Daily Archive: Thursday, November 29, 2012

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly today overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue “birth certificate.”

The Guyana Power and Light says that at 4.37 am today, the 60hz component of the Demerara Interconnected System suffered a shutdown during the inclement weather then.

Narcotics ranks this morning discovered 350 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in soap power in a container at the John Fernandes container compound, Mandela Avenue and several persons are in custody assisting with investigations, CANU head James Singh had confirmed.

The government today announced that it has approved a five percent across-the- board increase in salaries and wages retroactive to January 1, 2012 for all Public Servants.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gabrielle Henderson, the United Nations’ Women Programme specialist from the UN’s multi-country office in Barbados, said yesterday that three of the top ten rape rates in the world occur in the Caribbean and that 48 per cent of adolescents in nine regional islands said sexual initiation was forced.

(Trinidad Guardian) Aids-Free World, an advocacy NGO, is challenging T&T’s immigration law.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the Criminal Court of Justice Sir Dennis Byron is calling on T&T’s legal fraternity to let their voices to be heard as to why the country has not yet used the court as its final appellate court.

A seaman, who is accused of trafficking in an undisclosed amount of cocaine in coconut milk tins  destined for Malaysia was today remanded to prison after he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Dr Nainiappan Daniel, a general practitioner who had his office at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital compound, died this morning at the Balwant Singh Hospital after a brief illness.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said today that he had serious concerns about legislation to regulate the media, risking a split in his coalition after a damning inquiry triggered by a phone-hacking scandal proposed a press watchdog backed in law.

(Jamaica Observer) ST MARY, Jamaica — Two people were shot dead by gunmen in Farm Pen, near Gayle in St Mary Wednesday in a robbery at about 8:55pm.

(Jamaica Observer) The Ministry of Agriculture has sacked its director of communications, Cecil Thoms, who was accused by junior minister Ian Hayles of taping his conversations without permission.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A basic school teacher is battling for life and the parent of a five-year-old boy behind bars after allegedly knocking her unconscious, only weeks after another teacher was attacked at the Dunrobin Primary School in St Andrew.

The Ministry of Agriculture today said that cloudy to overcast conditions with moderate to heavy rain are  expected to continue between 7 am and 11 am  over Regions 1-5.

(Barbados Nation) If there is one person eager to know the results of a thorough forensic audit into the operations of CLICO Barbados, it is William Layne, former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance.

KHULNA, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren Sammy reckons the new fielding restrictions in one-dayers make life difficult for the spinners but does not think the move targets only the Asian teams who build their attack primarily around slow bowlers.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Ricky Ponting announced his retirement from international cricket today, telling a stunned news conference he would be calling time on his glittering 17-year career after this week’s third test against South Africa.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today recommended that the Security Council approve an African Union peace enforcement mission be deployed to combat Islamist extremists in northern Mali, but did not offer financial support from the world body.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Evidence that global warming is man-made is getting stronger, the head of a U.N.

-doubtful about inclusion  While the combined opposition will by tomorrow submit proposals for inclusion into the 2013 budget to government, the leaders of both the AFC and APNU are not confident that their ideas would be seeing the light of day.

Rakesh “Balgo” Kumar was yesterday charged with the murder of taxi driver Omar Harper, who was fatally stabbed in Cummings Lodge on Saturday night after he went to the aid of a robbery victim.

Paul Singh was yesterday charged with killing his wife, Indranie Sugrim, who was knifed to death on Sunday.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) coastguardsman Darwin Simon was drunk when he drowned in the Pomeroon River, a post-mortem examination done on his remains yesterday revealed.

Bamia, Linden-Soesdyke Highway residents say that the community bridge could give way at any time due to extensive erosion at its foundation, despite recent remedial works to address the situation.

A fourth form student of the Brickdam Secondary School was yesterday morning violently attacked in the Stabroek Market area by a mentally-ill man, who was later mercilessly beaten by public-spirited persons.

A minibus driver, charged with causing the death of a pedestrian by driving dangerously, was granted $400,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, yesterday.

A Diamond supermarket was yesterday afternoon hit by robbers and cashiers who were held at gunpoint believe that they were saved by security monitors that frightened the robbers away.

Frequency interference with CNS Channel 6’s transmitted signal is worsening, co-owner Savitri Singh said yesterday, while saying the TV station is losing business as sponsors are pulling out from programmes until the situation is resolved.

