Daily Archive: Thursday, November 8, 2012

Well-known businessman and owner of the Denmor Garment Factory, Dennis Morgan died this afternoon at a city hospital after suffering a heart attack, his daughter Upasna Morgan confirmed this evening.

(Barbados Nation) A 35-YEAR-OLD BAJAN who stole the identities of dead people to get US $120 million in income tax refunds from the United States government will spend the next nine and a half years in a federal prison.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s Usain Bolt is among three runners shortlisted for the 2012 male athlete of the year award.

At about 0620h today, police said that ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch at the Ogle Airport, ECD, stopped and searched a man who was on a local flight to Ekereku, Cuyuni, and found 404 grams of compressed marijuana concealed in a flex hose.

Samantha Charles, 25 years of 135 Canterbury Walk, Beterverwagting, ECD was today charged with trafficking in narcotics committed on November 05, 2012, the police said. 

Speaker Raphael Trotman was this afternoon forced to adjourn today’s sitting of the National Assembly after members of the opposition refused to allow Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to speak.

Around $26M worth of unserviceable and expired items are sitting in the bonds of the Guyana Elections Commission awaiting a decision on disposal, according to the 2011 report of the Office of the Auditor General.

At about 0555h yesterday, police said that Ehwass Baksh, 32 years, of 2-3 Adventure, Essequibo Coast, reported that person (s) unknown broke into the home of Astabuddin Ahmad, of 36, Adventure, Essequibo Coast.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 1830h on November 06, 2012, at Granny Backdam Trail, Omai, Essequibo River, which resulted in the death Ryan Alleyne, 25 years, of 22 Callender Street, Albouystown.

T&T govt move for increased broadcast time up in the air (Trinidad Guardian) After a two-hour meeting with Communication Minister Jamal Mohammed on Tuesday, media managers and journalists continue to disagree with a proposed move to have the broadcast time for government programming increased two hours a day.

(Jamaica Observer) Residents of the farming village of Water Mount in St Catherine have been torn apart by Tuesday night’s brutal slaying of a 62-yearold woman, and the shooting of her six-year-old grandson.

(Jamaica Observer) More members of the public are using the Internet to report criminal activity to Crime Stop.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Local and international stakeholders working to put a dent in the illegal lottery scam operation yesterday painted a dismal picture of the country’s future if more is not done to contain the problem.

President Donald Ramotar has extended congratulations to US President Barack Obama on his re-election.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Clearly impatient with the perceived snail’s pace of the planned redevelopment of the downtown Kingston commercial district, a group of huge private conglomerates in the area is moving to establish a super-company designed to finance the transformation of the business Mecca.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – After a successful pilot phase in Wageningen, oil company Staatsolie is designing its sugarcane plantation and mill.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said he does not see the West embarking on a military intervention in Syria and warned that the cost of such action would be unbearable, Russia Today reported today, citing an interview with him.

(Trinidad Express) Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Gillian Lucky is calling for the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at strategic locations in all of this country’s police stations, in light of the recent incidents of prisoners committing suicide while in police custody.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh have named uncapped off-spinner Shohag Gazi in their 14-member squad for the first test against West Indies beginning in Dhaka on Tuesday.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – President Hu Jintao warned China’s incoming leaders today that corruption threatened the ruling Communist Party and the state, but said the party must stay in charge as it battles growing social unrest.

By David Papannah A Corentyne store owner was found dead yesterday morning with his throat slit at his business premises.

-Trotman told by senior legal practitioner President Donald Ramotar is not bound by the passage of the motion of no confidence against Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, a senior legal practitioner has advised Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman.

Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) recorded profit of 1.043B for the financial year ended September, 2012, 6% higher than last year’s figure of $984M.

A  Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) clerk died after crashing into a fence along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway sometime on Tuesday night.

-Ramotar urges unions Trade unions must be alert to those bent on undermining democracy, President Donald Ramotar declared yesterday at the opening of the Fourth Delegates Conference of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), while saying government will never imperil the interest of workers.

-tournament to become a national event By Iva Wharton It just gets simply bigger and better.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday stated that Cabinet has agreed to establish a Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the presence in Guyana of an Ecuadorean plane which was seized on October 30.

By Emmerson Campbell Despite a two-year absence from the ring Guyana’s and Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight champion Shondell “Mystery Lady” Alfred is brimming with confidence ahead of her world title bout with Mexican Zulina Munoz.

The mother of a 16-year-old North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary School student is outraged over what she says  was the use excessive force on her son by a teacher who was trying to discipline him at the school.

Former coach of the year Robert Chisholm feels that all his hard work in coaching has paid off as one of his leading athletes Rupert Perry went from impressive to phenomenal in breaking the 10-second barrier on local soil last Friday.

The police force yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for city businessman Paul Ramsuchit Daby for questioning in relation to murder.

—preparing for tournament in Tobago in December By Yonalla Dalrymple The University of Guyana rugby team yesterday responded to the call in aid of the blood bank’s `Good Samaritan Programme’ for blood donations resulting in 13 members of the team donating blood to the bank.

Stallholders occupying Government reserves along the Timehri public road have until November 30 to remove and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has provided a tarmac which those vendors could occupy provided preparatory works are completed.

One week after the gruelling Guyana Open two-day Golf tournament the local players will be back in action on Saturday in the third Annual Players Championships sponsored by Citizens Bank Guyana Inc.,

Citizens Bank Guyana yesterday presented $250,000 to Help and Shelter to support the organisation’s efforts to decrease domestic violence in the society.

