Daily Archive: Friday, January 6, 2012

The Guyana national cricket team for the regional T/20 tournament slated for Antigua on January 9, has been reinstated by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the Government Information Agency said tonight.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Retirees looking to stretch  their pensions might consider spending their golden years in  Ecuador, Panama or Mexico, where cost of living is low and the  weather is warm, according to a new index.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who claimed that she was abused by immigration officials at an airport in Barbados has filed a law suit against the Barbadian Government.

(Reuters) – Veteran rockers Van Halen said today that they will kick off a North American tour with  original lead singer David Lee Roth in mid-February, shortly  after the release of the band’s first full album with Roth in  nearly 30 years.

A 19-year old man was stabbed to death this morning following a fight with another man at a private abattoir at Mahaica.

BERNE, (Reuters) – FIFA has refuted allegations  by former vice-president Jack Warner that implied a decision to  sell him World Cup television rights was a reward for supporting  Sepp Blatter’s presidential campaigns.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Dutch citizen Joran Van der  Sloot, poised to plead guilty, went on trial today on  charges of killing a young Peruvian woman in 2010, five years to  the day after a U.S.

One might have thought that the clever thing for President Ramotar to have done was to drop the calumnies of local cricket from his own agenda and get on with the business of fashioning his own agenda.

A man was fatally shot by police this morning as he attempted to escape after he snatched a woman’s handbag as she was disembarking a minibus at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara.

(Jamaica Gleaner) St. Catherine Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of three persons in the division since yesterday evening.

(Barbados Nation) The Globe Cinema, which closed its doors to moviegoers six days ago after 55 years, will reopen on Sunday.

The police today announced more changes in its command structure. A release said that the following postings at command level have been made within the Guyana Police Force with effect from January 01, 2012.

The police say that at about 1430h on Wednesday, pedal cyclist Morris Albert De Caires, 72 years, of Waterloo Street, Georgetown, was struck down by motor lorry GKK7893 at Norton Street, Georgetown and later died.

The appointment of Guyanese attorney, Sanjeev Datadin, as special constable working along with the team of investigators in the Antigua IHI fraud investigation has been met with dissent in some quarters.

(Trinidad Express) A special team should be established to market Trinidad and Tobago and attract investments worldwide, says Sports Ambassador Brian Lara.

(Trinidad Express) Sylvia Baldini-Duprey, wife of Lawrence Duprey, attended only one CL Financial board meeting during her three-year stint as deputy chairman of the conglomerate because she feared being kidnapped if she returned to this country.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Chaos seems to rule in Suriname as it is not clear how many people actually own a casino license.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia, inspired by captain  Michael Clarke, crushed India by an innings and 68 runs in the  second test at the Sydney Cricket Ground today to take a  dominant 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett yesterday announced the “upgrade” of several foreign service officers, while denying that the appointments were made to deflect the adverse

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says it is favourably disposed to itself and the Alliance For Change (AFC) holding the speakership of the National Assembly on a rotating basis with APNU holding the position in the first term.

  The parents of pupils of the Uitvlugt Primary School are calling on the relevant authorities to have the compound and its surroundings weeded to ensure their children’s safety and the education minister has slammed the officials

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded three of six men accused of armed robbery committed at the Hollywood Bollywood Night Club.

-gov’t hints at legal action The national cricket team is out and the West Indies ‘B’ team is in after the government and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) failed to see eye to eye resulting in the regional entity moving ahead last evening with arrangements to replace Guyana’s Amazon Conquerors in the regional T20 competition.

-says govt offered to pay all costs Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) for cricket, Clive Lloyd has rejected claims that the formation of the IMC has scuttled the national team’s participation in next week’s Caribbean Twenty20 tournament and has urged the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to let the players go.

Guyana will soon begin national consultations on decriminalizing homosexuality, as a follow-up to discussions at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Perth, Australia last October.

A 22-year-old clerk who allegedly stole several cheques worth some $39 million from Alfro Alphonso and Sons Enterprises yesterday appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ court and was remanded to prison.

The police now have the suspect they were looking for in connection with the murder of 74-year-old Mahaica farmer Ramlogan Singh, called ‘Tun Tun’ in their custody assisting with investigations.

Disgraceful is putting it mildly,  rather the circumstances surrounding Guyana’s shock withdrawal   from the West  Indies T20 Championship is an abominable dereliction of national duty.

Gavin Barckoy was yesterday charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of 23-year-old mechanic Romalo Roach in a motorcycle collision last October 14.

The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0010h yesterday at Kiskadee Drive, Meadow Brook, Georgetown, where a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the premises of the residence of Presidential Adviser Odinga Lumumba.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Michael Clarke hit a majestic  unbeaten 329 before declaring Australia’s first innings at 659  for four with a lead of 468 on the third day of the second test  against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.

The husband of an 18-year-old mother of two, who died on December 31 after sustaining injuries during a botched abortion, was unaware that his wife had gone to terminate her pregnancy.

Dear Editor, The rule of law and the justice system have caused much controversial discussion in all walks of life and there seems to be no conclusion because there is an absence of credibility with respect to oral and written information.

