Daily Archive: Saturday, July 28, 2012

(Reuters) – Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill put on a 123-run partnership to help New Zealand end the fourth day of the first test on 199 for three today, but two late wickets will give the West Indies hope of securing a victory.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt will lose his crown to compatriot Yohan Blake unless he quickly fixes technical problems with his race, former world record holder Maurice Greene told Reuters today.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Rwanda’s foreign minister accused Western governments today of using aid to treat African states like children, after four countries cut or delayed aid to Kigali because of its policy in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) notes the increasing amount of misinformation being circulated by a few disgruntled persons in the mining sector, about the plans, policies and actions of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and the GGMC.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dominica is to receive assistance from the Government of Venezuela to help deal with the outbreak of the deadly Black Sigatoka disease.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – American swimmer Ryan Lochte made the biggest splash of the London Games so far by obliterating his compatriot Michael Phelps, the greatest swimmer in Olympic history, in the first of their eagerly awaited duels.

(Barbados Nation) A drug court is on the cards and anti-corruption legislation may be agreed in a month or two.

Acting on the advice of the Heads of the Joint Services, President Donald Ramotar today postponed his visit to Linden, a statement from the Office of the President said this afternoon.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia has made no agreement to grant Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asylum and is “not even thinking about” doing so, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today.

Members of the disciplined forces were today trying to remove blockades from various points leading into Linden as part of preparations for a planned visit by President Donald Ramotar to the tense town but protesters are opposing the move and insisting that the Head of State address them at the Kara Kara Bridge blockade.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Michael Phelps was just inches away from making a shock early exit on a sensational opening day to the swimming competition at the London Olympics today that saw South Korea’s defending champion Park Tae-hwan disqualified.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Yi Siling of China hailed her life-changing moment after being presented with the first gold medal of the London Olympics by IOC President Jacques Rogge following her victory in the women’s 10 metre air rifle today.

More than a week after three men were killed after police opened fire on protesters in Linden, President Donald Ramotar has announced that he will today visit the mining town, where the army and police, acting on orders to clear barriers erected by residents, were facing resistance up to last evening.

Jamaican authorities yesterday found 100 lbs of cocaine on board a vessel travelling from Guyana with a cargo of fish.

United Kingdom firearm expert Dr Mark Robinson is prepared to travel to Guyana at the earliest opportunity to observe ballistics tests on fragments and bullets recovered from the Linden shooting and to conduct his own independent tests, AFC executive Nigel Hughes said yesterday.

Contending that Guyana is experiencing a new political situation for which there are no blueprints, outgoing leader of the PNCR Robert Corbin yesterday stressed the need for strengthening the party if it is to foster change in governance and ultimately change in government.

The IMF says that Guyana’s economy continues to be resilient with impressive growth of 5% last year but it cautioned that the authorities need to accelerate reforms of the power company, GuySuCo and the NIS.

Digicel yesterday announced that it has been forced to suspend its reduced international call rates, following an injunctive order obtained by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), for which it said it had received no notice.

The Private Sector Commis-sion last night called for the voluntary removal of roadblocks set up during the Linden power subsidy unrest and it also urged the government to take prompt action on and affix deadlines to various commitments such as liberalized TV broadcasting in the town and the setting up of a team to advance economic development.

Greater impacts are being felt in the interior areas as a result of the continuing protest in Linden with electricity in the two main interior communities, Mahdia and Lethem, now being rationed amid fears that fuel supplies will soon run out.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) will meet with President Donald Ramotar amid widespread concern within the industry about the future of small and medium scale gold and diamond mining.

An Enterprise resident was stabbed to death early yesterday morning by his step father, bringing an end to years of feuding between the two men.

Bags were packed and the time finally came  for the 2012 Guyanese contingent for the London Olympics to depart  Olympic House for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport at 11:00hrs on Wednesday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Openers Chris Gayle and Kieran Powell plundered career-defining hundreds with dominant batting, putting West Indies in a superior position against New Zealand in the first Test yesterday here.

5G Dialysis Center has introduced a new service which will allow Guyanese living with kidney disease to undergo treatments more frequently, at a lower cost, and in the comfort of their home.

Reverend Dorothy Millicent Stephens Morris, MS, celebrated her 100th birthday last Saturday and said a “straight and steady” life with God was the root of her longevity.

Defending champions Headquarters captured yet another championship when the annual Track and Field Police Championships concluded yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

By Emmerson Campbell The crème de le crème of Guyana’s bodybuilders will be on show tonight when the third biennial Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) Body building and Fitness Show is staged at the National Cultural Centre.

Thirty-three persons were arrested in a massive gun and stolen motorcycle trafficking ring following a 17-month probe by authorities in New York, who said Guyana was among the destinations used to sell the stolen goods.

By Jairo Rodrigues When it comes to designing and décor, Randy Fredericks is your guy, he is the owner and manager of Velvet which is probably Guyana’s leading entity in event planning and decorating, which celebrated its first anniversary on June 7 last.

GCC Brodras and Hikers Cadets scored upset wins in the senior category as the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey tournament opened Thursday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

A 20-year-old porter died yesterday after the truck he was travelling in capsized on the Cuyuni Road, crushing him in the process.

So it’s just about vacation season which is perhaps the most hated time of the year for immigration officers.

Although no medals will be awarded until  today, the women’s soccer tournament started on Wednesday, and yesterday South Korean archers set the first world records of the Games, the Reuters News Agency reported yesterday..

The three victims of Thurs-day’s Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) fatal accident died as a result of drowning, post-mortem examinations yesterday found.

Dexter Scotland, one of the shot Linden protestors, was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital after one night of observation and he was told to visit the Cheddi Jagan Dental Centre next month to meet with a specialist for treatment.

