Daily Archive: Thursday, May 31, 2012

Dwight Da Silva, the man accused of killing Kaneville businessman Barbot Paul, was today found not guilty.

ROME, Italy,  CMC – Jamaican Usain Bolt stormed to a world-leading 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Diamond League here today.

(WICB) Leicester, England – Assad Fudadin said his first trip overseas with the West Indies team has been an eye-opening experience.

Chartered accountant and attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram and former Guyana Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran are the Alliance For Change (AFC) nominees for the long-delayed Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A pair of women’s underwear that fell out of a Brazilian legislator’s briefcase on the floor of Congress two weeks ago has been incinerated after no one stepped forward to claim them, O Globo newspaper reported today.

(Jamaica Observer) Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke yesterday accused the former Jamaica Labour Party Government (JLP) of selling the country short in the divesting of three of the five state-owned sugar estates to Chinese company Complant International two years ago, with arrangements for tax waivers lasting up to 20 years, among other concessions.

(WICB) Port of Spain, Trinidad – Sunil Narine returned home to Trinidad from India earlier this week and before he got a chance to unpack his bags, he was told to pack them again.

(Jamaica Gleaner)   A strident Karl Samuda yesterday declared that Jamaica should make it clear to Trinidad and Tobago that it refuses to be a receptacle for its goods.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Agriculture Dr David Estwick has harshly criticized Government for failing to invest more heavily to transform and reposition the sector.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Lackin is very angry and disappointed that the delegation of the European Union (EU) that held a political dialogue with the government yesterday, used the occasion instead to lecture Suriname on the amnesty issue.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has set up a new anti-corruption team to monitor domestic one-day matches, the ECB said today.

(Trinidad Express) Persons who are suspected criminals should be tagged with the electronic monitoring bracelet so police can catch them in the act, says temporary Government Senator Jamal Mohammed.

(Trinidad Express) In the face of statements from Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard that he has not been cleared of bribery allegations, Government Minister Jack Warner yesterday brushed off the issue, saying he had passed that stage.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Contractors’ Association (TTCA) is “glad” that the Trinidad Cement Ltd wage dispute has been referred to the Industrial Court.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen has retired from all forms of one-day international cricket with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board said today.

(Trinidad Express) Transport Commissioner Reuben Cato said yesterday that corruption at the Licensing Division will continue unless the archaic system is computerised and modernised.

The Chinese government yesterday signed an agreement which the Government of Guyana receiving 30,000 laptops, costing US$8 million as a contribution towards the One Laptop per Family (OLPF) initiative.

Enmore Estate sugar workers yesterday refused to heed a call for a strike by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), which they accused of failing to adequately represent their interests.

Three miners were doused with gasoline and almost set on fire during the raid by an armed gang on a mining camp at Issano on Sunday.

After being forced to watch as a bandit shot her husband during an attack on Monday, Corentyne resident Farida Dhanraj, 47, is ready to sell her property and move to start over somewhere else.

Local authorities are preparing for a showdown over  roads under construction in the Amelia’s Ward housing scheme, in Linden, which bear signs of major defects.

Officials of Hand-in-Hand Trust Corporation Inc remain tight-lipped about the sale of shares Jonathan Brassington, brother of Head of the Privatisation Unit Winston Brassington, as the transaction and the circumstances that led to it continue to be speculated upon.

By John Richards Fifty-two-year-old Mathilda Leone is one of Guyana’s veteran porkknockers.

Two young men who were convicted of the September 2000 murder of a nine-year-old boy and later sentenced to imprisonment at the President’s pleasure were on Monday freed by the Court of Appeal.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Indian Premier League star off-spinner Sunil Narine could be set for his Test debut after he was called up to replace injured pacer Kemar Roach on the West Indies current tour of England.

The AFC is insisting that the government seek international assistance to address comprehensive reform of the security sector, following the brutal attack last Wednesday on 20-year-old Police Constable Kelvin George at Monkey Mountain while he was trying to effect  a lawful arrest.

(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard says Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner has not been cleared of bribery allegations arising out of a Caribbean Football Union meeting in Port-of-Spain last year.

