Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 30, 2010

PNCR leader Robert Corbin has announced that he is not going to be the main opposition’s presidential candidate at next year’s general elections.

Residents of De Veldt and Gateroy in the Berbice River are questioning the police force’s authority to seize the assets of individuals, when they were not caught in any illegal activities or charged with crimes.

At least 10 members of an extended family living in Montrose on the East Coast Demerara were last evening dislocated when a fire destroyed their home.

– Baksh says episodes not widespread An eight-year-old Bush Lot, Berbice primary school pupil spent five days in hospital after his head was slammed into a wall several times by older student.

Delta Airlines yesterday apologized to its passengers, one of whom was President Bharrat Jagdeo for the mechanical problems which forced a flight to make two emergency landings on Sunday; an airline representative said passengers’ safety was however guaranteed.

For 15 years, Gregory B. Sparks slipped into the nooks and crannies of Guyana’s interior, seeking the next Omai.

Amidst the crippling power struggle among some in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) executive, High Performance Analyst (HPA) and national coach Rabindranauth Seeram has decided that if there should be development there must be constant upgrading.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain  Muhammad Yousuf has a test future and should reconsider his  decision to retire from international cricket despite an  indefinite ban, chief selector Mohsin Khan said.

– says Coach Marlon Washington Coach of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) football team Marlon Washington believes that his team will defeat Alpha United in the Group D-Guyana leg of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships today at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground.

Bodybuilders who are looking to compete in the second Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness show have until tomorrow to register for what is anticipated to be an exciting event.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Bayern Munich could not have  picked a worse time this season to face mighty Manchester United  in the Champions League quarter-final first leg today.

PARIS, France, CMC – Asafa Powell will get the desire of his heart on July 16, when he lines-up with fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt for the 100 metres dash at the ninth Diamond League meet at the Stade de France.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A 32-run victory for defending champions Jamaica over Barbados was trumped by Vikash Mohan bowling Trinidad & Tobago to a 162-run victory over Leeward Islands in the first round of the West Indies Under-15 championship yesterday.

Georgetown Cricket Association’s Haier Cup second division tournament got off to an electrifying start on Saturday with Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) Jamal Hinckson scoring the first century while Everest Cricket Club’s Javed Rasheed picked up a five wicket haul all on the first day.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday welcomed the renovations done to the Brickdam lockups, which it sees as removing an obstacle to the modernisation of the police force and hopes that it represents a new approach to policing instead of an isolated gesture.

Dear Editor, Recently at a forum at the Anna Regina Multilateral School, President Jagdeo announced the release of two hundred and sixty million dollars to bring relief to farmers during the El Niño crisis.

Dear Editor, Assuming the building of the access roads and other infrastructure to facilitate the development of the Amaila Falls Hydropower project is proof positive that the required funding was secured, the people of Guyana truly welcome any project that promises to alleviate their daily suffering with unreliable power.

– Badal says workers have lost confidence in union Clerical and Commercial Worker’s Union (CCWU) workers’ representative at the Pegasus Hotel is claiming that new owner Robert Badal wants to get rid of the union, but Badal says it is the employees who have expressed a lack of confidence in the union.

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, CMC – Lennox “Too Sharp” Allen sent Amador Acevedo to the hospital following their non-title fight on Saturday here.

DELHI, India, CMC – Chris Gayle failed to make a big impact, and the Kolkata Knight Riders slipped to their second defeat in the Indian Premier League, when the Delhi Daredevils trumped them by 40 runs yesterday.

Dear Editor, This letter serves to set the record straight. Contrary to statements made by frequent writer, Mr.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Guard Manu Ginobili scored 28  points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 94-73 victory over  the sluggish Boston Celtics on Sunday.

A man fitting the description of the suspect in the murder of HIV counsellor Seeraj Persaud was seen following him, hours before he was discovered strangled in his office.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outspoken players union chief Dinanath Ramnarine says regional cricketers are displeased with the current state of affairs and has once again beseeched the West Indies Cricket Board to be more professional in how they administer the game.

Dear Editor, The Dharmic Sabha’s huge celebration at the Albion Sports Complex on Phagwah day was welcomed by many as a step in the right direction.

“I fed up, I asking for peace,” Sunita Persaud pleaded when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday, relating to the court years of physical abuse at the hands of her reputed husband Mark Singh.

“Is the demon tempt meh,” said Mohan Ramkissoon when he appeared in Court One yesterday to answer a charge of simple larceny at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo announced the award of the contract to build roads and bridges for access to the Amaila Falls dam site (Kaieteur News 27 March 2010, “US company awarded US$15 million Amalia Falls road project”). 

(BBC) Simon Katich hit his 10th Test century as Australia dominated day three of the second Test against New Zealand yesterday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow metro trains yesterday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia’s heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus.

– as Port Mourant members receive payout The Ministry of Labour on Sunday paid out over $7.5 million to the 91 members of the Port Mourant United Co-op Society Limited, which had been seized, audited and handed over to a neutral management team following complaints by members over a two-year period.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched a $878 billion programme to upgrade Brazil’s infrastructure yesterday, setting out a major campaign banner for his chosen candidate in October elections.

Dear Editor, I just read that a contract was awarded to Synergy for constructing the road to Amaila Falls.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – A pink ball that cricket officials hope will hold the key to future day/night Test matches passed a successful first-day trial in a match to mark the opening of the new English County season.

Dear Editor, Just recently, I travelled to Bartica, first by minibus to Parika which was an experience that should not condemn all minibus drivers but is, from what I understand,  a regular occurrence on our road-ways.

BERNE, (Reuters) – Manchester United will be hoping  to revisit 1999 rather than any of their other six meetings with  the Bayern Munich when they face the Bavarians in the Champions  League today.

Thirty-three US Peace Corps volunteers, who formed the 22nd batch to come to Guyana have ended their formal training and will shortly take up positions in the health and education sectors for the next two years.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Suspected drug hitmen killed a carload of children and teenagers in northern Mexico in the latest of a rash of attacks on minors that have angered the public as drug gang violence spins out of control.

Waves lashing the seawall at Turkeyen and flowing over during a high tide yesterday afternoon.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – As donors are being asked to dig deep for Haiti’s reconstruction, they also need to address the country’s immediate humanitarian need as hurricane season looms and quake survivors face increasing violence, UN officials said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Michael Schumacher has a good  feeling about Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix despite struggling  to score a point in Australia in the second race of his Formula  One comeback season.

Magistrate Faith McGusty yesterday sentenced a 37-year-old man to 12 months in prison after she found him guilty of simple larceny.

Dear Editor, I was walking on the beach in the vicinity of the bandstand at the Georgetown Seawall on Sunday last and noticed a few strange creatures on the sand.

Mid-March will be remembered for its murders. A Brazilian miner was shot dead after he was robbed of raw gold by armed bandits at his mining camp at Black Water in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni.

This endangered Olive Ridley turtle was yesterday morning released into the sea near Greenwich Park, after it washed up on the Tuschen foreshore on Sunday.

– GABA president Trevor Rose on the passing of Kevin Lawrence Family and friends are mourning the death of local basketball star Kevin Lawrence.

Talesh Mahabeer, a taxi driver, was fined $40,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Suddie Magistrate Court yesterday charged with a traffic violation.

LONDON (Reuters) – The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea risks becoming a drug-resistant “superbug” if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.

(First published in Stabroek Business News September 2005 and now with a 2010 Conclusion) By Peter R.

Dear Editor, With reference to your editorial of Sunday, 28th March, 2010 allow me to tell you that when I was a youth attending Central High under the supervision of Rudy Luck and Martin Carter etc.