Daily Archive: Monday, September 5, 2011

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Katia powered up to a  major Category 3 storm yesterday, but was expected to veer away  from the U.S.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about mid-night yesterday at No.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former minister in the Ministry of National Security Subhas Panday says police officers must make full use of the Human Trafficking Bill to catch “the big fish” in the sex trade.

(Trinidad Express) A father of three was shot dead at the corner of Cedar Hill Road and the Southern Main Road, Claxton Bay, on Saturday night by a motorcyclist.

(Trinidad Express) A 23-year-old mother of one became this country’s fourth murder victim following Government’s announcement that a State of Emergency be implemented.

(Trinidad Express) Soldiers entering the scrap iron yards came upon an underground bunker that held 80,000 gallons of diesel, bought at the subsidised price but meant for export illegally.

(Trinidad Express) From today the curfew hours have been relaxed to 11 p.m.

(Jamaica Observer) Gunmen pounced on a tour operator as he travelled home with his three-year-old daughter in Norwood, St James and killed him before injuring the child yesterday.

A 73-year-old man was this morning killed on the spot after a speeding mini bus slammed into the scooter he was driving along Norton Street.

(Barbados Nation) The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus is being accused of major copyright infringement that could land the country’s highest institution of learning in court.

(Barbados Nation) Head of the Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES), Peter Wickham, says he has sought legal advice regarding allegations in a WikiLeaks cable.

The Associated Press is reporting that five UN peacekeepers are being investigated for an alleged sexual assault on an 18-year-old man in southern Haiti.

DHAKA, (Reuters)- Bangladesh have sacked captain  Shakib Al Hasan and his deputy Tamim Iqbal following the  team’s dismal tour of Zimbabwe, the Bangladesh Cricket Board  said today.

Charge d’Affaires of the US embassy, Michael Thomas concluded in June, 2007 that the government lacked the political will to go after drug traffickers and he related to Washington how he was summoned by Dr Roger Luncheon over a tape which made corruption allegations against senior cop Steve Merai.

Corruption remains a challenge in Guyana and should be seen as a national threat, says former British High Commissioner to Guyana, Simon Bond, who ended his tour of duty here last week.

Staff at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) who recently exhibited determination, commitment and a  desire for a positive image were rewarded by being able to sustain a twenty-three-week-old foetus.

An overseas-based Guyanese man yesterday morning suffered a loss of $3.3 million worth in jewellery after being robbed at 50 Marigold Street, West Ruimveldt.

Fireman Rawl Barrow was deemed a hero yesterday afternoon after he drove a fire truck which was responding to a blaze into the canal at the corner of Albert and Lamaha streets to avoid a serious collision with a car.

Ten persons according to Stabroek News’ records were killed during the month of August, a slight decrease when compared to July.

Taxi drivers managed to apprehend an armed bandit after he had robbed a female dispatcher from the Green Ice Taxi Service located at Cross Street and Mandela Avenue yesterday around 12:30 pm.

Relatives of four of the five persons who were gruesomely murdered last year September gathered yesterday at the Cummings Lodge site where the incident occurred and planted a cross in their memory.

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 yesterday.

One year has passed since young bank employee Sheema Mangar was run over by a speeding car, moments after her cellphone was snatched and there is still no positive word from police investigators on the status of cloth and hair samples reportedly sent to an overseas lab.

Defending champion Cleveland Forde proved yet again why he is Guyana’s top distance athlete when he crossed the finish line in first place yesterday at the AINLIM 10 kilometres road race which started uplace at with outside at the company’s main entrance.

Dear Editor,  It seems as though there has to be a calamity to bring Guyanese people together.

Muntaz Haniff proved to be the player to beat when he turned back stiff opposition to win the European Union Medal Play golf tournament for the second successive year.

Several parts of Georgetown were yesterday affected by constant power outages and the cause is still unknown as calls by

Dear Editor, Mr Manzoor Nadir, former leader of The United Force (TUF) who stepped down as leader on May 29, 2011 is now trying to bully his way back into the leadership.

National Grade Six Examination  top performers from across Region 10 were recently awarded by the management of Barrow’s Restaurant and Lounge in the presence of their parents, teachers and officials of the Department of Education in Region 10.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Defending champion Rafa Nadal outbattled David Nalbandian of Argentina yesterday to reach the fourth round of the U.S.

