Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 11, 2011

(WICB) Bridgetown, Barbados – The WICB today announced that former West Indies captain Carl Hooper has been appointed Batting Coach at the Sagicor High Performance Centre.

(WICB) Georgetown, Guyana -Tickets for the fifth day of the First and Second Digicel Tests West Indies v Pakistan will be free for all fans.

The police are seeking Mohamed Enan Hussein Ramzan known as Raj Persaud and Imran; and Macksood Khatweeb called “Makie” or “Tiger” for questioning in relation to fraud.

The police this afternoon put out a wanted bulletin for Gary Anthony Rodrigues saying that he is wanted for questioning in relation to trafficking in narcotics.

Police on the Essequibo Coast were yesterday searching for four young men who escaped from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) facility at Onderneeming on Monday evening.

Closed circuit television cameras will likely be installed at points across the city by July/August, Cabinet Secretary, Dr.

(Trinidad Express) Low fares airline REDjet has encountered another delay in its bid to start operating in the Caribbean.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday announced that 10,000 jobs will be slashed from the public sector over the next five years under a rationalisation programme that will save the country between J$40 billion and J$50 billion over the period and improve efficiency and productivity.

Federal prosecutors yesterday told a New York court that Trinidadian Kareem Ibrahim took part in a foiled plot to blow up New York’s John F.

About two hundred persons are expected to attend the dedication ceremony of the Oakland, California memorial to the victims of the Jonestown mass suicide, according to the Oakland Tribune.

Police yesterday recovered an unlicensed 12-gauge shotgun while conducting a search on the house of an armed robbery suspect at No.

Police ranks conducted a drug eradication operation yesterday along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev  said today that the killing of Osama bin Laden is  beneficial to Russian security, state-run news agencies  reported.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — President Desi Bouterse has apologized to Parliament for remarks he made Friday last week in Parliament and had come across to Parliamentarians as grievous.

Rice farmers are expected to benefit from another agreement under the Venezuela rice deal, following the signing of a US$48M contract between the agriculture ministry and the neighbouring state under the PetroCaribe agreement.

Bishop Juan A. Edghill in a letter to the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting, Evan Persaud, said that “misleading and inflammatory statements and unsubstantiated allegations” were made by Anthony Vieira on the programme ‘Commentary’ broadcast on CNS Channel 6 on May 4 at 12:30 hrs.

A 53-year-old shop owner was shot dead sometime yesterday morning in the Mowasi Backdam in Konawaruk, Region Seven and police are yet to arrest the perpetrator.

A suspect is being grilled by police about Sunday’s fire at Linden after he was seen on surveillance video stealing items from the Chinese garment store which was gutted and similar items were found in a building he had control of.

Lindeners yesterday questioned the developers of the Amaila Falls hydropower project, expressing concerns about the cost of power and jobs at a community meeting to discuss the recently released Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report on the project.

A bystander was shot during a struggle between a fleeing suspect and a policeman at Longden Street, Stabroek on Monday night.

Police are looking for a gunman who shot a man in the chest, following an argument over money on Monday night.

The Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport (CJIA), Timehri was buzzing with excitement as REDjet’s inaugural flight from Barbados to Guyana landed yesterday morning and passengers declared their satisfaction.

Five men, including three Jamaicans, remain in police custody as investigators continue to probe how they came to be in possession of an unlicensed gun, a quantity of ammunition and items suspected to be stolen.

Five persons who were arrested among the suspects in a crime ring that was selling false Guyanese passports, false St.

PPP/C MP Bibi Shadick on Monday slammed the Region 6 administration for being unable to present the auditors with any of the log books for the 66 vehicles used in the region.

PNCR presidential candidate David Granger says the opposition parties working on an elections coalition are close to naming a presidential candidate and running mate, ahead of a joint campaign launch later this month.

Conditions at the Kitty Market continue to deteriorate and no set plan has been identified for its restoration, years after proposals were made, according to Tacuma Ogunseye.

The Guyana Power & Light Company (GPL) and bill payment service, Bill Direct Holdings Inc.

The child who was badly burnt in a fire at his Enmore, East Coast Demerara home yesterday succumbed to his injuries around 3 am today.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai has announced that government is releasing $25M to the Region 2 administration to carry out works on the access road to Lake Capoey.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case as directed by Magistrate Chandra Sohan in the matter for which social activist Mark Benschop and columnist Freddie Kissoon are accused of obstructing municipal works at the Cemetery Road dumpsite.

Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette says that Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Mryna Pitt has not yet responded to his letter seeking information on the works at ‘Pradoville 2,’ which he charges could be in violation of regulations.

By Treiston Joseph Mitchell Rogers and Kurt Bess will clash for the heavyweight title of Guyana on May 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall after the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) arranged their contract signing yesterday at the Abdool and Abdool Insurance building on High Street.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh and Minister within the Ministry of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran met the with the North Ruimveldt Secondary school Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to discuss ways of boosting programmes at the school that would benefit the wider community.

A man was yesterday jailed for 18 months after police only recently apprehended him since he escaped  while on remand.

The Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice and the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) have announced their respective cycling teams that will compete in the 29th annual three-stage cycle road race, which begins Saturday at Corriverton, Berbice.

The matter against murder accused Philbert McPherson was on Monday last dismissed because the individual had been charged under a law that no longer exists.

Tucber Park advanced to the final of the Ricks and Sari Agro Industries under-13 cricket competition in Berbice after taking first innings lead in their drawn semi-final match against Albion Community Centre recently.

Prince Wilkie, the 17-year-old who is accused of murdering Dwayne Durant during last year’s Diwali motorcade, yesterday made another appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Guyana Football Federation has shortlisted some 29 footballers to prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games Under23 Qualifiers and the World Cup tournament.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation says that  the national basketball team will be competing in this year’s Caribbean Basketball Championships (CBC) and co-founder of the Haynes Foundation, Paul Haynes believes that the team needs to begin training now in order to be competitive.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers center  Andrew Bynum has been suspended for the first five games of  next season for his flagrant foul on Dallas Mavericks guard  J.J.

LONDON, England, CMC – Formula One star Lewis Hamilton has admitted to Sebastian Vettel’s superiority and says the German is making the defence of his world title look “too easy”.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – LeBron James muscled his way to a  35-point, 14-rebound performance as the Miami Heat pushed the  Boston Celtics to the brink of playoff elimination with a 98-90  overtime triumph Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games  Federation (CGF) is to approach the International Cricket  Council (ICC) again to push for Twenty20 cricket’s inclusion in  future Games, the CGF said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Office of Climate Change has noted the article of Sunday, May 8th 2011 in the Sunday Stabroek headlined `PNCR exclusion from LCDS Committee ‘unsatisfactory’ – Norway’.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Ecuador is becoming a “United  Nations” of organized crime with drug traffickers from Albania  to China using it as a staging ground to strike deals with  freelance Andean cocaine smugglers, a U.S.

Dear Editor, Please permit us a space in your daily newspaper to voice our grave concern.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former English Football  Association chairman David Triesman has accused FIFA executive  committee members Jack Warner, Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz  and Worawi Makudi of asking for favours in return for their  votes for England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Cuba hopes to counter U.S.  worries over its plans to start its first full-scale offshore  oil exploration in a rare presentation this week to an energy  audience outside the communist-led island.

(Trinidad Express) The appointment of Trinidad Government Senator and Minister of Planning, Restructuring and Gender Affairs, Mary King was to be revoked by President Maxwell Richards yesterday afternoon.

President Bharrat Jagdeo tasked newly installed UNASUR Secretary-General Maria Emma Mejia Velez with forging a South American group that will play a key role in global affairs, after she was sworn in at a ceremony at State House on Monday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Disciplinary issues have been at the centre of West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn’s non-selection since the World Cup, chief selector Clyde Butts has revealed.

TOLEDO, Ohio, (Reuters) – General Motors Co said yesterday it will invest about $2 billion in 17 U.S.

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on a letter written by Jinnah Rahman in the Monday, May 9, 2011 edition of Stabroek News which once again made outrageous and unsubstantiated claims to draw attention to him and to fulfill his own cheap political agenda.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain plans to open new  diplomatic missions in developing nations as part of a drive to  increase its influence in fast-growing emerging economies, while  cutting costs in Europe, a government source said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Having read the latest of Mr. Desmond Ali’s frequent criticism on the Art situation in Guyana published in Stabroek News on Wednesday April 27, 2011 under the caption `Given the poor support from the government, the artist community is shocked by the size of the budget allocation to the Culture Ministry’, we cannot help but reject and disassociate ourselves and organizations we represent from such a statement.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Praveen Kumar dealt early  blows while Bhargav Bhatt polished off the tail as Kings XI  Punjab stunned Mumbai Indians by 76 runs to keep their playoff  hopes alive in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Sistren Theatre Collective — a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which uses the performing arts to help improve the lives of inner-city residents — said its programmes are often seriously impacted by violence in some of these communities.

UNESCO is sponsoring a five-day creative writing workshop at the National Library from August 8-12.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – West Indies vice-captain Brendan Nash says he is anxious to rejoin the fray after four months out of international spotlight.

The approval by the recent Congress of the Cuban Communist Party of a continuation, and perhaps enhancement, of plans for redirection of the economy, has confirmed that President Raul Castro is committed to ending what is a continuing stasis in economic production and growth.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan court  dismissed charges against former President Alfonso Portillo of  embezzling public funds, ordering his immediate release on  Monday but requiring him to stay in the country.

The Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) is embarking on a project to write and publish a book featuring technical information about some major projects from 1945-2010.

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WASHINGTON -China yesterday pledged easier access for  U.S. companies to key sectors of its economy by removing  barriers to its huge market in government contracts and  offering a foothold to U.S.

Dear Editor, As a 16-year Los Angeles Lakers fan, I must begin by admitting that I have never witnessed the Lakers compete with such a lack of intensity, emotion or desire to achieve.