Articles published on Thursday, December 30, 2010
(Jamaica Gleaner) Double-batting world-record holder, Brian Lara, returns to top-class cricket next April in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but his decision is not being embraced by two of his former West Indies teammates.
Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir today said that 2010 was a sad year as there were over 24 industrial deaths.
Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir today wrote the RUSAL-owned bauxite company accusing it of gross disregard for the laws of Guyana following its refusal to attend a meeting with the union, GBGWU, and warned that compulsory arbitration could be invoked.
In the growing feud between the main sugar union and government officials over the state of the industry, GAWU today called on Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud to strive for accuracy and the respect of workers.
MOSCOW, (Reuters Life!) – Boney M frontman was found dead in his hotel room in St.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Tragedy struck at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Jamaica this morning, when a woman threw a newborn baby off the multi-storey building.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Abdul Razzaq produced a man-of-the-match performance with bat and ball to ensure Pakistan salvaged some credibility and embarrassed New Zealand by 103 runs in their third and final Twenty20 international in Christchurch today.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting’s hopes of staying on as captain to lead Australia to a pride-salvaging victory in the fifth and final Ashes test have been dashed due to complications with his broken finger.
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) yesterday officially commissioned its Diamond branch, while promising to transform the banking sector along the East Bank of Demerara with its delivery of additional modernized services.
Some 1,000 of 15,000 house lots to be developed on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) will go towards establishing a high-end housing development at Providence for overseas-based Guyanese looking to resettle.
A Guyanese man who was convicted of killing his infant son several years ago and abusing his then wife in Canada lost his bid earlier this month to remain in that country after his application for a judicial review of a deportation order was dismissed by Judge Paul S Crampton.
Regional T20 champions put their disappointing loss to the Trinidad and Tobago ‘A’ team behind them as they recovered to beat the T&T Academy by 83 runs in their second match of the TTCB T20 Festival at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre yesterday.
Eight years after he moved to The Bahamas a 54-year-old Guyanese was recently honoured with a Teacher Of The Year award from his school’s administration for his demonstrated leadership and teaching skills during his tenure at the institution.
Alpha United’s goalkeeper Ronson Williams put forth the best display of goalkeeping witnessed thus far in this year’s Kashif and Shanghai tournament to propel his team into the final last night at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.
Orson Pollydore, accused of setting his wife on fire and later escaping from a police station lock-up, was yesterday remanded on an attempted murder charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
(Sydney Morning Herald) West Indies blaster Chris Gayle claims he has paid little attention to Australia’s Ashes demise, saying his busy party lifestyle prevented him from watching the series.
Two miners were yesterday charged with carrying out two gun-point robberies at Tamakay Backdam, in Region 7.
After reports of “nuggets of gold” being found around the remote Region Nine community of Para Bara sent residents from surrounding communities scampering to the area, the frenzy has died down, according to a resident from the area.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia will take a long, hard look at their cricketing future after England’s Ashes triumph yesterday and just may find it was one of their perceived strengths that let them down over the last six weeks.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo believes the regional side’s best chance of winning a World Cup will be at the Asian showpiece starting next February.
Although construction of the Haags Bosch landfill is lagging, a section of the facility will be made available for use by the end of next month, according to Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall.
Work has commenced on “Phase One” of the construction of Guyana’s first ever synthetic track at Leonora, West Coast Demerara.
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has recorded an after-tax profit of $1.98 billion for its financial year, up from last year’s figure of $1.82 billion.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has asked the CARICOM Secretariat to review the appointment of former finance minister Carl Greenidge and to resist engaging in local political wrangling.
Coach of the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice Randolph Roberts is aiming to further develop the sport in the new year.
A miner accused of attempting to stab another man to death was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami’s Dwyane Wade scored 40 points to help the Heat beat the New York Knicks 106-98 on Tuesday and record their 15th win in 16 games.
A report which analysed media coverage of women and children’s issues in Guyana recently has suggested that a code of conduct for journalists in keeping with established guidelines would impact positively on how the issues are reported.
President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Keith Foster was on Monday re-elected for a second term at the BCB’s annual general meeting.
