Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Civil rights activist Mark Benschop tonight announced that he was endorsing the Alliance For Change at the upcoming general elections.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rapper Heavy D, who rose to  fame during the 1990s and scored hit singles such as “Now That  We Found Love”, died on Tuesday after collapsing outside his  Beverly Hills home.

Police say that at about 1800h yesterday, pensioner Lalta Persaud Nagasar, 69 years and contractor Jairam Samaroo, 61 years of No.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Raymond Roberts, 25 years of Child Hill, Matthews Ridge, North West District, which occurred on Sunday at Black Banana, Matthews Ridge, NWD.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Iran appears to have worked on  designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting relevant  research, the U.N.

ROME, (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio  Berlusconi confirmed today that he would stand down after a  new budget law is approved in parliament.

“Prayer works,” quipped an East Coast pastor the other day. “It works, my children!

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The doctor convicted of  involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson will  star in a tell-all TV documentary airing this week, the company  behind the film said today.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo  Chavez urged respect for the legal rights of “Carlos the  Jackal” during his trial in France and saluted him as a  “worthy” fighter for revolutionary causes.

In the wake of a furore over the presence of a Brazilian governor at a PPP/C meeting in Lethem on Sunday, Brazil this afternoon issued a statement reiterating its position of non-intervention and neutrality as it relates to the upcoming elections.

(Trinidad Express) Ian Alleyne’s Crime Watch programme has been suspended until further notice.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Timber multinational Greenheart Group Limited (GGL) denies it wants to cut down all of Suriname’s forests.

(De Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – “This is sensational news. The Dutch government has fully admitted that there were concrete plans to invade Suriname militarily.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sugar produced from the 2010-2011 sugar cane crop was 139,594 tonnes, an increase over the 122,104 tonnes produced in the 2009-2010 crop.

(Barbados Nation) Over 20 non-national women, who came to Barbados to perform as exotic dancers, were sent packing this past weekend after police and immigration authorities swooped down on a City nightclub.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Sachin Tendulkar became  the first batsman to pass 15,000 test runs as the hosts moved  within 124 runs of victory against West Indies despite losing  both openers on the third day of the first test in front of a  sparse crowd today.

(Barbados Nation) The five-day search for Patrina Lord has ended tragically.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Joe Frazier, the relentless  slugger who became the heavyweight champion of the world and  earned boxing immortality with three epic battles against  Muhammad Ali, died yesterday at age 67, his personal manager  said.

Elizabeth Hinds, the daughter-in-law of Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, has requested asylum in the United States and is seeking to regain her three-year-old son after a court granted custody to his father—a custody battle that prompted the PM’s wife last evening to threaten legal action against any attempt to distort the case or discredit her family.

Five Guyanese men along with two Barbadians were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court in Barbados charged with drug importation.

Opposition parties the AFC and APNU are unhappy with recent statements made by the Governor of the State of Roraima, José de Anchieta Junior, at the PPP/C’s Lethem rally on Sunday where and say they will be lodging formal complaints with the Brazilian authorities over the appropriateness of the remarks.

Some 200 jobs could be created in Region Ten next year, with the opening up of a new bauxite mine among with the construction of a kiln and a dust collector, but residents feel it would take an act of God or the waving of a magic wand for the 1,000 jobs promised by the PPP/C to materialize.

Eleven-year-old Lawrence Paul was last evening struck down in front of his Lot 44 Church Street, Patentia, West Coast Demerara home by a hit and run driver, as he was riding to a nearby shop on an errand for his mother.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is continuing its frenetic “Wear Yellow” campaign, encouraging locals to flaunt this colour as the Golden Jaguars embark on their quest to top Group B when they face Trinidad and Tobago, on Friday at the Guyana National Stadium.

Should the government decide to have foreign nationals fill senior positions in the Guyana Police Force it would indicate a lack of confidence and contribute to the low morale of police officers, former police commissioner Winston Felix said, adding that the force suffered tremendously when the UK-backed reform project was scrapped.

After more than one month at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the parents of 10-year-old Sameer Samshuddin are now more than hopeful that their son will recover fully as he has opened his eyes for the first time after weeks of unconsciousness.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC/IANS –  Losing Kieran Powell and Kraigg Brathwaite in the closing stages eroded some of the gains West Indies made, after they claimed a 95-run first innings lead over India on another riveting day in the first Test yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Nkrumah Bonner’s unbeaten half-century helped prop up West Indies A but Bangladesh A held the advantage on the penultimate day of their four-day Test here yesterday.

More than seven years after the Port Kaituma Morgue was built, the refrigeration system has finally been installed, relegating to the past, the daily purchase of thousands of dollars worth of ice and the attack on corpses by rats.

North Sound, Antigua – West Indies Selector Robert Haynes believes that batsmen in the Caribbean need to curb their obsession with boundaries and apply more thought to their approach to batting in order to achieve greater success.

The relatives of the accountant who was struck down by racing motorcyclists two weeks ago on the Rupert Craig Highway near the seawall, are questioning why police have failed to make arrests even though they are in possession of licence plate numbers, names and addresses.

