Daily Archive: Saturday, August 27, 2011

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Irene  charged up the U.S.

In the aftermath of the murder of Minister of Agriculture Sash Sawh in 2006, the US ambassador here reported to Washington that there was indignation at the inability of the “overwhelmed” police force to solve killings and he also listed a variety of theories including possible connections of the minister to unsavoury characters.

As we said in this space yesterday, this newspaper empathises with Mr Asafa Powell who was forced to withdraw from the individual men’s 100 metres at the 13th International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championships now underway in South Korea because of a groin strain.

(Barbados Nation) REDjet should have a third plane in its fleet by November.

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Irene  howled ashore in North Carolina with heavy winds, rain and surf  today on a path threatening the densely populated U.S. 

The proposals from two foreign companies to run the troubled US$200M Skeldon sugar factory is the enhancement of an existing arrangement, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said yesterday.

New regional airline REDjet yesterday announced the indefinite cancellation of all its flights to and from Guyana, Trinidad and Barbados, citing aircraft hydraulic problems.

A truck transporting fuel to the Air Services Limited (ASL) base was denied access to the Ogle airport yesterday, as part of an ongoing row between the domestic airline and the airport’s management.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has resuscitated its Media Monitoring Unit (MMU), in hopes that it would contribute to “the needed peace” during the upcoming elections period.

The engineering fraternity lost an invaluable member on Thursday evening when Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) past president and executive member, Melvyn Sankies died at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Radika Ramjattan’s ex-husband was yesterday charged with stabbing her to death on Tuesday night at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Injury pull-outs and  doping absentees have taken the sheen off the men’s 100 metres  race at the world athletics championships this year, but all  that will be forgotten when Usain Bolt brings his sizzling  charisma to the track on the opening day in Daegu today.

Local actress and teacher Shelly Bancroft’s died on Wednesday at the Caribbean Heath Institute (CHI), in Georgetown, as a result of what doctors at the institution say was a failed liver and kidney caused by an enlarged bowel.

Sport Minister Dr. Frank Anthony will head the Interim Management Committee (IMC) that will govern cricket in Guyana after Chief Justice Ian Chang ruled on Monday that the Guyana Cricket Board was not a legally constituted entity.

An aerial search by Surinamese authorities for the five missing Corentyne fishermen has yielded no clues as to what happened to them and yesterday a team of volunteers travelled to the neighbouring country to assist.

Regional air carrier Liat yesterday announced a cargo service between Georgetown and all the airline’s destinations.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Australian Steve  Hooker battled through injury to win the pole vault world title  two years ago but although he is now fit, a lack of practice  means he will be battling against the odds to retain his crown.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Double amputee Oscar Pistorius must run the first leg for South Africa if he is to  take part in the 4x400m relay at the world championships,  athletics governing body said yesterday.

Essequibo police yesterday arrested a man in connection with the murder of chainsaw operator Phillip Prince, AKA ‘Strong Boy,’ of Capoey Mission, Essequibo Coast.

Former national bantamweight champion Dexter Marques was yesterday arraigned on charges for armed robbery, wounding and using threatening language.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Bernard Lagat has  grown into the job of role model for the next generation of  American distance runners.

Dear Editor, England are now officially the #1 cricket team in the world.

Local golfers will observe a minute silence as they mourn the death of Mel Sankies, former president of the Lusignan Golf Club, before the start of play in the El Dorado 15-year-old Rum sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament today at the Lusignan Golf Club, starting at 12:30 hours.

Mark McWatt’s poetry collection, The Journey to Le Repentir, has been shortlisted for the Guyana Prize for Literature Best Book of Poetry Award and the inaugural Guyana Prize for Literature Caribbean Award in Poetry.

Dear Editor, Special congratulations to the Georgetown City Council for making it possible to pull down some dangerous and derelict buildings.

The Neal and Massy Group of Companies will run off its second edition of their 10km  road race  and 3km fitness jog on September 4 at 6am.

City Hall is moving to demolish derelict buildings around the capital that are not only a threat to life but also pose serious fire hazards, says spokesman Royston King.

National fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud returned from Great Britain with another very creditable performance at the international shooting championships at Bisley, regarded as the Mecca of world rifle shooting.

Dear Editor, I am writing to address a particular matter which to some extent affects all citizens, and reflects very badly upon the image of this nation as a whole, especially if Guyana is to be marketed as a tourist destination.

Civil society coalition FacingtheFuture (FtF) has called for proposals from political parties contesting the upcoming polls on reforming the police force, in light of recent allegations of the links between members and the drug trade.

An awards ceremony for fifty African women is slated for tonight at the National Cultural Centre and a unique but barely recognized musical group called the ‘Buxton Fusion School of Music‘ will be part of the entertainment.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Libyan rebels claimed to be  close to capturing Muammar Gaddafi yesterday as their NATO  backers bombed diehard loyalists in his tribal bastion, but  there was no sign of an end to the war, or to international  wrangling over Libya’s riches.

So there I was, squashed in the back seat of a car among colleagues and friends decked out in their 12-inch shorts while I wore knee-length khakis.

Leader and Presidential Candidate of The United Force (TUF) Valerie Garrido-Lowe is sticking by her call for her predecessor Manzoor Nadir to vacate the party’s seat in the National Assembly.

The Kares Engineering/Bushy Park Sawmills 10/10 Tapeball tournament Super Eight round bowls off  today with the male, female and school categories at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda, and the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, I have seen the editorial in Stabroek News of August 23, which makes interesting reading in betraying the hypocrisy and double standards of the editor. 

Dear Editor, We the residents of the Liliendaal, Pattensen and Turkeyen communities, duly bring to your awareness social issues that seriously affect us.

