Daily Archive: Saturday, November 17, 2012

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers fired artillery into Syria in response to gunfire aimed at its troops in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, a military spokeswoman said on Sunday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The public defender Earl Witter has been held up and robbed reportedly by armed men.

Police say that at about 0240h today, ranks of a mobile police patrol stopped and searched a man who was walking along Albouys Street, Albouystown.

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Carl Greenidge has asked Finance Secretary Neermal Rekha to provide a list of all agencies that have failed to transfer funds into the Consolidated Fund for 2010, after the Auditor General found that over $4 billion was still being held in special accounts.

A fund that had been established by Region Nine for economic ventures was also used to provide advances to regional officials, contractors, soldiers and policemen and money is still to be repaid.

(Reuters) – Days after an extramarital affair forced CIA Director David Petraeus to resign, the Florida socialite who triggered the inquiry that took down Petraeus complained about “paparazzi” in front of her mansion and “people calling me with threats.”

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – The scandal surrounding the sudden resignation of an adulterous CIA director has stunned the American public not just for its prominent cast of characters, but also because of the ease with which authorities appeared to have traipsed through personal email accounts.

CADIZ, Spain,  (Reuters) – Latin American countries are turning to Europe for lessons on fighting narcotics abuse after souring on the prohibition-style approach of the violent and costly U.S.-led

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza, and the “Iron Dome” defence system shot down a Tel Aviv-bound rocket today as Israel geared up for a possible ground invasion.

The life of the late Indranie Lennartson Shaw (December 7, 1961 – October 25, 2012) will be celebrated by family, friends, fans, and all who wish to pay tribute to the renowned Kathak dancer at the National Cultural Centre this Tuesday, November 20, at 1pm, a release from her sister Sita Shah Roath said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 27-year-old woman who confessed to fatally stabbing a Chaguanas father of three after a domestic dispute last weekend has been released by police.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours before the funeral service of eight-year-old Dimario Ragoonanan yesterday his mother Marcia Harper appeared in court charged with his murder.

(Jamaica Observer) President of the Court of Appeal Justice Seymour Panton has criticised lawyers who discuss their cases in the media while they are in progress in the court.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A police corporal attached to the Motorised Patrol Division has been shot dead on Constant Spring Road, St Andrew in the vicinity of the Market Place.

(BBC) England are facing defeat in the first Test against India after another inept attempt at dealing with spin.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dance hall artiste Busy Signal is back in Jamaica.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Tino Best picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in tests as West Indies fought back to beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the first test in Dhaka today.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Forty-nine people, mostly children, were killed when a train slammed into a school bus as it crossed tracks in a city south of Cairo today, state media and officials said.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Bal Keshav Thackeray, one of India’s most polarising politicians and leader of an influential right-wing Hindu nationalist party that has ruled Mumbai for much of the past two decades, died today aged 86, one of his doctors said.

–as opposition denounces ‘political’ remarks Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell yesterday insisted that his support of Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee in no way compromises the independence and impartiality of the police force, even as opposition leaders slammed his statement as being political and out of order.

-as plan unveiled to protect Christmas shoppers Warning that robberies have become well-organised,  the Guyana Police Force’s ‘A’ Division yesterday said it intends to deploy 187 ranks to protect Christmas shoppers in the city and patrols are also set for sensitive areas such as Agricola and Diamond Commander of ‘A’ Division George Vyphuis stated that in an effort to ensure that citizens are able to carry out their business without fear or confusion, plans have been made to intensify the police presence and operations in the division from November 15th to January 15th, 2013 He said that the 187 ranks will be mobilised to carry out these plans.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says there is no room in Parliament’s agenda for actions that can adversely affect the country’s advancement and as such it is concerned that the current impasse over Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee is overshadowing the functions of the forum.

Lethem remained in darkness last evening with electricity reduced to five hours a day as the generator suffered further problems, but a critical part is expected to arrive in the border community today.

-to give public lectures Four applicants, including three Guyanese from the Diaspora, and a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, have been shortlisted to be interviewed for the vacant post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG).

