Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo has abandoned a lawsuit that he brought against Stabroek News over eight years ago.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Test opener Kieran Powell hammered an attacking, unbeaten half-century to complete an outstanding match as West Indies A crushed India by ten wickets on the final day of the third and decisive unofficial “Test” here today.

A US federal judge yesterday ordered that a Guyanese woman remain in federal custody in the US state of Connecticut until her next court appearance on mail fraud and conspiracy charges.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades until overthrown by last year, was on life support in hospital, military officials said today, but they denied a report he was clinically dead.

QUITO/LONDON,  (Reuters) – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is seeking asylum in Ecuador after arriving at the South American nation’s embassy in London, Ecuador’s foreign minister said today, a move that may help the self-styled anti-secrecy crusader avoid extradition to Sweden.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ray Garraway, 23 years of No.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s police force is ruled by “unrestrained abuse and brutality” and has failed to investigate and prosecute sexual assault and domestic violence in the U.S.

(Reuters) – American singer Bobby Brown has remarried in Hawaii, four months after the drowning death of his ex-wife Whitney Houston, People magazine reported today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook struck 112 to secure England a 2-0 one-day series win over West Indies with a match to spare after the home side defeated the visitors by eight wickets at The Oval today.

Officials of Sithe Global, the developer of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Project, say that the delay in financial closure of the project until next year will likely result in a higher overall contract cost since foreign currency exchange rates could change over the period.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican triple world record holder Usain Bolt has been listed at number 63 on the Forbes top 100 highest paid sports personalities list.

(Reuters) – Laura Pendergest-Holt, former chief investment officer for Allen Stanford, has agreed to plead guilty and will receive a three-year prison sentence for her role in a $7 billion fraud, a source familiar with the case said today.

(Barbados Nation) Thirty percent of the candidates who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) in the 2011 May to June sitting obtained no subjects at acceptable grades.

(Trinidad Express) Thirty-three people yesterday appeared before a Tunapuna Magistrate charged with various levels of involvement in a “vice party” held over the Father’s Day weekend.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies, sent in by England, reached 238 for nine off their 50 overs in the second One-Day International of the three-match series at the Oval here today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The small-scale gold mining industry exported close to 19,000 kilograms of gold in 2011, at least on paper.

(Trinidad Express) The Court of Appeal has refused to grant leave to a group of CLICO policyholders to go to the Privy Council to challenge the decision of the local court to deny them pre-emptive and interim costs to pursue their legal challenge of the bailout plan offered to them by Finance Minister Winston Dookeran.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China will contribute $43 billion to the International Monetary Fund’s crisis-fighting reserves, state news agency Xinhua confirmed on Tuesday, without providing details.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, plunging the country into another political crisis.

(Trinidad Express) There has been a 13 per cent increase in the number of people living on the nation’s streets.

(Trinidad Express) The village of Carapo, Arima, was thrown into shock and mourning yesterday when two sisters were chopped to death and then their bodies burnt.

A Roraima Airways mechanic is now in critical condition after he was stabbed during a confrontation with a man, after the man pushed his pregnant girlfriend into a canal at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara on Sunday night.

Local authorities in Linden yesterday managed to quell an angry group of protestors who had formed a human barricade across Casuarina Drive, Watooka, calling for immediate repairs to the road.

There is a split in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) between government and opposition members on a proposal by acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma to make three senior appointments at the Audit Office.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Pacers Delorn Johnson and Kevin McClean produced devastating spells to rock India A and put West Indies A in sight of victory in the third and final unofficial “Test” here yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday showed off its $37 million water cannon in its first public demonstration.

By Iva Wharton Covent Garden Secondary School showed no mercy on the Academy of Professional Studies (APS)whom they thrashed 18-1 as the Digicel Schools football tournament continued yesterday at the Grove Centre Ground.

Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) head Khurshid Sattaur says the body would want to “jail” its employees and businessmen who set out to rob the state of revenues through unscrupulous business activities.

As Suriname prepares to boost its Coastguard to tackle illegal and unsustainable fishing in its fishing zone Guyana’s Agriculture Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, yesterday welcomed the idea of having a Fisheries Agreement to help manage the industry regarded as the economic lifeline of nationals of the two countries.

The 11-year-old girl, who was impregnated after being raped by her father, has been enrolled in a clinic and she is being treated as a high risk case.

Justice James Bovell-Drakes yesterday sentenced Colin Bentick to 21 years in jail for the murder of Elon Shepherd in 2007 on the West Berbice.

A new refrigeration system that was installed at Port Kaituma morgue, in Region One last November, worked for only two weeks before it broke down, making funeral arrangements even harder for grieving families.

After being stabbed and hammered by her partner in a brutal attack, Sharon Howell has started the journey to pick up the pieces of her life.

Shurlon Austin, the Guyanese scholarship student who allegedly murdered a man and slit a woman’s throat in Cuba, remains in police custody and is expected to appear in court soon.

Rampersaud Latchman, 47, of Fyrish, Corentyne lost his life after he was struck down on the public road some time on Sunday night; the driver of the vehicle that killed him is said to be on the run.

The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) and the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) intend to recommence industrial action from tomorrow until June 26, pointing to the university’s failure to adhere to previous agreements.

A Linden man died yesterday after he fell off a truck at 48 Miles Mabura Road, Upper Demerara.

Twelve-year-old Mohamed ‘Kevin’ Ramnarine, who was struck down by a minibus along the Friendship, East Bank public road seven weeks ago, has relapsed into a coma at the Georgetown Hospital’s Paediatric Ward.

