-thanks US for saving him and family from `jaws of death’
Blurb: ‘This is a remarkable case, when you finish writing your memoir I would like to read it’ – US Judge Raymond Dearie
By Oluatoyin Alleyne in New York
Before sentencing former army major David Clarke to time served in prison for drug trafficking, US Judge Raymond Dearie yesterday said that he could not begin to understand how someone with the former officer’s history and record of success got into something “like this.”
-former associate’s conviction overturned
By Oluatoyin Alleyne in New York
Before handing down a 14-year sentence on high-flying New York lawyer Robert Simels for witness tampering in the Roger Khan case, Judge John Gleeson yesterday told him he had to be punished for his criminal act and said it would have been dereliction of duty had the government not investigated him.
lead Windies redemption efforts
Adelaide, Australia: A brash hundred from all rounder Dwayne Bravo, led the West Indies in consolidating their first innings of the Second Test and helped to redeem their unit after the three-day innings-and-65-run loss in Brisbane a week ago.
By Rawle Toney
Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass yesterday conceded that the visit of Brazilian soccer legend ‘King Pele’ who is set to arrive in Guyana next Saturday, as a guest of honour at the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Tournament is without doubt one of the greatest events for football in Guyana.
-inconclusive on earlier incident
The investigation into the recent Regent St fires has confirmed arson in the most recent case, which saw the destruction of Household Plus, the Chino Variety, Slim Jet, Fullworths General Store and Wireless Connections.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Hosts South Africa will play Mexico in the opening match of Africa’s first World Cup finals next year with two former winners, France and Uruguay, also drawn in the same group yesterday.
–lawyers fear threat to independence
The parliamentary debate of a controversial new law that would license lawyers through the tax commissioner has been deferred for at least a week, to allow more consultations.
By Kizan Brumell
Action in the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with 15 exciting matches that showcased a few nail biting and some blow-outs.
New search for Ricky comes up empty
A search yesterday for missing 10-year-old Ricky Jainarine, prompted by a hunter who reported seeing a bag with what appeared to be human remains at the beach at Wakenaam, found nothing.
… more needs to be done administratively
By Marlon Munroe
Coaches attached to the women’s teams that participated in yesterday’s Demerara zone final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) female Inter-Ward limited-overs tournament have expressed their dissatisfaction with the low standard of women’s cricket in Guyana.
East Coast Demerara’s women’s cricketers yesterday scored a seven-wicket victory over Georgetown in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board’s inter-ward, limited overs women’s tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in Queenstown.
– to play opening game against local Lady Jaguars
By Rawle Toney
Overseas correspondent for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Baker says that preparation of the overseas team which will compete in the Women’s International Goodwill Tournament is heightening and the ladies are more than raring to go.
VSO volunteers as well as others from international organisations are expected to converge today at the Central Georgetown Bus Park near Stabroek Market to join a special campaign to emphasise that persons with disabilities have a ‘Right to Ride’ public transport.
-Canadian Commissioner
Canada recognises the Caribbean as an investment friendly region, while viewing potential in Guyana’s natural resources, according to Canadian High Commissioner Francois Montour.
After a short break following the staging of the annual national championships the country’s top golfers will be back in action today when the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company sponsors the three-ball Scramble tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course on the East Coast of Demerara.
-after DPP withdraws charges
Deonarine Rafick, the man charged with the murder of retired Region Three Vice-Chairman Ramenauth Bisram, was freed on Wednesday, two weeks after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) withdrew proceedings against him.
-authorities following tip-offs
Three schoolgirls were found in a house with men during school hours on Thursday at West Berbice, just two days after schoolmates were found in a similar position a few villages away.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The in-form Graeme Hick lashed an unbeaten half century and spurred England to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the CLOBI Cup International Masters Twenty20 tournament on Thursday night that booked their spot in the final.
