Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 13, 2012

(Trinidad Express) A woman’s needs are different to a man’s, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said last night as she sought to make a case for the payment of a per diem to her sister, Vidwatie Newton.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee in a letter to the newspapers today has warned against police officers speaking in contravention of the force’s standing orders.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An opposition legislator in St. Vincent is calling for new regulations after a Jamaican artiste refused to perform in the country last weekend because the show organiser was unable to meet his contractual obligations to the singer.

(Barbados Nation) Runako Morton played his final innings today. Family, friends and fans turned out in their numbers yesterday to pay tribute to the fallen former West Indies cricketer at a funeral service at the First Church of the Open Bible in San Fernando, Trinidad.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Defense attorney Robert Simels was disbarred in New York today by an appeals court, more than two years after he was convicted of intimidating potential witnesses in his client’s trial.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack earlier today submitted her written response to applications made by lawyers representing Police Commissioner Henry Greene to block a rape charge she recommended, from being instituted against him.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed a Sunday Times report that it will investigate a 2011 World Cup semi-final for match-fixing while a Bollywood actress said she would sue the newspaper for using what she said was her picture with the story.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg quit today as chairman of the world’s largest aluminium producer, UC RUSAL, saying the heavily indebted company was in deep crisis after a long battle with rival oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Nehru suit worn by Senior Counsel Israel Khan in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court in 2005 was befitting for the dignity of the magistrates’ court.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs has retained the services of attorney Dana Seetahal, SC, as questions have surfaced about the fairness of the methods and criteria the Police Service Commission (PSC) used to appraise his performance.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Two U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy after being convicted in a Pakistani military trial in Haiti, authorities said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, a former editor and close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was arrested for a second time today in a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked the British establishment and embarrassed Prime Minister David Cameron.

Now that the general elections are over and the political pitch is beginning to offer a more even bounce (far too even in the opinion of many) the PNCR’s Comrade Leader  has come out to bat again, opting for a sort of 20/twenty style.

The Public Relations Office of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation says that at around 9.40 this morning, one of the hospital’s staff was carrying out welding works on the Middle Street gate, during which a small fire started but which was quickly put out.

Lexie Abiola Abigail Richardson is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to murder committed on Letuica ‘Samantha’ Rodrigues which occurred on 2010-09-26.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday stated that Opposition Leader David Granger appears misinformed by his representatives to the budget discussions as the opposition had been issued with invitations on March 5 for a meeting on March 7.

At about 4:30 pm yesterday, Rhonda Da Silva, a 24-year-old pregnant woman drowned after the boat she was travelling in capsized in the Berbice River, in the vicinity of the Kwakwani crushing plant, the Government Information Agency reported.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – A prison official has shown de Ware Tijd a photo of a convict posing with a weapon, an AK-47.

(Barbados Nation) Government is reporting a significant drop in unemployment. In leading off debate in the House of Assembly on the 2012-2013 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler yesterday contended that there was “positive” news to report on the performance of the Barbados economy, while alluding to a 10.2 per cent rate of joblessness in the country.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) is facing financial ruin as a result of strike action by workers and if not resolved shortly, the company may end up being acquired by its major shareholder, the Mexican company Cemento de Mexico (CEMEX).

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s statement that former prime minister Arthur NR Robinson used to take his son, David, as his travel assistant on overseas trips has been vigorously challenged by a number of persons in the know.

(Trinidad Express) A tangled tale of corruption, deceit and countless lies.

The 10 kilogrammes of cocaine intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Timehri (CJIA) on Saturday night may have been belonged to a drug trafficking ring that is using aircraft ground handling staff to sneak drugs on to outgoing flights.

Linden Town Clerk Patrick Inniss has been fired for gross insubordination and unauthorised spending, Junior Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker announced yesterday.

In a presentation cut short by the exodus of several councillors resulting in the lack of a quorum, acting Chairman of the Mayor and City Council’s Finance Committee, Junior Garrett, yesterday announced that the budget for 2012 is approximately $1.94 billion.

The shortage of manpower, low wages, and a lack of representation to lobby for better working conditions create disenchantment in the Guyana Police Force, making officers likelier to accept bribes or, in extreme cases, join drug trafficking networks to get rich, a recent research has found.

By Emmerson Campbell After having an unsuccessful 2011 because of  appendicitis surgery, 2010’s 67.5kgs power lifting champion Paul Adams is now back in the gym preparing for the 6th annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships which will be held in St Thomas, USVI from March 30 to 31.

The driver of the lorry that crashed into the Canter truck of Doodnauth Harripersaud last Saturday and killed him, appeared at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Over a year after a Memorandum of Agreement for the rehabilitation of the tennis courts at the National Park had been signed between the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) and the National Parks Commission, works on the courts have begun.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Narsingh Deonarine took a career-best seven for 26 to spur Guyana to a sensational win by an innings and 66 runs over Barbados with two sessions to spare on the fourth and final day of the fifth round regional first-class match at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

Western Union Hikers squeezed past defending champions Georgetown Cricket Club while Old Fort brushed aside Airbenders in the opening matches of the John Fernandes Insurance Services second division hockey league Sunday at GCC ground, Bourda.

A man who is currently serving a three-year sentence pleaded not guilty yesterday to an $805,000 armed robbery that occurred while he was incarcerated.

The wanted man, who was shot at a Quamina Street house on Friday after he reportedly attacked a police rank with a knife, has been charged with robbing miner Roger Hinds of $9.6 million in gold and diamonds.

The police said they have matched the warhead recovered from the body of Sophia mechanic Marlon Welcome to a firearm recovered in a house at 4th Field Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara on February 20.

A 24-year-old fisherman of D’ Edward Village, West Bank Berbice now living in Suriname, lost his life after he was left stranded in the rough sea around 6 pm on Thursday.

