Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 11, 2012

A 17-year-old Agricola teen was earlier today shot dead by police and another is said to be in a critical condition at the Georgetown Hospital.

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – China is on track to meet this year’s target for economic growth and if needed the government could utilize a 100 billion yuan fiscal stability fund to boost growth, Premier Wen Jiabao said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government yesterday announced it would stage a special celebratory event in honour of the country’s Olympians in October, during the Heroes weekend festivities, after the island’s historic 12-medal haul at the London Games a few weeks ago.

(Trinidad Express) On average, there are 1,000 admissions each year related to “self-harm or suicide” at the nation’s hospitals, the Ministry of Health has said.

(Trinidad Express) Two more men were murdered in the John John, East Port of Spain area on Sunday night, bringing to four the number of people killed in that area over the weekend, with a total of nine individuals being murdered throughout the country in the space of 48 hours.

(Trinidad Express) The Opposition is in shock over the developments involving businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson.

The MV Kanawan, one of the two roll-on/roll-off ferries gifted to Guyana by China, made its first commercial trip from Parika to Supenaam on the Essequibo River yesterday.

Following last weekend’s pirate attacks at Pomeroon and the Waini coast, fishermen at the Meadowbank wharf in the city blasted the lacklustre response by authorities to the situation as they consider suspending their operations for an indefinite period to protest.

Former commissioner of police Henry Greene died as a result of a fractured spine, the Police Public Relations Department disclosed yesterday, while a senior officer said that this was in combination with severe internal haemorrhaging.

Almost six months after Rhonda Da Silva died in a boating incident, life has not been the same for her partner Ivan LaRose and their four-year-old daughter as the man was rushed into signing a compensation package with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and says he must now seek legal advice to regain custody of his child.

By Emmerson Campbell After holding El Salvador to a draw on Friday, the Golden Jaguars will look to take full advantage of their home turf and roar to victory against their Group B foes in an all important match tonight at the Providence National Stadium.

A preliminary meeting with the Town Clerk and other officers, who will be attending a conference with the Chief Labour Officer, is set for today as the way forward is negotiated, following the recent strike action by city workers.

With over 400 exhibitors, 150 overseas buyers and investors registered and up to 100,000 visitors expected, the Tourism Ministry plans to use GuyExpo 2012 to continue to push local products while seeking to attract investment for low carbon development.

Fired up from a commanding victory at the Ainlim 10km Guyana’s long distance maestro Cleveland Forde will be gunning for another dominant win in the 5000m at the Guyana Defence Force Inter Unit Championships which will be held at the GDF ground Camp Ayanagana this morning.

Work continued yesterday to prepare the Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara site for the specialty hospital, even as word emerged that a Letter of Award had been officially issued to Surendra Engineering on its $18.1 million bid.

By Yonalla Dalrymple Golden Jaguars football team is fully prepared and ready to take on El Salvador in the return leg of their World Cup qualifying match tonight at the Providence National Stadium coach Jamaal Shabazz said yesterday.

Roraima Airways yesterday launched its 20th anniversary celebrations calendar, which includes events for its staff, the general public and charities.

By Emmerson Campbell Following Guyana’s performances at this year’s London Olympic Games, former deadlift World record holder in the 74kgs Master’s Two category, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby sees the need to make the nation proud again on the world stage.

The Region Seven Democratic Council says remedial works will start “immediately” on the 1-5 Miles, Bartica/Potaro Road potholed road, after about 30 residents staged a two-day protest in front of its office last week.

Sunita Houssain, whose business was burnt when arsonists struck at the Jainarine Singh Building late Saturday night, said yesterday that despite her losses she is prepared to start over.

Scotiabank donated a total of $4.5 million to six organisations to support initiatives in education, health and social well-being to benefit children.

By Neil Barry A century from national Under-15 batsman Sherfane Rutherford was the highlight of the latest round of the New Building Society (NBS) limited overs second division competition last weekend.

Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says Guyanese continue to be unfairly targeted by authorities in Trinidad.

Reigning national sprint champion Rupert Perry is looking to shake off his injury woes of earlier this season and return to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit Track and Field Championships at the GDF ground Camp Ayangana which begin today.

The condition of Akeisha Jackman, the Brickdam Secondary School  student who was struck down last Monday is improving while she remains a patient of the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Hospital her mother, Althea Jackman, said yesterday.

