MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Australia will unleash their hungry pacemen against Zimbabwe in their World Cup opener on Monday in the first step to re-establish themselves as the undisputed dominant force in the one-day game.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The ‘dew factor’ at the World Cup looks likely to make captains sweat over their choices at the toss, adding a extra factor to think about in the subcontinent for the day/night matches.
The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man identified as Jacob Aaron, 22 years, whose body was found in a house at Kurukubaru, Pakaraimas, with a wound to his head, at about 2300h on Thursday.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) - Cricket fans can finally get their chance to buy World Cup semi-finals
and final tickets from Monday when they go on sale for the first time, the International Cricket
Council (ICC) said.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Opener Virender Sehwag ignored an injury to smash 175 and set up a massive 87-run win for India in the opening match of the World Cup against co-hosts Bangladesh today.
(Barbados Nation) In the wake of Britain’s planned scaling down of its naval presence in the Caribbean, the United States is despatching nearly 500 military personnel, including a team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for the Tradewinds maritime interdiction exercise slated for Antigua and Barbuda next month.
(BBC) The International Monetary Fund’s latest assessment of the economy in the Dominican Republic suggests the country is experiencing growth rates far exceeding that of many of its Caribbean neighbours.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late yesterday, Human Rights Watch said, adding to dozens who have already died in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s four decades in power.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium went into complete lockdown today just 24 hours after it was criticised by the city’s top fire chief for not meeting safety standards.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – India’s Virender Sehwag notched the first hundred in the Cricket World Cup today in the opening match against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Dhaka.
MANAMA, (Reuters) – The main trade union in Bahrain, rocked by anti-government unrest this week, has called for a strike from Sunday, a member of an airline trade union said.
President Bharrat Jagdeo last night stated that Cabinet’s initiative to recruit graduate teachers from overseas to supplement national demand, primarily in the areas of Mathematics and Science, will not be final until after discussions are held between the
Popular designer Trevor Rose was the victim of armed robbed robbery last evening, mere hours after launching costumes for the Banks DIH Mash Band at the Burnham Basketball Court.
A proper system for dealing with issues relating to school infrastructure is currently lacking but the Education Ministry is working to rectify this, Minister Shaik Baksh said yesterday.
PNCR Leader Robert Corbin is to send the Registrar General lists of persons who have complained about being unable to register to vote because of the untimely delivery of birth and marriage certificates.
Rebuilding of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church on Main Street in the city is set to begin within the next few weeks following the turning-of-the sod ceremony at the burnt out site yesterday afternoon.
The Ministry of Public Works, under its Sea and River Defence Maintenance programme, has embarked on the construction of a boulder wall along the Mahaica River to protect farmers affected by flood water during high tides.
“Guyanese Mad Woman” once again delighted at the National Cultural Centre as the curtains came down on the Children’s Mashramani Competitions 2011, yesterday.
The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) and Banks DIH Limited were among the camps that revealed their Mash Day costumes yesterday as the Minister of Culture Dr Frank Anthony visited several Mashramani camps.
New Amsterdam (NA) Court yesterday, Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo deferred sentencing of man who appeared before her on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Nalini DeAgrella, who leapt to her death off of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) on Tuesday morning, revealed that she drowned.
Rhampattie Ramsundar, who was found tied up with marks of violence to her body in her ransacked Enmore home on Tuesday, died as a result of asphyxiation due to manual strangulation compounded with blunt trauma to the head.
Dog breeder Sherwin “Tookie” Fiedtkou died from shock and haemorrhage due a single gunshot wound, a post-mortem performed yesterday by government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh found.
There are 17 sites across the ten administrative regions of Guyana, providing HIV care, treatment and support, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said on Tuesday, in response to a recent release from the National AIDS Committee (NAC), which listed several impediments in the effective delivery of these services.
Gordon (Junior) Nedd once beat a manslaughter charge, but the Guyanese man’s long criminal career in Calgary, Canada eventually caught up with him and he was deported back here, according to a news report.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) on Thursday signed a one-year Collective Labour Agreement (CLA), which will pave the way for the company’s 40 workers to receive wage increases.
The Le Repentir landfill is once again on fire. Last evening, a thin blanket of smoke forced residents of the West Ruimveldt area to shut themselves in.
Fraud accused Bibi Azeez was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $300,000, after denying that she obtained $1.3M from a woman under the pretext that she could obtain a seaman’s visa for her.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s startling first-round exit at the last World Cup is still regarded as one of the greatest shocks in cricket and a fired-up Virender Sehwag wants to make Bangladesh pay for eliminating them four years ago.
A man who snatched a woman’s chain was on Thursday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, who ordered a probation report to be given prior to sentencing.
Over 60 Chinese restaurant owners are expected to attend a special food safety seminar tomorrow at the Chinese Association, Brickdam, as part of a wider City Council programme to improve safety
The Caribbean Millers’ Association (CMA) announced on Wednesday that due to challenges experienced within the industry last year, the price for flour and flour-related products will be increased.
Some 16 children were apprehended in Bartica following a major truancy campaign conducted by the Ministry of Education and the Region Seven Department of Education, Schools’ Welfare Unit on Thursday.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said today it had charged seven people with operating a pump-and-dump stock scam in 2006 and 2007 that purported to provide products and services to fight global warming and Guyana’s climate fight was one of those mentioned in press releases put out by the fraudsters.
