Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 10, 2012

(Reuters) – A New York bride accused of faking terminal cancer so she could raise money from sympathetic well wishers to pay for a dream wedding has been arrested and charged with fraud, authorities said today.

(Reuters) – Australia turned around the first test against the West Indies in Barbados today through a great rearguard action from their tailenders and some penetrating bowling.

Five Venezuelan nationals were today jailed by Magistrate Allan Wilson after they pleaded guilty to five armed robbery charges that stem from an attack on stranded travellers at an island in the Wenamu River, Cuyuni.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT will be outsourcing its Cargo and Quikpak operations at some stations across the Caribbean.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Sino Forest, largest shareholder of Suriname’s biggest timber concessionary Greenheart Group Limited (GGL) has filed a US$ 4 billion claim with the court against independent stock exchange watchdogs including Muddy Waters and Carson Block, as it has suffered enormous losses on the Toronto Stock Exchange in recent months due to doubts about its holdings, namely in Suriname, expressed by these watchdogs, David Wu GGL’s Vice President of Corporate Development and Investment Affairs confirms to de Ware Tijd.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Within 24 hours after adoption of the Amnesty Act it was promulgated and published.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse has emphatically advised against a pro-amnesty march which an NDP group wanted to hold today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – This week, the price of a liter unleaded fuel at Suritex gas stations (Staatsolie’s retail branch) soars 20 cents to a record SRD 5.37, while super unleaded fuel sells at SRD 5.43 a liter.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0030 h.

CGX Energy Inc today announced that delays due to minor mechanical issues on the Ocean Saratoga semi-submersible rig and weather conditions have pushed back the time frame for the completion of drilling of the Eagle-1 well beyond the originally planned 60 days.

Three groups are vying to complete the Amaila Falls road and transmission line clearing project and bids opened today showed a more than $1B difference between the highest and lowest submissions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twelve hours after 26-year-old Anastacia Emmanuel was shot to death, Jamal Jack and his accomplice Joel Mayers were murdered in a swift act of reprisal.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Common interests compel Suriname and French Guiana to closer cooperation in the areas of security and law enforcement.

(Jamaica Observer) Why was 33-year-old teacher Paula Gordon brutally murdered and her body dragged and dumped in a river more than 50 metres from her house in Zion Hill, St Catherine Saturday night?

(Jamaica Observer) Four new varieties of tomatoes are to be shortly introduced on the local market to help cut back on the approximately J$8-billion worth of tomato paste imported into the country each year.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday said he never referred to the media as “vultures”.

(Trinidad Express) Little Aaliyah Johnson was sexually and physically abused before her unresponsive body was taken to the Siparia hospital on Easter Sunday.

(Barbados Nation) Many of Barbados’ highly regarded professionals, including lawyers and doctors, have been accused of grossly under-reporting their income and failing to file tax returns.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A Costa Rican kidnapped during the weekend in the latest attack on foreign diplomats in Venezuela has been freed and is in good health, the government said today.

(Barbados Nation) As The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus prepares to roll out its programmes online, principal Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has described the move as “the next frontier”.

Victims of last December’s rubber bullets shooting by police say they are still waiting on justice, even as the official probe seems to be at a standstill while the officer who ordered ranks to fire on unarmed protestors was promoted.

The Region One administration has committed to assist Tobago Hill to develop the community’s fish farm, which has been floundering almost from the start.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Captain Michael Clarke stroked a half-century to stabilise Australia but West Indies bowlers made crucial strikes at key junctures, to stay in control on the third day of the opening Test at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

Lavern Cosbert says she is being prevented from leaving the country to return to her home and teen daughter in the United Kingdom, since local authorities claim she still owes the government for a nursing programme that she took in 1989.

A man remains on the run after he allegedly beat his common-law wife unconscious with a hammer at her family’s East Coast Demerara home last Wednesday.

While legendary reggae performers Beres Hammond and Glen Washington treated fans to a packed show at the National Stadium on Sunday, rapper Rick Ross, the headliner for the other half of Hits and Jams Entertainment’s Easter Fest, was a no-show yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Captain Darren Sammy said he is in no doubt about the critical role he plays in the West Indies side as the third seamer, after his outstanding morning spell pegged back Australia on the third day of the opening Test here yesterday.

A fire of unknown origin on Sunday night destroyed a Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara man’s home, leaving him with only the clothes on his back.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says while Government made a step in the right direction by moving the tax threshold to $50,000 monthly or $600,000 a year as announced in the budget, it has failed to increase wages and lower income tax.

At No. 63 beach

Canada-based defender Julien Edwards has expressed his delight at finally getting a chance to represent the Golden Jaguars during the team’s most recent set of international friendly matches in French Guiana last month.

Already for take-off

Guyana’s medal tally at the 41st edition of the Carifta games in Bermuda remained at one following yesterday’s final day of the competition at the National Sports Centre in Bermuda.

Two-year-old Rebecca Seecharan who was bitten by rats about her body yesterday underwent an operation and is said to be recovering well in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Ministry of Public Works Design Engineer Kelvin Clarke says preparatory work on the East Coast four-lane road, which started in late 2011, is progressing well.

Mother and daughter

By Iva Wharton Rewinna David is not your average teenager. This young lady is interested in boys but not in the usual way.

Claims of sustainable management of Guyana’s forests made by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment are false even for one of the best-known timbers, says John Palmer, a Senior Associate of the Forest Management Trust.

Joe Vieira Park

Trinidad Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal says the effect of the ruling by Chief Justice Ian Chang  quashing the advice of the DPP to charge Police Commissioner Henry Greene with rape is that any accused person in Guyana can now go to court and seek a stay of a criminal charge.

