Daily Archive: Monday, June 20, 2011

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – At least 44 people were killed  when a passenger plane broke up and caught fire on coming into  land in heavy fog in north-western Russia, an Emergency Ministry  spokeswoman said yesterday.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – West Indies dominated the  opening day of the first test against India today,  dismissing the tourists for just 246 then wiping 34 off the  deficit for the loss of just one wicket.

The two men charged with the marijuana bust at the John Fernandes Wharf were yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – A Jamaican who was set to be deported from the UK slashed his throat soon after boarding a Virgin flight to Jamaica at Gatwick Airport.

The Ministry of Education having launched its Guyana Learning Channel with a great deal of aplomb a few months ago, now appears to be well and truly stumped as to how to provide programming for the new Television Channel.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court  ruled for Wal-Mart Stores Inc today in the largest  sex-discrimination lawsuit in history, saying class-action  status for female employees seeking billions of dollars had  been improperly granted.

LONDON (Reuters) – FIFA vice president Jack Warner has resigned and an investigation into corruption allegations against him has been dropped, world soccer’s governing body said today.

A Canadian national was shot yesterday after he scuffled with a bandit while jogging on the seawall.

A 14-year-old boy is believed to have drowned during an outing at a creek along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday.

A nine-year-old West Coast Berbice schoolgirl was killed and her brother seriously injured after they were hit by a speeding car this morning.

(Trinidad Express) Trade unionists yesterday laid down eight demands to the Government, as they committed to protest action over the next two months and a promise to shut down the country.

(Jamaica Observer) Over half of the country’s youths believe that their lives would be better if they lived overseas.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says that Barbados is making ground in establishing an air service agreement with China that will allow this country to tap into the 50 million Chinese who travel every year.

(Barbados Nation) Police are investigating the killing of a 31-year-old Gemswick, St Philip mother of three close to her home on Saturday in front of horrified witnesses.

(De Ware Tijd) ROTTERDAM – Suriname has called in the assistance of the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific group) for the full utilization of funds available from the European Union (EU).

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – On Saturday, R.N., who has worked for nearly 20 years as a purser for Surinam Airways/SLM, was caught red-handed trying to smuggle four kilos of cocaine on board the airline’s Airbus A340.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad  said today “saboteurs” were behind unrest against his rule  and that political accommodation could not be reached with  gunmen.

‘…the facts in this case disclose a horrendous account of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment which ground my decision for finding that there has been a violation of (the boy’s) human rights generally to be treated with dignity and respect as a child and as a person.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Darren Sammy said West Indies would be looking to put the brouhaha over Chris Gayle’s omission behind them, and focus on winning the first Test against India, starting today at Sabina Park.

More than 300 former employees of the defunct Diamond Sugar Estate turned up to  uplift their severance benefits at the Diamond Secondary School  yesterday as emotions ran high on “the ending of an era” of sugar cultivation on the East Bank of Demerara estate.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Three West Indies legends from Jamaica will be recognised with landmarks around Sabina Park being named in their honour.

Demerara completed an 108 run win over Essequibo yesterday on the final day of their first round Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Under-19 Inter County match at the Providence National Stadium.

An 87-year-old father of Lichfield, West Coast Berbice was terrorized and robbed around 3 am yesterday by three bandits who stole about $1.5M in cash, jewellery and cellular phones.

Reliving their glory days the Carib All Stars thrashed the Under-21 squad 7-1 and have taken the lead in the John Fernandes Insurance Service second division hockey league when play continued Saturday at Thirst Park.

Former media personality Nerissa Pearson says she was repeatedly pushed and slapped to the face by a recently graduated Cadet Officer from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday morning and she has reported the matter to the police.

Nicolette Fernandes easily walked away with the female national title as the Digicel Senior Squash Championships concluded with the finals Saturday night at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street.

Fire of unknown origin destroyed a two-flat wooden and concrete house at King Street, East Canje around 11 am yesterday, leaving a family of six homeless.

Less than a day after he was reported missing, the body of a 51-year-old man was discovered under a wharf at Kingston, Georgetown on Saturday morning.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board officials have decided to cut contact with Dinanath Ramnarine, head of the regional players’ union, WIPA, until his conduct at meetings with the regional governing body improves.

Gang rapes are not a regular occurrence in Guyana but very little is being done for the victims who are often forced to accept compensation to erase the shame and to make their own provisions to deal with the emotional scar that they are left with.

Dear Editor,I should like to compliment SN on the editorial `Reappraising history in a digital world’ in your edition of 2011-06-18.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fidel Edwards said he has a love affair with Sabina Park, calling it a “home away from home”.

North Georgetown Girls, East Ruimveldt and Tucville Boys all maintained their unbeaten streaks to storm into the finals of the inaugural Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy when the semi finals were contested on Saturday at the Carifesta Sports Complex (CSC) Ground.

Dear Editor, I am writing to you on behalf of Three Rivers Kids Foundation of Ontario, Canada.

Fire ravaged a five-bedroom, two-flat house at 528 `D’ Field, Turkeyen yesterday at around 10:30 am.