The National Community Basketball League continued on Tuesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as West Side Boys found themselves on the wrong side of an embarrassing 43-84 loss to Nigel Hinds and Associates North Ruimveldt.

A new refrigerator for the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) mortuary was among those tenders for which bids were opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is making it easier for citizens to help stop crime by inviting them to submit information online or using their Blackberry phones.

Trinidad-based Guyanese runner Lionel D’Andrade is peeved that the Athletics Association of Guyana failed to inform him of the postponement of the Independence Day half marathon which is now scheduled for Saturday after he had travelled here for the originally scheduled date last Saturday.

The conduct of the recently held elections for Toshaos and village councils has shown various anomalies and discrepancies, says the Amerindian  Peoples Asso-ciation (APA).

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The London Olympics will not become known as the “Queuing Games” with extra staff and technology being employed to keep people moving through tight security checks, a British interior minister said yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has appointed Englishman Graeme West as the new head coach of the High Performance Centre here.

As part of its activities for Blindness Awareness Month, the Disabled People’s Network (DPN) of Region Five on Tuesday held an exercise to sensitize drivers of minibuses that they should not discriminate.

(Reuters) – The New Orleans Hornets were awarded the top pick in next month’s National Basketball Association (NBA) draft after winning the annual lottery that favours weaker teams yesterday.

V G Siddhartha, owner of the Coffee Day group which controls 1.82 million acres of forest in Guyana through one of its subsidiaries has said that a processing centre for logs will be set up here but the main facility will be in India.

Almost one month after being in the dark, households at Mabaruma and other communities connected to the electricity grid in the Region One area began receiving electricity earlier this week.

Two 11-year-olds from Aroaima and Hururu and a 10-year-old from Kwakwani have been announced the winners in the Bauxite Company Guyana Inc (BCGI) UC Rusal Art Competition, which was recently introduced to the children of three villages to highlight the need for best safety practices among its employees.

Hockey, netball and volleyball will be featured in the Digicel Triple Sport Fiesta on Saturday, June 9th at the National Gymnasium,  starting at 18:00 hours.

A delegation of four persons from the labour sector, including Minister of Labour Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul is attending the 101st session of the International Labour Conference.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Revenues for England’s Premier League soccer clubs hit a record high in 2010/11, but the players are taking an ever greater share of those riches, the annual Deloitte review of football finance said yesterday.

Courts Guyana Inc on Tuesday presented six lucky mothers with gift certificates valued $50,000 each, redeemable at Kings Jewellery World, in its Shiny Mother’s Day promotions draw held on May 18.

Nine football teams from the West Demerara will battle for lucrative cash prizes and trophies when the Stag Beer/West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League Competition kicks off at the Den Amstel ground on Sunday.

Sharon Howell, the woman who was stabbed and beaten to her head mercilessly by her partner on Sunday, has been moved from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, giving her family hope about her condition.

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs continued their perfect run in the playoffs, marching to a record-breaking 20th straight win as they fended off Oklahoma City Thunder 120-111 to take firm control of the Western Conference Finals.

DHAKA, (Reuters)– Englishman Richard Pybus has been appointed head coach of Bangladesh for the next two years, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said yesterday.

Diplomats and other officials from the foreign ministries of 11 Caricom states met with representatives from the Caricom Secretariat and other agencies for a workshop aimed at developing a regional position for the upcoming Diplomatic Conference to negotiate a legally binding global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the United Nations.

EZjet Air Services has announces the opening of its Head Office at 23 Brickdam, Stabroek, Georgetown, Unit 204.

The duo of Sudesh Fitzgerald and Nicholas Seetaram won the Draw Doubles Darts Tournament held on Friday at Seepauls Sports Bar.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is starting observances for World Environment Day 2012 with a Green Walk on Sunday at the National Park.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter (‘What are the rules for proceeding on the amber light?’)

PARIS,  (Reuters) – After four days of play, the French Open was left without a Williams sister in the draw yesterday when former runner-up Venus joined 2002 champion Serena in making an early exit.