The government will lead its defence on July 25, when the $2 million lawsuit filed by former New Building Society (NBS) chief executive officer /secretary Maurice Arjoon continues.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies are hoping the historic Oval can serve as a good luck charm when the pivotal second One-Day International of the three-match series against England bowls off here today.

Despite early showers, the Becian Star Federation recorded 318 points to be crowned the new champions of the second edition of the Goodwill Relay event held Sunday at the Eve Leary Sports Club ground.

Transparency Institute of Guyana (TIG) says the public must demand accountability from persons in positions of trust, during an interactive session held recently with a group of adult students.

The two Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI) fisheries complex workers  accused of the murder of their colleague Mark Solomon at McDoom were yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on the indictable charge.

The Western Union Plaisance/Vryheids Lust team became the third team to qualify for the semifinal round in the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) when they defeated Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust 77-67 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) last Sunday evening.

Police have still not captured the businessman who fled the scene after the May 26, Carifesta Avenue accident that claimed the life of a man.

Getting word of her confirmation to attend the 2012 Summer Olympics was the high point of the year for Bishop’s High School student Britany Van Lange.

Dear Editor, I do not live in Linden or in any other community within Region 10.

A teenager accused of robbing a woman at Agricola of her handbag and other items valued in excess of $300,000 was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum $250,000 after being arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Guyana Rugby Football (GRFU) Union yesterday named the team to play against Bermuda on Saturday in the final Caribbean qualifying match for the 2015 Rugby World Cup to take place in Hamilton, Bermuda on Saturday.

A minibus conductor who cursed a female police officer who was at the time a passenger in his bus and who later behaved disorderly was on Thursday last fined $20,000 or in the alternative ordered to spend two weeks imprisonment.

Two men appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court charged with five counts of armed robbery over the Doctor Bush robbery at Albion last week.

Dear Editor, The death of a baby at childbirth is always devastating for the parents and other relatives.

POZNAN, (Reuters) – Italy never do things easily and although the 2-0 scoreline suggests they comfortably beat Ireland yesterday to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals, the bruised palms of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon prove otherwise.

Dear Editor, I am a light-duty driver attached to a timber and logging company located on the Upper Demerara River.

LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) – World leaders pressured Europe yesterday to take ambitious new steps to resolve its debt crisis after a victory for pro-bailout parties in a Greek election failed to calm markets or ease worries that wider turmoil could derail the global economy.

Dear Editor, Last Tuesday at the National Park, the General Manager Ms Yolanda Vasconcellos was subjected to a thorough tongue-lashing by Permanent Secretary Joslyn McKenzie of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment before being suspended for three days.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Angelo Mathews kept a cool head to guide Sri Lanka to a nerve-jangling two-wicket win over Pakistan in the fifth and final one-day international  yesterday.

MIAMI,   (Reuters) – Miami’s dominance from the free-throw line proved strong enough to quell the Oklahoma City Thunder in a fierce fourth-quarter battle as the Heat claimed a 91-85 Game Three victory on Sunday and a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals.

LONDON (Reuters) – At least one person is being killed in an environmental dispute around the world each week as the battle for land, natural resources and forests becomes increasingly violent, a report said today.

Dear Editor, It has become a habit for workers living on the ECD to reach their respective workplaces late because of a lack of access to a reliable transportation service.

LONDON, England, CMC – Injury has ruled West Indies batsman Darren Bravo out of the tour of England, dealing yet another blow to the Caribbean side ahead of today’s second One-Day International against England.

The Guyana Table tennis Association is in receipt of the second set of Stag equipment.

LONDON (Reuters) – The treasurer of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party was accused of violating parliamentary rules after he arranged a private dinner in the House of Lords for paying American Express card-holders, the Independent newspaper reported today.

Dear Editor, I was reading the Chronicle’s column titled ‘Courts’ and could not help but gasp in disbelief at the number of cases involving drunk driving and the paltry fines paid for committing this offence.

ATLIXCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Sex sells – at least that’s what the ruling party candidate is hoping as she seeks to rescue her fading chances in Mexico’s upcoming presidential election.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – While Webb Simpson emerged from the damp mist to win his first major title at the U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A jury on Monday acquitted Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens of all six criminal counts against him in a trial on charges that he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s new prime minister, Victor Ponta, has been accused by an anonymous whistleblower of copying large parts of his doctoral thesis without attribution, the journal Nature reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, June13, 2012 at approximately 1.30pm I drove in my diesel vehicle to be refuelled at the Guy-oil Providence filling and service station.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United States, Professor Stephen Vasciannie has brushed aside notions of Jamaica having its own final appellate court, and at the same time has given a fresh vote of confidence to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) replacing the United Kingdom-based Privy Council as Jamaica’s court of last resort.

The water cannon is aimed at police recruits during the demonstration yesterday at the National Park.

By Bernd Debusmann The 2012 global performance scorecard is in and the grade for Barack Obama is “failed to meet expectations.”

Dear Editor, In the recent football game between Guyana and Costa Rica if Guyana had won I would have been happy.

By Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon is Secretary-General of the United Nations Tomorrow, world leaders gather for a momentous occasion — the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.

Dear Editor, I just read in the Guyana Times (June 17) that the Leonora Synthetic Track project is way behind schedule, and that didn’t come as a shock.

Arguably, there had always been reason to suspect that the Burrowes Commission of Enquiry had not slain all of the ghosts that dwell inside City Hall.

(Jamaica Observer)  The Board of Supervision of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development is putting in place an identification system, as it looks to adequately meet the needs of the country’s homeless.