Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 22, 2012

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – FIFA is heading into calmer waters after a series of corruption allegations over the last two years, its president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday.

A 31-year-old woman died this afternoon after the car she was learning to drive ran off the road into a trench, trapping her.

A man was chopped to death and a teenaged girl was brutally hacked at Big Creek Backdam, North West District around midnight yesterday after her lover caught her with the other man.

Police have charged Hemwattie Abdulla and an alleged accomplice with the murder of overseas-based Guyanese Abdul Majid.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It was a thinner-than-usual Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke who appeared in handcuffs in the United States Southern District Court in Lower Manhattan this morning to hear his one-time lieutenant Jermaine ‘Cowboy’ Cohen tender explosive evidence against him.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A prostitution scandal in Colombia involving U.S. Secret Service and military personnel ahead of a presidential visit has spawned a separate investigation into the behavior of Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Cartagena, officials said on Monday.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippines’ top judge took the witness stand at his own impeachment trial today to deny concealing 45 properties and millions in assets and denounce a case President Benigno Aquino sees as key to rooting out corruption.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tourism Minister Dr Rupert Griffith will reappear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate on July 4 after he pleaded not guilty to using insulting language.

(Jamaica Observer) Vice-President of the Jamaica Association of Evangelicals Rev Peter Garth has urged Jamaicans not to leave the repeal of buggery laws to parliamentarians, but instead called for a referendum on this issue, which has again taken centre stage with the recent endorsement of same-sex marriage by United States President Barack Obama.

Relatives and others viewing the body of sculptor Phillip Moore today at the Square of the Revolution.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians have rejected recent proposals for the Freundel Stuart administration to inject money in low-cost carrier REDjet.

(Trinidad Express) The illicit drug trade, trafficking in illegal guns, gang violence, human trafficking and smuggling are all challenges facing the Caribbean, said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as she addressed the Second Caricom-Mexico Summit in Bridgetown, Barbados, yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Two media workers — a crime reporter and a cameraman — were among four people arrested on Sunday night, minutes after they allegedly robbed an Arouca businessman of more than TT$300,000.

(Trinidad Express) The extensive network of the illegal bunkering of diesel ultimately charters a course for the high seas- where it fetches top dollar on the black market.

(WICB) LONDON – West Indies Cricket Board advised on Tuesday that fast bowler Shannon Gabriel will return home to Trinidad & Tobago from the tour of England due to a back injury.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados.

A scam at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) now under wider investigation entailed the creation of bogus letters from government agencies requesting duty-free concessions on expensive vehicles and the subsequent forging of signatures of top GRA officials.

Renowned sculptor Phillip Moore’s body will be brought to Georgetown for a viewing today at the Square of the Revolution after several cultural groups intervened on behalf of his family.

The wife of murdered US-based Guyanese Abdul Majid was arrested on Sunday shortly after she arrived in the country and police are treating her as the prime suspect in his slaying.

A Guyanese woman and her son graduated from high school in the USA together last week, receiving their diplomas on Saturday at the graduation of the Adult & Career Education at the Harborside Event Centre in Fort Myers, Florida.

Pioneering the commercial cultivation of carrots and onions in Trinidad, Caribbean Chemicals says that it would be open to doing the same here.

By John Richards Dr Faith Harding’s Quick Impact Project yesterday started the planting of 30 acres of sorrel in the Long Creek community, which when harvested, will be offered for sale on the local and foreign market.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday told a Caricom-Mexico summit that key concerns of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have been left out of preparatory meetings for the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development known as Rio+20.

A man was shot and injured on Sunday morning at Bourda Road while two armed men were escaping after robbing a director of Church’s Restaurant.

‘Mother Nature’ dealt a severe blow to the much anticipated third edition of the President’s/Jefford Track Classic as athletes were forced to compete on the waterlogged track of the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden, last Sunday.

Police say that the 46-year old miner, who was discovered by family members with a gunshot wound to his right side abdomen on Sunday, had attempted suicide.

(Cricinfo) Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders have easily been the best sides this IPL.

Police investigators seem to be no closer to solving two Robb Street murders even though in one of the cases the prime suspect has been identified.

LONDON, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren Sammy has been fined 80 percent of his match fee for his team’s slow over rate during their five-wicket defeat by England in the first test at Lord’s, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

The Public Utilities Commis-sion (PUC) yesterday officially opened its new office at Port Mourant, Berbice with Prime Minister Samuel Hinds urging consumers to be more responsible in paying their utility bills, as this will help create a competitive environment.

A 38-year-old man yesterday appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of security guard, Karamchand Panchoo.

More than a month after a Mahaica truck driver was found dead a short distance away from his home; police have been unable to gather adequate evidence to lay charges against the main suspect.

LONDON, England,  CMC – A spirited West Indies gave England a small scare but the World number one side easily shrugged it off to coast to a five-wicket win in the opening Test here yesterday, and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Workers at Enmore Sugar Estate yesterday began strike action after a letter was sent from GuySuCo to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) stating that it would be unable to pay the workers their ‘back pay’.

LONDON, England,  CMC – England captain Andrew Strauss yesterday rubbished talk of West Indies being easy walkovers after his side was forced to fight before securing a five-wicket win in the first Test.

Dear Editor, The other day a highly respected compatriot expressed in a letter to the editor his understandable disappointment at the misuse of the platform provided at Highbury on May 5 to celebrate Indian Arrival Day.

