Daily Archive: Saturday, November 5, 2011

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Accusations against the government of manipulation or intimidation of Indigenous communities in South Suriname are baseless.

KANO, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Dozens were killed in a  spate of coordinated gun and bomb attacks in the northeastern  Nigerian city of Damaturu yesterday, leaving the city almost  deserted and bodies piling up in local morgues, witnesses said  today.

(Jamaica Observer) Two of the three men who were Thursday found hacked to death in Blackwood Terrace, Red Hills Road, Kingston were identified by the police yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The anticipation of Sachin  Tendulkar’s 100th international century is the expected  highlight of the team’s three-test series against West Indies  but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not willing to let it  become a distraction.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren  Sammy today promised a “fearless” display in the  three-test series against India, which he labelled as his team’s  biggest challenge to date.

A Guyanese vessel was seized in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday with a large quantity of cocaine and marijuana and five Guyanese are now in custody.

Four men were yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on drug trafficking charges stemming from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) cocaine bust in Berbice.

Opposition groups AFC and APNU yesterday poured cold water on the government’s announced 8% pay-hike for public servants, calling it a PPP/C bribe for votes and a gimmick that will be eaten up by inflation and taxation.

A young couple was killed last evening, following a motorcycle accident on the Houston Public Road, along the East Bank of Demerara.

The incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday announced that its candidate Donald Ramotar would participate in a presidential debate being organised by the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) and a University of Guyana forum.

Parika vendors were yesterday told that they have until December 31, 2011 to occupy stalls in the Parika Market, to facilitate modifications to the Parika stelling to accommodate the roll-on–roll-off ferry service.

Bartica resident Alvious Goddette was stabbed to death on Wednesday, at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni, in Region 7.

A church meeting ended prematurely on Wednesday night when a bandit barged into the Bible Way Church at Canvas City, Linden and robbed members at gunpoint.

A New Amsterdam resident has lost part of her right arm and is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after she was viciously attacked by three of her nephew’s pit bull dogs.

Jettoo’s Lumber Yard and Sawmill (JLYS) is planning a logging operation in the Mazaruni, Region Seven and says it will invest over US$2 million in the first five years of business.

Gold exploration company Sacre-Coeur Minerals says it has boosted gold production significantly at its operations here and has been producing over five ounces of the precious mineral per day since the installation of new equipment.

Sean Wilson was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to break and enter and larceny.

A man who was allegedly found with a quantity of marijuana after police raided his house at Grove, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Thursday confirmed that the CCTV cameras that have been installed around the city and its environs are functioning and are being monitored by officials at the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU).

The National Aquatic Centre opened yesterday at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, as plans were disclosed for developing the sport and marketing  it to potential sponsors and athletes and  hosting showpiece events after a warm-up/warm-down facility becomes a reality.

Police yesterday announced that the driver’s licence of the minibus driver charged with the deaths of five of his passengers along Homestretch Avenue in July has been suspended pending the outcome of the court case.

By Emmerson Campbell The Under-20 Lady Jaguars mauled Anguilla 5 goals to nil, registering another victory in the second game of their Group D qualifying round yesterday at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.

St John’s, Antigua – West Indies A Team captain Veerasammy Permaul believes that with the support of the senior players in the team and a total team effort he can lead the regional side to victory over Bangladesh A in the First Digicel ‘Test’ at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds.

Police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two men wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies.

Sandeep Chand and Andre Lopes claime their first major trophy when the 2011 Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis Tournament concluded on Thursday evening at the Pegasus Hotel hard courts.

Dear Editor, The Office of the Prime Minister has noted the repetitive efforts being made by the political opposition parties, and regurgitated by much of the media, about the pension of President Bharrat Jagdeo, which would be the same as for all presidents.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU)  yesterday expressed elation at the government’s decision this week to increase sugar workers’ pay rise by three per cent and the union also called on the Private Sector to increase their employees’ pay this year in similar vein.

The Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club will pedal off its 9th Annual Cycling Track Meet at the Everest Cricket Ground, Camp Road tomorrow.

