Daily Archive: Friday, November 4, 2011

A young couple died this evening following a motorcycle accident on the Houston Public Road on the East Bank of Demerera.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, (Reuters) – A huge asteroid will  pass closer to Earth than the moon on Tuesday, giving  scientists a rare chance for study without having to go through  the time and expense of launching a probe, officials said.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George  Papandreou won a parliamentary confidence vote today,  avoiding snap elections which would have torpedoed Greece’s  bailout deal and inflamed the euro zone’s economic crisis.

The Department of Government & International Affairs of the University of Guyana today said it will be hosting a forum involving the presidential candidates of the Alliance For Change (AFC), A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and The United Force (TUF).

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Alvious Goddette,  26 years of Potaro Road, Bartica, who is reported to have been stabbed to his chest at about 2130h on Wednesday at a shop at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni.

Police today said that the person whose photograph is shown here and who is so far unidentified, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to a series of armed robberies.

Police today issued a bulletin for Delson Wayne, 26, for questioning in relation to Robbery Under Arms.

Four men, who were nabbed in Berbice by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers yesterday with cocaine, were this afternoon arraigned on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking and were remanded to prison.

Khemraj Ramjattan has given President Bharrat Jagdeo further incentive to continue, in his own unique style, to campaign hard to put the PPP/C back in power.

Barbados authorities yesterday found 60 kilos of cocaine aboard a vessel that left Guyana last Friday.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The nearly ninety minutes that power was out in large parts of the country yesterday evening could soon yield more than US$ 20 million in damage.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Republic Bank Group has recorded a profit attributable to shareholders of TT$1.1 billion, a 12.8 per cent increase over last year’s performance. In

(Trinidad Guardian) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will soon be visiting Trinidad to examine 223 patients who were allegedly overexposed to radiation at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre in Woodbrook. Health

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran is the biggest threat  to the United States in the Middle East, surpassing al Qaeda,  which is down but not out, a senior U.S.

(Trinidad Express) A 42-year-old school teacher was denied bail yesterday when he appeared before a Sangre Grande magistrate charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl.

(Trinidad Express) Warrants have been issued for the arrest of three senior public servants on charges that they defrauded the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) of more than TT$0.6 million.

(Barbados Nation) A British animal rights organization has been intensely lobbying airlines not to transport monkeys from Barbados and other countries for research purposes.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greece has dropped its plans to  hold a controversial referendum on the country’s euro zone  membership, which had threatened to plunge the bloc into a  crisis, the country’s finance ministry said today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India host West Indies in the  opener of their three-match series on Sunday with doubts over  the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium pitch, which will be hosting a test  for the first time since serving an international ban.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Taming India’s free-scoring  batsmen on their own patch is considered a visiting slow  bowler’s ultimate test and West Indies coach Ottis Gibson  believes leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo is up to the challenge.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday granted approval for an 8 percent across-the-board increase to be paid to Government employees with effect from 1st January 2011, the Government Information Agency said.

The three Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) employees who allegedly stole over $3M in fuel markers were yesterday placed on bail after they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine– Beharry to answer the charge of break and enter and larceny.

Twelve persons were killed in October, representing a decline by one when compared to statistics for the same period last year.

Murder accused Cyon Collier was escorted back to the Camp Street Prison minutes after 9 last night after the jury deadlocked in the court of Justice Winston Patterson.

Facing a somewhat hostile reception last evening in Buxton, senior PPP/C member Gail Teixeira expressed remorse at the crime spree that gripped the village a few years ago and called on villagers to ensure that it is never repeated in Guyana.

Ingress and egress to locations past 40 miles Mabura have been halted for another 48 hours following a breach in the road.

A Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) operation in Berbice has netted 40 kilogrammes (approximately 82 pounds) of cocaine and five suspects, including a Guyanese-Canadian have been held.

Three men yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face the charge of murder committed on Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris on June 30 at her Robb Street home.

Several persons have fallen ill as residents of the community of Chinowieng in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni express concern about the apparent pollution of a nearby river.

Ex-policeman Otis Grant who was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with the murder of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris remains in police custody.

After being down for several days, the government’s procurement website is back up although not functioning at full capacity.

Moses Nagamootoo on Wednesday stopped short of saying that he could “deliver” Region 6 for the AFC, but emphasised his belief that Berbicians will listen to his “message.”

Public Relations Officer of the Mayor and City Council Royston King has said that no permission was given for the ongoing expansion of the Celina Atlantic Resort.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday granted a vendor $50,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with having a number of squibs and other explosives in his possession.

Relatives of a Yakusari, Black Bush Polder teenager who was found dead a few days ago believe he was murdered after results from a post-mortem examination showed that he died from a broken neck.

