Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 5, 2011

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – State lawmakers launched a  drive today to deny citizenship to the U.S.-born 

The Government Information Agency (GINA) says that efforts have once again been made by unknown individuals to hack its website.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis defied medical  advice to score a magnificent century which put South Africa in  position to win the deciding third test against India today.

Following the adoption of the Georgetown Seawall Band Stand on December 23, 2010, the Guyana Police Force today said it will be resuming the performing of Band Concerts by the Police Military Band, MS, on Saturday, January 08, 2011 commencing at 4.45 pm.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 9.15 last night at Canje, Berbice, which resulted in the death of Julian Mohabir, 23 years of Sheet Anchor, East Canje.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne and Sara Bharrat Fragments of a grenade were discovered at the scene of an explosion at the Stabroek Market Square today, which killed one man and injured 18 other persons, according to the police.

Georgetown Public Hospital press release At 10:41h, the following persons were brought to the Accident and Emergency Unit following an explosion at the Stabroek Market Square: 1.   

A well-known ex-policeman is now in police custody in Suriname following a big cocaine bust in that country and according to well-placed sources the drugs originated from Guyana.

A 49-year-old Stabroek News driver died this morning after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and ended up in a trench on the Diamond, East Bank Demerara public road.

There is now a weekly direct flight between France and St Lucia, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation and this is expected to significantly boost the island’s tourism industry.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The umpire referral system is   proving effective despite controversial decisions in the fifth   Ashes test but it should be used in all test cricket or not at   all, Australia captain Michael Clarke said today.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – A dominant Alastair Cook scored   189 and Ian Bell his first century against Australia as   England took a commanding first innings lead of 208 at the   close of play on the third day of the fifth Ashes test today.

A woman is fighting for her life after she was attacked by her common-law husband on New Year’s Day.

Gowkarran Ramdayal, called `Silence’, was sentenced to death yesterday, after a jury found him guilty of the murder of his father.

A woman is frantically working to prove the biological identity of a one-year-old who she says is her last child in a saga involving another relative who has also made claims to him.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently commissioned four playgroups/daycare centres in Region Six which it upgraded through the Saint Francis Community Developers (SFCD).

Two men allegedly found with shotguns and ammunition at North West District mining camps were yesterday remanded to prison.

A minibus ride for a Patentia man and his four children turned into a nightmare on Sunday, as they found themselves caught on the wrong end of a high-speed police chase.

The Canadian High Com-mission says its eastern immigration entrance will be closed to the public until further notice and that its Immigration and Visa Section will be closed to the public on Fridays from January 7.

A 47-year-old spray painter was the first road fatality in Berbice after an alleged drunken driver collided with his motorcycle while attempting to overtake another vehicle.

A Linden/Georgetown minibus driver is nursing injuries to his left jaw at the Linden Hospital Complex after another driver struck him to the head following an argument.

A man who police say was found in the North West District with a shotgun and ammunition without a licence was yesterday remanded to prison.

Christopher Kitt, 21, was yesterday remanded to prison over an attack at a city internet café, where he is accused of using a gun to rob a customer.

Just over a week after he went missing, the body of Herman Emanuel Daniels was discovered floating in the Berbice River yesterday.

Ansa McAl Trading celebrated with mothers of babies born on New Year’s Day by distributing a number of large ‘Cheekies Bundle of Joy’ gift hampers at hospitals around the country.

With the eagerly-anticipated Caribbean Twenty20 championship only five days away, the Guyana national team is gearing up for a successful title defence having resumed training sessions on Monday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England rode their luck through   a rocky afternoon spell to reach 167-3 in their first innings  at the close of play on the second day of a well-balanced  fifth Ashes test yesterday after dismissing Australia for 280.

The national selection panel headed by Dudnath Ramkessoon is hoping that Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga shows the form of old and get T&T the T20 cricket title later this month with both runs and leadership.

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) Azim Bassarath says that Guyana is a very focussed team and one to watch in the upcoming regional T20 cricket series.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC – Canada coach Pubudoo Dassanayake is confident his side can spring an upset in this year’s edition of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship which bowls off in Antigua next Monday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaican sprint wizard Usain Bolt says he has resumed training and is already eyeing the defence of his titles at the World Championships in South Korea this August.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Teenaged batsman Rakheem Cornwall is the lone newcomer in a Leeward Islands 14-man squad named yesterday for the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship starting next week but selectors have made several bold changes.

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – Two men facing a trial  for playing chess in a public park had their case dismissed yesterday but police said the players risk getting in trouble  again if they return to the tables for another game.

Security cameras installed at Albert ‘Bolo’ Joseph’s store did not capture the image of the lone bandit who shot and robbed him on Monday afternoon.