–engineer’s assessment shows Chairman of the Timehri North Community Develop-ment Council Daniel Fraser said assessments made by engineers attached to the Ministry of Public Works have proven that the community does not hamper the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project, but a few homes will definitely have to be dismantled.

–as scores turn up to pay last respects Senior Counsel Clarence Hughes was remembered as a lover of the law, a generous contributor to society and a devoted family man during a simple funeral service yesterday at the St Andrews Kirk where many turned up to pay their final respects.

– review finds The inefficiency in the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has resulted in a large portion of the workforce not making contributions and some elderly persons not receiving their pensions.

By Emmerson Campbell in Grenada Guyana’s Golden Jaguars crashed out of this year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Cup tournament after losing their second Group Six game last night at the Grenada National Stadium here in St George’s.

-mayor blames limited dumpsite hours for pile up The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will start a public outreach programme in an attempt to curb the garbage problem in Georgetown and continued to cast blame on the 10-hour opening period of the Haags Bosch dumpsite.

By Neil Barry Jr., Hadi’s Mall Incorporated has joined with the Georgetown Cricket Association to stage the Hadi’s Mall Inc.,

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Six-time NBA champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was honoured by the Los Angeles Lakers in a moving and often emotional ceremony yesterday when a bronze statue of the Hall of Famer was unveiled outside the Staples Center.

Neither Lady Saw nor Tanya Stephens knew that the message of the ‘Night of the Divas’ concert they had been booked for was an anti-domestic violence one, but both singers said they were pleased to be associated with such a show.

 (Reuters) – The defending champion Miami Heat claimed a rare road win over the Denver Nuggets 98-93 on Thursday despite being without the services of eight-times All-Star Dwayne Wade.

The annual Courts Christmas Tree Light Up utilised the latest technology this year, which saw Prime Minister Sam Hinds using a Samsung tablet to remotely ‘slide’ the lights on yesterday before a thrilled audience, following a countdown by several children.

More than a year after the proprietor of the Dutch Bottle Café was beaten while trying to avert an attack by three bandits who invaded the business, the establishment has been reopened.

Minister within the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill says the $400M Black Bush Polder road has been completed but minor works are still to be done, after checking on the progress of this and several other projects during a recent outreach exercise to Berbice.

By Iva Wharton If Kishon Simon is to be believed, his upcoming bout against Patrick Boston will have a different result than their initial encounter.

– says Sheron Cadogan-Taylor By Jairo Rodrigues “I am inspired by love for the arts and I also see drama as a way of speaking out on behalf of persons who do not have a platform or any means to do so.

The Ministry of Home Affairs says it is convinced that Leader of the Opposition David Granger’s recent claim that there were 288 police killings over the past 17 years is politically-motivated and part of an ongoing political campaign against Minister Clement Rohee.

(BBC) A Cheteshwar Pujara double hundred and three late wickets put India in complete control of the first Test against England in Ahmedabad yesterday.

Three miners are now nursing head injuries at the George-town Hospital after they were pitched from the tray of a truck along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway yesterday afternoon.

A generation has gone, a next one rises. On your journey you would expect to be sitting next to some of Guyana’s most decent, intellectual minds.

-Guinness in the Streets By Iva Wharton Princess Street scored a 6-0 victory over Laing Avenue on Thursday when the Guinness in the Street football competition continued at the East Ruimveldt Basketball Court.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Opener Kieran Powell became the ninth West Indian and the first in over a decade to score a century in each innings of a Test but West Indies lost a clatter of late wickets to leave the opening Test against Bangladesh delicately poised here  yesterday.

Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon has said that when the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has completed its move to the former Clico office building on Camp Street, it will finalise the terms of occupancy with the owner, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS).

Morvin Marcus, who was shot and injured during the robbery of an Edun Farms’ truck, was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital despite the fact that a bullet is still lodged in his spine.