Former Guyana under-19 all rounder, Joemal LaFleur, bagged 3-18 from 6.3 overs to help Bermine reach the semi-finals of the inaugural Neal and Massy Intermediate limited overs cricket competition in Berbice.

President Donald Ramotar says that there is nothing to report with regard to talks between the Government and the Opposition, even as the budget looms large and other issues still hang in the balance contingent upon the talks continuing.

The decision for the Barbados based Caribbean United Football Club, to participate in the Banks DIH Sponsored end of year tournament was done in the best interest of the Club says Manager Dexter Bowman.

A man has been held in the armed robbery of an Edun Farms truck on Tuesday that left one worker dead and another still in serious condition in hospital.

-Pegasus Open men’s singles Veteran tennis player Rudy Grant defeated Albert Madramootoo Monday evening in a men’s singles encounter as the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA)Pegasus Open continued at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel courts.

Dear Editor, I am appalled at the treatment being meted out to the NIS pensioners in Kwakwani.

Australia will target Hashim Amla with verbal aggression and engage him in a “psychological war”, according to a dossier of team game-plans published in News Ltd newspapers in Australia.

-act of parental control, says lawyer A man was yesterday charged after he allegedly used a belt to administer a beating to his teenage son, resulting in injuries to his back.

Dear Editor, In the cases of Mr Frank De Abreu’s accident and the execution of Ricardo Rodrigues‘ bodyguard in Queenstown the cameras at the junction of Lamaha and Irving Streets should have provided  vital footage in relation to the incidents.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday announced the appointment of former Minister of Local Government and former Ambassador to Brazil,  Kellawan Lall as the Coordinator of Public Information in the Office of the President.

SAVAR, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies’ preparations for the opening Test against Bangladesh suffered a snag yesterday when their three-day tour match was reduced to two days because of an impaired outfield at the BKSP ground here.

-attacker charged with attempted murder An eighteen-year-old New Amsterdam man is slowly recovering from the injuries he sustained to his eye and back, after he was attacked by a man.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic closed in on a last four berth at the ATP World Tour Finals after squeezing past Britain’s Andy Murray in the latest chapter of their evolving rivalry yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please refer to the letter ‘No garbage collection in Middle Road, La Penitence‘ in your issue of Wednesday, November 7, 2012.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The murder of a female police officer in front of her daughter in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city and financial capital, has increased pressure on President Dilma Rousseff and local authorities to halt a drug-related crime wave in which dozens of police have died.

The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) officially opened its $3M Children’s Recreational Area on Saturday, in keeping with its plans to provide a Saturday night family alternative to members of the community.

 (Reuters) – The Chicago Bulls dominated the start of the fourth quarter to beat the Orlando Magic 99-93 on Tuesday in a matchup of two teams trying to adjust to playing without last season’s All Stars.

Dear Editor, As I projected in two letters to SN, President Obama has won a comfortable victory in the USA.

Sherwin Baird, 32, who allegedly snatched a gold band from a woman in the Stabroek Market area, was on Monday remanded to prison.

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Two former Guyana first class players have been named in a 13-man Canada squad to face United States in the annual Auty Cup starting next week in Florida.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – The return of Chris Gayle and experience of Shivnarine Chanderpaul should give West Indies the edge in their test series in Bangladesh, the touring side’s captain Darren Sammy said day.

Dear Editor, If Guyana has a democratic government then it time for the President to appoint an Ombudsman if he believes in fair play and justice.

A dispute over family-owned property landed two brothers in court on charges of assaulting each other.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Puerto Ricans showed support in a non-binding referendum to change the island’s status as a U.S.

Dear Editor, I am so happy and proud to see that my fellow Berbicians on the Upper Corentyne are finally standing up and saying ‘no more,’ to GPL.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has pledged the commitment of the Community to provide support to Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The number one test ranking has proved notoriously hard to hang onto over the last couple of years but South Africa could take a firm grip on it if they can triumph in a mouth-watering series in Australia over the next month.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – It was all over but the shouting in Florida yesterday, where the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was still too close to call.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Ninety-eight consultants have been engaged by the Portia Simpson Miller-led government at a cost of more than J$255 million since the administration took power in January.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Switzerland is considering tightening the rules to prevent match-fixing and cheating in sport, including possibly amending legislation to make Swiss-based international associations subject to Swiss criminal law.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development presented four solar panels, health supplements and learning aids to a number of Demerara River communities during a recent outreach exercise.

Dear Editor, Regarding your news item, ‘New York Guyanese grappling with Sandy aftermath‘ (SN, Nov 5), the destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy can never be documented.

Dear Editor, The old people always say man appoints and man shall disappoint, so we remain baffled that persons expected anything different from the Wolfe Commission of Enquiry. 

United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday night secured his place in the White House for another 4 years, decisively defeating his opponent, Republican Mitt Romney in what has been dubbed a close race, particularly for the popular vote.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – It is possible that Surinamese in the Diaspora with the legal status of ‘Persons of Surinamese Origin’ (PSA) will get the right to vote in Suriname’s elections.

Three persons, Delana Jones, Pauline Rambisoon and Veronica Isaac, have won shopping sprees at Mattai’s Supermarket.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Actress Kirstie Alley described yesterday how she fell in love more than 20 years ago with John Travolta, and rejected widespread Hollywood speculation that the “Grease” star is secretly gay.

Barack Obama won the heart of America with his clear articulation of social values.

(Reuters) – Off-spinner Graeme Swann is returning home from India to spend time with his sick daughter, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said  yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Tuesday’s decisive win by Barack Obama in the U.S.