Articles published on Monday, August 29, 2011
ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Javaris Crittenton, a former National Basketball Association athlete who once played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Wizards, is wanted on a murder charge over the death of a woman in Georgia, the FBI said today.
The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 10.15 last night at Canal No.
Police today issued a wanted bulletin for a Lusignan, East Coast Demerara businessman in connection with the Block 20 Enmore/Haslington New Scheme multi-million dollar cocaine bust.
ALGIERS, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s wife and three of his children entered Algeria yesterday morning, Algeria’s Foreign Ministry said, drawing criticism from Libya’s rebels who said granting refuge to the family was an “act of aggression”.
Then US Ambassador to Guyana, David Robinson cabled Washington on the government’s termination of state advertising in Stabroek News in 2007 saying it was at best a public relations fiasco and at worst a misguided attack on press freedom.
(Trinidad Express) Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara has called on the media to immediately stop using his name in connection with the proposed detention centre at the stadium in Tarouba.
(Jamaica Observer) Carmelita Jeter of the United States beat Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown into silver in the women’s 100 metres final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea today.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Website asadeso.com provides a forum for victims of bad contractors and real estate agents.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The book ‘Van confrontatie tot samenwerking’ (From Confrontation to Collaboration … trans.),
(Barbados Nation) The problems of low-budget airline REDjet are continuing. But officials say regular services should resume by Wednesday.
The infighting within the PNCR and its leadership’s failure to verify the party’s voters list before its Biennial Congress in 2007 led then US Ambassador to Guyana, David Robinson, to conclude that the party was in a steady state of decline and that the PPP was Guyana’s only viable political party.
The extension of the roadway between the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) and Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo to a four-lane highway is one of several initiatives which the government plans to embark on in the future.
Defence Board Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon approached the US Embassy for help to track guns that he believed were illegally imported and later ‘stolen’ along with AK-47s from an army storehouse in 2006.
As the lone female candidate so far to have tossed her hat into the presidential race, the United Force’s Valerie Garrido-Lowe feels she has an advantage because she brings different qualities to the table simply by being a woman.
In a briefing for a US energy official, the US Embassy said his 2010 visit had come at an interesting time as there were protests by miners over new mining regulations linked to the Low Carbon strategy and that an uncooperative mining sector could unhinge the related Norway forest deal.
Canadian company Guyana Goldfields is finalising a mineral agreement with the government as the company moves further along in opening its US$1B mine at Aurora, Cuyuni River.
President Bharrat Jagdeo used the airing of the FIFA World Cup 2006 on the National Communications Network (NCN) to boost his image, a US embassy cable to Washington posited.
Thirty community roads in the Haslington/Grove and Industry/Plaisance Neigh-bourhood Democratic Coun-cils (NDCs), Region 4, are to be rehabilitated soon following the signing of contracts at the various locations on Thursday afternoon.
DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Yohan Blake ended Usain Bolt’s three-year monopoly of short sprint titles yesterday when he won the world 100 metres final after the defending champion was dramatically disqualified for a false start.
An arrangement to have a house transported from Bush Lot to Lovely Lass ended in disaster on Saturday when the structure and the trailer carrying it both toppled into a trench.
DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Li Yanfeng finally got the success she had been waiting for by winning China’s first world discus title yesterday.
Western businesses feared that the poor practices of Chinese companies in the forestry sector could become entrenched but were reluctant to work with senior government officials due to potential political ramifications.
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, (Reuters) – World champion Sebastian Vettel won the Belgian Grand Prix and stretched his Formula One lead to 92 points in a Red Bull one-two finish with Australian Mark Webber yesterday.
Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) yesterday defeated Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) by eight-wickets in the opening second round match, of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Queensway Cup, knockout limited overs competition at the Everest Cricket Club, ground.
Colonel Mark Phillips of the Guyana Defence Force has returned to Guyana after successfully completing the 50th Advanced Course in Hemispheric Defense and Security at the Inter-American Defense College during the academic year 2010-2011.
Two time gold medalist in the 1500 metres at the Carifta Games Jevina Straker suffered a heavy defeat yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary as the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) hosted its annual Inter Guiana Games (IGG) Trials.
While fire hydrants remain a non-existent feature in Region Five, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) plans to procure additional water trucks from next year’s budgetary allocation.
A year after the worst flood in the country’s recent history devastated areas along the coastland, the administration botched its initial response to the returning heavy rainfall, which necessitated a massive public relations exercise and a relief spending effort.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Hurricane Irene swept through Manhattan yesterday but reserved the worst of its fury for towns and suburbs up and down the northeastern United States where driving rain and flood tides inundated homes and cut power to millions.
