Daily Archive: Monday, January 9, 2012

The Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today uncovered some 100 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana stuffed inside a refrigerated container destined for Barbados.

Is the appointment of Navin Chandarpal  as a Presidential Adviser the first really clear-cut sign that Mr.

(Trinidad Express) The way has been paved for Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to fly from Trinidad to India and vice versa, Transport Minister Devant Maharaj said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Despite strident objection in the past, the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) now seems set to support plans by the Portia Simpson Miller administration to end Jamaica’s relationship with the United Kingdom-based Privy Council.

At about 0230h today, police say a man armed with a handgun entered the home of Margaret Griffith, 59 years of Bent Street, Georgetown, and held her at gunpoint.

Police say that at about 1830h yesterday two men armed with a handgun and a cutlass entered the house of Meena Gobin, 30 years and her sister Jeenarine Narine, 26 years, at Betsy Ground, Canje, through an open door and held them up.

Police say that at about 1200h yesterday, Bervel Reynolds, 17 years of St.

The Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that two of the four Emergency 911 lines at the Brickdam Police Operations Room are presently out of order.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – It may not yet be the case in Suriname, but in other Caribbean countries there is cause for concern about crime, says Assistant Secretary General of the OAS Albert Ramdin.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Private investors and unions are cheerful over a possible 30 percent stake which the government might secure in negotiations with IamGold in the new US$ 800 million investment.

In a report in today’s edition, the New York Times said that scores of Guyanese, if not more, face financial ruin because of loans brokered by real estate magnate Ed Ahmad who has been charged over a US$50M mortgage fraud.

An elderly female Guyanese died from smoke inhalation in a fire in the Woodhaven section of Queens on Friday.

(Barbados Nation) Police have charged a man for the murder of Damien Mitchell at Gully Hill, Carrington Village, St Michael.

(Reuters) – Unheralded teenager Bevan Small looks  like taking the honours for the most famous piece of cricketing  action ever in New Zealand’s domestic Twenty20 league after his  athletic leap to facilitate a catch went viral over the weekend.

After weeks of deadlock, a Speaker for the new Parliament is likely to be decided this week as the AFC has welcomed the proposal by APNU that the position be rotated among the two parties.

Two years after it was launched, questions are being raised as to how useful the $550M EU-funded Doppler radar at Timehri has been in particular to farmers and how much and how often data gleaned from it is being transmitted to the general public.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana, the only teams to have captured regional Twenty20 titles, will both be in action when the 2012 Caribbean tournament starts here today at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

AFC leader Raphael Trotman’s return to the National Assembly is up in the air despite the party identifying him soon after the November 28 general elections as one of its representatives in the new Parliament.

Coach of the Ruralites Track and Field Club Raymond Daw says he is disheartened with the conditions under which his athletes have to train.

Three masked men on Saturday night entered the Big G general store on the University of Guyana Access road and robbed the owners of a quantity of cash while several customers were assaulted.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Left-arm spinner Garey Mathurin believes the Windward Islands can be very competitive in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament starting here today.

The two main political parties got significant numbers of votes at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara in the last elections.

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs built a big lead over the Denver Nuggets but were forced to hang on for a 121-117 win on Saturday.

The proposal for the speaker of the National Assembly to rotate between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) has been deemed ambiguous and unrealistic   by representatives of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C).  Presidential

A 45-year-old Guyanese sex-offender is among 1400 dangerous foreign criminals being sought by the authorities in Toronto, Canada.

Guyana’s Lady Jags lost their opening game of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championships to hosts Cuba 1-5 on Saturday at the Estadio Pedro Marrero Ciudad de La Habana ground.

The state-owned Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) is investigating the discharging of alleged tainted fuel from its dealers on the Essequibo Coast and has taken a series of steps.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Liverpool have offered an apology over the alleged racist abuse suffered by Oldham Athletic’s Tom Adeyemi at Anfield during Friday’s third round FA Cup match for which a spectator was arrested and charged over the weekend.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will be 100 years old this year and the club has planned a year-long  programme of activities.

Nine persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after the horse cart they were travelling on was hit by a minibus near to Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s embattled cricket board has defended its player management practices in the face of withering criticism following a raft of injuries that have gutted the team’s bowling unit.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my concern about the recently announced plans by Minister of Health Ramsaran to begin mass vaccination of schoolgirls in Guyana with the HPV vaccine on Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that while major truancy campaigns will continue, the important aspect is that education officials at the central and regional levels are on a truancy watch daily.

Seventy families benefitted from the One Laptop Per Family initiative when officers visited Betsy Ground and Gangaram, Canje, Berbice on Saturday to continue the distribution process.

Dear Editor, One of the reasons the PPP/C administration almost lost the last general elections is the fact that they lost the ability to listen.

(BBC)  England’s batsmen were made to struggle on the second day of their three-day warm-up game against an ICC Combined Associate and Affiliate XI in Dubai yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – A Malaysian court  acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy charges last night, a surprise ruling that could accelerate the political  comeback of one of Asia’s most celebrated reformers ahead of an  expected election this year.