By Neil Barry Once again both games in the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first division two-day competition were completed before 3pm on Sunday’s second day as the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) completed convincing victories over the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Everest Cricket Club respectively.

Police statistics for up to August this year compared to the same period last year showed that serious crime was down by 2% but armed robberies were up by 23%.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will run off its long-awaited annual athletics championship today at the Camp Ayanganna sports ground from 10.30am.

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Inter Unit Championship will take place all this week at the GDF ground Camp Ayanganna with many titles up from grabs and opportunities for newcomers to make their name and claim a spot on the team for the Inter Services Athletic Championships (ISAC).

ADEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Saudi national freed by US authorities from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who then became second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, was killed in Yemen, a Yemeni government website said.

Six Chinese who came to Guyana for employment and business ventures yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court.

A false transaction over the clearing of a vehicle at John Fernandes Wharf landed a taxi driver before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

DUBAI/OTTAWA – Canada’s surprise decision to sever relations with Iran may well have been triggered by Ottawa’s fear of retaliation for stepping up its denunciations of Tehran and a parallel move to list Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism.

OLD TRAFFORD, England, CMC- West Indies women lost to England by 28 runs in their second of a five match series as part of their preparations for the world Twenty20 in Sri Lanka later this month.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has dropped weapons charges against the American captain of a US-flagged cargo ship arrested last week after three rifles were found on board, people familiar with the latest diplomatic rumpus between Washington and Caracas said.

Dear Editor, The tragic death of former Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has brought home in no uncertain terms the different times in which we live. 

(Reuters) – Young men who had smoked marijuana recreationally were twice as likely to be diagnosed with testicular cancer than men who have never used marijuana, according to a US study.

Dear Editor, I have seen advertisements in the daily newspapers requesting buses for a bus service between Guyana and Brazil.

(Reuters) – People who drink heavily – at least four drinks a day – may be at risk of suffering a brain hemorrhage at a relatively early age, according to a French study.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has expressed confidence in his side’s chances in the World Twenty20 Tournament taking place in Sri Lanka this month.

Dear Editor, The III Summit of South American and Arab Countries (ASPA) will be held in Lima, Peru on October 1-2, 2012 and will bring together leaders of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the Arab League, including 12 and 22 countries respectively.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Three months ago, Serena Williams was at her lowest after going out in the first round of the French Open, her earliest exit at a grand slam.

(de Ware Tijd) The Hague — After the political reshuffling of the cabinet, President Bouterse is now drastically restructuring the administrative management at the ministries.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara and fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara are winning their battle to be fit for this month’s Twenty20 World Cup on home soil.

Dear Editor, The views expressed in a letter to the editor of the Guyana Chronicle dated September 1, regarding the treatment of women in the media generally, but more specifically the very distasteful piece in a recent column of ‘Dem Boys Seh’ carried in Kaieteur News dated July 21, is fully supported.

Dear Editor, Whenever resolutions, declarations and such things are made and adopted at conventions and conferences on the international stage we sign on to them and follow suit as a matter of formality – not that we truly believe in them, recognizing what they say.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saeed Ajmal will receive a special award from the Pakistan Cricket Board after the spin bowler was left off the shortlist for the International Cricket Council’s Player of the Year, chairman Zaka Ashraf said yesterday.

SIERRA DE PARIMA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Indigenous Yanomami villagers at the centre of an investigation into a possible massacre deep in the Amazon jungle have told visiting journalists and government officials that no killings took place.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s stridently anti-capitalist president, Hugo Chavez, has urged the rich to vote for him to prevent a “civil war,” while his rival told the poor he will not scrap popular socialist welfare projects if he wins next month’s election.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Afghanistan were adjudged winners of the Asia vs. the Caribbean Twenty/20 tournament after three teams won the same number of matches.

Dear Editor, Mr Wesley Kirton is simply wrong in stating that the PNC was “Not an illegal government” (SN Sep 10).

To the surprise of many ordinary Colombians, President Juan Manuel Santos has opted to engage the so-called Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army, a guerilla group popularly known as FARC – in talks aimed at bringing the hemisphere’s longest running armed conflict involving a government and an insurgent military force to an end.

The son of a high ranking member of the political directorate has just fatally hit a child on her way to school at a busy city intersection.