Articles published on Monday, September 12, 2011
Sao Paulo (Reuters) – Miss Angola Leila Lopes, a business student from the town of Benguela in her home country, was crowned Miss Universe yesterday after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic outplayed Spain’s Rafa Nadal to win the U.S.
US Ambassador David Robinson told Washington in 2007 that international observers were increasingly uneasy about the “autocratic” tendencies of President Bharrat Jagdeo and his willingness to hit critics – like Stabroek News – where it hurts.
A Brazilian woman was found murdered at Takutu Backdam, Region Eight on Saturday night and a man is in police custody assisting with investigations.
LONDON, (Reuters Life!) – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will renew his 30-year campaign to convince skeptics of the link between climate change and extreme weather events this week in a 24-hour global multi-media event.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname must soon take measures to regulate emerging sex tourism.
(De Ware Tijd) NIEUW NICKERIE – Millers/processors have unilaterally fixed the purchasing price for a 79-kilo bale of paddy at SRD 77.50.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government is moving to cross the final parliamentary hurdle in order to issue payments to Clico policyholders as Finance Minister Winston Dookeran is expected to present two bills for debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
A ninety-year-old security guard was today found dead at the back of the consumers’ goods complex were he was on night duty.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – There is no homophobia behind the refusal of Suriname’s government to implement recommendations by the United Nations (UN) on gay rights.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by police on Monday over a complaint of attempted rape, which was filed after his May arrest in New York in a separate sex assault case.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – More than 100 people were burnt to death and a similar number were taken to hospital after a petrol fire ignited by a cigarette butt broke out in a densely populated slum in the Kenyan capital, local media said today.
The police are investigating the deaths of two Corentyne fishers over the weekend after they were set alight by a colleague while fishing off the foreshore at Albion on Tuesday evening.
As elections preparations step up, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday announced that it has completed the finalization of the Revised List of Electors (RLE) for the General and Regional Elections – 2011.
A 20-year-old prisoner was yesterday morning discovered dead in the Bartica lock-ups after reportedly hanging himself.
Two months before drug lord Roger Khan was captured, the US Ambassadors to Guyana and Suriname met in Trinidad to map out a plan to nab him and an approach was to be made to President Bharrat Jagdeo to advise of an imminent extradition request even though Washington had doubts about the government’s commitment.
Targets in the EU-funded national mangrove project are being met but issues such as institutional sustainability remain a major challenge, a recent report on the implementation of the National Mangrove Management Ac-tion Plan (NMMAP) has said.
Weathering a slew of bad experiences, 24-year-old Korey Anthony Chisholm has been able to take the negatives in his life and turn them into positives, displaying resilience beyond his years.
Almost seven weeks have passed and relatives are still hoping to have the person who killed 26-year-old Kaishri ‘Nanda’ Persaud and injured 17-year-old Trisha Defreitas in a hit-and-run be arrested and brought to justice.
President Bharrat Jagdeo told US officials in 2007 that he intentionally kept bureaucracy in place to protect “the little guy” and blamed the entrepreneurial class for chasing away potential foreign investors by telling untrue tales of the difficulties of doing business in Guyana.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, an independent oil and gas company in the USA is considering prospects of a franchise operation offshore Guyana.
The fuel business in 2010 was characterized by high acquisition prices, aggressive competition, high prevalence of smuggled fuel and low margins, the Chairman of the Guyana Oil Company, Dr Keshav Mangal, has said.
In observance of its 10th anniversary, Gizmos and Gadgets on Friday launched the ‘Green Machine’ promotion which will see the final draw on December 31 when a brand new Mazda RX 8 motor vehicle will be awarded to a lucky customer.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has completed the finalization of the Revised List of Electors (RLE) for the General and Regional Elections – 2011.
Region Two Chairman Ali Baksh on Wednesday rejected claims by the Alliance For Change (AFC) that farmers in the region are beset by a number of problems, including irrigation, a press release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett told a delegation of Haitian journalists that government has continuously taken steps to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries including supporting 64 of 65 tariff-free items.
The farmers landing at Mahaica market which is used in bringing in farm products by boat will be improved, Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Development Norman Whittaker said Friday, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.
Pastor Daniel Subramani remains a patient of the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital and his wife Praneila yesterday told Stabroek News that he is “coming around much better”.
The Neal and Massy (Guy-ana) Group of Companies made financial donations to twenty-one organizations across Guyana on Wednesday last at N&M staff facilities at Ruimveldt.
A 25-year-old woman was last evening injured in a hit-and-run accident at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.
Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai said the late advocate for Amerindian rights Stephen Campbell would have been pleased to see how government has created avenues for Amerindians to benefit from and be assimilated into every aspect of national life.
Minister of Education Shaik Baksh has urged education stakeholders to reaffirm their commitment to eliminating illiteracy, in his address to mark International Literacy Day 2011.
The Muslim community in Guyana through the National Islamic Awards Committee has awarded two Canadian Muslim organizations for their outstanding and continuous contributions to the development of the Guyanese Muslim community in Guyana.
