Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 11, 2012

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – North Korea launched a rocket today and the missile appears to have passed over Okinawa, Japan’s government said.

The Government of Guyana today released a document which it has presented to the international community in which it says that Guyana is “under threat” because of the policies and postures of the opposition.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush has been released from police custody on overnight bail.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Late disco queen Donna Summer and hip hop pioneers Public Enemy headed a list of eight new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation said today.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – Cricket fans will get the golden opportunity to secure their favourite seats for the Caribbean T20 2013 when tickets go on sale later this month.

Police said that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 1900h yesterday at Atlantic Ville Public Road, ECD, and which resulted in the death of  conductor Rodwin Todd, 25 years of Surat Drive, B/V, ECD and injuries to passengers Natasha Chance, 34 years of Ogle, ECD; Genevieve Carberry, 56 years of Plantain Walk, B/V, ECD; Prudence Thornhill, 19 years, of Vryheid Lust, ECD; Wishenna Charles, 77 years, of Triumph, ECD; and Adiyan Corbin, 21 years, of Triumph, ECD.

Police said that at about 0940h yesterday, ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch at the Ogle Airport, ECD, acting upon information received, conducted a search on the cargo belonging to Anthony Thompson, 29 years, of Independence Boulevard, La Penitence who was on a local flight to Imbaimadai, Mazaruni.

Guyana and the US are to sign an air transportation agreement which will replace the one that has been in effect since 1946 via an agreement between Washington and the United Kingdom.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – Costa Rica on Monday became the first Latin American country to ban hunting as a sport, following an unanimous and final vote from Congress.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva knew about and used funds from a far-reaching vote-buying scheme to pay for personal expenses, according to testimony by a convicted former consultant to the ruling Workers’ Party.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – A new museum devoted to ABBA may attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Swedish capital but that does not mean the four members of the super group will ever reunite, at least on stage, former ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus said.

(Reuters) – Cayman Islands’ Premier McKeeva Bush was detained by police today in connection with a series of police investigations in the normally tranquil offshore financial center, authorities said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) American Airlines (AA) has reportedly paid out millions of dollars in damages to several persons who were injured when one of its aircraft crashed in Kingston almost three years ago.

(Barbados Nation) The European Union (EU) has no plans to withhold aid from Barbados if it refuses to decriminalize buggery.

(Trinidad Express) Charges are yet to be laid in the case of the suspect who bit chunks off a baby’s cheek and leg on Sunday at an East Dry River home.

(Trinidad Express) Two fishermen were shot and killed in the Sea Lots area yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Express) Gene Dziadyk, former chief executive officer (CEO) of CLICO, had a US$2.3 million Executive Flexible Premium Annuity (EFPA) with the insurance giant that attracted an interest rate of 75 per cent.

(Trinidad Express) The explanations given by Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) leader Ashworth Jack for the construction of a mortgage-free multi-million-dollar home on lands to which he does not yet have title have raised more questions than answers.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – More than half a million Syrian refugees are now registered or awaiting registration in the region, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.

(Trinidad Express) Machel Montano deserves some jail time for the beating he put on his victims outside the Zen nightclub in Port of Spain that night more than five years ago.

(Trinidad Express) Soca star Machel Montano and songwriter Kernal Roberts can be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of five years having been found guilty of charges of assault occasioning bodily harm.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is 94 and has been in hospital since Saturday for tests, has suffered a recurrence of a lung infection but is responding to treatment, the government said today.

Gilbert Bristol, an importer/exporter who is accused of trying to ship $2B in cocaine hidden in fish food due for China, was yesterday arraigned on a drug trafficking charge.

-action necessary to avoid disaster, says Ramsammy By Marcelle Thomas Cash crop farmers of Cotton Tree Village, West Berbice are counting enormous losses after the persistent flooding of their farmlands caused by the blocking of a Sluice at D’Edward Village and made worse by the cutting of dams nearby by the Region Five Regional Democratic Council (RDC).

While Guyana attaches importance to its membership of Caricom it also believes its continental integration has become more relevant and necessary and in this context, the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is extremely important, according to President Donald Ramotar.

