, a notice had appeared entitled, ‘National Insurance Scheme Employers indebted to the National Insurance Scheme.’

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COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s World Cup  aspirations lie firmly on the shoulders of skipper Shahid Afridi  and once again he came to the rescue as an unthinkable defeat to  Canada yesterday was averted in an eventual 46-run win.

Dear Editor, March has come and with it several activities for the UN Year for People of African Descent are planned.

The health of farmers and consumers and the viability of local agricultural enterprises are under threat from fake chemicals which are being illegally imported and sold to farmers across the country, according to Managing Director of Caribbean Chemicals Guyana Ltd Victor Pires.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – An unprecedented live television  show featuring a shouting match between the Egyptian prime  minister and opposition figures summed up the scale of the  transformation sweeping the Arab world’s most populous nation.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations is  investigating suspected arms transfers from Zimbabwe to Ivory  Coast’s incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo in violation of U.N. 

By Clinton Urling Something is wrong with the way our sporting organisations operate and function.

Dear Editor, So if the Georgetown Mash floats decided one year to take a holiday and not to come to New Amsterdam’s Mash, that may translate into Berbice having no Mash parade, really.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World record-holder David  Rudisha has set his sights on breaking the one minute 40 seconds  barrier in the 800 metres.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladeshi Nobel laureate  Muhammad Yunus launched a legal battle yesterday against his  removal from the top post of the microlending bank he founded, a  dismissal seen as part of a vendetta with the prime minister.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s shock defeat by  Ireland at the Cricket World Cup was described as the country’s  greatest humiliation by one newspaper on Thursday, as pundits  and headline writers laid into the team with gusto.

Stabroek Business has learnt that Kamene Seepual, who is currently serving as Assistant Director/Warehouse Manager in the Materials Management Unit of the Ministry of Health has become the first Guyanese to be awarded a

Dear Editor, Region 7 is a part of Guyana where you will see all races unite for our country’s Republic Day and other important events we celebrate as one people.

(Jamaica Observer) Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary Karl Samuda on Wednesday denied that there was a plot by the party to block the extradition request of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana has signalled its intention to hire teachers from overseas to augment the local batch of Science and Mathematics teachers.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Libyan authorities accused al  Qaeda today of trying to smuggle 37 million painkillers  into the country to alter the minds of young people to join a  revolt against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

“It is time that the private sector demands more accountability and the government initiates a comprehensive review of the ways in which sporting organizations conduct their operations” A city business owner and executive member of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has criticized businesses for continuing to pour millions of sponsorship dollars into sports organizations,

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TAUNTON, England, CMC – Joel Garner has agreed to become a patron of the Glastonbury Club.

NIMBA-BUCHANAN RAILWAY, Liberia,  (Reuters) – In the  muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers is inching  its way along a railway track, cut long and straight through an  otherwise impenetrable mesh of trees and vines.

Charges of foot-dragging by the vast majority of Caribbean Community (Caricom) governments in pursuit of their commitments towards the fulfilment of the Jagdeo Initiative on Agriculture in the region have been raised by Antigua’s Agriculture Minister Hilson Baptiste.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Ireland’s shock three-wicket  World Cup win over England not only threw Group B wide open but  provided a timely warning that no team can take quarter-final  spots for granted.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian court yesterday  lifted an order that suspended construction of the massive Belo  Monte hydroelectric plant in the Amazon rain forest, a project  expected to face barrage of lawsuits by environmental critics.

Dear Editor, With regard to your editorial, ‘Pressure on Libya’ (SN, Mar 2), the international community (through the UN) is forced to take action against despotic ruler Muammar Gaddafi because no global power has influence against the Libyan strongman to regulate his behaviour and/or do the right thing as Ben Ali and Hosni Mubarak did.

(Reuters) – Facts and figures relating to the Group  B World Cup match between Bangladesh and West Indies (0900 GMT)  at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Friday.

The United Nations has warned of an impending humanitarian disaster in Libya as tens of thousands flee the bloody attempts of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime to repress the popular uprising against his despotic rule.

Dear Editor, Two hundred and forty-eight years ago, on a plantation in Berbice, Cuffy and several of his comrades challenged the status quo, striking out at their Dutch masters.

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I have to meekly concede. My consistent indiscipline makes me again, intervene, intrude into what Dr David Hinds describes as “essentially black people’s business”.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 397’s trading results showed consideration of $25,768,066 from 458,389 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to session 396 which showed consideration of $15,720,384 from 323,401 shares traded in 24 transactions. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Many of Britain’s vocational  courses for teenagers improve school league table performance  but do not help the young people taking them to get into  university or find a job, a report published yesterday said.