General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, Rawlston Adams yesterday described the year 2010 as a challenging but highly productive one given that in excess of $395M in revenue has been collected.
WASHINGTON/CARACAS, (Reuters) – The United States has revoked the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador to Washington in apparent retaliation for Venezuela’s rejection of the U.S.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies captain Jimmy Adams says the Caribbean side will struggle to make an impact on next year’s Cricket World Cup but has acknowledged they could spring a few surprises.
A man was remanded yesterday after he was charged with burning the room in which he was staying at a city guest house because he was dissatisfied with the service.
Several clubs in Berbice have benefitted from a donation of a quantity of cricket equipment distributed by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and Cellink recently at the BCB office, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – Danish police arrested five people suspected of planning a Mumbai-style attack to kill as many people as possible in a building housing a Danish newspaper that outraged Muslims in 2005 with cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – One of Colombia’s most notorious drug kingpins, known as “The Knife” for his use of the weapon to mutilate victims, has died after an air raid in the Andean nation, the government said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter captioned ‘Has an appointment been made to the chairmanship of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority’ in your letter columns of Tuesday, December 28, 2010.
As a Lancaster teen was returning home from visiting his grandparents on Christmas morning he was fatally struck by a motor car which was reportedly speeding.
MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States yesterday in his first remarks on the pact since the U.S.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – India staged a great comeback from their innings defeat at Centurion to beat South Africa by 87 runs on the fourth day of the second test at Kingsmead yesterday.
Dear Editor, Sugar workers experienced one of their worst years in 2010 and in an effort to ameliorate the public outcry, the President announced a one-off 5% payment on Wednesday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – To the list of accolades for Brazil’s wildly popular outgoing President Luiz Inacio da Silva, add the following: one of the country’s biggest new offshore oil fields will bear his name.
Two men, who are accused of using a chopper to rob a man of a quantity of gold jewellery and other items valued a total $2.6M, were on Tuesday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Lawyers for the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson could claim the pop star killed himself when a hearing begins next week, a prosecutor said yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla, takes over as Brazil’s president this week, inheriting one of the world’s hottest economies but facing the near-impossible task of living up to the success of her charismatic mentor.
Dear Editor, A self-acting box koker constructed across the Better Hope sea defence dam several years ago was used to drain all the Better Hope rice lands and elsewhere.
(Trinidad Express) Justice Minister Herbert Volney on Tuesday expressed optimism that a board will soon be appointed to deal with compensating victims of crime.
Trevone Nedd, 19, was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $100,000, after being charged with stealing a woman’s cellular phone at Stabroek Market.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Mike Gatting urged England to be merciless in their pursuit of long-term success after he passed on a 24-year-old honour to Andrew Strauss yesterday.
Small village living comes easy to us. Big global thinking comes hard.
MILAN, (Reuters Life!) – Italy, one of the top users of plastic shopping bags in Europe, is banning them starting Jan.
By Nigel Westmaas This essay is concerned about the politics of memory.
Three of four men accused of holding-up a Richmond, Essequibo goldsmith and his wife and robbing them of jewellery in excess of $2M were on Tuesday remanded to prison.
On Friday December 24, Christmas Eve, Mr Lyndon ‘Jumbie’ Jones, a well-known local actor, stand-up comedian and MC, was invited to the police station by police officers who knew him, and once there he was placed behind bars where he remained until Monday, December 27.
$5M kick-off for new year: The New Year is off to a rich start for Courts Vault Promotion winner Sandra Holder.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council should take responsibility for implementing the umpire review system itself and remove the right of test teams to opt out, South Africa captain Graeme Smith said yesterday.
Dear Editor, In a press statement recently Dr Luncheon, the Cabinet Secretary stated that the roll-on/roll-off ferry presently under construction in China will arrive in Guyana next month and will be put into operation on the Supenaam-Parika run, and I write to enquire whether a drawing of the proposed ferry was ever given to the engineering design consultant before commencing structural design work on the stelling.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Armoured cars and body armour in Mexico are no longer exclusively for government officials, foreign executives and the super rich, as a raging drug war spreads across the country, leading to a spike in orders.
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