Daily Archive: Saturday, May 26, 2012

GINA today issued a release saying that the Bartica Neighbourhood Democratic council had been dissolved.

A fire has erupted at G Bacchus Enterprises formally MFK trading on Hadfield Street.

Since Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira sent out emails to the leaders of the opposition parties over the course of the last two weeks inviting them to meet, there has been little movement since scheduling a time that suits everyone is proving more difficult than expected.

A 42-year-old pork knocker was this afternoon shot and killed by police ranks who were called to his  Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo home, which he was threatening to burn

(WICB) Nottingham, England – Darren Sammy said it was a good feeling to have completed his maiden Test hundred for West Indies in the second Test against the World No.1 England today.

(Jamaica Observer) Embattled dancehall Deejay Busy Signal has denied any involvement in drug smuggling.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Colombian and Mexican Governments are both assisting Trinidad and Tobago in the fight against crime.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – The African, Caribbean and Pacific countries forming the ACP have proclaimed their solidarity with Suriname on the issue of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA).

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Barely a month after the inaugural flight, the SLM Guyana-Miami line seems to be very lucrative.

PPP executive Ralph Ramkarran today called for the decriminalizing of same sex relationships saying that the present laws are archaic and that the society should be liberal in outlook and socially progressive.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Captain Andrew Strauss hit his second century in as many matches to leave England in the driving seat and in clear sight of West Indies’ first innings score of 370 at close on the second day of the second test at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) FIFA will take legal steps to recover the ownership of the US$25.5 million Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, which the football’s world governing body claims to have funded.

A woman was discovered murdered in her D’Urban Street home this morning and it is suspected that she was stabbed to death during an argument with her reputed husband.

(Jamaica Observer) The Caribbean will soon have more options for satisfying its sweet tooth, with a Guyanese company and an American creamery pairing up to open ice-cream stores across the region.

(Jamaica Observer) Police are now hunting for a man who brutally stabbed a teenager to death for laughing at him when he fell from his bicycle.

(Trinidad Express) Appeal Court Judge, Justice Wendell Kangaloo was yesterday flown to Baltimore, Maryland in the United States where his care is expected to continue at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital.

(Trinidad Express) United National Congress (UNC) deputy political leader, Roodal Moonilal, has alleged that Calder Hart used taxpayers’ money to purchase a multi-million-dollar villa in Tobago, while he was executive chairman at the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT).

(Barbados Nation) This island’s top prosecutor wants the salaries and perks of top-flight company executives approved by shareholders and not just the boards of directors.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Vatican magistrates today formally charged Pope Benedict’s butler with illegal possession of secret documents and said a wider investigation would take place to see if he had any accomplices who helped him leak them.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – England talisman Tim Bresnan blew away West Indies’ main resistance with three key wickets on the second day of the second test at Trent Bridge today.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Marlon Samuels stroked a high class, unbeaten century while captain Darren Sammy was on the verge of another in a career-best innings, as West Indies flirted with disaster before staging a brilliant recovery, to make a strong finish to the opening day of the second Test against England here yesterday.

Easily the best game of the tournament so far, Guinness Bar Lodge/Meadowbrook held on for a one-point  67-66 win against Western Union Plaisance/Vryheids Lust when the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) continued Thursday evening at the Burnham Hard Courts.

By Emmerson Campbell A dazzling display of chiseled physiques will be on show tonight when the Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) Committee stages its third Bodybuilding Competition and Fitness Fair at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

The Guyana National Domino Federation is expected to  announce next month the names of players to contest the  18th Biennial International Domino Triangular tournament in England from August 2nd to 16th and the World Conference of Domino Federation Championship in Orlando, Florida from August 15th to 27th.

The Guyana Karate Federation is inviting persons, especially women, to get involved in karate and Nathalie Gibson, who has a third degree black belt,  supports the call.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – A year on from his scandal-scarred re-election as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter told delegates at their annual conference on Friday that world soccer’s governing body was taking big steps back to calmer times.

The European Union (EU) and the government yesterday inked two financial agreements totalling $7.1 billion, the major portion of which will be plugged into the ailing sugar sector.

The badly chopped 16-year-old North West District girl was working at a Kayamoo – a barrack-like accommodation for sex workers – before she met her attacker less than a year ago, residents of the Port Kaituma area said yesterday.

In his inaugural Indepe-dence address to the nation, President Donald Ramotar last night announced that the government plans to revitalize village economies countrywide.

Dear Editor, We are a group of women who are concerned for our girl children in Lethem, Tabatinga and St Ignatius.

“Keep your day job is advice we refuse to take, we would rather not keep our jobs.

GT&T really outdid itself in terms of coordination and presentation for the finals of the Feel the Beat competition, but the contest isn’t over yet.

Dear Editor, Many thanks for publishing my letter in SN’s issue of Monday, May 21, 2012 (‘A policeman has the power to arrest “any person he has good cause to suspect”‘).

An arsonist yesterday targeted a Norton Street home causing damage and endangering the lives of its occupants.

Hi Everyone, Happy Independence to brilliant, beautiful, bountiful Guyana! Five years ago, I wrote about an ‘Independence food dream’ I had – one in which there was a table with a veritable feast of the foods of my country.

