Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 10.30 last night at the On the Go Service Station at Nismes, WBD.

SANAA/ADEN, (Reuters) – Protests spread across Yemen  today demanding an end to the president’s three decades  in power, and a demonstrator died in clashes with police in the  south, witnesses and medical sources said.

KUT, Iraq,  (Reuters) – Three people were killed and  dozens wounded in southern Iraq today as protesters  demanding better basic services fought with police and set  government buildings on fire, hospital and police sources said.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – Indian batting, led by captain  Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s power hitting, forced New Zealand into  submission by piling on a massive total and earned the co-hosts  an easy 117-run win in the warm-up game today.

(Trinidad Express) For the first time since the 1990 coup attempt, a heavily armed contingent of soldiers were yesterday called upon to defend the Parliament.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Captain Ricky Ponting will  have woken up today under no illusions that his Australian  side’s perennial problems on the sub continent have gone away  with the World Cup just three days away.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Returning  all-rounder Stuart Broad grabbed five wickets to spare England’s  blushes as they edged to a 16-run win over perennial whipping  boys Canada in a World Cup warm-up match today.

(BBC) Former Caribbean cricket financier Allen Stanford is being sent to a prison hospital to receive treatment for addiction to anti-anxiety medication and for psychiatric evaluation.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Cricket’s governing body (ICC) is  unhappy that banned batsman Salman Butt has been hired as a TV  pundit for the World Cup and is checking whether the Pakistani  has breached the terms of his punishment.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Players and officials have  been barred from using social networking site Twitter during  World Cup matches as a precautionary measure against possible  corruption, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Fourteen captains will lead their  teams into the World Cup with the governing body’s assurance  that they are more protected against umpiring howlers than any  of their predecessors.

MANAMA, (Reuters) – Protesters in Bahrain, inspired  by revolts that have toppled Arab rulers in Tunisia and Egypt,  poured into the Gulf island kingdom’s capital today to  mourn a demonstrator killed in clashes with security forces.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iranian government supporters  clashed with their opponents today during a ceremony to  mark the death of a student shot during an opposition rally two  days ago, state broadcaster IRIB reported.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Hundreds of people clashed with  police and government supporters overnight in the eastern Libyan  city of Benghazi, a witness and local media said, in a rare show  of unrest in the oil exporting country.

The body of a woman was yesterday discovered tied up and with marks of violence in her ransacked Enmore, East Coast Demerara home and a tracker dog later led police to the home of a man with whom she had an ongoing feud.

(Barbados Nation) Dame Olga Lopes-Seale brought hope in deeds and words to thousands of Barbadians over six decades.

Investigators called by the state to testify in the Vivekanand Nandalall murder trial were yesterday unable to provide records of arrest and the photographs from the scene where the slain taxi-driver’s human skeletal remains were discovered.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has criticized the administration over the loss of $3.8B in European Union aid for the sugar industry.

As Lethem residents restated the urgent need for a fire station in the growing border community, a fire service team arrived there yesterday to begin investigations into the Monday night destruction of Wayka’s store where the loss of stock alone has been estimated at around $200M.

Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte is to be buried on Friday, according to information from family friend Dr.

A truck carrying fourteen young men and loaded with several drums of fuel and groceries toppled on Monday while on its way from Buck Hall to Port Kaituma, North West District around 8 am.

Workers at the Linden Hospital Complex are set to return to work today after receiving word that they would be paid their gratuity at the end of this month.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason charge against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton commenced yesterday.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) urges the nation to emulate the life of the Prophet Muhammad in every situation of their daily lives.

A Diamond taxi driver was robbed of his car and a quantity of cash by two men on Saturday night.

Sherwin Fiedtkou, the dog breeder who was shot on Monday night, died just before midnight, while undergoing emergency surgery at the Georgetown Hospital.

Recent heavy rains have slowed down cane harvesting but once the weather improves efforts will be made to make up for the time lost, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said on Monday.

A craftsman accused of a house break-in was on Friday last remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud on Monday said that widespread illegal logging has been eradicated.

Vendors facing removal from La Penitence Market are expected to meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo sometime next week as works on the area identified for their relocation are still to begin.

