Daily Archive: Friday, August 17, 2012

Talks between the government and the Region Ten delegation concluded tonight after agreements were reached on all outstanding issues regarding Linden.

Brian Tiwarie, Managing Director of  BK International has lodged a lawsuit for libel against Walter Willis, Technical Advisor to the Minister of Public Works seeking damages in excess of $200M for a letter authored by Willis on July 18th, 2012 alleging “fraudulent” practices by Tiwarie.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-The Jamaica Anti Doping Commission (JADCO) has rejected claims by the former chief of the world anti doping agency (WADA), Dick pound, suggesting that the country’s athletes are not being properly tested for drugs.

GT&T today warned of a telephone scam in which landline subscribers are being made to wrongly believe that they have won a handset.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon today reported during a post-Cabinet briefing at the Office of the President that diplomatic relations will be established between Guyana and Serbia.

Police say that at about 0700h today ranks at a road block along the Fort Wellington Public Road, WCB, stopped and searched a motor car in which 937 grams of marijuana were found.

At about 2100h last night, the police conducted a drug eradication operation at Hamburg Island, Essequibo River, during which a field of about two acres of cannabis sativa (marijuana) plants under cultivation was found.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said today it possessed what it called precision rockets that could kill “tens of thousands” of Israelis in strikes on Israel.

Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) employees who are members of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) have gone on strike over what they see as significant anomalies in relation to the wages and salaries they are receiving.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Some Caribbean countries including Jamaica have been criticised by the United Kingdom Privy Council for failing to provide legal aid for prisoners after their murder appeals have been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Three members of a feminist punk band were found guilty today of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for staging an anti-Kremlin protest in a church, in a case that supporters say put President Vladimir Putin’s tolerance of dissent on trial.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has indicated that only 16 per cent of the island’s educators who specialise in mathematics are competent enough to teach the subject in the classroom.

MARIKANA, South Africa,  (Reuters) – South African police were forced to open fire to protect themselves from charging armed protesters at the Marikana mine, and 34 of the protesters were killed, Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega said today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC-Barbados were crowned new kings of the WICB regional under-19 three- day championship yesterday after their match with Guyana ended in draw at the Desmond Haynes Oval.

President Donald Ramotar intends to raise the issue of the continued exclusion of Guyanese star batsman Ramnaresh “Ronnie” Sarwan from the West Indies team at the next session of the CARICOM subcommittee on cricket.

Guyana’s Nicola Ramdyhan yesterday secured a second place in the girls 14-and-under category of the First Citizen Investment’s Services 2012 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Tennis Championships in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday made an unannounced visit to Linden, where he offered his regret for the deaths of three men that escalated protests over a hike in the electricity tariffs over the last month into a major crisis for his fledgling administration.

By Emmerson Campbell Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has challenged the local swimming team  to accomplish their personal best at the three-day Goodwill Swimming Championships which commences here today at 12:30hrs.

Efforts to rebuild the razed One Mile Primary School in Linden will begin on Sunday, Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon announced yesterday.

Davenand Nauth, the carpenter whose leg was amputated as a result of poor medical care after a road accident, died early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where he was a patient of the Male Surgical Unit.

There has been a significant decline in the performance of CSEC students around the region this year in English A, with 47% achieving grades 1-3, while only a few candidates were able to score full marks on each Math paper.

Newspaper columnist and human rights activist Freddie Kissoon was late Wednesday night attacked on Brickdam, near the Public Buildings.

Police have issued wanted bulletins for Ramprashad Singh and Anthony Miguel in connection with the July 29 murder of Terry Warren at Mango Creek, Pomeroon.

The trial of Superintendant of Police Errol Watts and Senior Superintendant Linden Alves, charged over the shooting of APNU protesters with rubber bullets last year, has been adjourned to September 20.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Brian Christmas and opener Jeremy Solozano plundered hundreds while captain Vikash Mohan fell just short of three figures, as Trinidad and Tobago produced a fabulous batting effort to gain first innings points over Leeward Islands, in their drawn fifth round match Regional Under-19 three-day Championship.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A defiant 50-run, seventh wicket stand between Delbert Gayle and Bryan Gayle, earned Jamaica a draw after they seemed headed for certain defeat yesterday, the last day of their clash with Windward Islands.

AFC Region Three councillor, Harry Narine Deokinanan says that a number of PPP councillors on the Regional Democratic Council have themselves or their children, been awarded contracts worth millions to construct minor roads and clean trenches and this is against the Code of Conduct but the Regional Chairman says that PPP councillors and/or their children have a right to be awarded contracts within the region.

A 40-year old Cane Grove, Mahaica woman yesterday morning set herself on fire during an argument with her husband.

Toshaos of Region 7 (Cuyuni/ Mazaruni) have expressed “great displeasure” over the conduct of proceedings at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference, which according to them have  undermined their right to freely speak on issues affecting their communities.

Multi-talented athlete Alisha Fortune is optimistic about her chances when she represents Guyana at the 40th annual Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Puerto Rico next month.

LONDON, England,  CMC-Jamaican sprint sensation Yohan Blake says there is a “real possibility” that he could debut his international cricket career in Australia this summer.

A visiting Barbadian club team comprising of cadet players at the beginners and intermediate levels was  engaged in the National Sports Commission “Teach Them Young” table tennis developmental programme from  August 8-15.

Regional 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon yesterday dismissed President Donald Ramotar’s unannounced visit to Linden as a public relations stunt, saying that he hoped it would not provoke a situation that could derail negotiations to end unrest in the town.

(Boxscore)  Canada scored twice in the second half on Wednesday and dominated Trinidad and Tobago for a 2-0 win in an all-CONCACAF friendly at Central Browards Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.

(Reuters) – Alister McDermott is set to follow his father Craig into international cricket after being added to Australia’s squad for the one-day series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

The family of a man who is reported to have hanged himself at his Diamond, East Bank Demerara, home believe that there was foul play in his death.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A battling half-century from JP Duminy and a test best 46 not out from tailender Vernon Philander led South Africa’s fightback as they closed on 262 for seven on the first day of the third and final test yesterday.

Activists from Red Thread and other groups on Wednesday afternoon opened  what they termed a “People’s Parliament” to engage the public in the decision-making process to propose solutions to the crisis in Linden.

PAMPLONA, Spain,  (Reuters) – Home favourite Alberto Contador’s first Grand Tour race in more than a year after serving a doping ban will boost the profile of the 2012 Vuelta a Espana, says race director Javier Guillen.

Dear Editor, Nearly 5 years after the launching of wide-ranging and well-attended regional consultations on the Stamp It Out document introduced by the previous Minister of Human Services followed by deliberations for over 9 months by a parliamentary select committee made up of representatives of governmental and opposition parties, the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) was tabled in Parliament and assented to by the then President in May of 2010.

In a recent interview with this newspaper the new Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ronald Webster said that small local clothing manufacturers concerned over the importation of cheap clothing and what they consider to be the unfair competition that such imports present for local seamstresses and other manufacturers should make their views known to the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh have included all-rounder Farhad Reza in the squad to strengthen their batting reserves for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am not surprised at the silence coming from the Ministry of Culture, as well as the Head of the Literary Committee of the organizing body for the Inter-Guianas Cultural Festival, Alim Hosein, with regard to my letter accusing the ministry in general and the Minister in particular of perpetuating a campaign of discrimination.

A few days ago, the Executive Director of the Barbados Manufacturers Association (BMA) Bobbi McKay spoke with more than 250 Barbadians from the Diaspora who had returned to the island for a convention to support local manufacturers by acquiring their produce, using it and recommending those products to other friends and relatives residing abroad.

The Local Government Ministry and the Caribbean Local Economic Development Programme (CARILED) body yesterday inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening and providing support  to entrepreneurial activities at the local level.

Dear Editor, Demerara Waves reported in a news item on August 16 that Freddie Kissoon had been assaulted by a man who threw blows at him some time around midnight on August 15.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia,  CMC-West Indies under 19s recovered quickly from an early slump against Zimbabwe to register their third straight win in the ICC Youth World Cup in Australia yesterday.

MARIKANA, South Africa, (Reuters) – South African police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine yesterday, killing at least a dozen men in scenes that evoked comparisons with apartheid-era brutality.

A young man accused of assaulting a security guard was yesterday spared a jail term after he convinced a court that he had been soundly beaten on the suspicion that he was a thief.

New Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ronald Webster has said that he is seeking respect for the organisation as an independent, rational thinking body and a good broker in times of dispute.

Dear Editor, I am wondering if President Ramotar’s grandstanding is not contributing to the deteriorating situation in Linden, Guyana.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s feared brother Maher lost a leg in a bomb attack on the Syrian leader’s security cabinet a month ago, Western and Gulf sources said yesterday.

September 15 is Guyana’s 2012 Census Day for the commencement of enumeration activities for the Seventh Post-War National Population and Housing Census.

At 50, Cyrille Haynes is about to embark on a new career path.

The National Assembly earlier this month paid tributes to three late Members of Parliament (MPs), Everall Franklin, Robert Williams and Sheila Holder.

Dear Editor, I have seen an article written by Henry Jeffrey in SN (August 15) which is a scholarly document.

Private Sector Commission Chairman Ronald Webster has said that small local clothing manufacturers who are concerned over the proliferation of cheap clothing imports and its impact on market share should express their concerns to the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA).

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – A series of bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people across Iraq yesterday in a bloody day of attacks underscoring the country’s struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than half a year after the U.S.

Dear Editor, I am tired of hearing and reading that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.“

KAMRA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Islamist militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons fought their way into one of Pakistan’s largest air bases yesterday, the air force said, in a brazen challenge to the nuclear-armed country’s powerful military.

In the high-tech electronic security business, Nirvana Mahase is very aware that female entrepreneurs aren’t so common and aren’t always taken seriously.

Three years after a South African manufacturer first sought to introduce a soil stabiliser into road building and road rehabilitation in Guyana, the company is yet to receive a definitive response from either the public or private sector here.

LONDON/QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador granted political asylum to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange yesterday, a day after it said Britain had threatened to raid the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest the former hacker.

Jacques Rogge, the Belgian surgeon who is president of the International Olympic Committee, is probably a very charming man to those who know him well.

The Human Condition – replete with human behaviours – attracts responses appropriate to the extent and relevant situation. 

A drinks vendor who burst a man’s lip because he was littering, was yesterday placed on a six-month peace bond when he made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, See attached a picture of a vehicle that is parked in the turning lane outside the Demerara Bank on Camp and South Road Georgetown.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Facebook Inc shares sank 6.3 percent to a record closing low after early investors got the greenlight to sell for the first time since the No.

Walter Narine was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail after denying a charge that he verbally abused his common-law wife.

(Trinidad Express) After listening to evidence for approximately two months and after deliberating yesterday for about five and a half hours, the jury in the sedition trial of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr failed to arrive at a unanimous verdict.

(Trinidad Express) After listening to evidence for approximately two months and after deliberating yesterday for about five and a half hours, the jury in the sedition trial of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr failed to arrive at a unanimous verdict.