Daily Archive: Sunday, October 21, 2012

(BBC) One of India’s most influential film-makers, Yash Chopra, has died from dengue fever in Mumbai, aged 80.

(Jamaica Gleaner) All new recruits to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will soon be required to undergo polygraph testing, better known as a lie detector test.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – The lone suspect in a mass shooting at a spa in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been found from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, Brookfield police said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are tied at 47 percent support each among likely voters with just over two weeks to go before the U.S.

At about 0200h today, police say that taxi driver Edward Freeman, 24 years, had just arrived in his motor vehicle at his home at Sideline Dam, East La Penitence, Georgetown, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

Owner of De Sinco, Frank De Abreu is unconscious in the Georgetown Public Hospital following an accident this morning at the corner of Lamaha and Irving streets.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Violence erupted in downtown Beirut today as protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati after the funeral of an assassinated intelligence chief whose death they blame on Syria.

Two men died early this morning after they were fatally stabbed in separate incidents in Georgetown.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The plans to modernize the Martin Luther King Highway are at an advanced stage.

(Jamaica Observer) Dancehall artiste Sean Paul will be doing a series of shows in India next month.

(Jamaica Observer) The Cayman Islands is apparently lapping up former members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), who ostensibly go there in search of better wages and conditions of work.

(Jamaica Gleaner) General Manager of Jamaica Cane Products Sales (JCPS), Karl James, is raising questions about whether Jamaica could have received greater value from the 2010 divestment of sugar estates to the Chinese firm Complant.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Suddenly, Republican Mitt Romney has a viable path to victory in the tight battle for the White House.

(Trinidad Express) Government plans to establish a “film city” in Trinidad and Tobago comprising a production house with film sets, equipment and facilities, Trade Minister Vasant Bharath has said.

(Trinidad Express) Law Association president Seenath Jairam SC is not stepping down as president even as a bitter verbal battle is being played out publicly between Jairam and former attorney general Karl Hudson-Phillips, QC.

Firefighters at Parika were called yesterday to the foreshore after a vessel mysteriously caught afire.

Story and photos by David Pappanah Moleson Creek is the last village on the Coren-tyne coast, located some 30 minutes away from Corriverton by a car.

looking to take positives from World Cup Qualifiers into CFU competition – Skipper Chris Nurse From Emmerson Campbell in St Lucia The Golden Jaguars have brushed off their disappointing third round 2014 Football World Cup Qualifiers exit and will look to roar to victory when they tackle Group Two foe St.

Several people were held yesterday after ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) unearthed an unmarked suitcase with four kilogrammes of cocaine hidden inside at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, CANU boss James Singh confirmed last evening.

By Iva Wharton Sophia Special School, North Georgetown, Marian Academy, St.

By Mandy Thompson A 33-year-old teacher who succumbed on her way to the Georgetown Public Hospital after being transferred from the New Amsterdam Hospital yesterday morning is the country’s latest maternal death.

Scores of persons have alleged that they were robbed, physically abused and had their vehicles damaged during the unrest at Agricola two weeks ago, but to date no report has been made to the police.

Even before the resignation of the chairman of the panel reviewing Linden’s electricity tariff, the government’s failure to live up to its commitments to submit crucial documentation delayed its work, according to economist Dr Clive Thomas.

Shonnette Adams, the mother of slain teen Shaquille Grant, has denied that she was the force behind the October 11 protest action in Agricola that resulted in the blocking of the main road, leading to persons being stranded and some robbed as they awaited the end of the conflict.

Introduction Last week I argued the realisation of sufficient economies of scale for Guyana’s sugar industry to make it globally competitive is unlikely simply because these would not result in a substantial lowering of the long-term average cost of production at output levels of 450,000 tonnes.

– long-term solution being ignored, says chamber head   The electricity supply in Lethem was expected to be stabilised by yesterday afternoon, according to Region Nine Chairman Wilson Lorentino, who called for the quick replacement of the main generator as the entire community was feeling the impact of the erratic power supply.

Two weeks later I am still sweating with the initial nervousness and horror and still dancing in the final exultation of our victory in the World Cup.

By Tony cozier Ramnaresh Sarwan would do well to follow the example of Marlon Samuels.

– Golden Jaguars begin quest for Caribbean Football Cup glory today   From Emmerson Campbell in St Lucia The national football team the Golden Jaguars will begin their quest for redemption today when they tackle St Vincent and the Grenadines in their first Group Two game for this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championships here at the Beausejour Stadium in St.

With UK ballistics expert Dr Mark Robinson last week telling the Linden Commission of Inquiry that the ammunition retrieved from the bodies of the three men killed at Linden on July 18 did not match what is used by the police force, questions remain about the origin of the fatal shots.

Nothing in history, not even the Industrial Revolution, has produced anything remotely like the staggering level of change that has descended on the world with the technological revolution now spinning faster and faster around mankind.

– giving voluntary labour to its construction next weekend Coomacka residents are pleased with the pace at which work is moving on the construction of a police outpost, as there is a high rate of crime, and the nearest police station is 10 miles away.

Director of Sport Neil Kumar yesterday declared that the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport was working in partnership with the Guyana Table Tennis Association GTTA to ensure that facilities are in place for the further development of the sport.

Introduction The 1986 lifting of the four and a half years ban on the importation into Guyana of wheaten flour was of national significance in our economic history.

The grisly murders of the two Kato policemen is a sign that something went terribly wrong and only a thorough investigation would answer the many outstanding questions, a security source said.

The Theatre Guild of Guyana has a history of functioning as a nursery for the production of new theatre talent.

