Daily Archive: Monday, September 26, 2011

 NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Lawyers for former IMF chief  Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked a judge on Monday to dismiss a  civil suit filed by a hotel maid who accused him of sexual  assault, asserting that the onetime French presidential hopeful  had diplomatic immunity.  

TAMPA, Fla., (Reuters) – U.S. salvage company  Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc <OMEX.O>

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate approved a  deal today to avert a government shutdown and make billions  of dollars of aid available to victims of recent disasters.  

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the governments of Guyana and Ecuador today signed a pact for a project to promote Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms (CIFTA).

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has donated a new ambulance to the Diamond, East Bank Demerara Regional hospital.

The Government of Venezuela yesterday issued a statement in response to Guyana’s submission of a claim to an extended continental shelf, saying it had started to “assess this irregular situation” and was taking the necessary action to preserve the law with respect to its “maritime façade.”

Guyana’s President, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday called on the newly appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, to support the fight against climate change by leading a shift away from traditional instruments of overseas development assistance.

 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (Reuters) – U.S. President  Barack Obama said today the debt crisis in Europe was  “scaring the world” and that leaders in the euro zone were not  dealing with the issue quickly enough.  

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – A market survey by Finabank shows that the salaries of most wage earners in Suriname are burdened by two or even three loans.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just back from New Orleans where she attended an international civilian protection conference, Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority Gillian Lucky has unveiled plans for new protocols to govern the conduct of police officers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Roberts says Errol Ashby, former chief executive officer of the Sport Company of T&T (Sportt), was fired for purchasing a million-dollar car without the Board’s approval.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ignorance was detrimental. That’s the lesson former Clico directors learnt after the company collapsed in January 2009.

(Barbados Nation) Britain thinks the time has come for Barbados and other islands in the region to enact legislation that will punish those who bribe public officials or engage in any form of corruption.

(Jamaica Observer) Tough-talking attorney-at-law KD Knight is among those expressing happiness and joy at the shock announcement by Prime Minister Bruce Golding to step down as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in November, and as head of Government soon thereafter.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding is obviously determined not to be remembered for the sordid Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke affair which mortally wounded his ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

The coming days will determine whether, as his handlers insist it is, Mr Bruce Golding’s decision to step down as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the country’s prime minister is irreversible.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday bowed to an avalanche of criticism over his stewardship of the country and appeared unmoved by a last-gasp attempt by Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) officials to rethink his intention to step aside as both head of government and party by November.

The 41 Mormons who were deported in September 2009 were removed at the behest of the Minister of Home Affairs, Clement  Rohee who could not be reached by President Bharrat Jagdeo during a meeting with the missionaries, and the US embassy was appalled that court orders issued in the matter were not being adhered to, according to cables released by WikiLeaks.

Four young men were hospitalized yesterday 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.

Police intercepted a boat yesterday with five crew members at Eversham, Corentyne after fishermen recognized that it had been used to carry out a piracy attack on them earlier this month.

A state of the art visitor arrival centre was commissioned in the Kaieteur National Park (KNP), Region 8 yesterday.

Government has unveiled another project to be funded through the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) with a budget of US$10M over four years for the Micro and Small Enterprise Develop-ment project.

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.

A multi-million-dollar house of worship at Philippi Farm, Corentyne, which was commissioned three Saturdays ago, has heads turning with its grandeur.

The awarding of contracts for the commencement of works on the Providence-Grove extension of the East Bank Demerara (EBD) four-lane highway is expected to be completed within the next two weeks.

The body of a technician was fished out of a creek at St Cuthbert’s Mission yesterday after he reportedly drowned but family members have suspicions about the manner in which he met his death.

A Guyanese woman who formerly worked to organize the Linden Town week died in a hit-and-run in New York on Friday night.

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.

Troy Thorington, the motorcyclist who crashed into a stationary car on Middle Road, La Penitence two days ago has died.

The Government of Guyana welcomes Palestine’s application for membership of the United Nations and believes the application before the Security Council should be accorded the most careful consideration, a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

Police say that at about 1330h. yesterday businessman Mohamed Yusuf, 49 years of Line Path, Skeldon, was riding a bicycle

LONDON, CMC – Garey Mathurin scalped three wickets for nine runs from four overs in an impressive debut, sparking a 25-run victory for West Indies, and crashing England’s end-of-season party in the second and final match of their Twenty20 International series yesterday.

Supervisors and Deputy Returning Officers appointed The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has appointed 19 Supervisors and 179 Deputy Returning Officers (DROs) across Guyana to assist the Returning Officers in the 10 Electoral Districts (Administrative Regions) with the efficient management of the upcoming General and Regional Elections.

