Daily Archive: Sunday, May 8, 2011

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Chris Gayle blasted an  astonishing 37 off one seven-ball over to set Royal Challengers  Bangalore on their way to a nine-wicket romp over Kochi Tuskers  Kerala in the Indian Premier League today.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 0230h today at No.

The police are reporting that at about 0025h today businessman Deochand Hemchand, 32 years of No.

Fire this afternoon completely destroyed a building that housed the Digicel store on Republic Avenue, Linden while badly damaging the Regional Democratic Council building.

A 51-year-old Bartica miner was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in the mining community after he was chopped about the body by another man in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni area on Saturday afternoon.

A Herstelling labourer was this morning fatally stabbed by his friend who had accused him of shortchanging him $500 in a drug transaction.

(Trinidad Express) Almost a year after it inherited an agreement to repay thousands of CLICO policyholders more than TT$1 billion they invested in the failed insurance giant, the People’s Partnership Government is now close to a decision about ending its commitment.

(Barbados Nation) A backlog of about 15 000 unprocessed immigrant applications has returned to haunt Government and the country’s health care system, says Minister of Health Donville Inniss.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao of the  Philippines retained his WBO welterweight title by recording a  unanimous points victory over a lacklustre Shane Mosley at the  MGM Garden Arena yesterday.

The exclusion of the main opposition PNCR from the multi-stakeholder steering committee (MSSC) of the Low Carbon Development Strategy is “unsatisfactory,” according to a report on Norwegian development cooperation support to Guyana, which says a more solid bipartisan approach would be helpful.

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

Tacuma Ogunseye’s call for African Guyanese to militantly campaign for power-sharing if the PPP/C wins the 2011 general elections drew both criticism and endorsement, and reignited discussions of race and governance.

Caricom foreign ministers say they are disheartened at the second postponement of the UK-Caribbean Forum, but they are looking forward to continued engagement with the UK as a long-standing ally at the highest political level at the rescheduled forum proposed for the Autumn of 2011.

Corporate Communications Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board Imran Khan said yesterday that West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will play in the two-day match for Guyana against Pakistan at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground as he was originally slated to.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer  served up another classic in the 24th chapter of their great  rivalry yesterday, Nadal battling back from a set down to win  5-7 6-1 6-3 and secure a place in the Madrid Masters final.

The European Union (EU) will not be offering support for the holding of the upcoming general and regional elections, according to Ambassador Geert Heikens.

GFF presidential hopeful Odinga Lumumba again bemoaned poor football standard in Guyana, while also outlining his vision for a complete turnaround for the sport if elected on May 27 to succeed current president Colin Klass.

A grand One-Day, 21- team, knock out dominoes tournament is set to take place this Saturday at Rockie’s Brazilian Sports  Bar on Light Street.

The New Building Society (NBS) last year notched up a profit of $577 million, the highest in the institution’s history.

The ‘channa bomb’ found at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport was in a washroom which is frequented by staff and passengers, making it very difficult for police investigators to pin down a suspect.

The  most implausible aspect of the latest in the age-old, never-ending, self-defeating conflicts between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its most prominent players is that Shivnarine Chanderpaul is at the forefront.

In the present series of columns I had introduced oil and natural gas exploration and development as the first upside potential/achievement for consideration.

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

Canada-based Guyanese technology products inventor, Alan Zaakir on Friday followed-up on his promise last month and donated some 300 netbooks to the Ministry of Education.

The Bartica Speedboat Association in a televised notice last night announced that the fare will be increased to $2,500 effective tomorrow; a move that has left residents angry.

Introduction As it enters its forty-second year as the workers’ retirement and short-term insurance fund, the National Insurance Scheme is facing one of its most serious crises ever.

Lodge Secondary School romped to a scintillating victory against Tutorial High School when the inaugural ScotiaBank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy continued yesterday with two matches at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Ground.

On April 29, the so called Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organisation all but died.

Alpha United and Guyana Defence Force (GDF) battled to an exhausting finish in the final of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League – Super Four Knockout Competition with  Alpha emerging victorious.

As development moves apace at the recently established Tabatinga Housing Scheme in Lethem, residents there are anticipating an increase to the already growing population at the small border community.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, CMC – British driver Lewis Hamilton says he is hoping for a repeat of last season after finishing fourth in final qualifying yesterday and claiming a share of the second row for Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix.

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian forces shot dead six civilians in an attack on Sunni districts in the mixed city of Banias yesterday, rights campaigners said, raising sectarian tension in a country gripped by pro-democracy protests.