The PPP/C says it will not be distracted by the AFC and its questions about the pension and benefits that will be afforded to President Bharrat Jagdeo, since it is “a serious party” that dwells on “serious issues”.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (Reuters) – Two former Penn State  officials were charged yesterday with covering up alleged  sexual assaults of young boys by a former coach, as authorities  widely criticized the university for allowing the abuse to  continue unchecked for more than a decade.

(Reuters) – Uncle Mo, the two-year-old champion in  2010 who finished 10th in this year’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup  Classic, has been retired from racing, the Daily Racing Form  (DRF) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, ‘Business Page‘ in this past Sunday Stabroek noted how the government has undermined the regional administrations and the local democratic organs across the country. 

Work on government’s fibre optic cable from Brazil is moving ahead with tenders currently under evaluation for the construction of five repeater stations along the length of the cable.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Prem Misir’s letter, ‘Why is the President’s pension only now a matter of concern?’

Kenneth Bhagwandin, the Stanleytown man who was shot around 1:30 am on Sunday at a Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara beer garden remains a patient in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The rugby union says the Guyana Men’s Sevens Team played below expectations at the Pan-American Games held in Guadalajara Mexico last month.

Police are sill looking for the woman who stabbed a Bartica man to death during an argument last Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Leaders of government usually set the tone for the nation, among which integrity is established and respect is maintained, based on the things they say and do.

Anyone who knows Travis Blyden knows that cricket is one of his foremost loves.

MANAGUA/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Two veterans of Cold War conflicts that ravaged Central America in the 1980s won elections in Nicaragua and Guatemala on Sunday, highlighting the heavy footprint the wars left on the region.

Dear Editor, Last year, Mr Jagdeo sounded quite statesman-like when he appealed to Buxtonians to forget occurrences of the past, so that the nation of Guyana could go forward with peace and compromise, but within a short while after that plea, Mr Jagdeo went to Babu John, Port Mourant and called on listeners to remember and to tell their young ones about the ills that the PNC government had done.

The ninth annual Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club Track Meet which was scheduled to pedal off on Sunday at the  Everest Cricket Club Ground, was postponed due to the sodden state of the track caused by inclement weather.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – A mudslide has killed 37 people in Colombia and buried homes in the central city of Manizales after torrential rains, the government said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s personal doctor was found guilty yesterday of involuntary manslaughter in the singer’s death following a six-week trial that captivated Jackson fans around the world.

Former national table tennis player Andrew Daly announced his return to competitive tennis by dominating the 2011 Inter Organisation singles competition to claim the top prize yesterday at the Queen’s College Auditorium.

Dear Editor, It comes as no surprise that several Caricom members – Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and St Kitts and Nevis – will not support the Palestinian bid for  statehood.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of poor Americans hit a record 49 million in 2010, or 16 percent, according to new data released yesterday that showed poverty rates for the elderly, Asians and Hispanics higher than previously known.

Gecom gazettes lists of candidates for the political parties contesting the 2011 General and Regional Elections The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has published in the Official Gazette the lists of candidates which were submitted by (i) A Partner for National Unity (APNU), (ii)Alliance For Change (AFC), (iii) People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), and (iv) The United Force (TUF), to contest the 2011 General and Regional Elections. Also

18-year-old Sharona Haniff, a would-be designer

The Message, ridden by Yap Drepaul of The Colin Elcock stable, returned to competition with a win on Sunday in the feature B class event when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports and Banks DIH the Champion of Champions horse race meet at Alness, Corentyne.

Dear Editor, George Santayana said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. 

(Models) Amanda King, a participant in next Wednesday’s Elite Model Look Caribbean

Dear Editor, There is an election campaign going on in Guyana.

ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defied huge pressure to resign yesterday, desperately playing his last cards to save his crumbling government as fears over Italy’s instability hit markets across Europe.

Hot Momma’s Advice:  It’s always important to be striving for something.

The 36th edition of the premier West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) limited overs tournament, now branded the Clive Lloyd/Regional Super 50 Cup, concluded last week here in Guyana, with Chris Gayle’s Jamaican side, winning their eighth regional title, while simultaneously securing the prestigious domestic double for 2011.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa (Reuters) – Two former Penn State officials were charged yesterday with covering up alleged sexual assaults of young boys by a former coach, as authorities widely criticized the university for allowing the abuse to continue unchecked for more than a decade.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has lifted the curfew on land and sea with immediate effect, but the state of emergency remains in effect.

Dear Editor, Guyanese and other Muslims across the New York metro area on Sunday celebrated the festival of Eid-ul-Adha.

LONDON (Reuters) – Computer analysis of brain scans could help predict how serious or long term a psychotic patient’s illness may become and help doctors make more accurate decisions about how best to treat them, researchers said on Monday.

There are now less than three weeks left until polling day and there are signs of a belated national focus on a general elections campaign that took its own sweet time to generate a meaningful level of public interest.

Hey Babes!… Nothing, jus’ guardin de President

SHARJAH, (Reuters) – Pakistan highlighted their talent  on the pitch to draw the third and final test against Sri Lanka  and win the series 1-0 yesterday just days after three former  team mates were jailed for spot-fixing.

The Benab at the new Stelling View Market

Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.