Articles published on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
SEAL BEACH, Calif., (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire at a busy hair salon in the Southern California coastal town of Seal Beach today, killing eight people and critically wounding another, police said.
What on earth were you thinking, Mr. Mingo? Where is your political savvy, man?
(Jamaica Observer) Jailed Jamaican dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel may face additional murder charges, a highly-placed police source has told the Observer.
The victim of a fatal accident in the Diamond Housing Scheme last night has been identified as Sarwan Kanhai, 52, of Section `B’, Diamond Housing Scheme.
The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 1935h last night at Goed Intent, WBD, during which businessman Rohan Bisnauth, 53 years, was attacked and robbed of $220,000.
Dr Richard Van West-Charles, a former health minister in the PNC government, today announced that he has joined the AFC campaign, saying it is the only party going to the elections that has moved away from race politics.
Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service today spread to Jamaica.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A three-day disruption to BlackBerry services spread to North America today, frustrating millions of users of the Research In Motion devices just two days before rival Apple’s new iPhone 4S goes on sale.
LONDON, (Reuters) – An undercover reporter from the News of the World, the British newspaper at the heart of a phone-hacking scandal which has embroiled Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, denied today he used the practice to break a story about cricket match-fixing.
(Jamaica Observer) Extradition requests from the American Government for five Jamaicans, among them three prominent faces, are expected to be delivered to local authorities today, a highly placed US Government official has told the Observer.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A date for the swearing in of Andrew Holness as the ninth prime minister of Jamaica has not yet been set, but well-placed government sources indicate that the event could take place shortly.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The organizers of Suriname’s first National Coming Out Day and the manifestation at Independence Square yesterday say that a start has been made with this activity and it can only become bigger.
YANGON, (Reuters) – Myanmar freed at least 300 political prisoners including several prominent dissidents today, leaving an estimated 1,800 behind bars, as one of the world’s most reclusive states begins to open up after half a century of iron-fisted rule.
A 34-year old food vendor last evening went berserk and fatally chopped two of his three children as the trio lay asleep at their Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara home.
The government feels that certain media houses are posing a threat to the holding of peaceful elections and intends to alert the United Nations on the matter, Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira said last evening.
The Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) Media Monitoring Unit has found “pervasive” breaches of the principles of the media code for the upcoming polls, saying that some media houses are indulging in “opinionated news-reporting” that are not in line with basic journalistic standards.
Stealing of electricity has been a significant cause of fires this year while 16 percent of fires in the country resulted from children playing with matches after being left unattended at home by their parents, according to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.
In light of the most recent interior robbery at Piari Landing, Puruni, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has highlighted two measures it wants to see taken by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) – one of these being to eradicate the “floating shops” present in the mining areas.
A 31-year-old labourer who allegedly held a visitor from the United States at gunpoint and robbed him of articles valued in excess of $900,000 was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
A project which started here in August and which uses the arts in the battle to stop violence against women and children, has received a major boost that could see the work of Guyanese children highlighted the world over.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – A Marlon Samuels half-century was not enough to save West Indies from defeat, as Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim produced a superb unbeaten 41, to fire his side to a three-wicket win with a ball to spare in the one-off Twenty20 International here yesterday.
A dredge owner was attacked and robbed at gunpoint of raw gold at Mahdia on Sunday and police later acting on a tip-off arrested a suspect with what is believed to be part of the loot.
(Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA) has hit back at allegations Australian players are involved in match-fixing, saying the claims made by a sports agent were “baseless and outlandish”.
The US Embassy has presented to Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud the results of a study conducted by USAID on Guyana’s Legality Assurance System which outlines mechanisms that can be used to enhance the country’s forestry industry to meet international standards.
Top Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh yesterday rubbished the reported claims of a London-based bookie Mazhar Majeed that he had “access” to them, saying that they had never even met him.
The trial of Keith Doris, who is charged with the murder of elderly shop owner Rambarran Singh, began yesterday with a voir dire.
(Reuters) The ICC Champions Trophy is likely to give way for a Test Championship.
An Albouystown mother who allegedly tried to take cannabis into the Georgetown Prison was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail after she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer the charge of possession of narcotics.
(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association (NBA) has cancelled the first two weeks of the regular season after the league owners and players were unable to resolve a bitter labor dispute on Monday.
An 18-year-old labourer who allegedly robbed a woman at knifepoint near the fire station next to Stabroek Market was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell after he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Guyanese football referees have received several appointments as the preliminary matches continue for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
Dear Editor, Please permit me space to highlight one of the many grave concerns that sugar workers are faced with in this country.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Guyana’s head coach Jamaal Shabazz says flight cancellations and administrative problems have put his table-topping team on the back foot ahead of their CONCACAF World Cup Group B match against Bermuda at the National Sports Centre last night.
Dear Editor, I am a British national who visited Guyana several years ago with my father who was employed at Booker, Tate and Lyle Co.
A Lethem businessman who was charged with fraudulently converting US$1,700 to his own personal use appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
Several dredge operations, blamed for polluting the Kaituma Creek, in the North West District, were operating in a “prohibited” zone, according to Region One Chairman Fermin Singh.
