Daily Archive: Sunday, September 25, 2011

Guyanese Gillian Hall died on Friday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn and her daughter has appealed for the driver to surrender to the cops.

(Reuters) – England ended a stellar summer today  with an embarrassing 25-run defeat in the second of two Twenty20  matches against West Indies at The Oval.

Police say that at about 1330h. yesterday businessman Mohamed Yusuf, 49 years of Line Path, Skeldon, was riding a bicycle along the roadway at No.

The mentally ill woman who is accused of slashing the throat of a 39-year-old father of two has been taken into custody by the police. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs says that Guyana is not among the 22 countries worldwide that appear on the US Drug list which drives home the point that this country is not a narco-state.

Four young men were hospitalized this morning after the car they were in collided with a utility pole on Homestretch Avenue, breaking it into two, and then continued another 100 feet before coming to a halt.

JEDDAH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will allow women to  stand for election and vote, the king announced today, in a  significant policy shift in the conservative Islamic kingdowm.

(Trinidad Guardian) Maritime attorney Nyree Alfonso says the imposition of the state of emergency (SoE) will redound to fishermen’s benefit since they are victims of crime on land and sea.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chicken—mainly leg quarters imported from the United States—is being used as a cover to bring illegal drugs and guns into Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Wigton Windfarm in Manchester produced enough energy to save the country expenditure estimated at more than $229 million on the importation of oil during the first five months of fiscal year 2011-12, according to data released by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ).

(Barbados Nation) More Bajans living abroad may be offered key positions at home.

(Trinidad Express) Three Guyanese nationals were detained by Police in Penal on Friday night.

(Trinidad Express) Even as public hearings into the collapse of financial giant CL Financial continue to reveal a disturbing picture of corporate greed, reckless dealings, dishonesty and misconduct at the highest level of the country’s largest conglomerate, questions remain about the role of the state regulators and auditors on record, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

(Trinidad Express) Days following her United Nations address on women’s political participation and in the midst of a State of Emergency, Kamla Persad-Bissessar agreed to an exclusive interview about her experience and evolution as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

 ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – Former pizza executive  Herman Cain surprised rival Rick Perry with an upset victory yesterday in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida,  dealing a disappointing loss to the Texas governor two days  after a shaky debate performance.  

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Philippe formed  in the far eastern Atlantic yesterday, becoming the 16th  named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, the U.S. 

A senior US envoy here was of the view in 2009 that the large investment expected from oil explorer CGX might be a carrot for President Bharrat Jagdeo to remain in office beyond his term and she also related to Washington how Jagdeo intervened to clear hurdles that the company was experiencing.

A mentally ill woman last evening slashed the throat of a 39-year-old father of two as he made his way home.

Deputy Leader and long-standing member of The United Force (TUF) Michael Abraham feels that his party has lost popularity because of its alignment with the PPP/C administration and believes that if the party is to join forces with another group it should be the AFC.

By Emmerson Campbell A vicious knockout by Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy brought the crowd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to its feet on Friday last at the staging of the 18th edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) ProAm Friday Night fights.

A fisherman from the Corentyne has been taken into custody after he was said to be in possession of a seine belonging to Gajadar Bisnauth from whose boat five workers disappeared last month.

Berbice go into today’s final at the Albion Community Development Centre ground hoping to continue their recent dominance over Demerara sides as they aim to win back-to-back Inter-County one day titles.

Norway has released US$1.1M to Guyana outside of the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) – the agreed mechanism for the disbursement of funds under the two countries forests’ agreement – in order to enable Guyana to meet its contractual obligations under the partnership.

A 44-year-old mechanic attached to the Albion Sugar Estate on the Corentyne succumbed on Friday night to injuries he sustained when a tractor crushed him in the Belvedere backdam around 6 pm on Thursday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) closed the first day of their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafoods two day second division match against Vikings in a strong position.

For relatives of Navin Serrao who was pumped full of bullets during a drive-by shooting on Thomas Lands in June 2007, the motive behind his death will always be a mystery even though police had said there was a drug link, a statement which they had repeatedly denied.

Three members of the Guyana cycling team that took part in the Caribbean Cycling Championships in Jamaica last weekend placed among the first 20 participants in the Men’s Elite Road Race.

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) will run off a number of sprint events today from 13:00 hours at the club’s facility at Alness, Corentyne, Berbice.

President Bharrat Jagdeo was worried that the 2007 JFK International Airport terror plot arrests would be a “big, black eye” for Guyana and he told Washington he was prepared to have suspects extradited to the US.

Following are today’s fixtures in the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s Blackwell sponsored competition.

A 38-year-old man is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Hospital while his girlfriend is nursing a broken femur after the motor cycle they were on slammed head on into a car which was parked across Middle Road, La Penitence, early yesterday morning.

LONDON, England, CMC – Dwayne Smith says he relishes continuing at the top of the order, after opening for the first time in an international match in West Indies’ 10-wicket loss to England here Friday.

Introduction As the life of the Ninth Parliament comes to its constitutional end later this week, Business Page thinks it opportune to review its productivity in terms of its legislative agenda.

The teen who was found hanging in the washroom of the Charity Secondary School dormitory last Tuesday, died as a result of asphyxiation due to compression to the neck.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies will hope to salvage something from their short Twenty20 campaign here when they face England in the last encounter of the two-match series today.

While, as the saying goes, there is very little to be gained from crying over spilt milk, the fact of the matter is that the large income transfers made by the EU to Guyana (averaging over 8 per cent of Guyana’s GDP at its peak in the 1990s) when the Sugar Protocol was in force until 2006, have left few positive economic legacies. 

