Daily Archive: Monday, July 16, 2012

Despite heated protests by residents in May against government’s plan to replace the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Democratic Council the Local Government Ministry went ahead with it today.

(WICB) Basseterre, St Kitts — Ottis Gibson is pleased with the performances of his team, following their recent dominance over New Zealand in the Digicel Twenty20 and One-Day International Series.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A “pervasively polluted” culture at HSBC Holdings Plc allowed the bank to act as financier to clients seeking to route shadowy funds from the world’s most dangerous and secretive corners, including Mexico, Iran, the Cayman Islands, Saudi Arabia and Syria, according to a scathing U.S.

(Reuters) – The Asian Football Confederation have suspended former President Mohamed Bin Hammam after a lengthy audit of their accounts revealed fresh allegations of financial wrongdoing, the body said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today lambasted the Kaieteur News over its claim that a whistleblower had provided it with information on an alleged scam surrounding the auctioning of police vehicles.

Head of APNU David Granger has called again on the government to implement a comprehensive economic recovery plan for Region 10 and to cancel the power tariff hike which has been implemented as of July.

(Jamaica Observer) Gangsters in the St Andrew North Police division appear to again be at each other’s throats, having killed three persons and injuring three others in a bloody trail of events over the weekend.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Inspiration Garden of the Faculty of Education and Humanities at the University of the West Indies, Mona on Sunday.

CGX and its partners today announced that its six-month drilling operation for the Jaguar-1 well here was brought to an end without any commercial oil discovery because it wasn’t safe to go deeper.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Flow is the latest telecommunications provider to announce a reduction in telephone rates resulting from the recent decision by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) to establish a cap of J$5 per minute for mobile termination rates for incoming domestic and international telephone calls, which took effect yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Virtually every single home  in this country was without electricity for near three hours yesterday afternoon.

(Barbados Nation) The 36 job losses and axing of five senior managers from ANSA McAL Barbados are part of a plan to make the company stronger and protect the jobs of the more than 1 000 employees in the group.

(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese woman and two local men are expected to be taken to court today charged with the murder of Gasparillo engineer Andre Joachim.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India will invite Pakistan for a short series later this year to resume bilateral cricket ties with its neighbour, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said today.

A series of disagreements culminated in a no-confidence motion against Region Eight Regional Executive Officer, Ronald Harsawack which was approved by a majority of councillors on the council but the Minister of Local Government is the only one who can take action.

The acting Chief Medical Officer  has said that findings on some of the maternal deaths this year have indicated that there was laxity on the part of doctors as patients were not managed according to protocol.

The National Assembly’s Standing Orders Committee has recommended the removal of the voting privilege of a non-elected member of parliament on a committee but provides for a party to nominate an elected member to vote in that member’s stead.

The Government through the Minister of Labour has amended the minimum wage of a number of worker categories from filling station attendants to security watchmen and the new rates took effect from June 1, 2012.

A Stevedore resident was placed on $10,000 bail after she appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with disorderly behaviour and assaulting a Peace Officer.

A group of Non Governmen-tal Organisations (NGOs) has called for timely access to justice for all women and girls who suffer sexual discrimination, abuse and exploitation and for women and girls in hinterland locations to have access to courts at least once per month complemented with indigenous language interpreters.

The Judicial Service Commis-sion has appointed Azeena Baksh as the new Registrar of Deeds, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall announced on Friday, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.

Power, size and speed trumped skill and technique yesterday evening when Wismar/Christianburg Secondary, led by five goals from Marmalique Davidson, hammered Waramadong Secondary to a 5-2 defeat in the final of the Digicel Schools Football Championships at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

The first National Conversa-tion on Domestic Violence, held at the Zeelugt Primary School on Wednesday, ended with calls for better access to counselling and more community interventions and initiatives to address economic empowerment.

From Iva Wharton in Trinidad compliments of Digicel Guyana The America Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) tournament opened on Saturday in Trinidad and Tobago with Guyana one of nine teams that participated in the march past at the indoor netball facility of the Hasley Crawford Stadium.

Days away from the PNCR Congress, former Member of Parliament Aubrey Norton has levelled a verbal broadside at Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger for suggesting in his lecture on July 6 that there was no father or mother of the nation in the struggle for independence.

Fourteen-year-old Leota Eastman, who was struck down on Saturday by a car while riding her bicycle in the vicinity of Company Road, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is clinging to life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Thursday received a cheque valued $1.3M from Digicel, which will be used to sponsor the upcoming Second National Drama Festival while Republic Bank donated $1.8M for the Pan Minor Literacy camp, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Undefeated Guyanese Super-Middleweight Lennox “2 Sharpe” Allen continued his winning ways in the USA with a fifth round stoppage of American Michael Walker Saturday night at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Former CNS TV 6 Editor and Videographer Shane Hubbard, who won the inaugural Global Water Partnership–Caribbean (GWP-C) Media Award on Water, on Friday collected his $150,000 prize and award, while indicating his plans to continue making local documentaries.

Andre Erksine on Saturday eliminated Mario Niamatali from the men’s singles category of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open when the ongoing tennis tournament continued at the GBTI Recreational Centre, Bel Air.

By Neil Barry Everest Cricket Club yesterday defeated the Friends and Former Guyana Cricketers (FFGC) team in the second of the two memorial T20 games organized by the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in honour of the late DCC and Guyana opening batsman Andrew Lyght.

