Daily Archive: Friday, June 15, 2012

(Jamaica Gleaner) Leaders in the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States estimate that as many as 100,000 Jamaicans could benefit from the new immigration policy announced today by US President Barack Obama.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York police said today they are investigating a gunshot heard inside a New York nightclub during a melee of flying bottles involving friends of singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Rajat Gupta, a consummate business insider who once sat on the board of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, was convicted today of leaking secrets about the investment bank at the height of the financial crisis, a major victory for prosecutors seeking to root out illicit trading on Wall Street.

(WICB) Southampton, England – Darren Sammy said he was surprised to learn that West Indies were favourites for their series of three One-day Internationals against England, which opens today at the Ageas Bowl here.

(Jamaica Observer) Senior detectives are currently probing the murder of a Negril hotelier whose mutilated body was discovered at his Hanover home last evening.

The Guyana Police Force was yesterday presented with a plaque by the Iwokrama International Centre as a special appreciation award in recognition of its reliable and efficient support to the Iwokrama River Lodge, Kurupukari.

(Jamaica Gleaner) By the end of the year, persons leaving Jamaica will no longer be required to go through immigration lines.

The Barbados government says it is examining the possibility of setting up a Drug Treatment Court (DTC) to help non-violent offenders who have been charged with simple drug possession, the Caribbean Media Corporation reported today.

Two of the four Venezuelan men injured after their boat exploded at a fuel depot at Morawhanna, Northwest on Sunday, succumbed this morning at the Georgetown Hospital.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of pensioner and licensed firearm holder Joseph Rodrigues, 83 years, of Chateau Margot, ECD, which occurred at about 1155h today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Obama administration will relax enforcement of deportation rules for young people brought to the United States without legal status, a softening of immigration policy that is likely to appeal to Hispanic voters in an election year.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Human rights organization ‘Allied Collective’ is dragging the State of Suriname before the Inter-American Court for Human Rights (ICHR) for what it calls the “probable summary execution” by the police of three notorious criminals and a fourth person at the Maretraite project in Tout Lui Faut Tuesday evening.

(Jamaica Observer) Three more men were killed by police in Four Paths, Clarendon yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A senior manager with Ernst & Young has quoted a price tag of US$30 million per financial institution to implement the requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act or FATCA, a new US law meant to snag Americans in the tax net wherever they reside.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Further rate cuts could follow yesterday’s announcement by LIME to slash its rates by up to two-thirds.

New members of the Integrity Commission could be sworn-in within a week, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds announced last night as the National Assembly approved a government motion to ensure that Members of Parliament submit annual declarations in keeping with the provisions of the Integrity Act.

The combined Opposition yesterday again voted against $79.6 million in four items of supplementary expenditure in Financial Paper 9/2011 and in reacting to this, Minister of Finance Dr.

New branches of King’s Jewellery World and Homeline Furnishings Departmental Store were opened on Wednesday in Rose Hall Town, Berbice.

Kevin Bevney, a taxi driver, was yesterday charged with the possession and trafficking of narcotics, after allegedly being held with cannabis during a police search.

Linden residents are mourning the loss of one of their own after he perished in an accident along the Ituni, Upper Berbice River road, which also resulted in several other residents, including the driver of the truck, being injured.

From the start of next month, Lindeners will begin paying higher electricity rates, in keeping with the plan by government to gradually scale-back its subsidising of the cost in the mining town.

In order to cushion the effect of the rise in the price for chicken locally, the Commerce Ministry has granted approval to 12 persons to import chicken.

National Football Coach Jamaal Shabazz says that he has taken full responsibility for the Golden Jaguars 0-4 defeat at the hands of Central American football giants Costa Rica.

Government, in a bid to improve the environment, will soon be enacting legislation to ban the importation of non-biodegradable material including Styrofoam and plastics and increase litter penalties, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.

Seven teams remain in the National Community Basketball League after Lodge/Meadowbrook became the first to be booted from the competition last Wednesday when the quarterfinal round tipped off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Approximately 2,500 people flocked to the National Stadium yesterday, where the Ministry of Housing (MOH) and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) launched the first of a series of “One Stop Shop” house-lot allocation exercises for the year.

SOUTHAMPTON, England,  CMC – Head coach Ottis Gibson has dismissed suggestions that West Indies will be favourites heading into the three-match One-Day International series against England starting here tomorrow.

Pamela Lashley, the woman who accused the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) of negligence in the death of her 12lb baby has not engaged the hospital’s administration, after being persuaded not to by relatives as a result of her poor health.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – Retired ICC Elite Panel umpire, Billy Doctrove believes Caribbean umpires are not getting a fair break on the international stage.

