Daily Archive: Saturday, September 17, 2011

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – In about 85% of pharmacies and drugstores in Suriname, fake medicines, mostly made in China, are sold alongside original products.

RENO, Nev.,  (Reuters) – The death toll in the crash  of a vintage World War Two fighter plane near the grandstand at  a Nevada air race has risen to nine, authorities said on  Saturday.  

The Alliance For Change (AFC) duo that captured five parliamentary seats in 2006 were reunited yesterday with the election of party leader, Raphael Trotman as the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming general elections, though now the positions are reversed.

Police say that at about 1600h. yesterday while police ranks at Mahdia were responding to a report of break and enter and larceny, they stopped and searched a man at Konawaruk Junction, Tumatumari, who was seen to be acting suspiciously as they approached.

(Trinidad Express) The level of poverty in Trinidad and Tobago is estimated to have risen by nearly two per cent during the 2008-2009 period, Planning Minister Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie has said.

(Trinidad Express) Regional airline REDjet announced that the airline’s fares from Jamaica to both Barbados and Trinidad went on sale yesterday via the airline’s website www.flyredjet.com

(Trinidad Express) Drug-related offences and the number of people appearing before the courts charged with such offences are of concern to the judiciary.

(Trinidad Express) Customs and Excise Division officers late on Thursday discovered compressed marijuana valued at more than $30 million concealed in a refrigerated container at the Point Lisas port.

(Jamaica Observer) Another beheading has occurred in the Corporate Area. Police report that the headless body of a man was found at Hopefield Avenue in St Andrew just after dawn this morning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) At least one Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Thomas has begun returning more than 600 chairs which went missing from the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James.

The Guyana Cultural Association of New York Inc. has joined the Broadcasters of North America in extending condolences to the family of former GBS staff member, Howard Allan Liverpool.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Yohan Blake threatened countryman Usain Bolt’s world record yesterday when he ran 19.26 seconds to win the 200 metres at the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting in Brussels.

(Barbados Nation) Preparation  for the construction of a BDS$160 million private hospital in Barbados will start within the next six months, says its head honcho Dr Paul Angelchik.

(Barbados Nation) Beware, shoplifters and other crooks in Barbados, you may soon be on candid camera before the courts.

(Barbados Nation) Was the shooting death of Bernadene Spooner a follow-up to a foiled break-in two weeks ago?

 ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – The Haqqani network, one of  the most feared insurgent groups in Afghanistan, would take part  in peace talks with the Kabul government and the United States  only if the Taliban did, its leader Sirajuddin Haqqani told  Reuters on Saturday.

By Gaulbert Sutherland and Frances Abraham Hailed as a visionary who put the Guyana’s economy on a solid footing and the country on the world map, President Bharrat Jagdeo was honoured at a ‘Day of Appreciation’ yesterday that drew thousands of supporters but also became a lightning rod for critics.

The police corporal implicated in Thursday’s murder of peacemaker Ralph Turpin turned himself in at the Leonora Police Station yesterday afternoon, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said.

Type two diabetes, which has a direct link to childhood obesity, is being detected in children across Guyana, prompting authorities to intensify their fight against non communicable diseases (NCDs).

The exhibition of work of five artists of the Sophia Artists Group and two guest artists, marking the International Year of People of African Descent, closes today at the National Gallery, Castellani House, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.

Cousins Loretta Lewis, 20, and Dorrett Donald, 33, of Corentyne, Berbice, were only on their second trip to sell clothing in Region 7 when they were killed in a truck crash on Thursday morning.

After more than a year on the run, murder suspect Terry Kissoon was arrested by police in Lethem.

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association came under fire yesterday morning after 23 boxers did not receive breakfast on time.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said it recognises the embattled president Ramsey Ali and the GCB as the legitimate body to administer cricket in Guyana, though it is yet to receive anything documenting government’s plans for the sport.

Skeletal remains, believed to be that of a man, were yesterday discovered in the backlands at Triumph, East Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) yesterday announced that it has terminated its payment collection arrangements with Bill Direct (Guyana) Inc, with effect from Tuesday, September 13, 2011.

New US Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to open, candid and constructive dialogue with Guyana, while saying his priorities include forging ties between the two nations.

A student friendly version of the Protection of Children Act 2009 was yesterday launched in the Annex of the National Library.

