Daily Archive: Monday, July 25, 2011

Caribbean Airlines says it created history inGuyanaas it helped the Georgetown-based, Alpha United Football Club to get toCosta Ricafor a Concacaf tournament.

The PPP this evening said that New York-based businessman Ed Ahmad who was charged by the US FBI with mortgage fraud has not made any financial contributions to the PPP/C’s 2011 political campaign “nor can he be considered in any way part of the PPP structure or the PPP/C Government”.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Davika Persaud, 29 years of No.

OSLO, (Reuters) – At least 100,000 people, many  carrying white or red roses, rallied in Oslo today to show  support for victims of attacks that killed 76 people, police  said.

A funeral service was held this morning in Miramar, Florida for 43-year-old Guyanese Natalie Belmonte, whose adopted son Gerald has been charged with her murder.

Jamaican Karl Rodney, 73, the founder and head of the weekly New York Carib News,  has been sentenced to two years probation and 500 house of community service for lying to the US Congress, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England completed a 196-run win  over the world’s top-ranked side India at Lord’s today after  James Anderson cut through their middle order with five for 65.

(Jamaica Observer) OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Sandals Resorts International (SRI) says it will spend US$500 million to expand its brand and in the process revolutionise tourism in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Anders Behring Breivik told a  Norwegian judge today his bombing and shooting rampage that  killed scores aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and  said that “two more cells” existed in his organisation.

A two-year-old child is dead and around ten relatives are injured after the  mini-bus they were in collided head-on with a truck this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Winston Dookeran says he’s not worried about Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee’s ruling for Clico to pay six Clico Executive Flexible Premium Annuity (EFPA) policyholders TT$58.7 million plus interest. Clico,

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez will seek another six-year term in an election next year  despite recent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, he told a  state newspaper in an interview published late yesterday.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – With the reactivation of its membership of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Suriname is going for financing of its agrarian programs by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the OIC’s financing branch.

One man is dead and another critically injured following a collision between an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and a motorcar at the small community of Princeville, located close to Mahdia in Region 8 on Saturday evening.

Leaders of the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Friday asked Linden to support what presidential candidate David Granger said was the only movement committed to creating an inclusionary democracy.

An $83M contract was signed on Friday by Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Water Incorporated, Nigel Niles and contractor, ASH Civil Engineering Works, Alvin Hanover, in Region Ten for the rehabilitation of the Kwakwani water treatment plant, according to a  Government Information Agency (GINA) press release.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA)P&P Brokers Limited annual tennis camp concluded Friday at the Pegasus Hotel courts with the presentation of certificates to 76 children aged 6 to 18 years who participated in the two-week programme at the Pegasus Hotel tennis courts.

A Berbice farmer, who has been rearing cattle on a large scale in the Canje Creek area for more than 15 years says he will soon be forced to close his operation if rampant rustling is not addressed by the authorities.

A 27-year-old man is now in hospital while his brother is on the run after the two were involved in a bloody fight on Friday evening.

There finally was play on the third and final day of the West Indies Cricket Board, Under-19 top-of-the-table clash between Guyana and Jamaica at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda ground yesterday.

Fourteen roads and other infrastructure in Region Five are to be refurbished to the tune of $131M, according to a release yesterday from the Government Information Agency.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Britain’s Amir Khan knocked  out Zab Judah in the fifth round to add the IBF junior  welterweight title to his WBA super lightweight crown in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

When two brothers were heard arguing about murdered pensioner Sukhdai Ramkilaum about a month ago, it seemed this was the break the police so badly needed to solve the brutal crime that occurred three months ago.

NUERBURGRING, Germany, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lewis  Hamilton produced a monumental drive to take his second win of  the season in the German Formula One Grand Prix after an  enthralling battle with Ferrari’s second-placed Fernando Alonso  and Mark Webber yesterday.

A 22-year-old father of two arraigned on charges of threatening behaviour, unlawful wounding, throwing missiles, abusive language and assault was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 on Friday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Guyana’s Rolyce Boston jumped his way to a bronze medal last Friday evening at the Junior Pan American Championships in Miami, Florida.

Distance queen, Alika Morgan comfortably won the first of three marathon events when she defeated all and sundry in the Westshore sponsored 5K event last Saturday in Trinidad.

The Venezuelan man nabbed on Wednesday morning with an unlicensed gun and matching ammunition at Eteringbang Landing was on Friday remanded to prison, after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, Are we serious? Editor, I ask this question because it is very difficult to comprehend that in these enlightened times there can be schools right here in Guyana that did not get a single place in a secondary school at the recently concluded Grade Six Assessment examinations.

With road fatalities for the year recorded at 68 by the end of last week, the opposition coalition APNU has called for an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate the causes of the carnage and to make proposals for safer roads.

