Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 13, 2011

At about 2130h last night, the police say that ranks searched a man at Takaka Landing, Cuyuni River, in whose possession was found an unlicensed .

Gunmen early this morning attacked a group of miners on the trail to Five Star Backdam, North West District, shooting one dead and injuring two more.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police to charge Kwame Mc Coy following an incident last month during which a man was reportedly  gun butted.

(Jamaica Gleaner) FLORIDA, United States: The Jamaican whose job for more than two decades was to watch – up close – the world’s best cricketers at work has painted a damning picture of the recent crop of West Indies players and administrators.

(Barbados Nation) Security at Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) has been called into question as two recent drug cases – one in the United States and one in Britain – revealed it as a smuggling point for illegal drugs out of Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) They are the 11 dissatisfied Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been seeking an “urgent audience” with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is working towards self-sufficiency without a fuel subsidy by the end of next year.

USA cricket captain Steve Massiah has declined comment on his indictment in the US on mortgage fraud charges.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Suriname Police Force (KPS) wants to put up a text message system to effectively hunt down criminals.

(Trinidad Express) Massive losses at the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) may result in new taxes and tariffs for importers and exporters using the facility.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Rights group Amnesty  International has described as “deeply shocking” Saudi Arabia’s  beheading of a woman convicted on charges of “sorcery and  witchcraft”, saying it underlined the urgent need to end  executions in the kingdom.

A 50-year-old father of Princetown, Corriverton has been taken into police custody for killing his 32-year-old daughter after he inflicted several lashes to her head with a nailed-filled piece of wood around midday yesterday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday declared that the integrity of the ballot boxes has not been compromised, though their metal containers at its complex at Coldingen, on the East Coast Demerara were breached.

APNU Leader David Granger yesterday called for the establishment of a tripartite budget committee before the end of the year to oversee the preparation of the 2012 national budget, which must be presented to the House before March 30, 2012.

City councillors voted in favour of a 33% pay increase for themselves and an 8% increase for other officers in the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) during the council’s statutory meeting yesterday.

The police are investigating an arson attempt aimed at a building on Cummings Street belonging to former army officer Oliver Hinckson, which houses four businesses, after a discovery was made on Sunday night of a five-gallon bottle of gasoline, some of which had been poured on two carpets, following a break and entry and robbery.

Two months after being beaten during a robbery, Dutch Bottle Café owner Renata Chuck-a-Sang said she is not physically able to manage the business, which has not been reopened since her discharge from the hospital almost two months ago.

Gunmen stormed three households at Liliendaal, on the East Coast Demerara, in a brazen Sunday night robbery, escaping with a large quantity of cash and gold jewellery.

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday wrote to new Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul requesting that he intervene in several outstanding grievances the union has with the BCGI, Olden-dorff Carriers Inc.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy last week witnessed more than 5,000 tonness of rice being loaded for shipment to Venezuela at the John Fernandes Wharf.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said that fundamental human rights in Guyana must be respected through urgent constitutional change geared towards guaranteeing inclusion rather than exclusion.

Extension works to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) will not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA), according to the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA).

Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday refused to divulge why the recently acquired water cannon was not used in last week’s clash between the police and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) protestors.

Businessman Ranjisinghi Ramroop and four companies that he is a director of have sued Guyana Publications Limited, publishers of Stabroek News and the Sunday Stabroek and Anthony Vieira.

Fruta Conquerors FC and Camptown FC recorded similar 2-0 victories in their respective Round-of-16 matches on the opening night of the Banks Beer Knockout Cup at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground on Sunday.

Six persons accused of the July 12 $7 million Bel Air Gardens robbery yesterday made another court appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court, while the charges against a seventh accused, Shawn Hinds, were withdrawn.

IAMI,  (Reuters) – LeBron James became the man U.S. sports fans loved to hate when he left Cleveland for the Miami Heat last year and many celebrated when he stumbled in the NBA finals, losing to the Dallas Mavericks.

Shaka Chase and Keon Niles who are charged with the attempted murder of Dexter Johnson were yesterday placed on $300,000 bail each after they reappeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia reacted with a wave of panic on Tuesday after falling to a first home test defeat to New Zealand in more than a quarter of a century with a series against India just two weeks away.

Guyana’s Trenace Lowe and Barbadian Kevin Farley were crowned champions when the annual Reliability Maintenance Services Limited (RSML) Super Singles Table-Tennis Tournament took place at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Saith Park, Chaguanas, Trinidad on Sunday.

The verification process of the Statements of Poll (SoP) of last month’s general elections being undertaken by the APNU is to be made public later this week.

A 21-year-old man is now dead following an accident in which the bus he was travelling in collided with a parked tractor-trailer while overtaking another vehicle.

Bishop Juan Edghill has officially resigned from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).

With all the criticism that has been levelled against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) under the current Julian Hunte administration in recent years, one of the few things they deserve much credit for is the creation of the Sagicor High Performance Center (HPC), according to Berbician cricketer Veerasammy Permaul.

A report on the investigations being undertaken into July’s crash-landing of a  Caribbean Airlines  Boeing 737 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri may be completed  in another three months.

Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy and a team comprising D&I technical officers and a group of West Bank farmers visited the backdam at Canal Number One to investigate claims that drainage structures built to regulate the flow of water were actually impeding it.

Get Set Go went on to win the feature C class event and led the sweep by the Jumbo Jet Stable for the top three positions of the Port Mourant Turf Club’s annual horse race meet at the club’s track on the Corentyne on Sunday.

Guyana’s most accomplished female athlete, Aliann Pompey, recently  revealed to Stabroek Sport her thoughts about her year along with plans for 2012, including the Olympic Games  in London.

Another man appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the armed robbery of Laing Avenue, Georgetown, housewife Fayeanna Lewis.

HOBART,  (Reuters) – New Zealand paceman Doug Bracewell took six wickets in a devastating spell of bowling to fire his country to a dramatic first test victory over Australia since 1993 by just seven runs  yesterday.

A 34-year-old bus driver who allegedly dealt a man several slaps to his face while he was robbing him of a BlackBerry cellular phone was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, It is with a great measure of relief that I may properly describe Mr Charles Ramson as the outgone Minister of Legal Affairs. 

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada yesterday became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty.

Dear Editor, The response of Stabroek News to Help & Shelter’s letter registering its dismay over Stag Beer ad campaign and calling for its immediate withdrawal raises some concerns. 

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh  (Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman took three wickets early  yesterday to help push Pakistan to an innings and 184-run win over Bangladesh in the first test in Chittagong.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The death toll in Syria’s nine-month crackdown on an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has now passed 5,000, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay told the Security Council yesterday.

Dear Editor, For the first time in the life of the Cooperative Republic, we have a minority government, and some may say this may not bode well for the future. 

DAKAR (Reuters) – More than nine million people in five countries in Africa’s Sahel region face food crisis next year, following low rainfall, poor harvests, high food prices and a drop in remittances from migrants, aid agency Oxfam said yesterday.

(Reuters) – An investigation committee appointed by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has dismissed allegations that Azerbaijan was promised two boxing gold medals at next year’s London Olympics in exchange for a $10-million loan to the sport’s ruling body.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Doctors in charge of throat cancer treatment for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called his response to chemotherapy “impressive” and said the tumour in his larynx had shrunk by 75 per cent in size.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is said to currently be functioning as it should even with the absence of a minister since its budget ends at the conclusion of this year.

CARACAS (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez yesterday launched a programme to provide $100 a month to poor Venezuelan children in the latest of a plethora of social “missions” that have underpinned his popularity.

Dear Editor, Like other national elections in Guyana the 2011 elections have left us a reminder of division with heavy Afrikan support for APNU and heavy Indian support for PPP/C at the polls. 

The Mayor and City Council has announced that the municipal markets will be opened late to facilitate shopping for the festive season.

(Reuters) – The Detroit Pistons parted ways with key scorer Richard Hamilton after reaching a buyout with the three-time All-Star guard, the National Basketball Association (NBA) team said  yesterday.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – In a move likely to increase tension with Canada’s Muslim minority, the government said yesterday it would bar all women wearing face coverings from taking part in citizenship ceremonies.

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia yesterday installed as its new president a former dissident who was imprisoned and then exiled for opposing former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, a new landmark in the country’s post-revolutionary transition to democracy.

Hot Momma’s advice:  Health impacts education in more ways than one!

The traffic light at Camp and Lamaha streets, which was

Dear Editor, I am sure it is well documented somewhere that during the run-up to the recently concluded elections, I was a vociferous critic of the old regime and had serious misgivings about Donald Ramotar’s ability to be the nation’s chief executive.

(Jamaica Observer) A University of the West Indies student who allegedly used a screwdriver to stab the mother of his child to death was on Friday offered $200,000 bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Azim Bassarath responded with incredulity to claims that there is a plot to remove Daren Ganga from the Trinidad & Tobago team.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s navy captured a leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Raul Fernandez, President Felipe Calderon said yesterday via his Twitter account.

Dear Editor, The new president is in place and the cabinet has been sworn in. 

In a story titled ‘Fracas over election protest lands two in court’ published in last Wednesday’s edition, it was inadvertently stated that Dawn Moore and Tie Sheng Ye had been bonded to keep the peace when in fact the court had only handed down the sentence to Tie Sheng Ye.

The final year students of the University of Guyana, Social Work programme on Friday completed the Community Intervention Process at the South Ruimveldt Park Nursery School; they rehabilitated the

The shabby image of the Guyana Police Force is, arguably, its single biggest problem.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians could benefit from a reduction in Value Added Tax (VAT) – at least for one day – on the heels of Duty-Free Day and calls for a repeat of the initiative.

Former Guyanese international Carey Harris was among the goals but it was not enough to stop his Harlem Strikers from a 4-1 loss to Caroni Samba in their penultimate match of the T&T Football Federation Central Football Association Premier Division “Big-Six” competition on Saturday.

On the anniversary of Martin Carter’s death, and the 60th anniversary of the publication of To A Dead Slave and The Hill of Fire Glows Red, Gemma Robinson reminds us of the global reach of Carter’s work and its influence on writers and musicians.

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