Daily Archive: Thursday, January 3, 2013

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) today called on the People’s Progressive Party/Civic government to introduce, as a matter of urgency, a serious security strategy to protect citizens from criminal violence and to stop playing with labels.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Five Indian men were formally charged in court today with the gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student in a case that has generated widespread anger about the government’s inability to prevent violence against women.

(WICB) Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – As vice captain and main all rounder, Christopher Barnwell sees himself as having a major role to play in Guyana’s line-up for the Caribbean T20 2013.

(BBC) Opener Nasir Jamshed struck his second successive century to help Pakistan to an 85-run win over India in the second one-day international in Kolkata.

A dental technician is currently battling for his life in the New Amsterdam Public Hospital Intensive Care Unit after his throat was slit on New Year’s Day in the aftermath of a row three months ago.

Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud has ordered the sacking of five Georgetown municipality officers, including the substantive Town Clerk, Treasurer and Engineer, following the conclusion of a probe by the Audit Office into mismanagement at City Hall.

Buxton United completed its dream run of the 23rd Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament on New Year’s Day by out gunning Amelia’s Ward United in a penalty shootout to clinch the winner’s trophy and the $4M first prize.

Camptown Football Club toppled a game Riddim Squad Football Cub 2-0 to win the second annual Gorgetown Football Association/Banks Beer Knockout Cup and $4 million first prize at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda Tuesday night.

An elderly amputee died in a fire of unknown origin at his home, at Middle Walk, Buxton, on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday.

Police say that a relative has been formally charged with the murder of Deryck “Backatoo” Cox, the Plaisance businessman shot dead on Saturday December 22nd.

The opposition is unlikely to support the security sector strategies announced by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee while he continues to hold the reins of the ministry.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Commodore Gary Best said yesterday that Akeem Charles, the Private who was allegedly abused during a prolonged detention after going Absent Without Leave (AWOL), is no longer being held in a cell.

The opposition parties are proceeding warily on President Donald Ramotar’s restated commitment to engage and compromise with them to take the country forward.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – Stroke-maker Mithali Raj has been named to lead India in the Women’s World Cup which bowls off here later this month.

Two policemen were yesterday placed on $200,000 bail each after they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of receiving stolen articles.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – An undefeated century from Alviro Petersen helped South Africa reach 252 for three after they had skittled embattled New Zealand for 45 on a spectacular opening day of the first test yesterday.

Roy Lewis, 36, of Glasgow Village, East Bank Berbice (EBB) has been remanded to prison following the reading of a formal murder charge in the December 27, 2012 stabbing death of 18-year-old Devon Da Silva.

The National T20 team is ready to take on its regional counterparts when the West Indies Cricket Board Caribbean T20 tournament bowls off on Sunday in Trinidad.

Members of the Parika Speed Boat Owners Association are frustrated over the docking arrangements at the decaying Parika Stelling, which they say are inadequate for the daily traffic and leave them vulnerable to damage from waves and passing vessels.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says the nation must become aware of and arrest the violation of civil and workers rights as they have the potential to lead to wider abuses; further threatening the tenets of good governance.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will use the example of their remarkable turnaround on their last tour of South Africa to try and rescue a face-saving third test victory against Australia, captain Mahela Jayawardene said  yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans face even bigger budget battles in the next two months after a hard-fought “fiscal cliff” deal narrowly averted devastating tax hikes and spending cuts.

SYDNEY, Australia,  CMC – Sydney Thunder head coach Shane Duff has thrown his support behind embattled West Indies star Chris Gayle, following the opener’s latest failure.

The body of a man, believed to be the victim of an early morning hit-and-run, was found in a waterway in front of a local Meten-Meer-Zorg Church on the West Coast of Demerara on Sunday afternoon.

Dear Editor, In his end of the year briefing on the agriculture industry, Minister Ramsammy was reported to have stated that $500M of the $3B allocated for the Hope -Dochfour Canal Project (HCP) remains to be spent, and he was confident that this balance will be sufficient to complete the aggregate project within the specified extended time.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies rescaled the pinnacle of world cricket for the first time in eight years while sprint superstar Usain Bolt laid claim to legend status by once again attaining the dizzying heights of global stardom, to headline a remarkable year in Caribbean sport in 2012.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels remains unperturbed by the criticism of his bowling action, Melbourne Renegades coach Simon Helmot has said.