Two men were yesterday charged over the 21.8 kilos of cocaine found in drinking straws at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last Thursday.

Five persons lost their home when a fire, believed to be of electrical origin, engulfed a two-story house at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara yesterday.

MCG Investments Inc yesterday announced that it had signed a licensing Agreement with SBA Entertainment Inc for a children’s playground and other recreational activity at the Giftland Mall.

The explosives that were found over the weekend at Karisparu, North Pakaraimas are believed to be just a fraction of what is being used by Brazilians to illegally blast stone during gold mining operations and this practice raises questions about the destruction of the environment.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday started a 10-day massive clean-up campaign, which it hopes will be more sustainable than its previous efforts.

A jury has been empanelled for the trial of Gem George-Eastman, who allegedly fed her husband small doses of poison until he died.

Carpenter Dwayne Jordan, who was found guilty of hacking his wife to death, is expected to be sentenced on Monday before Justice Navindra Singh after arguments about whether he should receive the death penalty concluded yesterday.

Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba has forwarded a letter to Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud informing him of the no-confidence motion that was passed against her by the council, which is awaiting a response.

A man was yesterday ordered to do six months community service after he pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis, which he claimed he uses to treat his asthma.

John Williams, the mentally-unstable man who attacked a Brickdam Secondary School student in the Stabroek Market area almost two weeks ago, was yesterday arraigned on an unlawful wounding charge.

Classes resumed yesterday at Queen’s College after fleas were exterminated from the school compound.

EZjet yesterday said that two-thirds of the passengers left in the lurch by the suspension of its air service have been refunded and only US$190,000 is outstanding.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy said yesterday West Indies were pleased to have finished the tour on a winning note but disappointed over failing to win all formats during the series.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is urging Guyanese not to lose sight of the fundamental lack accountability in Guyana’s political system, which it blames for the failure to ensure “rights-based” development.

Kwakwani Strikers and Eagles United will clash tomorrow at the GFC Ground for one of the top two spots in the knock-out round of the Banks Beer/GFA Cup football tournament.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Marlon Samuels’s brilliance allowed West Indies to sign off their Bangladesh tour on a high note with a 18-run win in yesterday’s one-off Twenty20 International but not before suffering a scare from hosts still gushing from their 50-overs series triumph.

-SASOD With Guyana due to embark on national consultations on decriminalising same sex relations, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) has said that “inclusivity and equality” must be the guiding principles if the country is serious about its commitment to human rights for all citizens.

Two hymacs cleaning the nearby canal

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) held a five-and-a-half day training programme for its senior managers after Chief Executive Officer Michael Khan, along with the Quality Assurance team became concerned with some issues at the institution.

Visible cracks in the road and signs of soil erosion leading to the Cotton Tree fishing dock

(BBC) England captain Alastair Cook has the potential to match Sachin Tendulkar’s run-scoring feats, according to batting coach Graham Gooch.

John Tian Xiang, who was shot three weeks ago while trying to prevent a robbery outside his aunt’s Regent Street store, was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday.

Some of the rotting tomatoes on one of the farms

US Ambassador D Brent Hardt yesterday handed over a quantity of gloves and other boxing gear to the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) President Steve Ninvalle in fulfilment of a commitment the embassy made recently to contribute to the development of the sport.

A taxi driver was yesterday released on bail after he denied wounding another man in an attack at Mahdia.

National Champion Abigail McDonald won the inaugural Scrabblers Give-Back Charity Open on Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

An accident around 6:45pm yesterday in Atlantic Ville, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resulted in five people being hospitalized and several others nursing minor injuries.

A farmer indicates an area that was cut to relieve the flooded water.

A farmer points to his empty beds which he says are as a result of the flooding which killed all of his watermelon seedlings.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – World number one Rory McIlroy won the 2012 European Golf Writers Trophy yesterday after a spectacular season during which he landed his second major title and topped the money-list on both sides of the Atlantic.

Dear Editor, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has joined the attack on Transparency International (TI) on the publication of its 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index.

-says offers to players came from GFAPresident of the Pele Football Club, Cecil Jacques says the club will not be participating in this year’s Banks DIH-sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer President’s Cup tournament.

