Daily Archive: Thursday, September 1, 2011

Mark Mc Watt was last evening named winner of both the Guyana Prize 2010 Poetry category and the Caribbean Award 2010 Poetry category when the Guyana Prize for Literature Awards Ceremony was hosted at the Pegasus Hotel.

  A police constable is now under close arrest after he struck and killed an elderly woman in an accident in the city on Wednesday.

  The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today announced that it has taken the decision to decommission all National Identification Cards issued before October 2009.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today said that it discovered in excess of 3000 used condoms which caused a massive blockage at the corner of Sixth and Light streets Alberttown yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke has two previous convictions in the United States, the Justice Department revealed yesterday in a document related to his guilty plea on racketeering and conspiracy charges.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados Football Association’s (BFA) general secretary David Hinds and long-serving referee Mark “Bob” Forde are now in The Bahamas, where they were scheduled to appear before FIFA’s Ethics Committee’s investigating team yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Police have made a breakthrough in the August 2 double murder at Salters in St George.

Two hundred and ten of the 229 Caribbean Airlines passengers who were forced to make the JFK International Airport their home since Monday finally arrived in Guyana this morning with some of them facing more woes as all their luggage was not on the plane.

(Trinidad Express) Higher international prices of agricultural commodities are starting to affect local food prices.

(Trinidad Express) The country yesterday recorded its second murder since a State of Emergency was declared on August 21 and curfew restrictions imposed in six areas deemed as crime hotspots.

(Trinidad Express) Security for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has been placed on high alert after police raided an apartment at the exclusive multimillion-dollar One Woodbrook Place and found images of both officials.

 (Antigua Observer) St. John’s Antigua- Thirty-seven-year-old Sherwin Carty, also known as “Baah Bastini” of Guyana, appeared in court yesterday for the first time since police cast an island-wide dragnet for him in connection with an August 18 kidnapping in Ottos.

(Trinidad Express) A reputed gang leader’s run from the law came to an end at a luxurious haven on Tuesday night.

Up to yesterday, close to 250 Caribbean Airlines (CAL) outbound passengers had been stranded here for three days after repeated flight delays.

Chinese company Haier Electrical Appliances Limited has won the bid to supply 27,000 netbooks for the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced yesterday.

A post-mortem examination was yesterday performed on the body of Cane Grove fisherwoman Phulmattie Rami by Pathologist Dr.

Two businessmen are lucky to be alive and without serious injuries after they were robbed by armed bandits while transporting $4M to Georgetown.

Indarpaul Moninlal Doodnauth, the Lusignan, East Coast Demerara businessman wanted in connection with last month’s seizure of millions of dollars worth of cocaine at Block 20 Enmore/Haslington New Scheme, has turned himself in to police.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced that two officers were dismissed and another suspended for their role in the Jamaican cocaine bust in March this year and Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur said the relevant authority will determine whether charges will be laid.

Guyanese passengers stranded by Caribbean Airlines at JFK International Airport for days, finally got on a plane last evening but only after blocking a departure gate for a flight where mostly Trinidadians were heading to Port-of-Spain.

The installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras should conclude this month but the availability of reliable back-up power from the Guyana Power and Light could be a problem, Dr.

By Emmerson Campbell Barbados and Guyana football teams will clash tomorrow evening at the Providence national Stadium in the first round of the World Cup Qualifiers, the  Guyana Football Federation (GFF) announced yesterday at a press conference.

More than four weeks after being stranded, the Chief of the remote Amerindian village of Kurutuku, Solomon Lewis finally began his long journey home on Tuesday.

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) to goveren cricket in Guyana for the next few month will be formed today after a meeting is held at the office of Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, Dr Frank Anthony.

Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist and 2002 National Sportswoman of the Year, Aliann Pompey said her failure to reach the final of the 400m at the World Championships was an emotional loss.

Veteran engineer Melvyn “Mel” Sankies was yesterday laid to rest following a funeral service attended by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and other dignitaries at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Brickdam.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England piled more  misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off  Twenty20 match at Old Trafford yesterday.

Around 15 persons gathered in front of State House yesterday and stuck their middle fingers out as they expressed grave concern at the charging of 18-year-old Kevin Simon who allegedly showed his middle finger to President Bharrat Jagdeo’s convoy.

Guyana’s first boxing world champion Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis returns to the ring on December 17 after more than a two-year hiatus from the fight game to take on  Hector ‘Machito’ Camacho at the Princess Hotel.

Dear Editor, Thank you for your letter dated August 23, 2011 seeking my response to a letter from Mr Mark Jacobs published in your newspaper on August 14, 2011, in relation to whether Guyana has a Consulate or Embassy in Haiti. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has appointed 10 Returning Officers (ROs) and 10 Election Clerks (ECs) in what it said yesterday was another major step forward in  preparation for the 2011 General and Regional Elections.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – France’s Mehdi Baala,  who slugged it out on the track with a team mate in Monaco last  month, is starting to think he is cursed after falling in the  1,500 metres heats at world championships on Tuesday.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad yesterday reiterated Government’s commitment to ensuring the availability of chicken on the local market and 15 import licences have been granted.

Dear Editor,   ‘Business Page‘ of Sunday Stabroek of August 28, 2011 can be accused of scare-mongering.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies speedster Kemar Roach made crucial strikes as Worcestershire put Division One leaders Lancashire on the back foot on the opening day of their County Championship game here yesterday.

