Daily Archive: Monday, April 25, 2011

Gros Islet, St Lucia – WICB CEO Dr. Ernest Hilaire was interviewed on the Line & Length Network today during the Second Digicel ODI between West Indies and Pakistan at the Beausejour Cricket Grounds.

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia, (Reuters) – A confident century from opener Ahmed Shehzad  guided Pakistan to another comfortable win over West Indies today, giving the tourists a  2-0 lead in their five match one-day international series.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian police arrested the  former chief organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games on Monday  as part of a crackdown on corruption, embarrassing the  government as it fights major state polls.

CHENNAI,  (Reuters) – Mike Hussey’s half-century and  three wickets from Albie Morkel earned champions Chennai Super  Kings a 25-run victory against Pune Warriors in the Indian  Premier League (IPL) today.

A dilapidated two-storey wooden building on High and Barrack Sts was gutted by fire this afternoon and many persons are homeless.

At about 0330h today vendor Wajid Ishmael, 67, of Grove Squatting Area, EBD, was aroused by noise in his home and upon checking was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

(Trinidad Express) A restaurant owner was gunned down in front his Ellerslie Plaza, Maraval, business yesterday, in what the police are describing as a hit.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dancehall star Carlton ‘Spragga Benz’ Grant is yet to turn himself into the police after being named as a person of interest, but that is because he is overseas.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s dispute with Barbados over the alleged ill-treatment of 20-year-old Shanique Myrie could be headed to the Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ cricket will be strong again! That assurance came from president of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), Joel Garner, on Saturday night in his address at the 2010 BCA Awards ceremony at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – NATO forces flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziyah compound early today, in what a press official from Gaddafi’s government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader’s life.

Canadian explorer Groundstar is to abandon its Apoteri, Rupununi drill site after reaching the intended depth and seeing no signs of oil in commercial quantities, a press release said today.

A 23-year-old woman of Canefield, East Canje is battling for her life at the New Amsterdam Hospital after she was stabbed repeatedly on Saturday morning by her estranged, reputed husband who has since committed suicide.

Dave Young won two races while there were wins for Orin and Sean Belle when the annual Bartica Regatta continued yesterday with the acquatic   events.

Junior breaststroke specialist Jessica Stephenson collected Guyana’s first gold medal of the CARIFTA Games Swimming Championships when she won the girls 15 – 17 200m breaststroke event late Saturday in Barbados.

Alisha Fortune continued to showcase her supremacy as Guyana’s best female sprinter when she won the 100m yesterday at the Mini Athletic meet hosted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) at the Eve Leary Sports Club Ground.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – Adrian Williams smashed a longstanding record to hand St Kitts and Nevis their first gold medal of the 40th CARIFTA Games, as he won the boys’ under-17 javelin here Saturday for the second year running.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC – West Indies will face the difficult task of trying to win the second One-day International against Pakistan today at the Beausejour Cricket Ground, and level the five-match series.

By Clive Lloyd I hasten to join the international cricket fraternity in tendering my condolences to the family and friends of the late Gerry Alexander and the Government and people of Jamaica.

Residents of Lethem are concerned at the sloth in the enhancement of sections of the community saying that some parts are neglected while other areas appear to be “favoured”.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – The Philadelphia 76ers  stalled the Miami Heat’s playoff drive with a gritty 86-82 win yesterday to avoid a first round series sweep.

Guyanese followers of influential Indian Spiritual Guru, Sri Sathya Sai Baba sat in devotion to him for 12 hours following his death early yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in KN on April 21 on the above captioned subject, Dr.

By Tiffny Rhodius in Bartica A mother of two is dead after her motorbike collided with a car at Bartica yesterday, plunging her family into mourning and bringing a halt to their Easter festivities.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies Under-19s were trying to recover from a wobbly start, after Kurtis Patterson hit a hundred to give Australia Under-19s early control in their Youth “Test” yesterday.

Lethem land distribution will be done differently now, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo and he also assured the community that he recognized the need for a better electricity supply and improved airstrip.

Dear Editor, One ought to judge Donald Ramotar and his Team on their words, their public commitment and their proven track record. 

