Daily Archive: Sunday, January 6, 2013

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Shane Warne has been fined A$4,500 ($4,700) and banned for one game after a heated row with Marlon Samuels in a match in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 competition on Sunday night ended up with bats and balls being thrown.

Following an outcry over the monument site for the 1823 slave rebellion, the Coalition of the 1823 Parade Ground Monument will raise funds to construct their own memorial.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela has recovered from a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones that kept him in hospital for nearly three weeks, the government said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke has ordered a probe into the operations of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC) following questionable pre-election spending amounting to millions of dollars.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One man is in custody while a top level police hunt continues for the remainder of a group who it is believed robbed and killed businessman Melvin Chung yesterday afternoon.

(Barbados Nation) What is one of the worst sights a farmer can ever face?

Alliance For Change Leader Khemraj Ramjattan has accused the government of not saying all it knows about the huge Curacao heist which was believed to comprise smuggled gold from Guyana.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – A nasty on-field confrontation with star Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne today plunged West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels into controversy yet again.

(Barbados Nation) Julian Hunte  is about to pull stumps on his tenure as West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president.

(Trinidad Express) The discrepancies in the autopsy reports of soldier Curtis Marshall were as a result of the non-qualification of the forensic pathologists who conducted the post-mortems.

Roger Hinds with his song titled `She Roll’ took the Chutney crown from Haresh Singh last night at the National Cultural Centre, according to the Government Information Agency.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A defiant President Bashar al-Assad presented what he described as a new initiative today to end the war in Syria but his opponents dismissed it as a ploy to cling to power.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Michael Hussey ended his test career on a high today when Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets with a day to spare in the third test to sweep the series 3-0.

(Trinidad Express) Fired justice minister Herbert Volney yesterday launched a scathing attack against former independent senator Dana Seetahal after she raised concerns about contractor Hafeez Karamath Ltd (HKL) in her weekly column of yesterday’s Express.

The Guyana Defence Force Co-operative Credit Union’s decision to grant loans on the security of vehicles purchased through its Auto Sales Department “appears to be unlawful” since no permission for this move was received from the Chief Co-operatives Development Officer, chartered accounting firm Ram & McRae has found.

Situated almost on the outskirts of Georgetown along the East Coast of Demerara is the community of Vigilance.

A 16-year-old Anna Catherina boy hanged himself after he was allegedly threatened by welfare officers over the death of his 15-year-old girlfriend who reportedly hanged herself three weeks ago in her Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home.

Former mayor of Rose Hall town William Hendrax, 81, and his 79-year-old wife Veronica were brutally beaten during a robbery at their Williamsburg, Corentyne home two days before Christmas last year.

Oral Hendricks, who was sentenced to death on February 6, 1996, for murdering three children, aged two, four and seven years old, had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang late last month.

The New York Post said on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing former New York State Senate Majority Leader, John Sampson following its investigation of convicted Guyanese mortgage fraudster Ed Ahmad.

Justice Diane Insanally on December 28, 2012 dismissed legal proceedings filed in the High Court challenging the constitutionality and legality of government’s placing of Lotto money in the Development Fund referred to as the Lotto Fund, ruling that it was misconceived.

A Lyken Funeral Home hearse was yesterday afternoon set upon by armed robbers as it exited Le Repentir cemetery.

There are more important things on the government’s agenda than the long-delayed Public Procurement Commission (PPC), presidential adviser Gail Teixeira says, even as none of the political parties have submitted their nominees to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and there have been no moves to further discuss the issue.

In their budget submissions to the Ministry of Finance, the opposition parties are making a case for an emphasis on job creation, social safety nets and the diversification of the economy to ensure that the country develops and poverty is eliminated.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said that his ministry is soon to advertise for civilians to sit on the panel to oversee the implementation of the ambitious police strategic action plan he announced on Monday.

Engineering and environmental workshops are among the activities the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has slated for thios year, along with a staff retreat to review 2012 and plan for 2013.

Young Tagenarine Chanderpaul yesterday scored an unbeaten half century to guide the President’s XI to a six wicket victory over defending champions GT&T Berbice in a match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County competition at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground in Queenstown.

The Coalition of the 1823 Parade Ground Monument has organised ‘An afternoon of reflection and knowledge-sharing’ today at the Parade Ground, Georgetown.

After two weeks the persons whose stalls had been broken in at Bourda Market are angry that the City Constabulary has shown little interest in their dilemma.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County limited overs match between Demerara and Essequibo at the Everest Cricket Club ground saw Essequibo threatening to score the first upset of the competition before  convention had the final say and Demerara prevailed by five wickets.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the umbrella body Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) say they will not accept any of the proposals made by the actuary for the reformation of the failing National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and blamed government for its current state.

Just a few years ago, Dominique Vincente was just a fan in the bleachers, watching some of the capital city’s top school players.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A full house is expected to watch hosts Trinidad and Tobago launch the defence of their Caribbean Twenty20 title when the championship bowls off here tonight.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Government here has approved a national Strategic Plan for Sports which it says will help “transition sports into a full-fledged industry”.

Shame! Shame! Shame on you!

Introduction If NICIL – the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited – was a play, it would be one that challenges Othello and King Lear for the dubious distinction of saddest tragedy ever written. 

