Daily Archive: Friday, January 27, 2012

(Trinidad Express) Brian Lara’s Lady Chancellor property falls under the San/Juan Laventille Regional Corporation.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – Australia took India’s last four wickets on Saturday morning to crush the tourists by 298 runs in the fourth test and record a 4-0 series sweep.

The recent disclosure that OUR 2012 Olympics hopefuls now have no choice but to travel overseas to access proper training facilities and a more competitive warm up environment must surely be one of the least auspicious moments in the political career of Sports Minister  Frank Anthony.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica is due to experience an earthquake on the same scale as one that sank a section of Port Royal more than 300 years ago, according to the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Customs Department says it seized 577 pounds of marijuana with a street value of J$110 million during an operation yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Avinash Persaud has sought to turn the tables on Opposition Leader Owen Arthur, accusing him of playing politics with the Four Seasons project, which he says is on the verge of getting needed finance for its resumption.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT pilot and admitted drug trafficker Keith Richard Otway Allen escaped a long prison term and should be back home in St Vincent and the Grenadines today after paying fines totalling Bds$1/4 million yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Police intend to consult the Director of Public Prosecutions in their probe against an official of Blackman’s Private School accused of plunging the head of an eight-year-old pupil in a toilet bowl and flushing it.

(Trinidad Express) A senior teacher at the South Oropouche Government Primary School was prevented from entering her workplace by protesting parents yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A fast ferry service for the Eastern Caribbean is to be established, Transport Minister Devant Maharaj announced yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The People’s Partnership Government has not boycott or does not discriminate against any media house, Foreign Affairs and Communications Minister Suruj Rambachan said yesterday.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia were on the brink of a crushing series sweep after reducing India to 166 for six in their pursuit of 500 runs for an unlikely victory at the close of play on the fourth day of the fourth test today.

(Reuters) – A Playboy model said on Wednesday she feared she would die while trapped in a luxury hotel room with former boxing champ Oscar De La Hoya during a night of drugs and kinky sex.

Investigators should today be sending the file on the child molestation scandal involving a Muslim scholar to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice on charges, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

Some students and staff of the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus along with the members of the public yesterday braved the inclement weather as they protested in front of the Administration Department over the recent termination of lecturer Freddie Kissoon.

Canadian mining company, Reunion Manganese forecasts an investment of US$250 million at its Matthew’s Ridge project with commissioning of the manganese mine slated for mid-2014 despite challenges with poor infrastructure, shortage of skills and red tape.

A Grade Six teacher of an East Coast Demerara primary school was yesterday sent on administrative leave after a student of the school was flogged severely during questioning about a fight.

The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) over the past four months unearthed some 28 kilogrammes (61lbs) of cocaine that originated here, the bulk of which was hidden in hollowed–out pineapples and watermelons.

Officials of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) are investigating the circumstances surrounding the impregnation of two Region One teens.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday commended the Alliance For Change for taking on board labour’s interests but advised the party to  postpone any proposed attempt to negotiate public sector wages and salaries with President Donald Ramotar until it  has had a proper engagement with the respective trade unions/workers representatives.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud A house at Ogle, on the East Coast Demerara was gutted by fire yesterday, after the electricity meter burst into flames.

A Diamond Housing Scheme businessman and his family were last night attacked and robbed by five men sometime after 9 pm.

West Indies Cricket Board directors will convene a teleconference tomorrow and high on the agenda will be the present stalemate between the sidelined Guyana Cricket Board and the government-implemented Interim Management Committee.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday remanded a 17-year-old community high school student charged with armed robbery committed on businessman Roger Hinds earlier this year.

By Emmerson Campbell The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) will come alive tonight when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) presents the 20th edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card.

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Atlantic Tele Network (ATN) Michael Prior says that the modernisation of the local telecommunications sector with the laying of the fibre optic cable is a good investment for Guyana.

Guyana’s under-construction synthetic track at Leonora still remains in phase one  after a year and one month since  the contract was awarded to Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited.

Acting Minister of Tourism Irfaan Ali yesterday launched the ‘Rediscover Home’ special package for Holi, the Festival of Colours, in an effort to encourage Guyanese in the Diaspora to come back to their homeland for the celebrations.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon on Wednesday said that three criteria were considered when granting radio licences and if “government-friendly individuals” met them then their applications would have been granted.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The battle for Los Angeles gained another feisty chapter as the Lakers scrapped to a 96-91 win over the Clippers on Wednesday to reassume inner-city bragging rights.

A case has been brought against Cevon’s Waste Management Services for not reporting the death of Clive Chisholm, whose head was crushed under a company truck at the Haggs Bosch dump at Eccles, East Bank Demerara last December.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) shared out the promised cheques to all the clubs that failed to reach the finals in its knockout game and sanctioned Pele and GDF for their non-participation in its tournament at a General Council meeting on Saturday.

ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took three late wickets to thrust his team back into contention at the close of the second day of the second test against England yesterday.

The police are investigating the armed robbery of businessman Rajendra Mangal of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, who was held up with his family at gun point on Wednesday evening around 7.20 pm and relieved of cash, jewellery and other articles.

