Daily Archive: Thursday, August 25, 2011

The police say they are investigating the murder of chainsaw operator Phillip Prince, 29 years of Capoey, Essequibo Coast, which occurred at about 1800h today at Capoey.

Secret documents declassified on Friday by Britain’s MI5 security service reveal in detail how the U.K.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rihanna may like to sing  about sex and she may like to wear sexy costumes on stage, but  the “S&M” singer says there is no videotape of her having sex  with rapper J.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Thirteen people have been  indicted in Miami in a crackdown on what U.S.

An Interim Management Committee (IMC) will be formed to govern the affairs of the embattled Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

Invitations have been circulated for an appreciation event for President Bharrat Jagdeo on September 16, 2011 at the Guyana National Stadium.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today said that effective immediately  all its passengers travelling to Georgetown from Piarco in Trinidad will be able to connect from the arrival gate to the departure gate on the same level of the airport.

Police today said that Wayne Duncan c/d ‘Trini’ is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to Murder.

(Trinidad Guardian) Another pit bull attack has claimed the life of an 11-year-old autistic boy at his home on Clovis Trace, Maraval, on Tuesday night. Jessie

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaicans in the Corporate Area have expressed shock at news that deejay Miguel Collins, otherwise called ‘Sizzla Kalonji’, was involved in a road accident in St Ann last night.

(Nassau Guardian) Irene devastated portions of the Southeastern Bahamas over the past 14 hours, leaving several islands flooded and homes damaged.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs yesterday stated that the entire country is under curfew restrictions during the specified period of 9 p.m.

(Trinidad Express) There are positive signs, but no decision yet on Chris Gayle’s status within the West Indies cricket team.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – More than 2,000 youths have registered at Milieu Management to participate in the nationwide clean-up “Krin Kondre” campaign which means that there will need to be a selection.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Banned Asian soccer president  Mohamed Bin Hammam launched an appeal against his lifetime ban  by FIFA but said in a strongly worded statement on Thursday that  he did not expect to clear his name yet despite the decision  being ‘hugely flawed.’

DAEGU, South Korea,  (Reuters) – Asafa Powell has  rarely, if ever, upstaged Usain Bolt but he managed it today when his withdrawal from the world championships  dominated a farcical Jamaican team press conference.

Coffins with unclaimed bodies due for burial have been discovered stacked atop each other in single shallow grave plots at the Good Hope Cemetery, in what is believed to be a scheme to defraud the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) of funds paid out for their disposal.

Another woman has been killed allegedly at the hands of a man while consuming alcohol.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday urged the rejection of two companies involved in troubled projects here from being selected to manage the new Skeldon sugar factory after raising questions about their experience and whether there was any tender for the project.

A man travelling from Guyana to New York was on Tuesday busted at JFK Airport with ten pounds of cocaine concealed in his suitcase.

For the majority of last night’s international friendly game, FIFA’s world rankings were inconsequential between Guyana and India at the Guyana National Stadium.

In the wake of a recommendation by Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang that the government, more specifically the Ministry of Sport, should intervene in the dispute over the recent Guyana Cricket Board elections, President Bharrat Jagdeo will today  meet with President Ramsey Ali and other members of the Guyana Cricket Board as well as other stakeholders.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has indicated that the earliest possible date for general elections is November 14th, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has said.

With the West Indies selectors continuing its musical chairs style selection policy with the announcement of the squad to play two  Twenty20s in England next month, the only potentially fruitful decision was to award local boy Derwin Christian his first international call-up.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday continued to face questions over government appointments and contract awards as testimony in President Bharrat Jagdeo’s $10M libel suit against Kaieteur News and columnist Freddie Kissoon continued.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has dispatched to all registered political parties the names of all eligible electors who were registered subsequent to the enactment of the National Registration (Amendment) Act 2011, Act No.

LEEDS, England, CMC – Shiv Chanderpaul stroked a wonderful, unbeaten century yesterday, to put Warwickshire in charge of their County Championship match against Yorkshire, and end his slump since arriving at the club.