Dear Editor, The recent statements by Mr Clinton Collymore concerning homosexuality are so ridiculous and outlandish that I feel that as a candidate for the PPP/Civic in the last elections,  I need to let the public realize that Mr Collymore does not speak for me.

Hi Everyone, The one particular aspect about food in Guyana that I miss the most is fish.

Guyana’s Priyanna Ramdhani has reached the semi-finals of the mixed and women’s doubles at the XXI Pan American junior badminton championships in Alberta, Canada.

Dear Editor, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acknowledges receipt of your correspondence dated July 4, 2012, with regard to obtaining comments on issues raised in a letter which you received for publication. 

The post-mortem examination of the body of Sheurma Mentore, who was murdered on Tuesday, revealed that she died as a result of nine stab wounds.

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A clutch performance for the Guyana’s boys team and a formality win by the girls guaranteed Guyana its eight straight overall title when the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championships ended in Jamaica on Thursday.

Come next Saturday, August 4, a selection of exceptional Caribbean designers will present their collections as part of the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s (Caribbean Export) Caribbean Fashion Showcase in London and Guyanese Sonia Noel will be among them.

Soca King Machel ‘Mr Fete’ Montano along with his band, HD, arrived yesterday for the Pulse Summer Fete slated for tonight at the Guyana National Stadium.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Points leaders Barbados were eyeing their fourth straight win after producing a strong all-round performance to dominate Leeward Islands on the opening day of the fourth round of matches in the West Indies Cricket Board Under-15 Championship here yesterday.

Dear Editor, As I watched West Indies v New Zealand on the first and second days, a few telling observations were noted.

AMMAN/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s artillery continued to pound rebel-held areas in and around Aleppo in preparation for an onslaught on Syria’s biggest city, while neigbouring Turkey called for international steps to deal with the military build-up.

Guyanese Sherry Ann Dixon has been admitted to the Black 100+ Hall of Fame, an exhibition of the top 100 Black Achievers in modern Britain. 

Dear Editor With great respect, one cannot help but remark on the organisational confusion which attends the Mayor and City Councillors, Georgetown, and their implementors (or tormentors?).

The men’s and women’s squads preparing for upcoming tournaments will be involved in practice sessions at the Providence National Stadium today from 2pm.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Mobile operator Digicel Group has signed a US$17-million ($1.5b) financing arrangement with mobile banking outfit Boom Financial, formerly m-Via, to spearhead remittance products in the region.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. government’s secretive National Security Agency took the unprecedented step yesterday of asking a convention of unruly hackers to join him in an effort to make the Internet more secure.

Natural Resources and the Environment Minister Robert Persaud yesterday met with representatives of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and the Forest Producers Association (FPA) yesterday to ensure operations continue at logging and mining camps in the interior, which have been almost cut off as a result of the continuing protest in Linden, in Region 10.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to recent letters and editorials in SN on the Linden shootings.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – The head of Venezuela’s embassy in Kenya was strangled to death at her official residence in the capital Nairobi, police said yesterday.

The Canada Guyana Forum has added its voice to the call for an impartial Commission of Inquiry into the excessive use of force by the Guyana Police Force on Lindeners protesting a hike in electricity rates that resulted in three deaths.

Host Trinidad and Tobago seems set to advance to the next round of the CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup qualification football tournament even as they set up a final Group showdown with Guyana’s Junior Jaguars later today at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Delegations from around the world failed yesterday to agree a landmark U.N.

The stems lit by seven young athletes raise to form the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Dear Editor, I hope that struggling, hardworking Guyanese are suitably impressed with their ‘working class champions’ from the ‘working class’ party in the Office of the President. 

The Music of the World Super Concert 2 proved to be an evening filled with talent from across the world and was well appreciated by the approximately 3,500 fans, who flocked the stadium for the cultural explosion that was planned for them.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said yesterday her government will unveil more measures to stimulate the economy in the next few months, including investments in ports, airports, railroads and highways.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  (Reuters) – Known as a tax haven for the mega rich around the world, the Cayman Islands is proposing the unthinkable: a direct tax on expatriates to help fix the budget woes of the British territory.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago will face teams from England and Sri Lanka as they seek to qualify for this year’s Champions League Twenty20.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has dismissed media reports that he sustained minor injuries following a vehicular accident on Wednesday.

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DENVER,  (Reuters) – A former University of Colorado graduate student accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area movie theater last week had been under the care of a psychiatrist who was part of a campus threat-assessment team.

(Headline Entertainment) Sean Paul and Damian Marley have been extremely explosive in 2012.

Historians of the Olympics credit much of their modern success to the glamour of the 1908 games, in London.

Dear Editor, On March 23 2010 I bought an Inverter from Kennav HDL Ltd.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth declared the London Olympics open after playing a cameo role in a dizzying ceremony designed to highlight the grandeur and eccentricities of the nation that invented modern sport.

I have seen it stated over and over that the breakdown of the family structure is the cause of domestic violence.

(Reuters) – Seventeen U.S. lawmakers have called on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to investigate ZTE Corp, the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker, over allegations it sold a surveillance system and banned U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Top level talks surrounding the contracts of Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs and Deputy Commissioner Jack Ewatski were in progress up to late last night at the Prime Minister’s residence in St Ann’s, a senior government source confirmed last night.

(Trinidad Express) The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has advised One Caribbean Media Ltd (OCM) that the TATT board of directors has approved the transfer of concessions and associated licences of four radio stations, including i95.5 FM, to an OCM subsidiary.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says he has scored a victory over several CLICO EFPA policyholders, led by policyholder Percy Farrell, after the State won against the group at the Privy Council.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – If the December murder trial is carried out according to the rules governing a constitutional state, it will have no other outcome than the acquittal of main suspect Desi Bouterse.