Tatenda Taibu’s brave stand with Kyle Jarvis kept Zimbabwe’s hopes of avoiding defeat in their one-off Test against Pakistan alive, as the hosts closed yesterday on 135 for eight.

Dear Editor, Admittedly, I could not justify my apprehension about attending the ceremony billed to be held at the National Cultural Centre at 14:00hrs on Saturday August 27, 2011, ostensibly to honour high achieving women of African descent in a year identified internationally as special to all persons of African ‘descent.’

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.

CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has assured President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) Carol Evelyn that the private sector is a key stakeholder and partner in the regional integration process, according to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen.

NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya, (Reuters) – Forces of  Libya’s interim ruling council are poised for an assault on the  desert town of Bani Walid after negotiators failed to persuade  Muammar Gaddafi loyalists to abandon one of their last remaining  bastions.

Dear Editor, Given the Chief Justice‘s ruling and recommendations in relation to the Guyana Cricket Board we cannot see what the difficulty is in not combining efforts to resolve this issue.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Mo Farah became  Britain’s first 5,000 metres world champion with a sensational  victory yesterday, giving his country a much-needed boost ahead  of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Dear Editor, All those who have struggled consistently for the modernisation of the Skeldon sugar factory must certainly now feel a great sense of betrayal that finally the Chinese will manage the factory without the consultation of the main union Guyana Agricultural and General Workers‘ Union (GAWU).

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Lee moved  slowly across southern Louisiana on Sunday as New Orleans’  flood defenses appeared to pass one of their biggest tests  since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.

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

A contractor has been left with an injured leg as a row between him and a home owner continues over who was responsible for a house falling into a West Berbice trench.

Tight defence and speedy foot work enabled the Guyana Defence Force GDF) rugby team to win the Guyana Football Rugby Union (GRFU) Seven’s League tournament that concluded Saturday at the National Park.

(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.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Former German chancellor Gerhard  Schroeder yesterday called for the creation of a “United States  of Europe”, saying the bloc needed a common government to avoid  future economic crises.

Dear Editor, In Berbice, measures are being taken to ensure the brainwashing continues.

(BBC) India have called up batsman Manoj Tiwary to replace the injured Rohit Sharma for the remainder of the one-day international series against England.

DAEGU, South Korea, CMC – Usain Bolt will have to learn quickly how to deal with the nerves that led to his false-start disqualification in the Final of the 100 metres at the World Championships.

A relative of the five missing Berbice fishermen yesterday said that after two weeks of searching and no trace yet found, she is clueless as to her next move and has given up hope at this point.

Dear Editor,   The Alliance For Change dismisses the letter dated September 1 in SN, penned by Louis Kilkenny (‘The youth has responded to the PPP/C because the other parties have failed to think outside the box’).

The driver of this car escaped with minor injuries after

VENICE, Italy, (Reuters) – Hollywood veteran Al  Pacino is honoured by the Venice film festival yesterday with a  special prize and the presentation of his latest directorial  project “Wilde Salome”.

(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.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Europeans are plagued by mental  and neurological illnesses, with almost 165 million people or 38  percent of the population suffering each year from a brain  disorder such as depression, anxiety, insomnia or dementia,  according to a large new study.

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions” Hamlet It is perhaps a coincidence that the very week in which the Head of the Presidential Secretariat had to respond to embarrassing questions in court in the ongoing libel suit filed by President Bharrat Jagdeo against popular columnist Frederick Kissoon, is the very week that the Wikileaks exposed astounding new revelations on very high officials in the state and more significantly, Guyana’s reputation as a narco-trafficking entity.

No matter the amount of times the government pleads ignorance and blusters, the stinging questions about convicted drug lord/phantom squad organizer, Mr Roger Khan and his connections to its senior officials will persist.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Italy’s Flavia Pennetta felt sick to her stomach on a hot,  muggy day at the U.S.

Dear Editor, Launched as a party of change, the AFC went on to astound the nation by winning five seats at the 2006 elections despite being in its embryonic stage.

Photos and interviews by Frances Abraham and Marcelle Thomas This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they are aware that non-communicable diseases are the number one killer in Guyana and if anyone in their lives is affected by any such disease.

A multi-million dollar house of worship at Philippi Farm, Corentyne was commissioned two Saturdays ago by

(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.