Articles published on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
(Reuters) – More than 100,000 Canadians were still without power today after the huge storm Sandy toppled trees and power lines in Canada’s most populous provinces, killed one person, and halted units at an Ontario refinery.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Residents of lower Manhattan faced up to four days without power yesterday as Consolidated Edison, New York City’s power provider, scrambled to repair the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Millions of people were left reeling in the aftermath of the massive storm Sandy today as New York City and a wide swathe of the eastern United States struggled with epic flooding and extensive power outages.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – At one New York hospital where backup generators failed, staff carried premature babies down more than a dozen flights of stairs in one of the more dramatic moments for healthcare workers during powerful storm Sandy.
Police say that at about 0600h yesterday, the body of miner Royston Moore, 34 years, of Middle Street, Pouderoyen, WBD, was found at White Creek, Matthews Ridge, NWD, with suspected gunshot injuries.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday hosted a farewell ceremony for Commissioner Karen Livan who worked for 37 years with the Commission and the Government of Guyana.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The giant storm Sandy wreaked havoc on the New York City subway system, flooding tunnels, garages and rail yards and threatening to paralyze the nation’s largest mass-transit system for days.
Trinidad and Tobago is yet to abolish criminal appeals to the Privy Council which is to be replaced by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).
(Trinidad Guardian) An American expert is high in praise of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as comprising some of the best and brightest in the region.
(Trinidad Guardian) Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran said yesterday that the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has been described as “a kind of US backward imperialism,” and he called on Caribbean countries to “build alliances with other jurisdictions in the Americas that are equally affected by FATCA” to address the issue that is “of immediate concern to all regulators in the Americas.”
At about 0600h.yesterday, police say that the body of miner Royston Moore, 34 years, of Middle Street, Pouderoyen, WBD, was found at White Creek, Matthews Ridge, NWD, with suspected gunshot injuries.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A huge fire that erupted as Sandy ripped through New York City with near-hurricane force winds on Monday night destroyed dozens of homes in one of the city’s most remote neighborhoods, officials said.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Six days after Hurricane Sandy passed through Jamaica, leaving a trail of devastation, residents of St Thomas were doing their best as they sought to put their lives back together.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Day-night test cricket, possibly played with a pink, orange or yellow ball, is an inevitability now the way has been cleared for such matches, Cricket Australia (CA) chief James Sutherland said today.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A levee broke in northern New Jersey today, flooding the towns of Moonachie, Little Ferry and Carlstadt with 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) of water in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, officials told Reuters.
(Trinidad Express) The United States has issued a warning to its citizens to exercise vigilance when travelling in or visiting Trinidad in the wake of two recent incidents in the Westmoorings and Glencoe areas, including the home invasion of Congress of the People (COP) member Rocky Garcia.
-Brazilian pilot being sought Civil Aviation authorities and local law enforcement are trying to find a Brazilian pilot after his aircraft was found abandoned on an illegal airstrip, sprayed in a different colour and with a changed registration number, just over a day after he set out for his homeland.
Officials of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) at a public forum yesterday implored the Guyana Government to look for ways of collaborating with stakeholders in its bid to establish a modern broadcast authority.
A 16-year-old St Winifride’s Secondary School student was stabbed several times about his body with an ice pick by three boys yesterday afternoon in the school yard at De Abreu and Garnett streets, Newtown.
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee will appear tomorrow before the commission probing the July 18 shooting at Linden which resulted in the death of three protestors.
Charlestown resident Mark De Abreu, who was wanted in connection with the October 15 execution of Ricardo Rodrigues, yesterday morning, turned himself in to police, in the company of his lawyer.
Justices Naresh Harnan, Sandra Kurtzious and Navindra Singh, Guyana’s newest appointed puisne judges, yesterday took their oaths before President Donald Ramotar to uphold the constitution in their new functions.
Tactical Services Unit (TSU) head Senior Superintendent Linden Alves yesterday recommended that training for the unit’s ranks be revised to ensure a “softer hand” in engagements with the public.
The Ministry of Public Works is finalising plans for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and will meet squatters as soon as those plans are complete in order for their amicable relocation to a suitable area.
A Lima, Essequibo Coast resident yesterday appeared in the Charity Magistrate Court, charged with robbery under arms and murder committed on slain Lima Businessman Herman Ramnarine on October 24.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Narsingh Deonarine says he is looking to make his first trip to Bangladesh a memorable experience.
