Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 27, 2011

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – According to MC-Parliamentarian Andre Misiekaba, there is ample reason to be anxious that much illegal and drug money is circulating in Suriname without the authorities being able to do anything about it.

(Trinidad Express) This country will not be shut down by the labour movement and Government will survive whatever action it takes, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

(Jamaica Observer) The Government yesterday banned the scrap metal trade in a desperate move to save the country’s infrastructure by putting a new breed of brazen scavengers out of business.

(Jamaica Observer) More than four months after Jamaican Shanique Myrie was finger-raped, verbally abused, locked up and kicked out of Barbados, the Barbadian Government is yet to respond to correspondence from her lawyers.

International Cricket Council-accredited umpire Clyde Duncan died early this morning in Trinidad following a battle with cancer.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) today said that the crew of a boat which capsized in the Essequibo River on Sunday with 17 passengers aboard had been suspended while an investigation of the incident is done.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Yesterday afternoon, President Desi Bouterse told the press that the gold pontoon that has been causing quite a stir among communities around the reservoir in Brokopondo is neither his son Dino Bouterse’s nor chief of-security Melvin Linscheer’s.

A fire early this morning completely gutted Willo’s Grocery which was located at the back of the old Mackenzie Market at Linden.

(Barbados Nation) Threatened with sanctions after being given a 48-hour deadline by FIFA, the Barbados Football Association (BFA) yesterday proclaimed its innocence in bribery allegations levelled at banned former presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam.

A gang of about 30 men, including presidential guards, early yesterday morning stormed into Guyana Sandport Inc.

A woman is now dead and a girl is a patient of the Woodlands Hospital following a hit-and-run accident last evening at Crane, West Coast Demerara.

The Bharrat Jagdeo administration last night denied exerting pressure on CNS Channel 6 boss CN Sharma to pull any of his programming, including the ‘Keeping Them Honest’ talk show.

It is “absolutely” important for opposition political parties to have equal access to state media, says Dr.

Sacked doctor, Vishwamintra Persaud was yesterday released on $400,000 bail at the High Court in Berbice more than one week after he was remanded on charges of sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl.

Griffin Osafo Corbin yesterday became the third person charged with the $6.9M hold-up of two Avon employees.

Amerindian leaders from across Guyana have gathered for the five-day National Toshaos Conference.

American Professor Dr David Lublin yesterday noted that while it is not unusual for countries to use proportional representation as its electoral system, Guyana’s system is more unique than most because of its closed list system which is controlled by the head of the list.

Twenty-nine-year-old Devika Persaud of No. 50 Village, Corentyne whose battered body was found along the No.

While the PPP says indicted businessman Ed Ahmad made no financial contributions to its 2011 political campaign “nor can he be considered in any way part of the PPP structure or the PPP/C government” he was one of the contact persons listed for an April 29 event in the US where the party’s presidential candidate Donald Ramotar was introduced.

A man who the police say was found in possession of an unlicensed gun and ammunition was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The speedboat, which sprang a leak in the Essequibo River with 17 passengers on board, may have struck a pile, investigators believe.

Dear Editor, This report in Stabroek News may not be news to Guyanese at home, but for me it demands comment: “The station’s managing director CN Sharma, in correspondence to Ram yesterday, indicated that the programme will be discontinued with immediate effect.

Three men were remanded to prison yesterday for robbing another man.

Bartica’s market has been without water and electricity for about three weeks, and according to the Chairman of the Bartica Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Gerald Joseph, there is not much that can be done.

Dear Editor, Your article ‘Ed Ahmad has made no contribution to PPP/C 2011 campaign – Freedom House,’ SN July 26, refers.

A drug trafficker who sold ganja to an undercover police officer was sentenced to five years in jail at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Dear Editor, As much as I am inclined to let this pass, my conviction is spurring me to comment on your recent article, ‘Lewis calls for body to monitor foreign investment (SN, July 24).

Dear Editor, With others, I attended Parliament on July 20, 2011 as an interested citizen to hear the debate on the extension of the Registration Bill.

A woman’s business and home located on Mandela Avenue were yesterday demolished by workers from the Ministry of Public Works, which is currently carrying out a campaign to remove all encroachments to the Public Road Reserve.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officials yesterday remained tight-lipped about the allegations surrounding the bribery scandal at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) meeting held in May in Trinidad and Tobago, even as FIFA told members to “provide  all relevant information within 48 hours.

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram of NACTA fame claims he did a recent poll in early July 2011.

A man who allegedly stole a gold chain valued $1.5M was placed on bail yesterday by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

By Colin Benjamin The encounter was hyped as the “battle of spinners” by erudite cricket pundits.

The Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) yesterday received sponsorship from Digicel at the cell phone giant’s head office in Kingston.

Nigel Campbell, 27, of Number 50 Village, Coren-tyne is currently a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital, after he was struck down by a Canter truck around on Saturday night.

CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, (Reuters) – Cuba is pressing  ahead with plans to revamp its economy and fine tune its one  party political system, but it will take time, Vice President  Jose Ramon Machado Ventura said yesterday in a nationally  televised address.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Freddie Kissoon in SN of Tuesday, July 26, captioned ‘Competition is not synonymous with market forces’.

