Daily Archive: Sunday, September 4, 2011

This fire engine ended up in the Lamaha Street trench this afternoon as it sought to avoid colliding with a car (at right of photo).

Police say that at about 1230h today Dispatcher Jenella Burke, 25 years, was on duty at the Green Ice Taxi Service at Cross Street and Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, when a man armed with a handgun entered and held her at gunpoint.

PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Trinidad and  Tobago approved a three-month extension of a state of emergency  today after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said it  had averted “a criminal uprising” in the energy-rich country.

Amid an intensive operation to capture drug lord Roger Khan, then Police Commissioner Winston Felix visited the US embassy to request a sweep of his office for listening devices and for help in determining if a house linked to Khan had a concealed basement that might have stolen AK-47s and drugs.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Katia intensified over  the open Atlantic today, bulking up to a powerful Category  2 storm, the U.S.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Forces of Libya’s National  Transitional Council have identified the whereabouts of ousted  leader Muammar Gaddafi, an Al Jazeera television correspondent  reported today.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt swept away  any remaining clouds surrounding his 100m disqualification when  he anchored Jamaica to a world record time of 37.04 seconds to  retain the world 4×100 metres relay title today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Criminologist Ian Ramdhanie is urging the country to brace for an increase in crime once the 9 pm to 5 am curfew is relaxed.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a leaked 2006 diplomatic cable from the US embassy in Port-of-Spain, “the much-maligned blimps and alleged attack helicopters” were described by US officials here as extravagant crime-fighting “toys” of the Patrick Manning administration.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday met with the 14-year-old girl who had created a YouTube video hurling offensive remarks towards Persad-Bissessar, in relation to the State of Emergency and curfew restrictions imposed in the country, almost two weeks ago.

(Trinidad Express) The country has recorded its second murder since the declaration of a State of Emergency on August 21, and curfew restrictions imposed in six areas described as crime hotspots.

(Trinidad Express) Business is down in Trinidad and Tobago “across the board” by at least 30 per cent, and some in the restaurant and hospitality sector have suffered a 75 per cent reduction in income since the declaration of the State of Emergency.

Canada was ready and willing to assist Guyana with its investigations into the April 22, 2006 slaying of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his siblings and a security guard but government never made a request.

Recent stories of drug traffickers links to senior police officials have been “quite worrying” and the United Kingdom believes that more can be done to tackle the drug trade here and would like to work more closely with local authorities, London’s former top diplomat in Guyana has said.

By Roxanne Clarke With photos by Anjuli Persaud Den Amstel lies about seven miles from Vreed-en-Hoop, sandwiched between Blankenburg to the east, and Hague to the west.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) said yesterday that it was surprised by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud’s exhortation for GuySuCo to decide quickly on Indian and Chinese proposals to manage the troubled Skeldon factory, saying it has been reliably informed that the matter has not been taken to the board as yet.

Then US Ambassador Roland Bullen cabled Washington on March 13, 2006 on how in his view President Bharrat Jagdeo had taken the election campaign on the low road and had tried to stir up public fear and leverage it into votes.

The first batch of solar panels for powering interior homes under the Hinterland Electrification Project will arrive in November with installation expected to be completed within three months thereafter.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – The doubters said  Usain Bolt was vulnerable and that his star was on the wane.

Ramsey Ali, who was elected president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) said yesterday that nobody, including Minister of Sport Dr.

Neville Cadogan was in fine form Thursday night as he spearheaded Robb Street Strikers to a comfortable win over YK6 and Strikers as the Wild Bunch, 27-team dominoes competition continued at the Strikers Sports Club Meadowbrook Drive.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed disappointment at the recent travel bottlenecks faced by Guyanese travellers using Caribbean Airlines (CAL), while saying that the government is still exploring avenues to establish a locally-owned air carrier.

The prolonged fight for control of West Indies cricket has just got more intense.

Despite all the gun talk by skipper Chris Gayle, T&T warmed-up for the Nokia Champions League with a 12-run victory over the WIPA All Stars in the ‘Balls of Fire 2’ charity T20 clash at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday.

Election time will inevitably turn the temperature up on every issue under the sun, including lately complaints about the media displaying lack of veracity, lack of balance, and misinformation. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Rain ruined the first one-day  international between England and India yesterday with the  match at Durham being abandoned when the hosts were on 27 for 2  chasing India’s 274 for seven.

As I get older I find I try to capture in memory more fully than ever the passing marvellousness of an ordinary day by writing down what happens in a journal.

By Iva Wharton There is no real competition for female golfers in Guyana.

Introduction Last Monday, August 29, I indicated in a letter to SN captioned ‘Nothing illegal about unincorporated bodies operating by the rules‘ that I would be reviewing in today’s column the court’s decision in the case brought by the Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board against the Guyana Cricket Board.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  CMC – Shiv Chanderpaul’s rich vein of County Championship form for Warwickshire continued yesterday when he stroked an unbeaten half-century in a drawn game against Yorkshire.

Decked out in their exhibition attire, a group of ‘first people’ have a pow-wow near one of the houses in the Amerindian Village set up at Sophia for Amerindian Heritage Month.

Introduction My Sunday Stabroek column last week ended with the observation that, the European Community (EC) ‒ African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Sugar Protocol under which about 90 per cent of Guyana’s export of raw sugar was made, is a direct descendant of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement (CSA), which Britain had put in place in 1951 so as to avoid future disruption in the supply of raw sugar from its colonial possessions to UK refineries, including war time. 

Although the administration has questioned the credibility of leaked US diplomatic cables that accuse it of collusion with criminal elements, including convicted drug lord Roger Khan, but APNU presidential candidate David Granger says “nothing less” than a judicial inquiry would put to rest the mounting allegations.

