Daily Archive: Friday, April 8, 2011

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate hurriedly  passed a stopgap spending bill last night to fund the federal  government for one week to avert a government shutdown at  midnight.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A Texas jury on Friday  acquitted an 83-year-old anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA  operative, considered an archfoe by Havana, of charges he lied  to U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) The two members of the Royal Barbados Police Force who are accused in the rape and sexual assault of a 27-year-old Jamaican woman have been formally charged.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Seventy-nine-year-old Rachel Brown had become fearful her son-in-law Wayne Llewellyn could kill her and members of her family.

A male psychiatric nurse on Thursday pleaded guilty to the murder of his Guyanese-born girlfriend who burnt to death in her north London home last year.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Protests erupted across Syria  against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad today and  sources said at least 19 people were killed in the southern city  of Deraa, the cradle of unrest challenging his 11-year rule.

Teachers and pupils of the Roxanne Burnham Gardens Nursery School were shaken following an attack this morning on the school by a machete-wielding man demanding laptops.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said today that he expected lawmakers to reach agreement on a spending plan and avert a government shutdown.

Advice given by consultancy firm McKinsey and Co to rainforest countries like Guyana is “fundamentally flawed” and helps to safeguard their logging industry while gaining access to millions of dollars in funds intended to protect trees, says a report by Greenpeace, which has been rejected by the government here.

Guyanese journalist, Perry Woolford is considering a legal challenge to the non-renewal of his contract with Radio Broadcasting Foundation Suriname (SRS) which terminated his services because he cannot speak Dutch.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Yesterday, police acted on a tip that distribution trucks of Manglie’s Rice Factories were carrying drugs.

Another man has been charged with the murder of Guyanese butcher  Rondel George, who was gunned down in Antigua on August 21, 2010, the Antigua Observer has reported.

(Barbados Nation) Trinidad and Tobago’s attempt to prevent the WICB regional four-day final from bowling off today has come to nothing.

(Barbados Nation) The lawyer representing Jamaican Shanique Myrie says the conclusion of his government’s official report into her claims of abuse by officials at the Grantley Adams International Airport, shows there is “considerable merit” in what she said.

Security will be reviewed at post offices countrywide, following break-ins at several such facilities, including a $5.7M heist at the Beterverwagting Post Office on Tuesday.

A  Da Silva Street, Kitty man was last evening fatally shot in the head, following a confrontation with two men at his home.

Diamond New Housing Scheme businessman and miner Donald Caitan, his daughter and son-in-law were shot by gunmen early yesterday morning during an attempted robbery.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said he is prepared to pump $10M into the craft industry and announced an intention to slash the corporate tax on loans to the sector.

The ICT Hub Review Panel yesterday began reviewing and short-listing eligible applications from over 200 community based organisations and entities as the government proceeds with its One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative.

Classes at the Novar Primary School in Mahaicony were briefly interrupted yesterday after two students had to be restrained following “supernatural” experiences close to the school’s sanitary block.

City businessman David Persaud, who was cremated yesterday at Good Hope on the East Coast, was remembered as a deeply patriotic man.

Musician Rudy Bishop was robbed by gunmen in Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown, hours after he arrived in the country.

President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe says progress is being made in talks with government on the multi-year incentive package for teachers.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud and Dr Arlington Chesney, Executive Director, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, yesterday presented the CARDI/CXC Award for 2010, which included a US$250 cheque, to former New Amsterdam Secondary (Multilateral) School student, Sarah Khemraj.

Guyanese attorney, Dinellie Hawk has been hired by the Belizean government as the Central American country moves to improve the effectiveness of its police department’s investigative and prosecutorial abilities.

The elections for three positions of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will go ahead as planned on April 16 despite Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) president Vernon Burnett voicing his displeasure at the outcome of yesterday’s meeting between the governing body and its 11 affiliates.

More than 20, 000 East Bank Essequibo residents are expected to benefit from improved water supply after the Ministry of Housing commissioned an $85M well at Tuschen that is expected to pump up to 120 cubic metres of water per hour.

President of Alpha United Football Club, Odinga Lumumba, yesterday said that his team has been steadily preparing for the second leg of the Caribbean Football Union’s (CFU) Champions Cup tournament.

President of the World Council of Optometry (WCO) Professor George Woo will begin a two-day visit to Guyana today.

Norman Holder, the driver who allegedly struck and killed his co-worker Rabindranauth Goorsammy on Monday, was yesterday released on $250,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Route 42 minibus operators resumed operations yesterday with a new fare structure, a day after a strike left many commuters stranded at the bus park.

(Cricinfo) If India hadn’t done well in the World Cup, would it have led to viewer fatigue ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL)?

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fit-again West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been named in a 14-man UWI Vice-Chancellor squad to face Pakistan in a one-day tour match in St Lucia later this month.

President Bharrat Jagdeo On Wednesday accepted Letters of Credence from Paolo Serpi as the new non-resident Ambassador of Italy to Guyana, at a ceremony hosted at the Office of the President.

Former Jamaica Prime Minister PJ Patterson at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday reiterated a call for the international community to honour pledges to disaster-ravaged Haiti and he also urged greater coordination in reconstruction efforts.

Christopher Barnwell’s lone objective at this time is to make the best of his West Indies selection for the upcoming Twenty20 International against Pakistan later this month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Surprise finalists Combined Campuses and Colleges will seek to make history while denying powerful Jamaica their fourth straight title, in the final of the Regional First Class Championship starting here today.

