Daily Archive: Saturday, July 21, 2012

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will travel to Colorado on Sunday to visit with families of the victims of a deadly shooting rampage at a movie theater in a Denver suburb, the White House said on Saturday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing the Sun, Times and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo today.

President Donald Ramotar this morning met with the Diplomatic Community in Guyana, including developmental agencies and their Heads in order to brief them on developments in relation to Linden, the Government Information Agency said.

(Barbados Nation) Police are investigating the shooting death of Wayne Ricardo Pilgrim, 37, around 9:50 p.m.

Police have been bulldozing blockages, but protestors continue to block the main arteries, replacing logs and other items on the roads after the police have moved away.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Couva woman has pleaded guilty to bigamy after admitting that she married a man without divorcing her first husband in 1995.

President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma will be a guest of Jamaica during a State visit to mark Jamaica’s Golden Jubilee next month.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding says pieces of legislation that will enable Jamaica to subscribe to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final appellate court will be tabled in the House of Representatives before the end of the month.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A veteran economist at the International Monetary Fund has accused the global lender of suppressing information on difficulties in dealing with the global financial meltdown and euro zone crisis.

(Trinidad Express) Two relatives of a 12-year-old boy found locked in a kennel at a house in Cascade on Thursday were expected to be charged over the weekend while another relative was released by police on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) Police officers met Thursday with members of the media at the Scarborough Police Station Headquarters to discuss the issue of crime on the island.

(Trinidad Express) Former FIFA vice-president and National Security Minister Jack Warner says he has nothing further to say in relation to the decision and findings of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which linked him to the distribution of US$1 million in “gifts” to Caribbean Football Union officials last May.

(Trinidad Express) Local cinemas have stepped up security for the highly anticipated premiere of the third and final Batman movie, The Dark Night Rises, when it opens next week.

At least thirteen men and one woman are in police custody at the Mackenzie Police after they were held during last night and this morning for having in their possession items believed to have been looted from the Linden Digicel Store and the Mackenzie Post Office.

National fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud won a Bronze Bar when he placed 37th overall in the Daily Mail tournament at the Annual Bisley shooting championships in Great Britain.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach made a successful return to action following injury, producing a four-wicket haul to limit New Zealand on a rain-hit opening day of the three-day tour match against the WICB President’s XI here  yesterday.

The terms of reference for the Commission of Inquiry into last Wednesday’s killing of three Linden protesters should be completed by August 2, President Donald Ramotar said yesterday even as he maintained that the electricity subsidy to the town is “unsustainable” and will only be discussed when the community returns to normal.

The army flew the bodies of the three slain Linden men out of the community via helicopter yesterday afternoon, angering residents who entered a third day of planned protests and as night fell there was a complete blackout in the town.

The Linden protests has done “great harm” to the image of the town and the “vast majority” of Lindeners want the community to return to normal, according to President Donald Ramotar who also appealed for responsible leadership yesterday.

After the killing by police of three Linden protesters on Wednesday and continuing unrest in the town, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday issued an eight-point demand which included a call for Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to resign, something President Donald Ramotar disagreed with.

Carl Greenidge, one of the two people vying for the position of Leader of the PNCR, is adamant that the party must be strengthened if it is to withstand the onslaught of government excesses and atrocities, which he said was reflected in the slaying of three persons on Wednesday during demonstrations in Linden.

The police have told the owner of the Lindo Creek mining camp, where eight men were massacred in 2008, that the investigation is completed and relatives of the dead are now free to uplift their burnt remains.

A Sophia family last evening lost their home after fire from a heap of garbage, which was set alight, caught on to the back of the wooden structure and gutted it.

A Corentyne labourer was electrocuted yesterday morning in his yard after he came into contact with a live wire that was dislodged from his neighbour’s antenna.

The $200 million Greenfield drainage pump station, designed to drain approximately 3,000 acres of residential and farm lands on the East Coast of Demerara, was commissioned on Thursday.

The second annual Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Summer Programme which was sponsored by the National Sports Commission (NSC) and Ming’s Products and Services concluded yesterday at the National Park.