Despite dropping captain of the Leeward Islands team Rakeem Cornwall before he reached his half century, the Windward Islands still made inroads to hold a slight advantage after the first day of their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under-19 Three-day match at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, yesterday.

Roy Campbell, who was out on bail on an assault charge, was on Monday remanded after new charges were laid against him.

Dear Editor, It is time for the Guyanese people to rise and take note of what is happening to their rights of free expression and the public right to be informed. 

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is making steady progress towards becoming the first country in the world to have free wireless access everywhere.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Jamaica marched to their second win of the Caribbean Basketball Championships when they clobbered Guyana 75-43 on day three of competition here Monday night.

The Ministry of Agriculture is currently implementing a $30M Acoushi Ant Eradication Programme in Region Seven, and plans are in train to expand the programme to regions, One, Eight and Nine.

Dear Editor, The minibus situation is out of control and drastic action has to be taken by the citizens of this country who can’t afford a car because this government has shown that this issue is on their backburner and obviously they have no interest at all in providing proper public transportation.

Dear  Editor, Reference is made to Mr Malcolm Harripaul’s letter (‘Granger wants real democracy, Jagdeo/Ramotar will continue with Stalinism and cronyism’ SN, Jul 25) in which he pens, “Granger wants to restore democracy.”

Eighteen disability organisations met at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre to discuss civic rights, when the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities convened another voter education workshop recently.

Reigning Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud powered his way to victory in the Wartsila Golf Tournament on a day that saw some high scores at the Lusignan Golf Club thanks to very slick greens, tricky pin positions and strong winds.

(Jamaica Observer) Caribbean media practitioners have been challenged to expand their role as social advocates and demand accountability from governments in the face of increasing evidence of corruption.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress and world  markets faced more uncertainty yesterday as Republican leaders  delayed action on a plan to raise the government’s $14.3  trillion borrowing limit, narrowing the chances for a deal to  avert a debt default.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The main global grouping of gays  and lesbians, ILGA, has been formally recognised by the United  Nations against strong opposition from African and Islamic  countries, according to a U.N.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit Championships which was schedule to start today at the Camp Ayanganna ground has been postponed for the second time.

Dear Editor, The Catholic Church in Guyana has lost an outstanding member in the passing of Sr Beatrice Fernandes, OSU.

The Guyana National Road Safety Council is appealing to all road users to be more responsible when using the roadways.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan decided on Monday night to give up his private medical practice, hours after he was given an ultimatum by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to choose between it and his ministerial position.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A court in Mexico yesterday sentenced a 14-year-old U.S.

Dear Editor, Voter turnout in Guyana’s 2006 election was approximately 69%.

(Jamaica Observer) SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — The community of Junction in South East St Elizabeth is in shock following the shooting death of a 17-year-old girl close to her home Monday night.

 By Treiston Joseph National 400 metres junior champion Stephan James has etched his name into Guyana’s history books by becoming the first junior sprinter to make it into a sprint final.

Leon Smart was yesterday sentenced to three months in prison for unlawfully assaulting another man.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has announced the winners in the seventh and eight weeks of its Salute your Heroes ‘Text to Win’ competition.

RABAT,  (Reuters) – At least 78 people were killed yesterday when a Moroccan military transport plane crashed into a  mountain in the south of the country during bad weather, the  military said in a statement carried by the state news agency.

Dear Editor, As an outsider looking in at the literal tearing down of a place of worship, the St Barnabas Church in Georgetown, I am extremely appalled to say the least.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Jamaica captain Donovan Nelson gave his side early control of their top-of-the-table clash with Barbados in the WICB Regional Under-19 Championship yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A financial institution has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay US$70,000 with interest to one of its customers who was given wrong advice by one of its employees to invest her money in the failed investment scheme Cash Plus Ltd.

Politikles

Dear Editor, The Webster dictionary defines the deus ex machina Greco-Roman phrase as follows: “A person or thing that appears or is introduced suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an apparently insoluble difficulty.”

Former national youth player Kellon Carmichael produced an all-round performance yesterday when he grabbed 2-38 and stroked an entertaining 48 as Christopher Barnwell’s XI beat Steven Jacobs’ XI by 32 runs at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

The ruling last week by a Trinidad & Tobago court making awards to investors in Clico and a statement from Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of St Kitts and Nevis, as Chairperson of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, on the fate of the Antigua ABI Bank, remind us that difficulties emanating from the 2008 recession continue to be unresolved, and are forcing themselves on Caribbean policy-makers.

(Trinidad Guardian) The theft of five guns from gang members in Picton Road, Laventille, is said to be linked to the killing of seven men in east Port-of-Spain and Laventille during the past three weeks. Police

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has now been formally launched and has given us some idea of its core beliefs: immediate post election national unity government, constitutional change to implement shared governance, a strict separation of powers and equitable distribution of the national wealth.

(Reuters) –  Western security agencies were most  likely behind the killing of an Iranian scientist in an operation that underlines the myriad complications in the  conflict over Iran’s nuclear programme, analysts say.