The rig contracted to drill offshore for petroleum on behalf of Spanish company Repsol YPF is in place and ready to initiate works and all should be in place for the commencement of drilling expected by the beginning of February 2012.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – There was no title at stake and no trophy to lift but Rafa Nadal’s victory over Roger Federer in the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday added another glorious chapter to the greatest rivalry in tennis.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Rampant paceman Peter Siddle took five wickets as Australia bowled India out for 272 before extending their lead to a dominant 382 runs by the close of play on third day of the fourth test yesterday.

A 57-year-old father of eight died on Wednesday after he was struck down by a sand truck on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway around 8 am, while returning home from work.

The Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) is operating at about a 64% overall level of compliance, according to the findings of studies commissioned by the Caricom Secretariat.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy shrugged off a misfiring driver to outscore playing partners Tiger Woods and Luke Donald in the Abu Dhabi Championship first round yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have researched and written extensively on this tragic Amaila Falls hydroelectric project fiasco that remains a harsh reminder of the scandal-tainted, incompetent and mismanaging deeds of the PPP administration.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday met officials from ExxonMobil Exploration to keep abreast with developments as oil exploration offshore Guyana continues.

Dear Editor, Now that the criminal charges against the three former managers of NBS have been dismissed, as a former director of the NBS Board, I think that justice and decency require that I state publically that at no time did the NBS Board contemplate that Maurice Arjoon, Kent Vincent, or Kissoon Baldeo were criminally or otherwise involved in the fraudulent withdrawal of funds from a member’s account.

The Caribbean’s capacity to respond to climate change will be strengthened with an injection of £4.9 million from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Caricom Secretariat has announced.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) says the MV Torani is back in operation after undergoing repairs.

Dear Editor, Regarding your publication of my letter on January 24, 2012 (‘A completely different take on Bhattachary’s book’), I am aware that SN cannot publish in full all the brutal language that Rahul Bhattacharya reports in his book The Sly Company of People who Care.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Dr Ian McDonald for his letter (‘Headley should be ahead of Bradman,’ SN, January 25) in response of my letter of January 22.

A team of over 20 cast and crew members from the A&E’s History Channel has arrived to film ‘Bamazon,’ an eight-part documentary on the country’s pristine natural resources, which the government expects will boost the tourism market.

Pronouncements by Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud that his ministry will seek to bring more order to the country’s natural resources sector includes an assertion that the administration intends to institute stronger monitoring measures to ensure that the country’s diamond exports comply with the requirements of the United Nations-sanctioned Kimberly Process poses a challenge that may well cause those difficulties confronting the gold industry to appear small by comparison.

Dear Editor, And finally they did it. They feel comfortable enough to do it.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton remanded a 28-year-old accused of stealing a gold chain from another’s house, when he yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Fork in the Road The elections of 2011 have brought Guyanese to yet another juncture of history along the path of nationhood. 

Dear Editor, I join in condemning the termination of Mr Freddie Kissoon’s contract by the University of Guyana. 

Four decades after migrating to the United States as a two-year-old Raj Ouellet has returned to Guyana at the urging of his mother.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday sentenced a man to 18 months jail after he admitted stealing a sewerage cover from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

Kissoon protest: UG lecturers and others protesting at

The commitment given by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud to remove the deep-seated irregularities in the relationships between miners and state officials, one stakeholder says, will have to be “a tough and ruthless process” that will reveal just how “corrupt” the system has become and the inability of the state to properly monitor “the operational procedures” associated with the mining of gold.

Chief Execu-tive Officer of REDjet Ian Burns has denied that its future was in jeopardy and it needed an $8 million injection to keep operating.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Controversial legislator Everald Warmington wants to see an end to the public paying for accommodation, chauffeurs, gardeners, helpers and secretaries for retired prime ministers and governors general.

Dear Editor, I see there is another softball tournament being sponsored to tune of some $30,000,000.

Fireman Jory Hector hands over

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton granted a 19-year-old Wismar woman accused of stealing cash and gold jewellery from another person, $250,000 bail when she yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, Everywhere you turn in Guyana, advantage is being taken of our helpless citizens with little condemnation from those who are supposed to help.

One hopes that Prof Norman Girvan’s recent meeting, in his capacity as the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, with President Donald Ramotar and Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, also provided the opportunity for engagement on matters relating to the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME).

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 444’s trading results showed consideration of $984,378 from 59,692 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 443 which showed consideration of $1,614,180 from 132,600 shares traded in 8 transactions. 

$1.5M for Taushida Village rest house: The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs presented a cheque valued

Politikles

Banks DIH Ltd is more than deserving of its considerable reputation as one of the flagship private sector enterprises in Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday granted an application for special leave to Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) allowing it to challenge a report on the region’s trade in cement undertaken by Caricom’s Competition Commission.

My lead caption-and theme- is really another invitation to Guyana’s younger journalists, feature writers, even serious social historians, to explore the reality of just who “owns” how much of this place we call Guyana.

(Reuters) – In 2009, federal investigators finally arrested Houston financier R.

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