Daily Archive: Thursday, August 30, 2012

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce has beaten American Carmelita Jeter in the 100m Diamond League in Zurich.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Usain Bolt led a 1-2-3-4 for the Jamaican athletes competing in the 200m event at the Diamond League in Zurich.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Yohan Blake ran a blistering 9.76 seconds to set a new meet record in the 100m in the Diamond League in Zurich today.

(Barbados Nation) An operation today by the Drug Squad at the Bridgetown Port has netted four packages of cannabis.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today announced that the Chief Cooperatives Development Officer Kareem Abdul Jabar has ordered an independent external audit of its Credit Union, based on a reported breach of Credit Union rules governing vehicle acquisition.

Weather forecasters say yet another tropical depression has formed over the Atlantic Ocean, but it’s still hundreds of miles away from land, the Associated Press reported today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 14-year-old girl before the courts on a murder charge gave birth yesterday, raising concerns in her community about whether she was being properly monitored by the state.

(Jamaica Gleaner) While Tropical Storm Isaac inundates the gulf states for a third day, Tropical Storm Kirk gained strength over the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon last night apologised to Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon for incorrectly stating yesterday that the region was still to name its three nominees to the committee which will review the economic situation in Linden.

(Trinidad Express) Auto businessman Kumar Boodram apologised to the country yesterday and took down the highway billboard which had displayed images of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Minister of National Security Jack Warner on the National Flag.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Jack Warner yesterday denied making any promises to gang leaders in exchange for more peace in high risk areas.

(Trinidad Express) Hours after police officer Eric Mark filed a habeas corpus, a judicial mandate requiring that a prisoner be brought before the courts, he appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM), the country’s longest serving political party, will not participate in Government’s 50th anniversary Independence celebrations this evening.

(Reuters) – South Africa’s rise to the top of the test rankings was reflected in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test Team of the Year today with four Proteas making it to the Michael Clarke-led side.

(Trinidad Express) The son of deceased chutney singer Sundar Popo was yesterday sent to prison.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – The U.N. chief and Egypt’s president delivered stinging speeches at a summit of developing nations in Iran today, damaging the host country’s quest for global prestige and support for its nuclear programme and its policy on Syria.

(Trinidad Express) The brother of executed murderer Dole Chadee, aka Nankissoon Boodram, was shot to death yesterday afternoon.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said bloodshed in Syria would only end if there were “effective interference” from outside.

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Joe Harmon says that the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should defend his advice to the Ministry of the Environment that a new impact assessment is not needed for the massive expansion works at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon has written Guyana’s Ambassador to the Organisation of American States, Bayney Karran saying that his recent presentation to the OAS Permanent Council on the Linden unrest contained inaccuracies and misrepresentations.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the largest offshore oil and gas producer in China,  recently paid a courtesy call on Minister of Natural Re-sources and the Environment Robert Persaud to discuss bilateral cooperation in  petroleum and other related areas of investment in Guyana.

The post-mortem examination that was conducted on Shoala Gilgeous revealed that she died from asphyxiation due to manual strangulation and blunt trauma, her sister said yesterday.

The AFC yesterday played down concerns that party leader Khemraj Ramjattan is in a conflict of interest position over his legal representation of the Fedders Lloyd Corporation, which believes it was cheated of a contract to build the specialty hospital at Turkeyen.

Acting on a tip-off yesterday, police captured a high-profile Brazilian fugitive who was among several inmates who escaped from a Boa Vista prison in July.

Police are working on the theory that a soured car deal may have led to the brutal murder of taxi driver Sean De Freitas Sookdeo, after new information surfaced that threats were made to his life about a month ago after he failed to deliver a promised car.

Relatives of the  two Rosignol, West Bank Berbice fishermen; Mahendra ‘Rub’ Ompertab, 27, and Kanhai Madramootoo, 41 who disappeared at sea two Saturdays ago are grateful for the support they have received from persons.

The police will not probe the financial irregularities uncovered at the state broadcaster NCN, since they have not received a request to do so.