One of the suspects involved in the killing of the Ithaca, West Bank Berbice carpenter was arrested yesterday in a Route 50 minibus by police at Vigilance, East Coast Demerara.
The decomposed body of a homeless man was yesterday morning found in an abandoned building at Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice, around 10.40 am.
By Emmerson Campbell Following his 12th round TKO demolition of Trinidad and Tobago’s Prince Lee Isidore to lift the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) CABOFE junior welterweight title with a world class performance, Clive ‘Wonder Kid’ Atwell has his sights set on a World title.
An accident involving a Toyota Hilux, belonging to the MMC Security Services, and a Toyota Camry, at the intersection of Robb and Wellington streets, left both vehicles badly damaged and three people hospitalized.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC– Out of favour West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and attorney Dave Kissoon have resigned from the board of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).
PORT-OF-SPAIN, CMC-Cricket officials in Trinidad and Tobago have given mixed signals over the availability of leading players Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Dwayne Bravo for next year’s Caribbean T20 tournament.
A packaging plant will soon become operational in Hosororo, Region One where spices are being cultivated under the Ministry of Agriculture’s Diversification Programme which aims to increase the export of non-traditional products.
The Ministry of Agriculture has been flayed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for failing to ensure that it collected money from ex-employees who would have been overpaid and for being sloppy in its payment arrangement with the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) for the purchase of fuel.
A man was yesterday found with 864 grammes of marijuana hidden in plucked chickens and other foodstuff.
-witness testifies Shelika Lall, the secretary of businessman Malcolm Panday, yesterday testified that Jermaine Mitchell, one of the persons accused of carrying out the July 12, 2011 Bel Air heist, threatened to “blow her head off” and to kill everyone “starting with the children” during the robbery.
By Treiston Joseph The Becian Stars federation dethroned Calphays federation by three points to become the new champions of the 2012 Ashton Alleyne Athletics Championships (AAAC) formerly known as Youth Congress Championships Sunday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-A three man Jamaica football delegation is to visit the United Kingdom next week on a hunt for players to beef-up this country’s chances of qualifying for the 2014 world cup finals in Brazil.
-top performers to get automatic scholarships Celebrating the performance of this year’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students, Education Minister Priya Manickchand called it a reflection of investments government has made in the sector, such as trained teachers, new schools and free books and other services.
Police have asked for more time to find Lance Corporal Warren Blue and Special Constable Jamal Lewis, who are wanted for the murder of teenager Shaquille Grant, in order to begin the preliminary inquiry into the joint murder charge against them and constable Terrence Wallace.
-says stipend important if boxers are to gain Olympic berthsBy Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) says it has completed a document that entails a four-year plan to help clinch Olympic berths at the next Olympic Games in Brazil for the sport that has won the nation its only Olympic medal.
Senior players Loris Nathoo and Maria Thomas with three points after three rounds, lead the Uniparts-sponsored senior chess qualifiers following play last weekend at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Hadfield Street.
A 23-year-old man was placed on $400,000 bail when he appeared before Magis-trate Leslie Sobers, at the Providence Magistrate Court on Thursday to answer charges of robbery under arms and attempted murder.
Yuvraj Sooknanan, the baby boy born to Berbice teacher Kaimattie Sooknanan, who died after giving birth, was discharged from the George-town Hospital yesterday, his father, Raj Sooknanan, said.
The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel-sponsored Open lawn tennis tournament serves off this Friday at the hotel’s courts.
The Guyana Defence Force Friday night came from a goal down to defeat Sunburst Camptown 3-1 in the final of the Banks DIH sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Super Eight competition at the Georgetown Football Club ground.
Dear Editor, Guyanese in London welcome the effort of the Guyana Government and the International Organisation for Migration on the long overdue launching of the Guyana Diaspora in London.
Kaieteur News columnist Frederick ‘Freddie’ Kissoon yesterday took the stand in the $10 million libel case brought against him by former president Bharrat Jagdeo and testified that he had done a previous research essay on ideological racism among presidencies in Guyana, which was admitted into evidence.
The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) will resume on the second to last weekend of November after an extended break due to various reasons.