Patients of the National Psychiatric Hospital

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – This year’s frenzy of oil and gas exploration in newly accessible Arctic waters could be the harbinger of even starker changes to come.

Government has partnered with the private sector to enhance the city’s appearance for the upcoming Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s 13th Sustainable Tourism Development Conference set for later this month.

Awsome is as awesome does. On Sunday Awsome Warrior of the Jagdeo Stables, produced a stunning upset to cart off the feature race at the annual Easter Sunday horse race meet at the Port Mourant Turf Club.

Dear Editor, It‘s been quite a while since I penned any letters to your publication on a subject matter I continue to remain steadfast about – Guyana‘s tourism potential.

These two boys look on

ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – The special prosecutor investigating the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin yesterday ruled out using a grand jury in the case, meaning her office alone will decide whether to charge shooter George Zimmerman with a crime.

Dear Editor, I write this letter to alert the police and motorists about the suicidal practice of pedal cyclists cutting off motorists on the East Coast Demerara highway.

AUGUSTA, Georgia,  (Reuters) – Part Seve Ballesteros and part John Daly, newly crowned Masters champion Bubba Watson is a gifted shot-maker and genuine crowd pleaser who plays with extraordinary passion.

(Trinidad Guardian) Guyana-born international musician Dennis De Souza has died. De Souza, who was known among his Caribbean counterparts as a famed Caribbean pianist, died on Saturday in Canada, after battling with Parkinson’s disease.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Syrian troops shelled villages, fired across frontiers and were accused of massacres in the hours before a deadline today that many doubt can usher in a U.N.-brokered

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Jennifer Vaughn needed to get in shape after law school.

By Iva Wharton Former West Indies cricket captain and Advisor to the President on Sports Clive Lloyd says that he is to submit a green paper to President

US Ambassador D Brent Hardt says a US team will be collaborating with the Agriculture ministry to develop an inland fisheries management plan as it takes steps to widen Guyana’s eco-tourism product.

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs stayed mere percentage points in front of Oklahoma City for the Western Conference lead after both teams won Sunday to intensify their battle in the final month of the NBA season.

Dear Editor, In his argument against 4-4-1 (PPP-APNU-AFC) with respect to the composition of select committees in the 10th parliament, the Attorney General alluded to the fact that the PPP gained 26,000 voters more than APNU as justification for APNU not having the right to an equal number of seats on these committees as the PPP. 

Dear Editor, Dr Mohan Ragbeer is a very distinguished man.  Born into abject poverty, he attended Queen’s College, qualified as a physician in England and returned to serve in what was then British Guiana. 

JAIPUR, India,  CMC – Exciting West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine made an unspectacular Indian Premier League debut on Sunday, as he was upstaged by fellow Trinidadian Kevon Cooper.

Kite-flying at the Joe Vieira Park

Over the last three years, US-Caricom bilateral trade has grown from US$15.7 billion to US$21.8 billion, an increase of 39 per cent.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Jamaica and the Bahamas were once again forced to share honours as they split the sprint relays late Sunday night at the National Sports Centre here at the 41st CARIFTA Games.

LONDON, (Reuters) – International vaccines group GAVI has struck a deal for bulk buying rotavirus shots from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck which cuts the price by two-thirds and will allow poorer countries access to them at around $5 per course.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff complained about U.S. monetary policy and failed to make major progress on trade in a White House meeting with President Barack Obama yesterday, highlighting strains between the Western Hemisphere’s two biggest economies.

Dear Editor, On Saturday, April 7, umpires Ernest and Lux declared that the matches fixed for the day would have to be postponed due to inclement weather.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. government’s federal procurement office is resigning and two senior officials have been dismissed ahead of a report criticizing the agency’s lavish spending on an “over the top” training conference, the White House said on Monday.

The man killed in the accident on Thursday evening along the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road, West Coast Demerara has been identified.

(BBC) World number 10 Serena Williams marked her first final appearance in seven months by winning the 40th WTA title of her career at Charleston.

Lift off

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh has arrived home in India after cancer treatment in United States and doctors are confident the player will not suffer a relapse, his national cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

A senior United States official says despite difficult financial times, the U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Kidnappers have seized a Costa Rican diplomat in the latest high-profile abduction in crime-plagued Venezuela, authorities of both countries said yesterday.

Dear Editor, A very successful stakeholders forum was executed at the Matthews Ridge location of Reunion Manganese Inc on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, for members of the Regional Democratic Council, Neighbourhood Democratic Council-Interim Management Committee and leaders in the communities of Matthews Ridge, Arakaka and Port Kaituma.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto pledged yesterday to create a new police force made up of former soldiers to fight drug gangs and said ending violence would take priority over battling narcotics trafficking if he wins the election.

It comes as no surprise that there are eating houses, guest houses, barbering and hairdressing services and a host of other business ‘hustles’ in the city that are in breach of municipal public health and safety regulations.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Four years after Beijing hosted a spectacular summer Olympics, China’s bustling capital sees vastly improved public transport and infrastructure, but many of the venues built for the event languish unloved, underused and draining public finances.

Introduction This column takes a long-term view in analysing the 2012 budget, which is set to see spending of $193 billion in the next fiscal year.

Dear Editor, Since the suspension of the constitution in colonial Guiana, the theme of racism/ethnicity has dominated our national dialogue and our common culture.

(Trinidad Guardian) Disrespectful, unfortunate, irresponsible. These were the responses of members of the media community to Opposition Senator Fitzgerald Hinds’ reference to the media as vultures.

Office of the President

The Region Three administration has pledged to provide assistance to Santa/Aratak Mission to kick-start aquaculture and poultry rearing as their traditional livelihood of logging is no longer feasible.