Daily Archive: Friday, October 7, 2011

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – David Warner’s second unbeaten  hundred in a row went in vain as Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli  made short work of a steep 204-run target to power Royal  Challengers Bangalore to the Champions League T20 final against  New South Wales today.

Merundoi Incorporated yesterday announced the staging of the 2011 Presidential Debate.

  The Guyana Press Association (GPA) today added its voice to the calls for the lifting of the CNS TV 6 suspension, while saying that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot ignore the “silencing” of a media house in an election period.

The Catholic Standard in its editorial today criticized the suspension of CNS Channel Six for four months and said the act harkens back to the 1970s when it and other media were oppressed.

(Trinidad Express) Sophisticated equipment, including an analog fuel pump, has been found aboard a third vessel seized, attempting a daylight transfer of fuel off Brick Field in Waterloo.

(Trinidad Express) The national treasury was losing up to TT$1.5 billion annually because of illegal diesel bunkering, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

(Jamaica Observer) The organising committee of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) has abandoned the result of the controversial night race held August during the Barbados leg of the series.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) yesterday pleaded for more resources for the health care system, citing instances of doctors keeling over from sheer exhaustion while performing surgery.

(Jamaica Observer) For one reason or another some of our entertainers have issues when it comes to staying on the right side of the law.

(Barbados Nation) The forensic audit into the operations of CLICO should include the directors and officers of the cash-strapped insurance company.

(Barbados Nation) The son of Wilfredo Perez Perez, pilot of the Cubana Airlines blown up off Barbados in a terrorist act 35 years ago, has made yet another impassioned call for the perpetrators to face justice.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cricket board (SLC)  has been officially warned for the “poor” quality of the pitch  at Galle, which hosted the first test in their recent series  against Australia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said  today.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Declaring women’s rights vital for  world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize  today to three indomitable campaigners against war and  oppression — a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that  country’s president.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday urged the opposition parties against participating in the upcoming polls unless “minimum standards” to guarantee free expression and equal access to media are in place.

Sharing one platform last evening, several groups called on President Bharrat Jagdeo to revoke the four-month suspension handed out to CNS Channel 6 owner CN Sharma before the elections date is announced.

Three men, believed to be part of the gang that raided Piari Landing, at Puruni at the start of the week, were arrested yesterday, even as police reported that the death toll of a boat mishap during the escape bid by robbers had risen to six.

Businessman Purushotam Nauth, who was shot and robbed of $8M by bandits, yesterday succumbed while recovering from a surgery to remove the bullet.

An American woman, who was found with cocaine hidden in 10 pairs of shoes at the Cheddi Jagan Airport, was yesterday sentenced to a four-year prison sentence.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom) to discharge its constitutional responsibility to ensure free and fair elections asking specifically that the commission respond favourably to public concerns regarding the suspension of CNS Channel 6 and the appointment of the Returning Officer for Region Four.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally has assured opposition parties that the body is examining opinions on whether it can intervene to defer the suspension of the broadcast licence of CNS Channel 6 to some time after the upcoming polls.

Guyanese Mignon Bowen and Simone Morris-Ramlall will be given an opportunity to further empower women in Guyana when they participate in a United States’ International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) starting next week.

The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) discussed with Guyana’s two trades union federations the importance of unifying the labour movement and possible steps that can be taken to achieve this, during a recent visit here.

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy lauded companies for their active participation in the National Week of Testing for HIV saying they demonstrate the take charge attitude the country has adopted in its fight against the virus.

PNCR leader Robert Corbin said he was confident in the abilities of APNU presidential candidate Brigadier (rtd) David Granger to lead the nation, at a flag-raising ceremony held at Congress Place in honour of the party’s 54th anniversary.

A 23-year-old Sophia man who allegedly had 65.8 grammes of cannabis in his possession was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Magistrate Sueanna Lovell yesterday fined a man $4,000 on an assault charge and ordered that his wife pay $4,000 court costs after she pleaded for him to be given “a chance.”

Heads of several state agencies are appointed by state boards and not the president or cabinet, Dr Roger Luncheon testified yesterday.

A 40-year-old woman is nursing serious injuries after she was on Wednesday struck down by a speeding motor car while standing on the roadway at Annandale, East Coast Demerara.

A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) yesterday promised to repeal the recently passed Access to Information and Broadcast laws if elected to run the affairs of Guyana for the next five years.

