Daily Archive: Monday, July 2, 2012

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dancehall entertainer Ninja Man, whose real name is Desmond Ballentine, is now free to hit the stage to perform to raise critical funds to fight his murder rap.

The police say they are continuing the search aimed at recapturing two prisoners who fled from the Mazaruni Prisons yesterday.

The Public Utilities Commission is to meet with top officials of the phone company GT&T tomorrow.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – CNN’s Anderson Cooper said in a public statement today that he is gay, adding that while privacy is important for journalists, he did not want to give the impression he was hiding something and wanted to stand up against bullying.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  (Reuters) – Yohan Blake and not Usain Bolt may now be the man to beat in London Games but the mission remains the same with the ‘The Beast’ set to lead an all out assault by Jamaican sprinters on the Olympic medal podium.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova has had better days, Roger Federer more mobile ones and local sun-hat sellers more profitable ones as Wimbledon’s manic today turned into a bit of a damp squib after several days of nerve-shredding drama.

(ICC) West Indies’ Chris Gayle has rocketed into fourth position in the Reliance ICC T20I Player Rankings after whirlwinds knocks against New Zealand in the two T20Is played earlier this week in Lauderhill, Florida.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ryan Ramkarran called ‘Budhram’, 23 years of Fourth Avenue, Bartica, which occurred at about 2320h last night at Second Avenue, Bartica.

The PPP today said it intends to engage longstanding party executive Ralph Ramkarran on his resignation with a view to reconciling.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The BET Awards yesterday split top honors among several artists, including Beyonce and Chris Brown, in a telecast filled with lively performances and an emotional tribute to late singer Whitney Houston.

KIEV,  (Reuters) – Andres Iniesta, who helped Spain to a second successive European Championship triumph in Poland and Ukraine, was named the best player at the tournament by UEFA today.

(Jamaica Observer) NEW YORK — Jamaica is to see significant benefits in its health-care programme with assistance from Cuba, following three days of talks between health minister Dr Fenton Ferguson and Cuban officials which ended last Friday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia will play Afghanistan for the first time next month in what is likely to be a one-day international in the United Arab Emirates, Cricket Australia (CA) said today.

(Barbados Nation) Governments throughout the region have to take some of the blame for the CLICO insurance collapse that has left thousands of policyholders high and dry.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Barclays Plc chairman Marcus Agius quit today, saying “the buck stops with me” after an interest rate rigging scandal that has dealt “a devastating blow” to the bank’s reputation.

(Barbados Nation) Elite Island Resorts has stepped in to prevent closure of the Almond Beach Club by forging a strategic partnership with the property.

AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan has described the resignation of Ralph Ramkarran from the PPP as a dark day for politics and while senior members of the PPP/C remained mum yesterday on the shock departure sources said efforts are being discussed to have the former Speaker of the National Assembly return to the fold.

Prison staff and police were last night scouring the environs of the Mazaruni Prisons for two inmates who escaped from the Region Seven facility yesterday.

A policewoman who allegedly demanded $10,000 from a man who along with another person no longer wanted to proceed with a matter was on Friday placed on $75,000 bail when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

So close but yet so far was the unfortunate result for the Guyana national basketball team which lost to the Washington DC Jammers in a nail-biting encounter at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Saturday evening when the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) tipped off its first International All-Star Weekend.

Hundreds of Lindeners blocked the Sir David Rose Avenue in the vicinity of Kara Kara yesterday in another protest at the cutting of a government subsidy which would see a rise in the electricity tariffs in the mining town.

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Member of Parliament Joseph Harmon has written to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) expressing dismay that the combined Opposition was not consulted on a recent visit by that company to discuss the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project in the wake of corruption concerns regarding its parent company.

Director of the Berbice Campus (UGBC) Professor Daizal Samad believes that the University of Guyana can operate better with a more contemporary administrative structure and he dropped a broad hint about the possibility of autonomy for the Tain facility.