A man accused by the police of taking $2,000 to his incarcerated brother at the Camp Street Prison was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $25,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies suffered a dent to their preparations for the World Cup, when Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Thilan Samaraweera struck half-centuries to lead Sri Lanka to a four-wicket victory in their final “official” warm-up match yesterday.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Half centuries by the South  African openers set up a surprisingly easy seven-wicket victory  over Australia yesterday in a World Cup warm-up match giving  the holders’ skipper Ricky Ponting much food for thought.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Ahmed Shehzad and Misbah-ul-Haq  hit centuries as they steered Pakistan to a morale-boosting  89-run victory over co-hosts Bangladesh in a World Cup warm up   match  yesterday.

The Trinidad and Tobago national selectors have made one change to squad for the third round match against the English Lions in the West Indies Four-Day tournament starting on Friday, at the Queen’s Park Oval.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen must go back in  time and start constructing his innings as he did at the start  of his international career in order to ignite England’s World  Cup challenge, according to former team mate Geraint Jones.

Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin says he is very proud of his wicketkeeping record achieved in the last match against the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) at UWI, SPEC in St.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – England have asked cricket’s  governing body for special permission to play Chris Tremlett in today’s warm-up match against Canada because many of their  bowlers are injured or ill in the lead-up to the World Cup.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to comment on the cartoon which was published under the title ‘Politikles’ in the Stabroek News of Monday, February 7.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh  Dhoni yesterday backtracked on his comments that the Indian  team are “not ready” in the lead-up to the World Cup due to the  jam-packed calendar.

Dear Editor, I had to purchase a postage stamp to post someone a Valentine card and to my chagrin and disappointment discovered that the stamp had no adhesive paste on its back.

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight the poor customer service being meted out to residents of Cummings Lodge by the Guyana Water Inc.

The Linden/Georgetown bus park was a  hive of activity last weekend when  the Young Achievers 20/20 Sports Bar kicked off its Stag Beer Inter-Ward street football tournament.

MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – Mexico is struggling  to avert a collapse of law and order along its northern border  in a region that generates a quarter of its economic output,  with two states already facing the threat of criminal anarchy.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – New Zealand cannot rely on their  coach John Wright’s insider knowledge of Indian playing conditions to win matches at the World Cup.

Dear Editor, I refer to this laptop for families episode, and the pious statements by our Head of State to the effect that, the Kaieteur News is now, as he puts it, a part of the opposition, and is trying to deny citizens the opportunity to share and obtain information.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank the Mayor for responding to my letter, reference the illegal bush truck business in Anira Street.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s military has outlined a  timetable to hand power to an elected government, insisting it  does not want political power in a country where it propped up  an authoritarian state for six decades.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, (Reuters) – The defending  champion Los Angeles Lakers were left embarrassed after their  worst loss of the season, a 109-89 thrashing by the Charlotte  Bobcats on Monday.

World renowned Guyanese karateka, Master Frank Woon-A-Tai, recently announced the formation of a new world karate organization, the International Karate Daigaku (IKD), according to a press release from the Guyana Karate College (GKC).

MILAN,  (Reuters) – An Italian judge has ordered Prime  Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial in April on charges of  paying an underage girl for sex and abuse of office, although  there seemed no immediate risk the scandal would force him out.

Dear Editor, The efforts by both the PNC and the PPP to conclude the process of selecting their presidential candidate seems to be moving apace.

MANAMA,  (Reuters) – Shi’ite protesters camped out in  Bahrain’s capital to press their demands for political change  after a day of unrest inspired by popular revolts that toppled  rulers in Tunisia and Egypt.

Guyana Softball League (GSL) president Halim Khan paid a courtesy call on Guyana’s ambassador in Cuba to promote and facilitate the beginning of a softball league on the island.

Dear Editor, The vexing question of the non-upliftment of voter ID cards has been before the nation for some significant period of time now.

An account of the collapse of the Soviet Union relates that, “In December 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen countries.”

The National Rugby Sevens team arrived in Guyana yesterday after their two-day excursion in Las Vegas, United States for the USA leg of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series last Saturday and Sunday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States is  investigating whether Venezuela has sent gasoline to Iran  despite U.S.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Abu Bakr’s February 5 letter in SN, ‘Have the ex-ROAR members of the AFC influenced its thinking?’