Daily Archive: Thursday, November 24, 2011

Cabinet has declared Monday, November 28, the day designated for National and Regional Elections as a public holiday.

(Barbados Nation) While millions of families unite for a Thanksgiving feast today (Nov.

PORT OF SPAIN,  (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago Prime  Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said today the country’s  law enforcement officials foiled a plot involving army soldiers  and police officers to assassinate her and other government  officials.

The subsidiary of the Chinese company that won the contract to build the Marriott Hotel here has been at the centre of much controversy in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago with allegations that it benefitted from favourable treatment from the previous Patrick Manning-led administration.

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(Barbados Nation) The LIAT pilot who was taken into custody earlier today has been charged.

(Trinidad Guardian) The board of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) has sacked its general manager, Glenford Cyrille.

(Trinidad Express) The National Security Alert has been raised after security forces unearthed an alleged assassination plot against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three senior members of her Cabinet.

(Jamaica Observer) The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) is developing a Primary Exit Examination, Professor of Research, Measurement and Evaluation at the University of the West Indies’  School of Education, Dr Stafford Griffith, has disclosed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The media fraternity has lost another of its veteran practitioners who had contributed significantly to the profession.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With concerns lingering that money from criminal elements could get into the hands of politicians to finance their election campaigns, and fears about the influence that some financial backers of political parties could have on the governance of the country, most Jamaicans want to know who is paying the piper.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The government wants to bring order to the so-called Back-Track route in the second half of 2012.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar was on  course for his 100th international century while Rahul Dravid  completed a milestone to lead India’s strong reply in the third  and final test against West Indies today.

(Barbados Nation) Digicel Barbados has appealed to Government to approve its application for a fixed line service in order to level the telecommunications playing field.

(Barbados Nation) Nicholas Brian Bishop was so angry after he was caught trying to steal a boat engine on June 16 that he went through four St James neighbourhoods and slashed the tyres on 89 vehicles.

(Reuters) – England have signed a unique  sponsorship agreement with Investec that will see the specialist  bank and asset managing company backing test cricket for the  next 10 years.

(Reuters) – England have signed a unique  sponsorship agreement with Investec that will see the specialist  bank and asset managing company backing test cricket for the  next 10 years.

A light Cessna 150 aircraft heading to Guyana from Trinidad and Tobago crash-landed on the island of Wakenaam in the Essequibo River yesterday after running out of fuel.

On Tuesday the Private Sector Commission (PSC) added its voice to that of FITUG to call for Election Day to be declared a national holiday.

School cleaners may soon be paid a minimum wage if President Bharrat Jagdeo’s words still have any weight after Monday’s elections.

Three young men were beaten with sticks and chopped at Non Pareil village, East Coast Demerara yesterday and police are investigating conflicting reports about the motive for the attack.

Alliance For Change (AFC) member Moses Nagamootoo has hit back at allegations from the PPP/C against him on the campaign trail as being all “lies.”

PPP/C candidate Manzoor Nadir last evening urged Lodge residents to come out and vote for the incumbent party on Monday, saying voter apathy is a key variable in these elections.

By Johann Earle A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Basil Williams said Guyanese must vote out the PPP if they want better security and better economic circumstances and he argued that crime and poverty are handmaidens.

A 55-year-old father of five was yesterday placed on $275,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer the charge of unlawful assault and fraudulent conversion.

Head of the Commonwealth Observer Group Denis Marshall said that the fact that Guyana has invited observers to monitor elections ensures scrutiny of electoral standards that the country has set for itself.

As elections day draws closer the PPP/C made its final gestures to galvanize support in Linden yesterday with an informal meeting spiced with moments of wining and dining.

With the elections just days away, Plastic City residents say they have yet to see a presidential candidate in their area and it seems as if the “jetty” has been forgotten.

Through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), the Government of Canada yesterday donated a total of $2,884,000 to the St.

After years of complaints to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), residents of Freeman Street, East La Penitence yesterday took action and removed the thick vegetation that they say clogged a drain in the area.

