Daily Archive: Friday, March 25, 2011

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting’s  battling century could not prevent another blot on his captaincy  record but the Australian walked into the World Cup sunset  knowing he had at least salvaged his batting reputation.

Energy Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have underscored the need for urgent action at the national and regional levels to address the challenges associated with increasing oil prices.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The opposition toppled  Canada’s Conservative government today, accusing it of  sleaze and mismanagement, and set the scene for a May election  that polls indicate the Conservatives will win.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) this afternoon announced that staff will be working over the weekend to facilitate the processing of entries, payment of taxes and the clearing of consignments which have been backed up because of network disruptions.

(Jamaica Gleaner) UC Rusal, the owners of the Windalco alumina refineries here, is insisting on financial concessions for reopening its Kirkvine facility that are, in most cases, more than twice as good as those it received for restarting its Ewarton works nearly a year ago – even though aluminium prices have risen sharply in recent months, foreign and local industry sources say.

(Go Jamaica) The Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding has dismissed suggestions that he had got entangled in the Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke extradition matter, because the fugitive was an influential figure in the West Kingston constituency that he represents.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – A cricket-crazy  nation remains enamoured with Sachin Tendulkar’s single-minded  quest to own every available milestone but statistics suggest  Yuvraj Singh has been India’s most valuable player in the World  Cup so far.

(Barbados Nation) Immigration and Customs authorities have categorically denied charges by a Jamaican woman that she was finger-raped and thrown out of Barbados when she arrived on the island just over a week ago.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister  Manmohan Singh has invited the Pakistani president and prime  minister to watch Wednesday’s cricket match between the two  South Asian rivals in what is being dubbed “cricket diplomacy”.

DAMASCUS/DERAA, Syria, (Reuters) – Protests spread  across Syria today, challenging the rule of the Assad family  after their forces killed dozens of demonstrators in the south.

Dhaka, (Reuters) – New Zealand stunned South Africa  today by knocking the form team out of the World Cup in the  third quarter-final.

(TT Newsday) A bench warrant has been issued  for the arrest of a Guyanese national who was fined for ill- treating 31 exotic  birds, and jailed for illegally importing them into Trinidad.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Western warplanes bombed  Muammar Gaddafi’s armour in eastern Libya today to try to  break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take the strategic  town of Ajdabiyah.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Radiation fears escalated in  Japan today after workers suffered burns as they tried to  cool an earthquake-crippled  nuclear power station, while the  government sowed confusion over whether it was widening an  evacuation zone around the plant.

A Guyanese woman has gone on trial in New Brunswick, Canada for allegedly attempting to smuggle several of her countrymen across the border into Schenectady, NY.

Construction of the largest ever gold mine in Guyana with total investment pegged at $165 billion (US$826 million) over the life of the project is set to begin in the latter part of this year.

Government last evening signed an agreement with Canadian mining company Reunion Manganese Inc aimed at resuscitating the mining of the fifth most prevalent metal in the Matthew’s Ridge area, North West District – manganese.

A Haitian woman, who was caught transporting cocaine from Guyana to Canada in 2008, was recently sentenced to 37 months in jail in Canada.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has now been called in to investigate how five bags of cocaine got in a container of logs on a ship that left Guyana last week but sources say there is little hope of it yielding any results as too much time has already elapsed.

Insufficient preparation for drainage around the construction site may have contributed to parts of the bypass near the bridge at Friendship, East Bank Demerara being washed away earlier this week.

Jaipaul Surujpaul, the security guard who was chopped by his co-worker, had to have his right hand amputated three weeks after being attacked.

The price for gasoline has been increased since Thursday last at both GuyOil and Texaco service stations, while diesel prices are fluctuating.

The ‘b TB free’ campaign was launched yesterday by the National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) Unit in collaboration with the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) to observe World TB Day.

Two Brazilian brothers were on Wednesday remanded after they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the possession of narcotics, to which they both pleaded not guilty.

One hundred and twenty-six Agricola residents benefited from eye care when the Regional Health Services teamed with a number of vision care agencies to conduct an outreach exercise there on Wednesday.

The Bagotstown resident whose decomposing body was found floating in a trench alongside the Eccles Industrial Site road on Tuesday died by drowning, a post-mortem examination on Wednesday revealed.

The Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts will be out of session today to facilitate a conference which will be held for magistrates.

Actress Shelly Bancroft will take the stage tomorrow for a show that could end up literally saving her life.

A thirteen-year-old school boy who wounded a classmate has been placed on one year probation by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo.

