Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 18, 2011

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has created history by appointing Mrs.

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0015h.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) today said that a rat coming into contact with live parts in the power equipment at the Kingston Power Plant was partly responsible for early morning power disruptions in parts of Georgetown.

FIFA steps up fight against $90 bln match-fixing industry SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Soccer match-fixing yields $90  billion annually, a figure equivalent to legal betting, FIFA’s  security chief Chris Eaton said today, emphasising the  need to curb corruption in the sport.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States will  impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for human  rights abuses today, sources briefed on the matter said,  in a  dramatic escalation of U.S.

A day after new generators were offloaded for GPL, the capital city has been hit by extensive blackouts reportedly as a result of faults in the transmission system.

(Trinidad Express) The Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) has not granted new low-fares airline REDjet its commercial licence to begin operations in Trinidad and Tobago because it is yet to receive the airline’s application from the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA).

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – For a show it was hard to beat: A  DJ blasted Bollywood songs, fans decked out in the colours of  the home side danced in the aisles, and the wife of the  billionaire team owner perched on an electric-blue sofa near the  Mumbai Indians’ dugout.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Australian cricketer Shane Warne  has been fined $50,000 for publicly criticising an official, the  Indian Premier League (IPL) said today.

(Barbados Nation) Nearly 70 000 Barbadians have filed their income tax returns electronically and, according to Inland Revenue senior inspector Neville Clarke, the system has proved to be a success with seven in every ten working Barbadians completing their forms on the computer.

(Barbados Nation) A Christ Church man, who stabbed a policeman in the face, was shot to death a stone’s throw away from his home in Bartletts Tenantry, Sargeants Village.

Guyana has signed a Financing Agreement with the European Union which facilitates the provision of up to €18,805,000 ($5.62 billion) in support for the sugar sector this year in the framework of the Accompanying Measures to the changes in the EU trade regime with Sugar Protocol Countries The grant is part of the EU funded Multi-annual Sugar Programme 2007-2010 which supports the Government of Guyana in its efforts to improve the competitiveness and viability of the sugar industry and to promote agricultural diversification.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced a $300M severance package for Diamond sugar workers, saying that government decided to disburse the monies and end a court battle which could have dragged on for years.

A female student of the Kuru Kuru Training Centre on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway has alleged that she was raped by three male students, one of whom has since disappeared.

Some 15.6 Megawatts (MW) of power is expected to be added to the national grid after the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) yesterday received two generating sets, which it had ordered from the Wartsila power company last year.

A 61-year-old house development planner was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on four charges of fraud.

Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Bishop Juan Edghill has filed a $25M lawsuit against TV station owner CN Sharma and Anthony Vieira over a commentary aired on CNS Channel Six, which he says has seriously damaged his reputation and has caused him distress, embarrassment, public humiliation and ridicule.

An Albouystown man accused of trafficking in 138 grammes of cocaine was yesterday remanded after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs yesterday defended its role in indigenous villages’ spending of REDD funds, saying that it is fulfilling its part as “the facilitator of policies and investments that advance the self-identified needs of Amerindian communities.”

A suspected trunker was yesterday shot by the owner of the minivan he was found sitting in at Premniranjan Place, Prashad Nagar, after he attempted to pull an object from his waist.

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Dr. Baldwin Spencer yesterday announced that a major Information and Communication Technology (ICT) package will be provided to that nation’s teachers and transform all schools into internet hotspots.

A 33-year-old woman who said that she was badly beaten by a policewoman after attempting to make a report about a matter was yesterday arraigned on a  charge of assaulting a police inspector.

The Paradise Primary School, East Coast Demerara, has not been functioning since Monday after parents staged a protest in the schoolyard over what has been described as unacceptable conditions at the school.

The Labour Ministry has launched its own investigation into the allegations made by Aroaima workers against the General Manager of Operations of the local RUSAL subsidiary and will be meeting with all the parties involved on Friday.

British High Commissioner to Guyana Simon Bond yesterday said that states have an obligation to ensure that laws guarantee the same rights to everyone regardless of sexuality, while urging movement by the government on promised consultations on anti-discrimination protections.