Stallholders in the Stabroek Market are continuing to complain that every time there is a high tide the market is flooded and they suffer financial losses but nothing is being done to deal with the situation.

The PPP/C yesterday accused the opposition parties of trying to exploit racial and ethnic sensitivities as the elections approach  and said it intends to raise the issue with International observer missions that are here to observe the 2011 elections.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry sentenced a 22-year-old interior worker to three months jail after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his reputed wife of nine years.

Essequibo Coast resident Tony Persaud, who was injured following Monday’s vehicular accident  along a trail aback Buck Hall on the Essequibo River, was last evening transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital as his injuries remain serious.

The Guyana Elections Commission yesterday warned members of the public not to remove lists of electors from polling places.

A 37-year-old labourer who pleaded guilty to stealing surveillance cameras worth $30,000 was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) was the first to provide aid for a Linden family that lost all their possessions in an early Sunday afternoon fire.

The Women and Gender Equality Commission salutes the example and integrity of the late Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member and Member of Parliament Sheila Holder.

The Rotary Club of Demerara says about 200 St Cuthbert’s Mission residents benefited from medical care when it hosted an outreach exercise at the village’s health centre on Sunday.

The Ministry of Health’s Training Division has selected 262 persons from 3,000 to undergo training in its Clinical and Technical Training Programme.

A Nigerian national, who entered Guyana illegally, was fined $30,000 and ordered deported by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo said on Tuesday that the entry of the Marriott Hotel into Guyana will yield many benefits.

Dr. Richard Van-West Charles last Thursday affirmed that the task of the Alliance For Change is not to simply remove the PPP/C from office but to rebuild Guyana for citizens so they can live in unity as well.

Demerara Bank Limited yesterday warned the public to be on the look out for forged manager’s cheques.

Dear Editor, In today’s Stabroek News we see FITUG and Ramesh Dookhoo of the Private Sector Commission calling for Election Day to be declared a holiday.

Dear Editor, After lecturing for ten years (1975-1985) at the University of Guyana (UG), I became eligible for a pension in 1995. 

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Elegant stroke-maker Darren Bravo stroked his second successive century and his third in six innings to lead a fabulous West Indies batting effort against India in the third and final Test here yesterday.

At the invitation of the Alliance For Change, chartered accountant Christopher Ram is to make a presentation in New Amsterdam this morning on reducing the Berbice Bridge toll.

AFC founder leader Sheila Holder’s funeral will take place in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday November 26, a release from the party yesterday said.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Darren Bravo admitted yesterday he had little preparation for the third Test against India because of a bout of flu.

Dear Editor, I saw the caption, ‘Botanical Gardens is now a bird sanctuary,’ in Stabroek News, November 22.

Dear Editor, I suppose that the PPP’s campaign manager, Mr Robert Persaud, must be rather busy since from all reports, the PPP’s campaign for re-election is in tatters and reeling from self-inflicted wounds.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has announced support for the police to ensure that the upcoming polls are peaceful, including a commitment to provide transportation and other resources to ranks and setting up an operations centre to monitor the electoral process.

(Reuters) – Contrasting half-centuries from Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal secured a three-wicket victory for Pakistan over Sri Lanka in the fifth and final one-day international in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The Brazilian government yesterday suspended Chevron Corp’s drilling rights in Brazil  until it clarifies the causes of an offshore oil spill, the  latest twist in a political firestorm threatening the U.S. 

Dear Editor, I am a Catholic priest in Georgetown. First and foremost, I would like to thank Stabroek News for publishing the two news articles (November 20; 22) on Edris Fraser (‘Mentally disabled woman helpless as health, home deteriorate’; ‘Mentally disabled woman hospitalized’).

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) declared this year’s Rockstone Fish Festival a resounding success, attracting participation from hundreds of local, regional and international tourists over the weekend.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Yemeni President Ali Abdullah  Saleh signed a deal yesterday under which he will step down  after 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his  rule that brought the country to the brink of civil war.

President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Colin Bynoe said yesterday that his union will be looking to find ways to improve the annual schools national track and field, cycling and swimming championships.