One of the first signs that the potential formation of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) by the  government to temporary govern cricket in Guyana could further affect cricketers throughout the country, occurred on Friday, when a faction of Berbice players  called up for a Twenty20 Trial match ahead of upcoming practice games versus Trinidad who will be  representing the region in the Champions League tournament in India later this month, were told by Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) officials not to turn up.

A mother’s worst nightmare came true when her eldest daughter and only grandson were brutally slaughtered by gunmen targeting three men who were travelling in a car at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.

SANTIAGO, Chile— Critics of Chile’s free-market democratic model had a feast in recent days with images of massive student strikes and a two-day general strike that made headlines across the world.

We were mostly strangers, checked in at different hours with a common aim; to get on the next flight out of New York to Guyana scheduled by Caribbean Airlines.

Back in 2007 former Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira was seen by US Embassy officials in Georgetown as “fighting a lonely, uphill battle against fraud and corruption in the Ministry of Home Affairs.”

Aviation and tourism are vital components of the Caribbean economy.  They provide employment, foreign exchange and taxes which in turn support schools, hospitals, national security and much more.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Paceman Ryan Harris  captured five wickets as Australia made full use of the second  new ball to break a stubborn sixth-wicket partnership and mop up  the tail on the way to a 125-run victory over Sri Lanka on the  fourth day of the first test yesterday.

A trio of truly one-sided contests throughout the city saw Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Malteenoes Cricket Clubs recording thoroughly convincing victories in their respective quarter-finals  of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Queensway Cup knockout limited overs competition yesterday.

Following the death of journalist and television talk show host Ronald Waddell a plan was reportedly hatched to target a number of persons including the then US Ambassador to Guyana Roland Bullen.

The Red Brocket Deer (Mazama Americana) is a species of brocket deer that can be found in the forests of South America ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas.

Relatives of University of Guyana (UG) student Anthony Ting-A-Kee are puzzled at the way he was murdered and have suspicions regarding how it occurred.

The African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) two-day four-a-side small goal and penalty shootout wraps up today at the C-Field Sophia Tarmac with a number of teams vying for the Ministry of Culture trophy and cash incentives.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Documents found in the abandoned Tripoli office of Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief indicate the US and British spy agencies helped the fallen strongman persecute Libyan dissidents, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing us an opportunity to respond to complaints made by residents of Anna Catherina, in relation to the Caribbean Temptation Restaurant and Bar, in their letter to you, recently (‘Noisy event being advertised by restaurant despite court injunction’ SN, August 30).

The driver of a car which was in front of a presidential convoy on the day 18-year-old Kevin Simon allegedly displayed his middle finger at the convoy, should be held accountable for his actions, rather than the teenager, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday.

Play in the Milo Under-23 Football Tournament, organised by Fruta Conquerors, continues this evening with a triple header at the Tucville Playfield.

HAVANA (Reuters) – General Julio Casas Regueiro, Cuba’s defence minister and longtime aide to President Raul Castro, died yesterday of heart failure at the age of 75, the Cuban government said.

By Teni Housty Several years ago when we here in Guyana were described as experiencing a crime spree, if someone were to emerge from the shade on a road pointing an object at you, the driver would react.

Dear Editor, All political parties, especially those that have existed for more than twenty years, transmit a political narrative of their ideals, history, events, achievements and desires.  But

Many plants look particularly gorgeous when lit at night, especially Pennisetum purpureum, all of the palm trees, and almost all of the aroids such as philodendrons, monsteras, alocasias and bamboos.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial ‘The Monterrey massacre,‘ published on September 2, 2011.

A fire almost consumed the Essence of Victoria store located on the second floor at City Mall around 10.30 yesterday morning when scented oil which was lit got into contact with some artificial flowers that were next to the oil on a shelf.

Two officials of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) are appealing to corporate Guyana for sponsorship for two of Guyana’s most decorated senior powerlifters Winston ‘Little Master’Stoby and ‘Big John’ Edwards.

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee brought torrential rains to the Louisiana coast yesterday as the heart of the storm neared New Orleans, where flood defences were expected to be put to the test.

Last week, we defined heart failure as an inability of the heart to provide (by pumping) adequate circulation to meet the needs of the cells, tissues and organs of the body.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Serena  Williams came through their first real tests at the U.S.

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – China is obstructing the release of Libya’s frozen assets, the head of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Abdel Jalil said in a news conference yesterday.

Two foreign nationals are now in police custody following the discovery of an unlicensed firearm with matching rounds in a vehicle in the North West District (NWD), along with spent shells nearby.

Dear Editor, Mr Louis Kilkenny (‘Why is Henry Jeffrey criticizing what he helped to create?‘

The stage is set for the second annual Neal and Massy 10Km road race and 5Km Jog/Walk today which will attract some of the nation’s top athletes as well as regular joggers and walkers as the Neal and Massy Group move to promote health and wellness.

In an effort to eradicate corruption in the private and public sectors of Guyana, the non-partisan and anti-corruption organization Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) was yesterday launched in

(Barbados Nation) Peter Wickham has been fired as resident analyst on the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) radio and television stations.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr Christopher Correia’s letter (‘CAMS has no wish to exercise a monopoly over the supply of aviation fuel at Ogle’ SN, September 2) on the chronology of Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Services Limited (CAMS) becoming the designated fuel handling agent at Ogle Airport.

In November 2010 the Guyana Prize for Literature announced that it was opening a new page in its literary activities to strengthen its developmental partnership with Caribbean literature. 

In the bad old days of absolute monarchy, several European countries had a crime on their statute books called lèse majesté.

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DUBAI (Reuters) – A group of Bahraini doctors jailed earlier this year during a crackdown on unrest in the Gulf kingdom have gone on hunger strike in protest against their detention, a human rights group said  yesterday.