Daily Archive: Saturday, October 1, 2011

HAMILTON, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ophelia strengthened  to a Category 4 storm as it swept east of Bermuda today,  whipping up showers, thunderstorms and surf on the British  overseas territory, forecasters said.

Rights activist Ramon Gaskin was this afternoon chopped several times about the body during an armed robbery at his Campbellville home.

The United Force has flayed the suspending of the licence of CNS Channel Six by President Bharrat Jagdeo and says it is prepared to march with the media on this issue.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress today condemned yesterday’s decision by President Bharrat Jagdeo to suspend the licence of CNS Channel Six for four months and it urged civil society to speak up.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Hermelinda Parker, the former proprietor of the Latin Movement Nightclub at Dunrobin Plaza, St Andrew, who is charged with trafficking in persons appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Jamaica and Cuba which is aimed at tackling cross-border issues such as the illegal trafficking of drugs and weapons.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Following the arrest yesterday of dancehall star Adidja Palmer, who goes by the stage name ‘Vybz Kartel’, head of the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), Assistant Commissioner Ealan Powell, has disclosed that other entertainers have popped up on the police radar and could be arrested soon.

(Barbados Nation) Tracing those who may have exposed their partners to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has become a priority of those combating the spread of the disease in Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian policyholders and investors are being encouraged to go the liquidation route instead of allowing a new company to be formed out of the remnants of CLICO International Life Insurance Ltd.

(Barbados Nation) A third of all women in Barbados are obese and three-fifths are overweight, while one man in ten is obese and one-third are overweight.

(ESPN Cricinfo) West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and Australian Simon Katich are among a group of cricketers still owed contract payments from the BCCI for the 2010 Indian Premier League.

KABUL, (Reuters) – NATO-led forces said tday  that they had captured the senior commander for the Haqqani  network in Afghanistan, Haji Mali Khan, during an operation in  eastern Paktia province earlier in the week.

(Trinidad Express) The Integrity Commission yesterday confirmed that it is probing Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) chairman Jearlean John.

Six Guyanese who were arrested in St. Lucian waters last Saturday night after weapons and drugs were found in the Guyanese cargo vessel they were on, were last evening slapped with ten charges each.

CNS Channel 6 will be off the air effective Monday at midnight after President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday handed broadcaster CN Sharma a four-month licence suspension as a sanction for a May 4, 2011 Anthony Vieira commentary in which there were damaging statements about Bishop Juan Edghill.

A Corentyne fisherman who was undergoing psychiatric evaluation after he allegedly set two persons alight in a boat was found to be of sound mind and was charged at the Whim Court yesterday with murdering them.

Amid heightened rhetoric over Guyana’s submission of an application to extend its continental shelf, Georgetown and Caracas yesterday recommitted in Trinidad and Tobago to the UN Good Offices process and their respective facilitators are to meet to discuss the matter and then report back to their governments.

After the Ministry of Housing dramatically produced a cheque he had tendered to it, Region 10 chairman Mortimer Mingo acknowledged for the first time yesterday that he had sent the instrument for $1,500,500 to recognise the offer of a house lot at the controversial Pradoville 2 Scheme but had it dishonoured after discovering that other chairmen had not been offered lots.

A 30-year-old man died on Tuesday after the tractor he was driving toppled down a hill at Wheelbarrow Backdam, 14 Miles Issano.

The Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) yesterday launched the Inaugural Guyana Cup Masters and Open Twenty20 Cup, at the boardroom of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Main and Quamina Streets.

Two persons were seriously injured following a domestic dispute at Rosignol, Berbice last night.

A traditional rivalry between two local powerhouses in  athletics is set to flare up again when the Guyana Police Force meets the Guyana Defence Force at the 2011 Joint Services Athletics Championships scheduled to start tomorrow.

A Miami-based American Eagle Airlines flight attendant accused of working under a fake name and passport was sentenced yesterday to eight months in prison less time served and three years probation, according to NBC Miami.

A meeting between senior Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officials  and the Suriname Customs & Excise Department in Nickerie, Suriname, has resulted in several agreements  and a streamlined Berbice customs.

NEW DELHI, India,  CMC-IANS – A 12-day sporting event, US $6 billion expenditure, 100 times cost escalation, 15 cases registered, 200 people questioned, 25 arrests, including of the top man.

Digicel Guyana is demanding “a full and frank explanation” from GT&T’s US owners, Atlantic Tele-Networks (ATN) “regarding the nature and extent of any legal or other threats made against the Government of Guyana concerning the planned introduction of telecommunications reform in Guyana last week,” the mobile operator said in a press release yesterday.

THE TRINIDAD and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has disassociated itself from recent statements made by national team captain Daren Ganga which suggests that Trinidad and Tobago should break away from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and go it alone in international cricket.

Residents of the Berbice River, Region 10 are in search of a man feared drowned after the boat he was in sank.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Foundation on Monday said it has selected seven new awardees to benefit from financial and other support from the DDL Foundation.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Selectors have recalled seamer Shahadat Hossain, called up uncapped all-rounder Elias Sunny but axed attractive batsman Junaid Siddique for the limited overs series against West Indies starting here next week.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has granted an extension to the deadline for drilling the Jaguar-1 well offshore Guyana to Repsol and the main partners in the joint venture drilling project.

The newly crowned Miss Amerindian Heritage 2011, Naomie Samuels, is a very ambitious individual who is always determined to succeed in every one of her endeavours.

CHENNAI, India,  CMC-IANS – On the ropes in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 tournament, Trinidad and Tobago are gearing up for a final push to stay in the hunt beginning with their

The Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 basketball tournament will bounce off tomorrow at the newly-refurbished Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court from 16:00 hours.