A labourer, who was allegedly found with cocaine during a search at a Corentyne road block, was yesterday arraigned on charges of possession and trafficking of cocaine.

(Reuters) – Timothy Bradley’s controversial victory over Manny Pacquiao for the World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) welterweight title will be reviewed, the governing body said on Wednesday.

Superintendant of Police Watts and Senior Superintendant Alves were on June 4 arraigned on charges connected to the December 6, 2011 shooting of APNU protesters with rubber bullets on Hadfield Street.

The family of Ade Doobay is claiming that he was doused with ‘acid’ as a result of a row between him and another man over an article appearing in several daily newspapers.

SOUTHAMPTON, England,  CMC – Ottis Gibson said yesterday talismanic opener Chris Gayle had made a seamless re-entry into the West Indies squad, after 14 months out because of a squabble with the West Indies Cricket Board.

Educator Lavern Thorne is the latest Guyanese to be awarded a full scholarship under the European Union’s Erasmus Mundus Scholarship programme to read for an International Masters in Early Childhood Education and Care at the Oslo and Akershus University in Norway, the EU delegation in Georgetown said in a press release yesterday.

KHARKIV,  (Reuters) – Netherlands need to quickly find the missing style they have been unable to locate at Euro 2012 if they are to have any chance of staying alive in the tournament, playmaker Wesley Sneijder said.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – West Indies A have been strengthened ahead of the third and decisive four-day “Test” against India A with the inclusion of the Test duo of Kieran Powell and Assad Fudadin.

The University of Guyana (UG) unions participating in ‘Operation Rescue UG’ have ruled out taking any industrial action while consulting with the UG administration about an increase in salaries and on the ongoing problems they have been faced with.

Steven Xavier secured a resounding victory against Nyron Joseph to ignite team X-Men’s triumphant run on Wednesday evening during the Farfan and Mendes Junior Team Tournament at the Georgetown Club squash facility.

An air of expectancy has been created in Rosignol and neighbouring communities as the first major shopping mall on the West Coast Berbice enters the final stages of construction.

A 26-year-old man accused of assaulting and attempting to rob another was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) are working to help local businesses to secure financial, technical and marketing support available to enhance their competitive capacity on the regional and international markets.

Dear Editor, The “Pick it up Guyana” thrust of the campaign launched by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment seems to imply that it is all right to put trash down so that it can be picked up. 

Digicel Guyana is this evening launching a new customer promotion with a free party at the Tower Poolside.

The Guyana Defence Force overran the University of Guyana football team at the GFC Ground, Bourda on Wednesday in the continuation of the President’s Beer Tournament, inflicting a 10–nil drubbing.

The Region Five administration has made $9M available to begin repairs to the deteriorating road at Burma, West Coast Berbice, which is used primarily by truckers who transport paddy to a rice milling facility in the area.

Not widespread The year 2011 was one in which Guyanese went to the banks for additional cash to spend on their household needs. 

Dear Editor, Mr Sultan Mohamed in comments on my letter (‘The preamble to the constitution…‘ SN, June5) associates me with a certain mindset (‘Kwayana has equated the preamhle to the constitution with its main contents’ SN, June 11).

KIEV, (Reuters) – France’s 22-match unbeaten run will count for nothing today when they will face similar challenges as they did against England in a Euro 2012 Group D clash against red-hot Ukraine in Donetsk.

By Hasan TuluyWorld Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Economic and social development has emerged as the twin pillars of Latin America and the Caribbean’s strategy to create a more equitable, modern society.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – Lost in the flashiness of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s offensive fireworks is soft-spoken forward Nick Collison, a steady hand on a young team playing for the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s supreme court ruled yesterday to dissolve the Islamist-led parliament, plunging a troubled transition to democracy into turmoil just two days before an election to replace ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.

Guyanese Dr Vibert Cambridge, Professor Emeritus, School of Media Arts and Studies, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University, will be the featured speaker at a breakfast lecture sponsored by the Guyana Media Proprietors Association (GMPA) Inc next Saturday.

Dear Editor, Since Mr Corbin announced his intention not to seek re-election to serve as leader of the PNCR, there have begun to emerge all kinds of pundits, real or fictional, who have started to occupy the letter sections of the local newspapers to pedal all kinds of reasons for Mr Corbin’s perceived failures and/or successes.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia are looking forward to blooding some of their young players in English conditions on their upcoming tour of Britain with half an eye on next year’s Ashes, captain Michael Clarke said yesterday.

She appears to be somewhere in her mid-thirties and prefers to be known simply as Debbie.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article published on Saturday, June 9, in your sport section, captioned ‘Sharma breeding chess champions in Orealla.’