An elderly man was last evening struck down on Mandela Avenue by a John Fernandes Limited shipping container truck and is currently in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Seven overseas-based Guyanese medical specialists and surgeons attached to a New Jersey-based outreach organisation hosted a free clinic and conducted 39 surgeries during a week-long exercise at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt,  Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed yesterday for  their roles in a spot-fixing scandal which the judge said had  damaged the integrity of a game renowned for its fairness.

The Police yesterday said that during the month of October, 2011, there were 14 reported incidents where taxi-drivers were attacked and robbed by a man armed with a handgun who entered their vehicles on the pretext of being a passenger.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC/IANS – West Indies arrived yesterday for their series of three Tests and five One-day Internationals against India.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded an 18-year-old man to prison after he appeared before her to answer  two counts of robbery under arms allegedly committed at Linden.

Banks DIH launched the third ‘Greatest of the Streets’ football championships yesterday in the company’s conference room and already the defending champions captain Jimmy Gravesande has indicated that Broad Street will retain the title.

Rupert Perry who is currently Guyana’s fastest man believes that he can become a world class athlete but an athletics scholarship is the only ticket to his dream.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday lashed out at former commissioner of police Winston Felix and APNU presidential candidate David Granger for their recent criticisms of the security sector and asked them to say what they did to transform the security sector while they were in public office.

A nine-year-old girl was hospitalised after she was severely burnt in a fire on Sunday morning, in which she and her family lost their home.

The 7th Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival returns to Guyana from December 8-11 but there are still concerns over the unevenness of the floor at the country’s premier indoor sporting facility, Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Dear Editor, The PPP/C campaign arrives in Lethem this weekend and with it will come some of the biggest names of the party, all attempting to woo the electorate.

Dear Editor, My connection with Queen’s College, Guyana, has proven to be a great opportunity of grace and honour.

Small loggers with concessions along the UNAMCO trail are calling on the government to repair and maintain the eroded roadway, saying that its current state is stifling business and crippling their livelihoods.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former World  Cup-winning captain Imran Khan has called for a radical overhaul  of the country’s cricket infrastructure to try to avoid more  corruption.

Georgetown’s Pacesetters will take on Linden’s Victory Valley Royals in the finals of the third Brusche Basketball Classic  tonight at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court.

The man who was struck down and killed while attempting to cross the road at De Willem, West Coast Demerara on Tuesday, has been identified by relatives as an employee of Guyana Power and Light Company’s Leonora Branch.

Dear Editor, My family and I extend heartfelt sympathy to the family of Franklyn Reece who died on Sunday when a mining pit caved in.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A-Team coach Hendy Springer railed against conventional wisdom that the current stock of West Indies batsmen lacked competence to play spin bowling.

North-East La Penitence resident Merle Franklyn has been awaiting compensation from the Mayor and City Council after a tree fell on her home more than a year before a similar incident on Sunday claimed the life of a five year-old girl.

Dear Editor, Mr C Ram, in a recent column has done a very insufficient analysis of the Guyanese economy.

Alpha United President Odinga Lumumba says that his club, Alpha United, will participate in the ongoing Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks DIH President Super League tournament.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Efforts are being made to convene an Extraordinary Congress of the Caribbean Football Union later this month in Jamaica.

At least two of the country’s leading computer suppliers are predicting short to medium-term delivery delays and possible price hikes in personal computers and components in the wake of the devastating floods in Thailand, the world’s second largest producer – behind China – of computer hard drives.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to an item carried in your letters to the editor section on Monday, October 31, 2011 captioned ‘Card swallowed by ATM machine not retrieved in a timely fashion.’

The finals for the East Coast Carib Beer Twenty20 cricket competition will be played tomorrow at the Enterprise Community Centre Ground between Lions 11 and Plaisance.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Wednesday inked a $3M agreement to sensitise miners and their communities about the effects of mining on the environment.

Insufficient investment in marketing Guyana’s strengths as a tourist destination and failure over several years to implement a regulatory framework and oversight mechanisms to ensure operational compliance with standards and safety considerations continue to plague the “evident potential” of the country’s tourism sector, one of the leading investors in the industry told Stabroek Business in an interview earlier this week.

Moses Nagamootoo, former long-serving executive member of the PPP, on Wednesday accused Dr Cheddi ‘Joey’ Jagan II of “falsely” claiming that he was again backing the ruling party to promote the legacy of his late father, President Cheddi Jagan.

In the wake of three of its employees being charged with the theft of fuel markers, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) yesterday said it had scored notable successes in the fight against fuel smuggling.

Source of Concern The condition of the sugar industry continues to be a source of concern to many Guyanese. 

Dear Editor, It is fitting that this year’s elections will be decided by the youth of Guyana, a generation that for too long has been bereft of power, neglected and stereotyped.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George  Papandreou faces a knife-edge confidence vote today after  his plan for a referendum on a bailout — supposed to save both  Greece and the euro zone from disaster — backfired  disastrously.