An overseas-based Guyanese investor has moved to resuscitate the fish complex and fuel farm at Morawhanna, in Region One, rekindling hope in the riverain community’s fortunes.

The curtain will come down on the Inter Ministry/Corporation football tournament when the semi-finals and final take place today from 5.30pm at the Banks DIH Limited, Thirst Park ground.

Former PNCR MP Vincent Alexander says the appointment of persons to various posts in the Audit Office through a vote in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a done deal because of the absence of one of the opposition members and Chairman Carl Greenidge not having a vote in the circumstances.

From Iva Wharton In Trinidad Last minute decisions proved to be detrimental for Guyana in their match against Canada yesterday in the Americas Federation of Netball Association tournament at the Jean Pierre Complex in the Compound of the Hasley Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago.

Inquiries into three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) began yesterday with each community requesting a different approach to its management system.

The ANSA McAl management will be looking to tip off their Makeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 basketball tournament on August 4th at venues around Guyana.

Mohammed Badal, the driver who struck down and killed a 67-year-old Rural Constable on Thursday, was granted $150,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore yesterday at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

The current Linden unrest has impacted the sporting arena as it has caused the organizers of the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) to postpone the tournament for yet another week.

By Yonalla Dalrymple The Demerara Cricket Club’s 100th anniversary celebrations commenced Wednesday with a cocktail reception at the club’s pavilion where      several members, old as well as new, mingled with members of the visiting Atlantis Cricket Club.

Guyana’s youngest representative at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Caribbean Squash Championships Shomari Wiltshire suffered an agonising first round defeat during session one of day one at the Liguanea Club, Kingston Jamaica.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Former FIFA strongman Jack Warner says he is “comforted” by the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to squash FIFA’s life ban on ex-presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam but says he will stay away from the sport for as long as Sepp Blatter remained in charge of football’s world governing body.

The prosecution yesterday said that there was compelling evidence against the accused in the murder of school girl Neesa Gopaul.

Guyana reigned supreme in its very first participation at the recently hosted Miss United Nations 2012 Pageant where local beauty 22-year-old Soyini Fraser won the title.

The defence yesterday closed its case in the trial of Office of the President (OP) Press Officer Kwame McCoy, who is charged with gun-butting a man last October.

On July 27, London will create history as the 2012 Summer Olympiads or the XXX Olympic Games commence.

The two Lindeners who were transferred from the Linden Hospital to the Georgetown Public Hospital for further treatment after being shot by police have been admitted and are both said to be in stable condition.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) and several chambers of commerce have sounded their concern over the resort to the use of deadly force by members of the Guyana Police Force during a confrontation with protestors in Linden on Wednesday.

Hi Everyone, For us here in the Caribbean, chutneys are hot, spicy, tangy (acidic) condiments.

ST CROIX, US Virgin Islands,  CMC – Jamaica booked a re-match with defending champions Trinidad and Tobago while Barbados will face the Bahamas, with contrasting victories in the quarter-finals of the senior Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association Championships here Thursday night.

Dear Editor, As a born-and-bred Lindener, I register my heartfelt condolences to fellow Lindeners who mourn the ‘July 18 Linden Martyrs,’ and express my profound outrage at the corrupt PPP government and the equally corrupt Guyana Police Force – two peas in a pod.

In wake of the Linden shootings, the United Force (TUF) has strongly condemned the use of “brutal force to deter citizens of Linden from protesting and airing their legitimate concerns.”

Dear Editor, Even as I extend heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of those who were injured and died in Linden in the ongoing protest, I would like to point out that this situation is a reflection of the poor leadership of those who advertise themselves as leaders and representatives of the region.

MONACO,  (Reuters) – American hurdler Aries Merritt and Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare showed that they are in prime form and real threats to the big-name favourites at the London Olympics with impressive victories in the Monaco Diamond League meeting   yesterday.

Dear Editor, We write in relation to the UN press release on the meetings of the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on July 10, 2012, at which the Guyana Government’s periodic reports were presented and discussed.