Kenneth Bissoondyal, 55, who had been remanded for seven days after he confessed to assaulting his wife of thirty years, Kuntie Gopaul, was reprimanded and discharged on Wednesday by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Court.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron warned Argentina yesterday that London stood “ready and willing” to defend the Falkland Islands, 30 years after Britain recaptured the South Atlantic archipelago whose sovereignty remains a hotly contested issue.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – In the aftermath of the Miami Heat’s second-half meltdown in the opening-game loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals, the spotlight is focused on the spotty play of All-Star Dwyane Wade.

Government’s decision to give the green light to the private sector to operate helicopters in Guyana is “a positive development for the aviation industry that is long overdue,” Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways Captain Gerry Gouveia has said.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Former billionaire Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison yesterday for running a $7 billion scheme in which he stole money from his investors to finance an extravagant lifestyle in the Caribbean.

A woman accused of falsifying her passport application was on Wednesday placed on $85,000 bail when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

OKLAHOMA CITY,  (Reuters) – LeBron James and Dwyane Wade proved they were not yet ready to pass the torch to the next generation by leading the Miami Heat to a 100-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Two of the NBA Finals last night.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela is building unmanned drone aircraft as part of military cooperation with Iran and other allies, President Hugo Chavez said, in a move likely to heighten U.S.

Dear Editor, Having read my brother David Hind’s (any Walter Rodney companeiro is my brother) letter (‘Ramdin’s action is a manifestation of how far we’ve strayed in our quest for freedom’ SN, June 12) in the Guyanese press on the latest shenanigans enveloping Caribbean cricket, I’m reminded of the great Black Jazz Saxophonist Oliver Nelson’s1961 album Blues and the Abstract Truth.

The inner circuit of the National Park will become a cycling speedway tomorrow when national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed and  P&P Insurance Brokers & Consultants Limited team up to host an 11-race youth cycle programme.

Terrence Sukhu is an engaging 29-year-old businessman who is aiming to take his company, Digital Technology, to the very top of the pile in the local information technology sector and, he said, he is prepared to “work hard” to get there.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Monday’s robbery of a jeweler, which was supposed to be last one before they ‘retired’, became fatal to Just Goddard, Urby Burleson, Resa Amsinck and a certain Harrison.

Rebuilt: The legendary Buxton community centre, Tipperary Hall was yesterday commissioned by the government.

Dear Editor, It is indeed a fact that Essequibo remains the safest place in Guyana according to the crime data reported by the Kaieteur News on June12.

Sixty students will be tested tomorrow at the National Gymnasium in the holistic development of martial arts.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. telecommunications equipment company yesterday charged that its Chinese rivals Huawei and ZTE Corp receive unfair government support and called for a tough U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper chief told David Cameron the night before a crucial political speech in 2009 that they were “professionally in this together”, an inquiry revealed yesterday, embarrassing the man who now governs Britain.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 463’s trading results showed consideration of $5,083,097 from 110,681 shares traded in 32 transactions as compared to session 462 which showed consideration of $2,897,117 from 150,495 shares traded in 12 transactions. 

Twice recently local private sector enterprises missed out on golden opportunities to be considered for the international marketing of goods and services, which were made available through projects funded by the Caribbean Export Development Agency, commonly referred to as Caribbean Export.

Why have people in the Caribbean got so hot under the collar about Denesh Ramdin’s message – “Yea, Viv, talk nah” – to West Indies cricket legend turned commentator, Sir Vivian Richards?

Politikles

As another American-inspired (now commercialised ) “Day” looms on Sunday, I feel compelled to re-visit these views I first shared here a few years ago.

(Trinidad Express) He entered the world of work as a handyman making minimum wage.

Dear Editor, I was lambasted for my remarks in a letter carried in your newspaper on Tuesday, June 12, captioned ‘There needs to be strong leadership in the area of policing.’

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Barbadian Patrick Husbands continued to cling to the lead at Woodbine racetrack despite going winless in two rides on Wednesday’s eight-race mid-week card.

Leading local beverage companies Banks DIH Limited, ANSA McAL and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) will square off in a three-match dominoes series beginning today at the Banks DIH Sports Club at Thirst Park from 17:00 hours.

Business Cartoons

(Trinidad Express) A Jamaican taxi-driver remains in police custody as investigators probe the disappearance and possible death of Michelle Coudray, daughter of San Fernando Mayor Marlene Coudray.

(Trinidad Express) Too feeble to fight back, 87-year-old Jane Toophanie was hog-tied, gagged and terrorised by two men who broke into the family’s home and killed her son yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A hitman was hired by former president of the Hindu Credit Union (HCU), Harry Harnarine, to assassinate Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), Sat Maharaj.