Dear Editor, I agree with the general thrust of Mr Charles Sohan’s letter (‘Indian-Guyanese were always keen on education but many lacked the economic capacity to send their children for secondary education,’ Stabroek News, May 29).

Newly-accredited Japanese Ambassador to Guyana Yoshimasa Tezuka said his country is looking forward to strengthening relations with Guyana, after he presented his letters of credence to President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President last Wednesday.

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Barbadian jockey Patrick Husbands fashioned two contrasting rides as he snatched some of the attention on Woodbine’s ten-race card here Saturday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – In-form West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has vaulted a whopping 20 places in the Test batting rankings, following his outstanding performance in the just concluded second Test against England at Trent Bridge.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud says Repsol’s exploratory drilling operation at the Jaguar –1 well will reach its target soon and only then would the company know whether or not the well is viable and whether recoveries can be made.

Dear Editor, Nay, the dust should not settle on the nation’s tribute to Philip Moore, citizen, humanist and artist, notwithstanding his interment at Auchlyne.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Selected positions from the International Cricket Council Test rankings released on Tuesday: BATTING: 1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)       865 2 AB de Villiers (SA)                            821 3 Jacques Kallis (SA)                           819 4 Younus Khan (PAK)                         797 5 Kumar Sangakkara (SL)                  779 6 Alastair Cook (ENG)                        776 7 Thilan Samaraweera (SL)              772 8 Michael Clarke (AUS)                      771 9 Hashim Amla (SA)                           763 10 Ross Taylor (NZ)                            761 22 Darren Bravo (WI)                        660 35 Marlon Samuels (WI)                  552 55 Darren Sammy (WI)                    435 56 Kirk Edwards (WI)                       428 74 Adrian Barath (WI)                     339 88 Denesh Ramdin (WI)                  310 99 Kieran Powell (WI)                      265 BOWLING: 1 Dale Steyn (SA)                               886 2 Saeed Ajmal (PAK)                       835 3 James Anderson (ENG)              793 4=Graeme Swann (ENG)               769 4=Rangana Herath (SL)                 769 6 Stuart Broad (ENG)                     766 7 Vernon Philander (SA)             764 8 Ben Hilfenhaus (AUS)                756 9 Peter Siddle (AUS)                     740 10 Abdur Rehman (PAK)            739 17 Kemar Roach (WI)                   626 25 Darren Sammy (WI)                541 40 Ravi Rampaul (WI)                  386 52 Shane Shillingford (WI)         307 81 Marlon Samuels (WI)              149

The Sophia man hit to the head with a piece of wood on Tuesday evening is recovering in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your editorial ‘Caribbean airlines unsettled?’

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was jailed for 50 years yesterday for helping Sierra Leonean rebels commit what a court in The Hague called some of the worst war crimes in history.

Dear Editor, Corporal punishment has been with society ever since man began to walk this Earth, and in  Guyana it goes back to the earliest days of formal education, where it was, for the most part, acceptable in the homes as well as in the schools.

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Veteran Trinidadian jockey Emile Ramsammy scored his first wins of the near two-month old Woodbine season on Sunday, to snatch a share of the headlines on the 10-race programme.

Dear Editor, On May 26, 2012, Guyana acknowledged 46 years of independence.

New Indian High Commissioner (designate) to Guyana,  Puran Mal Meena yesterday presented his Letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar at the Office of the President.

Some of the sugar workers of the Enmore Sugar Estate during the confrontation between them and Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) General Secretary Seepaul Narine at the meeting held at the Enmore Community Centre yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Complant, the Chinese firm which last year bought the Frome, Bernard Lodge and Monymusk sugar estates from the Government, has been the beneficiary of massive tax waivers.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, leaving the Australian with few legal options after an 18-month legal battle.

Every city, rather like every citizen, has parts that do not reflect well on it; eyesores, ramshackle bits, the odd carbuncle or blemish.

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Loud touts at the international airport at Timehri, and at bus parks in Georgetown, present a graphic picture of the social decay afflicting our Guyanese nation.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – Emmanuel Nanthan will take charge of the Windward Island Cricket Board of Control for a third straight term, after being returned as president during the Annual General Meeting held here this week.

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