Keyron William, 18, of Charity, Essequibo, who is accused of break and enter and larceny was placed on $30,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said that her 9-year-old grandson is still traumatized after the attack on her family at her Lot 853 Canary Road, East La Penitence home on Saturday last.

Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall has praised the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), crediting them as a sporting body whose standards should be replicated in  all sporting disciplines throughout Guyana.

A three-vehicle smash-up at Main and New Market streets yesterday resulted in injury to at least one person, damage to an electricity pole and transformers and blackout to customers in the vicinity for a few hours.

Revetment works on the river defence along the New Hope Public Road, on the East Bank Demerara, are nearing completion but residents are worried over the use of sand to backfill the area.

At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday Shivraj Seudatt appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson to answer the charge of unlawfully assaulting his reputed wife.

Police are in possession of information that could provide leads in last Saturday’s shooting incident at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara that has left two men nursing multiple gunshot wounds in hospital.

Magistrate Alan Wilson remanded a minibus conductor to prison after he was accused of snatching a woman’s gold chain.

By Emmerson Campbell The national men’s Sevens rugby team departed on Sunday night for Chula Vista, San Diego where they will be encamped with the USA Rugby team before they head to  Hong Kong on March 17 to participate in the HSBC Sevens World Series scheduled from March 23 to 25.

Dear Editor, People are now quite frankly sick and tired of what passes for politics in Guyana; it is dismaying to find oneself saying this just a few months after the ushering in of a historic new parliament that one hoped would have taught our politicians a few needed lessons in humility and accountability.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Jamaica stretched their lead at the top of the Regional Four-Day standings after they crushed Trinidad and Tobago by 192 runs on the final day of their fifth round match here yesterday.

By Pascal Fletcher DAKAR (Reuters) – Asked what might happen if Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is declared winner of the West African country’s elections, student Nando da Silva mouths the sound of an explosion: “Boom!”

A five-year-old child has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital with injuries to the head, hands and legs after he was hit by a minibus at around 5.30 yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the exchanges regarding the purchase of a property from the state (SN and KN March 11th and 12th).

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – A determined and spirited effort in the field gave Leeward Islands a dramatic come-from-behind 30-run win over Windward Islands, as they recorded their first victory of the Regional Four-Day Championship here Sunday.

Good and Green Guyana Councillor Patricia Chase-Green, who has been acting as Deputy Mayor for several months, following the illness and subsequent death of former deputy mayor Robert Williams, was yesterday elected to the position full time.

WASHINGTON/KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday the massacre of 16 villagers by a US soldier raises his determination to get American troops out of Afghanistan, while a US official said the accused staff sergeant previously had suffered traumatic brain injury.

A 21-year-old mason from Ogle was remanded to prison after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer a charge of break and enter and larceny at a Port Kaituma boutique.

ear Editor, I would like to commend the organizers of the first meeting of the Paradise Housing Scheme Neighbour-hood Watch which took place on Sunday March 11, 2012. 

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of Neesa Gopaul continued yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association Referees/Judges Seminar has been confirmed for tomorrow.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran executed some 670 people last year, most of them for drug crimes that do not merit capital punishment under international law and more than 20 for offences against Islam, a United Nations investigator said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am very sure that the Ministry of Housing and Water is adamantly opposed to squatting.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The world’s first permanent war crimes court opened nearly a decade ago, promising accountability for brutal tyrants, justice for victims and swift trials for perpetrators.

A 14-year-old boy was electrocuted yesterday morning when he came into contact with a live electrical wire while attempting to pull down his kite.

VIENNA (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday defended Bolivians’ right to chew coca leaves, the main ingredient of cocaine, saying it was an ancient tradition and the world’s No 3 cocaine producer was working to fight drug trafficking.

Republic Bank Rose Hall Town

Dear Editor, I wish to take time out to congratulate the Guyana Women Miners Association (GWMA) for the work it is doing to alleviate the plight of women living around, and working in the mining sector of our country.

The gunmen who wreaked havoc at Bourda Market last Wednesday, shooting and injuring one person after robbing two others of cash and jewellery remain at large.

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Responding to an Internet campaign backed by celebrities who want Uganda to capture fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and save child soldiers, the government complained yesterday it needed more help from its African neighbours.

A woman believed to be destitute died yesterday afternoon in front of the Georgetown Public Hospital where she had been sitting in a semi-dazed state since Saturday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday he will be home from Cuba in a week and start radiation therapy for cancer that could leave him weakened ahead of his re-election bid on Oct.

Cycling stars of yesteryear

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The man holds up two pictures of his friend, which tell the story of what it now means to be gay in Iraq.

Dear Editor, With regards to your news item `Bollywood pays final tribute to Joy Mukherjee’ (SN Mar 11), I write to inform readers that another Bollywood icon passed on and was cremated on Friday.

Americans head to Olympics after show of strength ISTANBUL (Reuters) – `Watch out London – the Americans are coming’ was the message after the U.S.

Hot Momma’s Advice: What you really want for your child is a happy and fulfilling life and with encouragement and support.

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

Food for the Poor Guyana in collaboration with the St Francis Community Developers donated a number of books to school libraries across the central Corentyne and New Amsterdam and launched a healthy body campaign.

(Trinidad Guardian) Deputy Police Commissioner in charge of Operations Jack Ewatski has refused to sign his performance appraisal conducted by Police Service Commission, citing that the process was “seriously flawed.”

Patrons of pugilistic encounters

If the Nigerian intellectual and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is right, sub-Saharan Africa may be closer to the most serious post-colonial political upheaval than it thinks.

Dear Editor, The current CSEC Mathematics and English intervention is all about re-engineering the Education system to enhance overall productivity.

Mud bath