A Rose Hall Town man yesterday appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo charged with armed robbery and was remanded to prison.

Nadata Vancooten, winner of the Feel the Beat Dance Competition has put her one million dollars prize money not only in the bank to start her own private dance school but towards the needs of others.

(Reuters) – As darkness descended over Damascus last Saturday, few of its 1.7 million residents could have had any inkling that a decisive battle to wrest the city from the grasp of President Bashar al-Assad was about to begin.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee will sail in to uncharted waters next week when the Games open in London, at the mercy of the millions of fans around the world on Facebook and Twitter who will give instant reaction to everything that unfolds.

Richard Barrow of Smythfield, New Amsterdam, was shot and injured to his left arm by the police during efforts to arrest him, the police force said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I pen this letter to register my disappointment at the misrepresentation of an interview that I gave to the Stabroek News which implied in its Sunday, July 15, 2012 report that I sought to justify the opinions expressed in a letter and by extension the Guyana Chronicle editorial of July 2 for which I had earlier offered an apology.

Come July 31, 9 beauties representing 9 African villages will vie for the title of Miss Guyana African Queen.

LONDON, (Reuters) – South Africa fought back against England on the second day of the first test yesterday, first with the ball and then the bat, to close on 86 for one after bowling England out for 385.

Dear Editor, Allow me first of all to express my sympathy and condolences to the fellow Guyanese who were either killed or injured during last Thursday’s peaceful demonstrations in Linden.

Jamaican reggae artiste Kiprich headlines the East Coast Summer Fest this evening at the BV Ground.

Music of the World Super Concert 2, featuring Indian playback singer Kumar Sanu and Indian soap actors Karan and Abha, slated for tonight at the National Stadium is expected to be an explosion of talent from across the world.

AURORA, Colo.,  (Reuters) – A gunman in a gas mask and body armour killed 12 people at a midnight premiere of the new “Batman” movie in a suburb of Denver early yesterday, opening fire on moviegoers after hurling a gas canister into the theater.

Veteran football players over the age of 50 are asked to report tomorrow morning at the Georgetown Football Club from 9am to  for a meeting to discuss an upcoming international engagement.

Digicel yesterday launched its summer promotion, ‘Digicel Got Real Value!’ in the Savannah Suite, Pegasus.

All members of the public are invited to see the 2001 film Chandni Bar today from 5.30 pm at the Indian Cultural Centre.

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters) – Among the victims of yesterday’s mass shooting at a midnight screening of the latest “Batman” movie was an aspiring sportscaster from Texas who missed by minutes being on the scene of another shooting rampage just a month before in Toronto.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Olympic chief Jacques Rogge flew into London  yesterday a week ahead of the opening ceremony and predicted a “great Games”, despite a security fiasco, travel disruptions and persistent rain.

Dear Editor, On any given day as one travels from Beterverwagting to Georgetown, one is apt to encounter obstacles to the smooth flow of traffic, such as packs of dogs, herds of cows, droves of asses or herds of horses.

Yet again the United States is reflecting on its persistent problems with gun violence following a mass shooting at a suburban movie theatre near Denver, Colorado. 

(EUR)  Janet Jackson is said to be “furious” that her niece Paris, the daughter of her late brother Michael, has a role in the upcoming film, Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys.

(Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has appointed Mike Hesson as head coach of their cricket team until the end of the 2015 World Cup, the governing body said yesterday.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Impoverished North Korea is gearing up to experiment with agricultural and economic reforms after young leader Kim Jong-un and his powerful uncle purged the country’s top general for opposing change, a source with ties to both Pyongyang and Beijing said.

Dear Editor, Now that it is clear that the standard procedures were not used to confront what was an obviously peaceful protest at Linden, no stone must be left unturned in the pursuit of clarity and the implementation of justice.

I had intended to write about Jackie Hanover’s great new song this week.

The Minister of Labour has signed an Order amending the minimum wage of various categories of printing trade workers by amending the Printing Trade Workers Wage Council Regulations Order and this amendment comes into effect on June 1, 2012.