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Earl Peters, a labourer, was yesterday arraigned on two robbery charges before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Cabinet at its last meeting gave its no-objection to another text book contract, pegged at approximately $15 million, for the procurement of reading texts for primary schools across Guyana.

GALLE, (Reuters) – New Zealand are likely to pick two quick bowlers and a spinner as they attempt to win their first test match in Sri Lanka since 1998.

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By Neil Barry Jr., Aggressive batting from national middle order batsman Leon Johnson led the Georgetown Select XI to a super over win against the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) at their Queenstown ground on Tuesday.

Ministers with responsibility for child protection, along with experts in child protection, law, policy reform, health and other sectors from around the Caribbean will meet in Barbados next week for a conference themed ‘Combating Sexual Violence Against Children – From Isolated Actions to Integrated Strategies’.

Today The Scene takes a closer look at the contestants of the Miss East Coast pageant, who will compete for the title on December 1.

De Jesus Naraine, a prisoner on remand for charges of break and enter and larceny and escaping lawful custody, yesterday managed to slip out of the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Court building under the noses of police.

Comedic legends Habeeb Khan of Guyana and Oliver Samuels of Jamaica were honoured on November 4, when Guyana hosted the Caribbean Comedy Festival at Thirst Park, Georgetown.

A vagrant was yesterday sentenced to a six-month jail term after he admitted to stealing two cases of bottles, which were the property of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – Legendary West Indies captain Sir Vivian Richards believes he can make a difference at Melbourne Stars after being named as mentor for the Twenty20 Big Bash outfit  yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has cautioned regional financial institutions against taking a “knee-jerk” reaction in opposition to the implementation of the United States’ (US) Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

Guyanese filmmaker Shundell Prasad’s first feature film Festival of Lights premiered this month in the US, with screenings in Atlanta on November 2, New York and Los Angeles on November 9 and with an upcoming screening in Detroit on November 29.

A Guyana Defence Force Officer paying his respects at the monument to honour the country’s servicemen and women at the Veteran’s Day Wreath Laying Ceremony at Base Camp Ayanganna, Thomas Lands.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel’s cabinet authorised the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists late yesterday, preparing the ground for a possible Gaza invasion after Palestinians fired a rocket toward Jerusalem for the first time in decades.

Clift Gravesande was remanded to prison on Thursday for allegedly breaking and entering a home and stealing items worth over $300,000.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Following is a list of West Indies players who have scored in a century in each innings of a Test: George Headley 114 & 112 vs England: Georgetown, 1930 George Headley 106 & 107 vs England: Lord’s, 1939 Clyde Walcott 126 & 110 vs Australia: Port of Spain, 1955 Clyde Walcott 155 & 110 vs Australia: Kingston, 1955 Garfield Sobers 125 & 109 not out vs Pakistan: Georgetown, 1958 Rohan Kanhai 117 & 115 vs Australia, Adelaide: 1961 Lawrence Rowe 214 & 100 not out vs New Zealand: Kingston, 1972 Gordon Greenidge 134 & 101 vs England: Manchester 1976 Brian Lara 221 & 130 vs Sri Lanka: Colombo (SSC), 2001 Kieran Powell 117 & 110 vs Bangladesh: Dhaka, 2012

A man, who was charged with possession of an offensive weapon, was released on $25,000 bail on Thursday at the

(Trinidad Guardian) Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Gillian Lucky has recommended that police be outfitted with body cameras when out on duty to execute search warrants and for closed-circuit television cameras to be installed in all charge rooms and holding cells at police stations.

The final of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana) Incorporated sponsored Open Challenge basketball tournament will take place tonight at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard-court between Retrieve Raiders and Half Mile Bulls following their semi-final wins Tuesday night.

The Promenade Gardens will come alive next Sunday when the Majek Fingers Drumming School holds its second annual Drumming and Dance Festival and there are promises that this would be a worthwhile family affair.

SANTA MONICA, Calif,  (Reuters) – Two leading U.S. economists expressed deep pessimism yesterday that politicians in Washington will be able to strike a deal to rein in America’s soaring national debt.

