Daily Archive: Monday, October 22, 2012

Management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is in the process of reviewing its current pest control contract following the mutilation of a body at the mortuary by rats.

The Guyana Water Inc says it  is currently experiencing operational difficulties at the company’s facility at Port Kaituma, Region 1 because of mining activities which have affected the water supply being used by the community.

The report on the Public Accounts for 2011 was today tabled in the National Assembly and revealed continuing abuse of the Contingencies Fund.

(Reuters) – Movie lovers, Bollywood stars and well-wishers paid their last respects to film-maker Yash Chopra today, a day after he died of multiple organ failure.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — US Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater is advocating the use of plea bargaining to assist with clearing up the backlog of cases in the judicial system.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Three militants planned to detonate explosives in rucksacks and ram a car fixed with blades into a crowd of people in Britain in a major assault that could have been more devastating than the 2005 attacks in London, a court heard today.

(de Ware Tijd) WAGENINGEN — Paradise Oil Company (POC), a Staatsolie affiliate, hopes a profitable strike in the District of Coronie is imminent.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE — Suriname has raked in over 1 million Euros so far with the sale of tourist passes in the Netherlands.

(Barbados Nation) Locked in a row over United States rum subsidies to international producers, Barbados and its Caribbean neighbours are worried about Washington’s seeming indifference to the region’s plight.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life after the International Cycling Union (UCI) said today it had ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) sanctions.

Two men died yesterday morning from stab wounds following separate incidents in the city.

Owner of De Sinco, Frank De Abreu is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and four firemen sustained injuries following a collision between De Abreu’s car and a fire truck yesterday at the corner of Lamaha and Irving streets.

APNU and the AFC have both signalled that they would be taking strong action against Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee if the government continues to ignore the no-confidence vote passed in the National Assembly against him.

From Emmerson Campbell in St Lucia Guyana’s Golden Jaguars opened their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Cup campaign yesterday with 1-2 defeat to Group Two foe St.

A Government Technical Institute student and part-time taxi driver was  wounded to his right arm yesterday morning when he was confronted in front of his home by two gunmen who escaped with an unknown amount of cash.

The family of the 33-year-old teacher, who died as she was being transported to the Georgetown Hospital subsequent to giving birth at the New Amsterdam Hospital, is yet to be contacted by the latter hospital and told what transpired prior to the woman’s death.

— bests star-studded field to win Flying Stars 75-mile event Berbician Neil Reece yesterday recorded the biggest victory of his career when he shocked a star-studded field to win the Flying Stars Cycle Club Kader Mohamed 75-mile cycle road race yesterday.

An investigation into the mining accident at Aranka, Cuyuni on October 3rd which claimed the lives of three miners has found that the operator was negligent and they were operating in a filled tailings pit which was unstable.

Defending champion Cleveland Forde completed a successful title defence of the first stage of the 10th annual IAAF CONSUDATLE South American 10km Classic Road with a last gasp sprint to the finish at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Ronaldinho’s Atletico Mineiro snatched a 3-2 home victory over leaders Fluminense in the dying minutes of a thriller in Belo Horizonte yesterday to keep their Brazilian championship dream alive.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) is pleased with the recent court ruling that compels the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to receive the fees and payments for medium-scale prospecting permits.

Lethem residents began receiving an extended power supply yesterday after a part that broke on one of the generators was fixed.

By Neil Barry Jr., The short-lived nature of the two Georgetown Cricket Association’s Queensway semi finals was a reflection of the strength of the two sides the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) who bullied their opposition into submission on their way to setting up a rematch of last year’s final.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The Lance Armstrong doping scandal reaches a decisive day today when cycling’s governing body announces whether it has ratified the U.S.

Cabinet Secretary and HPS Dr Roger Luncheon on Thursday announced that Cabinet has green-lighted 10 contracts in several sectors, including one valued $1B in the housing and water sector.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to reassert his authority over a Conservative Party reeling after a week which saw the resignation of a senior minister and claims of incompetence and elitism at the heart of his government.

Overseas players have begun arriving here as the local golf season climaxes but the local players continue to hold their own as was evident Saturday when Ansa McAl Marketing Executive Troy Cadogan emerged winner of the MACORP Invitational  Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.

The Remote Area Medical (RAM) Guyana Inc is calling for urgent financial support for the Specialised Patient Action Network (SPAN), a pilot project aimed at linking persons suffering with special medical conditions in remote areas to treatment.

