Daily Archive: Thursday, August 11, 2011

Candidates who wrote the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams in May/June can now access their results online.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of miner Kennedy Creem, 19, who was beaten to death on Tuesday night at Port Kaituma.

Police are now searching for the driver of a car that was involved in a fatal collision early this morning at the junction of David and Lamaha streets, in Kitty.

The FIFA Ethics Committee today opened ethics proceedings against 16 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officials following an alleged bribery scandal at a Trinidad meeting and head of football here, Colin Klass has been provisionally suspended.

(Jamaica Observer) David Smith, the former head of the failed investment scheme, Olint, is reportedly in good spirits despite receiving a 30-year sentence from the United States District Court in Orlando, Florida today.

Queen’s College and the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School have produced the top students  for Guyana at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

Fire early this morning completely destroyed the Transport & Harbours Department (T&HD) storage bond located on Urquhart street and damaged the Mings Products boat building facility.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Suriname keeps refusing the other CARICOM-member countries access to its fishing grounds.

A man died last evening after a dilapidated house on D’Urban Street, in the city crashed down on him.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday approved the release of $216 million to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), to pay garbage contractors and city’s workers and enhance the capital.

The AFC has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr Steve Surujbally requesting information on a possible date for the holding of general elections.

A Linden businesswoman is counting her losses while singing praises that her life was spared, after she was held at gunpoint yesterday morning and robbed of a quantity of cash and jewellery.

The United Nations and the Guyana Government yesterday signed a new United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), which focuses on sustainable human development.

A mother of ten will be spending the next two years behind bars, after she was found guilty of possession of narcotics for trafficking.

Cabinet has granted its no objection to a $134.5 million contract for the remodelling and rehabilitation of police stations along the coast aimed at making them “victim friendly” and addressing concerns about their inadequate configuration.

A fire in Berbice has left a young family without a home, just before it welcomed a new addition.

The radio serial Merundoi, which was pulled from the state-owned National Com-munication Network (NCN) airwaves on Tuesday reportedly over a storyline that dealt with voter education, is expected to return on air on Monday, according to Head of the Merundoi local office Margaret Lawrence.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says its website www.cxc.org now offers electronic commerce functionalities which will boost the efficiency of its Transcript Request service.

Leeta Henry, a 35-year-old mother of nine, was yesterday charged with stealing a gold chain, which her lawyer said belonged to a man she has spurned.

Members of a National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspection team say they were held captive by almost two dozen men for about 20 minutes until businessman Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj arrived at the New Providence, East Bank housing development site, a source said yesterday.

A batch of 85 students of the Sophia Training Centre yesterday graduated from the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme (YEST), after completing a six-month course which has guaranteed them a skill.

Guyana Under-19 clinched a morale boosting nine-wicket victory over the Leeward Island at the Everest Cricket Club ground (ECC), in the second round of the limited overs version of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under 19 tournament yesterday.

Nine of Guyana’s top junior players are set to depart Guyana tomorrow for St Vincent and the Grenadines where they are scheduled to participate in the island’s International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior tennis tournament to be held from August 15 – 20th.

The Old Students’ Association of the Bishops’ High School (BHSOSA) yesterday launched the third in a series of directories on the school.

Residents of Ketting Village, West Coast Berbice are outraged at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company’s billing demands, which saw some private residents receiving charges amounting to over $350,000 on their power bills with only a two-week period to clear the debt.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has selected its squad for the 53rd Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships which starts tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England enjoyed  another dominant day against India by bowling the tourists out  for 224 on the first day of the third test at Edgbaston yesterday before closing on 84 without loss.

APNU official and WPA executive Dr David Hinds has urged Corriverton residents of African heritage to be proud of their heritage and to use education and civic engagement to ensure successful futures.

A woman accused of fraudulently converting $2M entrusted to her by her mother was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $200,000 when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Emmanuel Lett outdid Fabien Allen in the battle of the under-rated all-rounder and led Trinidad and Tobago to a tight two-wicket win over Jamaica in the second round of the WICB Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship here yesterday.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Three-times 200  metres winner Allyson Felix is among eight defending champions  named in a powerful 129-member U.S.

A US-based couple here to facilitate consultations focusing on women’s issues met President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday at the Office of the President to discuss the project aimed at empowering persons to deal with their problems.

A man was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment for the theft of a cellular phone.

Two former champions are likely to compete in this weekend’s fourth Annual Courts Guyana Inc.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Aid officials warned yesterday that the famine in the Horn of Africa would escalate  significantly if October rains fail to materialize, and  cautioned U.S.

The Ministry of Education will launch a schools’ gardening competition on September 1 to start off a roster of activities for Education Month.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Mitchell  Johnson, playing in his 100th one-day international,took a  career best six for 31 to bowl Australia to a comfortable seven  wickets win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international at  the Pallakele Stadium yesterday.

WASHINGTON/KABUL, (Reuters) – NATO-led forces killed  the Taliban militants responsible for shooting down a U.S. 

A team of eight swimmers is scheduled to represent Guyana at the Goodwill Games Swim Meet scheduled for Trinidad and Tobago from tomorrow to August.