By Colin Benjamin Berbice secured a convincing seven-wicket victory over the President’s XI in their opening match of the 2011 El Dorado Inter-County limited-overs competition, at the Blairmont Community Ground, West Bank, Berbice.

Education officials and police yesterday visited Aishalton Secondary School, in Region Nine to investigate recent reports of the alleged sexual molestation of students by two teachers.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A plethora of innovations will highlight the re-branded regional one-day tournament set to bowl off next month, the West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday.

Opposition presidential hopefuls David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan will be among the featured speakers at a youth symposium to be held today.

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar has praised the staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital for the resilience, dedication and commitment displayed to the victims of the July 30 Caribbean Airlines plane crash.

The Guyana national cycling team departed Guyana yesterday for Jamaica to participate in the Annual Caribbean Cycling Championships.

GT&T will spend in excess of $50 million on this year’s Jingle and Song Competition, Chief Executive Officer Yog Mahadeo said on Thursday as he launched the much anticipated event.

Mings Products & Services Limited has thrown its support behind cyclist Hazina Barrett of the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club

By Iva Wharton Guyana’s netball team placed third overall in the Barbados Workers Union championship and team captain Christel Lambert says she is proud of her team’s performance.

For Selector (Slt) Slimma born Mellisande Lampley, selecting music (deejaying) comes as naturally as breathing.

The Rotary Club of Georgetown recently hosted a training exercise and made two donations that will boost literacy and help enhance skills of Agriculture Science students.

This Anjuli Persaud photo captures a section of one of the performances at yesterday’s ‘Day of Appreciation’ organised for President Bharrat Jagdeo, which saw the participation of several dance groups, including the National School of Dance, the Classique Dance Company and the Apsara Dance Troupe.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, CMC – Sprint sensation Usain Bolt stormed to a world-leading 9.76 seconds in the 100 metres but for the second time in three weeks, was upstaged by compatriot Yohan Blake who jetted to an astonishing 19.26 seconds to clock the second fastest 200 metres time ever at the Memorial Van Damme yesterday.

It’s official. Leila Lopes of Angola is the most beautiful woman in the universe.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) announced its fixtures for tomorrow’s matches in the Bakewell nationwide male/female 10/10 softball cricket competition.

‘The Unity and Struggle of Guyanese Artists to Showcase Guyana’ by Louis Jordan

Dear Editor, With reference to the Stabroek News letter dated Thursday, September 1, 2011, with the caption ‘Work done by contractors for GPL deficient,’ on September 7, one of the company’s senior metering technicians visited the premises of J Kadaru to verify the allegations made by the customer in your newspaper.

A woman was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after she was arraigned on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Hi Everyone, “A lot of people don’t realize that there is a difference between bunjal and curry you know,” declared the winner of last year’s Duck Curry Competition put on by the Guyanese Association of Barbados (GABI). 

ZURICH, Switzerland,  CMC – The fall-out from the Caribbean Football Union cash-for-vote scandal seemed set to continue after football’s world governing body, FIFA, on Thursday rejected former executive committee member Mohamed bin Hammam’s appeal against a life ban.

Dear Editor, It is about time that the police in Guyana be given some sensitivity training about how to handle simple problems.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he would demand full membership of the United Nations for a Palestinian state when he goes to the UN General Assembly next week, setting up a diplomatic clash with Israel and the United States.

‘Meditation’ by Louis Jordan

Banana Leaf Doll by Natasha David

A man was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly robbing a woman of a gold chain and cash, while an arrest warrant was issued for his alleged accomplice.

Dear Editor, I was recently shown a copy of the Electricity Reform Act of 1999 which allows GPL the absolute power as a monopoly to deny their customers the legal right of bypass.

The Scene Cartoon

The battle for supremacy in the Seven Seas/Nature Valley Medal Play Golf tournament will take place today at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Beverage giant Ansa Mcal is scheduled to bounce off a three on three basketball tournament dubbed the Mackeson Smooth Moves championships on October 2 at the Linden Basketball Hardcourt.

(EUR) Whitney Houston is reportedly in final negotiations for a big-screen comeback in Sony’s remake of the 1976 film Sparkle, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud on Thursday commissioned a $44.3M walk-in freezer and refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment at the Government Technical Institute (GTI), in keeping with Guyana’s commitment to an international treaty to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the use of substances that cause ozone depletion.

Dear Editor, Reading Stabroek News’ editorial titled “The state of our schools” (SN, September 13), I checked the 2011 budget where I found $24.3 billion Guyana dollars spent on education in 2011.

