Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 10, 2011

A man died after a dilapidated wooden structure he was under at D’Urban Street came crashing down on him around 6:15 pm today.

(Jamaica Observer) Government has sought the help of an international expert to develop a national policy to stem the flow of small arms into the island — the prevalence of which has been blamed for the country’s year-to-year high murder rate.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. stocks tumbled more than  4 percent today, almost wiping out gains from a relief  rally the previous day, as rumors about the health of French  banks sparked concern that the euro zone’s debt crisis could  claim new victims.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Lisle Austin  has been banned from all soccer-related activity for one year by  FIFA for taking his case to a civil court over CONCACAF’s  decision to oust him as acting president.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon this morning said that the transaction between President Bharrat Jagdeo and businessman Ed Ahmad which saw the latter shipping some 29 tonnes of building material to President Jagdeo at State House is a private one and only the two of them can speak on the issue.

The poultry producers association is assuring that there will be an adequate supply of chicken for Christmas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican police yesterday refused to discuss an incident in the upscale St Andrew community of Jacks Hill, last Friday, in which a United States (US) diplomat was robbed at gunpoint of cash and “sensitive” US Embassy documents.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Parliamentarian Carl Breeveld will ask questions regarding the planned big infrastructural projects in Parliament in reaction on statements from Chinese Ambassador Yuan Nansheng.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Recently, President Desi Bouterse also revoked the casino license his predecessor Ronald Venetiaan had granted to Best Western Elegance Hotel.

(Barbados Nation) Businessman Gray “Doc” Brome is closing down two of his Pizza Man Doc outlets.

(Barbados Nation) Urgent calls have been made for the protection of the elderly and tourists in the aftermath of the recent spate of crime: the killing of an elderly man and his son-in-law, the rape of a St John woman, and the shooting of two police officers.

The Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) has dismissed a customs officer and suspended three others, following the discovery of $700M in cocaine in a container shipped from here to Jamaica.

Representatives from Good Earth Development yesterday met with President Bharrat Jagdeo to “facilitate discussions for (a) coalition among Guyanese engineers and financiers” to build a railway between Boa Vista, Brazil and Georgetown.

The fate of eight members of the Presidential Guard Ser-vice, who were arrested after a recent raid, will be decided by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), which is currently studying the case file.

State-owned National Communication Network (NCN) yesterday afternoon pulled the popular radio play Merundoi from its airwaves reportedly over a storyline that dealt with voter education.

Eleven companies yesterday bid to supply netbooks/laptops for the government’s much vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme.

The PPP’s Central Committee has agreed to postpone holding its constitutionally due Congress to focus on the upcoming elections, a decision which party stalwart Moses Nagamootoo feels has robbed the party’s membership of the opportunity to endorse or review the candidacy of Donald Ramotar.

An employee within the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Surveillance and Anti-Smuggling Section (SASS) had his firearm taken away by the police two weeks ago, after he reportedly threatened a civilian at a city night club late last month.

There is nothing preventing proprietor of the Celina Atlantic Resort, Bernard Yhun, from expanding the facility, which is located in the environmentally-sensitive area north of the seawall next to the Kitty pump station, according to his lawyer Manoj Narayan.

A father of three died on Monday afternoon, after the branch of a tree he had just felled landed on his head, in the Three Sisters Backdam, in Canje River.

The Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) yesterday received a US$217,285 grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a nationwide domestic observation programme for the upcoming polls.

Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago defeated Guyana by 26 runs at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground Bourda in the opening round of the limited overs version of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 tournament yesterday.

An investigation has been launched into the recent death of Wakenaam resident Jasoda Lloyd, who succumbed one week after having delivered a stillbirth baby, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton remanded to prison a 24-year-old cook accused of assaulting a woman, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Results of second round matches in the WICB Regional Women’s One-day Championship yesterday.

APNU Presidential Candidate Brigadier (rtd) David Granger has blamed the PPP/C administration for the underdeveloped state of the Upper Mazaruni and has proposed to use revenues derived from the mineral-rich region to develop the area.

– pump reportedly ‘burnt out’ After having been reopened in April following a nine-month long closure to effect repairs, the Colgrain Swimming Pool is again closed to repair an electrical fault.

The Milo Under-23 Football tournament was launched yesterday with president of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club Marlan Cole saying that the mobilisation of the sport is to prevent the youths from falling prey to social vices.

One person has been arrested in connection with last Saturday’s Goed Fortuin robbery, and investigators are also ruling out any possible link to a similar attack at Uitvlugt on Monday night.

PPP/C presidential candidate Donald Ramotar says he has no problem with debating any of the persons vying to become president “as long as it is politically good to do so”.

Port of Spain, Trinidad – Following is a statement from the WICB relating to the just commenced negotiations with WIPA.

Dear Editor, This last week I visited our national zoo and was impressed by the entrance gate and that’s about it.

