Daily Archive: Saturday, May 7, 2011

LOUISVILLE, (Reuters) – Longshot Animal Kingdom won  today’s 137th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill  Downs in front of a record crowd of nearly 165,000 people.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The compound in Pakistan  where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden was an active command  center from which he directed al Qaeda, a senior intelligence  official said today as he released videos showing bin  Laden watching himself on tape and rehearsing speeches.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma  shone with the bat as Mumbai Indians booked a semi-final berth  in the Indian Premier League today with a 32-run victory  over Delhi Daredevils who are now out of contention.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The compound in Pakistan  where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden was an “active command  and control center” where the al Qaeda leader retained  strategic, operational and tactical direction of the group, a  senior U.S.

Fire destroyed the King Solomon’s building on Main Street early this morning and has temporarily halted operations at Travel Span airline services.

(Trinidad Express) Kenneth Valley was a selfless man who would give a stranger the shirt off his back, his son Kerwyn said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) A British man who was involved in a fight with a female passenger onboard a Virgin Atlantic flight on Monday was slapped with J$150,000 (roughly £1,071) in fines after he pleaded guilty to the charges against him in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Seve Ballesteros, one of golf’s  greatest and most charismatic players, died today at the  age of 54 following a long battle with cancer, his family said.

Two gas station workers were shot and robbed last evening, while making a cash deposit a banking machine outside Banks DIH on Mandela Avenue.

A freshly-made ‘channa bomb’ was on Thursday night found in a male washroom near the immigration section at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA), triggering security concerns.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has unearthed a fraud in the personnel division at its Head Office operations at Ogle and has called in the police to investigate.

Up to last Saturday, Synergy Holdings Inc. had been paid US$3.8 million for the work done so far on the Amaila Falls access road project, and the company is in the process of finalising arrangements with local subcontractors to complete some aspects of the work, senior government engineer Walter Willis has disclosed.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) last evening elected a new executive committee and vowed to pursue land rights concerns and insist on adequate consultations on carbon initiatives.

As of April 30, US$70.8M was disbursed from donors to Guyana to support the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and REDD+ efforts out of a total commitment of US$255.4M.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday issued a call for religious leaders to “do more” in child protection, saying that they are still to fully support the national programme although they are critical partners in ensuring change.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Embattled left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul was one of 15 players called up by West Indies selectors yesterday to prepare for the opening Test against Pakistan starting next week.

City Hall has found itself again at an impasse with contracted garbage collection companies, which have pulled their services following a dispute over payments.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Under-fire West Indies opener Chris Gayle uncorked an exhilarating all-round performance in the Indian Premier League yesterday, blasting his second century in four innings and snatching three wickets to propel Royal Challengers Bangalore to an 85-run win over Kings XI Punjab.

Transparency International (TI) has said the composition of the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc.

National cricket coach Mark Harper is already relishing the prospect of having Shivnarine Chanderpaul in his team for the practice match against Pakistan tomorrow at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Shane Warne will quit professional cricket after the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after tormenting batsmen all over the world for two decades with his leg-spin, an art the Australian helped revive.

Kilcoy, Corentyne cane harvester Tilackdharry “Chanu” Singh died on Thursday afternoon at the New Amsterdam Hospital (NAH), two days after he was reportedly beaten by a rural constable (RC).

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Australia will play just two tests on their tour of South Africa in October and November as the two nations do not want to intrude on the Champions League  Twenty20 (CLT20).

Colin Jones, who allegedly escaped from custody after his arrest in connection with the Health Ministry arson, had the charge against him dismissed for want of prosecution by Magistrate Leslie Sobers at the Providence Magistrates’ Court.

Elorna Jarvis was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after she was found guilty of the September 10, 2007 dangerous driving death of Hardat Deepan.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is scheduled to host its National Junior Tournament from May 10-15 at the Georgetown Club.

The Guyana Festival of Musical Arts ended on a high note on Saturday last with Orlando Primo being named the overall festival champion.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of Sonobia James, who was allegedly killed by her female partner Tiffany Clarke, commenced yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

LOUISVILLE, (Reuters) – The Kentucky Derby lost one  of its major drawcards yesterday when Uncle Mo was scratched  from the $2.2 million classic on the eve of the race because of  a mystery illness.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Robust economic growth in  Africa over the last decade has swelled the size of its middle  class to a third of the continent’s billion-strong population,  according to a report released yesterday.

It would seem that the hip, new thing for young women to do when they go to shows and parties is smoke weed.

For persons who are clueless as to what to get mom for Mother’s Day, restaurants are offering sumptuous treats.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. drone aircraft  attack that killed two midlevel al Qaeda militants in Yemen on  Thursday was targeting the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian  Peninsula, a U.S.-born

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) were among the latest associations to benefit from donations from the Haynes Foundation of New Jersey, United States of America.

