Daily Archive: Sunday, October 2, 2011

(Jamaica Observer) See full text of Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s address to Jamaicans this evening below.

Caribbean Airlines says that non-stop flights between Guyana and New York will be unveiled for the Christmas peak season.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – In his final regular  appearance on the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” Andy Rooney  expressed gratitude for a “lucky” life and thanked his fans,  but not without adding a touch of the curmudgeonly grumbling  that has become a signature element of his TV essays.

(Barbados Nation)  International Life Insurance (CIL) will start next Tuesday, October 11, to investigate undocumented assets worth Bds$350 million as well as any other unknown assets of  the embattled company.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition groups  joined together today to call on the international community  to take action to protect Syrian people facing a violent  crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Former senior PNCR member Joseph Hamilton this afternoon said he has joined the PPP because of the programme it presented and he endorsed its presidential candidate Donald Ramotar.

Part of the gathering at the PPP elections campaign launch at Albion today.

MANCHESTER, N.H., (Reuters) – Republican presidential  candidate Rick Perry said yesterday he would get the U.S. 

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ophelia weakened to a  Category 2 storm today as it bore down on Newfoundland off  the east coast of Canada, forecasters said.

Two youths died today following an accident at the Airy Hall, Mahaicony turn this morning.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Bruce Golding, members of his family and friends were rescued by Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard yesterday afternoon after a boat in which they were travelling back to the mainland ran aground off the south coast.

(Barbados Nation) The Trinidadian-based regional conglomerate Neal & Massy is on the hunt for a buyer for its Almond Resorts properties in Barbados and St Lucia.

(Trinidad Express) Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan has instructed that a panel be set up to investigate the death of a pregnant woman at the San Fernando General Hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Former energy minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan said the People’s Partnership Government knew about a billion-dollar diesel fuel racket since it took office last year.

The owner of Vicky B, the drugs and weapons laden cargo vessel that was intercepted in St Lucian waters has gone into hiding and relatives of some of the detained crew men are in shock saying that there were no signs that the men were involved in illegal activities.

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

The village of Edderton, or No 4, West Coast Berbice can be spotted from a distance because of the huge mango trees which line the roadside in front of residents’ homes.

By Marcelle Thomas Deemed a rite of passage in some cultures, bullying in local schools, particularly public schools, has not been acknowledged for the most part by parents, teachers and other educators.

Revelations coming out of the courts on Pradoville 2 necessitates a Commission of Inquiry to get answers to questions raised, says Alliance for Change Presidential Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan.

AFC’s prime ministerial candidate Raphael Trotman says that his party is still looking to forge partnerships with other persons and groups ahead of the 2011 general elections, including disenchanted members of the PPP/C and APNU.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent suspension of CNS Channel 6 is an attempt to prevent the opposition parties from getting their messages out in the run-up to elections and to contain the exposures of injustices in the society.

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.

Former project manager for the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Charles Sohan says that the government needs to be more transparent with the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project (AFHEP) and should explain how the project’s estimated price could increase by more than US$200M before it has even been finalized.

Forty-year-old Zanoila Blair of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice considers herself lucky to be alive after her former reputed husband, Colin Fraser, 43 stabbed her around 8.45 pm on Friday and then slit his throat.

Former leader of the United Force (TUF) Manzoor Nadir and the party’s Chairman Ismail Muhammad have made an application to the Full Court for the dismissal of the injunction brought against them by Valerie Garrido-Lowe.

Who killed well-known Essequibo businessman Victor Warner and escaped with a large amount of cash and jewellery?

Presidential candidate of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Brigadier (ret) David Granger has challenged Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir’s claim that Guyana’s unemployment rate had fallen from 11.7 to 10.7 per cent.

Police on the West Demerara are investigating a case where an 11-year-old boy attempted to sexually assault a seven-year-old female and injured her with a knife.

An East Ruimveldt resident is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after he was struck down by a driver who claimed he swerved from a cow.

The PPP/C last evening took their campaign to the residents of South and North Ruimveldt urging them to vote for a party that has worked consistently to improve the lives of Guyanese ever since its assumption of office while Prime Minister Samuel Hinds suggested that the election would be in late November.

Cabinet has decided to extend limited tax concessions to persons desirous of importing garbage disposal trucks and consequently the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Friday announced that individuals or companies wishing to access the concessions must have an investment agreement with the government, a press release from the GRA said.

Introduction The Council of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) of Guyana on April 7, 2011 accepted a Code on Corporate Governance which could have some transformational effect on the way Guyana companies are managed.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Guyanese opener Rajendra Chrandrika hit a compact century and leg-spinners Shamarh Brooks and Kerron Cottoy claimed four wickets apiece, to propel the West Indies’ High Performance Centre to a handsome 86-run win over Afghanistan here yesterday.

The title I gave to my last collection of poems was Between Silence and Silence. 

