Daily Archive: Thursday, March 1, 2012

Seventeen-year-old Samuel Cornelius who is accused of murdering Anfernee Bowman on Monday was remanded to prison today by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell  after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua — The 17 WICB contracted players along with 13 other players who are under consideration for selection for the One-Day Internationals and T20 Internationals of the Digicel Series 2012 – West Indies v Australia – will participate in a two week training camp in Barbados from March 1st to 12th.

So the government has gone into overdrive in its unending feud with the members of the besieged and now, it seems, outlawed Guyana Cricket Board.

Caribbean countries do not have the capacity to deal with the organised crime “that has crept into their societies…,” Organisation of American States (OAS) official Yasmin Solitahe Odlum, has said.

(Jamaica Observer) Administrators at the Calabar High School at Red Hills Road in St Andrew were forced to close down operations yesterday due to a serious rat infestation problem.

(Barbados Nation) The blame for the CLICO collapse should fall squarely at the feet of its parent company CL Financial (CLF) in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) Former batting sensation Brian Lara is among several cricket legends expected here next week for Sir Vivian Richards’s 60th birthday celebrations.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has slammed the People’s Partnership administration for doing all in its power, including misusing taxpayer dollars and the country’s Coat of Arms for political advertisements, to deflect attention from a motion that has been described as “frivolous and vexatious”.

(Trinidad Express) The first-ever commercially viable onion crop in Trinidad and Tobago was harvested yesterday at the Tucker Valley Farm, Chaguaramas, in a pilot project run by the Ministry of Food Production and local company Caribbean Chemicals Ltd.

(Reuters) – New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder and paceman Doug Bracewell have been handed one-match bans for going out drinking while recovering from injury and being goaded into a verbal slanging match with a patron at a local pub.

(Trinidad Express) Plans are under way to install cable television at the multi-million-dollar Santa Rosa prison so inmates will have the luxury of watching a variety of channels while serving time for their crimes.

ANSA McAl executives yesterday rejected claims that the Trinidad-based conglomerate signed a secret deal with the Government of Guyana (GoG) to establish an ethanol plant here, saying that much depends on a feasibility study due to be completed by year-end.

Caricom will not meet its commitment to achieve a full single economy and single currency under the CSME by 2015, Secretary General Irwin LaRocque said yesterday, while confirming a finding by consultants that the community is at decisive crossroads.

President Donald Ramotar met yesterday with Leader of the Opposition David Granger at the Office of the President where they discussed constitutional and statutory matters with regard to appointments to about ten key public sector posts.

The Alliance For Change, in noting that the latest Auditor General’s Report has again identified a number  of financial discrepancies and instances of unaccountability, is urging Members of Parliament to take a zero tolerance approach to corruption.

Goals from striker Mynor Lopeez and midfielder Guillermon Ramirez propelled Guatemala to a 2-0 victory over a 10-man Guyana in the nation team’s first official International friendly for 2012, at the Providence Stadium last night.

The man who reportedly shot two women, including one who was pregnant, moments after committing a robbery, was yesterday slapped with several charges and remanded to prison.

Workers from the La Bonne Intention (LBI) and Enmore sugar estates yesterday called off a day-old strike after GuySuCo and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) struck a deal.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Organisers for the week of activities to celebrate the 60th birthday of the country’s only living national hero, Sir Vivian Richards, have announced the inclusion of former West Indies captain and record holder for the highest First Class score, Brian Lara.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has endorsed the final report by the OAS Electoral Observer Mission, calling it concise, factual and debunking any claim that the Opposition rigged the November 28 election. 

As La Nina weather conditions persist over Guyana, sections of the coastland were under several inches of water yesterday even as more rains were predicted last evening.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud With more rainfall expected, residents of the Mahaicony Creek are anticipating being deliberately flooded for a second for the year to relieve the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) and they are awaiting word from government on plans to assist them.

(Reuters) – Hashim Amla missed out on a 10th century but still guided South Africa to a comfortable six-wicket victory over New Zealand in their second one-day international in Napier  yesterday, sealing the series with a game to spare.

With no plea deal as yet, the trial of Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad who has been indicted in New York over a US$50M mortgage fraud is set to get rolling with jury selection on May 21, 2012.

The Guyana Football Federation has laid out its terms and conditions to applicant Alpha United which is interested in joining the  federation.

Statements filed by the prosecution were yesterday handed over to the Muslim scholar charged with sexually molesting three boys when the case was called at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India selectors have rested opening batsman Virender Sehwag and pace duo Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav from the country’s squad for next month’s Asia Cup one-day international competition in Bangladesh.

Wismar, Linden lost power after a falling mango tree dislodged power lines yesterday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq has urged critics not to press the panic button amid calls for him to stand down as captain in the wake of one-day international and Twenty20 series defeats to England.

Former University of Guyana lecturer Freddie Kissoon says he is satisfied with the outcome of the five-week strike even though there was no immediate reemployment of the three lecturers terminated – of which he is one.

National champion Taffin Khan and junior player Phillip Drayton are the leaders after four rounds of the annual Demerara Distillers Limited sponsored Topco Juice Mashramani Swiss system tournament played last weekend at the Kei-Shars Sports Club.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant suffered a broken nose and concussion during the All-Star Game but has been symptom free since Tuesday, the National Basketball Association (NBA)team said yesterday.

In a night when double-doubles seemed to be a norm, Dem Amstel Bolts held on to narrowly defeat Eagles Basketball Club 58-55 as  the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Basketball League continued at the Burnham Hard Courts last Saturday.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony said though this year’s Mashramani celebrations provided income, employment and entertainment for the populace, the ministry would welcome more tangible contributions from businesses  for next year’s programme.