Dredge owner Angold Bobbington Cox, who was shot and killed by police ranks during a confrontation in his home at Eccles, will be buried on Friday.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Seve Ballesteros, one of golf’s  most charismatic players who was renowned for his fist-pumping  energy and magical shot-making, died yesterday at the age of  54 after a long battle with brain cancer.

QUITO (Reuters) – Two private polls showed Ecuador’s leftist leader, Rafael Correa, comfortably won yesterday’s referendum on judicial and media reforms that opponents say are a power-grab threatening the Andean nation’s democracy.

When I was a young lad growing up in the Lancashire/Yorkshire we had a patio which started off its life with my family as a truncated cricket pitch.

The two gas station workers who were shot and robbed on Friday night while on their way to make a cash deposit at Citizens Bank automated teller machine and safe deposit facility at Thirst Park, Mandela Avenue, yesterday recounted the attack from their hospital beds at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) swept back to power as expected in the most contested general election since independence, but the opposition made historic gains in what both sides called a landmark vote.

A fireman hoses down

Continued from last week Last week, we had reached the point where, after cleans-ing the wound and removing dead tissue (debriding), a decision must be as to whether the wound will be closed, or managed as an open wound.

Some 37 teachers, caregivers and parents drawn from five pre-school centres in the city yesterday benefited from a multi-task training workshop hosted by Kiskadee Kids Day Care and Play Group in Kitty.

Organizers of the recent Linden Expo have said that it is “a growing success”, while noting that the Linden Chamber of Industry, Commerce and Development (LCICD) is seeking to broaden the economic base of Linden and the establishment of an Economic Trade Zone has been placed on the front burner.

(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.

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

The signboard above

(Continued from last week) Last week we pointed out that the noise emission standards were not being observed. 

Guyana has maintained its ‘free’ status in the latest Freedom House report on world press freedom along with some other 67 countries worldwide.

That part of Guyanese literature that may be described as East Indian literature is indistinguishable from the totality of the nation’s writing in terms of styles, themes, subjects and other concerns of authors today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – CONCACAF strongman Jack Warner has said next month’s FIFA elections should be decided on the strength of policies and not personality.

Bound to make mom smile

Dear Editor, I spent over 30 of the best years of my life fighting against the PNC dictatorship and defending the PPP and Dr.

CAIRO (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in a sectarian clash in Egypt yesterday over a Christian woman who allegedly had converted to Islam, according to officials.

(Trinidad Guardian) Seven Chinese nationals employed as chefs at Chinese restaurants in south Trinidad were hauled before a San Fernando magistrate yesterday for failing to have work permits.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents, including at least six suicide bombers, hit government targets in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar yesterday, triggering gun battles that killed two people in what the militants said was part of their “spring offensive”.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s Foreign Minister Dr Kenneth Baugh Thursday urged developed countries to provide more funding for the training of skilled professionals in Jamaica as most of these persons migrate to those countries shortly after they complete their studies here.

The final stages of the Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum nationwide male and female softball tournament will climax this month end at the  Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda.

Dear Editor On the 5th May, the UK held a referendum to decide on whether an Alternative Voting (AV) system is preferred to the current First Past the Post system.

Anyone who has played sport at the highest level knows that sinking nervous, almost fearful feeling before a big event.

The National Weather Watch Centre (NWWC) at Hyde Park, Timehri hosted an open day on Wednesday to some students to inform them about its functions as well as that of the Doppler Weather Radar.

Bus Shed

There was a time – and not so long ago at that – when the mass distribution of a personal opinion was a very restricted process. 

In our edition of April 27 we reported that Stabroek News together with Kaieteur News had been cited by the Ethnic Relations Commission for “unacceptable” statements made in articles and a letter which had been published in the two newspapers last year.

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni youth groups leading mass protests to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Gulf Arab states yesterday to withdraw a plan that has failed so far to usher him out of power.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is urging the government to deliver on a promise it made to provide alternative land for displaced farmers of the Leonora Dairy Farmers’ Co-op Society, whose land was cleared last year to accommodate the construction of a new secondary school and a modern athletic track.

This bridge at Vigilance

Dear Editor, The table of donor contributions posted by the Office of Climate Change (OCC) on the LCDS website,http://www.lcds.gov.gy/international-financing-for-lcds-and-redd.html,

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

LOUISVILLE, (Reuters) – Animal Kingdom won the $2.2  million Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs yesterday.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Chicago’s Derrick Rose was in MVP  mode on Friday scoring a career-high 44 points to lead the Bulls  to a 99-82 win over the Atlanta Hawks as Dallas beat the Los  Angeles Lakers to leave the two-time defending champions on the  ropes.