Opposition coalition APNU has said it is committed to rebuilding the professionalism of the Foreign Service, which it says the PPP/C has made impotent.

CHENNAI, India,  CMC – Big-hitting West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard played a minor role as his Mumbai Indians scored a thrilling three-wicket win over fellow Trinidadian Dwayne Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20 here yesterday.

The progression of the prominent, the ones who appear before us as elected politician, social activist, business tycoon, etc, is intriguing for the different stages in the professional lives of these individuals. 

Death is among the most ordinary of experiences. After all everyone dies.

Civic organisation coalition FacingtheFuture (FtF) has invited the three alliances contesting the upcoming polls to participate in a public forum to outline their plans for the police force.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin declared yesterday that he planned to reclaim the Russian presidency in an election next March that could open the way for the former KGB spy to rule until 2024.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria has banned most imports except raw materials and grains, local businessmen said yesterday, in a move to preserve foreign currency reserves as pressure grows from a popular rebellion and Western sanctions against Syria’s rulers.

Robin Persaud carted off the 35-lap Schoolboys and Novices race yesterday when National cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and the Unitech Awning ran off a successful 11 race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.

BRASILIA — While waiting at the Miami airport for my flight to Brazil one day last week, I read a press report that Brazil’s tourism minister was illegally using a government driver as his wife’s private chauffeur.

The suspension of  Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Colin Klass by FIFA, the world body governing football should pave the way for reforms within the GFF and football officials must come together to foster the development of the sport locally.

SANAA, (Reuters) – At least 17 protesters and soldiers were killed during an attack by government forces on an opposition protest camp in Yemen’s capital after President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned after a three-month absence, witnesses and protesters said  yesterday.

(Continued from last week) Last week, we documented that the heartworms live mostly in the right side heart chambers.

Dear Editor, The government needs to rescind the contract awarded to Synergy Holdings Inc, for the construction of the road leading to the site of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project, and re-tender with the aim of securing a competent contractor to rectify the shortcomings as identified in the report by international consultants BBFL Caribbean Ltd and Earth Investigation Systems Ltd.

Guyana Prize Chairman of the Jury Victor Ramraj in his official report commented on the excellence of the poetry in the Guyana Prize 2010 which prompted the panel to select a shortlist of six books. 

A United States-based woman who was a passenger on the Caribbean Airlines jet that crash-landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on July 30, is too traumatized to travel back home.

A new school going up at Diamond

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Weapons seized from sites in Tripoli have been taken to other parts of Libya by fighters who filled the capital to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, a representative of one of the city’s armed groups said yesterday.

Colin Klass’ 26- month ban “from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other)” is probably the best outcome that he could have hoped for.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) injunction remains in place but Judge James Bovell-Drakes on Friday ordered that lawyers for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) prepare an affidavit in answer.

PARIS (Reuters) – A corruption investigation is circling closer to President Nicolas Sarkozy as a third ally comes under pressure in the so-called “Karachi Affair”, accused of alerting a friend in police custody to secret witness testimony.

Dear Editor, The FIFA 26-month ban on Colin Klass comes as a breath of fresh air.

Following recent pirate attacks on the Corentyne, opposition coalition APNU has renewed a call to the administration to equip the defence forces with the personnel, vessels and resources to protect citizens and make the coast safe.

In Guyana, an unusually large proportion of felony prosecutors in the High Court in order to prove their case and get a conviction rely heavily on written or oral confessions obtained from the accused while he was in police custody.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Europe is working on ways to boost the firepower of its bailout fund, top officials said yesterday, after the United States, China and other countries urged swift action to contain its debt crisis.

Dear Editor, Guyana is now at a point where noise nuisance is an offence and can be stopped.

A Brazilian miner is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after he was shot in the back at a mining camp at Butterfly Backdam, Port Kaituma.

After more than six weeks of competition, the curtains will come down this evening on the Milo Under-23 tournament with the third place and final matches from 18:00 and 20:00 hours respectively at the Tucville Playfield.

The cost of the modification work currently being undertaken on the Amaila Falls access road is yet to be determined but it is felt that the additional sums to be spent now will help to reduce the overall cost of the project.

Dear Editor, I have just been informed that the popular religious programme ‘Up close and personal‘ which is aired on Sundays by the Fruits of Calvary Church has been pulled off the air.

There was the good and the bad during the week for West Indies cricket desperate to show that its present, and future, is not as bleak as it seems.

The Variegated Tinamou (Crypturellus variegates) species was first identified from a specimen collected in French Guiana and is the larger cousin to the Little Tinamou. 

Fashion Market

Mix Up Dominoes Club enhanced its growing reputation as the country’s number one dominoes team when they ran out winners of the Wild Bunch 27-team competition.

Gold rush road

(Reuters) – The killing of chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani has robbed Afghanistan of the only figure with the range of international contacts to end the conflict there, an influential Arab colleague said  yesterday.

Dear Editor, In your Thursday, September 22 news article, ‘President lays out four security challenges for world at UN,‘ the four challenges were listed as food security, energy security, resource security and climate security.

There is a plant which has been grown in Europe for over four hundred years and which I believe originated in North America.

A new housing estate

Yet another Education Month rolled around on September 1, with yet another new theme; this time, “Transforming Guyana through Science and Technology in Education.”

The Education Ministry is extending remedial programmes for “slow learners” in the subject areas of Mathematics and English to all public primary and secondary schools countrywide.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela and Iran postponed a visit to Caracas yesterday by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez recovered from a fourth round of cancer treatment, officials said.