Daily Archive: Monday, April 2, 2012

Gold miner IAMGOLD through one of its subsidiaries has acquired a number of shares in Stronghold Metals Inc with respect to the Eagle Mountain exploration concession here.

OAKLAND, Calif., (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire at a private Christian college in Oakland, California today, killing at least seven people and wounding three others before a suspect, reportedly a former student, was taken into custody, authorities said.

Telephone and other telecommunication services for thousands of customers around central Georgetown have been repeatedly disrupted over the past weeks as a result of what seems to be organized rampant vandalism, GT&T said today.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) today criticized the ruling of Chief Justice Ian Chang in the matter of the rape allegation against Police Commissioner Henry Greene and the coalition repeated its call for the government to remove Greene from office.

A Haitian woman working at a Maryland, US McDonald’s is one of three persons to win the Mega Millions US jackpot of US$656M but there is some controversy over whether her co-workers should also benefit.

Police say that at about 0530h today, ranks conducted a search on a house at Blueberry Hill, Wismar, during which 3 kgs, 152 grams of marijuana were found.

Police say that the suspect in the murder of Michael Williams of Moruca, NWD, which occurred at Kariabo Backdam, NWD, on March 29, 2012, was arrested yesterday.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) concludes that the planned amendment to the Amnesty Act is an obstacle to the execution of the Moiwana ruling.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will visit Washington this month for meetings with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and Barbadian nationals in the United States capital.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT is doing no better than REDjet and should work some of the grounded low-cost carrier’s good points into its own model, says Minister of International Business George Hutson.

(Barbados Nation) Blasting the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) as a Government in shambles “with a serious void of leadership”, Opposition Leader Owen Arthur has declared that the current administration has a moral obligation to “fix” the CLICO insurance problem.

(Jamaica Observer) Prominent St Andrew doctor, Lloyd Cole was arrested and charged last weekend with procuring abortions on the weekend.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Pakistani court charged former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two daughters with illegally staying in the country and sentenced them to 45 days in jail, their lawyers said today.

Guyana’s men’s powerlifting team  yesterday regained the team title they lost to Trinidad last year scoring 54 points to run out winners of the Caribbean Powerlifting Championships which ended yesterday in St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI).

A morning fire of unknown origin yesterday flattened a building at the corner of Regent and Wellington streets, destroying six businesses and leaving millions of dollars in losses and several dozen persons jobless.

Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) were this morning fighting to save the life of a 20-year old Sophia miner who was shot during a robbery at his home.

By Emmerson Campbell Ian Jackson, Saturday, won with the feature 35-lap Invitational race staged by national cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and Demerara Distilllers Limited (DDL) under its Diamond Mineral Water brand.

By Emmerson Campbell Donnel Perry and Eybo Orford posed and flexed their chiseled physiques to capture this year’s overall Novices and

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has come out strongly against Chief Justice Ian Chang’s recent dismissal of the Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) advice to charge Commissioner of Police Henry Greene with rape calling the ruling “profoundly disturbing.”

There will be a new president of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) when that body stages its annual general meeting later this year.

Dear Editor, The eloquent budget speech given by the Honourable Finance Minister reminds me of the similar eloquence of President Forbes Burnham.

To effectively fight the scourge of domestic violence it must be treated and given the same attention HIV/AIDS has gotten, says Justice Roxanne George who has also called for a cost to be placed on this rising epidemic as has been done with the virus.

Hikers and All Greys continued their unbeaten run in the John Fernandes Insurance Second division hockey tournament following the latest matches played Saturday at the St.

Six women were among those murdered since the start of the year and in almost all the cases the deaths were extremely brutal and bloody.

By Carwyn Holland The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s “Wrestlemania Guyana” proved to be a big hit as thousands attended the live, high energy wrestling event which got underway Saturday evening at the National Park.

Dear Editor, It was with dismay but not surprise that I read the letter to the editor captioned   `Funds for legal aid in Linden were provided under the GOG/UNICEF country programme’ (SN 29/3/2012) penned by the Honourable Minister Priya Manickchand.

By Neil Barry The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Brainstreet sponsored limited overs Under-15 tournament will bowl off today with five matches.

A breakout performance from Benjamin `Big Ben’  Mekdeci saw him defeating Caribbean Under-15 girls’champion Akeila Wiltshire in the final of the B category of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Kool-Aid Junior Easter Tournament yesterday at the Georgetown Club’s squash courts.

By Iva Wharton Former Caribbean motor race champion Mark Vieira had stated prior to yesterday’s Race of Champions meet that he intended

Dear Editor, I write to respond to statements purportedly made by Mr David Granger in respect to my role vis-à-vis the Guyana Police Force.

The fraud being probed involving a purported representative of a foreign mining company and Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) staff points to “systemic collusion” and is “very worrisome,” according to a senior official in the sector.

By Neil Barry Guyana’s premier intuition of higher education has embarked on an ambitious trail to become a permanent fixture in the local premier league for the first time and to become Caribbean collegiate champions in the upcoming tournament to be staged in Curacao.

(Trinidad Express) A multi speciality team of radiation experts tasked with conducting a medical evaluation of patients exposed to radiation overdoses, ranging from four to 20 per cent more than had been prescribed for them at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre (BLCTC), have found clinical evidence of “severe radiation injury”.