Benji Diamond and Gadkin, two talented Guyanese musicians, aim to live their dreams and use their music to rebuild the “moral breakdown” while providing listeners with a blast of culture.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Usain Bolt’s handlers have denied that the Jamaican mega sprint star has confirmed his participation at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India next October.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – China and other major emerging economies will not allow international supervision of their actions to slow climate change to be part of a deal at U.N.
-music school promised for next year
The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday launched the National Schools’ Choir and Steel Orchestra at the National Park.
THOUSAND OAKS, California, (Reuters) – South Korean Yang Yong-eun shrugged off the effects of a severe head cold to burst two shots clear of a congested leaderboard in the Chevron World Challenge second round yesterday.
TURIN, Italy, (Reuters) – A jailed Mafia hitman told a court yesterday that a godfather convicted of a 1993 bombing campaign had boasted to him of his links to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Hi Everyone, they can make or break a meal. Very often, they are the most memorable things about a meal; without them, let’s just say that your meal will be average with the ham, turkey, roast pork, beef or chicken all standing alone.
Residents of the Diamond Housing Scheme now have potable water running to their homes following the commissioning of a well in the community yesterday.
Dear Editor,
Life is all about making decisions, decisions, decisions. What to study, what to wear, whether and where to work, how much to confide in your doctor or attorney-at-law, when to marry (and sometimes whom), when to divorce and so on.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The World Cup will be the first sporting event to break the one billion pounds ($1.66 billion) barrier in British betting turnover, said a leading bookmaker after making England second favourites yesterday.
Dear Editor,
I wish to ‘block a sound’ (Rastafarian ‘to say’) on Mr Sharma Solomon’s letter ‘Economic security for Linden is not a hopeless dream’ (Sunday Stabroek, November 29).
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has announced its first projects from a new foreign-financed fund to help protect the Amazon forest and fight climate change, days before developing nations seek more aid at a U.N.
(BBC) Pakistan have taken charge of the second Test against New Zealand after establishing a 229-run lead at stumps on day two in Wellington yesterday.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – At least 94 people were killed and 139 injured yesterday when a blast caused by fireworks ripped through a packed Russian nightclub, causing a stampede, the Emergencies Ministry said.
(Reuters) – 2010 World Cup finals schedule after yesterday’s draw in Cape Town:
Friday, June 11
Group A
South Africa v Mexico, Johannesburg (Soccer City)
Uruguay v France, Cape Town
Saturday, June 12
Group B
Argentina v Nigeria, Johannesburg (Ellis Park)
South Korea v Greece, Port Elizabeth
Group C
England v United States, Rustenburg
Sunday, June 13
Group C
Algeria v Slovenia, Polokwane
Group D
Germany v Australia, Durban
Serbia v Ghana, Pretoria
Monday, June 14
Group E
Netherlands v Denmark, Soccer City
Japan v Cameroon, BloemfonteinGroup F
Italy v Paraguay, Cape Town
Tuesday, June 15
Group F
New Zealand v Slovakia, Rustenburg
Group G
Ivory Coast v Portugal, Port Elizabeth
Brazil v North Korea, Ellis Park
Wednesday, June 16
Group H
Honduras v Chile, Nelspruit
Spain v Switzerland, Durban
Group A
South Africa v Uruguay, Pretoria
Thursday, June 17
Group A
France v Mexico, Polokwane
Group B
Greece v Nigeria, Bloemfontein
Argentina v South Korea, Soccer City
Friday, June 18
Group D
Germany v Serbia, Port Elizabeth
Group C
Slovenia v United States, Ellis Park
England v Algeria, Cape Town
Saturday, June 19
Group D
Ghana v Australia, Rustenburg
Group E
Netherlands v Japan, Durban
Cameroon v Denmark, Pretoria
Sunday, June 20
Group F
Slovakia v Paraguay, Bloemfontein
Italy v New Zealand, Nelspruit
Group G
Brazil v Ivory Coast, Soccer City
Monday, June 21
Group G
Portugal v North Korea, Cape TownGroup H
Chile v Switzerland, Port Elizabeth
Spain v Honduras, Ellis Park
Tuesday, June 22
Group A
Mexico v Uruguay, Rustenburg
France v South Africa, Bloemfontein
Group B
Nigeria v South Korea, Durban
Greece v Argentina, Polokwane
Wednesday, June 23
Group C
Slovenia v England, Port Elizabeth
United States v Algeria, Pretoria
Group D
Australia v Serbia, Nelspruit
Ghana v Germany, Soccer City
Thursday, June 24
Group F
Slovakia v Italy, Ellis Park
Paraguay v New Zealand, Polokwane
Group E
Denmark v Japan, Rustenburg
Cameroon v Netherlands, Cape Town
Friday, June 25
Group G
Portugal v Brazil, Durban
North Korea v Ivory Coast, Nelspruit
Group H
Chile v Spain, Pretoria
Switzerland v Honduras, Bloemfontein
– –
Knockout stages:
Last 16 (June 26 to 29)
Quarter-finals (July 2 and 3)
Semi-finals (6 and 7)
Third-place playoff (10)
Final (11)
A blend of sweet, soulful lyrics, a captivating voice and a natural beauty that shines through her music have made the velvet-voiced Etana a force to be reckoned with in the world of soul reggae.
