Daily Archive: Monday, September 19, 2011

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Four earthquakes struck  southern Guatemala today within 2 1/2 hours, shaking  buildings in the capital and killing three people.  

Police on Sunday conducted a drug eradication operation at St. Cuthbert Mission Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, during which a two-acre field of cultivated marijuana plants was found.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that the police corporal who was implicated in last Thursday’s fatal shooting at a Stabroek Market food stand be charged with the capital offence of murder.

(De Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – The Dutch government regrets and condemns the anti-homo statements made by Parliamentarian Ronny Asabina.

(De Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – Friday, the Dutch government decided to make the demands for obtaining Dutch citizenship stricter.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The new Indian cricket board  (BCCI) president N.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board (BCCI)  has terminated the contract of the Indian Premier League’s Kochi  franchise for a breach of terms, newly elected board president  N.

ZURICH  (AP) — Caribbean official Colin Klass has been summoned by FIFA to answer charges this week relating to $40,000 in bribes allegedly offered by former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The French media scorned what it  called an insincere and staged TV apology by Dominique  Strauss-Kahn for his sexual encounter with a New York hotel  maid, with many noting he left the door ajar for a eventual  political comeback.

(Trinidad Express) A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death by one of his friends on Saturday night during an argument over a pair of Timberland boots.

(Jamaica Observer) The Leader and President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Portia Simpson Miller yesterday hinged the party’s anticipated return to power on employment, telling the thousands of party supporters who congregated at the National Arena for the party’s 73rd annual conference, that it will establish the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) to drive economic development.

(CMC) Beleaguered opener Chris Gayle has admitted he is unsure about his future in West Indies cricket.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Gunmen who stormed a bar in  Burundi killed at least 36 people and the central African  country’s president promised those behind the attack would be  brought to justice.

When Roger Khan was nabbed in Suriname he was held with a horde of mobile instruments and two satellite phones which apparently enabled Paramari-bo security forces to track him with the help of US equipment.

Demerara and the President’s XI hardly broke a sweat, as they both recorded clinical victories over opponents Berbice and Essequibo, in the latest round of the 2011 El Dorado Senior Inter-County limited overs competition, at the Everest Cricket Club and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) grounds respectively, yesterday.

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee wrote the US Department of Justice on November 19, 2009 following up a request for assistance in tracing a certain `Mr T’ who it was believed was behind the torching of the Ministry of Health building on July 17, 2009, according to a cable dispatched to Washington.

PHOENIX, Arizona, CMC – Caribbean champion Nicolette Fernandes failed in her bid for a second WISPA Tour title on Saturday, when top-seed Latasha Khan of the United States beat 3-1 in the Final of the Southwest Open.

By Iva Wharton The Rupununi Football Association (RFA) should be up and functioning by March of next year.

In light of recent revelations that external consultants have found that the original specifications for the Amaila Falls access road were poorly designed, AFC presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan has called for the project to be immediately halted and re-examined.

The PPP will launch a series of major rallies on October 2 at Albion as the governing party ramps up campaigning for general elections slated for later this year.

As charges of unethical conduct continue to swirl around Queens, New York Representative, Gregory Meeks, the New York Post has published details of an email where Meeks was trying to get a cricket invitation for controversial Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad to the VIP Box of disgraced Antigua-based banker Allen Stanford.

Distance queen Alika Morgan was handed her first 10 kilometres defeat for the year on local soil when she competed at the 2011 Courts revival 10k road race yesterday.

The opposition coalition APNU on Saturday criticised President Bharrat Jagdeo’s tenure, saying he has been the worst head of state in the country’s history.

By Emmerson Campbell The second night of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Intermediate Championships Saturday last at the National Gymnasium saw almost half of the fights ending prematurely.

Guyana’s most productive junior athlete this year, Stephan James, will return to the international circuit this weekend when he makes his debut at the South American Junior Championships in Guarne, Colombia.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A last-ditch international push began in New York yesterday to try to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a crisis over Palestinian statehood at the United Nations.

Code of Conduct for political parties The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is moving towards getting all of the political parties which would contest the 2011 General and Regional Elections to sign the Code of Conduct for Political Parties and to generally abide by the protocols documented therein.

