Daily Archive: Saturday, March 24, 2012

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will fly back to Cuba to begin radiation treatment for cancer tomorrow, but said he was in good shape and would be back home in several days.

(WICB) GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia – West Indies will be playing Sunday’s fifth and final Digicel One-day International against Australia like a “grand final”, according to all-rounder Andre Russell.

On March 19, 2012, Lendrick Ramdowar and Steve Ramdowar, both of Bath Settlement, Berbice pleaded guilty to the offence of transporting petroleum in bulk quantity without the requisite licence, a statement from the Guyana Energy Agency today said.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur in a recent interview with GINA said that the authority will be increasing its efforts to bring to justice tax evaders, specifically those who are professionals.

(Barbados Nation) It took Barbados only two days to complete an easy victory over Windward Islands and assure themselves of a semifinal place in the WICB regional four-day cricket competition.

Sterling Products Limited recorded an after-tax profit of $113 million for 2011 compared to $94 million in the preceding year.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – Rival gangs operating in El Salvador have called a truce as the Central American country confronts a plague of violent crime, according to a statement issued on Friday by the gangs and endorsed by local Roman Catholic church leaders.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Ireland batsman Paul Stirling smashed the second fastest fifty ever in Twenty20 internationals as his side were crowned the best of the second-tier teams after winning a pulsating match against Afghanistan by five wickets today.

(WICB) Gros Islet, St Lucia — The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel on Saturday announced the team for the first Digicel T20 International against Australia on Tuesday at the Beausejour Criucket Ground in St Lucia.

(Barbados Nation) Police were last night investigating a murder at Bedford Lane, Roebuck Street, the City.

(de Ware Tijd) NIEUW NICKERIE– The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has granted the Sari Foundation US$50,000 for beautification of the Courantyne beach in the District of Nickerie.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — ‘After the amendments in the Amnesty Act are passed I will issue a statement.’

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Former army commander Desi Bouterse personally shot and killed union leader Cyril Daal and lieutenant Surindre Rambocus on 8 December 1982.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — The United States of America is concerned about plans to amend the 1992 Amnesty Act, stating that it causes a sense of unease.

(Trinidad Newsday) A 30-year-old Guyanese national charged with 17 counts of sexual offences was refused bail by an Arima magistrate.

(Trinidad Express) Fifty-two out of every 100 households in Trinidad and Tobago have access to broadband Internet services.

Government only requested a quotation for geotechnical investigation of the site for the proposed specialty hospital on Wednesday—over two months after groundwork had started and provided little of the required information, which will ultimately affect the cost of the facility.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday said he is not afraid to go back to the ballot boxes to verify the votes cast at last year’s elections, adding that he remains sure that the PPP/C actually won by more than 50 percent.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) could eventually lay off workers and increase rates in at least three years if it continues to be hindered by unfair competition, CEO Yog Mahadeo said yesterday.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall is seeking over $700M in damages from Fip Motilall’s Synergy Holdings Inc.

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Carl Greenidge says government is trying to shift attention from the real issues that threaten to bring the country to its knees by engaging in personal attacks.

By Jairo Rodrigues By now everyone knows the legendary Joel Ghansham.

For a second day yesterday Attorney General Anil Nandlall argued that the court has jurisdiction to delve into the affairs of Parliament and cited several local and international cases to prove his point.

Guyana’s first ever reality dance competition, hosted by telecommunications giant GT&T has started, coming just after the hype of the Jingle and Song Competition.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Big-hitting batsman Kieron Pollard smashed a high octane century as West Indies beat Australia by 42 runs in the fourth One-Day International to take a crucial 2-1 lead in the five-match series here yesterday.

Saying it was concerned about Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee’s pronouncements on ‘C’ Division Commander David Ramnarine, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has written acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell emphasising legal and ethical policing standards.

