Daily Archive: Thursday, July 12, 2012

(Reuters) – Australian fast bowler Brett Lee retired from international cricket yesterday, just days after he was forced to return home from England after sustaining another injury.

AMMAN/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – More than 200 Syrians, mostly civilians, were massacred in a village in the rebellious Hama region when it was bombarded by helicopter gunships and tanks and then stormed by militiamen, opposition activists said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Sport Anil Roberts said yesterday he has begun the process of negotiating with top local cricketers Keiron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine, in an effort to get them to play for T&T at the upcoming Champions league in South Africa.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies fast-bowling legend Michael Holding says the team’s current crop of players need to balance the need to make money with the call of representing the region.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Chairman of China Communications Construction Company – the parent company of China Harbour Engineering Company – is due in Jamaica next week to sign what Transport, Works and Housing Minister Dr Omar Davies has called a significant agreement.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel has lost its bid to challenge the decision by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to set call rates.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Legislator Carl Breeveld (DOE) tells de Ware Tijd there is little transparency surrounding the government’s plans to partly privatize Staatsolie.

(Trinidad Express) It is time permanent secretaries start doing their jobs and stand up to Government ministers, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said on Tuesday night.

(Trinidad Express) Bail was again denied to former Express crime reporter Akile Simon when he reappeared in the Tunapuna Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with possession of arms and ammunition.

A watchman is believed to have been strangled and killed at New Hope, East Bank Demerara, during an attack at the KRS Construction Co site, where he was on duty.

A year into the formation of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), leaders say the coalition is a real step towards shared governance despite the PPP/C’s pretence to be running a ‘winner-take-all’ government.

A policeman allegedly stabbed another in the region of his right shoulder and under his left ribcage and he was placed in police custody while the stabbed off duty rank was up to last night being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

With the West Demerara Regional Hospital being the only public facility providing basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC), a new report recommends the upgrade of government-run hospitals performing deliveries in order to boost maternal and newborn care.

A day after miners declared that they had no confidence in Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) said that a moratorium on processing of river claims will last for one month.

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) yesterday launched its 16th annual Emancipation Day celebrations to mark the 174th anniversary of the end of slavery.

“Sam don’t come because you are not welcomed here…”, demonstrators chanted yesterday as they blocked the entrance to the Bosai bauxite plant in Linden.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Talismanic opener Chris Gayle failed for the first time in five innings, triggering a miserable West Indies batting slide that culminated in a disappointing 88-run loss in the third One-Day International, as New Zealand clawed their way back into the series with a gutsy performance here  yesterday.

The suspect in the murder of Kemraj Dass who was allegedly killed aboard a tug and dumped into the river was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Leslie Sobers at the Providence Magistrate’s Court.

Guyanese track stars Stephan James and Kadecia Baird suffered similar fates yesterday at the 14th World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain when the competition continued.

(Reuters) – The 20th anniversary of the U.S. ‘Dream Team’ could coincide with a dream tournament in what looms as a fiercely competitive basketball competition at the London Olympics.

The next meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament will be held on Monday, after unsuccessful attempts by the government and opposition members to meet this week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ex-FIFA President Joao Havelange and his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira took multi-million dollar bribes on World Cup deals, Swiss prosecutors said in a legal document released yesterday, dealing a fresh blow to world soccer’s ruling body.

While acknowledging progress made on some issues, a United Nations committee on women has expressed concern about women’s limited access to justice in Guyana, reported widespread discrimination against homosexuals and bisexuals, and whether the root causes of trafficking in women were being addressed.

BELLEGARDE SUR VALSERINE, France,  (Reuters) – B ritain’s Bradley Wiggins masterfully fended off the challenges of his rivals to retain the Tour de France yellow jersey into the Alps yesterday.

Anger and frustration boiled over again yesterday along the East Bank Berbice road corridor as trucks transporting sugar workers and belonging to the Guyana Sugar Corporation became stuck in the huge craters along the roadway.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Azhar Ali defiantly scored his fourth test hundred but hosts Sri Lanka still scented victory in the third and final test with the tourists leading by 188 in their second innings at the end of the fourth day  yesterday.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday launched a countrywide “Stamp out Tampering” campaign that will see it offer financial rewards for reports about tampering with service equipment such as water meters or illegal connections.