Trophy Stall XI is set to defend their title as the second edition of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition enters into its quarterfinal stage tomorrow at the Everest Cricket Ground from 09:30hrs Ramish Sunich, manager of both the Trophy Stall XI and the Trophy Stall Angels who also have a spot in the female version of the quarterfinals weighed in on the performance of his male troops.

A miner was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for unlawful and malicious wounding.

Two ex-salesmen were yesterday charged with stealing a bale of Bristol cigarettes.

AUGUSTA, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods, straining to  remain upbeat as he struggles to regain form, said he was  pleased after posting a 71 that put him six strokes off the  pace after yesterday’s opening round of the Masters.

Linden’s Milerock Football Club is readying itself for its second round Caribbean Football Union’s clash with Trinidad and Tobago’s defence Force side.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge over the death of schoolgirl Neesa Gopaul continued yesterday and Lance Corporal Jermaine Laundry took the stand to continue his testimony.

The Rigby/Nedd Games which was scheduled for this Sunday at the Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Berbice will once again be postponed by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to a date yet to be announced by the association.

Dear Editor, As reported by SN, the bids have now been opened for construction of the major structures for the Hope Canal Project and hopefully after the documents have been analyzed contracts will be awarded to the lowest evaluated bidders.

World Health Day 2011, observed yesterday, was dedicated to antimicrobial resistance, a major threat to patient care and disease control throughout the world.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Emerging shot-maker Kyle Corbin has credited the West Indies High Performance Centre for his exciting form this season in the Regional First Class Championship.

Dear Editor,Policewoman Neebert Isaacs lived to protect people, but got no protection for herself. 

Dear Editor, After seeing today’s (April 6,) letter about garbage collection ceasing by S&H Contracting on the WBD, I would like to add that for the last year, we’ve been having on and off collection by the same company, for Pigeon Island and Chateau Margot, ECD also (‘Garbage collection at Westminster, WCD has ceased’).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – There still has been no word on if Trinidad and Tobago will pursue legal action following their controversial Regional First Class Championship semi-final against Jamaica which ended Monday.

Dear Editor, Some time ago, I carried out a very rudimentary experiment and offered my conclusion in a letter to you. 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan batting legend Javed Miandad will not join the national squad for the Test and one-day series against West Indies later this month and says he will decide on the batting coach offer after the tour.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A major aftershock rocked northeast Japan yesterday and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast devastated by last month’s massive quake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant.

Dear Editor, I want to personally congratulate Mr David Granger and Mr Donald Ramotar on their elevation as the respective candidates of the PNC and PPP. 

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – Rookie speedster Sadaf Hussain has been called up to replace uncapped pacer Aizaz Cheema in Pakistan’s 16-man one-day squad to face West Indies later this month in the Caribbean.

The Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition, organized by the steering committee of the Berbice Table Tennis Sub-Association is scheduled for Saturday at the Berbice High School Auditorium.

Dear Editor, Some months ago I was in my yard when there was another blackout and was highly displeased at what I witnessed: the meter was still recording consumption and at a quick pace when everything should have been at a dead halt. 

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Brazilian gunman killed 11 children at a Rio de Janeiro school and then himself, police said yesterday, shocking the South American nation that has never seen such an incident before.

Dear Editor, I would like to draw your attention to your sport section, where you used to have a column on thoroughbred horse-racing written by Jeffrey Ross. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With time running out, an ideological fight in the US Congress over abortion and environmental issues threatened yesterday to derail an agreement to avert a government shutdown.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An upbeat Trinidad and Tobago squad left here yesterday for the Jean Pierre Youth Championship, confident of returning with the title.

(Trinidad Guardian) Five policyholders with the Colonial Life Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd (Clico) have sought judicial intervention over the Minister of Finance’s intended payout plan for policyholders in the 2010-2011 budget presentation.

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi said five of their fighters were killed when NATO planes mistakenly bombed a rebel tank column near the contested port of Brega in eastern Libya.

By Treiston Joseph Athletes, some of whom will compete on Guyana’s first synthetic track to be erected at Leonora and which is expected to be completed some time next year are happy with the latest development but have some reservations.

Dear Editor, As an ex-member of the army, I always remember that safety and security is the business of every citizen of Guyana, and I don’t think that anyone in their right senses is going to instruct a magistrate to travel in a speedboat to conduct state business in the interior (Bartica), an area where innocent citizens lost their lives in a massacre.

LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Britain’s Foreign Office tried yesterday to get a test case brought by four elderly Kenyans against colonial atrocities during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising thrown out on the first day of hearings.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government has started to roll out an ambitious multimillion-dollar project designed to place high-speed Internet in schools, post offices and public libraries across the island within 18 months.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo who holds such high office should be ashamed of himself for making the speech he did at Babu John. 

(Barbados Nation) CLICO’s alleged contravention of an August 2009 order by the Supervisor of Insurance to stop selling new business is headed for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

politikles

Long-given promises and the realities in this Big, Beautiful, Blighted Land have turned me into something of a “Doubting Thomas”.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Blackouts hit most of Venezuela yesterday, affecting an oil refinery and the Caracas metro in a growing headache for President Hugo Chavez months after electricity rationing dented his popularity.

Dear Editor, Forty years ago America watched the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.

A row that has erupted in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago may resonate with some in Guyana.