Daily Archive: Monday, May 2, 2011

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. special forces set out  to kill Osama bin Laden and dump his body in the sea to make it  harder for the al Qaeda founder to become a martyr, U.S. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A woman killed during the  U.S. raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan was not his  wife and was not used as a human shield by the al Qaeda leader  before his death, a U.S.

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan, (Reuters) – World  leaders warned of revenge attacks after Osama bin Laden was  killed in a U.S.

An Eccles resident was this morning shot and killed by policemen after he reportedly refused to turn himself over to the lawmen and instead barricaded himself in his home.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former military ruler  Pervez Musharraf called Osama bin Laden’s death today a  “positive step” but criticised the United States for launching  the raid on the al Qaeda leader within his country’s borders.

The Caribbean Media Corporation is reporting that  heavy rain in the last five days has caused severe damage in St Lucia.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Initial DNA results show a  “very confident match” to al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a  U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – CIA Director Leon Panetta today said al Qaeda would “almost certainly” try to avenge the  U.S.

Surinamese parliamentarian Carl Breeveld (DOE) recently raised the issue of Suriname’s claim to the New River area in southern Guyana, according to the newspaper De Ware Tijd.

DUBAI/ABBOTTABAD,  (Reuters) – In the early hours of  Monday, Sohaib Athar reported on Twitter that a loud bang had  rattled his windows in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, adding  that he hoped it wasn’t “the start of something nasty”.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The body of al Qaeda leader  Osama bin Laden was taken to Afghanistan after he was killed in  Pakistan and was later buried at sea, the New York Times  reported today.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. special forces team  that hunted down Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill the  al Qaeda mastermind, not capture him, a U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. forces finally found al  Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in a mountain cave on   Afghanistan’s border, but with his youngest wife in a  million-dollar compound in a summer resort just over an hour’s  drive from Pakistan’s capital, U.S.

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistan declared  the killing of Osama bin Laden a “major setback” to global  terrorism, but it will inevitably come under pressure to explain  how the al Qaeda leader was holed up in a mansion near a  military facility.

With general elections looming, the working class was urged to focus on issues affecting their rights as the GTUC held its annual Labour Day event at the Critchlow Labour College, Woolford Avenue yesterday.

“Ugly features” of Guyanese society like corruption and crime restrain economic growth, President of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union, (GAWU) Komal Chand said yesterday even as he lamented the troubles faced by sections of the labour force and trade unions last year.

Every time she took to the stage, she wowed the crowd with her poise, beauty and assertiveness. 

The Universal DVD Berbice Titans added another accolade to its growing list with a comfortable 85-run win over the Carib Beer East Coast Jaguars in the Arrival Day T20 Championships yesterday at the Albion Community Centre ground.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is “seriously concerned” about what it described as the “mediocrity” displayed by some union leaders with Agreements which they enter into that compromise and add to the difficulty of trade unionism nationally.

Over the past ten years, clouds of dust from a rice mill has enveloped their homes and caused health problems, residents of Cane Grove, Mahaica have said but the company says action was taken to keep the dust down and more measures will be undertaken soon.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Inclement weather could spoil the return of Ramnaresh Sarwan, which is likely to overshadow the usual rhetoric of playing for pride, when West Indies face Pakistan in the fourth One-day International today.

Lindener Donna Cadogan-Douglas who  credits the highlights of her nursing career to the foundation training she had obtained at the Charles Rosa School of Nursing in Linden says she has seen noticeable improvement in the delivery of professional health care  with the new Linden Hospital Complex.

The PPP’s meeting in New York last Friday was hailed a success by the organizers despite what they said were efforts by “some paid detractors of the PNC and AFC to disrupt the event”.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GGC) was declared winners of the Noble House Seafoods second division tournament after their match against the Guyana Defence Force ended in a draw yesterday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground.

JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Ross Taylor  hit an unbeaten 47 off 35 balls to guide Rajasthan Royals to a  thrilling six wicket victory over Pune Warriors in the Indian  Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

Students of the Agatash Primary School in Region Seven were last Saturday gifted 100 solar lamps by a German company.

An elderly woman is calling for police action after her son was forcibly taken from his worksite and beaten by persons who accused him of stealing ducks from their farm.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former British and European  heavyweight boxing champion Henry Cooper, one of his country’s  most popular sportsmen, has died at the age of 76, the British  Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) said on Sunday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Addressing tens of thousands of  red-clad workers at a May Day march yesterday, Venezuelan  President Hugo Chavez set a goal to create more than 3 million  jobs in eight years and end unemployment in the OPEC nation.