Dear Editor, I refer to the report captioned ‘Sanasie says he is being harassed’ published in Stabroek News on Tuesday July 10, 2012.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said  yesterday there was no need to enter panic mode after his side collapsed to a disappointing 88-run defeat to New Zealand in the third One-Day International here at Warner Park.

Dear Editor, In a letter (Kaieteur News July 9) Mr Emile Mervin asks “Does anybody know whatever happened to the Civic group GUARD?”

By Neil Barry The eagerly anticipated New Building Society (NBS) limited overs competition will finally bowl off this weekend with matches on Saturday and Sunday around Georgetown, weather permitting.

A man charged with felonious wounding appeared yesterday before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton and he was subsequently remanded.

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Mortimer Hyman, who allegedly burned another man with acid and severely disfigured him, was charged yesterday after seven years on the run.

Dear Editor, I write to offer the following clarification in relation to the recent article in the Guyana Times entitled ‘Goolsarran, Ram trying to mislead the nation again’ (July 10).

The Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBCHA) honoured eight companies at its Sixth Annual Awards for Business Excellence in recognition of their efforts to contribute to the national response to HIV/AIDS in the workplace and community.

From Iva Wharton in Skeldon Waramadong, St. Ignatius, Bygeval and Christianburg Secondary Schools are all into the semi-finals of the Digicel School’s Football Competition.

The Caribbean Council for the Blind and the Foundation for Eye Care in the Caribbean hosted a workshop on Monday in preparation for the National Eye Health Strategic Framework for Guyana, which is aimed at preventing avoidable blindness by 2020.

Dear Editor, On July 4 a letter was published in the Stabroek News, which noted that the Guyana Audit Office “hosted a team of two from the Audit Office of Newfoundland and Labrador (AONL) with which the Guyana Audit Office claims a ‘twinning partnership.’

By Neil Barry The Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup competition is set to resume on Saturday in Georgetown with three matches after the prolonged rainy season stalled the competition, which is nearing its completion.

Dear Editor, There is a lot which is laudable about the house lot project, since those who are in a sound financial position can comfortably purchase a house lot and take a loan from the bank because of their assets.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Billionaire Oleg Deripaska was successful and “established” by the time he met rival oligarch Michael Cherney in 1994 at 26, his lawyers told a London court, arguing the magnate would not have needed his rival’s support to build his aluminium empire.

Reigning national rifle shooting champion, Mahendra Persaud  has began  his quest for top honours at this year’s Bisley shooting championships and will be looking to improve his performance when the individual competition starts this weekend in Great Britain. 

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News appears to be waging psychological warfare against members of the Joint Services – particularly the Guyana Police Force.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A newspaper in Mexico’s violent city of Nuevo Laredo announced yesterday it will end coverage of drug-related bloodshed, one day after grenades damaged its offices for the second time this year.

Labour inspectors and probation officers have been urged to be vigilant to protect the interests of both workers and the government.

The promoters of the ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ football tournament have decided to postpone the tournament which will now take place at the California Square, East Ruimveldt from July 20-22.

One conversation Guyanese living overseas often indulge in is why they migrated, why they live away from their homeland.

In the midst of congratulatory notes to pre-teens for their success at the National Grade Six Assessment and to children in general who have passed their end-of-year examinations and are moving up to a higher grade in school, yet another underage girl has made the news for the wrong reason.

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BEIRUT – Syria’s ambassador to Iraq defected yesterday in protest over President Bashar al-Assad’s military crackdown on a 16-month uprising, Syrian opposition sources said.

Nineteen-year-old collegiate squash star Alex Arjoon won his second straight national squash title at the Georgetown last weekend, punctuating his awesome performance with an impressive win against Nicolette Fernandes on the final day of the tournament.

Dear Editor, I cannot speak for the rest of the Indo-Guyanese community but I cannot let Parvati Persaud-Edwards speak for me.

Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon has planned to boycott the commissioning of a dust collector unit for one of the kilns at the Bosai bauxite plant, unless the company responds to queries about the safety of the unit.

Dear Editor, In this age of historical revisionism and political opportunism in Guyana, David Granger adds fuel to the fire with his statement “There’s no father of Independence, there’s no mother of the nation, father of the nation and I think we need to unlearn some of those myths.

Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that his ministry plans to spend some $120M for developmental works in Sophia during the year.

(Trinidad Express)Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday “respectfully” disagreed with President George Maxwell Richards.