Hi Everyone, When it comes to food, I do not have secrets.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., (Reuters) – The swollen Mississippi  River swallowed up farmland and threatened river towns yesterday, as record amounts of water tested a network of levees  and reservoirs built since deadly floods in the last century.

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West Indies stars visit Buxton

With Mother’s Day approaching, shoppers crowded the city yesterday looking for items mothers would adore.

By Abigail Semple “It’s called Karma baby and it goes around,” Alicia Keys sings in her song “Karma”.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao weighed in just  two pounds lighter than American Shane Mosley after the Filipino was welcomed by deafening cheers from his supporters on the eve of today’s WBO welterweight title fight.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrian security forces killed 27  protesters yesterday demanding an end to President Bashar  al-Assad’s rule, rights campaigners said, and the European Union  agreed to impose sanctions in response to his crackdown.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Thursday urged citizens to continue to work together as “one people” towards national aspirations.

Guyana’s Ransford Goodluck, the 2010 West Indies fullbore shooting champion was dethroned by arch-rival Norris Gomez when the curtains came down on the individual competition of the West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting championships Thursday in Antigua/Barbuda.

Classic Tuesdays film this month is Rituparno Ghosh’s Chokher Bali. It will be screened next Tuesday at 6 pm at the National Gallery, Castellani House, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.

Lenpasco Corlette, an employee of COPS Guyana Limited, died last evening after he was struck by a vehicle close to his home at Vigilance, East Coast Demerara.

NEWTON, Sierra Leone,  (Reuters) – West Africa’s first  tax-exempt economic zone has opened in Sierra Leone, aiming to  produce the impoverished country’s first significant value-added  exports since the end of its civil war nine years ago.

Dear Editor, I was born and bred in Kitty Village, now a part of Georgetown.

The Slaves of the Rhythm, a spoken word duo comprising Ma’cell, the songstress, and ‘De son of Anancy’, the poet, have completed a spoken word track, entitled “The Opening Remarks (at the Caribbean Love Poetry Festival).”

Dear Editor, The inherent deficiencies in our whole country come from a general lack of pride, civility and common good graces which state dominance and Party politics have helped to destroy over the years since independence.

Police yesterday said that the Bachelors’ Adventure teen Yannick Willis, who was shot when he attempted to elude capture on Thursday night, was a suspect in a gunpoint robbery.

(Barbados Nation) REDjet is set to fly into Trinidad and Tobago from May 15.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters Life!) – In a bank with no  security gates, guards or locks, deposits from thousands of  customers from across India are stacked on shelves, protected  from theft by the grace of god.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Brainstreet Under-15 competition will continue today and tomorrow with matches around Georgetown bowling off from 9:30 hours.

The New Amsterdam United Football Club led by Adrian Adams inflicted a 4 – 0 whipping on Pistons United on Thursday at Burnham Park when action in the Berbice Football Association Senior League competition continued.

LONDON, (Reuters) British voters punished the  Liberal Democrats for their role in a deficit-cutting government  yesterday, rejecting the party’s efforts to reform the electoral  system and deserting it in local elections.

Quacey Harry has been positively identified after his body was found in the Le Repentir Cemetery on Wednesday evening.

ABBOTTABAD/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Extensive  surveillance of Osama bin Laden’s hideout from a nearby CIA safe  house in Abbottabad led to his killing in a Navy SEAL operation,  U.S.

Dear Editor, It is with deep concern I write this letter on behalf of the residents of Bartica at the way the power boat races went on at the regatta.

LUXEMBOURG/ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Top finance officials  of the euro zone’s biggest economies met to discuss Greece’s  debt crisis yesterday and Athens denied a media report that it  was considering whether to leave the bloc.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Ground, Carifesta Avenue, will come alive today with two matches in the ScotiaBank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy competition from 9:00 hours.

(Barbados Nation) Farmers have been left with flooded fields, damaged crops and profits washed down the drain after heavy rains over the past few weeks.

Dear Editor, As taxpayers, ours is a principal duty to hold government accountable and ensure our tax dollars are being used in our interests and we all equally benefit from the fruits of this nation.

Dear Editor, The Ethnic Relations Commission has taken note of the misleading statements made by Mr.

Nobody who visited New York or Washington in the aftermath of 9/11 will forget the shock and horror of that day. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies averages from the five-match One-Day International series against Pakistan which concluded on Thursday: * Tabulated under: M-matches; I-Innings; R-runs; HS-highest score; AVE-average; O-overs; W-wickets; BB-best bowling.

(Trinidad Guardian) Farmers have halted protests following “substantial” headway and “enormous” progress in discussions on Thursday with Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal and Food Production Minister Vasant Bharath.

LONDON, (Reuters) – One of Britain’s smallest police  forces has smashed an international child pornography network  stretching across 45 countries that was operated from a hamlet  in rural Lincolnshire, officers said yesterday.