Table Tennis umpires in Guyana will benefit from a three-day umpire’s clinic which started yesterday and is being conducted by Canada’s International Umpire/Referee, Delano Lai Fatt at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Mr Sultan Mohamed for his kind words.

Tomorrow’s Impress Youth Expo, organised by Youths for the PPP/C, is an attempt to address the disregard for youth in political and social change.

While remnants of their meek batting capitulations in the three-day format reared its head again, the Windward Islands held on for a 56-run victory over the Leeward Islands yesterday at the Demerara Cricket Club in the first round of the WICB limited-overs tournament.

Dear Editor, On August 5, my family and I were on our way home, coming from the late Tarawih prayers  around 8.25pm.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Violence flared in English cities  and towns yesterday night but London, where thousands of extra  police had been deployed, was largely peaceful after three  turbulent nights in which youths rampaged across the capital  virtually unchecked.

Handyman Youganand Persaud was yesterday fined $10,000 for disorderly conduct and bonded to keep the peace by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago coach Otto Pfister believes his side has a great chance of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, despite what appears a difficult qualifying draw.

Dear Editor, It was amusing to read a letter by one Mr Malcolm Harripaul in your newspaper (August 8) claiming that President Bharrat Jagdeo sent a memo to our organization requesting an invitation to attend this year’s India Day Parade scheduled for August 21 on Madison Ave (‘Jagdeo sought invitation to Manhattan parade of Indian-Americans’).

SAN ANGELO, Texas,  (Reuters) – Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, was sentenced  to life in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two  underage girls he claimed as “spiritual” brides.

A labourer, charged with unlawfully wounding a woman, was yesterday placed on $85,000 bail at the George-town Magistrates’ Court.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. stocks clawed back most of  Monday’s losses as a U.S.

Guyana had sub-par performances at the recent Caribbean Basketball Championships in The Bahamas, finishing overall in seventh place out of 10 teams that participated in the prestigious event.

Local Muslim organisations say this year’s observances for the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday will feature world renowned qaseeda singer Jameer Hoosein at the Eight Annual Eid Fest Programme set for the ACIC.

Dear Editor, I just finished reading Rahul Bhattacharya’s debut novel The sly company of people who care. 

Dear Editor, I am the artistic director of the Buxton Fusion School of Music.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England captain  Andrew Strauss and India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni played down the  significance of the world rankings for different reasons yesterday ahead of the third test.

Lovers of Hindi music are in for a treat tomorrow evening when singer Payal Seen, famous for her melodious bhajans, and her renowned husband sitarist Pt.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Turkey demanded yesterday that  Syria’s leaders stop the killing of civilians and said it would  watch events there in the coming days, raising pressure on  President Bashar al-Assad, who said his forces would continue to  pursue “terrorist groups”.

Dear Editor, Malcolm Harripaul’s missive ‘Jagdeo sought invitation to Manhattan parade of Indian-Americans’ (SN, August 8) is absolutely false.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England captain  Andrew Strauss has been given no indication that the third test  against India will not go ahead as scheduled in Birmingham yesterday despite inner city rioting and looting.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS in partnership with the Insurance Association of the Caribbean (IAC), the Pan Caribbean Business Coalition (PCBC) and the US Government is hosting an Insurance and Health Forum today in Trinidad and Tobago.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Protesters battled police in  Chile’s capital yesterday in the latest unrest against deeply  unpopular President Sebastian Pinera, possibly sidetracking his  top priorities such as capital market reforms.

Dear Editor, It has been brought to my attention that the Guyana Chronicle published an article captioned ‘Controversial accountant’s sons threaten to hack PPP websites’ dated July 31, 2011, where my brother Ravendra Ram has been wrongfully accused of being an orchestrator in hacking government websites.

The Enmore Athletic Club did Guyana proud, copping five gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the recently concluded Morvant Jets Mustang Games held recently in Trinidad and Tobago.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it was requesting a dispute settlement panel to hear  its year-old complaint that Guatemala has failed to protect  workers’ rights as required under a free-trade agreement.

National champion Taffin Khan emerged victorious in the senior category of the Emancipation Anniversary Chess Tournament which ended on Sunday at Kei-Shar’s Sport Club.

Dear Editor, It is welcome news that after three decades, the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) 523 will push all stakeholders at CJIA to use force to remove squatters who have encircled Guyana’s international airport at Timehri.

We refer to global economic jitters as we watch the difficulties that both the European Union authorities and the United States government have been having in recent weeks, with various stops and starts in dealing with the management of various economic issues, as reflected mainly in financial gyrations.

On 27 December 2006, Dr Christopher Lamb made a request to the British cabinet office for copies of cabinet minutes and records relating to meetings at which the attorney general’s legal advice concerning military action in Iraq was discussed.

 BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Police arrested Brazil’s deputy  tourism minister yesterday in a corruption sweep tied to  funding for major sports events, the latest in a series of  scandals to tarnish President Dilma Rousseff’s government.

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