Dear Editor, Mr. Claude Raphael writing in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek `Government should be supported in its proposal re GCB’ as `Former Chairman Snr.
President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dr. Julian Hunte is expected to meet with Guyana’s president Bharrat Jagdeo at 2pm tomorrow over the government’s intervention into the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) impasse.
Dear Editor, When President Jagdeo encouraged the young people at the Impress event to investigate their history, he referred to a particular ugly time when the PNC government banned flour and other food items.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – A record spell of bowling from Anisa Mohammed set up West Indies Women for a convincing, eight-wicket victory over Pakistan Women in the low-scoring first One-day International yesterday.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Libyan rebel forces were converging on Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte yesterday, hoping to deliver the coup de grace of their revolution but uncertain if the fallen strongman was holed up there.
Post-mortem examinations performed on the bodies of Daniel Higgins Junior and Senior on Monday revealed that the
LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United and Manchester City left their tortured opponents and the Premier League in no doubt they are the teams to beat this season after hugely confident demolitions of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur yesterday.
Education Minister Shaik Baksh on Friday presented a cheque valued $25,000 to National Grade Six Assessment (NGAS) 2011 top student Terron Randolph Alleyne, following through with a promise he had made to the student.
MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – Despite suffering one of the worst attacks on civilians in Mexico for years, the state of Nuevo Leon is undaunted because it believes a radical police overhaul will soon start winning the drug war.
Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) would like to reiterate its position that the PPP’s VAT remains one of the principal burdens on the people.
(Trinidad Express) Cedric “Burkie” Burke, 36, and Keon “Baine” Bain, 31, who were arrested by police allegedly hiding out at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Friday, are expected to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate today on gang -related charges.
AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrian forces stormed a town on the main road leading to Turkey yesterday after troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fought a night-time battle in Damascus with army defectors who had refused to shoot at a pro-democracy protest.
An electrician was on Friday charged with receiving a quantity of stolen property.
DAEGU, South Korea, Aug 28 (Reuters) – A controversial false start rule that sent world record holder Usain Bolt crashing out of the world championships on Sunday drew immediate fire from world 100 metres silver medallist Walter Dix.
Dear Editor, I wonder what else the President of Guyana will get involved in.
(Trinidad Express) With the large number of people being arrested on a daily basis by law enforcement during the State of Emergency throughout the country, the Government is looking at converting the Tarouba Stadium into a detention centre.
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton shouldered the blame and apologised to his Formula One team after yet another accident in a crash-strewn season ended his Belgian Grand Prix hopes yesterday.
Dear Editor, A tracking opinion survey on Guyana’s general elections conducted by NACTA in mid-August showed the PPP Presidential candidate Donald Ramotar is more preferred over David Granger of APNU, Khemraj Ramjattan of AFC, C.N
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sipping coconut water and honey, a self-styled Gandhian anti-corruption reformer ended a hunger strike on its 13th day yesterday, a protest that had sparked huge rallies across the country, exposed a weak government and ushered in a new middle-class political force.
Dear Editor, Recently in the media I recognised that public Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance has become part of the new national security and crime-fighting initiatives currently being undertaken by the Guyana government.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – R&B singer Beyonce let pictures tell the story of a baby on the way for her and rapper husband Jay-Z at the MTV Video Music Awards yesterday, appearing before photographers and outlining a baby bump under her long gown.
As far as admissions go, the one made by Agriculture Minister, Mr Robert Persaud in relation to the Skeldon factory was both breathtaking in scope and rife with repercussions for the industry and his government.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Jose formed near Bermuda yesterday, becoming the 10th named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, U.S.
It was like a stroll in the park, or a free way on the fairways of Lusignan Golf course as former national champion Mike Mangal made light work of his opponents to capture the 15-Year-Old Medal Play golf tournament sponsored by El Dorado Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.
This week we asked the man and woman in the streets what they thought about Shilpa Shetty’s “performance” on Bollywood Night for Jamzone 2011, and Vybz Kartel’s walking off the plane on the way to Guyana and not showing up to perform here for the second time.
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“We the people of India give ourselves a corruption-free India” These were the words of a supporter of the man who has won the hearts and minds of thousands of Indians and forced a nation to turn within to examine the corruption that became an intrinsic part of everyday life.
By Gabrielle HoseinGabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St.
The house and trailer