-Ramsaran, New GPC Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has appealed to Guyanese to await the outcome of a bid-evaluation before jumping to conclusions about the huge difference in bids for anti-malarial drugs by two prospective suppliers.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – A man opened fire at a spa in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, yesterday, killing three people and wounding four others before taking his own life, police said.

Dear Editor, I am sick and tired of the lawlessness that is going on in this country.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed a tour to Zimbabwe in December in anticipation of a bilateral one-day series against India.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Sunil Narine’s Kolkata Knight Riders emerged from their slumber  yesterday beating the Titans by 99 runs at Newlands to claim their first win of the Champions League Twenty20.

Dear Editor, I write this letter to urge all young people, young music lovers and fans of R&B artiste Chris Brown to condemn this nasty, dishonest and deceptive campaign being waged by a few individuals and organizations in Guyana.

Rasheed Abdool, the Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara man, who was fatally stabbed on Wednesday night, died as a result of multiple stab wounds to the heart, the post-mortem examination on his body revealed.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Gunmen exchanged fire in southern districts of Beirut overnight after the state funeral of an assassinated Lebanese intelligence chief ended in violence when angry mourners broke away and tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

Dear Editor, I looked at and listened to a few of the so-called debates, on corruption, aired on TV and noticed that APNU was not represented and how stacked the team was against the AFC.

The Qualfon business processing outsourcing and call centre is hosting Computer and English Enhancement Training Programme for the community free of cost.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies will play three Day/Night matches among the five One-Day Internationals against Bangladesh during their tour here which starts next month.

A meeting of the Caricom council on human development this month agreed to engage stakeholders on Physical Education (PE) and sport in schools and to use physical activity to include persons with disabilities, prolong the good health of elderly persons and boost the economy.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – An earthquake that killed nine people in Spain last year may have been triggered by decades of pumping water from a nearby natural underground reservoir, suggesting human activities played a role in moving Earth’s crust, scientists reported yesterday.

The evergreen Robin Persaud on Saturday won the feature event of the inaugural Payless Variety Store sponsored 11-race meet around the inner circuit of the National Park.

Dear Editor, On 20-10-2012, I decided to go to the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club ground to see a first division match between Albion Cricket Club and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club.

-Ramdeen slams ton for Everest By Neil Barry Jr., Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) on Saturday grabbed first innings points against the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) in a low-scoring encounter of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition at the MYO ground.

Dear Editor, The report in the Sunday Stabroek of October 21 that `No reports made to police about robberies during the Agricola unrest’ flies in the faces of those PPP propagandists and apologists who manufactured a story to gain sympathy for the corrupt Jagdeo/Ramotar regime.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Fidel Castro is alive and well, according to Elias Jaua, a former Venezuelan vice president who said he met with the Cuban revolutionary leader over the weekend.

Rory Fraser is Professor of Forest Economics and Policy at Alabama A & M University.

(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.

In an interview reported in this newspaper on October 15, 2012, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman stated that despite the sometimes acrimonious debates and what has been described as the infrequency of sittings, the 10th Parliament has achieved significantly in its eight months of operation.

Dear Editor, This letter is not an attack on present day teachers, but I am of the opinion that teachers who taught during the 50s/60s were more concerned and caring than present day teachers.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street their thoughts about R&B star Chris Brown coming to Guyana for a December 26 concert and about domestic violence activists condemning the government’s financial support to bring him.

Honing environment reporting skills: A dozen journalists from across the Caribbean participated in the United Nations Environ-ment Programme (UNEP)-sponsored training seminar “Caribbean Journalist Workshop: Challenges for the Environment and the Ozone Layer” which was held in Nassau, The Bahamas last week.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago and West Indies ‘A’ opening batsman Justin Guillen  hit a brisk half-century for his adopted Barbados club CounterPoint Wanderers, who brought off a thrilling one-run win off the very last ball against LIME in the opening round of the Barbados Cricket Association Sagicor General Twenty20 tournament on Saturday.

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

The inadequacy of staffing at the various Ministries/ Departments/Regions, the lack of suitably qualified and trained personnel and the absence of internal audit departments in large ministries continued to militate against an effective system of internal control and have contributed significantly over the years to the deterioration in financial management at both the ministerial and central levels.

Politikles

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

(Trinidad Express) “THE single transaction that caused the CL Financial empire to fall.”

(Trinidad Express) A forensic management audit commissioned by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has found that this country did not get value for money in the £5 million sale of its prime slots at Heathrow Airport in London, England, by former British West Indies Airways (BWIA) to British Airways in 2007.