Effective June 1, 2012 no application for river claims will be processed by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), according to an ad by the GGMC in the Guyana Times yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell London Olympic hopeful Geron Williams yesterday outsprinted the field to capture this year’s Dr.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies selectors have called up fast bowler Tino Best and all-rounder Andre Russell to the 13-man squad for the first two One-Day Internationals against New Zealand starting next week in Jamaica.

The stelling at Wakenaam may cost the authorities millions to fix following Saturday’s incident in which the Essequibo River ferry, MV Torani slammed into it.

Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana, David Devine, and Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environ-ment, Omkar Lochan, recently led a high level team of industry and government leaders from Guyana at the Newfoundland Offshore Industries Association Con-ference in Atlantic Canada.

(Reuters) – West Indies claimed a 2-0 Twenty20 series win over an injury-hit New Zealand side after a comprehensive 61-run win  yesterday in Lauderhill, Florida.

A woman in the early stages of pregnancy suffered a miscarriage at the Mabaruma Hospital, in the North West District on Sunday morning and she wants an investigation of the care she received at the facility.

By Iva Wharton Tutorial High School yesterday inflicted an 8-0 drubbing on Tagore Secondary to reach the Region 6 final of the Digicel Schools football tournament at the All Saints Ground, New Amsterdam.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Opener Mohammad Hafeez missed out on a maiden double century as Pakistan’s march towards a mammoth first innings total against Sri Lanka was halted by rain on the second day of the second test yesterday.

A  fire of unknown origin on Saturday night destroyed a storage bond at Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara and though the fire service responded promptly, time was lost trying to find the location.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton on Friday imposed a six-week jail sentence on a man who threatened his ex-partner.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England eased to a second successive victory in their five-match one-day series against Australia at the Oval  yesterday to record their eighth consecutive ODI win.

A 30-seater bus, which once transported students of the David Rose Special School but was years ago deemed unserviceable, was on Friday towed away by its new owner who indicated to teachers that the vehicle would be used as scrap metal.

SERAING, Belgium,  (Reuters) – One of the most precocious talents in cycling, Peter Sagan came of age when he won the first stage of his first Tour de France yesterday.

CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has underscored the pivotal role of tertiary education institutions as the Community moves towards building a knowledge society and economy.

By Emmerson Campbell Seventy-four kilogramme Masters Two World deadlift record holder Winston Stoby warmed up impressively for the World Masters Championships by besting his own deadlift record yesterday at the St Stanislaus College forum when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged its 2012 Intermediate and Masters Championships.

KIEV,  (Reuters) – Majestic Spain took their place among the game’s greats by thrashing Italy 4-0 to retain their European title  yesterday, the biggest victory margin in a World Cup or Euro final – and all without a recognised striker.

Vaitarna Holding PVT Limited has applied to the Guyana Forestry Commission to have its Timber Sales Agreement (TSA) transferred to Vaitarna Holding Private Incorporated.

Dear Editor, Ralph Ramkarran’s resignation is the nadir of the PPP’s catastrophic descent into disgrace.

Dear Editor, Given the known record of non-compliance in the governance structures it might be appropriate for concerned parties to enquire whether the following statutory requirements have been or are observed, by the Audit Office: Oath of Professional Conduct Section 7 of the Act requires that: “The Auditor General shall not enter upon the duties of his office unless he has taken and subscribed before the Speaker of the National Assembly the Oath in the form set out in the First Schedule to the Constitution.”

The stage is all set for today’s mega CARICOM Day horse race meet at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club.

CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been assured of Jamaica’s support to the integration movement by Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and Opposition Leader Andrew Holness, a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen said.

Only two members of the previous executive committee were returned as Attorney-at-law Jerome Khan took over the helm of the Lusignan Golf Club followed its Annual General Meeting   Saturday at the Club House in Lusignan Village, East Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, It has to be a painful, wrenching moment for Mr.

A Private Sector Facilitation Specialist at the CARICOM Secretariat says “to achieve competitiveness, the Region must address its constraints head on.”