Dhaka Gladiators yesterday won the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League by bringing out their A-game in the knockout stages of the tournament.

The Mayor and City Council’s Finance Committee failed to present the annual budget yesterday as expected, because of the administration’s inability to complete the documentation.

(Reuters) – Chicago’s Derrick Rose showed he is back to full fitness by grabbing 32 points and nine assists to help the Bulls beat the New Orleans Hornets 99-95 on Tuesday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Holder Novak Djokovic had to combat Sergiy Stakhovsky’s aggressive serve and volley game to reach the Dubai Championship quarter-finals  yesterday, and next faces a baseline barrage from compatriot Janko Tipsarevic.

The 16-year-old suspect in the murder of Anfernee Bowman yesterday surrendered to police in the company of his lawyer.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Manchester United can stamp out any lingering Tottenham Hotspur title ambitions with a victory in London this weekend that would set the Premier League trophy firmly on course to remain in northwest England.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A stoppage-time winner from Arjen Robben ended Netherlands’ three-match run without a win as they beat England 3-2 in a largely low-key friendly with a dramatic twist in the tail at Wembley Stadium yesterday.

Dear Editor, In a calculated display of vulgar abuse (“political opportunism,” “taint of racially inspired motives,” etc) which I will not dignify with a response, nor would I the ad hominems or trivialities liberally sprinkled over his letter of February 29 (‘Ramkarran has disregarded essential facts…‘), Mr Christopher Ram seeks to respond in the Stabroek News to an article I wrote in the Weekend Mirror, later published in the Guyana Chronicle.

Hearings at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court were suspended yesterday after heavy rain battered the city leaving most places inundated.

Defending champions Harmony Secondary School  played to a 2-2 draw with Mackenzie High School  on Tuesday when the fourth annual Edward `Screw’ Richmond football tournament commenced  at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

CARACAS, Feb 29 (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez’s government urged Venezuelans on Wednesday to ignore rumours the socialist leader’s health may be worse than the official version that he is in good condition after surgery in Cuba.

Flood lime

Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran said though health services are improving in Region One there is need for more technical staff at the Mabaruma hospital, when he visited the area recently.

Dear Editor, I welcome the resumption of classes at the University of Guyana (UG). 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain, and electrical brain stimulation that boosts a soldier’s combat ability – it may sound like science fiction warfare, but experts say advances in neuroscience mean it’s on the horizon.

Mayor of Georgetown, Hamilton Green, said yesterday that there had been 5.5 inches of rainfall over a 24-hour period and this is unusual under any circumstances.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial on the zoo is revealing and a shame (‘Elephant’ February 26).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy has described wily off-spinner Sunil Narine as the best bowler in the Caribbean at the moment.

OP tree fall

(Jamaica Gleaner) Anthony Hylton, the minister of industry, investment and commerce, announced Tuesday plans for the development of a global shipping and logistics hub for Jamaica as the flagship project of his ministry, but said its chief role would be hunting down capital and investors.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – North Korea agreed yesterday to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow nuclear inspectors to visit its Yongbyon nuclear complex to verify the moratorium has been enforced.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial on the zoo is revealing and a shame (‘Elephant’ February 26).

Two police officers charged with stealing fuel from a Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) oil tanker that was left parked

The economy has grown over the last five years and the growth is  not only because of government’s efforts but also the contributions of the private sector, households and individuals,  Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh said in his feature address at the flag raising ceremony in Region Three last Wednesday.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — West Indies seam bowler Darren Sammy has maintained his spot in the Top 10 of the International Cricket Council’s T20 International rankings announced by the ICC on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, In rainy weather tractors with large wheels deposit hundreds of pounds of mud on the public road in certain parts in West Coast Berbice.

HOUSTON, Feb 29 (Reuters) – Allen Stanford perpetrated one of the biggest thefts in history, a U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Pri-vate Sector Working Group (PSWG) on tax reform has revealed 145 proposals to raise some J$7.3 billion in new taxes for the Govern-ment, which would widen the General Consumption Tax (GCT) base, but also radically reduce the tax burden for large corporations and the poor.

Pole falls near tomb

Dear Editor, My frustration keeps mounting because the police in my Region 2 district just keep telling me that the DPP’s advice is still being awaited for some seven months now on a report made about me on July 28, 2011.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British detectives investigating claims of phone-hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper in 2006 were impeded by the company’s staff and feared violence when they tried to search its offices, police said yesterday.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan court on Tuesday ruled to extradite the country’s alleged top drug trafficker to the United States, as the Central American nation stepped up an offensive against organized crime.

Gaily dressed Region One residents turned out in their hundreds to see revellers and floats as they tramped along the main Mabaruma road to the recreational park to celebrate Guyana’s 42nd Republic Anniversary.

Given our history, geography and the context of our world today, what’s possible for the Guyanese nation?

Apologise!

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos said yesterday she was “deeply disappointed” that Syria has refused to allow her to the visit the country, where she had hoped to assess the need for emergency relief in besieged towns.

Caricom Secretariat

Police in Georgetown are investigating two gunpoint robberies which occurred in the city on Tuesday night and may soon know the identities of the suspect.

Cities are failing children, UNICEF warns in ‘The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World.’

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname runs the risk of being blacklisted if by August it still has failed to take some crucial measures to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Dear Editor, Sometimes I cannot help but get the feeling that my fellow Afro-Guyanese have their heads in the sand.