‘It is the competition for ideas that builds the party. What you have to try and do is to keep the competition within reasonable bounds so it doesn’t lead to people cussing out each other and leaving’Former PNC finance minister Carl Greenidge feels that personality politics has caused the internal conflict that has plagued his party in recent years, and says the party’s leadership has to be more efficient in fulfilling a mandate from the wider membership to utilize all the human resources available.

Dear Editor, I have just finished viewing an episode of the programme ‘Changing Course’ which was focused on preventing youth marijuana use.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies officials have re-branded the regional limited-overs championship.

Dear Editor, There is an interesting development in Trinidad regarding the method of choosing a leader of a political party and by extension its Prime Ministerial candidate. 

BONN, Germany, (Reuters) – “Ask for a camel when you  expect to get a goat,” runs a Somali saying that sums up the  fading of ambitions for United Nations talks on slowing climate  change — aim high, but settle for far less.

By Treiston Joseph An all-round team effort placed School of the Nations into the semifinal as they routed University of Guyana by 31 points when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YGB) and National Sports Commission (NSC) National Schools’ Basketball Championships/Festival continued Saturday evening with the Georgetown Conference at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Substantial repairs need to be done on parts of the Linden-Lethem road severely damaged by recent floods but rain continues to stall works leaving Lethem residents wary of higher prices for food.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A car bomb wounded 17 people in  Colombia’s colonial-era city of Popayan, but a “calamity” was  averted when police intercepted the vehicle before it reached  its target in the main square,  authorities said yesterday.

You can now “like” the Parliament of Guyana. Also comment, view photos and keep updated on happenings within the Public Buildings’ hallowed halls now with its very own Facebook page.

(Barbados Nation) A St Michael Man accused of buggering two schoolboys has been remanded to Dodds Prisons until July 15.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Ian Bell scored his  third hundred in five test innings and England claimed three Sri  Lankan wickets to maintain hopes of victory at the close on day  four of the third test yesterday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Yelena Bonner, a relentless  critic of human rights abuses by Soviet-era authorities and the  widow of Nobel Peace laureate Andrei Sakharov, has died at the  age of 88, her children said.

Dear Editor, The unprofessional behaviour of some members of the Guyana Police Force continues to taint the image of this most respected organization.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament is chasing  about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after  the 2003 U.S.-led

(Jamaica Gleaner) Seventeen-year-old Mark Braun was born in Jamaica with debilitating birth defects that left his legs upside down and crossed.

Two persons, en route to Suriname, were arrested after police discovered 2 kilos cocaine and about 89 grams of hashish in their vehicle.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Serena Williams revealed a  silver lining to her recent life-threatening lung condition on  Sunday when she revelled in being able to run better than ever  as she prepared to defend her Wimbledon title.

The region’s flagship programme, the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), could not be successful without the “full participation” of youth, particularly since young people under 30 represented 63% of the region’s population, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, CARICOM Secretariat said on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I am responding to an article in your newspaper of June 6 captioned ‘Civic group to campaign for PPP/C win in Linden,’ in which the chairman of the group, Dennis Jafar Muhammad, declared that the time had come for residents of Linden to show solidarity with the PPP/C since it had proven its capacity to take Guyana forward.

BETHESDA, Maryland, (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy eased  to an eight-shot victory at the U.S.

From today until Saturday, Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital will be offering a free medical clinic for persons suffering from various ailments including those of the heart.

TRIPOLI – NATO admitted yesterday that its weapons destroyed  a house in Tripoli in which Libyan officials said nine civilians  were killed, an incident likely to sow new doubts inside the  alliance about its mission in Libya.

Dear Editor, Our beautiful country is endowed with many resources. While development is ongoing, I am of the firm belief that if more emphasis is placed on agriculture we can become a very viable nation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A mole in the Ministry of Finance provided the United States Embassy in Kingston insider information on almost every move made by then Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,  (Reuters) – The pleated  ivory dress that blew around Marilyn Monroe in an iconic scene  from “The Seven Year Itch” sold for $4.6 million at a weekend  auction of Hollywood costumes — far exceeding its estimate.

Politikles

This week we asked the man and woman in the street to talk about the most important issues they would like politicians to address.

Former Jamaican Police Commissioner Mr Francis Forbes recently took over as the Interim Executive Director of the troubled Caricom Implementation Agency for Crime and Security.

The Commission of Inquiry into the accident at the Enmore factory on May 15 which resulted in the death of factory worker Jainarine Singh will commence its full investigation from today under the chairmanship of Dale Beresford.

(Trinidad Guardian) Majority state-owned Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) is set to award a multi-million dollar advertising contract to Ross Advertising Ltd, the advertising agency of People’s Partnership, owned by Ernie Ross. But

Savitri Persaud was born in Guyana, and spent part of her childhood in Moblissa, off the Linden Highway.

Dear Editor, Since reading Rajendra Bissessar’s letter captioned, `Globalization has meant more inequality’ (SN June 16, 2011) I have been thinking about a response.   

LONDON, (Reuters) – A Wimbledon final without Roger  Federer almost seemed unthinkable 12 months ago but the  ‘unthinkable’ happened last July when the most gifted player to  have picked up a tennis racket discovered he was no longer on  the guest list for the showpiece match at the grasscourt grand  slam.