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Rain has washed out the third and final one-dayer between West Indies A and India A at the National Stadium here  yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to pen these few lines in response to Minister Rohee’s letter published in SN on June 29 captioned: ‘If ever there are tensions in our society it is because of the political opposition fuelled by sections of the media and rarely the government.‘

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and CARICOM lead Head for Human Resources, Health and HIV/AIDS,  Dr.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican opposition candidate Enrique Pena Nieto’s campaign team claimed victory in the country’s presidential election yesterday after exit polls showed him winning by a comfortable margin.

The absence of witnesses on Friday prevented the continuation of the trial of Office of the President (OP) Press Officer Kwame McCoy on assault and threatening language charges.

The annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) of Guyana Inter-Jamaat 15 overs-a-side round robin softball competition will conclude today at the MYO ground Woolford Avenue, following yesterday’s lone quarter-final fixture.

Dear Editor, I was writing another letter totally unrelated to this one when a Stabroek News editorial on the recent imprisonment of a father for beating his promiscuous teen caught my eye.

SANTA ELENA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez defied his health problems to join a massive rally while opposition rival Henrique Capriles took to the remotest corners of Venezuela at yesterday’s formal launch of the presidential race.

US Ambassador to Guyana D. Brent Hardt recently hosted an exhibition showcasing both American and Guyanese art at his residence.

The Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) basketball team pulled off a thrilling, last minute win against the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) in the final of the Inter-Services knockout basketball tournament which was held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) A TT$1 million prize for the best basketball team and towering former NBA player Dr Shaquille O’Neal were presented by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday as she unveiled a plan to tackle crime with sport among the nation’s young people.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said that a World Bank decision to use corruption allegations to cancel a $1.2-billion credit for a major bridge was “unacceptable” and the country would find other means to complete the project.

Dear Editor, After carefully checking the date on a particular coin which I have had for many years in my collection, I have just found out that it carries the year 1834 which makes it 178 years old.

Protestors blocking the Sir David Rose Avenue at Mackenzie

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Masked assailants launched simultaneous gun and grenade raids on two churches in a Kenyan town yesterday, killing at least 17 people in the worst attack in the country since Kenya sent troops into Somalia to crush al Shabaab militants.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 34-year-old medical doctor is to answer to four charges of committing sexual offences against two teenage girls.

By Rory Fraser Rory Fraser is Professor of Forest Economics and Policy at Alabama A & M University.

Dear Editor, During the PNC era, there were many allegations of corruption which were steadily pursued by the then opposition, the PPP led by the late Dr Cheddi Jagan.

In the era of former President Jagdeo and a PPP/C parliamentary majority, the shake-up that has been visited upon state TV, the National Communications Network would have been unheard of.

Berbice cyclists will showcase their skills today when the inaugural Island Mist Water-sponsored, 40-mile road race wheels off.

(Jamaica Observer) The police on Saturday charged 46-year-old Ivan Taylor of Lindos Hill, Withorn, in Westmoreland, for the abduction and murder of 39-year-old Michelle Coudray-Greaves of Circular Road, St Madeline, Trinidad.

By Iva Wharton Thirty-seven under-13 players from five football clubs in the city have been selected to attend the Banks DIH Limited, Powerade football academy.

Introduction On 15 February 2012, the National Assembly considered Financial Paper No.

BAMAKO, (Reuters) – Militants from the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group destroyed mausoleums of Sufi saints with guns and pick-axes in the famed Mali city of Timbuktu for a second day, said witnesses yesterday, ignoring international calls to halt the attacks.

This week we asked the public their views on the recently released results of the National Grade Six Assessment which showed that most of the top scoring students attended private schools rather than public schools and their suggestions to the relevant authorities. 

Politikles

Dear Editor, Concerned Caribbean feminists are making public across the region our dismay at the dismissal of Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development, Verna St Rose Greaves, from the Trinidad and Tobago Government.