It is said that in general, generalisations should be avoided. We are told that we should not malign an entire group of people because of the behaviour of some members of that group.

The 2010 Auditor General’s Report was yesterday presented to acting Speaker of the National Assembly Clarissa Riehl, by acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma, and he gave a mixed review of government’s implementation of previous recommendations.

Dear Editor, I write in general support of Mr M Sookraj whose letter headlined: ‘Why do schools not allow children to write CSEC Maths when parents pay fees?‘

Hi Everyone, have you ever noticed how great food tastes when it’s a dish you didn’t plan or don’t quite have the ingredients for it, or you just threw it together on the spur of the moment?

Honk

BANGALORE, India, CMC-IANS – West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard banged a characteristically stroke-filled half-century but heavy and unabated rain washed out an exciting contest between a spirited Mumbai Indians and Cape Cobras in the Champions League Twenty20 late yesterday.

Forest industry stakeholders are coming together to urge Guyanese to use cheaper and equally good species of wood to help counter the shortage of popular and often used ones.

Guyana Fashion Weekend’s Chief Executive Officer Sonia Noel has declared the event a success, concluding that the design exposition “had it all”.

A woman who allegedly damaged her husband’s car windscreen because he does not want to pay school fees was yesterday placed on self-bail after she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Ronaldo Rodrigues, fresh from participating at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isla of Man and Britany van Lange, will spearhead the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) 12-member team to the upcoming Inter Guiana Games (IGG) later this month in Suriname.

Dear Editor, We live in a place in which women and girls are subject to abuse and violence from men and boys who believe that there is some ‘natural’ or even ‘divine’ right to put down and humiliate women in different ways.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says in keeping with amendments made to the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act from today photographs will now be affixed to provisional driver’s licences.

Guyanese veteran Calypsonian Geoffrey Phillips, otherwise known as the ‘Mighty Rebel’ has recently retired and as such, was honoured in New Jersey at a ceremony which was coordinated by Lady Ira Promotions.

Dear Editor, A government that abrogates its side of the social contract with the people is no longer a government of the people and loses the moral authority to govern. 

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – Legendary West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh says he views his role as Under-19 team manager, as key in helping to develop West Indies cricket by helping to groom the next generation of players.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba plans to close some  ministries, create new ones and eliminate some of their  business activities by year end in reforms spearheaded by  President Raul Castro to modernize the communist island’s  economy, government sources said.

Dear Editor, The election carnival is about to begin and everyone running for President and Parliament are already basing their chances on different racial and ethnic configurations in order to cast the fishnet and haul in a majority of ‘hassa,’ and if a few ‘houri‘ or ‘bangamary‘ enter the cast net, then ok, because then they can claim cross-over voting.

(Jamaica Observer) Police sources have indicated that Deejay Vybz Kartel is being questioned in relation to a body that was found in a house reportedly owned by him in Havendale, St Andrew.

(EUR) The music industry has lost another legend and pioneer. Singer, songwriter and producer Sylvia Robinson died early Thursday morning in a New Jersey hospital of congestive heart failure.

Chief River and Sea Defence Officer Geoffrey Vaughn revealed last night that a sea defence breach in the Canje Creek, caused by unusual spring tides, and which had resulted in flooding in Tucber, Nurseville and Winkel in New Amsterdam, has been sealed andDavid `Shakes’ Christopher the water has receded.

The Bartica Football Association (BFA) Division One Football League kicked off September 18 with six teams Beacons, Rising Stars, Wolves United, Milballers, Potaro Strikers and Rivers View F.C

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) -The killing of Anwar  al-Awlaki in Yemen yesterday by a U.S.

Dear Editor, Western civilization has its weaknesses but it certainly has its strengths.

(MTV) – Simon Cowell is conducting damage control following some insulting statements he allegedly made recently.

A man who allegedly assaulted his wife was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Albion Community Centre and Port Mourant Karibee Rice will clash today at the Port Mourant ground in the semi-final of the 2011 Ramcharitar Construction Services First Division 50-over cricket competition in Berbice.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma  Rousseff will propose 6 billion reais ($3.25 billion) in tax  breaks over the next five years for the construction of  telecommunications networks, in an effort to keep the sector  booming despite the global financial crisis.

(Gerard Wynn is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed  are his own.

The 2011 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-over cricket competition organized by the Berbice Cricket Board for teams in the Ancient County continues this weekend with three fifth round matches  today and five sixth round matches  tomorrow.

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BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil plans to tap foreign  debt markets before year-end despite the global financial  turmoil, the country’s treasury secretary told Reuters.

(MTV) – It only took him 60 years, but ageless crooner Tony Bennett will finally snag his first number one debut on the Billboard album charts next week when his star-studded ‘Duets II’ album wins the crown.

Dear Editor, Mr Ordinary Taxpayer will retire this year and will collect $7500 every month.

Today is the first day of October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness month.

Earlier this week, a series of remarkable statements by an American trader turned a routine segment of BBC television news into a compelling glimpse of the greed and fear that are commonly said to drive the world’s stock markets.

A man charged with robbery under arms was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Trinidad Express) A smiling Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar exited the St Clair Medical Centre yesterday after her 48-hour stay, but admitted to being “scared” after her blood pressure dropped suddenly and left her feeling “weak”.

(Trinidad Express) Former secretary general of the Commonwealth, Sir Shridath Ramphal QC, is calling on the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to fulfil its obligation to have the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) replace the Privy Council as this country’s final court of appeal.