Articles published on Thursday, May 6, 2010
LONDON, (Reuters) – An exit poll published after voting ended in the British election today suggested the opposition Conservatives would emerge as the largest party, but fall short of an outright majority in parliament.
– court papers Terrorist accused Russell De Freitas admitted he was involved in other criminal activities including building and detonating explosives in Guyana and stealing cargo from the John F Kennedy International Airport, a new court document has revealed.
-as GRFU fine tune preparations for hosting of CAC Games By Floyd Christie As part of the preparations for the upcoming Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games to be held at the National Stadium on July 24 and 25, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Rugby Seven’s Club League is scheduled to begin on Saturday at the National Park.
– still way off target Rich nations are likely to promise US$5 billion this month to protect forests in developing nations, Reuters has reported.
The Regional Council at Bartica, which reportedly has oversight for the Barakara Falls area, a few years ago turned down an application for a lease by businessman Jad Rahaman, who was seeking to maintain and protect the area.
By Tamica Garnett While rain called a halt to most of yesterday’s sporting activities, a scrabble tournament thrived beneath the cozy shelter of the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC)building.
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has died at age 58 after a long illness, presidential aides said.
By Floyd Christie Stating that the tournament is heading in the right director Guyana’s most decorated male bodybuilder Hugh Ross feels that the time may be ripe to make the biannual Hugh Ross Bodybuilding Classic into an annual affair.
– vows move to ILO if matters not resolved An American union has condemned the Guyana government’s actions in relation to the ongoing bauxite union saga and says it will consider initiating or supporting proceedings at the ILO against the government as well as urge the United States to take punitive actions against the government if the matters are not resolved.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Morne Morkel ended with career-best figures, as South Africa ruthlessly formalised a place in the Super Eights with a crushing 59-run victory over lightweights Afghanistan in the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Australia beat title-holders in a dramatic finish to their opening game of the Women’s World Twenty20 Championship at Warner Park here yesterday.
Dellon Williams, the Guyanese who on Tuesday had his five-year sentence for having sex with a minor reduced to three years, has now sued the Chief Immigration Officer of the British Virgin Island (BVI) for allegedly using his powers to falsely arrest him in December, 2008, the BVI Platinum News has reported.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Teenaged West Indies batsman Deandra Dottin said yesterday she had taken a do-or-die approach in scoring her historic century against South Africa.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies A will launch their tour of Bangladesh today when they clash with South Africa A in the second match of a triangular limited overs series in Dhaka.
– as it advances mental health response Eleven persons concluded a crisis hotline training programme on Tuesday, which is part of a comprehensive programme to reduce the number of suicide attempts and deaths in addition to the development of an advance service system.
Dear Editor, A number of letters – Emile Mervin’s, ‘Will Mr Corbin step down as party leader?’;
Fifty-two-year-old Terrence James of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara, was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $25,000 when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after being accused of stealing a quantity of wood from his employer.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Teenager Deandra Dottin blasted the first ever century in Women’s Twenty20 Internationals, as she propelled West Indies to a 17-run win over South Africa in the opening match of the World T20 Championship here yesterday.
Dear Editor, I note with interest the contents of Guyana Times, April 30 editorial headlined ‘Solving M&CC’s problems permanently.’
ROME, (Reuters) – Serena Williams huffed and puffed into the Italian Open quarter-finals yesterday but promised fans they could expect “sexy” Serena on court to face Russian Maria Kirilenko in the last eight.
A man is to be charged after police saw him pointing a gun at another man at Rahaman’s Park, East Bank Demerara on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, With respect to the ‘Decent Work Country Programme’ launched by the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, the health campaign has as its objective the reduction of work-related health issues.
Two security guards, one of whom is the acting supervisor, attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are expected to appear in court today charged with assaulting each other following a fight over a television set at the hospital’s East Street compound.
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed “in principle” to Brazilian mediation to revive a UN-brokered nuclear fuel swap deal with world powers, the semi-official Fars news agency said yesterday.
PONTE VEDRA, Florida, (Reuters) – World number one Tiger Woods, who missed the cut at last week’s Quail Hollow Championship, said he will not be fazed if his 258-week reign at the head of the rankings is ended by Phil Mickelson on Sunday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The suspected Times Square bomber is cooperating with investigators who want details about his contacts in Pakistan, postponing indefinitely any court appearance, law enforcement sources said yesterday.
The Guyana Rastafarian Council is organising a march today to draw attention to what it said is the inability of the community to openly practice its culture.
Dear Editor, For persons who are au fait with conditioning, it would be quite clear that rewards for proper sanitary behaviour would reinforce our desire to have a clean city.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who became the first player to lead the league in rebounding and blocks in consecutive seasons, headlines the NBA all-defensive team, the league said yesterday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Police investigating an investment scam in Sudan’s Darfur region have collected bounced cheques and receipts for up to $27 million and arrested 58 people, the justice minister said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Prodigious West Indian cricketer, Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul, deserves to be recognized as a Guyanese sportsman who earned himself an international reputation while helping to keep Guyana recognized in the world of cricket, much like the many great Guyanese cricketers before him who played for the West Indies.
BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Michael Hussey struck a sparkling 47 not-out and Dirk Nannes took four wickets to help Australia beat Bangladesh by 27 runs and qualify for the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Monday ordered that a 16-year-old boy be remanded to police custody when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court charged with being in unlawful possession of a gun and a quantity of ammunition.
Deo Teixeira was on Monday sentenced to three years imprisonment when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after he admitted that he had a quantity of cannabis in his pants pocket.
VENICE – Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico yesterday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the US shoreline in one of the biggest spill containment efforts ever mounted.
Dear Editor, I was not really impressed with the Mori J’Von Comedy Jam performance and set-up at the Rose Hall Estate Community Centre Ground in Berbice last weekend.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers relied on trouble-shooter Kobe Bryant to arrest another late-game lapse and extend their Western Conference semi-final lead to 2-0 with a 111-103 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.
On its Facebook page this week, the World Bank announced the publication of a new book which explores a new method of monitoring the quality of urban life.
Dear Editor, Britain holds elections today in what could produce a hung parliament, the first in decades.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Monday placed a 59-year-old man on self-bail when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing over $1M in truck parts from another man.
History this week – No. 16/2010 By Tota C. Mangar Colonial British Guiana in the immediate post-World War II era witnessed an intensification of constitutional and political struggle aimed at ensuring a greater measure of democracy and the attainment of internal self-government.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies manager Joel “Big Bird” Garner has urged Caribbean fans to throw their full support behind the regional squad as they prepared for the Super Eight, second round of the World Twenty20 Championship.