A decision on whether Guyana will join a European Union (EU) trade accord to ensure that only legally harvested timber is imported into the EU is likely to be made shortly.

Dear Editor, Being part of the local swimming fraternity, we were given the assurance that the new modern swimming pool would have been available in October, 2010.

Robb Street Strikers dominoes team will be in action this evening as the Wild Bunch Crew 27-team dominoes competition continues at the Strikers Sports Club, Meadowbrook Drive.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday sidelined questions regarding a former US Ambassador’s statement that Guyana was becoming a narco state and that several requests were made for help in dealing with the investigation into the murder of Minister Sash Sawh.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s  office denied allegations published in the daily Liberation yesterday that he was handed cash by L’Oreal heiress Liliane  Bettencourt for his 2007 election campaign.

Dear Editor, No doubt, the indiscipline in the Police Force is encouraging indiscipline in the society.

President of Fruta Conquerors Football Club Marlan Cole said that the Milo Under-23 knockout is going ahead despite an attempt by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to pull the plug on the tournament which is attracting teams from Georgetown.

Two family friends accused of assaulting each other were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 each after they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ineffective Pentagon  oversight of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan has  wasted up to $60 billion over the past decade, a “troubling”  failure that undermines U.S.

Dear Editor, GWI wishes to express gratitude to your publication and Ms Anthea Spencer for the comments published in the Wednesday August 31 edition of your newspaper (‘Water meters should be installed in every home to help conserve water‘).

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Katia strengthened  into a hurricane over the Atlantic yesterday, while another  mass of thunderstorms that could become a named storm this week  triggered evacuations of some oil workers from the Gulf of  Mexico.

A small fire at the Blood Bank in the compound of the Georgetown Hospital last night sent two fire trucks racing through the city to quell the blaze.

Dear Editor, On August 3, two men came to my house and told me that they had been contracted by GPL to change my meter.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – A gritty Russian  racewalker won the solitary gold up for grabs yesterday as a  world championships characterised so far by drama and  disqualifications reached its midway point.

In celebrating 20 years of excellent service, The Gift Centre (TGC) last Friday launched  a joint ‘Scratch  and Win’ promotion with its sister company, Shoe Source (SS).

Dear Editor, Unfortunately, the department at the Guyana Public Hospital which is responsible for collecting blood samples seems to be understaffed.

TRIPOLI/TAWARGA, Libya, (Reuters) – Muammar  Gaddafi’s sons clashed on the airwaves yesterday, with one  offering peace and another promising a ‘war of attrition’ as a  final battle for control of Libya’s coast loomed.

An errant officer attached to the Surveillance and Anti-Smuggling Section (SASS) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was reprimanded and transferred to another section following an altercation with a civilian several weeks ago.

President of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) Christopher Ram on Tuesday praised Nigel’s Supermarket for its annual sponsorship of the sport and the Ministry of Sport and the National Sports Commission for providing facilities for the sport.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank slashed  its key interest rate to 12 percent from 12.5 percent yesterday in a shock decision that it said reflects a mounting  global slowdown as well as weaker growth in Latin America’s  largest economy.

Dear Editor, Your editorial of August 25 captioned ‘Murdering the elderly,’ posited a strategy which you implied may deter the murder of elderly persons because they won’t be living alone, but it failed to address the phenomenon of having persons in our society callous enough to commit such acts. 

Dear Editor, I read with dismay the article appearing in your Sunday issue titled ‘Muhammad’s abuse misdirected,’ and I believe that the Kashif and Shanghai Orgainzation owes Stabroek News a huge apology.

A post-mortem examination was performed on the body of Deonauth Seegobin of Canal Number Two polder,

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former Secretary of State  Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she resented what she viewed  as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick  Cheney in his just-published memoir.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal  are seemingly not the only ones sick of the sight of Novak  Djokovic and his domination of men’s tennis.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke yesterday pleaded guilty to charges of drug and gun running, and one count of assault.

This Ask the Consul article addresses services offered to U.S. Citizens present in Guyana, as well as Guyanese and nationals of other countries interested in traveling in to the United States or its territories.

Today marks the start of Amerindian Heritage Month with its annual focus on indigenous art, culture and achievements.

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BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s Defence Minister  Rodrigo Rivera resigned yesterday as the Andean country’s  security forces face growing criticism for failing to thwart  attacks from weakened Marxist guerrillas.

A Guyana Cycling Federation team under manager Brian Allen and coach Wayne De Abreu will depart Guyana today for Suriname to participate in the Annual Bigi Bergi Four-Stage Road Race.

Words play a vital role in a person’s life. We negotiate the wilderness of our social environment with words and language.

Dear Editor, While much energy is being devoted in certain quarters to downplay the effort made to involve youths in the decision-making process by the PPP/C these folks fail to realize that it is the failure of the other political parties to think outside of the box that has often caused them to be responsive.

(Trinidad Guardian) Wire-tapping within the law has been used in operations in the state of emergency, National Security Minister John Sandy said yesterday.

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The 11th sitting of the National Youth Parliament was hosted on Tuesday at the Conference Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara,  where three debates were heard.

 Instalment 119Q: How can I fill out the Form DS-160 to apply for a Non Immigrant Visa (NIV) and schedule my appointment without a personal computer?