Dear Editor, With reference to Mr Ramkarran’s comments on the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the Police Force’s apparent refusal to recruit practitioners (or victims) (‘It would enhance the human rights of the region…‘ SN, Oct 28), the question that arises is whether the police could actively invite into their ranks practitioners of behaviour still considered criminal by the law and risible or offensive by the public at large.
Dear Editor, I wish as an individual and as a Pastor to lend my voice in objection to the planned consultation on and eventual legalisation of the alternative lifestyle.
Justices Naresh Harnan, Sandra Kurtzious and Navindra Singh pose with President Donald Ramotar after they were sworn in yesterday.
A labourer, allegedly found with six grammes of marijuana during a police search, was yesterday arraigned on a drug possession charge.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Exelon Corp declared an “alert” at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said, warning that a further water rise could force the country’s oldest working plant to use emergency water supplies to cool spent uranium fuel rods.
By Neil Barry Jr., The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Sunday successfully defended its Queensway limited overs title in an exciting match at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground prevailing over the home side by 18 runs based on revised calculations after the match ended early due to bad light.
Dear Editor, I don’t think Guyana benefited a great deal under President Obama (‘Victory for Obama is victory for us here in Guyana’ SN, Oct 27 by Dr ‘Joey’ Jagan) and in fact I believe the dollar numbers may show Guyana received more financial assistance under George Bush than under Obama, especially in the fight against HIV-AIDS.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-West Indies all-rounder André Russell claimed an impressive six wickets for 10 runs in a match winning performance that could carry his Jamaican club into the play-offs of the Jamaica Cricket Association Twenty20 tournament.
Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Guyana Jon Young Jin presented his Letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar yesterday.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (Reuters) – Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard recounted his own sexual abuse by coaches he trusted, telling a Penn State audience yesterday he hoped to encourage other victims to report abuse to police.
Dear Editor, Even as one may tend to support Mr Devanand Bhagwan’s response to Mr David Hind’s letter in Stabroek News, of September 17 titled, ‘The dangerous calls by Mr Hinds for extremist civic actions should be of concern to all,’ Mr Bhagwan ought not to be myopic but see the current situation in Guyana as one that demands a strong response to an obtuse, arrogant state machinery.
The highly anticipated post-mortem examination (PME) of Canadian Jean Le Blanc, who died suddenly after being shot during the Ricardo Rodrigues execution on October 15, was yesterday postponed to tomorrow following the intervention of Canadian authorities, sources said.
In his book Making Globalization Work, renowned economist Joseph Stiglitz makes the point that it is important for developed countries to open their markets to developing countries.
Dear Editor, Guyana is at a crossroads. A wrong turn could lead to its worst nightmare: its failure as a state.
Queen’s College (QC) and Annandale Secondary School are the second and third schools to progress to the second round of the GBTI Impromptu Speech Competition.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen’s England exile following a controversial text-message row will end today when he plays against India A in a three-day match.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the nation’s eastern seaboard today, swamping New York City streets with record levels of floodwater, blacking out power to millions of people and bringing transportation to a halt through much of the region.
NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Del (Reuters) – Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain yesterday near the gambling resort of Atlantic City, forcing evacuations, shutting down transportation and interrupting the presidential campaign.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) – As Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the US East Coast yesterday, the full extent of the storm’s havoc on Haiti was just beginning to emerge.
New Guatemalan Ambassador to Guyana Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo with President Donald Ramotar after she presented her credentials yesterday.
The Toyota Hilux, belonging to the MMC Security Services
The Guyana Water Incorporated will be delivering water to customers in the Dazzell Housing Scheme and other areas affected by the malfunctioning of the Bachelor’s Adventure well.
Every year, the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) goes to the trouble of providing statistics that seek to apprise us of the ebb and flow in the relationship between the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the public.
Politikles
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is looking to maintain its lead and widen its margin of victory in this year’s armed forces and militant operatives sport event which starts today at the Camp Ayanagnna ground.
Dear Editor, That Chris Brown is coming to Guyana has been greeted with much enthusiasm in some quarters, chief among which is the government, but castigated in others such as Red Thread and some women’s groups.
BEIRUT/AMMAN – Syrian jets bombed parts of Damascus yesteday in what residents said were the capital’s fiercest air raids yet, at the end of what was supposed to be a four-day truce.
By Jim Yong Kim Jim Yong Kim is President of the World Bank Group.
(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reaffirmed her government’s commitment to regional integration.
