Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 28, 2011

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. authorities today  arrested and charged a Massachusetts man with plotting to  damage or destroy the Pentagon and U.S.

The police today announced that the Head of the West Demerara Police Division has been moved to Police HQ to head a Department of Development.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States is ready  to change its stern policy toward Cuba but has not seen steps  from Havana that would justify lifting its embargo, President  Barack Obama said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England will play three-test  series against West Indies and South Africa next year separated  by a five-match one-day series against Australia, the England  and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Telecommunications company, Digicel, has welcomed the Supreme Court’s rejection of an attempt by rival LIME to block its acquisition of Claro.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Central Bank did not want to be part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) into the proposed bailout of the cash-strapped Lawrence Duprey group of companies.

St Lucia’s Housing Minister Richard Frederick has quit his post after his US visas were revoked by Washington.

(Jamaica Observer) – Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he will address the nation “in good time” on the reasons for his sudden decision to resign as prime minister and leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

(Trinidad Express) – A high court judge yesterday ordered the now defunct CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) to repay a $700 million deposit to the National Insurance Board.

(Trinidad Guradian) A jury yesterday was told a horrible story of how a four-year-old girl was strung up by her hair and punched 20 to 30 times, allegedly by her stepfather.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Images of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital and rehearsing the day before his death, along with recollections of the singer as a troubled “lost boy,” made for a heart-wrenching opening yesterday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.

BEIJING (Reuters) – The wife of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, whose detention sparked an international outcry, has urged lawmakers to reject draft legislation that would cement in law police powers to hold dissidents in secret locations without telling their families.

(Barbados Nation) – More marijuana “plantations” are popping up across the island as authorities clamp down on smuggling between Barbados and long-standing prolific drug source St Vincent.

The body of a young miner was found with a bullet wound to the chest at Bonehead, Omai on Monday afternoon.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday commissioned a 15.6 MW expansion of its Kingston Warstila Power Plant, a facility aimed at meeting the increased demand for power and ultimately reducing production costs and improving supply reliability.

President Hugo Chávez said he had asked his foreign minister to “tread gingerly” in responding to on Guyana’s submission of a claim to an extended continental shelf.

Ahead of a meeting on Friday with President Bharrat Jagdeo on the fate of CNS Channel 6, broadcaster CN Sharma has received indication of an impending one year suspension of the station’s licence, over violations, including the recent broadcast of a controversial opinion piece on ERC Chairman Juan Edghill.

The dormitory at the Port Kaituma Secondary School is without a cook and parents of the over 50 children in residence are calling on the regional administration and other responsible authorities to rectify the situation immediately.

Housing scheme developer Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj has been charged with failing to turn over records to a National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspector, two months after he and several workers allegedly attacked an inspection team.

Civic group FacingtheFuture  (FtF) has invited the three parties contesting the elections – the AFC, APNU and PPP/C – to participate in a public forum discussion on the reform of policing in Guyana.

Leader of the United Force (TUF) Valerie Garrido-Lowe says that her party is likely to contest the 2011 elections alone but has not ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the Alliance for Change (AFC) in the future.

Minister of Local Govern-ment Norman Whittaker raised a number of concerns with the Linden Town Council including its failure to submit its budget for the year, during a recent outreach exercise.

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee commissioned the newly rehabilitated Richard Faikall Police College in Essequibo where 30 officers are undergoing training.

Opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says it will be moving to increase its media presence over the next few weeks to complement its current “ground work” in spreading its message of establishing a government of national unity.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud and contractors signed eight contracts valued $567.7 million for projects aimed at boosting drainage and maintaining food security in the agriculture sector.

Several Region Nine farmers and households affected by flooding in July were given the sum of $20,000 each to cover their losses, as government rolls out the third phase of its support programme.

The Russian Embassy hosted a reception for five Linden students who were awarded scholarships to study at the People’s Friendship University in Moscow.

President Bharrat Jagdeo recalled Professor Wangari Maathai’s passion for justice and a better, fairer world as he joined world leaders in mourning her recent death.

President Bharrat Jagdeo will deliver the feature address at the National Competitiveness Summit planned for tomorrow at the Guyana Inter-national Conference Centre.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai advised Kopinang residents to discuss priority areas for development as the village will soon receive its $3 million Presidential Grant for 2010 and 2011.

A man who allegedly had in his possession two grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking in the vicinity of Stabroek Market was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A two-day workshop for curators organised by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) ended yesterday at the conference center of the Guyana National Stadium.

A technician who allegedly stole a music set from a woman who had left it for repairs at his workshop was yesterday placed on $60,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Vivian Harris has experienced every dip and climb in  the roller-coaster life of pugilists  in the world of professional boxing.

The national selectors have announced a provisional squad of 29  players to represent Guyana in the Regional Super-50 Tournament scheduled to be held here from October 18–29.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – A solid all-round performance from Justin Greaves failed to spark the West Indies Under-19s, and Sri Lanka Under-19s clinched a tense, two-wicket victory in the Quadrangular Youth One-day International Series on yesterday.