With Rebel pulling out of the calypso finals this year for reasons which he has made very public, the race is wide open though many of the performers were preparing to dethrone him when the finals run off tonight at Thirst Park.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Career best bowling from Nelon Pascal put Windward Islands in charge against Guyana in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
After an absence of some 15 years, Bernard Ramsay returns to Mashramani Float and Costume designing ‘Tek ah Taste & Leh We X It’ for the Slingshot 2011 band.
A showdown between Steven Xavier and Nyron Joseph which resulted in a 2-1 win for the former was the highlight of the Bounty Handicap squash tournament which continued Thursday night at the Georgetown Club courts.
Following her shock defeat in the final of the girls’ 18 years and under category talented Chelsea Edghill was back to her winning ways last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when the national Sports Commission annual Mashramani competition resumed with play in the junior doubles category.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – When Kate Middleton said “yes” to Prince William’s marriage proposal, she was not just agreeing to become the wife of a future British king.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – New Zealand have the best possible opportunity to put their poor build-up behind them with a victory against Kenya, probably the weakest team in the World Cup, in a Group A match in Chennai tomorrow.
The Indian Cultural Centre Film Club will screen a double feature – A Fragment of History and 15 Park Avenue – today at its New Haven, Bel Air premises from 5.30 pm.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Rayad Emrit and Shannon Gabriel shared six wickets to lead a Trinidad & Tobago fight-back, after Andrew Gale led the England Lions’ batting with a hundred in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Kyle Corbin came of age, when he collected his maiden first-class hundred for Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Leeward Islands yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The long-simmering saga surrounding the future of Denver Nuggets scoring machine Carmelo Anthony may come to a head this weekend and climax what has come to be known as the NBA’s Melo-drama.
MANAMA, (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces fired on protesters yesterday, wounding dozens, and thousands demonstrated in Libya after a deadly government crackdown as pro-democracy unrest in the Middle East and North Africa turned increasingly violent.
Dear Editor,
Please permit me to respond to the letter penned by Mr Lionel Peters which was published in the Stabroek News of February 16, under the caption ‘The non-upliftment of voter ID cards needs to be addressed.”
The Godwin Mc Pherson Foundation and Banks DIH, New Amsterdam branch, have collaborated to host the Mashramani Basketball tournament that bounces off today at the Litchfield Basketball Court from 13:00 hours.
Dear Editor,
In response to the letter ‘NIS pensioners waiting for an increase in their pensions’ which was published in the Saturday, January 29, 2011 edition of the Stabroek News, please note that an announcement regarding any increase will be made as soon as this information is made available by the National Insurance Board.
PARIS, (Reuters) – China rejected plans yesterday to use real exchange rates and currency reserves to measure global economic imbalances, casting heavy doubt on the ability of Group of 20 major economic powers to reach agreement.
OSLO/LONDON, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is a special case in need of climate aid if the world shifts to clean energy, the world’s top oil exporter told the United Nations ahead of a Monday deadline for proposals about slowing global warming.
The 10/10 softball competition is set to kick off today at Everest Cricket Ground, Carifesta Avenue, from 09:00 hrs and continue at varying venues throughout the country every weekend before a pulsating end at the Guyana National Stadium on April 10.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela accused the United States yesterday of meddling in connection with student hunger strikes opposed to President Hugo Chavez and said Washington was trying to create “something like a virtual Egypt” in Venezuela.
Dear Editor,
It is clear that Prime Minister Samuel Hinds is under severe pressure to deliver the ‘six-months notice’ requirement before alluvial mining can commence.
President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) David Patterson is uncertain if the senior national basketball teams will be participating in this year’s Caribbean Basketball Championships (CBC) in June-July.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – U.S. demands for major developing countries to make more concessions in global trade talks were not justifiable, Brazil’s Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said yesterday.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – New Zealand spin bowler Nathan McCullum has been admitted to hospital due to a high fever and is still under observation there, a team spokesman said on Friday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The board of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday morning to express their dissatisfaction at the way chairman George Nicholas is running the state-owned airline.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – For the first time this season, Jamaica’s batsmen, led by Danza Hyatt, started strongly in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Barbados yesterday.
Dear Editor,
Man has often succeeded in establishing cities and factories, and engaging in activities aimed at establishing a progressive society, but in order for man to build a fruitful and well-rounded society he should be prudent and not exclude anything which holds the interest of some sectors of the society he is attempting to build, especially things to do with art.
Dear Editor,
The Reuters World Cup cricket news item captioned ‘Top 10 batting innings in World Cup’ (SN, Feb 15) which you published contains a gross error.
FATULLAH, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood finally found some much-needed form as Pakistan were brushed aside by 67 runs in the final warm-up before the Cricket World Cup starts today.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Derrick Rose scored a career-high 42 points to pace the improving Chicago Bulls to a comfortable 109-99 win over the NBA leading San Antonio Spurs on Thursday.
Dear Editor,
Current changes in Egypt and elsewhere have raised many questions about our own system of democracy and adequacy of representation in Guyana.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Around 3,000 followers of Haiti’s ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched in support of his return from exile yesterday, and protest leaders threatened to disrupt an upcoming presidential run-off vote if his homecoming is blocked.
The British Prime Minister’s recent comments on the failure of “state multiculturalism” and his call for “muscular liberalism,” have revived debates about assimilation and minority rights that extend at least as far back as the 1988 ban on Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses.