Daily Archive: Sunday, April 22, 2012

The St Martin News Network today said that a Guyanese couple died by murder/suicide on the Caribbean island of St Maarten.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The International Press Institute (IPI) has announced it will be sending missions to four Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, as the next step in an ongoing effort to abolish criminal defamation laws in the region.

A police Lance Corporal is under close arrest for allegedly sodomising a boy, acting Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell today confirmed.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is conscious and able to speak to his wife and family after waking from a coma caused by a combination of illnesses that nearly cost him his life, his doctors said today.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Neil Diamond has married his manager Katie McNeil in front of family and close friends in Los Angeles, People magazine said today.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Far-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France’s presidential race wide open today by scoring nearly 20 percent in the first round – votes that may determine a runoff between Socialist favourite Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0020h today on the Grove Public Road, EBD, and which resulted in the death of motorcyclist Rodwell Mercurius, 35 years of Friendship, EBD.

The police say they are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found yesterday at Puruni, Mazaruni with stab and chop wounds.

(Trinidad Guardian) A forensic audit into the University of T&T (UTT) by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has unearthed a multimillion-dollar feeding frenzy among its staff and students at the expense of taxpayers.

(Jamaica Observer) A trial involving some of Jamaica’s most prominent politicians and businessmen shaping up in a Florida court is likely to be sensational and could impact the way people use e-mails.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government fears that a bustling business may develop selling new widescreen television sets with obsolete analogue technology dumped from developed digitised markets for cheap sale in Jamaica.

MONTE CARLO,  (Reuters) – World number two Rafael Nadal thrashed top seed Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-1 in the Monte Carlo Masters final to win the claycourt title for an eighth consecutive time.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s public-health sector is described as ailing and creaking with several concerns about the level of resources provided by the Government, but it appears that the system is not so bad after all.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – International mediator Kofi Annan said on Sunday that the U.N.

(Barbados Nation) Jamaican lawyers are hoping the Shanique Myrie case against the Barbados Government could bring an end to discriminatory practices throughout the Caribbean.

(Trinidad Express) Attorneys representing CCN TV6’s Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne yesterday wrote to Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs, claiming their client’s arrest and continued detention was illegal.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Energy will on Monday launch a deep-water competitive bidding round for oil and gas exploration in six blocks off the coast of Trinidad.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident that occurred at about 1800h yesterday at the East La Penitence Police Station where an armed Police Constable accidentally shot himself to his left foot, resulting in injuries to his toes.

Proposed new rules are again creating alarm within the mining industry and miners are being urged to rally to protect their interests.

Story and photos by Alva Solomon Situated a few miles south of the tip of Guyana, Hosororo Hill is one of the many hill-top communities which dot the landscape of the Mabaruma sub-region in Region One.

By Emmerson Campbell Fitness Express will be offering hampers of supplements to each competitor who will participate in the third Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) which will be held on July 28 at the National Cultural Centre.

Leader of APNU, David Granger yesterday shrugged off AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan’s comment that he felt betrayed after the opposition coalition backpedalled from plans to support budget cuts if the explanation by government for spending was unreasonable and said that APNU’s actions were principled.

APNU and opposition leader David Granger has completed consultations with the AFC on filling the vacancy among the opposition-nominated members on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) and an announcement on the new member is to be made shortly.

By Emmerson Campbell Suriname club side Inter Moengotapoe booked a place in the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships while Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United kept their hopes alive after the two clubs defeated their respective opponents yesterday at the Providence National Stadium.

By John Richards Destitute Abdul Rhakman who makes his home at the University of Guyana (UG) bus shed believes fate has smiled on him as he now enjoys a healthy breakfast every morning and sometimes other meals, compliments of a Good Samaritan named Rafeek Mohamed.

As the menacing steel grey clouds closed in from all directions on the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday afternoon, it didn’t require Selma Husbands’ metereological expertise to know that the second Test had little time left before it was prematurely condemned to the anti-climax of a draw.

By Cosmo Hamilton Despite their encouraging performance in the T20 and ODI’s against a typically tough if new-look Australia team, it is evident that this relatively inexperienced West Indies team has not yet turned the proverbial corner and in fact they appear to have come to a fork in the road.

Psychologist Dr Faith Harding yesterday said that the impact of the legal decision in the Henry Greene rape case is damaging to the cycle of sexual violence against women in Guyana.

Roseau, Dominica — It has been a long journey from the playing field at the Rose Hall Cricket Club to the West Indies team, but Assad Fudadin has made that journey and now he is looking to take more strides forward.

Virtual unknown Elton Bollers created the upset of the year in athletics circles when he defeated sprint `goliaths’ Chavez Ageday and Stephan James in the  boys’ Under-20 200 metres at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary on the first day of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)  national junior and senior championships.

National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) head Lionel Wordsworth is denying that there is any financial impropriety involved in $200 million being unaccounted for, as investigations continue and the two officials embroiled in the mismanagement of the money remain off the job.

The dentist who extracted the tooth of a man, who later died at the Georgetown Public Hospital of haemorrhaging and a blot clot in the brain, believes his life could have been saved if he had seen a specialist while admitted to the facility.