For the sixth consecutive occasion, Carolan Lynch who is accused of killing her Swiss House Cambio dealer husband Farouk Razac was again absent from court when the matter was called on Friday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma  Rousseff has been hospitalized with pneumonia and will remain  there a second night for more tests, a spokesman said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The call for “shared governance” is becoming more robust.

Ronald Bulkan continued his impressive form this season with victory in the GT&T Medal play tournament Saturday at the Lusignan golf Club.

Dear Editor, An article under the caption – Do you have risk factors for Colon Cancer?

Pele Football Club downed Fruta Conquerors 2-1 in extra time in the final of the Pele Football  Club under 17 knockout tournament held at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Wednesday evening from 18:00hrs.

A Linden resident accused of trafficking in 30 grammes of cannabis was on Friday remanded to prison after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama  told jokes at the expense of U.S.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Security forces arrested hundreds  of pro-democracy sympathisers in cities across Syria after  taking control of the city of Deraa, cradle of the uprising  against President Bashar al-Assad’s autocratic rule.

Jermaine Fletcher recorded a hat-trick for Georgetown as they catapulted to victory against Bartica when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Inter Association Under-17 football tournament continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground yesterday afternoon.

President Bharrat Jagdeo will appoint and install Colombia’s former foreign minister Maria Emma Mejia as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, (UNASUR) at a meeting set for May 9.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo and PPP/C Presidential candidate Mr. Donald Ramotar addressed a packed gathering that turned out to welcome the duo at Club Tobago Friday evening. 

(Trinidad Express) Pupils at an all-girls prestige high school busted a biology teacher who took up duties last week, revealing that he was convicted in the United States a few years ago, on charges of sexually assaulting five of his female pupils.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The U.N. international  staff in Tripoli have left Libya because of unrest in the  capital, with a crowd of people entering the U.N.

Dear Editor, I read Prime Minister Samuel Hinds’ letter to Stabroek News and extracts from his press release addressing ACDA’s Tacuma Ogunseye’s controversial call for Black Guyanese to engage in street protests if the PPP wins the 2011 election and then refuses to engage in meaningful shared governance.

The girl’s Basketball Developmental Programme hosted by the Youth Basketball Guyana (YGB) continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 12:30hrs.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Cubans  paraded through Havana’s Revolution Square on Sunday in a May  Day celebration that touted recently approved economic reforms  in one of the world’s last communist countries.

Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column. Over the weekend both Stabroek News and Kaieteur News ran important pieces that addressed the significance of May Day, now celebrated all over the world.

Dear Editor, The sudden rise of crime in our country is now a concern for all Guyanese citizens and the re-introduction of blackouts makes it easier for thieves and criminals to escape very easily from the police and citizens.

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Pepsi Hornet’s pulled off a comfortable victory against Yamaha Caribs in the tournament decider of the William Blackman 15-a-side Rugby League to take the coveted crown on Saturday at the National Park Rugby Playfield.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Fast Five,” the fifth entry  in the “Fast and the Furious” street-racing franchise, raced to  the biggest opening of the year at the North American box  office, while “Thor” was the top choice overseas.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – The late Pope John Paul II  was moved a major step closer to sainthood yesterday at a  ceremony that drew about a million and a half people to Rome and  was celebrated by Catholics around the world.

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(Trinidad Guardian) The Tunapuna Piarco Regional Corporation (TPRC) has launched a forensic audit into the purchase of a TT$1 million stainless steel automated public toilet, making it the most costly public convenience in Trinidad.

Dear Editor,At about midnight on Saturday, a car hit down a donkey on the East Coast Public Road just outside Surat’s Drive, Triumph.

Three unrated local players could soon be rated by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) based on a report on their recent performances at the Caribbean Container Incorporated tournament which ended recently at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

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SANAA, (Reuters) – A deal to remove Yemen’s President  Ali Abdullah Saleh looked all but dead yesterday, raising the  threat of more turmoil and violence in a country wracked by  civil conflict and Islamist insurgency.

This week we asked the man, woman in the street for their impressions of the annual Linden Town Day activities.

What exactly political advisors to the President do is a bit of a mystery – at least in this country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Runako Morton continued to put his legal troubles behind him, scoring his second straight hundred for Queen’s Park Cricket Club in the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board Premier Division championship on Saturday.