Daily Archive: Saturday, March 19, 2011

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – India’s middle order  vulnerability apart, the co-hosts should hold the edge over an  inconsistent West Indies in the last World Cup Group B  round-robin match in Chennai on Sunday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Three ‘M’s in the Sri Lankan  bowling attack will give most batsmen in the World Cup some  sleepless nights as the showpiece event enters the business end  with the quarter-finals from next week.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said today that military action in Libya by the  West’s “men of war” is aimed at seizing the North African  country’s oil reserves.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – West Indies are planning to  draft in senior batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul to prop up their  fragile batting order in Sunday’s World Cup Group B match  against India.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Western forces hit targets  along the Libyan coast today, using strikes from air and  sea to force Muammar Gaddafi’s troops to cease fire and end  attacks on civilians.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Australia’s 34-match unbeaten  run in the Cricket World Cup dating back to 1999 was finally  broken by Pakistan today when Ricky Ponting’s team were  beaten by four wickets.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday charged that the extradition treaty between Jamaica and the United States is tilted heavily in favour of the superpower, and has effectively compromised the island’s sovereignty.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – One of six tsunami-crippled  nuclear reactors appeared to stabilise today as Japan  raced to restore power to the stricken power plant to cool it  and prevent a greater catastrophe.

BENGHAZI, Libya, (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar  Gaddafi’s forces pushed into the rebel-held city of Benghazi today, defying world demands for an immediate ceasefire and  forcing rebels to retreat.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Secretary of  State Warren Christopher, who helped bring peace to Bosnia and  negotiated the release of American hostages in Iran, died in  California at age 85, news media reported.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s slender hopes of  reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup they are co-hosting  were crushed mercilessly by South Africa today with a  206-run Group B defeat.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – South Africa did Group B rivals  India, England and West Indies a big favour by securing all  three teams a place in the Cricket World Cup quarter-finals  after beating Bangladesh by 206 runs today.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur yesterday said that the container which contained timber and five bags of cocaine was cleared by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), but not by customs officers even as he vowed that an independent investigation will be conducted into the drug bust.

AFC presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday that he plans to debate his political opponents from parties “that matter” if the conditions are agreed upon, and the PNCR and the PPP might take up challenge.

Terron Berkshire, 14, died yesterday after he was hit by a minibus outside the Hope Secondary School, while playing Phagwah with other students.

Members of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), the local hydromet office and related agencies are set to participate in the Caribbean region’s first full-scale tsunami warning exercise, as part of United Nations-backed effort to test and strengthen the region’s defences against such calamities.

Residents of Mahaicony Creek are distressed after they woke up yesterday morning and discovered that the water level had risen to about five inches even though the rains have eased.

Residents of Bath Housing Scheme and No. 11 Village yesterday braved the rain to demand reimbursements for crops lost to floodwaters, in a protest led by the Alliance for Change (AFC) at Fort Wellington.

A man who admitted that he was transporting 129 grammes of marijuana was yesterday sentenced to a three-year jail term by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Gunmen barged into the accounts office of BEV Fisheries yesterday afternoon and beat and shot an employee, before escaping with more than $4 million.

A female prisoner who is currently on trial was allegedly impregnated by a policeman.

As the first anniversary of Claudine Bentham’s death approaches, it finds her family consumed by frustration over the failure to charge her killer.

Minibus operators plan to increase their fares by $20 as of Monday, owing to a hike in the prices of spare parts and gasoline.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In CHENNAI Once again, they could glimpse the beguiling beauty of victory.

Given the favourable weather which prevailed over the past few days the inaugural Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League for City teams is set to kick off today at the Georgetown Football Club Ground with four matches.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a technical assistance grant equivalent to US$250,000 for the University of Guyana (UG) to help it boost capacity.

Consultants from the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) have been developing a six-month plan to strengthen Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education in schools throughout Guyana by deepening the knowledge of teachers.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company declared its supports to motor racing in Guyana on Thursday  by pledging $20M dollars towards the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) at the club’s headquarters on Albert Street and Thomas Road.

The Netrockers Football Club will tomorrow stage its Annual General Meeting and election of office bearers  at the Wisburg Secondary School’s auditorium, Wisroc, Linden from 6pm.

Two Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) men were yesterday found not guilty of the January 2008 murder of Andy Peters.

Dear Editor, When someone who owned property dies, if there is a will, then that will has to be probated, but if there is no will then the beneficiaries (or relatives) of the deceased, will apply for Letters of Administration (LA).

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has decided to re-run the Carifta Games trials tomorrow at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary from 11:00hrs.

A shopkeeper who was arrested after police destroyed a ganja field at Bamboo Landing, in the North West District, was yesterday remanded on charges of cultivation and possession of narcotics.

Dear Editor, The recent furor over the past (almost 40 years ago) as regards Mr Granger, the presidential candidate for the PNCR, is exactly as it is, a storm in a teapot.

The last 16 teams of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 softball cricket tournament are still making their presence known at various venues around the country as the fourth week of the softball competition ended last weekend.