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), Lincoln Lewis, has accused the government of “trafficking in persons” in the wake of Wednesday’s mass protest of public servants.

A veteran politician but a brand new face in the National Assembly, APNU’s Desmond Trotman believes that the partnership’s central focus should be the development of a government of national unity, and he feels that is how the populace voted in the November 28 elections which resulted in the PPP/C becoming a minority government.

By Mandy Thompson The drying of shrimp along the Zeeburg seawall has raised significant concerns among residents, and students and teachers in the area as the stench of the shrimp shells has become unbearable, preventing some residents from opening the doors of their homes.

Former security guards attached to the United Associates Security and Domestic Services (UAS&DS) on Friday protested for salaries owed to them for the last three months and insurance and tax contributions withheld by the company.

Juncata Juvant, an organisation which provided services to involuntary re-migrants, has been forced to close its doors because of lack of funding, the organisation’s former president Joseph Harmon said.

Almost eight years ago Kumeshwar ‘Mike’ Mohan and his siblings survived being poisoned by their father after he had murdered their mother; their father had then committed suicide.

Adrian McInman is a travelling psychologist who helps people to find “their happiness,” since according to him it is the one thing people want in their life more than anything else.

A woman was shot in her ankle early yesterday morning during a gunpoint robbery at her North Ruimveldt squatting area home.

My last two Sunday columns elaborated on the proposal for a Budget Office to be established in the National Assembly (NABO). 

The crème de la crème of Guyana’s cyclists will be on show today when Ansa Mc AL Trading under its Tropical Rhythms brand stages a 60-mile cycle road race.

The economic role played by creative industries significantly exceeds anything previously imagined, according to a recent report produced by the Geneva based World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president Julian Hunte has praised the Jamaica Cricket Association for its vision that has led to the massive success of the national team.

Demerara Distillers Limited, a conglomerate group comprising several local and overseas companies with manufacturing, trading, banking and trust relationships in Guyana, the region, North America and Europe as well as a joint venture in India and associated companies in Guyana and Jamaica, will be holding its annual general meeting this coming Friday, April 27.

Again this year the Link Show was a huge popular success.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Information about a Chinese policeman who implicated the wife of a top Chinese official in a British businessman’s murder was not circulated widely in Washington as he was considered of marginal intelligence value, current and former US officials said.

Whether she intended it or not, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s decision to nationalize Argentina’s biggest oil company earlier this week has placed her nation in the camp of Latin America’s radical populist countries — alongside Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua — in the eyes of the world.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New state laws designed to fight voter fraud could reduce the number of Americans signing up to vote in this year’s presidential election by hundreds of thousands, a potential problem for President Barack Obama’s re-election bid.

Wherever we live, there are situations or conditions or attitudes in the society that we come across, or they come across us, that have a negative impact on how we see the place. 

Dear Editor, This letter is a commentary on three national issues, namely:- i)    The appointment of the Solicitor-General ii)   Tenure of office of members of the Guyana Elections Commission and iii)  Designation of the minister responsible for Tourism.

MANAMA (Reuters) – Formula One drivers will race in Bahrain today while rage boils on the streets outside, among protesters who denounce the Grand Prix as a gaudy spectacle by a ruling family that crushed Arab Spring demonstrations last year.

Soft Wallaba or Wallaba is a canopy tree and seems to have a preference for extreme soil types – from very hydromorphic soils to dry soils.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council have expressed serious concerns over certain statements reported in the Stabroek News issue of April 20, 2012, under the heading, ‘Guyana posed contradiction at tourism conference: Garbage and pristine forests.’

PARIS (Reuters) – France votes today in round one of a presidential vote, with a feeble economy that could make Nicolas Sarkozy the country’s first president to lose a fight for re-election in more than 30 years.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – It took him nine attempts but Jose Mourinho finally got to taste sweet victory as a visiting coach at Barcelona’s Nou Camp  yesterday when his Real Madrid side snatched a dramatic 2-1 success in the lair of their arch rivals.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes a Chinese firm sold North Korea components for a missile transporter showcased in a recent military parade and will press Beijing to tighten enforcement of a UN ban on such military sales, a US official said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Another Nadirism needs to be excised from the body of misinformation regarding pension benefits alluded to in an earlier publication.

The super-16-round of matches of the third annual Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company nationwide softball cricket competition will continue today at the Everest Cricket Ground with play in both the male and female categories.

Continued from last week This disease affects puppies of the large, rapidly growing breeds, especially those three to seven months of age.

103 and still counting

Dear Editor, I refer to a news item in the Stabroek News of Saturday, April 21, in which the Minister of Sport told the press that as far as he knows the Colgrain Swimming Pool is open to the public.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Almost 125 people were injured, many seriously, when two Dutch commuter trains crashed head-on in Amsterdam yesterday, police said.

Trevor Rhone’s Old Story Time has now become one of the most revisited plays produced and performed in Guyana. 

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CHENNAI, India,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo displayed a calm head as he helped guide Chennai Super Kings to a last-ball win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

A document circulating on the internet which has been seized on by many persons locally, makes the assertion that April 29, 2012 marks the two hundredth anniversary of Georgetown.