THE World Twenty20 title was the unquestionable highlight of 2012 for West Indies cricket and, not least, for Darren Sammy whose contribution in the final, as captain and player, earned him the respect previously denied him.

Dear Editor, One may think that the case was well-made, as if one were necessary, for the location of a monument to commemorate the 1823 Demerara Slave Revolt in Independence Park, formerly Parade Ground.

From the start of Tradewinds, I’ve always had a thing with ‘dem Bajans.’ 

Republic Bank welcomed the first born babies of the New Year

Two-time national senior squash champion Alex Arjoon says he has been motivated by the experience of competing against world number 57 Christopher Gordon last week and hopes to up his game and make the most of every opportunity to develop his skills in 2013.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan lawmakers re-elected a staunch ally of Hugo Chávez to head the National Assembly yesterday, putting him in line to be caretaker president if the socialist leader does not recover from cancer surgery.

The Guyana Burn and Health Charitable Foundation Inc recently donated to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital a number of beds and mattresses and other equipment, including ECG machines,

 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – The West Indies Cricket Board has taken the bold step to change the format for the Caribbean T20 tournament – and the new set-up will see more matches and more exposure for the region’s players.

Dear Editor, I refer to earlier letters written to the press on the Hope Project.

While Venezuela’s announcement that President Hugo Chávez’s bout with cancer has taken a turn for the worse is making big headlines, there is another development in the Venezuelan drama that has gone almost unnoticed: high-level US-Venezuelan talks preparing for a post-Chávez future may have already started.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The most senior member of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s entourage still at large has urged Sunni Muslim anti-government protesters to stand their ground until the Shi’ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, is toppled.

Destroyed already

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Chris Paul and the Clippers maintained a grip on top billing in Los Angeles with a tense 107-102 victory over the Lakers on Friday to cement their status as the city’s best team.

We live in a world which seems to take little interest in joy.

Dear Editor, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee in his usual combative style, took the opportunity of his address to the leadership of the police force on December 31, to reply to some comments attributed to the Leader of the Opposition to which he took umbrage.

A woman was arrested on Friday after a quantity of ganja was found at a house at Bagotville West Bank Demerara.

AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) – A gunman who barricaded himself inside a townhouse after killing three people in the home was shot to death by police yesterday in Aurora, Colorado, the same Denver suburb where 12 people were slain in a movie house massacre last July, police said.

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn, on Friday announced that plans are currently underway to ensure persons who purchased tickets from Red jet and EZjet are refunded in full as soon as possible.

A few days ago the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel challenged the way in which Europeans think about the world and what they have come to expect from their governments. 

(Jamaica Observer) Kwame Lumumba, the attorney representing incarcerated reggae artiste Buju Banton, says the decision by United States Magistrate James Moody to expand his probe into allegations of juror misconduct is a positive sign for his client.

Bushy Park Georgetown

Dear Editor, Over the last few days, eight of our collection trucks have been out of service for repairs. 

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia were on the verge of a 3-0 series sweep after reducing Sri Lanka to 225 for seven with a slender lead of 87 at close of play on a dramatic third day of the third test yesterday.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me too express my gratitude to the postal authorities for re-opening the Agricola Post Office and restoring the suspended services.

Measuring debt burden As I proceed with the discussion of the debt crisis, the first issue that should be clarified is how to determine the burden of public or sovereign indebtedness among countries.

Dale Simon, Chairperson of Guyana Law Association (GLA (UK) and the Director of Equality and Diversity of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), has been honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on the Queen’s 2013 New Year’s Honours List, a release from the GLA (UK) said.

Positive wall

(Trinidad Express) Pathologist Dr Hubert Daisley yesterday told the family of Lance Corporal Curtis Marshall he erred when he stated the deceased soldier was murdered.

(BBC)Test Match Special commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins has died of cancer at the age of 67. 

]BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army fired rockets at a district of Damascus yesterday to try to drive out insurgents fighting their way closer to the seat of President Bashar al-Assad’s power.

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, commonly called Christmas Kalanchoe is loved by everyone. It originates from Madagascar and is a tropical succulent  flowering plant with thick fleshy spoon-shaped dark green leaves. 

HOBART, Tasmania, CMC – There was no glory for West Indies pinch-hitter Kieron Pollard but his Adelaide Strikers still managed to whip Hobart Hurricanes by 38 runs to move into firm contention for a place in the Big Bash League semi-finals here  yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra has expressed concern about errors creeping into Hinduism locally.

The election which took place yesterday in Venezuela was of a certain significance.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras has removed its ambassador to Colombia amid reports his personal aide was involved in a wild party held at the embassy of Honduras in Bogota which, according to media, was attended by prostitutes and where cell phones and computers were stolen.

In the ‘Pet Corner’ columns just before Christmas, we concluded our discussions on maladies associated with the female genital tract and reproduction. 

Senior Superintendents Owen Trotz and Courtney Ramsey are the new heads of the recently delinked ‘E’ and ‘F’ police divisions, respectively, the Guyana Police Force has announced.

    Gone fishing: A man and two boys enjoy an afternoon of fishing in a trench near Conversation Tree.

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