-calls for further probe The cause of death of Enmore North fisherman Lakeram ‘Narro’ Parsram has been given as drowning, fuelling suspicion among members of his family that they were misled about the circumstances of how he was killed.

-also cites football chaos, govt’s lack of vision By Emmerson Campbell In an hour-long emotional speech that ended in tears, celebrated national football coach Jamaal Shabazz formally resigned from his post, citing commitments to his home country, conflicts within the GFF and government’s lack of vision for the sport in development plans.

 – defence failed to follow procedure Dr Dalgleish Joseph yesterday testified for the defence in the Cyon ‘Picture Boy’ Collier murder trial, though his testimony was later deemed inadmissible following an application by the prosecution.

Four teams including defending champions, Back Circle who trounced Bent Street, five-nil, clinched quarterfinal berths Tuesday night in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Competition at the Banks DIH Car Park.

A driver, allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident in New Amsterdam (NA) was released on $220,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the Reliance Court yesterday.

A Sophia resident is lucky to be alive after armed men, apparently after his motor car, beat him mercilessly before stabbing him in his back, moments after the vehicle broke down on the Montrose Public Road yesterday morning.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Grenada’s National Stadium will host international cricket for the first time in four years when Zimbabwe tour the Caribbean next year.

-VC candidate says A well-functioning and internationally respected Univer-sity of Guyana can be built along the lines of the American system and modified to suit local conditions, Professor Rory Fraser told an audience that gathered to listen to his public lecture, ‘University of Guyana: Trans-formed and Transcendent’.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago will boost their preparation for January’s Caribbean Twenty20 when they take on Canada in a three-match series starting here next month.

Three women, who were reportedly part of a brawl on Regent Street, were charged with unlawful assault causing actual bodily harm when they appeared before by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in Court 1 of the Georgetown Magistrates Courts, yesterday.

The re-trial of Dwayne Jordan, who is accused of hacking his wife to death, continued yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court.

Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) president Phillip Fernandes says Guyana stands a good chance of walking away with the over US$1,000 prize in the 2012 championships when the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Championship starts today at the National Gymnasium.

-Lloyd seeking advice from President Ramotar Former Secretary of the now disbanded Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie said it plans to select a team for the 2013 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Monday, after a three-day trial meet.

A man accused of unlawful assault and threatening language was yesterday admitted to bail in the sums of $25,000 and $20,000 respectively when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Ganesh Rampersaud, the accused in the hold-up of a woman carried out at gunpoint, yesterday denied the armed robbery charge, but admitted that he stole a motorbike and broke traffic laws by riding without a licence.

(Reuters) – Ferrari are considering whether to lodge a protest that could lead to the result of the Formula One world championship being overturned.

A lumber yard employee accused of snatching a woman’s gold chain at Stabroek Market was granted $100,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, yesterday.

Physical Education teachers from 10 city schools will be involved in a training programme from December 11th to the 14th organized by the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) aimed at facilitating the reintroduction of netball in schools.

A man, who allegedly assaulted and used threatening language to a police officer, was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $30,000 when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates Court.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson plans to take his one-man theater show on the road across the United States early next year.

President Donald Ramotar will attend the fourth regular meeting of Heads of State and Governments of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in Lima, Peru tomorrow.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – New Zealand were within sight of their first test victory in Sri Lanka in 14 years after 17 wickets fell on a thrilling penultimate day of the series yesterday.

A brick pelting incident landed a miner in Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry’s court yesterday, where he was charged with unlawful assault causing actual bodily harm.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – After batsmen ruled the first two tests, fast bowling could be the decisive factor when Australia and South Africa re-engage their heavyweight tussle for the number one test ranking in the final match of the series today.

(Reuters) – Golf’s rulemakers proposed a ban on players anchoring long putters to their body yesterday, saying they wanted to outlaw the practice by 2016 in order to preserve the “skill and challenge” of putting.

Dear Editor, I wanted to see if the Minister of Labour would have been motivated to act after Mr Patrick E Mentore wrote publicly that he was removing himself from all matters of development in the Paradise Housing Scheme.