The withered harbour of corilla of a farmer

Branches in canal: Despite the several clean-up campaigns which have been launched in the city, these branches remain in the Cowan Street canal after

Dear Editor, Harry Parmesar‘s bold statement to the media that he is willing to serve the Interim Management Committee (IMC) until its term expires is a just a cover for his ineptitude.

(Jamaica Observer) Nicholas ‘Axeman’ Walters landed a well-deserved technical knockout victory over the persistent Daulis Prescott in the seventh round to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) Featherweight crown to become the 10th Jamaican world champion, and more importantly, the first to win a world title on local soil.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner’s office held more negotiations yesterday on ways to break the “fiscal cliff” stalemate, although neither side showed any public signs that they were ready to give ground.

The Housing Ministry will be moving to re-possess and re-allocate those lots that have been left idle for some time in Region Five, Minister Irfaan Ali said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York hotel maid who accused the former International Monetary Fund chief of sexual assault yesterday settled her civil lawsuit against him for an undisclosed sum, ending one chapter of a scandal that cost him his job and a chance to become president of France.

Dear Editor, It is instructive that at this juncture the local private sector as a whole, conflicted as it is about what its respective relationships should be with its clients, civil society and particularly the young generations of our citizenry, does not espouse the same urgent sense of corporate social responsibility as publicly and consistently articulated by, for example, the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Garbage could be seen beside the police outpost which is located in front of the Stabroek Market.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Antigua and Barbuda clawed their way back into contention in the CFU Caribbean Cup with a shock defeat of Trinidad and Tobago that put the former champions on the brink of elimination here Sunday night.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Nine people were hurt when unknown attackers fired at protesters camping at Tahrir Square in central Cairo yesterday, according to witnesses and Egyptian media, as opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Mursi’s plans to vote on a new constitution geared up for a day of street demonstrations.

Garbage dumped on the tarmac in the vicinity

Dear Editor, The recent observations by Messrs Charles Sohan and Malcolm Alli as published in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News have forced the Joint Venture of CEMCO and SRKN’gineering to respond to the assertions expressed in the newspaper releases.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Unbeaten Indonesian featherweight Chris John already has one win over Juan Manuel Marquez and after seeing the Mexican knock out Manny Pacquiao on Saturday he is keen to move up in weight and face him again.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s new president has vowed repeatedly to demilitarize the campaign against drug cartels, but thousands of combat troops likely will remain in the field for years to come, spearheaded by U.S.-favoured

DOHA,  (Reuters) – At the end of another lavishly-funded U.N. conference that yielded no progress on curbing greenhouse emissions, many of those most concerned about climate change are close to despair.

(Trinidad Express) Soca star Machel Montano was yesterday morning found guilty of five criminal offences.

Dear Editor, Gas rationing is officially over in New York City and what a relief it has been for the Guyanese community in Queens, Bronx and Brooklyn, indeed all over the city, to have unrestricted amounts of fuel so they can carry on with their business.

(Reuters) – Oklahoma City’s high-octane offense has powered the team to the best record in the NBA, but it was defense that got the job done on Sunday as the Thunder rolled to their eighth straight win, a 104-93 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers.

The following is a presentation last week by Anand Goolsarran, a Vice President of the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc.

The end of protracted political regimes under the control of powerful, strong-willed rulers and driven by cults of personality are almost always attended by succession struggles.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Mauritania and Maldives, which both permit citizens who renounce Islam to be sentenced to death, were on Monday elected as vice-presidents of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2013.

Dear Editor, Just recently, while waiting for my vehicle to be washed, I witnessed a few persons (Chinese nationals, based on language and appearance), disposing of empty plastic bottles in the nearby canal.

(Barbados Nation) The 43-year-old father whose baby died after he forgot the child in his car has been charged with manslaughter.

Politikles

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan dropped experienced all-rounder Abdul Razzaq yesterday for the forthcoming one-dayers in India, the first bilateral series between the neighbours since 2007.

(Trinidad Express) THE women’s crown in the RMSL (Reliability and Maintenance Services Limited) Super Singles Table Tennis Tournament has gone back to Guyana.