Articles published on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Port-au-Prince, (Reuters) – Haitian authorities today announced the arrest of 59 uniformed former soldiers and several alleged supporters who staged a series of protests on Friday and yesterday calling for the return of the nation’s disbanded army.
LONDON, (Reuters) – “I Feel Love”, the 1977 hit by disco queen Donna Summer, shot back into the British charts days after the singer’s death, the Official Charts Company said today.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Robin Gibb, who with his brothers Barry and Maurice formed the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, has died aged 62, his official website said today.
(WICB) LONDON – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said winning the first Test against all odds would be a “massive” boost for West Indies on their tour of England.
(Trinidad Express) Acting Chief Justice and Appeal Court Judge Wendell Kangaloo has been warded in a critical condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mount Hope.
LONDON, (Reuters) – West Indies took inspiration from another defiant innings by Shivnarine Chanderpaul to set up the chance of an unlikely victory in the first test against England at Lord’s today.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer today aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered.
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) Economic Crimes is working with Guyana’s financial institutions to build capacity to combat and prosecute money laundering and procedures to better monitor non-bank financial institutions will also be on the radar, according to a US Embassy source.
(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Police yesterday reported a major achievement in their crackdown on the lucrative lottery scam, saying that one of the masterminds was among 28 persons arrested during raids in St James and Hanover.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican criminals, including suspected major drug and gang leaders, have found a new route to flee local law-enforcement agencies and make their way to the United States (US) illegally.
(Barbados Nation) Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) staff are seeing red after the popular Socaholics launch scheduled for yesterday evening was cancelled because of a colour choice.
(Barbados Nation) Owen Arthur has re-emerged as the “preferred” leader of Barbados, and despite lingering concerns about infighting at the helm of his Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), the current political wind seems to be briskly blowing in the party’s favour.
US Sub Sandwich chain Quiznos is coming to Guyana. In an advertisement in today’s Sunday Stabroek, Camex Restaurants Inc advertised for staff for the enterprise.
(Barbados Nation) Banks have been alerted to an apparent islandwide debit card racket.
(Trinidad Express) A single mother was stabbed to death early yesterday evening.
(Trinidad Express) After five years of business and in the face of mounting debt, national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) faces “operational risk”.
(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Winston Dookeran says the Government is seeking to claim some TT$20 billion from CL Financial (CLF).
Residents of Lethem yesterday strongly opposed the installation of an Interim-Management Committee (IMC) to replace the Ireng/Sawariwau Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) but had mixed views about whether the current body is capable of effectively carrying out its duties.
Photos by Anjuli Persaud “My name is Dorothy Patoir and I could tell you the story of this village which [got its name because of] … the Caribs who conquered the Arawaks.“
While the opposition parties are calling for the reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) in the light of serious shortcomings in the conduct of the November 28, 2011 polls, they are not calling for the immediate removal of Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodoo since they believe that the reforms needed should be wider ranging than the removal of the CEO.
Alliance for Change Chair-man Khemraj Ramjattan commended top PPP member Ralph Ramkarran for speaking up against police abuse of law-abiding citizens and noted that this could open the door for the constructive criticism of other matters of national importance.
Two Lindeners are hospitalized following a collision—between the car they were in and another driven by former government minister Dr Henry Jeffrey—which occurred yesterday at the intersection of the University of Guyana Road and the Rupert Craig Highway.
Twenty-four-year-old Susanna Jamal is a young woman full of life who is never lost for an encouraging word for others, even though the experiences of her own life would have caused the fittest of stalwarts to falter.
Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry said the recently dismissed treason case was based solely on conversations between the accused and the prosecution’s main witness and more so the charge was defective as the substance of the overt acts allegedly committed was not expressly laid out.
Continued from last week Introduction Last week we sought to conclude our review of the financial statements of NCN for the three years from 2004 to 2006.
As part of my continuing assessment of the 2012 National Budget I attempted two tasks in last week’s column.
LONDON, England, CMC – A disastrous 10-minute period before tea rocked West Indies and left their first Test hopes hanging by a thread as England installed themselves as firm favourites to win the Lord’s contest here yesterday.
The Alliance for Change (AFC) is reporting that it had a cordial dinner meeting with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on the 2012 budget and the cuts made therein, while A Partnership for National Unity prefers to meet with a wider cross section of the society and not just the PSC.
We reprint the following article on Philip Moore by Dr Rupert Roopnaraine that was originally commissioned by Nicholas Laughlin and appeared in Caribbean Beat in 1996.
By Alim Hosein It might be a trite expression, but indeed, the passing of Philip Moore – the Immanuel Kweku Moorji – marks the end of an era in Guyanese art.
BALTIMORE, (Reuters) – Kentucky Derby champion I’ll Have Another won the $1 million Preakness Stakes yesterday to remain on course for the Triple Crown, the greatest prize in U.S.