Devon Douglas, of 67 Hunter Street, Albouystown, was on Wednesday sentenced to three years in jail for trafficking marijuana.

The preliminary inquiries (PIs) into the witness tampering matters against Chandra Narine Sharma and the jointly-charged Doodnauth Sharma and Raywattie Ramsawack did not commence on Wednesday as scheduled.

Shemroy Lyght, 34, walked out of the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court a free man after a charge of harbouring fugitives, including Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins, was dismissed.

Head of the Sea and River Defence Department Geoffrey Vaughn has said the presence of squatters on government reserves is hampering ongoing works to safeguard communities on the coastline.

As a result of the heavy rainfalls and flooding on the East Coast of Demerara, prices for vegetables have doubled at the Stabroek and Bourda markets in the city.

Dear Editor, Neil Manawar-Khan, who was elected president of a group concerning the route 41 and 46 minibus zones, said recently that neither government nor Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad had any authority to tell the operators not to increase their fares, since they are running a private service.

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India sparked wild celebrations among its billion plus fans after ending Australia’s remarkable 12-year reign as World Cup champions with a thrilling five-wicket win in the quarter-finals yesterday.

Dear Editor, We would like to bring to the attention of the relevant authorities a situation that is affecting the residents of Kilcoy, South Albion.

Dear Editor, I write this letter on behalf of the residents of Bartica who suffered flooding on Saturday, March 19.

Trinidad & Tobago captain Darren Ganga is hoping that favourable weather prevails over the next four days since his team aims to take full points against Guyana in the WICB Regional four-day game that begins today at the National Stadium.

Dear Editor, As a regular traveller on the East Coast corridor, I find it amazing that certain minibus operators are seeking a 20% fare hike. 

The final of the University of Guyana Inter-Faculty Basketball Tournament has always been a high drama event and yesterday’s championship game was no different as Social Sciences defeated Natural Sciences 42-41.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a letter published in Stabroek News on March 22, under the caption ‘Not the rule of law,’ written by Mr Christopher Ram.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In Delhi West Indies cricket has endured several horrendous periods over the past decade but none more horrendous than in the last week of their 2011 World Cup campaign.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday March, 22, I travelled from Grove EBD to Georgetown, an eight-mile journey, and paid the bus one hundred dollars.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition continued into its fifth week last weekend at various venues around Guyana with teams booking their places in the super 16 stage, which was pushed back to April 2 owing to the weather.

The Rigby/Nedd Games which were to be held at the Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Berbice by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) on Sunday will not be held owing to the unfit condition of the ground.

Dear Editor, I woke up early this morning to the sound of crying; another wicket fell and more tears.

(Jamaica Observer) Allegations by a Jamaican woman that she was finger-raped by an immigration officer before being thrown out of Barbados, have brought the spotlight on poor treatment of Jamaicans visiting that eastern Caribbean island.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Civilians, including women, were among those killed in the latest Western air strikes in the Libyan capital Tripoli, officials and hospital workers said.

Berbice ‘A’ player Jason Sinclair has been named 2010 Cricketer of the Year for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC).

Dear Editor, I agree with Christopher Ram (‘The President hides under the apron of the constitution’s immunity clause’ SN, March 15) that the President of Guyana may be operating under the wrong assumption that the immunity Article 182 in the constitution grants absolute and unqualified immunity.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan and chief executive Andy Hunt have been suspended from London 2012 organising committee board meetings because of a row over funding.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Radiation injuries to three workers complicated the battle to control Japan’s crippled nuclear plant today and heightened global anxiety over the worst atomic crisis in 25 years.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Most loving couples hope their marriage will last “until death us do part”.

Dear Editor, As I write, a new war with weapons fired from remote locations, and from military aircraft is raining down on military convoys and command and control locations in Libya.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The country that will receive the most attention during President Barack Obama’s ongoing visit to Latin America — other than Libya — will be Brazil, but the place where he will probably have the biggest, and most needed, impact will be Central America.

No one should have been surprised by the West Indies’ departure from the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup on Wednesday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier, who faces charges of corruption and rights abuses after returning from exile in January, is being treated in a hospital after falling ill, aides said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service in the Los Angeles area yesterday, a day after she died of congestive heart failure, police said.

Dear Editor, With regard to your editorial, ‘The powers at war’ (SN, Mar 23), President Obama does not want the US to become embroiled in another Middle East war in an Islamic state.

By Gareth Evans MELBOURNE – The international military intervention in Libya is not about bombing for democracy or for Col.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Interpol said today it had foiled a militant plot to carry out an attack during the cricket World Cup now being played across South Asia.

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