National awardee and  councillor of the Mayor and City Council, Premchand Richard Dass was laid to rest on Friday  and many of his close colleagues, including President Donald Ramotar reflected on his life and work.

Two Rapid Impact Projects in Sophia, a Multi-purpose Hall in Section ‘E’ and a Day Care and Community Centre in Section ‘A’ were commissioned on Friday by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.

Kadecia Baird is making a run at the Guyana Olympic team, though the odds are against her.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected yesterday to become the first female head of the African Union (AU) Commission, ending a bruising leadership battle that had threatened to divide and weaken the organisation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A 50-member contingent, boasting a large track and field component, will represent world powerhouses Jamaica at the London Olympic Games beginning at month end.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the United States Embassy hosted a music workshop and concert at Umana Yana earlier this month featuring a six-member Military Band based in Florida.

(Trinidad Express) Recently-appointed Finance Minister Larry Howai says a more efficient and equitable property tax has to be reintroduced in the country.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Offering immunity or an easing of the sanctions pressure may be the only way – if there is one at all – to coax Iran to end years of stonewalling a U.N.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Fast bowler Tino Best said he knew his second spell in Saturday’s fourth One-Day International against New Zealand would have been crucial to West Indies’ hopes of a victory.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News editorial of Sunday July 8, titled ‘Higher education at UG?‘

UNAIDS Director of Caribbean Regional Support Team, Dr Ernest Massiah has lauded Guyana’s efforts to protect children from HIV infection, particularly the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programme which has been credited with causing a drastic reduction in such cases.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine says he had recognised the importance of Saturday’s fourth One-Day International and had seized the moment.

The Rotary Club of Georgetown held its installation ceremony on June 29 at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, For so many years now, more than I can remember, we have been crying out for some assistance, so the young people of the forgotten hinterland regions of Guyana can be given an equal opportunity to showcase their talents in the field of sports on a more regular basis, especially at the national level.

(Reuters) – Opposition fighters battled Syrian government forces in Damascus into the early hours of today in what residents described as the fiercest fighting yet inside the capital.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The central Jamaica town of Mandeville in Manchester is in shock over the killing of well-known radiologist, Dr Phillip Chamberlain.

Texila American University says it will be formally applying to the National Accrediting Council (NAC) to have its two-year Associate of Arts degree programme approved in Guyana.

NEW YORK, CMC – American Ted Howard will return to the post of CONCACAF’s deputy general secretary, following the appointment of Colombian Enrique Sanz as general secretary.

Dear Editor, President Ramotar’s recent charge to the diplomats as reported in the media on Tuesday, July 10, included, among others, the statement that while Guyanese in the diaspora could be encouraged to invest home, “their expertise and skills in various areas could also help to fashion successful development programmes here [in Guyana].”

(Jamaica Gleaner) The national director of epidemiology Dr Manuel Santin Peña has said the cholera outbreak in south-eastern Cuba has not spread to other parts of the island.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – An epic Bruce Springsteen concert in London’s Hyde Park ended on Saturday with organisers pulling the plug with the singer and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney still on stage and playing at full throttle after more than three hours of music.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s parliamentary opposition has warned that it will resolutely resist any bid to use the impending opportunity to appoint a new contractor general as a means to silence the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) or reduce the oversight of the Govern-ment’s contract awards process.

Dear Editor, Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s letter SN `The squabble over conflict of interest in the Audit Office is much ado about nothing’ July 13, 2012 refers.

By Anastasia Deonarinesingh Anastasia Deonarinesingh is a Trinidadian student, graduating from the University of Toronto this year with a Bachelor of Science in Physics, Caribbean Studies and Mathematics. 

(Reuters) Mumbai, Dara Singh, the wrestler-turned-actor best known for his role as Hanuman in the television series ‘Ramayan’, died on Thursday.

Miss United Nations: Guyana’s representative Soyini Fraser returned home from the US on Saturday morning after recently winning the Miss United Nations 2012 Pageant.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – A dispute between the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) and the state-operated Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) could threaten the country’s participation in London 2012, the head of the POA said yesterday.

FOIX, France,  (Reuters) – Luis Leon Sanchez broke away on his own to clinch the fourth Tour de France victory of his career in the 191.5-km 14th stage  yesterday.

Schools’ out youths are at home. Stabroek News asked young people at Linden about their plans for this holiday season.

(Reuters) – Stage and film actress Celeste Holm, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1947 movie “Gentleman’s Agreement,” has died at home in New York City, age 95, according to reports citing her niece.

Dear Editor, I read with great sadness of the passing away of my dear Comrade Premchand Dass and would like to share some of my thoughts of this man, because the good is ‘oft interred with the bones.‘

What the Guyana Chronicle editorial of July 2nd,   has wittingly or unwittingly succeeded in achieving is to focus attention again and perhaps conclusively on the need to end the abuse of the state media by ruling parties and their coterie of elites.

(Trinidad Express) The death of a Chinese businessman and the murder of a Tobago resident have pushed the murder toll to 223 for the year so far.

Politikles

Introduction Public procurement is perhaps the single most important activity of the State, consuming the greatest portion of expenditure.

(Trinidad Express) They can run but they cannot hide. This was the warning issued yesterday by Minister of National Security Jack Warner to the killers of Chinese couple Yang Jiang Hua, 59, and Wu Xia Hua, 60, gunned down during a robbery at their Cunupia restaurant last Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) Chinese Ambassador Yang Youming has expressed shock and horror at the killing of two Chinese nationals at their business place in Cunupia last Thursday.