Negotiations on the wages, salaries and working conditions of all University of Guyana (UG) employees will commence on Tuesday, representatives of the tertiary institution said yesterday.

The waterways within and around the Iwokrama Forest are home to an extremely high diversity of fish.

Ravendra Persaud hit a century while Zulfikar Ali hit an unbeaten 94 as Young Guns defeated East Bankers by 134 runs when the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Associa-tion competition continued last Sunday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies captain and outstanding batsman Brian Lara says he turned down an offer to play for the International XI in two unofficial Twenty20 matches in Pakistan because he was concerned about the message it would send out in light of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disassociating itself from the matches.

Last week, I mentioned that some dogs, having had so much contact with humans and so little with their own species, actually prefer human company, and I’d like today to continue with this theme.

Jean LeBlanc, the Canadian man wounded when gunmen shot and killed Ricardo Rodrigues at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) on Monday, wants to be urgently medivaced out of Guyana.

Former England captain Tony Greig has been diagnosed with a form of lung cancer.

– improvement in masquerades promised The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Friday launched the 2013 Mashramani celebrations under the theme ‘Reflecting Creativity, Embracing Diver-sity’, promising a larger contingent of participants and support from the private sector.

By Neil Barry The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) raced to victory at their home ground in Queenstown yesterday in their quarter-final of the Queensway Cup competition over the Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) at the DCC ground in Queenstown.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Test players Kirk Edwards and Kemar Roach have been left out of a Barbados 23-man provisional squad for the 2013 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament in Trinidad & Tobago and St.

One of the most sensitive subjects for the travel industry is the issue of security.

Relatives have performed    the final rites for two fishermen, Mahendra ‘Rub’ Ompertab, 27, and Kanhai Madramootoo, 41, who disappeared at sea nine weeks ago.

The Latin name Pentas refers to the plant’s five petalled flowers.

American presidential debate 2012 By R M Austin After the first debate in Denver, Colorado about two weeks ago, the supporters of President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party were in a state which could only be described as mourning.

– victim to be buried today Richard Singh, the 20-year-old man who was involved in an accident at Plantation Hope, East Coast Demerara on Monday, remains a patient of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Hospital, his relatives said yesterday.

The New Amsterdam Hospital medical laboratory received certification from the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) making it one of a small number of medical laboratories that have been thus certified.

Latin America’s growing media conspiracy We must give credit to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and several of his colleagues in Latin America for doing a masterful public brainwashing job – they have somehow convinced millions of people that there is a huge world capitalist media conspiracy out there, which needs to be urgently crushed through greater government press controls.

– puts exploiters on notice The Guyana Women’s Miners Organisation (GWMO) says it continues to see disturbing signs of human trafficking in gold mining areas and its president said that the organisation is in the process is compiling a report which it plans to release next year.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s political opposition has called for a mass turnout at today’s funeral for slain intelligence officer Wissam al-Hassan, turning the ceremony into a political rally against Syrian authorities and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

 – miners, loggers, sex workers targeted Hope Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has been working in the interior locations of Region 7 helping miners and commercial sex workers, who are part of the most at risk population, to make informed decisions when it comes to their sexual choices.

BRIDGETOWN (Nation News) – A Barbados beauty queen; a Queen’s Counsel in a Trinidadian law firm, a teacher of two decades’ experience, an experienced banker and a handful of Barbados Scholarship and Exhibition winners are among those now able to practise law in Barbados.

Dear Editor, Strange fruit, a poem by a white Jewish school teacher, Abel Meerpol, was immortalized in song by the inimitable Blues icon, Billie Holiday in 1939.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin took a leading role in the latest tests of Russia’s strategic nuclear arsenal, the most comprehensive since the 1991 Soviet collapse, the Kremlin said yesterday.

The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual, Fire and Insurance Company (GTM) on Friday formally opened a branch at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Five Colombian soldiers were killed by FARC rebels in the first major incident since peace talks between the Andean country’s government and guerrilla leaders began earlier this week, the army said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter by Mr. Vidyaratha Kissoon published in the Stabroek News on October 20, 2012 captioned `What Chris Brown did and what he should do now’.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan militias captured Muammar Gaddafi’s chief spokesman yesterday, the government said, but an audio clip posted on Facebook purporting to be the voice of Moussa Ibrahim denied his capture.

(Trinidad Express) – Entertainer Ravi Bissambhar will have no criminal conviction recorded against his name, after he was reprimanded and discharged on Friday for causing a crowd to throw missiles at the 2011 Chutney Monarch finals.

LIMA (Reuters) – Argentina’s president yesterday ordered 326 sailors to evacuate a Navy frigate that was seized in Ghana to help bondholders try to recoup debts from the South American country’s 2002 default.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House yesterday denied a report in the New York Times that said the Obama administration had agreed to one-on-one talks with Iran on its nuclear programme.

Dear Editor, This commentary on the demolition of St. Barnabas Anglican Church in the capital city is inspired by the Sunday Stabroek editorial of 14th October 2012 which highlighted the history and architecture of the structure. 

WASHINGTON/DEL RAY BEACH, Fla (Reuters) – Facing a cliffhanger re-election attempt, President Barack Obama will launch a round-the-clock, two-day campaign blitz through six battleground states next week to try to fend off the challenge from Republican Mitt Romney.

It is a pity perhaps that Governor Lethem’s idea of a railway link between the Rupununi and Georgetown in the 1940s was never followed up.

Dear Editor, Over the past two months seven Stabroek  Market stallholders  were tracked and at least five were robbed as they reached their homes and were about to exit their vehicles.