Chris Singh, 22, of D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, died by drowning last weekend in the Abary Creek in Region 5.

The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation says it will purchase kits for the winners of the end-of-year football tournament if the Plus One company does not honour its commitment to donate the sports gear as was promised, says Co-director Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major.

Gavin Joseph called ‘Blacks’ was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton after being arraigned for discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a public way.

Rita Heikens was unstoppable in last weekend’s King’s Jewellery World Medal Play Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Libya’s new masters have offered  a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi, after  he urged his men to fight on in battles across parts of the  capital.

The National Association of Women’s Football (NAWF) is looking to push its development mandate when Mineral Promotion in collaboration with the NAWF and Solid Gold kicks off a female knockout tournament at the Bartica Community Centre ground from today until September 3.

NASSAU,  (Reuters) – Powerful Hurricane Irene  battered the Bahamas yesterday on a track to the North  Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the densely  populated U.S.

Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai is cooperating with local investigators probing the alleged ties between members of the Guyana Police Force hierarchy and the drug trade, police said in a statement yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Block X Great Diamond.

Dear Editor, It is interesting to note the debate caused by the announcement that the Government has made a grant available to ACDA for International Year for people of African Descent (IYPAD).

President of Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool yesterday said that the 17th edition of the Pro Am Friday night fights card will be highly entertaining and urged the public to come out in their numbers and support the event.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – A scheme training Filipino  women to efficiently run neighbourhood stores grabbed top prize  at an global U.N.-sponsored

A man who said he used abusive language to his neighbour because “she’s a upstart and always in me [his] business” was yesterday fined $10,000 by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

A 56-year-old carpenter accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a woman was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $100,000 after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

KINGSTON, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies women’s head coach Sherwin Campbell believes the two night Twenty20 Internationals in Guyana during the upcoming series against Pakistan, will serve the regional side well in their preparation for important upcoming international assignments.

Dear Editor, Last week it was widely reported that a 29-tonne container of building materials shipped to President Jagdeo by businessman Ed Ahmad in 2009 was indeed cleared by Customs duty-free.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – A political scandal involving a  government MP over payments to prostitutes, which threatens  Australia’s minority government,  deepened on Wednesday when the  lawmaker’s former union asked police to investigate his union  credit card bills.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela received an enviable  honor last month: OPEC said it is sitting on the biggest  reserves of crude oil in the world — even more than Saudi  Arabia.

Dear Editor, Special thanks are extended to GT&T for introducing the innovative Fast Ball tournament.

The Ministry of Agriculture’s National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has commenced a programme to improve and enhance the drainage and irrigation systems in the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary areas, a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release stated.

DAEGU, South Korea, CMC – He enters the World Championships without a major title but Jamaican Asafa Powell has still installed himself as the favourite to win the marquee 100 metres title here next week.

Dear Editor, The recent move by the President and the Home Affairs Minister to reach youth and drivers in Guyana to deal with the ever increasing traffic problem is a welcome move, but has me thinking if it’s an election gimmick or if they are really serious.

Chutney singer Mahendra Ramkellawan was yesterday acquitted of a charge that he assaulted his wife, after she refused to proceed with the complaint.

Courts Furniture Store Guyana Inc. will reintroduce its Courts 10 kilometers road race in collaboration with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) on September 18, starting in front of the furniture store’s main office on Main Street from 06:00hrs.

Ryan Lewis, while being cross-examined by defence counsel Nigel Hughes, said that murder accused Dwayne Jordan was bored  while the two were rolling down a flight of stairs during a scuffle at a Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara home.

LIMA, (Reuters) – A strong earthquake struck a  remote Amazon region of Peru yesterday, shaking buildings  far away in the capital and in neighboring Brazil, although no  injuries or damage were reported.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to two photographs which appeared on the front page of the Tuesday August 23, 2011 edition of the Kaieteur News.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chairman of selectors Clyde Butts says combative left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn has not yet shown that he is serious about playing for West Indies.