By Treiston Joseph The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE) Unit of Allied Arts Department yesterday launched an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tennis Tens programme for primary schools while distributing sports gear to secondary schools at the Kayman Sankar and Company Ltd compound in Hampton Court, Essequibo.

Adrenalin. Violence. And a lot of skill. The Dharamsala sky cracked with lightning and thunder but the real storm was witnessed from the bats of Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh.

CGX Energy Inc yesterday announced the appointment of Kerry Sully as the company’s Executive Chairman, and Steve Hermeston as new President and CEO with effect from June 13.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Buoyed by Sunday’s win in the first Test, West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says his upbeat side will be looking to sweep the series by winning the second and final Test starting in St Kitts on Friday.

A Miami-based firm is eyeing the establishment of a cement block factory in Linden following the recent Linden Expo held during Linden Town Week 2011 celebrations, according to the Linden Chamber of Industry, Commerce and Development.

The trial of Anand Narine, who is accused of circulating nude photos of his former wife, Babita Sarjou, began on Friday with the testimony of the first witness.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies have delayed naming their final 13-man squad for the second Test against Pakistan starting here Friday.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Embattled West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford is one of 17 players named by the Dominica Cricket Association to continue preparations for the Windward Islands Twenty20 Championship scheduled to be staged here later this month.

More than 100 acres of land at Five Miles, Bartica, is to be developed for 600 house lots Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali and a team of officials inspected the site on Monday, and according to the Government Information Agency (GINA) a team of surveyors were expected to be on location yesterday to complete the block survey.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Dominique  Strauss-Kahn faced growing pressure on Tuesday to quit as head  of the IMF after his arrest on attempted rape charges, as some  French politicians expressed outrage over his treatment by U.S. 

Despite being plagued by the shortage of grounds, the Guyana Hockey Board’s 2011 season is set to get cracking this Friday with the start of the premier men’s Farfan and Mendes first division league.

A mason arraigned on three narcotics charges, including allegedly selling cocaine to a constable, was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Defending national champions Rose Hall Town Metro were crowned female cricket champions of Berbice when they defeated Tucber Park by 56 runs at the Area “H” Ground, Rosehall to lift the Millie Lewis Memorial Trophy.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – The United States has stepped  up direct talks with the Afghan Taliban for a political  settlement of the 10-year-old war, the Washington Post reported  yesterday, a move that analysts said earlier was easier  following the death of Osama bin Laden.

The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization recently paid tribute to a number of career mothers, including naming a long-serving member of its medical team Mother-of-the-Year.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The leak of a confidential “doping  suspicion list” of riders was completely unacceptable but the  tool could be useful, International Cycling Union (UCI)  president Pat McQuaid said yesterday. 

Republic Bank’s Linden Branch presented three Lindeners with winnings totalling $200,000 during its Town Week 2011 promotion.

A Bartica man accused of having a quantity of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth honoured Irish  people killed fighting for independence from Britain yesterday  in a powerful gesture of reconciliation few people would have  believed possible even in recent times.

A turtle conservation field station, which is expected to complement the ongoing conservation efforts of the Guyana Marine Turtle Conservation Society (GMTCS), was commissioned at Almond Beach, Region One on Saturday The field station is outfitted with internet service and a solar power supply and it boasts a library where training will be provided in conservation strategies and ICT, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – The West warned of more pressure  on Syria if a crackdown against pro-democracy protests  continues, hours after tanks stormed a city in the south, cradle  of an uprising against Baathist rule.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The huge and centuries-old House  of Lords will be cut in size and replaced by a wholly or mainly  elected second chamber under plans announced by Deputy Prime  Minister Nick Clegg yesterday.

The ‘Mix Up’ Domino team won the inaugural Clash of the Sawakees one-day domino tournament which was contested over the weekend at Rockie’s Brazilian Sports Bar.

Dear Editor, I read Cynthia Nelson’s ‘Tastes Like Home’ cooking page every Saturday.

Compton Green was on Monday charged with shooting at two farmers who tried to take his goats to the pound, after they found the animals in their watermelon patch.

North Georgetown Girls romped to another victory when they collided with Lodge Secondary over the weekend in the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Footbball Academy at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba has given all  small businesses the authority to hire labor and will loosen  other regulations governing private enterprise, the government  said in a statement on Monday.

Dear Editor, It is clear the opposition political parties, namely the PNCR and AFC with their presidential candidates have no clue about the dynamics of the sugar industry and the important role it plays in Guyana, or else they are just playing ignorant of these realities to dupe unsuspecting individuals during this period.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – The Toronto Raptors showed they  still believe Bryan Colangelo is the man to turn the team around  by signing the president and general manager to a multi-year  contract extension yesterday. 

Dear Editor,My family and I have recently rediscovered the Promenade Gardens, after taking some overseas visitors there a few times this year.

Seventy-five South Sophia residents benefited from a number of medical services when the Rotary Club of Demerara, in partnership with the Mercy Wings Vocational and Day Care Centre and the Health Ministry hosted an outreach exercise on Sunday.

A Ministry of Home Affairs programme to lower the crime rate in ten targeted communities saw 87 students, out of a starting batch of 93, graduating in 11 different categories of vocational training.

Dear Editor, On Friday, May 13 I opened Stabroek News and came face to face with a two-page report about a bin Laden “kill” plan, so I immediately went to the coffee shop and showed the report to five men there.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – To fans, he was movie  star tough guy the Terminator.

Rajasthan Royals Shane Warne and Rajasthan Cricket Association secretary Sanjay Dixit, the protagonists of an argument over the changing of pitches in Jaipur during the IPL, are waiting for the BCCI’s judgement on the issue after a hearing in Mumbai.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemalan troops and  police raided several locations in the north of the Central  American country a day after the government suspended  constitutional guarantees for 30 days following the weekend  massacre of 27 farmers.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – One in three of all types of  amphibians may yet to be found by scientists and remote tropical  forests should get extra protection as the likely homes of such  “unknown” creatures, a study said yesterday.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has said preparations for the Region Four Culture Fest are almost set for the Carifesta Sports Complex on Sunday.

(BBC) India opener Virender Sehwag expects to recover from the recurrence of a right-shoulder injury in time for this summer’s tour of England.

Dear Editor,I am extremely worried that Guyana is demonstrating that it is the best country not to do business.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – He may descend from sports  royalty and the glamour of a famous father and a beauty queen  mother, but Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah is not shying away  from the dirty work in pursuit of an NBA title.

(Trinidad Guardian) For the past decade, intelligence units have been gathering information on the expansion of the Chinese Triad, a highly organised criminal unit which has spread its tentacles throughout the Caribbean.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A leading specialist on al Qaeda  said yesterday an Egyptian veteran militant was acting as an  interim operational leader pending the expected appointment of  deputy chief Ayman al-Zawahri as successor to Osama bin Laden.

Dear Editor, If most of the people of this country were asked whom they would be voting for, the most likely answer would be for the presidential candidates of the two main political parties, the PPP or the PNC.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Even before President Barack Obama outlined his decision not to release photos of a dead  Osama bin Laden, news organizations began filing requests to  have them made public under the U.S.

Dear Editor, It was heartening to see the youth of the PNCR finally involved in a very vibrant rally last weekend as the party continues on the hot campaign trail for elections 2011.

Though the United States intervention in Pakistan to obliterate Osama bin Laden dominated news of the continuing UN cum NATO other intervention in Libya, the situation in that country has maintained its prominence.

Politikles

By Harold James PRINCETON – How the mighty International Monetary Fund has fallen.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s banned captain Salman Butt will not appear at Southwark Crown Court on Friday to face  charges of taking bribes brought against him by Britain’s Crown  Prosecution Service (CPS), a source close to the batsman said. 

(Trinidad Express) “Mr Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning is accordingly suspended from the service of this House with immediate effect,” declared House Speaker Wade Mark on Monday night.