Dear Editor, I was delighted to see the long overdue promotion of my friend Michael Brotherson to a substantive diplomatic posting.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – All-rounder Albie Morkel has been called up to South Africa’s one-day international (ODI) squad as an injury replacement for the five-match series against Sri Lanka, Cricket South Africa announced yesterday.

Two teenagers were lucky to escape with minor injuries after a portion of their Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home collapsed with them inside on Saturday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal will be gunning for Novak Djokovic this year to prevent Serbia’s world number one from having another record-setting season, Juan Martin del Potro said  yesterday.

Dear  Editor, I was compelled to write this letter after reading the article `Ministry prepping compensation for Canal No.2 farmers – Ramsammy’ (SN January 5, 2011) that Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy had said officers from the Livestock and Crops Division are in Canal No.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro  said on Thursday the world was on an “inexorable march toward  the abyss,” which he blamed in part on the discovery and  exploitation of vast reserves of so-called “shale gas” around     the world.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Limited says an energy efficiency survey that will help devise a model for cost savings is to get underway shortly.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Sydney Thunder, with West Indians Chris Gayle and Fidel Edwards in their side, lost by 17 runs on the Duckworth /Lewis Method in a rain-affected game against cross-town rivals Sydney Sixers at Stadium Australia yesterday.

Dear Editor, I observed in Kaieteur News of Friday, January  6, 2012 a letter was published captioned ‘The question of extrusion’ which I had sent for publication in early November of 2008.

Government has expressed concern over the level of investment made in the health sector as it relates to patient satisfaction.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The Arab League has urged the  Syrian government to end its violence against protesters and  allow League monitors in the country to work more freely, but  stopped short of asking the U.N.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Flip-flopping on her previous position on big government while she was in Opposition, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has named a 28-member executive that will cost taxpayers close to J$200 million per annum, at current rates, in salaries and allowances.

(Jamaica Observer) Ten months after she was subjected to a dehumanising cavity search, verbal abuse, confinement, and deportation from the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados, Jamaican Shanique Myrie is still traumatised by her ordeal.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said yesterday that his country would not recognize any  ruling by a World Bank tribunal in a multibillion-dollar  arbitration case with Exxon Mobil Corp.

At about 2200h on Saturday, ranks of a mobile police patrol stopped and searched a man who was acting in a suspicious manner at Lombard Street, Georgetown, and found an unlicensed .32 Rossi Revolver

Dear Editor, Many congratulations to the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha which celebrated its 38th anniversary yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Talented all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite says he is confident of sparking a revival in the Barbados team as the former regional powerhouses look to win their first ever Caribbean Twenty20 title.

CONCORD – U.S. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney emerged  yesterday from back-to-back debates in New Hampshire a bit  dinged but not seriously dented as rivals stepped up attacks to  slow his march toward the presidential nomination.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – As Jamaica hunt an elusive Caribbean Twenty20 title in the tournament which starts today in Antigua, team coach Junior Bennett reckons that the batsmen must try not to allow so many dot balls to be bowled.

(Trinidad Express) The police investigation into allegations that 17 men were part of an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three Cabinet Ministers has been completed with no evidence to suggest the allegations were true.

Education Minister, Priya Manickchand says that the Ministry is insisting that all private schools follow the set curriculum so as to ensure that students receive the knowledge and skills they need.

Dear Editor, On every occasion Minister Anthony opens his mouth to speak about his IMC, he mentions that he is acting on a ruling of the Chief Justice.

Frank Birbalsingh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at York University in Toronto, where he taught for over thirty years.

38th anniversary for Dharmic Sabha

Over the next few days the country is expected to experience a mixture of moderate to heavy rainfall and to counter any possible flooding, the necessary measures have been put in place, Minister of Agriculture, Dr.

(Reuters) – The Chicago Bulls extended their winning streak to six games with a late run to pull away from the Orlando Magic 97-83 at the Amway Center on Friday.

Market life

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar should consider taking a cue from Chief Justice Ivor Archie and Justice of Appeal Wendell Kangaloo and also return her Senior Counsel instrument to President George Maxwell Richards, People’s National Movement chairman Franklin Khan has said.

This week on What the People Say Berbicians commented on what they would like the new Police commander of the division to do to help fight crime and make Berbice a safer place.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez dismissed a U.S. warning to avoid close ties with Iran yesterday, denouncing what he said was Washington’s attempt to  dominate the world as he welcomed the Iranian president to the  Latin American nation.

The case of the allegation of rape made against the Commissioner of Police, Mr Henry Greene has given rise to various perspectives and concerns including one by attorney at law, Mr Neil Aubrey Boston that Mr Greene was being subjected to a trial by the press.

Speaker of the house

Dear Editor, There is this view now in vogue that there should be a ‘coming together’ of the opposition and the ruling party, given the minority status of the current government.