Dear Editor, The investment in an 1823 monument is under any normal circumstances supposed to embody the tragedy of the Demerara Slave rebellion of 1823.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition yesterday demanded the government tell “the whole truth” about the health of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez, who has not been heard from in three weeks after undergoing a grueling operation in Cuba.

AMMAN/GENEVA, (Reuters) – More than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s uprising and civil war, the United Nations said yesterday, dramatically raising the death toll in a struggle that shows no sign of ending.

A patron shows how it’s done on stage at Pegasus Poolside, where there were live performances by Rupee and othersPresident Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar (centre) ringing in the New Year at the GDF’s Old Year’s Night ball at Camp Ayanganna.

Opposition Leader David Granger says Guyana should resolve to make this the ‘Year for Youth’ as its future lies inescapably in the hands of its young people and as such the best preparations should be put in place to foster their success.

Quason Paul, the man shot in the leg on Christmas morning while police were trying to apprehend bandits, is expected to fully recover from his injury within the next six months.

Dear Editor, The banning of mercury exports by the US came into effect on January 1, 2013 (SN, Dec 2012).

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Pacers Kevon Cooper and Ravi Rampaul have both passed fitness tests and are back in training with defending champions Trinidad and Tobago, for the Caribbean T20 tournament which begins this weekend.

LONDON/ANCHORAGE, Alaska,  (Reuters) – The runaway oil rig that ran aground in Alaska on New Year’s Eve dragged two vessels trying to control it more than 10 miles ( 16 kilometer s) to ward shore in just over an hour before the crews cut it loose to save themselves in “near hurricane” conditions.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – All-rounder Jacques Kallis became the fourth player and first South African to score 13,000 test runs on an eventful opening day of the first test against New Zealand yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s captain Tamar Lambert has identified defending champions Trinidad and Tobago as his country’s main threat in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament starting in Port of Spain on Sunday.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says for too long  Guyana’s working-class has been carrying the tax burden as such it wishes for the New Year that government facilitates “necessities” such as an improved national minimum wage and tax reform.

Dear Editor, I must bring the attention of the Ministry of Education and the public to the problem of newly appointed teachers not being paid for five months.

(Barbados Nation) ROSEAU, Dominica –Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he intends writing Britain later this month seeking permission for Dominica to sever ties with the London-based Privy Council in order to join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – At least four former military officials were detained in Chile yesterday for their alleged role in the slaying of singer-songwriter Victor Jara during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

Dear Editor, Happy New Year and a huge ‘Thank you‘ to Annan Boodram (‘Rapists do not prey on women and girls skimpily dressed, rather on those they know,’ Stabroek News, January 1) for unwittingly making the argument for modesty and decorum in dress.

Risky: Roofing sheets are on the verge of falling off these stores on Regent Street between Camp and Alexander Sts.

This is the season for giving and the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sport Club (RHTYSC) spent $3M reaching out to many less fortunate persons across East Berbice.

Sixteen Guyanese artistes are to contest for the National Chutney Monarch crown at the finals set for January 5 at the National Cultural Centre (NCC), according to the Government Information Agency.

It would be hard to deny a certain sense of pessimism prevailing in much of our Caricom region as we move into another year of the new millennium.

(Reuters) – When several Colombian men were indicted in January 2010 on money-laundering charges, the case in Brooklyn federal court drew little attention.

Could our Guyanese nation resolve to make 2013 the best year in our history?

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ telecom provider LIME yesterday announced that it will be laying off 97 employees.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Property company Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust has increased its stake in the proposed US$23 million (J$2b) Courtyard by Marriott hotel project from one-quarter to more than one-third in the wake of the exit of an unnamed fourth investor.

Dear Editor, The past year has been quite eventful for several reasons.

Something useful here? Garbage left on Regent Street from the Christmas shopping spree is being rummaged through on a daily basis.