Dear Editor, I wish to correct an inaccuracy published in your today’s issue (Thursday, November 3, 2011), under the caption, ‘Ronald Bulkan, Charles Ceres on APNU Slate.’

Traffic has resumed along the Mabaura Road at 40 Miles, after temporary relief works were effected by the Ministry of Public Works.

Dear Editor, Forget about the parties. Let’s examine the individuals.  As election 2011 approaches I see no candidate that impresses me with the charisma of a president.

The President of the cycling federation who had been suspended by the executive for three months over certain actions she had taken has apologized and is now back on board.

Three longstanding Guyoil Gas Station employees are now faced with the task of finding themselves another job, after their services were unexpectedly terminated.

Chairman of the Implementation Committee of the Mayor & City Council, Keith Burrowes, has been asked by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, to manage the disbursement of the $20 million, which was given to the council by the government for the rehabilitation of City Hall.

A lucrative prize package was handed over to Miss Guyana Universe Kara Lord on Sunday last at the Water Chris Hotel and five other contestants received their prizes as well.

Dear Editor, As election campaigning intensifies in Guyana, it is fascinating to see the many developments occurring with regard to political defections, new alliances, and the numerous ‘endorsements‘ by some notable Guyanese of public, political and/or business eminence.

By Iva Wharton “The whole status of boxing has changed for the simple reason that the standard of boxing has dropped to the ground.

A batch of 636 youths was yesterday recognized at the National Cultural Centre under the President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) programme which was themed ‘Youth Development through Voluntary Self-Involvement’.

When I grow up, I want to be just like Kim.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricket administrators will  have to join hands with governments and law makers across the  world if they are to stamp out corruption from the game, a  cricket historian said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Afrikans are a gravely misunderstood people and it is understandable why anyone who has not got rid of the brainwashing education would misunderstand even Afrikan enthusiasm.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Workers ended a 10-day strike at  Brasilia’s 2014 World Cup stadium yesterday while a stoppage  entered its second day at the Arena de Pernambuco in Recife.

Hi Everyone, I love my rubber spatula. Lest one becomes jealous of the other, let me say that I love my rubber spatulas.

Dear Editor, Within the borders of this country there is more talent than is recognized, but there are fewer opportunities than most other countries where talent is not a challenge to those in authority but expertise to be nurtured for the goal of all.

President’s College is maintaining its tradition of excellence by gaining 100% passes in 22 subject areas at the 2011 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams.

Dear Editor, I would like to declare that I will soon be putting an end to the seemingly unending speculation as to the party I will be supporting in the upcoming elections.

Memorex and Blairmont Community Centre have both qualified for the semi-finals of the 2011 Universal DVD Club First Division Twenty/20 Cricket Competition  after play last weekend from  October 28 to 30 in Berbice.

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Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the health ministry Dr Shamdeo Persaud says midwives need to keep abreast with the latest knowledge and skills and advances in technology in order to reduce maternal deaths.

Dear Editor, President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo announced today in the media, twenty-five days before an impending general election, that the government would increase teachers, civil servants, and sugar workers’ salaries and wages, which could be consider laudable, deserved and most timely.

The prize-winning film, The Story of Qiu Ju is the Classic Tuesdays film at the National Gallery, Castellani House on Tuesday.

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

Twenty-five persons with disabilities graduated on Wednesday from a skills training programme hosted by the Open Doors Centre.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s military will now  take care of the grounds of three cricket stadiums, a move  putting the armed forces into the operations of the country’s  sporting passion and widening an already big role in civilian  affairs, officials said yesterday.

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

Barama Company Limited (BCL) commissioned a veneer plant and craft centre at its Buck Hall, Region Two location at a ceremony it held to mark 20 years of operations in Guyana.

This evening, the ‘flowers in bloom’ featured below will take to the stage at the National Cultural Centre from 8 pm sharp to vie for the title of Miss Guyana Talented Teen and the opportunity to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Talented Teen pageant in St Kitts.

Dear Editor, Anyone intimately, or even cursorily, familiar with our nation’s founding father, our former President and my grandfather, Dr Cheddi Berret Jagan can effortlessly attest to his modest upbringing and humble, down-to-earth nature.

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.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez’s cancer  ordeal has revived his emotional connection with Venezuela’s  masses, meaning opponents will struggle to beat him at next  year’s election, a U.S.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport lauded the contributions of volunteers to development at a ceremony hosted to launch a report it collaborated on with VSO Guyana and UN Volunteers.

(Reuters) – Jon Corzine, one of Wall Street’s  best-known stars, stepped down as MF Global Holdings Ltd’s  chairman and chief executive after his bets on European debt  drove the futures brokerage into bankruptcy.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Rakesh Rampertab’s correspondence, ‘Party and press seem to have become one‘ (SN, Nov 4), which in language that is unambiguous cites me for a moral failing.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Five-times Olympic swimming  champion Ian Thorpe finished a disappointing seventh in the  final of the 100 metres individual medley in a World Cup event  yesterday on a tough first day back in competition after five  years away.

The Ministry of Finance presented two sewing machines to the Uitvlugt Side-Line Dam Women’s Group on Thursday, fulfilling a commitment it made two months ago to provide assistance.

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

LONDON, (Reuters) – Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan  Blake and Kenyan David Rudisha have been shortlisted for the  men’s World Athlete of the Year award, while Valerie Adams of  New Zealand, Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot and Australia’s Sally  Pearson are up for the women’s prize.

Didco Trading Company ahs expanded its special price offer for chicken for November.

Predencia (Penny) Dixon’s book, Dare to Love, an intriguing romantic drama that explores several social issues is currently available at Austin’s Book Services, Church Street.

Dear Editor, The political parties‘ manifestos need a new framework of government which recognises frankly  that it is the duty of the state to intervene actively in the affairs of its disabled people with a view to guaranteeing them some minimum level of decent living, and providing them with the means of achieving this.

HARDWAR, India, (Reuters) – For centuries, Indian  women were forbidden from chanting Vedic Mantras, especially in  public, out of fear the power of the religious verses might  cause menstrual problems and difficulties in bearing children.

(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

The New York and Toronto Chapters of the Queen’s College Old Students Association (QCOSA) donated eight laptops and two multi-purpose printers and a projector to the school library.

Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo is fast descending into buffoonery with campaign rhetoric which is inflammatory, vindictive, petty and callous, and which is only surpassed by its downright illogicality and crass foolishness.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Shane Warne is set to return to  cricket in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash competition less than  six months after announcing his retirement, local media reported  yesterday.

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.

When I found out that my eldest daughter was diagnosed with the human papillomavirus (HPV), I was more than a bit distressed.

As the political drama in Greece brings the European debt crisis into sharp focus, it is clear that the consequences of a Greek default will extend much further than previously thought.

Guyana’s Marcie Lindey-Desantos exceeded expectations with her breathtaking pieces that were presented at the Caribbean Night of BB Fashion Weekend 2011 which was hosted on October 29 at the Courtyard Marriott’s catwalk in Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados.

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

Politikles

The High Commission of Canada says it will be closed to the public on Monday to facilitate observations for Eid-ul-Adha,

The Bollywood Divas Mega Concert is now listed as one of the three biggest events scheduled for this month, which is Tourism Awareness Month, and according to the organizers, it is aimed at offering entertainment to all Guyanese.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday indicated that it would be turning over information in its possession about the admitted breaches of the scrap-metal ban by the Customs Department to the contractor general’s office.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than 8,400 girls and 1,300 boys under 19 years of age were married in T&T between 1997-2007. These

(Trinidad Express) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has instructed the police to investigate the airing of a video clip on Ian Alleyne’s Crime Watch programme on CCN TV6.

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Brian Alexander, owner of the popular Icon Restaurant and Bar in Cunupia, was shot dead yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) An 18-year-old trainee of the Helping Youth Prepare for Employment (HYPE) programme was yesterday stabbed to death outside the compound of Metal Industries Company Ltd (MIC), in Macoya, allegedly by a fellow trainee.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian forces killed top FARC  rebel leader Alfonso Cano yesterday in the biggest blow yet to  Latin America’s longest insurgency and a triumph for President  Juan Manuel Santos, the Defense Ministry said.