Dear Editor,One hopes that one of Minister Nadir’s New Year resolutions will include being honest with himself. 

LONDON,  (Reuters Life!) – Scottish singer-songwriter  Gerry Rafferty, whose 1970s hits include “Baker Street” and  “Stuck in the Middle With You,” has died at age 63, his agent  said yesterday.

Having foreign teams play in the regional T20 cricket series will maximise the earning potential for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as it relates to television rights, Corporate Communications Officer of the WICB Imran Khan says.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Prince Alireza Pahlavi, younger  son of the late Shah of Iran, committed suicide yesterday in  Boston, according to his brother.

Dear Editor, I find it disingenuous that Minister Robert Persaud, among others, keeps repeating an inaccuracy so frequently in the press.

Former government minister Manohar Ramsaran on Monday took up office as the Administrative Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board which has its  headquarters at Balmain in Couva.

Dear Editor, One of the fundamental strengths of democratic societies is the acceptance and promotion of the right to vote by secret ballot.

Holland is formulating a detailed response to the bombshell announcement in November last year that it had planned to invade Suriname in 1986 to arrest military leader and current President Desi Bouterse.

PHOENIX, (Reuters) – Republican state legislatures  are ramping up a crackdown on illegal immigrants this year, in  a concerted drive that risks alienating potential business  allies and Latino voters.

Attention to India’s spinners when their series bowls off here next week.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, (Reuters) – LeBron James  delivered a devastating second-half performance as the red-hot  Miami Heat beat the Charlotte Bobcats 96-82 on Monday.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians have nothing to fear about foreign ownership of the Barbados Light & Power Company (BL&P).

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba began the process of laying  off thousands of workers yesterday, according to a top union  official, as one of President Raul Castro’s central reforms to  the communist island’s economy picked up steam.

Dear Editor, Systematically this government has weakened the public servants, bullied the teachers, rendered penniless the TUC, conspired with RUSAL to de-unionise the bauxite workers, sidelined GAWU, abused their own Komal Chand and Navin Chandrapal as they do their critic Lincoln Lewis, and harassed the likes of Mark Benschop and Freddie Kissoon.

The accident yesterday

A man was yesterday charged with misappropriating half a million dollars given to him to purchase a boat engine.

(Jamaica Observer) The agriculture ministry on Monday defended a decision to import a number of queen bees from Hungary, saying that they were needed to improve the genetics of local stock.

Preparing for a flood?

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – The governor of Pakistan’s  central Punjab province, a senior member of the ruling party,  was shot dead by one of his bodyguards on Tuesday, deepening a  political crisis in the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.

The local swimming fraternity welcomed a new development with Guyana’s first attendance at the biennial FINA (World Swimming Federation) World Short Course Championships and the GASA crafted its five-year plan as well as selected a new executive.

Dear Editor, Although over recent years the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has undergone some remarkable and positive changes in its officers, the poor quality of various services remains an underlying issue which needs to be addressed.

Dear Editor, Over the past years young people in our country have been told that they are either not responsible enough, not politically involved enough or not ready enough to take on many challenges in our community and country.

Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday granted a taxi driver, who allegedly fatally struck Lusignan cyclist Mark Seebarran, bail in the sum of $250,000.

Guyana’s hockey enjoyed measurable success during 2010 in high-level regional competitions but the cancellation of the annual Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival planned for the first week in December put a damper on a relatively busy year.

(Jamaica Observer) Two visually impaired women were killed on Monday and five other people seriously injured after they were mowed down by a motor car at a bus stop along old Hope Road in front of the Matilda’s Corner Police Station in St Andrew.

LIMA, (Reuters) – The campaign of Peruvian  presidential front-runner Luis Castaneda was thrown into  disarray yesterday by allegations that one of his running  mates paid to be on his ticket.

Dear Editor, I wish to acknowledge the passing of a dear and wonderful person, Mrs Orlene Ranetta Daniels, née Bristol.

As the second decade of the new century rolls in, it would appear that even the major powers of the world, including the United States of America cannot, with confidence, set a path of movement in international politics and economics which they feel will proceed relatively smoothly.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti will not be able to  hold a second round of its disputed presidential election  before February as it awaits a report from regional experts on  contested preliminary results from the Nov.

Crismus

Old Year’s Night party at the Princess Hotel

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar struck his  51st test century for India to counter an inspired spell from Dale Steyn and leave the third and deciding test against South  Africa evenly poised after day three.

(BBC) Antigua and Barbuda has become the first state in the sub-region to sign the Instrument of Ratification for the Revised Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Treaty of Basseterre establishing OECS economic union.

Police at Linden are on a manhunt for the suspect in a grisly chopping attack at Half Mile Wismar, Linden.