Daily Archive: Sunday, November 25, 2012

(WICB) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The West Indies Cricket Board, at a meeting of the Board of Directors, on Saturday November 24 and Sunday November 25 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, expressed grave concern at the length of time it is taking for a resolution to be had to the situation in Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) A disruptive passenger on aboard an American Airlines aircraft had to be restrained yesterday on a flight from Miami.

Forty-year-old Indranie Sugrim was found in a pool of blood in her bedroom at around 11 am today by her 11 year old daughter minutes after she had called the child and said “Paul guh kill me.”

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel became Formula One’s youngest triple world champion at the age of 25 after a wet and wild Brazilian Grand Prix rollercoaster won by McLaren’s Jenson Button behind the safety car yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) GraceKennedy’s chief executive officer Don Wehby revealed that half of Jamaica’s remittances or some US$1.1 billion passes through the conglomerate’s network annually but it wants to retain more.

A 32-year-old taxi driver died last night after he was stabbed by bandits he had trailed from his Cummings Lodge home.

(Barbados Nation) The days of victims of crime costing the Government thousands of dollars to fly them back to Barbados to provide evidence in the law courts may soon be a thing of the past.

(Trinidad Express) While admitting that a legitimate expectation was created in CLICO policyholders that their Executive Flexible Premium Annuities (EFPA) would be repaid in full, Queen’s Counsel Allan Newman said Friday Government had good reason for not fulfilling that expectation.

(BBC) Kevin Pietersen smashed a brilliant 186 and Monty Panesar took five wickets to leave England on the verge of victory over India in the second Test.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams has said the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is capable of conducting a criminal investigation against former CLICO executives and the related companies to which they were attached.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – A fired-up Australia attack skittled South Africa’s top order late on the fourth day to march to the brink of victory in the second test today.

(Trinidad Express) The Government intends to seek another six-month extension from CL Financial (CLF) shareholders when the agreement expires on December 12.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Tino Best took a career best 6-40 in an innings to set up a crushing 10-wicket victory for West Indies in the second test against Bangladesh in Khulna today.

KHULNA, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – The West Indies have called up uncapped Barbados pace bowler Jason Holder to replace Tino Best in the five-match one-day series against Bangladesh, team officials said today.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital killing more than 100 people, the fire brigade said today, in the country’s worst-ever factory blaze.

(Trinidad Express) At least one person has been interviewed by investigators from the Integrity Commission regarding allegations against National Security Minister Jack Warner in connection with his FIFA activities.

-have the CCTV cameras helped solve any crime? Mystery continues to surround the identity of the person who heads the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) where the footage captured by the dozens of Closes Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras set up around the city is reportedly going.

The village of Golden Grove, West Coast Berbice seemed quiet and the people friendly but although they had concerns some were too shy to speak about them.

While one family is satisfied that a known offender has been placed before the courts in relation to the rape of their 14-year-old relative, another is grieving because the man accused of raping their 16-year-old remains free and continues to taunt the child.

-contrary to police statement There is no file regarding the Lindo Creek massacre at the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecution as recently stated by the police and it is unclear why they should have issued such a release when all the persons they suspect to have committed the crime are dead.

-Murray tells transparency group dinner Local corruption watchdog, the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) has been put on notice to expect its work to increasingly draw attacks from government, even as it has been urged to also hold civil society accountable since major scandals begin as small issues.

The investigations into the Anna Catherina triple murder have come to a standstill and with no concrete evidence, the main suspect continues to roam free.

The government has tabled a bill that is expected to relieve the crowded calendar for the renewal of registration of businesses.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Three-time world boxing champion Hector “Macho” Camacho died yesterday, four days after he was shot in the face in a drive-by shooting, doctors said.

Marian Academy football team, with a fight in the last few minutes of the game got past Tucville’s goalkeeper Joshua Braithwaite to score the winning goal and capture the championship trophy in the Courts (Guyana) Inc sponsored Pee Wee Schools Championship yesterday.

Shurdai Khodia, who was attacked on Wednesday by a masked man who beat her and burned her New Hope house down, is now feeling better and is recovering from the injuries she suffered as a result of the attack.

National forward Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson is the latest Golden Jaguar to call for new blood in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

With McDougal Street, Kitty left in ruin in the wake of works done by the Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited (CBCSL) in the area, there is no word on whether rehabilitation of the roadway will be done or who would be responsible for it.

(BBC) Former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton has announced his retirement from boxing following his loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester.

-as part of reorganisation The government is moving to separate the Deeds and Commercial registries as part of a reorganisation that it says is intended to provide a faster service to the public and better serve businesses.

-residents refuse to leave Officials from the Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) pulled down two homes and one shop at Yarowkabra on Thursday last and threatened to return to do the same to the homes of about 50 other householders who refused to leave.

A team from the Ministry of Local Government and the Municipality Service Department  is currently working with the town clerk, treasurer and senior clerk of the Linden Municipality towards the completion in a week’s time of the town’s 2013 budget estimates.

