Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 24, 2012

ROSEAU, Dominica,  (Reuters) – Spinner Nathan Lyon bagged three wickets as West Indies slumped to 165 for eight to leave Australia with a lead of 163 at the close of the second day of the third test today.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) are reporting that coming out of talks today held with the President at the Office of the President, Government is unwilling to budge on almost all of the issues that have been proposed and this will likely lead to the prosecution of cuts in the budget tomorrow.

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 1100h today at Coomacka Mines, Linden, where Linden Johnson of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Wismar, was shot and injured to his left thigh during a confrontation with an armed Bosai Mining Company Security Guard.

Police say that at about 1115h today, ranks responded to a report of a man armed with a cutlass behaving disorderly and using indecent language at No.

Police say that a post-mortem examination was today performed on the body of Merle Jordan by Pathologist Dr.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government today broadcast a video of President Hugo Chavez playing the European bowling game of bocce in Cuba in a new effort to quash rumors that he was dying of cancer while out of the country.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., (Reuters) – President Barack Obama today described a U.S.

KOLKATA, India – Left-handed West Indies stroke-maker Darren Bravo may take no part in the lucrative Indian Premier League when the current Australia series ends in the Caribbean.

Signalling a further closing of ranks, APNU and the AFC today said that they will resist the passage of the 2012 budget unless significant changes are made and they called for the lowering of VAT, the Berbice bridge toll, a hike in salaries for public servants and the revamping of government’s holding company, NICIL, among a range of other demands.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chinese construction firm, China Jiangsu International, has secured a half-a-billion dollar contract for the construction of the University of the West Indies (UWI) South Campus in Penal/Debe.

(Jamaica Observer) Dancehall recording artiste Mavado is to have a major role in Shottas 2 which began filming last Friday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Describing delays in the country’s court system as chronic, the leaders of the Jamaican Bar Association say abolishing preliminary enquiries could be one cure to the malady.

The PPP/C yesterday called on all “patriotic Guyanese” to reject “purveyors of division” and to support attempts being made to attain political consensus along political lines.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Brian Pengelley, the president of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), is warning that walking away from membership in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would not solve the vexing issue of trade imbalance.

(De Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – Legislators Thijs Berman of the European Parliament (EP) and Kathleen Ferrier of the Dutch Lower House are disappointed over the European Union’s (EU) decision not to impose sanctions on Suriname for adopting the Amnesty Act.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday charged that he was in danger of bankruptcy as Attorney General Anand Ramlogan was making select lawyers millionaires to wage legal battle against him (Rowley) as he conducts his public duty.

(Trinidad Express) A clear motive has not yet been established for the shooting deaths of a couple who were asleep at their Thomasine Street, Laventille home, early yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Following are the nine charges brought against Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) Ltd by ASP Ajith Persad of the Port of Spain Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over the airing of a rape video on the Crime Watch programme for which host Ian Alleyne has also been charged.

APNU and AFC are proposing to effect budget cuts that could total as much as $20 billion, in a move that has stunned the government while easing tension hanging over opposition cooperation over the past four days.

APNU leader David Granger and AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan will approach proposed cuts to the 2012 budget on common ground today as the two parties attempt to cast aside public perception of a rift, following recent closed-door meetings between APNU and the government.

Ninety-four foreign miners – many of them Brazilians – were snared in a recent crackdown by the government against illegal mining which apparently led to a high-level delegation from Brazil’s state of Roraima seeking clarifications from Georgetown.

Vryheid Village, West Canje, Berbice resident Angela Hooper is living in terror after recent death threats by her common-law husband, who is free despite a recent conviction for armed robbery.

The Guyana Police Force said senior officers had expressed concern at a management team meeting last Wednesday about statements made by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee at a recent Community Policing Workshop, but that the matter has now been resolved.

The Ministry of Health is now relying on University of Guyana personnel to assist with geotechnical information for the Turkeyen site where the specialty hospital is to be built.

Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsarran says the current overcrowding and improving the overall conditions at the Georgetown School of Nursing (GSN) will be resolved with “staggering of classes”, but his ministry is being met with “organization resistance”.

The locally-based players in the national football team, the Golden Jaguars, will face off with Martinique and Guadeloupe in a pair of international friendly encounters on May 2nd and May 4th in the respective countries.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – A four-wicket haul by off-spinner Shane Shillingford underlined a disciplined West Indies bowling effort but an unbroken 43-run eight-wicket stand saw Australia fight back at the close on the opening day of the final Test here  yesterday.

A woman was yesterday put on $80,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after being accused of “biting the hand that fed her” when she stole from someone who had purportedly gone to her rescue.

The dead body of a man was found on the Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo Public Road early yesterday morning.

Police say that they have arrested one person suspected of murdering 29-year-old miner Travis De Souza at Tiger Creek Puruni River, Region Seven.

Hikers Hockey Club  remain unbeaten following two more victories over the weekend as the John Fernandes Insurance Service second division hockey league approaches the final lap.

A post-mortem examination performed on two-year old Felicia Baynes, whose parents are questioning George-town Public Hospital’s role in her death, revealed that she died of meningitis, but the hospital is appealing for no finger-pointing until test results are returned.

APNU MP Desmond Trotman is to move a motion on May 7 for the National Assembly to declare that the right of citizens to assemble and demonstrate peacefully outside Parliament should not be hindered.

The Central Police Station Management Committee in partnership with other organisations on Friday donated food to senior citizens of Angoy’s Avenue, in Berbice.

