Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 27, 2012

(Trinidad Express) The Congress of the People (COP) is outraged that with San Fernando Mayor Marlene Coudray being elected UNC deputy political leader she has in effect taken the COP mayorship with her to that party.

(Reuters) – Shane Watson and Mike Hussey smashed half centuries to lead Australia to a convincing eight-wicket win over West Indies in the first Twenty20 international at St Lucia on Tuesday.

(Barbados Nation) One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Citadel Group, owners and operators of three radio stations in Trinidad and Tobago – I95 FM,  Red 96.7 FM and Hitz 107.1 FM.

(Barbados Nation) Former Barbados cricket captain and West Indies Test player Ryan O’Neale Hinds appeared in the District “B” Magistrate’s Court today on a rape charge.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Both supporters and opponents of the controversial Amnesty Act are holding consultations with civil society this week.

Colin Jones and four other men accused in the 2009 Supreme Court arson matter were today committed to stand trial in the High Court by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Amnesty International has declared the Caribbean an execution-free area, with the number of countries imposing new death sentences appearing to be in decline.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St. Ann police say a suspect is now in police custody in connection with the beheading of 55-year-old Burnett Thomas in Brown’s Town, St.

(Trinidad Express) Seven soldiers accused of robbery and assault in Tobago are under investigation, according to the Regiment’s public affairs officer Sgt Joachim Hernandez.

(Trinidad Express) The tremendous bill of the CL Financial collapse is “still accumulating” and could cost between 10 and 15 per cent of regional GDP, Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams has said.

After studying documents released by the government on the proposed hotel for Kingston, AFC MP Khemraj Ramjattan today likened it to a grand Ponzi scheme which he said will leave taxpayers in the lurch.

The Associated Press is reporting that prosecutors in the Dominican Republic say they have detained six suspected members of the loose-knit Anonymous hacker movement.

(de Ware Tijd) BROWNSBERG – Empty plains, polluted streams, cabarets or improvised brothels and temporary camps are among the silent witnesses to the destruction of the Brownsberg Nature Park that now resembles a moonscape.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After being kept in the local government wilderness for nine years, the People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday made a triumphant return, winning 13 of the 14 local authorities.

The results of last year’s elections appear to reflect the will of the people, according to local observer group the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB), which has found “incidents, irregularities and discrepancies” that still need an explanation but says they did not occur on a significant scale to alter the outcome of the vote.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled that the High Court has jurisdiction to investigate the internal proceedings of the National Assembly on grounds that a constitutional breach has occurred.

Owner of the Kaieteur News Glenn Lall and Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram went to town on the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), accusing that company of not providing straight answers regarding the rental of Caterpillar generators, loss reduction and the infrastructure development loan from China.

Former New Building Society (NBS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Secretary Maurice Arjoon has sued the government for over $2 million for damages he says he suffered as a result of being charged with a $69 million fraud committed at the institution in 2007.

Banking was yesterday made much easier for East Coast Demerara residents when the Bank of Baroda commissioned it Mon Repos branch which will also be opened on Saturdays to serve the needs of its customers.

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – For all their heroics in masterminding a tied series with Australia in the just concluded one-day series, West Indies players say they will be refocussing for the two-match Twenty20 contest bowling off here today.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene will know on Thursday whether or not his High Court applications to block a rape charge being instituted against him were successful, when acting Chief Justice Ian Chang makes his ruling.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Combative West Indies Players Association chief Dinanath Ramnarine has resigned as head of the organisation, citing a need for new blood to infuse the leadership.

By Emmerson Campbell Super bantamweight boxer Mandessa Moses will now face heavyweight Pauline London on Friday night in a six –round catch weight contest after her two previous opponents Venezuelan Anys Cedillo and Trinidadian Tianna Sosa became unavailable because of unforeseen circumstances.

As one recalls the West Indies impressive 2-2 series tie against the four-time World Cup champions and number one ranked one-day International team Australia, one has to quantify some basic realities.

By Emmerson Campbell Three-time 83kg men’s Caribbean Championships Powerlifting Gold Medalist Randolph ‘The Accomplisher’ Morgan is brimming with confidence and is pushing the envelope ahead of the 6th annual Caribbean Powerlifting Championships scheduled for St Thomas, U.S.

Orin Dubert, a seaman, was yesterday accused of stealing an iPad and a cell phone from Christian Sobers and he was refused bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

By Emmerson Campbell Rising boxing star and potential London Olympian, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan continued his successful march to the London Olympics after he recorded two impressive victories in his two bouts at the recently completed invitational boxing tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.

Hikers Boys, Georgetown Cricket Club Girls and Marian Academy won their respective categories last weekend at the Hikers Annual Junior Indoor Festival at the National Gymnasium.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation says that three Guyanese convicted of conspiracy to smuggle people into the United States have been sentenced in New Brunswick (NB), Canada to time behind bars.

The body of a 43-year-old man was discovered lying in on Flying Fish Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown some time around 7.30 last evening.

The man who is implicated in the abduction and physical assault of a ten-year-old girl is said to have disappeared, stalling the investigation of police.