Dear Editor, This refers to your news item on President Jagdeo’s support for a strong executive presidency (SN, Jul 11) as he stated in a press conference. 

The Demerara Cricket Club clinched the Brainstreet- sponsored Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Under-15 Cup final, with a convincing six-wicket victory over Malteenoes sports Club at the Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO), yesterday.

The Miss Guyana World 2011 Swimsuit Segment was hosted on Friday evening at Le Meridien Pegasus and was off to a “true Guyanese start,” according to Franchise Holder Carwyn Holland after the event began 70 minutes later than scheduled.

Dear Editor, Recently, AFC prime ministerial candidate, the industrious and credible Ms Sheila Holder, MP, made public her investigation of the wanton abuse of Guyana’s Old Age Pension Scheme.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Cadel Evans might not be the most  sparkling rider, yet he won the most spectacular Tour de France in years.

Two Stabroek Market vendors accused of assaulting each other last week appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Dear Editor, In their latest attack on APNU’s Presidential Candidate David Granger, the PPP’s leadership brought up the subject of party paramountcy.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish polished his  reputation as one of cycling’s best ever sprinters when he  became the first Briton to win the Tour de France green jersey  and the first man to win the classic finish on the  Champs-Elysees three times yesterday.

Dear Editor, It was a breath of fresh air reading Dennis Lee’s letter captioned, `Manzoor Nadir could not have influenced the PPP/C to take a free enterprise route if he had been outside the cabinet’.  

The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday  held a stakeholders’ meeting with representatives from the agencies concerned with the execution of quarantine laws and practices and the ministry’s consultant says quarantine systems need to be better manned.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers failed to  achieve a budget breakthrough and instead worked on rival plans  yesterday in an impasse that heightened prospects for a  catastrophic U.S.

Dear Editor, Some person, man or woman is writing a blog and trying to insert my name as though I am the writer.

About 54 residents from the Demerara River community of Tenabu and its environs recently benefitted from the Rotary Club of Demerara’s longstanding medical outreach initiative in the area.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Booed by fans at the start of the  Tour de France, Spain’s Alberto Contador won back their  affection by the end despite losing his invincibility on grand  Tours.

Dear Editor, Some of our politicians are quite deceptive, aren’t they?

The National Library and the University of Guyana Library were the recipients of book donations from Canada-based auditor Lal Balkaran.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik  said he killed 93 people to spark a “revolution” against the  multiculturalism he believed was sapping Europe’s heritage, and  experts say a frank debate about immigration may be the best way  to prevent similar explosions of violence.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England required nine further  wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series against world number one side India at the close of the penultimate day of the first test at Lord’s yesterday.

A 22-year-old man accused of wounding another was on Friday placed on $25,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

By Holly Bynoe and Nadia Huggins Two Vincentians – Holly Bynoe, a visual artist and Nadia Huggins, a digital photographer – have conceptualized and are preparing to release the third quarterly issue of ARC Magazine, a publication that focuses on a collection of works by contemporary visual and literary artists practicing in the Caribbean and its Diaspora.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York hotel maid who  accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting  to rape her said in an interview published on Newsweek’s  website yesterday that he appeared as a “crazy man” and  attacked her when she entered his room.

(Trinidad Express) Best friends Abigail Johnson and Allana Duncan, along with construction worker Kerron “Fingers” Eccles, were shot dead by police on Friday night.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Home favourite Alexander  Noren battled freak winds as he cruised to a seven-shot victory  at the Scandinavian Masters yesterday.

Dear Editor, Sometimes it is hard to accept failure when you have so much invested emotionally in an organization or a person.

WENZHOU, China, (Reuters) –     China sacked three  senior railway officials yesterday after a collision between two  high-speed trains killed at least 35 people and raised new  questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

At the Guyana Watch Inc. Medical Outreach at Bath Settlement, West Berbice onThursday we asked persons to comment on the service they received there and at the public health care facilities.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Mohammed Bin Hammam’s  lifetime ban from soccer is likely to transform Friday’s  scheduled Asian Football Confederation (AFC) executive committee  meeting into a platform for prospective candidates to campaign  for votes to fill his presidential role.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As the Jamaican society continues to reel from the gory practice of beheadings being perpetrated by hoodlums, a fourth person suffered the horrific fate early on Saturday, but miles away from the ghastly scene of the first three.

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The CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) recently focused on reshaping of the architecture and governance for crime and security in the region so as to achieve increased benefits for member states, according to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.

Dear Editor, Hina Rabbani Khar, a young vibrant and brilliant women at the age of 34 became Pakistan’s foreign minister a few days ago.

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Given that this administration has only a few more months to run, the haste with which important and challenging legislation is being brought to the House suggests that President Jagdeo wants to go down in history as the leader who presided over the passage of Access to Information and Broadcasting reform bills.