Dear Editor, Recently I was invited by a group of persons living in the Johanna Cecilia, Maria’s Lodge, Suddie Area in Region Two to accompany them to the sea dam in the area to have a look at the kind of sea defence work that is being done there. 

The police have arrested two of the persons who attacked the constable who was shot numerous times with arrows, chopped in the head and beaten at Monkey Mountain, Region Eight  On Thursday.

(Reuters) – Dwyane Wade turned on the style as the Miami Heat clinched a place in the NBA Eastern Conference finals with a 105-93 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game Six on Thursday.

Outrageous is the name Classique Dance Company gave to its collaboration with the Keen Dance Theater, which was held at the National Cultural Centre last Saturday, but the show only managed to outrage the Classique fans audience, who had been expecting much more.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Batsman Marlon Samuels did not hesitate to poke fun at England seamer James Anderson, following his superb Test century that helped rescue West Indies on the opening day of the second Test at Trent Bridge here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation wishes to thank Mr Nyall Jodhan for his letter that appeared in the May 23, 2012 edition of the Stabroek News (‘I wish…’).

The Inter-Ministry/Corporations seven-a-side football tournament which kicked off on Thursday night at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground will continue today at the same venue with 10 scheduled games.

The most serious human rights abuses in Guyana during last year involved mistreatment of suspects and detainees by security forces, unlawful killings by police, and poor prison and jail conditions, the US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 on Guyana has said.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, CMC – World sprint star Usain Bolt remained unbeaten this season with a win here yesterday but was left lamenting his sluggish time after labouring to dismiss a below-par field at the 51st Ostrava Golden Spike.

The village council of Akwero in the Moruca sub-region will soon make a decision on the fate of the Toshao, who, on Thursday and while drunk, verbally and physically abused two women in the community, one of whom is a regional official.

Dear Editor, Capitol News questioned several lawyers on their Monday, May 20, broadcast on the phenomenon of the numbers of youths before the Magistrate‘s courts on serious criminal charges, while comments made at the vigil broadcast two nights later brought responses of bewilderment from those questioned and, of course, hints of neglect on the parental front.

(Reuters) – Dead silence. For nearly 20 minutes on the morning of Facebook Inc’s trading debut last Friday, the line Nasdaq had opened up to keep traders informed about the social media company’s $16 billion IPO had been mute.

Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) is holding discussions with the Upper Berbice loggers association operating in the Region Ten area to find a mutually agreeable solution to the problem of illegal offloading of logs and logger’s trucks crossing at the company’s Kwakwani waterfront facility, the company said in a release.

Dear Editor, In yesterday’s Stabroek News (Thursday, May 24), there is an article titled ‘Gov’t moving to court over budget cuts.’

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic: whoever wins at Roland Garros will claim something more than just the French Open title as tennis is going through a “very special time”, according to Federer himself.

Dear Editor, So, once again there is a scandal at the GRA regarding the remission of duty on “luxury” vehicles.

(Billboard) –  Less than a year ago, Omarion’s music career was at a stand-still.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – English FA chairman David Bernstein, who called for last year’s FIFA presidential election to be called off in the wake of a bribery scandal, said on Friday he was very impressed with the changes underway within world soccer’s governing body.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff yesterday vetoed divisive elements of a new law that relaxes the forest cover farmers must preserve on their land, taking a stand against the agricultural lobby that pushed a more lenient version through Congress.

BONN,  (Reuters) – More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda for work on a new climate treaty by 2015 at United Nations climate talks yesterday, breaking a deadlock over procedure, but mistrust remains that could threaten progress for the rest of the year.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will open a temporary Registration Sub-Office at Better Hope Community Centre (Lower Flat),  East Coast Demerara,  from  Monday.

Dear Editor, Strange how simple things can stimulate your thoughts. Two young female students on their way from school engrossed in a conversation and seemingly oblivious to anything else, cut their discussion to say “good afternoon” to me, as I, walking in the opposite direction was about to walk past them.

Dr Tony Martin, author of Caribbean History: From Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present will be at the Oasis today from 10 am to 11 am to sign copies of his book which was launched on Thursday at the Umana Yana.

EDINBURGH, (Reuters) – With rousing speeches, patriotic music and support from actor Sean Connery, supporters of independence for Scotland launched a campaign yesterday which they hope will lead to the demise of a 305-year-old union with England and the breakup of Britain.

Most teachers and school managers at a public consultation arranged by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Berbice last week expressed opposition towards the MOE’S automatic promotion policy.

Dear Editor, Philip Moore was and is a national hero. That there was reluctance/resistance to accord him appropriate recognition in this respect at the time of his death was unbecoming for our nation and is, quite frankly, disgraceful.

I have been pondering the “purity” factor imposed on women for a couple of months now.

Amid a public outcry, the Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday issued a statement saying that Minister Robert Persaud had apologized to the Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Karen Livan over his statement and tone at a meeting with Brazilian miners on May 16.

Dear Editor, I was walking along Waterloo Street when I saw Mr Philip Moore ahead of me.

The success of the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Mursi, in  the opening round of Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential election will undoubtedly prompt fearful responses in the West.