Dear Editor, There is an atrocious looking Bedford lorry, which for weeks has been parked in Light Street near Charlotte Street, while heavy arc-welding was being done to repair the entire tray of the vehicle, which was dangerous and most unsightly. 

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason charges against Guyana Defence Force Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton continued yesterday with former Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant, Quincy Critchlow recalled to give further evidence.

Sprinter Winston George aims to put Guyana on the world map at this year’s London Olympics where he is set to run the 400m at the London Olympics in August.

The relatives of three missing Guyanese sailors yesterday met with the authorities and were assured that all steps are being taken

Dear Editor, In the European tradition, at least until the 17th century, parliamentary Speakers were seen as agents of the kings who carried out the dictates of monarchs wielding enormous powers.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa need only  six more wickets to clinch their three-test series against Sri  Lanka after forcing the visitors to follow on the third day  of the third test at Newlands yesterday.

The Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green yesterday declared that the city is facing a “crisis in garbage” while Director of the City’s Solid Waste Management Depart-ment, Hubert Urlin, assured that the problem will be corrected during the upcoming week.

Dear Editor, In spite of the persistence of racial voting in Guyana, the November 28 election was historic because of the hung Parliament.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says that it hopes to get to the bottom of what it described as discrepancies found while verifying Statements of Poll (SOPs) for the November 28, 2011 elections, having written GECOM asking to avail itself of an offer made for interested parties to examine the hardcopies of the SOPs.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Bomb attacks in mainly Shi’ite  Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 73 people and wounded  scores on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, raising  fears of an increase in sectarian strife.

Dear Editor, I just read with great disappointment the news that Guyana will not be fielding a team in the upcoming T20 tournament in Antigua due to the current controversy involving the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the Government of Guyana.

President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Kit Nascimento says he plans to seek corporate sponsors and again appeal to government for support for the men’s national Sevens team to help them prepare for the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens tournament in March.

The management and staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) welcomed ten new medical interns for year-long training in several of its departments.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru said on Thursday the  Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has been “abusing” its  powers and should be urgently reformed, joining a growing number  of Latin American countries to attack the panel after being  faulted for rights abuses.

Dear Editor, The Promenade Garden stands as a beauty in the city of Georgetown.

(Reuters) – LeBron James carried the extra load without Dwyane Wade as the Miami Heat recovered from their first loss of the season to crush the Indiana Pacers 118-83 on Wednesday.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya is investigating an  accusation by a security guard that the deputy chief justice  threatened her with a pistol during a security check at an  upmarket shopping mall on New Year’s eve, police and the  judiciary said yesterday.

Former PNCR executive member Joe Hamilton, who endorsed the PPP/C  ahead of the November 28 polls, is set to become the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Health, when the Tenth Parliament

Dear Editor,       Suriname’s President is currently the Chairman of Caricom and incidentally heads the sub-committee on cricket in the region.

Dear Editor, General elections have been conducted in Guyana and the people have spoken.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – List of leading individual scores  in test cricket after Australia’s Michael Clarke scored 329 not  out against India in the second test on Thursday: 400* Brian Lara (West Indies) v England (St John’s 2003-04) 380  Matthew Hayden (Australia) v Zimbabwe (Perth 2003-04 ) 375  Lara v England (St John’s 1993-94) 374  Mahela Jayawardene (S.Lanka)

(Trinidad Express) Chief Justice Ivor Archie and Court of Appeal Judge Wendell Kangaloo continue to face mounting pressure following their decision to accept appointments to the rank of Senior Counsel while serving as members of the Judiciary.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombians closed shops and  stayed off the roads yesterday in parts of the North after  threats by one of the country’s main drug gangs sparked fear of  violent retribution for the killing of the group’s leader,  police said.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) extends felicitations to President Donald Ramotar on his assumption of office and asks that he meets labour representatives soon. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A New York City man  accused in a series of New Year’s Day Molotov cocktail attacks  that hit a mosque and a Hindu place of worship has been ordered  held without bail, prosecutors said yesterday.

Excuse me!

(Reuters) – Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness  wants Sepp Blatter to be deposed if the FIFA president fails to  clean up soccer’s governing body in the next year.

It cannot be mere coincidence that both Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XVI had special words to say about the importance of family in their Christmas Day and New Year’s Day messages, respectively.

(Jamaica Observer) The government of Jamaica intends to remove all ties with the British monarchy, according to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, during her swearing-in ceremony yesterday, at King’s House.

The Mayor and City Council (MCC) said the disruption of the collection of garbage from South Ruimveldt, Cummings Lodge and other areas is due to difficulties Cevon’s Waste Management has been experiencing with its fleet of vehicles.

Oh that much longed-for, or sought-after condition, or status. My old Oxford provides fourteen definitions for the noun (and verb) that is power!

Dear Editor, Firstly, please allow me to openly acknowledge excellent customer care as exhibited by Mr Carl Stewart at Caribbean Airline’s check-in counter at CB International, Timehri.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed for  80 after lunch on the fourth day of the second test between  India and Australia last night, coming up short once again in  his quest for a 100th international century.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union will  open a representative office in Myanmar to manage aid programmes  and promote political dialogue, an EU spokesman said yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed for  80 after lunch on the fourth day of the second test between  India and Australia last night, coming up short once again in  his quest for a 100th international century.