As the West Indies top order tottered in both innings of the opening Test at Lord’s, the rider that Ottis Gibson added to his damning censure of the team’s senior batsmen following last year’s World Cup resonated.
In the course of doing my column recently, I remembered a time in 2008, when I was living in Cayman, and a close Guyanese friend, living in America, had sent me a couple emails complaining about the rot in Guyana.
Double amputee Rickford McKenzie has received monetary assistance to offset the transportation expenses from his Grove, East Bank Demerara home to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre in the city for therapy.
Eight-year-old Shomari Wiltshire, who remained undefeated after four days of competition, is poised to capture his first ever national title today during the Woodpecker National Junior Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club, a release from the Guyana Squash Association stated.
By Emmerson Campbell Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) CABOFE welterweight champion Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy will face the toughest test of his budding career when he faces former European middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman on June 1.
Suddenly I am seventy-nine years old. I find that ridiculous but chronologically it is a fact.
Expectations are high in anticipation of the caliber of competition that will be featured today at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in the third edition of the President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic.
Police said a woman is currently assisting with investigations into a recent discovery of an improvised shotgun in Aruka Village, North West District.
International Museum Day which was held under the theme ‘Museums in a Changing World’ was observed on Friday and a media tour was organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport
The relatives of Colin Jones, who was committed to stand trial in the High Court for the 2009 attempted Supreme Court arson, yesterday complained bitterly that he was being treated inhumanely by prison and police personnel.
Montego Bay, Jamaica – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars went down 1-nil to Jamaica when the two teams met on Friday evening at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay Jamaica, in their FIFA International Friendly.
Police are still on the hunt for the prime suspect in the murder of GTM manager Lionel Bert Whyte, who has vanished without a trace.
By Emmerson Campbell Some team sports include basketball, cricket, rugby, football and cycling, yes – road race cycling.
The Keen Dance Theater (KDT) is visiting from New York to share in a cultural exchange with its artistic counterpart, the Classique Dance Company (CDC).
CAMP DAVID, Md, (Reuters) – World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone yesterday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe’s debt crisis.
A US congressional proposal aimed at expelling Argentina’s populist-leftist government from the G-20 group of the world’s leading economies faces an uncertain future, not the least because it lacks significant support from unexpected quarters — conservative Cuban-American Republican lawmakers.
Christopher Franklyn might not have been called to trials ahead of this year’s Caribbean table tennis championships but the runner up to Godfrey Munroe in the men’s singles of the 2010 national championships still seems to have what it takes to get past the present crop of youngster.
A post-mortem examination performed on the remains of security guard Rudolph Narine of F1 Logwood, Enmore revealed that he died as a result of a fractured skull and a wound to his neck.
BRINDISI, Italy (Reuters) – A 16-year-old girl was killed in southern Italy by a bomb that exploded in front of her school before classes yesterday in an unprecedented attack that wounded 10 others, one seriously.
As a percentage of its resident population, the anglophone Caribbean has one of the world’s largest diasporas.
Dear Editor, I could not agree more with Lincoln Lewis (Stabroek News, May 15) that “The Linden issue is not about electricity.”
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States yesterday after China allowed him to leave a hospital in Beijing in a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic rift between the two countries.
Guyana and the Barbados national rugby teams yesterday played to a 10-10 draw in the first game of the second round of the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Patrick Harding has pledged his association will work along with the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) to combat trafficking in persons.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators protested in Mexico City yesterday against opposition presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, who is far ahead in polls and poised to lead the party that ruled Mexico for much of the 20th century back to power.
Dear Editor, There is something about animals in distress that tugs at our heart strings and makes many of us want to take action.
The Congo Pump is known as a pioneer or secondary species which means it is opportunistic and when large clearings are made in the forest it establishes itself and colonises.
LONDON, England, CMC – Jamaican Asafa Powell recovered from his loss to American Justin Gatlin last week to storm to victory on a rainy night at the Shanghai Diamond League here yesterday.
CAMP DAVID, Md, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told G8 leaders meeting at Camp David that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, and pointed to Yemen as a model of how political transition could work there, the White House said yesterday.
MUNICH, (Reuters) – Chelsea cleared the final hurdle in a season of never-ending challenges when they beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties in the German team’s Allianz Arena stadium to be crowned European Champions for the first time yesterday.
Dear Editor, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has, without doubt, earned the right to be rated the number one batsman in the cricketing world by the ICC, and his recent 87 not out against England in the first Test at Lords, when his fellow WI players were faltering big time, further underscores his unique batting prowess and entitlement to such rating.
(Continued from last week) A reader of this column called me and requested to know the difference between ‘nephritis’ and ‘nephrosis’ – terms, which she had seen in a medical book.
Last week we reported the case of a student who was killed at lessons.