Following recent fatalities at mining operations, Labour Minister Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul says the relaxed approach to Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) among persons operating in the industry may be responsible for accidents.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Opener Lendl Simmons and wicketkeeper Devon Thomas hit high-powered half-centuries as West Indies warmed up for tomorrow’s start of the five-match limited overs series with a 118-run victory over the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Hundreds of pensioners were faced with an unacceptable situation when they turned up last Monday, (November 26) at the Amerindian Hostel in Suddie to collect their pension books for next year, with me being a victim as well.

The Hinterland Fire Protection Service launched the first fire brigade in Mahdia, after an eight-day training session for volunteers managed by the Guyana Fire Service.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) –  Indiana guard George Hill delivered the kind of last-gasp, game-winning basket Kobe Bryant is famous for to give the Pacers a scrappy 79-77 win over the Lakers in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, As I trawled through the television channels, I came upon an interview with Michael Young and the Minister Clement Rohee; the latter was talking about the Linden incident.

A woman was released on self bail over the unlawful assault of another woman when she appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in Court 1 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government banned BP Plc from new federal contracts yesterday over its “lack of business integrity” in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, a move that could imperil the British energy giant’s U.S.

Dear Editor, President Donald Ramotar on Sunday said the governing party, the PPP/C has no confidence in Speaker Raphael Trotman, following his decision to restrict Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee’s participation in the National Assembly. It

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Luiz Felipe Scolari is set to be named as the new coach of 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil today, a source close to Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) told Reuters yesterday.

A taxi driver was charged with disorderly behaviour when he appeared at Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Dear Editor, Cricket has been modernized from being a talent-driven sport to one that now takes cognizance of technology, psychology, endurance and technical superiority.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A small British company with a dream of building a re-usable space plane has won an important endorsement from the European Space Agency (ESA) after completing key tests on its novel engine technology.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has withdrawn from a treaty that binds it to the U.N.

The National AIDS Programme Secretariat is kicking off its National Testing Drive today with free testing at popular sites, after national swimmer Niall Roberts took an HIV test and appealed to other sports personalities to ‘know their status.’

The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation has renamed its annual football tournament in tribute to the late proprietor of the Bakewell Company Naeem Nasir, who had been one of their main sponsors over the years.

Georgetown City or Garbage City! – This massive waste dump in Georgetown is a nuisance for the citizens who operate in and use Cornhill Street, between Water and Lombard streets.

(WICB) Bridgetown, Barbados – Captain Merissa Aguilleira believes that West Indies women’s cricket is on the rise and she is predicting “big things” for her team in the near future.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Argentina has won a reprieve against having to pay $1.33 billion next month to “holdout” investors who rejected a restructuring of its defaulted debt and have waged a long legal battle to be paid in full.

CARACAS/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was back in Cuba yesterday for cancer-linked medical treatment that revived questions about the viability of his socialist rule and left Venezuelans again guessing about his exact condition.

Dear Editor, The current state of politics in Guyana seems to suggest that the November 2011 national and regional elections have produced a situation of the executive versus the legislature.

Fancy a little light calculus after dinner this evening? Or perhaps a slice of world history?

Hope renews the heart, re-energizes the soul and regenerates one’s optimism to strive for a fruitful life.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City passed a day without a single report of a person being shot, stabbed or subject to other sorts of violent crime for the first time in recent memory, police said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has capital well in excess of its retained risk of US$25 million to cover payouts on more extreme disasters, including those classified as 1 in 10,000-year events.

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KHULNA, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Bangladesh have called up uncapped middle-order batsman Mominul Haque to replace injured Shakib Al Hasan for the first two one-day internationals against West Indies.

Dear Editor, In response to Mr Oscar Ramjeet’s ‘Chanderpaul is not a slow scoring batsman‘ (SN, Nov 27), I completely agree and support his call for Chanders to be included in the one-day squad. 

Kartik Snan: Hindus observing Kartik Snan (Purnima) yesterday at the Kitty  seawall.

(Trinidad Express) JACQUES HEROUX, the lovestruck Canadian national who caused an American Airlines flight to divert from its intended route and land at Piarco International Airport because he was being a nuisance aboard the aircraft, finally left Trinidad and Tobago yesterday when an airline agreed to take him to Panama.

(Trinidad Express) AN emotional face-off between the sisters of hunger striker Dr Wayne Kublalsingh added to the already heightened tensions created by the police presence at the makeshift camp site outside the Prime Minister’s office in St Clair yesterday.