The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday launched the Schools Gardening Competition at the Diamond Secondary School, East Bank Demerara, as part of activities to celebrate Education Month.
Region Three drivers agreed to establish a Road Safety Council and to conduct lectures on road safety in schools and communities, at a meeting with Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Sunday as part of the ministry’s programme to encourage citizen participation in road safety.
The Pakistani women cricketers put a blemish in the West Indies women team’s dominance when they secured a win over the host side Saturday night in the first of two Twenty/20 International match-ups at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
Letitia Myles yet again failed to move past the semi-final round at the ongoing 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games being staged in the Isle of Man yesterday.
By Emmerson Campbell Albert Philander yesterday upset a strong field of cyclists to win the senior category of the Victor Macedo Memorial road race while junior cyclist Paul DeNobrega successfully defended his title.
Dear Editor, I recently spent eight wonderful weeks in Guyana and talked with Police-men, Teachers and Pensioners (among others), and all were adamant about the same issue – they are not getting enough money to survive in present day Guyana.
Jack Warner has accused FIFA of “devastating lives” and damaging football in the Caribbean in an attempt to clean up its image.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in conjunction with the International Football Federation (FIFA) will stage a one week Elite Coaching Course at the Carifesta Sports Complex.
Dear Editor, She died on August 11, 2011 at 04:30 hrs.
A lad cycles past a section of Le Repentir Cemetery along Cemetery Road yesterday afternoon which was recently cleaned of thick vegetation by the Mayor and City Council and the Guyana Prison Service.
Dear Editor, Could someone tell me if we’re really living under the PPP or the PNC?
LONDON, (Reuters) – England completed a series victory over world champions India yesterday after the fourth one-day international at Lord’s ended in a Duckworth/Lewis tie on Sunday when rain forced the players off the field with seven balls remaining.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Sept.
Dear Editor, At a community meeting during the early 2000s, the Minister of Local Government took the liberty to inform the residents of Kwakwani of all the projects with attached costs that had been undertaken by his ministry in the sub-region of Region Ten.
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka came up with a vastly improved performance in their second innings yesterday, leaving the onus of saving the second test against Australia on two of their most experienced batsmen, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago now rivals Jamaica as the most violent country in the Caribbean, with the number of annual murders rising sharply from 98 to 550 over the last decade, with some areas in the Port of Spain police division being listed among the most dangerous in the world.
(Trinidad Guardian) Regional Securities and Exchange Commission heads (SEC) are said to be working on a common policy to govern the way takeovers and acquisitions of companies within CARICOM are done says local SEC chairman Deborah Thomas-Felix.
Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz was struck in the face during an altercation at a Queensland nightclub and needed facial surgery.
Dear Editor, I have always wondered why Mr David Granger has not been campaigning equally for a public inquiry into the murder of Professor Walter Rodney, Ms Shirley Field-Ridley, and Mr Vincent Teekah, the former Minister of Education in the Forbes Burnham government, who defected from the People‘s Progressive Party.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalans anxious for relief from out-of-control crime voted for a new president yesterday with the leading candidates promising to crack down on gangs and drug cartels terrorizing the country.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Defiant and angry, captured Libyan spy chief Bouzaid Dorda denied any wrongdoing when he was presented to Reuters reporters yesterday by the former insurgents who tracked him down in the capital Tripoli the previous day.
Dear Editor, I couldn’t help but notice the Minister of Culture, Dr.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A hundred and seventy-seven years after slavery was abolished in the British West Indies, Jamaica’s national training agency – HEART Trust – still has to deal with colour-prejudiced employers who are requesting that trainees be brown or light-skinned as a prerequisite for employment in their firms.
BERLIN, Germany, CMC – World champions Yohan Blake and Kirani James led four young Caribbean athletes that enhanced their growing reputations with notable victories yesterday at the International Stadium Festival meet.
Photos and interviews by Marcelle Thomas With yesterday marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US, this week we asked the man and woman in the street what were their thoughts on the war on terrorism and whether it was being won.
Good catch: These two friends were excited by their first catch of a ‘Basha’ fish at the jetty in Kingston yesterday afternoon.
“We must not fail the billions who look to the international community to fulfill the promises of the Millennium Declaration for a better world.
Dear Editor, Firstly, I must confess that I am no political pollster and the only experience I had about polling was when I was living in Trinidad in 2001 I assisted a polling organization in that country for the general elections there.
(Jamaica Observer) A lawsuit aimed at busting the Jamaica Public Service’s (JPS) monopoly on islandwide light and power distribution was filed Friday in the Supreme Court.
It is disgraceful that Lindeners continue to be showered on a daily basis with dust from the operations of Chinese miner, Bosai.
By Meg Sullivan This article, by Meg Sullivan, was originally run by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Newsroom, August 18, 2011.
Mohammad Hafeez and Imran Farhat orchestrated Pakistan’s best ever first-wicket partnership in One Day Internationals as they romped to a 10-wicket triumph over Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday.