Government anticipates spending $11.8 billion this year to sustain and improve roads and bridges including $2.4 billion for the upgrade of 85 kilometres of existing roads and construction of 110 kilometres of virgin roads from Mabura Hill Road to Amaila Falls.

Dear Mr. Editor: While holding no court for Mr. Greene, as I followed this matter, based upon what was offered in the press, I became more and more convinced that, as a matter of criminal liability, the Director of Public Prosecutions would be hard pressed to present to the court, a credible body of facts and evidence that could be calibrated to any set of elements that would give legal muster to a charge of rape.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain is to allow one of its intelligence agencies to monitor all phone calls, texts, emails and online activities in the country to help tackle crime and militant attacks, the Interior Ministry said yesterday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A Haitian government panel has urged the president to appoint an interim commander to take charge of former soldiers, a panel member said on Saturday, as the leader of a successful 2004 uprising warned that ex-members of the military could seize power.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in SN (March 31, 2012) written by Roger Williams and titled `A blind pursuit of a liberal agenda’.

While the contractor for the US$43 million Chinese-funded transmission and distribution upgrade project might be the same one that built the troubled Skeldon sugar factory, CEO of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Bharat Dindyal says he is not worried that the work would not be done properly since supervisory measures are in place.

FITUG (Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana) has welcomed this year’s $192.8B  budget as a “pro-worker budget”, citing in particular the 25% increase in the income tax threshold.

Dear Editor, The Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) has taken the Minister of Labour to court for exercising his power under the Labour Law, Chapter 98:01 and imposing arbitration between the company and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU), the workers’ representative.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Western and Arab nations stepped up verbal pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad yesterday, mistrusting his acceptance of a plan to end a year of bloodshed, but stopped short of arming rebels or fully recognising an opposition council.

YANGON, (Reuters) – Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in parliament yesterday, her party said, after an historic by-election that is testing the country’s nascent reform credentials and could persuade the West to end sanctions.

The Canadian Executive Services Organisation (CESO) recently collaborated with the Guyana Art and Craft Producers Association (GACPA) on a three-week ceramics workshop intended to encourage small businesses.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A ruthless Barbados cricket team crushed archrivals Trinidad and Tobago by 227 runs inside three days here yesterday, to storm into the final of the Regional Four-Day Championship.

Dear Editor, A lot has been penned about incidences of mismanagement at GuySuCo and I feel inclined to share my bit being a worker of the company, thus someone who would lose a great deal should the company collapse.

Repairs planned

(Barbados Nation) “The worst experience of my life!” That is how 23-year-old Shonae Proverbs summed up her two-day encounter at the hands of Immigration officials two weeks ago at Grantley Adams International Airport.

We demand transparent auditing

(Reuters) – Hero Of Order, a 99-1 rank outsider, won yesterday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans in a major boilover.

Dear Editor, While several Caribbean luminaries are advocating that the anglophone Caribbean cut all links with their former colonial masters, politicians and the people in French (and even Dutch) colonies adopt the opposite attitude and in fact want to cement links with their colonial rulers.

Residents of Moraikobai, the only Amerindian village in Region Five, 94 miles up the Mahaicony River, received a 15hp Yamaha outboard engine from government on Thursday, and it will be used  primarily to transport schoolchildren.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica took yet another giant step towards an unprecedented fifth successive first class title when they brushed aside a fragile Guyana by 133 runs with a day to spare, in their Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

BAMAKO, (Reuters) – Mali’s junta yielded to the threat of sanctions yesterday, pledging to start handing power back to civilians before a midnight deadline, while in the north, separatist rebels seized the ancient trading post of Timbuktu.

Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week on What the People Say we asked persons in Berbice if they have landline telephones or if they want one as well as how many mobile phones they have and which network they use.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered in a downtown bayfront park yesterday demanding the arrest of the neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in central Florida a month ago.

Assuria reception

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, who struggled to overcome one of the country’s worst economic crises and a devastating earthquake in the 1980s, died yesterday at the age of 77.

Dear Editor, I must in return thank Mr Derrick Cummings for his pleasant remarks in response to my piece ‘Recalling Deslyn’s Parliament in Linden‘ (SN February 13), and also for his contribution ‘In addition to “Deslyn’s“ there were other parliaments dotted around the country‘ (SN February 17).

By Bethan Fisk Bethan Fisk is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto Last Saturday’s Stabroek News editorial raised important questions about systemic racism in the United States.

President Donald Ramotar on Friday visited the two offshore oil rigs, REPSOL and CGX offshore Guyana, and he has expressed optimism for an oil discovery.

(Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder made a major statement heading into the final month of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season with a playoff-clinching 92-78 home victory over the league-leading Chicago Bulls yesterday.

Diamond Housing Scheme

The ruling of the Chief Justice quashing the advice of the DPP that a rape charge be brought against the Commissioner of Police Mr Henry Greene will not summarily end the damage to the criminal justice system wrought by these proceedings and the feeling among the disempowered – particularly women in this case – that justice for them is unavailable or not easily attainable.

The $5M burner at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) remains out of service even as ‘sharps’ –needles, scalpels and other sharp-edged instruments used in the facility- are piling up.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sport Minister and member of the Congress of the People (COP) Anil Roberts has chastised his own party, saying it is being operated no different from the People’s National Movement (PNM).

Government is working on a plan to get low-cost carrier REDjet back in the skies.

(Jamaica Observer) The bodies of two unidentified women were yesterday found in bushes in Spring Garden, St Catherine.