University of Guyana students are in discomfort when utilizing the Turkeyen campus’ library owing to ongoing repairs to the roof which forced the disuse of the air conditioning units.

Dear Editor, I read in the papers of the 14-year-old girl who thrashed the man who pounced on her while on her way to school, apparently with intent to rape or molest her in whatever way.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars slumped to their second defeat in 48 hours when they lost 0-2 to Panama on Sunday evening at the Estadio Rommel Fernández Stadium,Panama City.

Dear Editor, The authorities, whoever they are, that allowed the remains of Guyana’s most famous poet to rest at Seven Ponds cannot now deny that honour to Guyana’s most famous sculptor. 

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs steamrolled into the NBA Western Conference finals after a 102-99 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday gave them a clean sweep of their seven-game series.

Guyana’s world-ranked squash player Nicolette Fernandes on Sunday defeated Deon Saffery of Wales by three sets to two (3-2) in the final of the WISPA International Squash

Dear Editor, I am a student at the University of Guyana.

National Chess Champion Taffin Khan is the winner of the Caribbean Containers FIDE rating tournament which ended on Sunday at Olympic House.

SANAA (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in army uniform killed more than 90 soldiers in the heart of the Yemeni capital yesterday and an al Qaeda affiliate threatened more attacks if a US-backed campaign against militants in the front-line state did not stop.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Guyana United Artists (GUA) I wish to convey to the family and relatives of the late Maestro Philip Moore our deepest heartfelt sympathy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One or more unauthorized users gained access to the inner workings of a website run by the US Justice Department, a department spokeswoman said yesterday after the hacker group Anonymous said they were behind the incident.

Members from the Park Players Tennis Club dominated a Junior Series Develop-mental Competition, held last Saturday at the National Racquet Centre.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the African Welfare Convention and on my own behalf, I wish to express my profound condolences to the bereaved members of the family of the late Brother Philip Moore, who is an outstanding son of Guyana and an icon of this nation.

PATIALA,  (Reuters) – As Geeta Phogat completes her sprint at a sprawling sports campus in Punjab state, one of her coaches nods approvingly at her stopwatch, another rushes to check her pulse, and a third ushers her toward the gym for a bout of wrestling.

Berbicians over the past few months have been facing frequent power outages from the Guyana Power and Light company, with parts of the ‘Ancient County’ at times being without electricity for two or more times per day.

YANGON (Reuters) – Hundreds rallied for a second day in one of Myanmar’s biggest cities yesterday to protest against chronic power outages, in the largest demonstrations since the army crushed a monk-led uprising nearly five years ago.

Dear Editor, The death or ‘passing’ of Brother Philip Moore, as one of his immediate relatives corrected, came to me as a total shock.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said despite losing the opening Test to England  yesterday, his side had managed to answer many of the critics who had written off their chances before a ball was bowled in the three-Test series.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – China can now bypass Wall Street when buying US government debt and go straight to the US Treasury, in what is the Treasury’s first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government, according to documents viewed by Reuters.

 Dear Editor, Turkey and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in 2011 signed a memorandum of understanding on consultation and cooperation.

The trial of Dwight Da Silva, who is accused along with others of murdering Kaneville businessman Barbot Paul,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man who went to elaborate lengths to impersonate his dead mother as part of a real estate scam was sentenced yesterday to a minimum of 13 years and eight months in prison, prosecutors said.

Dear Editor, The resurgence of criminal activity and the lethargic response by the police must be viewed with some suspicion.

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Danilo Medina claimed victory on Monday in the Dominican Republic’s hotly disputed presidential election, avenging his defeat 12 years ago by opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar reportedly fell ill in Barbados where she was attending the Mexico-Caricom Summit at the Hilton Hotel, according to the Barbados Nation.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Fit-again opener Lendl Simmons and out-of-form Test batsman Kraigg Brathwaite have been named in a 13-man West Indies A squad to face touring India A in the opening four-day “Test” starting in Barbados next week.

(Reuters) – The University of Notre Dame and dozens of other Catholic institutions sued President Barack Obama’s administration yesterday to block a government regulation that requires employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives to employees.

Dear Editor, The National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has failed miserably at several levels of scrutiny, and a few are listed below: 1. 

LONDON, England,  CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has criticised “certain individuals” in the West Indies set-up for the recent slump in his international career and says he is in no hurry to return to the Caribbean side, despite his prolific form in the English County Championship.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A former senior telecommunications official in Haiti was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday for accepting about $500,000 in bribes from two US companies that secured lucrative long-distance phone contracts in the Caribbean nation.

Last Wednesday, at a meeting convened to discuss work permit issues affecting Brazilians mining gold in Guyana, Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Karen Livan was subjected to a thorough tongue-lashing by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud.

Dear Editor, Harry Hergash’s ‘Indian-Guyanese have been keen on education since the 1920s and 1930s’ (SN,  May 10), a response to my ‘Furthering an agenda at the expense of others’ (KN, May 8) continues the manipulation of our history.

Astrid S Tuminez is Vice-Dean (Research) of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Law enforcement agents have arrested another high profile figure from the West Kingston community, on an extradition warrant.

The three men accused of robbing and shooting Glen Xavier who later succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Hospital, were charged and remanded to prison whenthey appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Hazel-Octive Hamilton yesterday.