Co-defending Regional limited overs champions the Leeward Islands, who tied with Barbados at Sabina Park in last year’s final, and the Windward Islands are expected to arrive in Guyana today for their acclimatization camp ahead of the Regional Super50 one-day tournament scheduled to bowl off from October 19 – 29.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate defeated President Barack Obama’s job-creation package yesterday in a sign that Washington is likely too paralyzed to take major steps to spur hiring before the 2012 elections.
Dear Editor, Exclusion is not just about gradations of inequality, but mechanisms that act to detach individuals or groups of people from their social or political base.
A 34-year-old Meadowbank man was last evening stabbed to the left abdomen after a business deal went sour.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United States accused Iran yesterday of backing a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Wash-ington, escalating tensions with Tehran and stirring up a hornet’s nest in the Gulf, where Saudi Arabia and Iran have long jostled for power.
The East Bank Cricket Board (EBCB) is inviting all Under-17 cricketers in the area to gather at the Diamond Cricket Ground today at 4:45pm for a meeting.
Dear Editor, Despite several letters written to the press, accompanied by photographs, about three herds of cattle roaming the villages of Happy Acres, Success and Chateau Margot on the East Coast, destroying residents’ fences, bridges and gardens, the owners and the authorities i.e.
At the Blairmont Court yesterday, Keshwar Ragunandan of No. 11 Village was granted his pre-trial freedom on a charge
Dear Editor, I have followed to this day the thread of comments in the online blog which followed my last letter to the editor of the Stabroek News (the same letter was sent also to the Guyana Chronicle and the Kaieteur News).
(Trinidad Express) People who receive National Insurance pensions, prospective homeowners, the disabled and national security officers are the big winners in Finance Minister Winston Dookeran’s TT$54.6 billion budget which was presented in the new Waterfront Parliament on Monday.
By Emmerson Campbell Coordinator of the Guyana Cycling Association of North America (GCANA) Victor Rutherford made a monetary award to current national cycle road race champion Walter Grant-Stewart during
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry warned yesterday that a U.S.
(Jamaica Observer) Andrew Holness yesterday issued a strong rejection of donmanship and garrison politics, saying he has never embraced either, and will not veer from that position regardless of which constituency he will seek to represent in the next general election.
Donor Davidson
By Iva Wharton Pauline London promises fireworks on October 29 when she faces heavyweight champion Gwendolyn O’Neil in what she maintains will be a “do-or-die” battle.
Oma Devi Persaud who was struck down by a speeding car at Annandale, East Coast Demerara last Wednesday is showing signs of improvement but remains in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital.
Dear Editor, Rosignol Village, West Coast Berbice, is one of the busiest villages we have in the Berbice area.
Mattai Family
The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) says it found over 10 illegal water service connections at Sarah Johanna some of which were submerged in a trench that contained sewage from a leaking latrine.
(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine is describing the illegal bunkering of diesel fuel valued at over TT$1.5 billion as economic genocide.
Dear Editor, It was with great sadness that I heard of the passing of Mr.
Guyana Squash Association (GSA) president Andrew Arjoon says that squash has had a successful year as most of its major plans came to fruition and its hosting of and the team and individual wins at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships are among its proudest achievements.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Former Cape Verde president Pedro Verona Pires won the $5 million Mo Ibrahim award for African leadership on Monday for shepherding his tiny Atlantic Ocean island state from autocracy to prosperous democracy.
A few weeks ago, I argued that when considering manifesto commitments one needs to be aware of, among other things, the disconnect that sometimes exists between
Dear Editor, No doubt the media in Guyana would eventually get around to asking questions following the recent exchange of words between the leader of the PNC and the office of the president, but forgive me my impatience, I would like to pose some urgent questions to Mr.
Fire Prevention
Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy,’ was identified by the wife of murdered Non Pareil resident Chandrapaul Persaud as one of the bandits who carried out the fatal attack, a retired detective yesterday testified.
Increasing signs of worry among the major economic powers of the world – particularly the Western world, about the future of the global economy must give pause to those of us who have little power to influence the developments which are the causes of their present discontents.
Guyana’s top girls’ junior swimmer Brittany van Lange is confident and excited as she gears up for her newest challenge – contesting the Pan American Games in Mexico then heading straight to Suriname for the Inter-Guiana Games.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Kaloti Jewellery Group, which is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, will assist Suriname in setting up an own mint house.
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(Trinidad Express) The Corporation Tax Act should be adjusted to make incomes and dividends gained from investments in the CLICO Trust Fund exempt from taxation.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados economy continues to falter, according to the latest analysis by the Central Bank of Barbados.
(Barbados Nation) For the first time, Barbadians who own family heirlooms or items considered important historical relics may face the possibility of these items being compulsorily acquired by Government.
(Trinidad Guardian) For yet another year, citizens of T&T will not have to pay any property taxes as the Finance Minister said it was unlikely the Government would be able to collect in the 2012 fiscal year.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department late yesterday issued a worldwide travel alert for U.S.