A Bible teacher accused of using threatening behaviour towards a man was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Injecting a bacteria into  mosquitoes can block them from transmitting the dengue virus and  help control the spread of a disease that kills 20,000 annually  in more than 100 countries, scientists said.

Though garbage contractors have resumed work, illegal dumping by some citizens is stymieing the City Council’s serious effort to clean the city and keep it that way, says City Hall spokesman Royston King.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – Authorities rounded up  nearly 120 people in Trinidad and Tobago after imposing  emergency rule on the oil-rich Caribbean nation this week to  halt a spike in violent crime.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica jumped one place in the world to continue as the top team in the Caribbean Football Union, in the latest FIFA rankings released yesterday.

Dear Editor, Now that the election season is around I hear all the politicians vying for political office talk of all the things they will do, and I hear nothing about what they will do for pensioners.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – One day after a magazine  claimed that their marriage was in trouble, Hollywood super  couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith appeared together in  public on Wednesday, smiling broadly for cameras and fans.

(Trinidad Guardian) Media magnate Ken Gordon said a state of emergency in T&T was long overdue.

Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud yesterday met the relatives of the five missing Berbice fishermen and he assured them that all efforts are being made by Guyanese and the Suriname authorities to locate the fishers.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The organizers of a  controversial Michael Jackson Tribute concert said on Tuesday  they were going ahead with the event, but they offered  disgruntled fans the chance to air their concerns in a global  conference call.

Stefan Corlette won the Under-18 male category at a specially arranged Goodwill table tennis tournament involving local players and players from Trinidad and Tobago Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, It has been just over one month since GWI began works in the Queenstown area without informing residents.

PRAGUE,  (Reuters) – British pop star George Michael  returned to the stage late on Monday for an emotional  performance at the opulent Prague State Opera where he announced  his split from long-term partner Kenny Goss.

Dear Editor, On Friday, August 19 a car probably using benzene flew off the East Bank Demerara road into a dwelling house in Bagotstown.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuban authorities are  investigating the business dealings of Canadian firm Tri-Star  Caribbean, one of the best known trading companies on the  island, foreign business and diplomatic sources said this  week.

As a result of the curfew imposed in Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Airlines Limited has said that all of its flights continue to operate on their regular schedule.

Ramnarine Chattergoon had a fine all-round performance on Saturday for Albion at the Area H ground while Essequibo’s Young Warriors edged past Brushie’s XI by two runs on Sunday as action in the Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills 10/10 tapeball competition continued.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the Guyana Times of August 14, ‘AFC Councillor lauds Government D&I investment at Supenaam Creek‘ and one in the Guyana Chronicle of August 10, under the caption ‘AFC Councillor reports farmers benefiting from Government Supenaam Creek investment,’ written by Rajendra Prabulall, the reporter employed by the Region Two administration.

The Leader of The United Force, Valerie Garrido-Lowe has asked the party’s former Leader Manzoor Nadir to give up the seat he currently holds in Parliament.

Collision: Two vehicles were involved in an early morning accident on Tuesday, at the junction of

Democracy works best as a triangular love affair between the people of the society, elected government under free and fair national elections, and an independent, diverse, credible and ethical mass media.

At 84 years and frail of frame Mr Harold Rachpaul posed a threat to no one.

Politikles

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – For Shafiq Sheikh, the irony is  tragic. Sheikh, who acted in the spoof film “Ye Hai Malegaon Ka  Superman” about an Indian super-hero who saves his town from a  tobacco-loving villain, is himself suffering from mouth cancer  caused by his incessant tobacco habit.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian minister accused  his own party of trying to destroy him and said yesterday he  might not have enough support to continue in his job, raising  the odds of yet another high-level departure from President  Dilma Rousseff’s beleaguered government.

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DHAKA, (Reuters) – Angry fans wielded broom-sticks at the Bangladesh cricket team on their return to Dhaka from the  disappointing tour of Zimbabwe yesterday.