A man accused of chopping his five-year-old daughter in her head was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $50,000 by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after a not-guilty plea to the charge was recorded in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

By Neil Barry The Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) defeated the University of Guyana on first innings on Sunday to win the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Seafoods two day competition.

A man was ordered to serve a 14-day sentence yesterday for unlawfully wounding his reputed wife who is pregnant.

Efforts are being made to help the Upper Corentyne fishermen in the piracy fight and Chairman of the Number 66 Fish Port Complex, Pravindrachandra Deodat has met Suriname’s Director of Fisheries, Rene Lieveld.

A man who allegedly broke into a house and made off with two gold bands was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after he pleaded not guilty to simple larceny.

City Hall has fallen back again on payments this month and at yesterday’s statutory meeting, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green tabled a motion to have three councillors added to the Finance Committee for better management.

The trial of the three men accused of murdering taxi driver Seerajie Singh recommenced yesterday in the High Court before Justice Roxane George,

By Emmerson Campbell Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) gym mates Jermaine King and CABOFE flyweight champion Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques are both brimming with confidence ahead of their respective bouts this Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers for the Guyana Tennis Association (GLTA) has now been set to be held this Thursday at the Georgetown Sports Club, Camp Street.

Rough and Rugged proved to be just that for Commacka United who was sent packing from this year’s Guinness Greatest of the Streets Futsal football tournament Saturday night in Linden.

Dear Editor, I think AFC leader Mr Khemraj Ramjattan owes the PPP regime an apology.

Dear Editor, KN’s April 23 headline ‘2012 Budget to be approved with no cuts’ has to be wrong.

Orville Hinds won his first signature race in his budding cycling career on Sunday when he sped off with this year’s second annual Ansa Mc AL/Tropical Rhythm sponsored Roraima Bikers Club organized 60-mile road race.

Dear Editor, The recent discussions coming from the political leadership on matters such as the budget, national interest, rights and the rule of law are interesting in that they offer insights into their thinking, and the implications of said thoughts in informing their decisions which will ultimately impact our collective wellbeing.

Nikkoloi Smith’s triple-double of 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 steals led Plaisance Academy to their first victory when the Youth Basketball Guyana Georgetown Conference tipped off last Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc reported its first quarter-to-quarter revenue slide in at least two years, a sign that the social network’s sizzling growth may be cooling as it prepares to go public in the biggest ever Internet IPO.

Dear Editor, All development is based on production and growth, that is, the gathering and application of resources to make things for people to use. 

Six junior players will have the opportunity to become rated players this weekend when the Guyana Chess Federation stages the second annual Caribbean Container-sponsored junior FIDE rated tournament at Olympic House, Kingston.

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru is evaluating a request to extradite Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot to the United States in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, his lawyer said yesterday.

Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul upstaged fellow Guyanese Mahendra Nagamootoo to lead his adopted club PowerGen to a whopping 127-run victory in round seven of the Premiership cricket series at Syne Village in Penal.

Dear Editor, If you wish to retain the readership of the older generation — even those who only skim – you need to publish in proper English.

GREENSBORO, NC (Reuters) – Prosecutors in the criminal campaign finance case against former US Senator John Edwards yesterday described him as a manipulative politician who refused to let his affair or his mistress’ pregnancy sideline his presidential ambitions.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – A 12th US military service member was linked to a prostitution scandal in Colombia yesterday and the Pentagon suspended the security clearance of personnel implicated in the events ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit earlier this month.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) launched the Guyana Independence T20 Cup last Wednesday at the office of the Berbice Chambers of Commerce.

Dear Editor, The Trinidad & Tobago-based consulting group continues, unfortunately, to befuddle Guyanese readers of Stabroek Business (‘Performance management practices: It’s not an HR “thing,”‘ April 20) with their one-size-fits-all generic solutions to practical management issues that must be contextualized, lest we do more harm than good by any such generalized, text-book approach.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A healthy-sounding President Hugo Chavez called Venezuelan state television from Cuba yesterday to dispel rumours fanned by a nine-day silence that he had died undergoing cancer treatment at a hospital in Havana.

(Jamaica Observer) New Jersey promoter Derrick Plunkett is angry that singer Natural Black did not show up for his Caribbean New Jersey Reggae Awards on April 14.

Dear Editor, The suggestion of Dr Clive Thomas in his Sunday Stabroek article of April 22, titled ‘Beyond the Budget noise‘ for a National Assembly Budget Office (NABO) is ridiculous, unnecessary, non-productive and makes no practical or economic sense.  It

Minister Ali

No absentees

Hot Momma’s Advice: Having a parent’s assurance can make all the difference to a child who is hard of hearing or deaf.

Clifford Reis captured his first major tournament for 2012 as high handicappers ruled the course at last weekend’s Torginol Paint golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Part 11 By Janette Bulkan Janette Bulkan is a Social Anthropologist who was Coordinator of the Amerindian Research Unit, University of Guyana from 1985 to 1999 and Senior Social Scientist at the Iwokrama International Centre from 2000 to 2003.

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) – The city commission in Sanford, Florida, rejected the resignation of the police chief who had stepped aside amid withering criticism over his department’s investigation into the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

On February 16, during the debate in the National Assembly on supplementary  budget allocations, Finance Minister Ashni Singh declared that the government had found itself “in completely uncharted territory,” a reference to the delayed approval of supplementary budget financing based on opposition queries relating to the legality of some of the spending.

(Trinidad Express) No bail. This was written on three warrants which were executed on TV6’s Crime Watch talk show host Ian Alleyne yesterday as he was processed by officers of the Port of Spain CID.