LONDON (Reuters AlertNet) – The world reacted too slowly to the Horn of Africa hunger crisis leaving aid agencies racing to catch up with the region’s needs, the head of a coalition of Britain’s leading charities said.

Dear Editor, Port Mourant Cricket Club executives and cricketers were very disappointed when the Berbice Cricket Board Selectors failed to select them given their outstanding individual performances.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Tyler Perry, who has his own film and TV studio in Atlanta, ranks atop the list of Hollywood’s highest paid men, in a new ranking from Forbes.com

AFC Executive Member Gerhard Ramsaroop as he distributes flyers to members of the public near the National Stadium, the venue for yesterday’s ‘Day of Appreciation’ for President Bharrat Jagdeo.

CARDIFF,  (Reuters) – England continued their complete mastery of the touring India team with an emphatic six-wicket victory in the fifth and final one-day international  yesterday.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Thursday handed over nine core homes built at a cost of about $11M at Non Pareil, on the East Coast Demerara, and unveiled plans to build 40 more homes at Westminster.

Berbice will battle Stores and Essequibo will take on Brewery in the two semi-finals of the Banks DIH Ltd.

Dear Editor, No one can deny that there is full press freedom in Guyana.

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn told rice millers at Leguan that road works and more drainage and irrigation works will soon be undertaken in the area.

Miss Amerindian Heritage has been given the impetus to become much more competitive this year with the announcement that the winner will appear on the Caribbean’s Next Top Model show as a guest.

Two young members of the parade that greeted President Bharrat Jagdeo on the field of the Guyana National Stadium at yesterday’s ‘Day of Appreciation.’(Photo

CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan opposition leader was cleared by an international court yesterday to run against President Hugo Chavez in 2012, a ruling sure to heat up the race to lead Latin America‘s top oil exporting country.

Thirty local designers as well as guest designers from Suriname, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Antigua are set to unleash a torrent of fashion

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday launched the Recruitment and Training Board of the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) to review all training programmes and procedures to ensure that recruits can deliver professional service.

One of the seven paratroopers, who were part of yesterday’s event, as he safely made his way down, displaying a flawless landing.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Christopher Ram’s letter published in SN on September16 titled ‘The killing of Adolphus James is an indictment of our society.’

By Colin Benjamin National junior chess player Rashad Hossein is accusing the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) of not selecting players for next month’s Inter-Guiana games on merit.

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s scandal-plagued Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced fresh legal and political headaches yesterday, with sliding approval ratings and new revelations of parties and young women paid for sex.

A legendary Trinidadian Qaseeda singer and a veteran Guyanese Muslim Administrator have been honoured for their contributions to the development of Islam in Guyana.

Soca band Kes, Mr Vegas and Dancehall giants Assassin and I-Octane are scheduled to perform live in Guyana on Friday, September 23 at the GNS Ground in observance of Arthur’s Day – the celebration of the life and work of Arthur Guinness, founder of the dark rich brew known as Guinness.

By Nils Campbell The moment of devastation had to be faced.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter on Thursday, September 15, that is, on the eve of Appreciation Day for the contribution of President Jagdeo to the development of Guyana.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian lawmakers approved the nomination of a UN development expert to serve as prime minister on Friday, handing President Michel Martelly a tentative victory in his third attempt to install a new head of government in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation.

Dear Editor, Too many died from the senseless act of violence on 9/11, including several from the Caribbean.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians poor work ethic may be the biggest impediment to doing business successfully here.

The newly-formed Guyana Cycling Association of North America (GCANA) successfully held a series of races during America’s Labor Day weekend last week at the Kissena Park Velodrome in Flushing, Queens, New York.

Politikles

WikiLeaks’ decision to place sensitive diplomatic traffic completely within the public domain (following the inadvertent disclosure of codes used to encrypt the material) has prompted a number of heated debates around the world.

Today at 5.30, the Indian Cultural Centre screens Saaransh. According to a press release, Saaransh is a 1984 Bollywood film starring Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan.

As more women venture into areas previously occupied solely by men, there is bound to be a clash of cultures, of sorts.

Director General of the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Frances J.

LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) – British police charged  UBS trader Kweku Adoboli yesterday with fraud and  false accounting dating back to 2008, a day after the Swiss bank  was plunged into crisis by revealing a $2 billion trading loss.