Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 14, 2012

A Guyanese woman is among three persons who are to appear in a South African court next week after she allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine into that country concealed in three laptops  on a flight out of Brazil.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon today at his weekly post-Cabinet media briefing said that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the One Laptop per Family (OLPF) Sesh Sukhdeo resigned after tensions surfaced.

Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma says that the furore over the $90 million allocation for the Guyana Police Force is a matter over which he is empowered to initiate an investigation, once it is in the interest of the public to do so.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), is expected to hear the case brought by Jamaican Shanique Myrie against the Barbadian Government on April 18.

Former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Carl Rattray is dead.

(WICB) Kingstown, St Vincent – After two weeks of intense and focussed preparation, West Indies skipper Darren Sammy backed his young team to deliver against Australia in the upcoming Digicel One-Day International Series.

The AFC says it is outraged at what it said is the continued arrogance and disregard being exhibited by RUSAL’s subsidiary, the Bauxite Company of Guyana Limited which didn’t attend yesterday’s arbitration meeting ordered by the Minister of Labour into a longstanding dispute with the union GB&GWU.

(Trinidad Express) The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will continue holding talks with the Trinidad and Tobago government over the establishment of a special fund to assist policyholders affected by the collapse of insurance giant Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO), Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The National Insurance Board (NIB) came under fire yesterday for a four-year-old million dollar investment in CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) instead of a more stable State enterprise.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse has arrested and charged a 41-year-old Kingston businessman for buggering and raping his fifteen-year-old daughter.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, dropped from the one-day team last month, was included in the test squad for the tour of West Indies today.

(Barbados Nation) The new interim selection committee has given marching orders to Barbados’ most prolific batsman in regional first-class cricket.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.,  (Reuters) – Republican Rick Santorum won a pair of crucial Deep South primaries yesterday, taking control of the party’s conservative wing in the presidential race and dealing a severe setback to rival Newt Gingrich.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The Hague international war crimes court found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty in its first ruling today after a decade of work limited largely to Africa while major cases in the Middle East and Asia remain beyond its reach.

Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge will not be attending a proposed meeting between the government and opposition tomorrow to discuss this year’s budget, since he is yet to be convinced that the administration is interested in anything more than a public relations show.

Almost two years after the murder of Latisha ‘Samantha’ Rodrigues the Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for the accused, Lexie Abiola Abigail Richardson.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) will in three weeks complete running a cable across the Demerara River to boost the power supply to the West Demerara.

Residents at Kwakwani waterfront were in a state of mourning yesterday after a pregnant woman who lived on the west bank of the Berbice River drowned in a boat mishap while travelling with her husband and three-year-old daughter.

A family is bewildered as to how their home at Lot 496 10th Street Paradise Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara went up in flames on Monday night, destroying everything that they owned and leaving them with only the clothes on their backs.

A 23-year-old man will spend the next six years and nine months in jail after he admitted yesterday  invading the home of Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase–Green last Saturday morning.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Defense attorney Robert Simels was disbarred in New York today by an appeals court,

Representatives from the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI), the local RUSAL subsidiary, yesterday failed to show up at the first arbitration meeting with the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU)—a move the union is calling “contemptuous.”

President of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) Dinanath Ramnarine in his address at the funeral service for the late West Indies and T&T batsman Runako Morton said, the player was deserted by the sporting associations he represented in his hour of need.

Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack yesterday 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.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine believes he is learning quickly and says his first taste of international cricket last December has put him in good stead to face Australia in the one-day series starting Friday.

“Green” products and solutions took centre stage as the Region Four Department of Education’s Science, Technology and Mathematics Fair opened yesterday at the Diamond Secondary School,

Hopeful small miners flocked the Guyana Geology and Mines Commis-sion (GGMC) lottery of special mining permits held yesterday.

By Gary Tim With a startled stare, Kadecia Baird sits on the mixed-zone floor, winded, while her teammates entreat anxious TV crews for a little time for their star runner to compose herself before talking of the breathtaking run they had just festooned onto the Millrose Games history books.

The Chinese company BOSAI is on the verge of a major expansion in Linden and government is in the process of finalising the company’s prospecting licence for the Block 37 area, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud said Monday.

The country’s top senior players continue to be missing from the list of players named to participate in the upcoming Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Top 16 tournament and there has

A National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspector was thrown out of the Wales sugar estate compound while attempting to uplift workers records last Thursday.

Lindeners are concerned that the growing piles of garbage spread across several communities pose a serious health threat, while the Town Council is blaming malfunctioning trucks and lack of resources for the situation.

An x-ray and pictures taken from different angles refute claims by city businessman Nigel Reid that his recent tooth extraction resulted in extraneous damage.

The Public Relations Office of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corpora-tion says that at around 9.40 yesterday 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.

The Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) joined hands with the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) to sponsor a two-day Inter-zone Cricket Tournament in Berbice.