Three policies For much of the period of the 2000s (and indeed for most of the presentation in this series of columns on sugar) attention has been chiefly directed towards the failure of the Skeldon Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP).

(BBC) Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen overcame a trial by spin in an unbroken stand of 110 as England reached 178-2 in reply to India’s 327 in Mumbai.

One of the strangest paradoxes in the history of the human race is that while men have commonly dominated simply by virtue of their greater strength and aggression, women time and time again have been the cause of their downfall and defeat.

-Greenidge Recommendations from stakeholders at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) consultations should be urgently implemented and not cast aside by government as is customary or the results for contributors could be dire.

Following, but not as a result of last week’s column addressing the parlous state to which Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has brought the National Insurance Scheme, I had two very interesting conversations, one with a business leader and the other with an MP.

As wealthy Russian, Chinese, US and other citizens look for new domiciles, Caribbean nations are either developing new economic citizenship programmes or are moving to increase awareness of existing schemes.

Nigel’s Supermarket and Republic Bank are the latest companies to announce sponsorship of two primary school football teams, St Gabriel’s and Tucville, respectively.

Anyone with even basic awareness must be conscious of the many difficulties we face dealing with daily life in Guyana.

Sugar workers in the boiler department of the Enmore Estate yesterday protested outside the estate’s compound after three of their co-workers received letters informing them that they should stay home until investigations into the recent bursting of a gear box were completed.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him yesterday of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in the street and exposed the country’s deep divisions.

While both the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc had condemned the latest round of violence in Gaza before Wednesday’s cease-fire, there was a big difference in their respective statements: One was reasonably balanced; the other was shamefully biased against Israel.

The skyline of the city is changing almost on a weekly basis, and Sheriff Street in particular has seen the virtual disappearance of the two-storey building and its replacement by towering edifices of concrete and glass.

GOMA/KAMPALA (Reuters) – African leaders called on eastern rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday to abandon their aim of toppling the government and leave the city of Goma they captured this week.

Four Linden teams will be participating in the Twenty-Third Annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament, which begins on December 16 and ends with the final on January 1, 2013 at the Guyana National Stadium.

Edgar Mittelholzer (1909-1965) is a major Guyanese writer.  Not only is he one of the most recognized Guyanese writers, but the nation accords him a most distinguished place in its literature and heritage. 

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal yesterday of government officials allegedly involved in a bribery ring, including the country’s deputy attorney general.

Alpha United football club is gearing up to tackle Buxton United from the second to last position on the points table, when matches continue on Sunday at the Buxton Ground.

Continued Up until now the discussion has centered on infertility of the bitch based on hormonal, metabolic, management related, genetic or anatomic (congenital or acquired) disorders/ deficiencies. 

Residents of Yarowkabra gathered yesterday afternoon to share their grievances with Stabroek News.

When most people think of the rainforest, they picture large spotted cats like the jaguar, massive snakes like the anaconda, huge spiders like the goliath bird-eater and toothy predators like the black caiman.

Dear Editor, Seventeen years ago today, Help & Shelter formally launched its crisis service to provide counselling, referral services and other support to victims of domestic and sexual violence and child abuse.

Newly appointed judge Sandra Kertzious practised as an attorney for years, but when she “fell in love“ with family law a more apt description would have been ‘counsellor,’ as she worked on mending the families of her clients.

The Beaucarnea recurvata comes from the Liliaceae family, and is commonly called the Ponytail or Bottle palm.

Sao Paulo  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position in Brazil yesterday for his last race with McLaren while Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took a big step towards becoming Formula One’s youngest triple champion.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict made six non-European prelates Roman Catholic cardinals yesterday, chipping away at the old continent’s domination of the elite group that will one day elect his successor.

According to a press release from the National Library, the institution is setting up Reading Clubs for both juniors and adults.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says government has started its review of T&T’s defamation laws.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost a decade after his girlfriend was chopped to death in a hotel room in Tunapuna, a 60-year-old man of San Fernando has admitted to the crime.

(Reuters) – The road troubles for the Los Angeles Lakers continued as they were beaten 106-98 by the Grizzlies in Memphis on Friday.

Sunday Cartoon

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Non-stick frying pans on display at the Colombian Exhibition held at the YMCA, Thomas Lands yesterday.

A three-year-old boy is overheard speaking gibberish as he happily skips up the stairs of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) in the company of his mother, who has a baby in her arms.

The private sector’s interventions on political matters have not always been appropriate or defensible, but at least the most recent ones concerning events in Parliament have plain common sense to recommend them.

Dear Editor, On Nov 12, 2012, friend and animal activist, Judy Beepat, called me around 1pm.

MADRID (Reuters) – Basque separatist group ETA said yesterday it wanted talks with the Spanish and French governments to negotiate a definitive end to military operations and a handover of its arms.