-pledge support for developing nations
The heads of the leading international financial institutions on Wednesday called for a comprehensive agreement to combat climate change at the upcoming Copenhagen conference and agreed to further coordinate their own efforts to help achieve the meeting’s ambitious goals.
PERUGIA, Italy, (Reuters) – An Italian court convicted American student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito early today of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in a drunken sex game.
A message from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in celebration of International Volunteer Day, today, urges that special tribute be paid to those volunteers who have been injured or lost their lives in the past year in the service of humanity.
– four tracks for pre-release
Kross Kolor Records (KKR) will shortly pre-release four tracks off its just completed ‘Wine Till Yuh Drop 5’ album on the ‘Devil Doer Rhythm’.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck a spectacular hundred after Virender Sehwag had fallen seven runs short of a third test triple century on the third day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka yesterday.
Dear Editor,
Let me take time out to wish the members and executives of the Peoples National Congress Reform every success at the party’s General Council Meeting scheduled to be held today.
DENVER, Colorado, (Reuters) – The Denver Nuggets thrashed the Miami Heat 114-96 on Thursday, in a game where a match-up of two of the NBA’s top scorers took a back seat to the efficient offence of the home team.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson‘s three children, reality TV mom of eight Kate Gosselin and former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin were picked Wednesday as some of the most fascinating people of 2009 — according to Barbara Walters.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. employers cut far fewer jobs than expected last month in the best showing for the labor market since the recession began, lifting the beleaguered U.S.
Dear Editor,
A few questions occurred to me when I read Mr Khurshid Sattaur’s letter on the income tax threshold (‘The income tax threshold takes into account allowances granted under the previous system,’ SN, December 3).
(Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own)
By Bernd Debusmann
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – It is a timeline rich in irony.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a mosque and two other militants fired on worshipers near Pakistan’s military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing at least 40 people, including army officials.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Director Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air was chosen the best film of 2009 and Clint Eastwood was named best director by the National Board of Review on Thursday in the first big awards of Hollywood’s Oscar season.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The high command of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is getting more worried about the number of policemen and women hiring out their services to criminals.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – England claimed a series victory after the fifth one-day cricket international against South Africa was called off due to persistent rain at Kingsmead yesterday.
Dear Editor,
Once again, I express my appreciation to Dr Randy Persaud for his comments under the letter titled, ‘Hold friends close, enemies closer and country closest,’ as carried in SN (December 4).
(Trinidad Express) A Brazilian industrial group will join the Government of Trinidad and Tobago as its equity partner in Alutrint’s aluminium smelter plant.
Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan (L) and his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan pose for a picture during the premiere of movie “Paa” in Mumbai December 3, 2009.
ST. LOUIS, (Reuters) – Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, had only months to live when he received a visit from an old friend, Rob Fraley, chief of technology for Monsanto Co.