Dear Editor, So we have had it, the staged show to chaperone the champion of poverty on his way out, while at the same time making it clear that his successor will ensure that he remains very much in command if (and this is a big if), the Guyanese people make that historical mistake of ever voting for the PPP again.

Police are continuing to question one of their own in connection with last Thursday’s murder of counsellor Ralph Turpin.

Dear Editor, Recently I read of an accident that took place on the access road leading to Mocha Arcadia.

In a small ceremony at the Georgetown Club Cricket (GCC) pavilion Saturday afternoon during the Demerara and Essequibo clash, Uiniversal Sports Club donated cricket equipment and items to National Under-19 cricketers Ronsford Beaton, Amir Khan and Chanderpaul Hemraj.

By Nigel Westmaas and Juanita De Barros This week’s column is an abridged version of a historical commentary by historians Juanita De Barros and Nigel Westmaas, on the activities of the Universal Negro Improvement Association in British Guiana.

Dear Editor, The Guyanese information networks are overloaded with an avalanche of propaganda attempting to portray Bharrat Jagdeo as  an omnipotent and benevolent leader and head of state in Guyana, Caricom and the globe.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr took the WBC welterweight title from Victor Ortiz with a controversial fourth-round knockout on Saturday that prompted an angry response from the crowd and raised questions about his conduct in the ring.

A pedal cyclist on Saturday who suffered minor injuries after he was hit by a car on the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road, was taken to a private hospital by the driver for a second opinion after being discharged by a public hospital.

BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Libya’s interim leaders failed to agree a new cabinet yesterday in the latest setback to attempts to normalise the running of a government still bogged down by battles with pro-Muammar Gaddafi forces.

LONDON  (Reuters) – The global economic impact of the five leading chronic diseases — cancer, diabetes, mental illness, heart disease, and respiratory disease — could reach $47 trillion over the next 20 years, according to a study by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Dear Editor, Due to loss of confidence in the representation provided by the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU), which is the present certified union representing non-management employees of Oldendorff Carriers Guyana Inc, on February 2, 2011 over one hundred of the said employees sent an application to the Guyana Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board seeking the cancellation of the certificate of recognition issued to the GB&GWU.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Beleaguered opener Chris Gayle has admitted he is unsure about his future in West Indies cricket.

Almost 4 months have passed since an Enmore Sugar Estate worker died and his wife is yet to be compensated.

Interviews and photos by Frances Abraham and Marcelle Thomas Child Protection Week begins today and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has asked the public to be more vigilant and to report cases of child abuse when they occur.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Angelo Mathews moved to within 15 runs of a maiden test century as Sri Lanka steadily extended their first innings lead against Australia in the third and final test  yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Even as law enforcement authorities claim huge State of Emergency (SoE) gains in weapons finds across the country, a research paper on gangs in Trinidad and Tobago has raised concerns about a State stash of some 5,000-surplus, obsolete police-confiscated firearms and more than ten tons of small arms ammunition currently in police lock-up.

Dear Editor, I came across a letter in the Stabroek News written by a Mr Ally where he mentions that the government is doing so much for Amerindians in this country.

SANAA (Reuters) – At least 26 people were shot dead and hundreds wounded yesterday when security forces fired on demonstrators who charged police lines in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, in a dramatic escalation of protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

A Brazilian miner died after he was trapped during a pit cave-in in Region Seven last week.

Dear Editor, The feeling among Guyanese that the lawlessness and vulgarity that have come to characterize the PPP/C government cannot get any worse is constantly proven false by new excesses from the Jagdeo regime.

(Jamaica Observer) Violet Murray shook uncontrollably as she watched police investigators examine her son’s decapitated body sprawled inside a yard on Hopefield Avenue, an upscale neighbourhood in St Andrew on Saturday morning.

Police have captured the suspect in the July murder of Pomeroon resident, Alexis Smith.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Mervyn Dillon is set to make a return to West Indies colours.

Considering that he is widely believed to have commandeered a death squad that eliminated dozens of suspected criminals and rivals while reputedly aiding in the fight against crime, it is not suprising that Mr Roger Khan’s connections with the government and senior government officials have come under scrutiny.

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced growing pressure yesterday to resign after embarrassing new revelations of parties and young women prompted questions about his ability to govern a country rocked by financial crisis.