Berbice continued its dominance at the senior Inter-County level by retaining the El Dorado limited-overs cricket title for the third consecutive year with a six-wicket victory against arch rivals Demerara at the Albion Community Center Ground, Berbice, yesterday.

International hockey coach Shiv Jagday will conduct a one-week Olympic Solidarity Coaching Course beginning today and being held under the auspices of Olympic Solidarity, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) the Guyana Hockey Board.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Roelof van der Merwe’s sensational 73 off 40 balls helped Somerset pull-off a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Champions League T20  yesterday.

(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.

Team Sammy comprising Edmund Sammy, Theo Bascom, Hilbert Alli, Terrence Damon, Manniram Shew and Rondell Charles took top honours last Wednesday  when domino enthusiast Manniram ‘Packer’ Shew brought together players from  four clubs to participate in a friendly encounter.

Dear Editor, For those of us old enough, let us make a thirty-year comparison with how Georgetown felt and looked then, to its current state now in 2011.

Dear Editor, It has been three weeks now since a call was made to GWI about overflowing sewage in Fourth Street, Alberttown, coming up through the gully.

JEDDAH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s king announced yesterday women would be given the right to vote and stand in elections, a bold shift in the ultra-conservative absolute monarchy as pressure for social and democratic reform sweeps the Middle East.

By Iva Wharton This week-end’s National Closed Junior Chess Championship hangs in a balance after seven qualifying players said  on Saturday that they are prepared to sit out the championship unless the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) meets with them to iron out issues relating to the selection for the upcoming Inter Guiana Games.

(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 Minis-ter of Trinidad and Tobago.

Despite a stumbling start, Rupert Perry came through to claim victory in the men’s 100 metres final at the Police Gymkhana event yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary, yesterday.

Dear Editor, I feel that finally the victims of rape in Guyana are on the road to receiving some amount of justice for what happened to them after reading that Justice Winston Patterson had sentenced a man to 50 years in prison for raping an underage girl.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s interim rulers said yesterday they had found a mass grave containing the bodies of 1,270 inmates killed by Muammar Gaddafi’s security forces in a 1996 massacre at a prison in southern Tripoli.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Kenyan Patrick Makau dethroned king of the roads Haile Gebrselassie at the Berlin marathon  yesterday by slashing 21 seconds off the Ethiopian’s world record despite running on his own for the final 10 kilometres.

The wrecked car a few minutes before it was removed from the scene  

SEATTLE (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama kicked off a West Coast fundraising tour yesterday with harsh criticism of his Republicans opponents, accusing them of “ideological pushback” at a time of national crisis.

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

Dear Editor, Having already addressed the President’s food security challenge highlighted in his purportedly last address to the UN last Thursday, I now turn my attention to his energy security reference.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel did all he could to wrap up a second successive Formula One world title with a commanding victory in Singapore yesterday but the ultimate prize remained tantalisingly out of reach.

LONDON (Reuters) – Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed today.

Dear Editor, Why don’t governments stop wasting money to have an army, navy or air force.

An African creation from Windsor Designs on show at Guyana Fashion Weekend on Saturday night (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

Dear Editor, Some time this week, it was brought to the attention of the local Facebook community that management of the National Communi-cations Network (NCN) had banned the music of Jamaican dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s chief spokesman said yesterday the deposed Libyan leader and his family had not helped themselves to Libya’s oil wealth and that they were “among the poorest citizens”.

(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).

The now empty lot where St Barnabas once stood (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Opener Jon-Jon Smuts scored a fluent 88, as Warriors of South Africa romped to a 50-run victory over South Australia Redbacks in the Champions League Twenty20 match  yesterday.

By Anthony Morgan A Jamaican who was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Anthony Morgan is a Caribbean law student at McGill University, Faculty of Law.

$300M church on Corentyne

Politikles

Dear Editor, Two years ago I wrote a letter saying that fishermen should get gun licences.

Interviews by Abigail Semple This week What the people say asked designers from this year’s Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) what their expectations from the event were and what the experience was like.

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Fans and opponents of bullfighting crowded into Barcelona yesterday for the last “corrida” to be held in the city’s La Monumental arena following a ban on the traditional Spanish spectacle in Catalonia.

METZ, France, (Reuters) – France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clinched his sixth ATP title when he beat big-serving Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3 6-7 6-3 in the final of the Metz tournament yesterday.

On August 19 during a press conference where he baldly declared that GuySuCo did not have the expertise to run the troubled Skeldon factory, Agriculture Minister Mr Robert Persaud also made the statement that the board needed to hurry up with its consideration of proposals from an Indian and a Chinese company to manage the operations.

(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).