The preliminary inquiries (PIs) into the witness tampering charges against Chandra Narine Sharma, Tyrone Ali, Doodnauth Sharma and Raywattie Ramsawack are set to begin on March 23.

Embracing culture, becoming acquainted with tradition, acknowledging roots is what fifth generation Punjabi descendant Roshini Kushi Boodhoo has done in her journey to becoming Miss India Guyana World Wide (MIGWW) 2011.

Three men were yesterday granted $125,000 bail each by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, on charges of receiving forged cheques and trying to obtain cash using them.

Trinidad and Tobago will host the upcoming regional Under-15 cricket series. This was revealed by administrative manager of the T&T Cricket Board, Manohar Ramsaran.

Dear Editor, The reported plight of the Belle Vue Cane Farmers’ Cooperative Society is a source of particular concern to this writer, who has been personally involved in the formation of this society.

Someone asked me just the other day why it was that when people could not have something they wanted it and then when they had it, they no longer wanted it.

Hi Everyone, the recipe I get the most requests for is dhal puri.

Police in ‘D’ Division are currently investigating an alleged pirate attack committed by five heavily-armed men on a fishing crew early yesterday morning.

Some are forgotten, some have passed on and many are still active on the field of play  and as administrators.

Dear Editor, The PNC’s choice of David Granger as the party’s presidential candidate clearly reveals the impoverished minds of the party’s hierarchy.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in Stabroek News published on March 16, under the heading ‘Letter was a fabrication,’ written by Mr Sasenarine Singh.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union has been forced to further postpone the opening of the Banks DIH Sevens Rugby Season and the School’s League.

Happy Phagwah

Two armed bandits invaded a Chinese Restaurant at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, on Thursday night and escaped with cash and electronics.

Dear Editor, It is now 17 months and counting since the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) has illegally decided not to engage the recognized union, the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU), which is a violation of the Trade Union Recognition Law.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s annual Holi Utsav will be celebrated on Sunday on the lawns of its Sanskritik Kendra, at Prashad Nagar, Georgetown.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – The United States accused  Muammar Gaddafi of defying international demands for an  immediate ceasefire, and France’s U.N.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Kyle Corbin narrowly missed his second century of the Regional First Class Championship as he led a spirited fightback for Combined Campuses and Colleges against Guyana here yesterday.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Exhausted engineers attached a  power cable to the outside of Japan’s tsunami-crippled nuclear  plant today in a race to prevent deadly radiation from an  accident now rated at least as bad as America’s Three Mile  Island incident in 1979.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of La Parfaite Harmonie, and I have noticed for two weeks now that contractors have placed heavy machinery on parts of a recently built road, that is now blocked as a consequence.

Cabinet at its statutory meeting on Tuesday offered its no objection to six contracts in the areas of agriculture, education, security and hinterland and infrastructural development, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Former President  Jean-Bertrand Aristide made a triumphant homecoming to Haiti yesterday after seven years of exile, returning despite U.S. 

Jason Beaton spends a lot of his time these days travelling across Guyana singing at gospel concerts. 

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A century stand between Jahmar Hamilton and Sherwin Peters thwarted a rampant Barbados, as they hauled Leeward Islands back into contention on the opening day of their sixth round clash of the Regional First Class Championship yesterday.

Dear Editor, In this UN Year of Peoples of African Descent, I would like to suggest to leaders and intellectuals that we in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean establish contact with Africa and help them to deal with the new imperialism which is already targeting their resources in a more heartless manner than the 19th century European imperialists.

The fourth edition of Guyana Where and What has been out for a few months now.

(Trinidad Guardian) There is turbulence once again at Caribbean Airlines and there may soon be vomiting in the cockpit of the state-owned carrier.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Veteran left-hander Wavell Hinds stroked a superb, unbeaten century to rescue leaders Jamaica and put them in control against Trinidad and Tobago on the opening day of their sixth round, Regional First Class Championship match here yesterday.

SANAA,  (Reuters) – Gunmen on rooftops shot dead up  to 42 protesters at an anti-government rally in Sanaa after  Muslim prayers Friday, enraging the opposition and prompting  President Ali Abdullah Saleh to declare a state of emergency.

A defect in one of the Guyana Power & Light’s (GPL) transmission affected most of the circuits in Demerara, leading to a fluctuating power supply last evening.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government yesterday said it was deeply troubled by the arrests of Bahraini  opposition leaders and called on the country’s government to  ensure legal proceedings for those arrested were fair and  transparent.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Rioting halted  construction at two major Brazilian hydroelectric dams in the  Amazon, delaying key projects in President Dilma Rousseff’s  ambitious infrastructure plan.

Katharine Birbalsingh is a bright young Englishwoman, a teacher by profession and of Guyanese extraction.

Dear Editor, If I had a good signal for Voice of Guyana and 98.1 Hot FM in my area, I would have just stuck to the good, old, reliable transistor radio.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – England Lions secured first innings points over Windward Islands on the second day of their Regional First Class Championship clash here yesterday, but the hosts hit back late to keep themselves in contention in the sixth round fixture.

Late entries are being accepted for the Guyana Festival of Musical Arts, which will be held from April 26 to 30 at the National Cultural Centre.