Striking factory workers attached to GuySuCo’s Blairmont sugar estate met with their union representatives yesterday and an end to the industrial action appears in sight.

Jan Verwey, a sales manager, was yesterday arraigned on a charge of causing the death of biker Orlando Augustus by dangerous driving.

Days after being reprimanded and discharged over using abusive language and damage to property, a woman re-appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on a charge that she assaulted a police officer.

Spectacular is certainly not the most appropriate adjective to describe Guyana’s performance at the recent London 2012 Olympic Games where Guyana was represented by six athletes competing in three sports disciplines.

The asking price for ACME Photo Studio at Regent and King streets is US$10M ($2.06B), the establishment stated yesterday.

By Neil Barry Transport Sports Club’s (TSC) captain Joshua Ram fell nine runs short of what would have been a well-deserved century as his side defeated Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by 101 runs yesterday to reach the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Brainstreet Under-15 final.

Residents of Kwakwani plan to hold polls to elect a 15-member committee to manage the affairs of the community in lieu of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) that was recently installed by government to replace the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

“We are a community already stripped and struggling to lift our heads again and injustices continue to rip our hearts out,” lamented a security guard attached to  Kanhai Security Services working in Region 10.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s public prosecutor yesterday said it is investigating an alleged massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest, after a tribal group told the government that a village of 80 natives was attacked in July from a helicopter.

National cyclist Alonzo Greaves along with his fellow Roraima Bikers Club (RBC) mates departed Guyana

The Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC) is alarmed at the number of road fatalities for the year and urges drivers to exercise the ‘Five Cs’  to avoid accidents.

Over 2,000 direct jobs are to be created during the first phase of the Giftland Mall at Plantation Pattensen, East Coast Demerara, which is expected to be opened by March next year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Last year’s hosts Martinique will help to launch the Caribbean Football Union’s Caribbean Cup when they face British Virgin Islands in Group 3 action starting next Wednesday.

By Neil Barry The David Persaud Investments Cup Under 19 semi-finals will be played today at the Malteenoes Sports Club and the Georgetown Cricket Club grounds.

Relatives of the  two Rosignol, West Bank Berbice fishermen; Mahendra ‘Rub’ Ompertab, 27, and Kanhai Madramootoo, 41 who disappeared at sea two Saturdays ago are grateful for the support they have received from persons.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Windward Islands conjured up an remarkable performance to whip Leeward Islands by six wickets and snatch the Regional Under-19 one-day title here yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago maintained their supremacy over Jamaica in twenty20 cricket after defeating them by six wickets to clinch the T20 for 50 Cricket Festival at Queen’s Park Oval over the weekend.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic and three-times winner Serena Williams each dropped just two games against bewildered opponents at the U.S.

A 21-year-old homeless man who stole a quantity of fibre optic cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) was yesterday sentenced at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to 12 months in prison   by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

A teenager accused of robbery-under-arms after allegedly stealing $200,000 belonging to his employer was yesterday placed on $500,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, Mr Patrick Fitzpatrick‘s letter in KN of August 28, titled ‘Linden complains but Aishalton suffers,‘ has highlighted some of the sufferings in the Rupununi.

After a lengthy break due to the inclement weather, the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) 2012 cricket season restarts today when arch rivals Albion Community Centre and Rose Hall Town Bakewell clash in the final of the Leslie Amsterdam Memorial/Memorex Under 17 competition.

A painter/porter was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $500,000 when he was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking and entering a house and stealing in excess of $5M worth of items.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A restart to production at Venezuela’s largest oil refinery, closed since Saturday by the world’s deadliest refinery accident in fifteen years, could take another two to three days, officials said, although an exact date was unknown.

Reuters) – Wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking and South Africa’s ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius were among the luminaries on hand for the opening on Wednesday night of the biggest Paralympics in the 11-day competition’s history.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has paid tribute to the late Hugh Cholmondeley, remembering his “sterling contributions” to integration, broadcasting and education in the Region and wider global community.

Dear Editor, Thank you for your timely editorial on the meeting of the Permanent Council OAS on August 22, 2012.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French steeplechaser Nour-Eddine Gezzar has been banned for 10 years after a second positive drugs test, the French athletics federation said in a statement on Tuesday.

New York,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams survived a rare bad day on the courts as she beat Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez to secure a spot in the third round of the U.S.

Dear Editor, The NCN online radio broadcasts have been ‘dead’ for weeks.

A teenager was yesterday granted $10,000 bail on a charge of throwing missiles when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque says the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CEDEMA) has taken steps to provide assistance to Haiti, following the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac and the widespread damage done to communities, particularly in the agriculture-producing southern region.

Dear Editor, On behalf of his several close former GuySuCo colleagues, congratulations are extended to Narvon Persaud for being recognised, however belatedly, by the administration, as a competent professional worthy of chairing the Technical Team recently appointed to investigate the Linden power crisis.

(Trinidad Express) Collin Partab may have been the latest minister to get axed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, but he was not the first.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy SEAL who has authored a first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden says the al Qaeda leader was shot in the head as he peeked from a bedroom door, an account that diverges from the Obama administration’s original description of the incident.

UNITED NATIONS/ANKARA, (Reuters) – The opposition Syrian National Council has failed to overcome internal divisions and is not up to the challenge of overthrowing President Bashar al-Assad, a prominent former member of the group has said.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Isaac brought widespread flooding to the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The top guns at the U.S. Open encountered little resistance once again at the U.S.

Dear Editor, I am appealing to the Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Guyana Teachers‘ Union to pay attention to a very important issue that is being discussed by teachers, especially the senior ones, and that is the issue of duty-free concessions to senior masters/mistresses (SM) and heads of department (HOD) in the teaching system.

A man was yesterday accused of attempting to obstruct the course of justice by offering another man money for withholding information from the police.

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – China’s ZTE Corp said it would take part in a projected U.S.

A man accused of robbing a woman of her gold band and using violence at the time was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $80,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Dear Editor, It is now evident that the National Sports Commission headed by Director of Sport Neil Kumar is not satisfied with the leadership of the President of the Guyana Olympic Association K Juman-Yassin.

SHARJAH,  – Australia’s fast bowlers, led by man of the match Mitchell Starc, narrowly outshone Pakistan’s spinners as Michael Clarke’s side edged to a four-wicket win in the opening one-day international of their three-match series in Sharjah.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A former Indian state minister was found guilty yesterday of murder in one of the country’s worst religious riots, the highest-profile conviction in a case that casts a shadow over the country 10 years on.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss, who oversaw back-to-back Ashes wins over Australia and took the team to the top of the test rankings, announced his retirement from professional cricket yesterday.

Dear Editor, Regarding your news item about the T&T Prime Minister dismissing Junior Minister of National Security Colin Partap (SN Aug 28), most Trinis I spoke with  in New York and in Trinidad feel the PM did the right thing to discipline her Minister, although some feel she acted in haste not waiting for a report on the entire episode. 

TRES MARIAS, Mexico, (Reuters) – Two U.S. officials shot and wounded by Mexican federal police just south of the capital were CIA officers, security sources say, and the attack could badly hurt U.S.-Mexico

Political cooperation between the government and the opposition may depend on a negotiated “compromise” on handling the full disclosure of the PPP/C’s excesses in office, according to former minister Dr.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United States military is ramping up anti-drug trafficking efforts in Guatemalan and Honduran waters to keep up with shifting smuggling routes, a top U.S.

Just about a week ago, the New Opportunity Corps (NOC)—the juvenile detention facility at Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast—saw a mass breakout of inmates followed by rampages that included fires and which carried over into the next day.

E. R. Braithwaite’s book, ‘To Sir With Love’, portrays a scene where a character stands in a  contemplative mood.

(Reuters) – England spinner Graeme Swann will be rested for the remaining one-day internationals against South Africa, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The ongoing live debate on corruption on NCN on Sunday night is welcome – moreso because many prefer to look at TV rather than read the newspapers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says former minister in the Ministry of National Security Collin Partap may yet be prosecuted for failing to take a breathalyser test.