Two of the victims who were travelling in the minibus involved in the Mabura smash up on September 23 are now patients of the Georgetown Public Hospital and are said to be doing better.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Kolkata Knight Riders remained at the bottom of Group-B, as they lost by 19 runs to South Australia Redbacks for their second consecutive defeat in the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England have recalled batsman Kevin Pietersen and rested their senior fast bowler James Anderson for a four-week tour of India next month including five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international.

BENGALURU, India,  CMC-IANS – Lewis Hamilton stepped on the gas to vroom, zoom and wow about 10,000 frenzied fans  yesterday on a 500-metre stretch on the outskirts of this tech hub in a McLaren-Mercedes.

A 40-year-old man who allegedly broke and entered the dwelling place of another man and stole items valued in excess of $5 million was remanded to prison yesterday after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Four of the accused in the Bel Air Gardens $7 million heist were yesterday granted $1 million bail on each of two counts of armed robbery.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Larry Mussenden urged Minister of Sport Glenn Blakeney to tread cautiously with a Government probe into the finances of the Bermuda Football Association.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel approved yesterday the construction of 1,100 settlement homes on annexed land in the West Bank, complicating global efforts to renew peace talks and defuse a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations.

The drivers of these two vehicles—PGG 3132 (top) and HB 2569 (bottom)—escaped death (and one even entirely uninjured), after they collided at the corner of David Street and Vlissengen Road.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan warned the United States yesterday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on “all-weather friend” China.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods and Bill Haas were both named on a powerful United States team for this year’s Presidents cup while the Australian pair of Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley filled the two International places as the rival captains revealed their wildcard selections yesterday.

Dear Editor, In mid-July 2011, I was told by an animal lover of an injured donkey near Vryheids Lust, on the East Coast.

DETROIT (Reuters) – Fresh concerns raised by the largest US labour organization over human rights violations in Colombia are valid, but should not slow down congressional approval of a free trade pact with that country in coming weeks, the US ambassador to Colombia said yesterday. 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese officials today investigated what caused two subway trains to crash in central Shanghai, injuring more than 270 passengers and dealing another blow to the country’s railway system.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – A rejuvenated Kaka scored one goal and had a hand in two more as nine-times European Cup winners Real Madrid thumped Ajax Amsterdam 3-0 to seize control of Champions League Group D  yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Home Affairs is meeting with various personnel involved in ‘traffic.’

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Prime Minister Bruce Golding said he needs time to grieve and has asked that the Jamaican media “bear with me”.

Dear Editor, Saturday, September 17, was Inter-American Cleanliness and Citizenship Day or DIADESOL.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Images of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital and rehearsing the day before his death, along with recollections of the singer as a troubled “lost boy,” made for a heart-wrenching opening yesterday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.

With just under month to go before the Annual Guyana Golf Open, local beverage giant Banks DIH Limited   has announced its partnership with the Lusignan Golf Club in the hosting of the prestigious two-day championships.

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 14-year-old Phoenix boy was arrested by sheriff’s deputies yesterday for threats made over the Internet to “go on a killing spree” and then commit suicide at his former middle school, authorities said.

Patients at the Paediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are expected to be in a more comfortable environment after a donation of $500,000 worth of

Dear Editor, From a recent trip to Guyana, I am just appalled by the many excuses that the Guyanese people, especially and most surprisingly, the youths, are fabricating not to vote in the upcoming elections.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The Sagicor High Performance Centre continued their outstanding showing on tour with another impressive win yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez nationalized a local ferry company on Monday in his latest move to put more of the South American OPEC member’s economy under socialist state control.

Today, at 5:15 pm the highest tide for the year, at a height of 3.34 metres, will touch these shores.

– Part 2 Introduction In the previous column, I examined several common features of President Jagdeo’s economic policy framework.

(Trinidad Express) Former CL Financial chairman Lawrence Duprey was a visionary whose downfall was that he had “incompetent” managers working under him.

Politikles

Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s decision to leave the leadership of Jamaica is unexpected but not too difficult to appreciate.

“We need a space for the Diaspora to contribute to national, regional and international policy dialogue and action.”

The cupboards at the office are fast running out of space for trophies and medallions, but the Berbice Cellink senior team’s  euphoria of victory over their long-standing arch rival Demerara is always one to cherish. 

A large crowd turned out at Lusignan Gopaal Mandir when the East Coast Pandits and mandir leaders hosted a memoriam for the victims of the killings at Lusignan over three nights recently.

MIAMI (Reuters) – The suspended chief of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Miami was arrested yesterday, according to jail records, and local media said the arrest involved charges of possessing and distributing child pornography over the Internet.

Dear Editor, Baldeo Persaud writing in the Stabroek News (September 23), ‘Walter Rodney must be turning in his grave,‘ chose to criticize the leadership of the WPA for being a partner in APNU that will contest this year’s general elections.