Dear Editor, There will be a serious outbreak of disease of some sort if no attention is paid to the Bartica garbage dumpsite.

Phillip Squires avenged his defeat to Jeremy Miller in last year’s tournament to win the men’s singles title of the second edition of the Le Meridien, Pegasus Lawn Tennis tournament on Tuesday last at the hotel’s hard courts.

The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) has approved a US$60 million loan to help Trinidad and Tobago, a major producer of hydrocarbons, to transition towards a more efficient, sustainable and clean energy matrix, an IDB press release said yesterday.

The first prize of four million dollars (one pound of gold) for the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) football tournament was presented yesterday in a simple handing over ceremony at the residence of Aruwai Mining Enterprise Inc.

Dear Editor, I wish to inform the general public that the idea of carbon trading was that of the late Dr Cheddi Jagan and not Mr Bharrat Jagdeo.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s largest backer  of the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria said yesterday it was cutting new grants for countries battling the  diseases and bringing in a new manager to ensure better  administration.

Dear Editor, Reading the 25th Anniversary edition of Stabroek News I must say that Doreen de Caires should be able to fly a plane herself with all that flying experience.

There are two acting presidents at the helm of football in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago namely Franklyn Wilson and Lennox Watson as the two regional football bodies plunge deeper into crisis.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egyptian riot police fired  barrages of tear gas at hardcore protesters demanding Egypt’s  army relinquish power in a sixth night of violence which has led  the interior minister, according to one report, to propose  postponing elections due on Nov.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Florida scam artists told elderly  victims the government had changed the laws regulating toilet  paper and that their septic tanks would be ruined unless they  bought specially formulated rolls, court documents said.

The semi-finals of the Digicel/Guyana Netball Association (GNA) Senior League is expected to commence tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall court while the final is billed for Saturday.

Dear Editor, The recent poll commissioned by APNU lacks credibility and cannot be taken seriously.

National schools female cycling champion and Flying Aces Cycling Club (FACC) member, Marica Dick has received much needed cycling equipment, compliments of Canada-based Guyanese Wilbert Benjamin who is a former national cyclist and FACC member.

Dear Editor, I once read a statement which said, “Fools lead when good people do nothing.”

LONDON, (Reuters) – David Ferrer, the lesser known Spaniard in the ATP World Tour Finals, burst out of Rafa Nadal’s shadow to reach the last four yesterday with a demolition job on world number one Novak Djokovic at the O2 Arena.

Dear Editor, Over the past year, Guyanese have had a spirited debate about the future of our country, and I want to thank you and the publisher of your newspaper for making this possible.

Dear Editor, I must commend the Government of Guyana for its initiative in making the OLPF project possible.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has given the assurance that the independent review of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) that is now being undertaken will be thorough.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Several years after soft  porn films nearly died out in India, mainstream Bollywood has  now shed its inhibitions to make a movie about a former sex  symbol.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Following is the latest Caribbean Football Union rankings list released yesterday.

Mike Mangal carted off the United Insurance Medal Play Golf Tournament with a scintillating performance over the weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club.

(Jamaica Observer) The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says 95 per cent of incomplete shooting-related cases are awaiting the results of forensic testing, and has recommended that the necessary steps be taken to improve the operations of the Government Forensic Lab, or give the commission budgetary allocations to use private local and overseas laboratories.

Dear Editor, I refer to Hydar Ally’s letter in SN of November 23 titled: ‘Guyana has come a far way.‘ 

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kirsten Dunst steps out of  her comfort zone and deep into a paralyzing depression in her  latest film “Melancholia.”

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LONDON, (Reuters) – Disgraced Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir, who were jailed for spot-fixing elements of a test match, lost their appeals against their sentences yesterday.

Travelling around the hinterland talking to Guyanese inspires a great belief in the future of this nation.

Getting into central Georgetown in daylight hours can tax the nerves of even someone with a steel will.

The look of the Diamond Housing Scheme has been given a boost with the opening of the Diamond Food Court in the Guyoil Service Station compound.