The man who is implicated in the recent abduction and physical assault of a ten-year-old girl remains on the run, while the police investigation continues.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Barbados captain Kirk Edwards fell agonizingly short of his fifth first class century as his side got the better of the exchanges on the opening day of their final round Regional Four-Day match against Windward Islands here yesterday.

Hi Everyone, Last week, within a 48-hour period, I heard some food related things that I thought I’d share with you.

A 15-month-old European Union (EU)-funded Child Protection Project is about to come to an end and according to the coordinators not only have many parents been reached in the target communities, but they have observed marked changes in parenting skills among residents.

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The national Sevens men’s rugby team currently taking part in the three-day 2012 Cathay Pacific/HSBC World Sevens series in Hong Kong lost their opening game to Portugal 19 to nil yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday nominated a Korean-American known for his work in fighting disease in impoverished countries to lead the World Bank, a job emerging economies are contesting for the first time.

Dear Editor, The sickening, heavy bass from loud music emanating from Buddy’s Pool Hall on Sheriff Street is really taking a toll on my health.

Roughly a month ago Alana Seebarran went to Suriname representing Guyana in the Ms India Worldwide Pageant; she returned with the crown as well as the award for Best Talent, while the country earned Best National Director.

By Emmerson Campbell After staging a successful Guinness Greatest of the Streets football tournament last year, local beverage giant Banks DIH Limited yesterday launched this year’s edition at the Egbert Benjamin Exhibition and Conference Centre in the mining town of Linden.

The autopsy performed yesterday on the man who perished in Thursday’s fire at his Farm, East Bank Essequibo home found that he died of smoke inhalation, while his sister said that the property he was living on was the subject of a dispute.

The Vagina Monolo-gues is once again being staged in Guyana and its on next weekend—March 30, 31 and April 1 at De Impeccable Banquet Hall on Brickdam.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica hit back to reduce Combined Campuses and Colleges to 46 for three after being dismissed for 200 in their first innings on the opening day of their seventh and final round regional first-class match at the 3Ws Oval here yesterday.

WASHINGTON/SANFORD, Fla., (Reuters) –  President Barack Obama weighed into the controversial killing of a black teenager in Florida in very personal terms on Friday, comparing the boy to a son he doesn’t have and calling for American “soul searching” over how the incident occurred.

Joel Ali, the H. Nauth and Sons Construction Company clerk who police said staged his own abduction and a robbery, was on Thursday charged along with another man with stealing $4M.

Dear Editor, An enormous number of sinecures have been created by the administration over the past decade.

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE,  (Reuters) – Pope Benedict said yesterday communism no longer works in Cuba and that the Roman Catholic Church was ready to help the island find new ways of moving forward without “trauma.”

Drawing on her food memories of 30 years ago and some new ones as well, Deborah Barocas self-published a cookbook, Guyana’s Tasty Exotic Foods of Six Peoples, almost two years ago and she’s currently working on the second edition, which will be published by a publishing house in New York, USA where she’s based and is due for release in September.

Dear Editor, Thank you for your editorial of 22nd March, which has highlighted the damage done not only to children who are direct victims of domestic violence – like poor, poor baby Andy Hunte – but to those who witness it, and the lasting trauma that this has on their personal and social development, which results, among other things, in the perpetuation of the cycle of violence.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago made a huge stride towards the semi-finals of the Regional Four-Day Championship, claiming first innings points over Leeward Islands on the opening day of their seventh round encounter at Warner Park here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A controversial attempt to expand Internet addresses far beyond the likes of .com,

A former court bailiff was yesterday found guilty of accepting money to do away with a traffic ticket, for which he was fined $75,000 with an alternative of serving nine months imprisonment.

LEON, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Pope Benedict landed in Mexico yesterday promising to send out a strong message against drug cartels in a country convulsed by a surge in gang violence over the past five years.

The Ministry of Health’s medical outreach programme in collaboration with the private sector continued on Monday when it partnered with the Rotary Club to provide free dental care to the public in the parking lot near Fogarty’s, on Water Street.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday imposed an 18-month sentence on Ramesh Ramnarine, who pleaded guilty to two counts of larceny.