The Camptown Football Classic will kick off on Wednesday with the aim of furthering the development of the club’s youth and senior leagues.

BENGHAZI, Libya,  (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded Misrata yesterday, a day after rebels celebrated the pullback of government troops from the western Libyan city, a rebel spokesman said.

Australia’s Shane Watson has become the top-ranked ODI all-rounder and has also achieved a career-best ranking to date in the Reliance ICC ODI Rankings which were released on Thursday at the end of Bangladesh and Australia series which finished on Wednesday.

SANAA, (Reuters) – Yemen’s veteran president Ali Abdullah Saleh has struck a defiant tone in an interview, a day after his government said he had accepted a Gulf Arab plan to hand over power within weeks.

The presidential guard, who was shot on Saturday while trying to assist the victim of a robbery, remains in a serious condition.

Dear Editor, For a reason I find it hard to define, the coming elections appear as crucial as any we have experienced since independence.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Sy-rian security forces and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead at least nine civilians yesterday in a sweep on the coastal town on Jabla, the Syrian human rights organisation Sawasiah said.

A man was on Friday arrested by police at his Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice home for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl multiple times.

Dear Editor, A 1971 Pan American Health Organisation survey found 38% of the Guyana population living below the poverty line.

WACO, Texas, CMC – Renny Quow almost upset former men’s Olympic and World champion Jeremy Wariner, but women’s World champion Sanya Richards-Ross stamped her authority in the 400 metres on Saturday at Michael Johnson Invitational meet.

Thousands spent an unforgettable Sunday morning as king of the dancehall, Beenie Man, international R&B singer, Bobby Valentino and Jamai-can dancehall songstress, Spice created an hour and a half frenzy that rocked the tarmac of the Guyana National Stadium.

HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka fast bowler  Lasith Malinga took three for nine against Deccan Chargers to  help Mumbai Indians consolidate their position at the top of the  Indian Premier League yesterday with their fifth win.

Dear Editor, In a Stabroek News article last Monday, “Board cannot be blamed for sugar woes – Ramotar,” PPP presidential candidate, Mr.

CASABLANCA, Morocco, (Reuters) – Thousands took to the streets of Morocco yesterday in peaceful demonstrations to demand sweeping reforms and an end to political detention, the third day of mass protests since they began in February.

Dear Editor, I attended the entire meeting held by ACDA in Beterverwagting on Saturday, April 16.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – Christopher Brown highlighted the all-round strength of hosts Jamaica, when he set a new CARIFTA Games record yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Fraud Squad officers, who were called in to probe a fraud incident at the Caricom Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (Impacs) last year, were instructed to pull the plug on their probe even before it could have begun.

By Alva Solomon in Lethem The theatre of hardy cowboys riding bucking broncos, harnessing wild bulls and attempting to milk uncooperative cows ended yesterday after delighting hundreds of spectators in the two-day Rupununi Rodeo at Lethem.

LAWRENCE, Kansas, CMC – Veronica Campbell-Brown gained a welcomed boost of confidence, when she won a 200-metres sprint on Saturday at the Kansas Relays.

Dear Editor,I didn’t go to the rodeo this year. I won’t go again until the unnecessary cruelty to the horses and bulls stops.

Alissa Trotz is the editor of the Diaspora Column. A recent Diaspora Column by Dr.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street how they planned to spend the Easter weekend.

Politikles

(Barbados Nation) Low-cost carrier REDjet is yet to receive official clearance from the Trinidad and Tobago government, but its presence in the market has already triggered a price war and concerns that its model is unsustainable.

A report by the Times of India earlier this month that an Indian company, Vaitarna Holdings, controlled 1.82M acres of Guyanese forest deservedly captured media scrutiny here.

“The atmosphere wasn’t there at all.” Those words from a patron at the Bartica Regatta aptly summed up this year’s Easter Sunday affair.

VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Canada’s election campaign entered its final stretch yesterday with all sides trying to weigh the impact of growing support for the New Democratic Party, which has traditionally lagged its rivals.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government may restrict the transfer of pension rights to relatives of deceased civil servants, Folha de Sao Paulo reported yesterday, to limit what has become a major drain on public coffers.