After recent attacks on vendors, including where one was shot a week ago, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has said that the City Constabulary Department has improved security at Bourda and the other markets in the city.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is verifying its community workers to regularise their employment and to stamp out corruption, including the inflation of payment sheets.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will  commence its pre-season training session for all first, second division and junior players in preparation for their advancement to the inter-county and regional levels from today a press release from the organization stated.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Rahul Gandhi slept under the stars in rural India, he shared simple meals of lentil curry and bread with poor villagers, and he was even arrested for joining farmers in a land protest.

(Reuters) – The heady days of “Linsanity” are fading further from New York fans’ memories after the Knicks slumped to their sixth straight defeat with a 104-99 loss to the NBA-best Chicago Bulls on Monday.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has presented a $4.2M double-cab Hilux pick-up acquired through a Presidential Grant to Wallaba, Region One.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs is hoping to lower the country’s food import bill to TT$2 billion by 2015.

Dear Editor, Some contend it is $3,000,000 per month or $36, 000,000 per year, while one side argues that it will be $1,000,000 per month, or $12,000,000 per year.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir made centuries to set up a 50-run win for India over Sri Lanka in their first match at the Asia Cup yesterday.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan kept up efforts to broker a halt to hostilities as Syrian government forces killed dozens of people in the northern city of Idlib, dumping their bodies in a mosque, opposition activists said.

MILAN,  (Reuters) – Olympique Marseille substitute Brandao scored in stoppage time to send the French side into the Champions League quarter-finals on away goals after a 2-1 loss at Inter Milan yesterday earned a 2-2 aggregate draw.

(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.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Bermuda’s recent woes continued when they lost the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers to Denmark by seven wickets  yesterday.

Construction on a $200M pump station at Greenfield and other drainage works at Bee Hive are almost complete, Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Alli Baksh said after an inspection exercise on Saturday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg quit yesterday 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.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Jamaica’s fifth straight win in the Regional Four-Day Championship on Monday has left the remainder of teams scrapping for the three semi-final spots now up for grabs in the competition.

Dear Editor, In 1946, at its very first session, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 59(I) which states ‘Freedom of information is a fundamental human right’.

Dear Editor, I was one of the few hundred Guyanese  spectators to have viewed the friendly international between Guyana and Guatemala, on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the National Stadium, Providence, which the locals lost by a 0-2 margin.

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 on Monday.

Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Alli Baksh advised East Bank Essequibo cash crop farmers to form themselves into legally registered groups in order to access help from NGOs and other agencies to resolve issues affecting crop production.

(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.

By Iva Wharton Alpha United will not be attending any meeting called by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), according to Steve Ninvalle, the club’s Vice-President.

WASHINGTON/KABUL,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought yesterday to dispel Afghan anger over a U.S.

RUSAL pickup overboard

By day she is a teacher at the Watooka Nursery who enjoys being with her pupils and when the bell rings to mark the end of the school day, apart from heading home to her daughter and husband, she ensures that she gets quality time with her favorite toys, heavy irons.

When the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of Neesa Gopaul  continued yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, the cross-examination of Simone De Nobrega took most of the day and is likely

Dear Editor, I was a passenger going to Bartica on Saturday 2012– 03– 04 with the Ferry.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – In yet another sign of the growing dominance of the digital publishing market, the oldest English-language encyclopedia still in print is moving solely into the digital age.

Nineteen cricket clubs from Berbice last  Saturday received $2M worth of items under a joint programme of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTYSC) and Food for the Poor (Guy) Incorporated.

The Culture Ministry is seeking the public’s help to select the site for the monument to commemorate the 1823 slave rebellion.

President Donald Ramotar and Chilean President Sebastián Piñera discussed ways of further strengthening relations between the two countries, when they met on Friday at the Royal Torarica

Dear Editor, The exchanges between Dr. Ashni Singh, Minister of Finance and Mr.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The BBC has suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack following a campaign by Iranian authorities against its Persian service, director-general Mark Thompson said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The US/Saudi/Pak support of the Taliban during the Cold War antagonized India.

For a country that has remained the poorest in the English speaking Caribbean and one of the poorest in the northern hemisphere notwithstanding its abundant agricultural and mineral, to say nothing of human resources, the prospect of our finding oil in the near future has generated an almost reckless optimism. 

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In the last fortnight or so the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington and the increase in intensity of the Syrian government’s military assaults on its citizens, has raised fears that the Middle Eastern arena can well become the source of large-scale warfare, involving more than the regional combatants.

The Guyana for the upcoming Under 16 Davis Cup and Fed Cup tennis tournaments will be outfitted with uniforms provided by corporate giants Ansa McAl.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Wealthy Afghans are carrying about $8 billion — almost double the state budget — in suitcases out of the country each year, an amount likely to rise as the exit of foreign troops nears and threatening to ruin the fragile economy, a senior official said.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New Yorkers strongly support controversial police anti-terrorism surveillance that includes sending undercover officers into mosques even as questions have been raised about its constitutionality.