Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 6, 2011

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told  U.S. diplomats and foreign aid workers today to do more to  advance gay rights abroad, a move that promotes U.S.

The Guyana Elections Commission today agreed to hand over Statements of Poll to the parties which contested the November 28 polls.

Now that the elections are done and dusted the Guyana electorate has, for the first time in our history, presented the political ‘bosses’ with a genuine headache.

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite criticisms from Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley and many others in T&T, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she has no regrets about calling the state of emergency to deal with spiralling crime. The

(Trinidad Express) Joseph Hagley’s acute sense of hearing saved the lives of his wife and daughter before he was killed by the landslide which destroyed their Sans Souci home on Sunday morning, according to two of his sons.

(Trinidad Express) The image of this country has been damaged. The “success” of the State of Emergency is not convincing and the alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three Government Ministers was perhaps another “misstep”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Political analyst, Kevin O’Brien Chang, says it is disgraceful that an election is just weeks away and neither of the country’s major political parties have published their manifesto.

Police this morning opened fire with rubber bullets on APNU protesters on Hadfield Street leaving at least five persons with wounds.

LIAT today said that all pilots who were scheduled to work this morning have called in sick.

(Barbados Nation) Bridgetown is set to launch Duty-Free Day on Friday, with Government and the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) very upbeat about the returns in the face of the economic downturn.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Some sixty percent of the members of the Wayana communities Apetina and Anapayke have mercury levels above the safety limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The PPP/C has advised the Chief Election Officer, Gocool Boodoo of the names of its 32 members of Parliament and asked that the names be extracted from its list of candidates.

(Trinidad Express) T&T’s latest McDonald’s was opened at Grand Bazaar in Valsayn yesterday morning with a short VIP ceremony following which the restaurant was opened to the general public at 10 am. The

(Trinidad Express) Seventeen men accused of plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister and three senior Government officials returned to the comfort of their own homes last night after spending several days behind bars.

When the 10th Parliament of Guyana is convened later this month, the first challenge for the hung parliament would be the selection of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday swore in 20 ministers of government, which saw five newcomers and a new Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, while portfolios were exchanged among several holdovers from the previous administration.

Residents of Leonora on the West Coast Demerara (WCD) have expressed surprise at the $3.9 million cost to repair a bridge which leads to the primary school in the area.

Dr Bheri Ramsaran Minister of Health – Dr Bheri Ramsaran Age: 52 Education: Medical Faculty of the People’s Friendship University, Moscow, 1987; Post graduate studies at the People’s Friendship University, Moscow Work experience: Government Medical Officer; Medical Registrar; junior health minister Marital status: Single Children: none

By Emmerson Campbell The first prize is gold. Yesterday, organizers of the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament received a splash of platinum in the form of sponsorship to the tune of $22m.

With his appointment as the Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Bishop Juan Edghill yesterday said that he brings a level of fairness, justice and a willingness to work with all the people of Guyana.

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – West Indies kept their five-match series with India alive when they beat the hosts by 16 runs in the third One-Day International here yesterday.

Saturday’s scheduled commencement of the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai football extravanganza yesterday appeared uncertain after Alpha United president Odinga Lumumba indicated his club’s intention to move to the Court over their omission from the list of clubs invited to participate in this year’s tourney.

Dear Editor, Linden’s ideal geographic location, 65 miles away from Georgetown, up the Demerara River, has afforded the town long before its Mackenzie days a lasting taste of international trade, first through forestry, then more significantly, bauxite mining.

The Facing the Future (FtF) civil society coalition, in a press release, said that the election results can be seen as having much historical significance since according to credible observers, it is the first time since 1964 that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has not won the majority of votes cast.

December 2, 2011 Mr. George Rutherford Deputy General Secretary Guyana Football Federation Georgetown Dear Mr.

Dear Editor, I was satisfied that the electoral system could deliver transparently accurate results.

Former national twenty20 captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has not been considered for selection on the Guyana Twenty20 team for next month’s regional competition.

Dillon McLeod, called ‘Black Boy’, was yesterday sentenced to eight years imprisonment after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell to answer the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Dear Editor, November 11, 2011 marked the start of new beginning for Guyana’s football. 

By Emmerson Campbell Last year’s second place finisher in the Kashif and Shanghai tournament, Pele, have  already commenced   preparations for this year’s 22nd annual K&S tournament in their quest to secure their second title.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Several thousand protesters took to the streets yesterday to demand an end to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s 12-year rule after voters cut his party’s parliamentary majority in an election that was condemned as unfair by European monitors.

Dear Editor, While I am supportive of a referendum on a constitution ‘There should be a referendum to change presidential powers‘ as advocated by M Maxwell (SN, December 5), I think people should resist efforts to reform the current fraudulent constitution.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium finally secured a government yesterday after record-long talks to form a coalition that promises the most profound state reform in decades and a commitment to restore the country’s finances.

A 20-year-old man who pleaded guilty to seven counts of break and enter and simple larceny charges was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, I listened with disbelief and disgust to Robert Persaud‘s press conference on December 1.

Action in the third annual Guinness-in-the-Streets football tournament will continue with the commencement of the Round-of-16 stage this evening at the National Cultural Center Tarmac from 7:00pm.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appeared at the International Criminal Court yesterday to face charges of crimes against humanity, the first former head of state expected to be tried by the court since its inception in 2002.

Members of President Donald Ramotar’s Cabinet as well as special invitees seated in State House just prior to the swearing-in ceremony yesterday afternoon.

In two days the seventh Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival will bully off at the National Gymnasium and while some of the local teams have mixed expectations about results at the conclusion, the tournament is expected to improve and expose emerging talents.

Dear Editor, Our client, Singer Guyana Inc, is hereby requesting an immediate retraction for article captioned ‘City businesses in yo-yo mode‘ in your Friday, December 2 publication on page 18.

Investigators are expected to exhume the bodies of the three Aishalton School students which were discovered in a sandpit in the Region Nine community on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Guyanese are caught in an inescapable interconnectedness by virtue of birth and/or the land we mutually occupy.

Local distance queen Alika Morgan  shrugged off her disappointing run at the South American 10 kilometres road race held here recently to capture the Caribbean championship at the Barbados 10k run last Saturday.

APNU members in Region Five yesterday held a peace walk

LONDON (Reuters) – Campaign group Global Witness has pulled out of the Kimberley Process, a scheme designed to prevent “blood diamonds” from entering the mainstream market, calling the scheme outdated and a failure, almost nine years after its launch.

Two molotov cocktails were yesterday morning thrown at the home of presidential adviser Odinga Lumumba, causing a small fire which was subsequently extinguished.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s election has produced both a challenge and an opportunity for the political elite in the country.

Each time that national and regional elections are held in Guyana the spotlight falls on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have refused to confirm media reports that former FIFA President Joao Havelange has resigned days before an ethics hearing into his conduct.

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An 18-year-old man was yesterday charged with the murder of Lower Kara Kara, Linden man Alistair Crighton, when he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN Security Council yesterday expanded sanctions against Eritrea for continuing to provide support to Islamist militants, including al Shabaab, in the virtually lawless Horn of Africa nation of Somalia.