Dear Editor, This is a response to the letter in yesterday’s edition under the heading `Mr Jagan’s flight was cancelled after debris hit landing gear sensor, EZjet has operated well over 90% of flights on time’ It is clear from this response that EZjet Airlines CEO Sonny Ramdeo is intent on not accepting the deficiencies and disgraceful business practices of his airline.

Promoter Lyall Gittens will today stage the third annual 27-team domino competition sponsored by Ansa McAl under the Stag Beer brand, at the Strikers Sports Club, Meadow Brook Drive from 14:00hrs.

Top Cat Theatre Productions, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture, for the third year running is aiding students taking English B at 2012 Caribbean Secondary School’s Examination (CSEC) on May 11, by staging the drama Old Story Time by the late Trevor Rhone around Guyana.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – A U.S. Army sergeant was formally charged with 17 counts of murder yesterday for killing eight adults and nine children in a pre-dawn shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan that further eroded U.S.-Afghan

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A military comrade of Hugo Chavez who was once Venezuela’s president for a day has become his most powerful ally at a delicate time when the socialist leader is seeking re-election despite cancer.

(Barbados Nation) Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur is again warning that Barbados has the most to lose from the failure of the regional integration movement.

Fifteen wrestlers are set to invade the National Park next weekend when local telecommunications giant GT&T presents the first ever `Wrestlerama Guyana’.

The Linden/Georgetown basketball rivalry will be renewed today when the second Kevin Lawrence Memorial basketball classic tips off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight from 19:00hrs.

Dear Editor, The evil of a State Controlled Radio Station was noted by me yesterday.

Residents of the ‘GuySuCo’ Housing scheme at Turkeyen on the lower East Coast are calling on the relevant authorities to address concerns that they have been raising for well over four and half years now.

The National Library is currently hosting a “Women’s History” poster show that has been presented by the US Embassy to

Two Region 10 departments under the Education and Health ministries will now be outfitted with a set of office equipment, compliments of the US Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme.

The Indian Cultural Centre will screen the 2001 epic drama Asoka today from 5.30 pm at its Lot 67 New Haven, Bel Air, Georgetown premises and members of the public are invited.

The weed infested Turkeyen Children’s Play Ground, located in

(Jamaica Gleaner) Embattled dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel was yesterday granted J$3 million bail in the Home Circuit court in relation to the murder case of businessman Barrington ‘Bossy’ Burton.

The Pesticide and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) has suspended operations of its laboratory for three days to facilitate a cleaning and restocking of the Storage Lab, according to PTCCB Registrar Tricia David.

The ongoing investigation into journalistic malpractice at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is a timely reminder that news is not simply the transcription of what has happened but something created by people who spend their professional lives condensing large amounts of data into readable copy.

Dear Editor, The governing UNC in Trinidad is holding internal elections today to choose its executives to manage the affairs of the party. 

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A former U.S. game show host is paying $880,000 to fly three elephants to sunny California in style aboard a private cargo plane.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) on Wednesday hosted a training seminar for 32 participants from its affiliates aimed at providing them with the skills needed for stronger unionism.

Rape victims are not always ten-year-old little girls who couldn’t possibly have done anything at all to provoke the lust of a grown man (although this week’s headlines have those, too).

Politikles

(Reuters) – Boston halted the Milwaukee Bucks’ six-game winning streak on Thursday after a defensive change in the third quarter helped them to a 100-91 road win that tightened their grip on an Eastern Conference playoff spot.

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) elected a new executive body at its Annual General Meeting held earlier this month.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with 17 counts of sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl. 

(Trinidad Express) Some 500 of the 822 patients at the St Ann’s Hospital are not supposed to be at the mental institution, Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has said.

(Barbados Nation) Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin has been ordered to stop the criminal matter brought against the president of CLICO International Life, Terrence Thornhill, at least for now.