This may surprise you, but it has taken me a long time to realise how deeply my songs have penetrated the Caribbean culture generally, and particularly that of Guyana. 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Devon Thomas stroked a sparkling half-century but narrowly missed out on a century while captain Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels and Chris Barnwell also flourished with the bat, as West Indies crushed United Arab Emirates by 245 runs in their Carib-Asian one-day match here yesterday.

In last Sunday’s column I sought to portray what I termed as the fundamental economic illogic or contradiction which underlines GuySuCo operations. 

By Emmerson Campbell John ‘Big John’ Edwards lifted his way to a bronze medal winning performance yesterday at the 28th World Masters Power lifting Championships in St Catherine, Canada.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops regained control of the central town of Rastan, the official news agency said yesterday, after the most prolonged fighting between the army and insurgents in a six-month uprising.

Heads of state speaking at the United Nations last week painted a bleak picture of the world’s future, talking about the great recession, rising poverty rates, global warming, and armed conflicts everywhere.

From London to Dubai to Hyderabad and Bangaluru, every characteristic of West Indies cricket was crammed into the past 10 days.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said yesterday he was praying for Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and also sent a message of solidarity to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against “Yankee” aggression.

This donkey has been suffering from an infected leg and back as a result of mistreatment since mid-July of this year, and can be seen along the East Coast roadway, in the vicinity of Felicity.

Caribbean cricket has been cruelly stripped of all of its pride and its prowess and has been turned into fodder for the contemporary giants of the game who now regard an encounter with the West Indies as a welcome break from tougher challenges.

Despite scientific evidence to the contrary, scepticism about climate change appears to be gaining wider global credence.

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) executives Friday evening launched the campaign of the national cricket team ahead of the Regional Super50 Championship which will be held in Guyana from October 18-29 in a small ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Pavilion, Bourda.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, under a caption ‘Lies Exposed’ carries a statement in full by PPP Executive Committee member Mr Robert Persaud, “debunk[ing] recent statements issued by PNC’s APNU, et al on Guyana’s development.”

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader rejected the Palestinians’ UN statehood bid yesterday, saying any deal that accepted the existence of Israel would leave a “cancerous tumour” forever threatening the security of the Middle East.

Kunti Persaud, a mother of three is about to get a $500,000 home makeover a few months short of the Christmas season. 

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) closed the opening day of the Carib Beer first-division two-day encounter against Guyana National Industrial Co-Operation (GNIC) with a commanding 176-run lead on first innings, at the DCC Ground, Queenstown, yesterday.

KABUL (Reuters) – NATO-led forces said yesterday 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.

T  he Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) is a common wetland bird that ranges from Panama and Trinidad and down into most of South America. 

In western societies, the general punishment meted out to convicted criminals is time in prison.

LISBON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands marched in Lisbon and Porto yesterday to protest against austerity measures imposed under the terms of an EU/IMF bailout, the first major rallies since a centre-right government took power in Portugal in June.

-says Christopher Matthias   Former president of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Christopher Matthias said he would consider contesting the post of president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) if and when elections are held.

Presidential candidate of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Brigadier (ret) David Granger has challenged Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir’s claim that Guyana’s unemployment rate had fallen from 11.7 to 10.7 per cent.

(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 on Friday.

Dear Editor, I had a friend who used to say; “Things happen so things can happen.”

When I was at junior school we were taught about the pH scale, a scale which determines the level of acidity or alkalinity of the garden soil.

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has increased its pool of certified coaches.

Amerindian literature is a significant factor in the Guyanese cultural heritage, and it is important to highlight its contribution at a time when there is a focus on the Amerindian heritage in the country. 

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to wish all (overworked and underpaid?)

The annual ‘Big Ride’ cycling event will pedal off this afternoon from 4pm.

Director of Prisons Dale Erskine watches a march past of prison officers yesterday as part of the observances for Prisons Week.

(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.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday the Andean nation will not award oil exploration and production contracts off the San Andres archipelago, an important bio-diverse tourist destination.

Sunday’s Cartoon

Continued form last week Well, let’s see what we have learned about that rapidly spreading scourge of heartworm.

Nursery school children in Victoria have fun rolling car tyres, just as children used to do long ago.

On September 6 this year, Guyana formally submitted her claim for an extended continental shelf of 150 nautical miles to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to Ms Syeada Manbodh’s letter with regard to a sick donkey in the vicinity of Vryheid’s Lust and Montrose East Coast Demerara (‘How much longer must a sick donkey suffer?’

LONDON (Reuters) – The Commonwealth must act decisively to uphold human rights among its 54 member nations or risk a slide into irrelevance, according to a report set to divide the group’s leaders at their summit this month.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies have been forced to put up with sweltering temperatures here as they prepare for their Bangladesh tour but batting consultant Desmond Haynes believes the weather is the ideal preparation for the touring side.

(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.