By Emmerson Campbell American Jonathan Teeter starts today’s third leg of the Ride For Life five-stage cycle race in the lead position after two stages and 106 miles were covered yesterday.

A 40-year-old handyman who allegedly stole in excess of $1 million in items from another man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before  Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Berbice wicketkeeper/batsman Anthony Bramble became the first centurion of this year’s Tenelec First Division 50-over competition, slamming 114 for Skeldon Community Centre against Blairmont Community Centre.

A man who pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife along with three counts of threatening behaviour in the North West District was yesterday sentenced to 27 months imprisonment after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

President of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC), Alfred King, believes that many football administrators have not accepted that football in Guyana needs urgent remedying.

A fire two months ago left Ramrati Kumarsingh and her family without their home and penniless, but they are slowly getting help to rebuild their lives.

Thirty-four doctors participated in an orientation session on Wednesday as they prepare for placement at various health care institutions countrywide, after having completed their one-year rotation requirement.

The High Commission of Canada will be closed to the public on Monday as it is Canada’s Thanksgiving Day.

Half-centuries from former West Indies middle-order batsman Narsingh Deonarine and Steven Jacobs aided the Sewnarine Chattergoon-led XI to victory over the Assad Fudadin-led XI by eight wickets in the second scheduled national practice match at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda, yesterday.

Headmistress Beverley Daly and the staff of The Bishops’ High School were recognised for their sterling contribution to the general all-round development of its students at a petit déjeuner on Wednesday at the school, in the Oswald Parry Hall.

Fast food entity Big Daddy’s Burgers became the latest corporate business to support the Guyana cricket team ahead of the Regional Super-50 tournament when it presented team skipper Assad Fudadin with a cash donation at a simple handing over ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) yesterday.

The week-long 2011 Joint Services Championships will hit its pinnacle when the final day of competition begins today at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground, Camp Ayanganna from 10:30 hrs.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport  (CAS) cleared the way yesterday for dozens of past doping  offenders to compete at next year’s Olympics after rejecting an  International Olympic Committee (IOC) eligibility rule as  invalid.

-cites new products, new exhibitors, overseas participation GuyExpo Co-Chairman Deryck Cummings has told Stabroek Business that this year’s three-day event was a significant success and that the barometer for measuring the achievements of the event goes well beyond the number of people that visited the Sophia Exhibition Site over last weekend.

Nationals of Guyana and Suriname residing away from home account for more than 60 per cent of tourist arrivals in their respective home countries, which  numbers are among the highest in Caricom territories according to an article published in the October 3 issue of the Barbados Business Monday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan cricket captain  Salman Butt agreed to score no runs in an over during a crucial  game against England as part of a betting scam, a court heard yesterday.

There are aspects of the organization and execution of GuyExpo which are still are still in need of remedial attention, a fact that was again pointed out to this newspaper last week by some of the exhibitors.

Dear Editor, Two separate messages on Sunday, October 2, 2011, somehow interlinked in my mind.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South African batsman Vaughn  van Jaarsveld has been banned from cricket for three months  following an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA),  the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) said yesterday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Protests against the US financial system and economic inequality spread across America yesterday and found unlikely sympathy from a top official of one of the main targets of scorn — the Federal Reserve.

Dear Editor, In the past the Ministry of Finance had always been my favourite government agency because of the way they treated pensioners.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England would never have launched  a bid to stage the World Cup in 2018 if world governing body  FIFA had said at the outset that it wanted to take the  tournament to new frontiers, British sports minister Hugh  Robertson said yesterday.

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose campaign pledge was to combat corruption, is facing a fresh political blow over the biggest financial scandal in Iran’s history.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – The spread of drug wars means  young men in Central America can face a 1 in 50 chance of being  murdered before reaching their 31st birthday, a U.N.

Dear Editor I refer to an article in your newspaper on Wednesday, October 5, captioned ‘Head of breakaway PNCR faction calls on Mingo to resign’ Leader of the Guyana Youth Congress (GYC) has called on Chairman Mingo to resign his position as a representative of the PNCR on the grounds that his judgment is questionable over the offer of a lot at Pradoville 2.

BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations yesterday after three soldiers were killed on a ceasefire line near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region before a visit to the Caucasus by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has completed a major overhaul of its Procurement Policy Manual to render the company’s procurement procedures more consistent with national policy guidelines and to improve transparency and accountability in its multi-billion-dollar procurement process, Chairman of the Corporation’s Central Tender Committee (CTC) Keith Burrowes has told Stabroek Business.

AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Sigmund Freud spent a lifetime unravelling the human psyche.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An attorney for Michael Jackson’s in-house doctor challenged a crime scene investigator yesterday and suggested she conducted a shoddy examination of the bedroom where the “Thriller” singer stopped breathing in 2009.

BERLIN (Reuters) – World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has agreed to fight Frenchman Jean-Marc Mormeck in Duesseldorf on December 10, the Ukrainian said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am neither proud nor ashamed to say that I am one of the persons who did not vote at the last elections in Guyana.

The manufacturers of the popular Pandama brand of local fruit wines, Warren and Tracy Douglas, are to establish a learning centre to help refine and enhance the range of skills in the local creative industry with a view to broadening product range and increasing both domestic and overseas marketability of goods produced in the sector.

(Trinidad Express) Two men who were found shot dead inside a car near Ortinola Estate, Maracas, St Joseph, were yesterday described by their relatives as shady characters.

Helen Bremner’s circumstances are by no means unique. She is a skilful and creative seamstress whose talent is not matched by her resources and for whom GuyExpo offers an opportunity to get discovered, to break into the ‘big time.’

LONDON (Reuters) – Fleet Street’s finest jostled furiously at the start on Thursday of a government inquiry, trying to grab public attention with tales of shock and horror.

Dear Editor, The following are my concepts on race and ethnic relations in this country: * Guyana seemingly has no dominant ethnic group.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Denesh Ramdin joined coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy in describing West Indies’ tour of Bangladesh this month as challenging.

 (Trinidad Express)  “Make no mistake about it; the threat of computer attacks in the Caribbean is real.

The John Fernandes Ltd subsidiary, JP Santos & Company Ltd, has seen an increase in its gross profit for the half year ended June 2011 compared with the same period last year.

OSLO (Reuters) – The award of the Nobel Peace Prize today has autumnal Oslo turning thoughts back to the Arab Spring, but Africans, from Liberia, or perhaps Sudan, offer a strong challenge in perennial speculation on who will win the global accolade.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez said his  government would seize private homes on the idyllic Los Roques  archipelago in the Caribbean and use them for state-run tourism  in the latest move to implant socialism across Venezuela.

NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Chuck Blazer is resigning from the post of CONCACAF Secretary General just over four months after blowing the whistle on alleged corruption in the Caribbean Football Union.

Dear Editor,   It was completely appropriate for a correspondent to Stabroek News to bemoan Sir Shridath Ramphal’s unjustified tribute to President Jagdeo on the occasion of the appreciation charade jointly funded by both appreciators and depreciators (taxpayers).

Riders crossing the Abary Bridge during the second stage of the Tour of Guyana five-stage cycling road race.

GT&T teamed up with Survival Supermarket to present two hampers to one of Guyana’s eldest teachers Ms Gertrude Dolphin in observance of World Teachers Day 2011.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Congress granted  police and the military special powers yesterday to crack  down on an armed left-wing group accused of several kidnappings  and attacks on police stations.

The incumbent PPP/C yesterday accused “opposition elements” of defacing the party’s elections posters and billboards, but the major opposition parties dismissed the accusations as “ludicrous” and “rubbish.”

Joe Hamilton’s crossover: any meaning? Up to the time of writing this, President Jagdeo was still awaiting Gecom’s official intimation that it is quite ready and capable to conduct the General and Regional Elections some time before December 2011 ends.

Dear Editor, I commend former senior PNCR member, Joseph Hamilton, for being ‘big’ enough to follow his heart.

BERLIN (Reuters) – A young fashion designer from the  German city of Hanover is revolutionising high fashion by  designing clothes with a staple she can find in her fridge— milk.

Some six months after Michel Martelly was announced as the winner of Haiti’s presidential election, the country finally has a prime minister in the person of Dr Garry Conille, following his ratification by the Senate on Tuesday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Adrian Griffith will be the lead match referee on duty during the WICB Regional Super50 Championship starting later this month in Guyana.

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(Trinidad Express) Law enforcement yesterday told the Cabinet that it wants more time.