A body-work mechanic was yesterday charged with being in possession of forged US bank notes.

Hi Everyone, There are many pork buns and pork sandwiches out there, each with its own legion of worshippers and adoring fans, but there is one that has stolen my heart, rendered me helpless and always desperate with longing – Momofuku’s Pork Buns.

WILMINGTON, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Irene closed  in on the U.S.

Coach of Rising Stars Athletic Club, Leslie Black, is questioning the non-selection of Carifta’s two-time gold medalist Jevina Straker on the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games team  billed   to compete at the September 7-13 Games in the Isle of Man.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala’s  Constitutional Court yesterday ratified the extradition of  former President Alfonso Portillo to the United States, where  he faces money laundering charges.

Although rain did  hamper the proceedings somewhat in  the Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Tennis Tournament, Toshan Jamuna, Kishan Reece and Shavani Persaud emerged as winners in the under-10 and under-12 boys and girls’ categories in the tournament when it was held at the National Gymnasium last Thursday.

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Dear Editor, What will it take to end the apathy and complacency that shrouds this land?

Jomo Marks, who accused of stealing 20 gallons of diesel, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Well known local designer Sonia Noel is expected to receive a Caribbean Fashion Ambassador award from the USVI Fashion Weekend, a two-day event set for October 8 and 9 at the prestigious Frenchmen’s Reef Resort on the island of St Thomas USVI.

Tomorrow, the road for all dominoes lovers will lead to the Police Consumers Co-op on Robb Street for the staging of the Police Sports Club (PSC) Summer Slam dominoes extravaganza.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – A car bomb ripped through the  United Nations’ headquarters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja yesterday, killing at least 18 people, in an attack reminiscent of  a June blast claimed by a local radical Islamist group.

Amid a lumber shortage on the local market, logging company, Barama says it has one million board foot of lumber available to domestic buyers.

Dear Editor, I was awarded a house lot in the Parfaite Harmonie housing scheme two years ago and I now live there with my five children.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England batsman  Kevin Pietersen will be rested from the squad for next month’s  one-day series against India, the England and Wales Cricket  Board (ECB) said on its website (www.ecb.co.uk)

Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is scheduled to hold its official launch on September 3 at the Demerara Mutual Conference Room, when it will also host a seminar on Freedom of Information and the Access to Information Bill.

Lovers of the ‘Dora Explorer‘ children‘s animated television series are in for a treat this week when Link-Up Entertain-ment in collaboration with Guyenterprise and their major corporate partner GT&T host the GT&T Dora Friendship Day which would see Dora and friends, Booths, Swiper, cousin Diego and Blues from ‘Blues Clues‘ team up to thrill the audience in a musical adventure.

Dear Editor, It would be true to say that technology has enabled us to view our world today through the lens of the media, ie, TV, audio, print, not forgetting the Internet and cell phones; but what is our image, has our world changed for the worse?

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – President Felipe Calderon  declared three days of mourning yesterday and demanded a  crackdown on drugs in the United States after armed men torched  a casino in northern Mexico, killing at least 52 people.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – A Chilean teenager died early  yesterday a day after being shot following massive protests in  the capital against President Sebastian Pinera, police said,  the first fatality in months of social unrest.

ALGIERS,  (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers hit a  military barracks in Algeria yesterday, killing 18 people in one  of the deadliest attacks in the North African country in recent  years.

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.

Dear Editor, Before I was removed from the board of the Guyana Water Inc, I raised the issue of the responsibility for water hydrants in the city.

The T&T Women’s Under-19 cricket team will be making a tour of Guyana from September 9-12.

(Trinidad Express) It is a misconception by the public that the “big fish” involved in the illegal trading of drugs and guns are not being targeted by this country’s law enforcement agencies during the state of emergency.

The Lions Club of West Demerara recently wrapped its annual vocational and school bag distribution programme for 100 community children.

Three-time road-march queen Melissa ‘Vanilla’ Roberts is set to release her new music video today for her song ‘All Night Long,’ which was remixed by one of Brazil’s top producers,  Jeremias Lima of Alquimia Digital following the original release by Kross Kolor Records.

A fortnight ago the Arab Spring seemed to have lost its momentum.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – A new, Chinese-built drilling  rig was expected to depart Singapore yesterday or later this  weekend on its way to Cuba where it will be used to usher in a  new era in offshore oil exploration for the communist-led  island.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A private detective jailed for  illegally intercepting voicemail messages on behalf of a  journalist at one of Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids on Friday  gave lawyers the names of the people he says ordered him to  carry out the phone hacking.

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The Mora Parika Neighbourhood Democratic Council in collaboration with the business community and the Ministry of Tourism will be hosting a grand Parika Night and Expo tonight at Parika.

Dear Editor, Why is APNU struggling to get off the ground?

Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) last week launched “Kids for Christ,” an arm of the organisation aimed at reaching at-risk children in various areas of the country.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Eoin Morgan led England to  victory over his native Ireland in his first match as captain of  his adopted country on Thursday in a rain-affected 50 overs  match.

Question 11 of 12:   If a colleague or a spouse of a colleague came to you because she was being abused, how would you handle the situation?

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) last evening said that five flights scheduled to depart from Port-of-Spain today have been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – It may be difficult to believe  that after three decades of rocking hard — 65 million albums  sold and hundreds of packed concerts — Def Leppard hadn’t  released a standalone live album until this year.

(Trinidad Express) Gangs are engaged in a public relations ploy to garner sympathy from citizens and prevent law enforcement officials from infiltrating their illegal organisations, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said.

(Trinidad Express) Police yesterday swooped down on the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain and arrested two men they say are leaders of well-known criminal gangs in Sea Lots, Port of Spain.