A Bourda Market vendor was yesterday charged with unlawfully wounding another vendor.

ZURICH, Switzerland,  CMC – Senior CONCACAF vice-president, Lisle Austin has been slapped with a year-long ban by football’s world governing body FIFA, in the latest fallout from the scandal that has wrecked Caribbean football.

Dear Editor, GWI wishes to express gratitude to your publication for highlighting the statements made by residents of Dazzell Housing Scheme, August 9, 2011 (‘Why can’t GWI accept ID cards and proof of address as the basis for connecting Scheme residents to the water system?’).

KABUL, (Reuters) – Late last Friday night, special  forces troops from the NATO-led coalition launched an operation  to capture a Taliban leader in an inaccessible valley southwest  of Kabul.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton granted $250,000 bail to a man accused of discharging a loaded firearm at another, when he appeared in court to answer the charge.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British businessman accused of  arranging for his wife to be murdered while they were on  honeymoon in Cape Town can be extradited to face trial in South  Africa, a court ruled yesterday.

Regular feature writing on victims of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and consultations with youths and other stakeholders to find the best ways to highlight and tackle the regional epidemic were among commitments made by journalists last Saturday, at the conclusion of a two-day workshop in Barbados.

Dear Editor, Most of the world’s leaders, including Caricom prime ministers, will be making their way to the United Nations building in September to tackle one of the most difficult challenges our world faces: how to save the lives of 52 million people who are expected by 2030 to die each year of non-communicable diseases.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – India’s famous  batting lineup has flopped for a fifth successive innings as  they are struggling to handle the swinging and seaming  conditions in England, India coach Duncan Fletcher said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David  Cameron will face pressure today to soften his austerity  plans, toughen up policing and do more to help inner-city  communities after days of riots and looting laid bare deep  social tensions in a depressed economy.

In keeping with government’s agenda on security at the community level, a workshop on the Regional System of Standardised Indicators in Peaceful Coexistence and Citizen Security was held on Tuesday to strengthen decision-makers’ capacity to make interventions to boost security.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma  Rousseff has suffered the first major fall in her popularity, a  poll showed yesterday, as she battles a rash of corruption  scandals and a slowing economy.

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia, (Reuters) – After an  unprecedented run of six successive majors without a winner from  the United States, leading American golfers are hoping the PGA  Championship ends the barren run — even if bookmakers think it  unlikely.

Dear Editor, There is a lot of confusion at the BV bus park at around 4pm for passengers to get transportation home.

Dear Editor, Mr Ravi Dev, as his fellow columnist Mr Kissoon declares, is a person of many resources.

(Barbados Nation) A key United states Congressional panel wants Washington to set up diplomatic missions in every Eastern Caribbean island-nation, instead of having everything done by the American Embassy in Barbados.

Led by captain Kraigg Brathwaite, Barbados registered their second victory of the WICB One-day tournament over the Windward Islands at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

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 materials to President Jagdeo at State House is a private one and only the two of them can speak on the issue.

Guyana cricket captain Ramnaresh Sarwan will participate in the Second Annual Knights Basketball Club Celebrity Basketball Game  on August 20 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, Unbranded and unmarked cows, with calves and young cows roam the road day and night.

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

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican police on Tuesday 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.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. stocks tumbled more than  4 percent yesterday, 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.

An explosive 17-ball 49 from Derwin Christian and a 35-ball 49 from Shemroy Barrington helped the Gizmos and Gadgets Georgetown Pitbulls team to a four-run win against Hits & Jams All Stars at the Demerara Cricket Club ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, The PPP hangs its hat on infrastructure. In 19 years, the PPP has no real claim to any aspect of economic development except for perhaps, infrastructure.

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

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. regulators approved a  once-daily HIV pill by Gilead Sciences Inc, giving a new source  of revenue to the leading maker of HIV medicines as it faces  expiring patents.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch acknowledged  for the first time publicly that his son James is not the  preferred choice to succeed him as News Corp CEO, at least in  the near-term.

Handing a sort of indefinable victory to women in what may yet prove to be a major skirmish in the age-old battle for gender equity, recent research has proven that companies with women directors tend to do better than those with executive teams made up entirely of men.

Politikles

The second annual Mark Sutton Knockout Memorial Football competition is set for August 14 at the Melanie Playfield from 8pm.

Promise and potential exist side by side with plight and hardship in this country.

Dear Editor, I thank you for carrying my letter which was in response to Mr Hydar Ally’s letter dealing with the widening chasm between the rich and the poor (‘Is this Cheddi Jagan’s vision?’

(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.

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(Trinidad Guardian) Come next Monday police officers have vowed to shutdown the country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The future of Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings now hangs in the balance after revelations that he tested positive for a masking agent, two weeks before the start of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has just over nine years of natural gas left, a new Ryder Scott Company audit report showed yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Amid reports that Afro-Caribbean people are in the forefront of London riots, British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Arthur Snell says it does not mean judgment will be passed on the rest of the Caribbean population.