Smallbore vice-captain Ryan McKinnon upstaged a competitive field to win last Sunday’s three-stage Practical Pistol Shoot at the Timehri ranges in the first competition for 2012 featuring members of the Small bore section of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA).

A man who was charged with possession of housebreaking tools with intent to commit a felony was refused bail in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Top veteran rider Robin Persaud outsprinted first leg winner, junior rider Raynauth Jeffrey to claim the third and final leg of the fifth annual El Dorado Trading and S.

The 2012 Carifta team is stuck in a financial crisis and will need approximately $G2.9 if the 10-member contingent selected by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is to participate at the April 7-9 games in Bermuda.

With the hope of transforming the lives of visually-impaired children in Guyana, Canada-based Guyanese Raj Tribhuwan has started a project to deliver education through computerized technology.

The national Sevens men’s rugby team lost four of their five games at the  three-day Cathay Pacific/HSBC Sevens World Series which ended in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell yesterday unveiled a plaque in commemoration of the 36th Anniversary of Community Policing in Guyana (CPG) at the La Grange Police Station, West Bank Demerara.

The Guyana team participating in the North/Central America and the Caribbean Pre-Qualifying Junior Fed Cup ended on a high note after winning their final match against Trinidad and Tobago when the competition ended Saturday in the Dominican Republic.

The Guyana Lottery Company officially launched its ‘Draw de line’ promotion, which runs until March 31, at Georgetown Regional Office, Robb Street yesterday.

The police say they have recovered an unlicensed .32 pistol with eight .32 rounds.

Three years on, City Hall is still moving to set up a car park for workers at the Public Health Department on land at South Road.

Dear Editor, On Saturday, 24th March, 2012, with Councillors Eon Andrews, Patricia Chase-Green and Member of Parliament, Dr.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my displeasure with the Alesie rice advertisement featuring Joel Ghansham (www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Z5AiNssaM). 

LILLE, France (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was placed under formal investigation yesterday by authorities looking into a suspected prostitution ring in the French city of Lille, his lawyer said, following a day of questioning by judges in a closed courtroom.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – It took Jamaica only 13 balls to complete a crushing 154-run win over Combined Campuses & Colleges on the fourth and final day here yesterday, for a remarkable clean sweep in the Regional Four-Day Championship ahead of the semi-finals this weekend.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (Reuters) – Pope Benedict urged Cubans to build a better, “renewed and open society” yesterday and pressed the communist government to give the Catholic Church more freedoms to help the country in times of change.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand were in dire straits at lunch on the fifth day of the third and final test against South Africa, reaching the break at 26 for two, still 66 overs from the scheduled end of play.

Dear Editor, SASOD has come out with a statement declaring that it wants no referendum as part of the “consultations on sexual orientation and gender identity” promised by the government in the months ahead.

The man who was accused of the 2006 murder of Samantha Belle was yesterday freed after a retrial of the case, due mainly to inconsistencies in a witness’s statement to the police as compared to that which was given to the court.

A man who is accused of discharging a loaded firearm at his estranged wife was put on $250,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, In 2009 we were appalled by the use of fire to inflict pain and suffering on a Guyanese child at a police station.

(Reuters) – King George Tupou V of Tonga, who ushered in democracy to the South Pacific archipelago, was buried in a ceremony that mixed traditional Polynesian ritual with Christian hymn singing today.

Kumaka waterfront

Two men who are accused of committing passport fraud were placed on $75,000 bail each yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian troops yesterday killed 35 leftist FARC rebels in a remote jungle region, President Juan Manuel Santos said, the second blow to the drug-funded group in less than a week.

Dear Editor, We are writing with the sad news of the passing from this dimension of Professor Neil Lancelot Whitehead (3/19/56 – 3/22/2012).

(Jamaica Observer) New York, USA — The lawyer representing convicted Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is standing by controversial statements alleging complicity between United States (US) authorities and the Jamaican government in bringing charges against, and subsequently extraditing, his client.

I demand to see my lawyer!!

In an interview published in the Sunday March 18 issue of the Guyana Times, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr.

(de Ware Tijd) BENZDORP ─ A criminal Brazilian gang is raiding the hinterland aiming their criminal activities at Chinese shopkeepers.

DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian bulk carrier of Brazilian sugar was hijacked in the eastern Indian Ocean early yesterday with 23 crew on board, international shipping monitors said.

Members of the deaf association

Dear Editor, I think it is time to act. Enough has been said and enough has been seen.

Hot Momma’s Advice: You can do a lot to help your child with ADHD, help themselvesl Start with acknowledging and accepting!

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) last Thursday commissioned a refurbished pavilion in the compound of the Albion Sports Complex.

(Trinidad Express) Is the elevator, which was recently installed at the Prime Minister’s official residence, “over-designed and over-subscribed”?

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) would love to see REDjet fly the skies of the Caribbean again.

(Barbados Nation) Weeks after speculation about a pending resignation, Dinanath Ramnarine has quit as president and chief executive officer of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean could be about to have its own version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Australia Big Bash.

(Barbados Nation) Give REDjet the money it needs and let “the poor man’s airline” fly again!