The relatives of Kester Sancho are still awaiting word from his employer, who they said has not put in an appearance since he fell 55 ft to his death from an unfinished rice mill in Mahaica.

Dear Editor, I would like to verify that I would be a candidate for the APNU in upcoming general elections.

Red Jet, currently the Caribbean’s busiest airline says it expects to carry more than 30,000 passengers to various destinations in the region during the Christmas season.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted $30,000 bail to a pork knocker charged with unlawful wounding at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s government has given  Cubans the right to buy and sell their homes for the first time  since the early days of the 1959 revolution in a long-awaited  reform that creates a real estate market and promises to put  money in people’s pockets.

OAKLAND, Calif., (Reuters) – Police arrested more  than 80 demonstrators early yesterday in overnight clashes in  downtown Oakland that followed a day of mostly peaceful Occupy  Wall Street protests against economic inequality.

Dear Editor, I passed the $600M government complex at the corner of Princes and High Streets.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) has already submitted its proposals for the use  of the Liliendaal 50m Olympic-size swimming pool, ahead of the official opening ceremony scheduled for today.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrian troops’ response to  anti-government protests after Friday prayers will be a litmus  test of the president’s agreement with the Arab League to stop  shooting and open talks with the protesters, opposition leaders  said.

Dear Editor, Mr Frederick Kissoon, a foremost columnist, has made a redeemable error in that he has complied at such a fatal hour with instructions from his employer to avoid commentary on the selected presidential candidate of the ruling PPP.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Wednesday remanded a 37-year-old Wortmanville resident after he appeared before her to answer to two counts of break and enter and larceny.

SHARJAH, (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara’s 27th test  century helped Sri Lanka reach 245 for two and into a strong  position at stumps on the first day of their must-win third and  final test against Pakistan in neutral Sharjah yesterday.

Stabroek Business investigates the crisis of cheap and inferior school shoes imported into Guyana bringing with them misery and higher costs for parents who can ill-afford the additional financial strain of paying more for less If you visit most of the small businesses around the city that restore and repair worn out and damaged shoes you are likely to see large quantities of new footwear, some still in the boxes in which they were bought; and if you wonder about the phenomenon of new shoes in a repair shop you would have every right to do so.

(Jamaica Observer) Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has called on Prime Minister Andrew Holness to sign off on a programme of social transformation for inner-city areas ahead of her participation in any walk through garrison communities with him.

Dear Editor, Many celebrities, mainly in the developed world, prepare pre-nuptial agreements before tying the knot, to protect their assets in the event of a failure in their marriage.

Barbados Trade and Tourism Minister Haynesley Benn wants regional manufacturers and importers to take a greater measure of responsibility for ensuring that foods marketed within Caricom pose no health risks to regional consumers.

 (Barbados Nation) Barbados will not be dictated to by Britain or any other when it comes to homosexuality laws, says Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite.

(Reuters) – Left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson  shone with nine wickets in the match as Australia warmed up for  the first test against South Africa in Cape Town next week with  a comfortable seven-wicket win over South Africa A yesterday.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – A Tibetan nun burnt herself to  death yesterday in southwest China, Xinhua news agency said,  the eleventh ethnic Tibetan this year known to have set  themselves on fire in a region that has become the centre of  defiance against strict Chinese control.

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Just how vulnerable the global economy can sometimes become to its interdependence is graphically reflected in the threatened worldwide and seemingly worsening flooding currently afflicting Thailand.

 (Barbados Nation) A Barbadian dubbed the ringleader of a sophisticated drug enterprise that transported illegal drugs between Barbados, other countries and New York faces a 20-year minimum sentence in the United States.

Perhaps it is in the context of the most interesting pre-polling day “defections” and political cross-overs occurring weekly that I create these (hypothetical) fictitious remarks likely to be delivered hours or days after Election Day, November 28, 2012.

 WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD – With less than 60 days before the  complete withdrawal of U.S.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Injured  South  Africa batsman AB de Villiers’ chances of facing Australia  in the first test of the two-match series received a boost on  Thursday when he received the all-clear to resume playing.

The Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Companies again partnered with the Guyana Red Cross Society in its

Whether it was inspired by the spirit of Diwali, as Trinidad and Tobago Finance Minister Winston Dookeran has facetiously speculated, or by the spirit of Halloween, as at least one blogger has unkindly remarked, former T&T prime minister Patrick Manning’s public apology to the nation has served to divide opinion there as to whether it was sincere or a calculated move with a hidden agenda.

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Dear Editor, Please allow me to appeal to the poor working-class citizens to give critical and moral support to David Granger and his team so the rule of law could be restored. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 432’s trading results showed consideration of $980,604 from 69,565 shares traded in 4 transactions as compared to session 431 which showed consideration of $682,375 from 52,150 shares traded in 5 transactions.