The University of Vander-bilt’s Emergency Medicine Residency Programme has donated a US$5,000 portable ultrasound machine to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) Unit.

CaribDirect.com, an online portal for Caribbean news, views, politics, entertainment and much more, has teamed up with Sonia Noel’s soon to be launched magazine makin’ style and promises its fashion conscious readers a new, exciting and useful content.

By Neil Barry Jr., The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafoods sponsored second division cricket competition continues today and tomorrow with five matches key amongst them the Zone A clash between Third Class and the Police Sports Club team at Eve Leary.

A section of the crowd at the Christmas light up

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker on Thursday praised six municipalities for the timely presentation of their budgets for the financial year 2013.

SAN PEDRO, Belize,  (Reuters) – To the many people who crossed his path on a tropical island in Belize, it was apparent John McAfee’s life had taken some bizarre turns in the last few years.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama yesterday pledging to find common ground on taxes and spending that would allow them to avert a looming “fiscal cliff” that could send the economy back into recession.

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese were happy that GT&T were successful in launching their submarine cable allowing access to affordable bandwidth.

Pizza Man, an adults-only comedy written by American Darlene Craviottie and adapted for local stage and directed by Collette Jones-Chin will be staged at the Theatre Guild from November 23 to 25 at 8 each night.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Iran is set to sharply expand its uranium enrichment in an underground plant after installing all the centrifuges it was built for, a U.N.

(Barbados Nation) Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton is confident the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will rule in his country’s favour and against Barbados when it hands down the decision in a widely anticipated case involving 24-year-old Shanique Myrie, a Jamaican who accused Barbadian Customs and Immigration officers of cavity-searching her at Grantley Adams’ International Airport.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud told stakeholders at a workshop to draft a five-year strategic plan for the Conservation Trust Fund (CTF) that self-sustainability s critical to realising its goals.

Many of the country’s leaders turned out to pay their last respects to the late Senior Counsel Clarence Hughes

Guyana women’s hockey players will be looking to end their campaign on a high note when they take on Venezuela in their final match of the World League at the National Hockey Centre in Tarcarigua, Trinidad today.

Dear Editor, I am writing to ventilate an issue which I see as being of very serious concern.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress yesterday that he and the spy agency had sought to make clear from the outset that September’s deadly attack on the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) A request from the T&T Government for the removal of ten videos currently posted on YouTube has been declined.

Have you heard the rumours? The talk on the street is that snap elections may happen early next year.

The Indian Cultural Organisation (ICO) of Grenada invited the local Apsara Dance troupe and Andy Rattan, a top 5 singer from the GT&T Jingle competition, to perform and represent Guyana at its annual cultural Diwali show.

St Rose’s High and Saint Stanislaus College are set to challenge each other in the final round of the GBTI Impromptu Speech Competition.

Dear Editor, Unless the executive of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) has applied to its affiliates and obtained by way of a 2/3 majority an extension of its administrative life in office, it may well be treading on dangerous ground by seeking an additional two years at the AGM.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators chanted the Arab Spring slogan “the people want the downfall of the regime” in Jordan yesterday, although a day billed as the culmination of three days of protests passed off largely in peace.

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Anthony Downes defeated defending champion Phillip Squires while Jeremy Miller reached the semifinals of the men’s singles of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Le Meridien Pegasus Tennis Open tournament at the hotel’s courts.

The Supreme Court of Brazil’s decision to sentence Jose Dirceu, former chief of staff of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to 10 years and 10 months in jail is a landmark moment in regional efforts to combat a culture of corruption and impunity.

(Trinidad Express) IN THE space of just under four hours, nine people were shot in three separate incidents in the Laventille and Morvant areas on Thursday night, resulting in two of the victims being killed.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan is urging citizens to “refrain” from consuming energy drinks.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Six-time NBA champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was honoured by the Los Angeles Lakers in a moving and often emotional ceremony on Friday when a bronze statue of the Hall of Famer was unveiled outside the Staples Center.