Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 22, 2013

(WICB) Gros Islet, St Lucia – Two legends of West Indies cricket have hailed Windward Islands captain Darren Sammy for the gesture of withdrawing an appeal at the end of last Friday night’s Caribbean T20 match against Guyana.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Three people were wounded, one critically, today when gunfire erupted during an altercation between two people on a community college campus near Houston, police said, the latest in a series of shootings on U.S.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council today unanimously condemned North Korea’s December rocket launch and expanded existing U.N.

GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia,  CMC-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dr.

U.S. Ambassador to Guyana D. Brent Hardt welcomed guests on Monday from Guyana’s government, private sector, civil society, and diplomatic community to share in the historic, second Inauguration of President Barack Obama.

One body has been recovered and eight persons are missing after two boats collided earlier today in the vicinity of Crab Falls, in the Mazaruni River, Essequibo.

A  Guyanese man is one of three persons scheduled to go on trial in the Dutch Caribbean island of St Maarten for the murder of a couple from South Carolina, US.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s bespectacled and shaven-headed information minister stands solemnly at the microphone to impart the latest news on President Hugo Chavez’s cancer.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A cloud of harmless gas smelling of sweat and rotten eggs leaked from a chemicals factory in northwest France and drifted across the English Channel as far as London today.

NIAMEY/BAMAKO,  (Reuters) – Chadian forces advanced towards the Mali border today as an African troop deployment and a U.S.

Three persons were today charged with the murder of a security guard during the multi-million dollar armed heist in Lethem last weekend.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Association (TTCA) is seeking the assistance of the government to retain the services of its Indian Premier League (IPL) players for the 2013 Champions league T20.

GT&T customers in the Catherine, East Coast area were last evening left without internet service following a vehicular accident at Airy Hall, Mahaicony which damaged a GT&T pole and burnt the attached telephone cable.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland,  CMC- Former president of the Dominica Football Association (DFA) Patrick John has dropped his appeal against a two-year FIFA ban in the bribery case involving Mohamed Bin Hammam.

SYDNEY, Australia,  CMC-West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels has accused Australian legend Shane Warne of going “overboard” in a “desperate” attempt to unsettle him during an ugly confrontation in the Big Bash League.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez is undergoing physical therapy to hasten his return home after he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba last month, Bolivian President Evo Morales said today.

Opposition Leader David Granger is to move a motion on Friday for the setting up of a National Heritage Commission which would promote national appreciation for the “diverse cultural strains which enrich society”.

In February, the Universal Peace Federation (UPF)  of which Guyana and other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are members, will be observing Foundation Day with members convening in Guyana for the first time under the chairmanship of Reverend Dong-Mo Shin, the Government Information Agency said.

Many in Linden were in shock at the recent news of the tragic death of a Wisroc Housing Scheme, Wismar man who resided in Queens, New York.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has issued a warning that there is no bigger threat to the future viability of tourism in the region than crime.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova’s biggest challenge to achieving her second Australian Open title, apart from Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams, could actually be between her ears.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic showed no signs of any lasting fatigue to overcome Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-4 on Tuesday and advance to the Australian Open semi-finals.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Three blasts, including a suicide bomber attack near an army base, killed least 17 people across Baghdad today, the latest violence as Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki faces increasing pressure from a political crisis.

(Trinidad Express) The Peoples’s National Movement (PNM) won all 12 seats in yesterday’s Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) cannot just keep raising prices every year, ANSA McAL’s chief operating officer Gerry Brooks has said.

(Trinidad Express) The People’s Partnership administration played right into the hands of the People’s National Movement (PNM).

The Ministry of Local Government came under fire during yesterday’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting for the local democratic organs that have neglected to submit their financial statements to be scrutinised by the Auditor General’s Office for several years.

Approximately one month after allegations surfaced that he was being mistreated by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Private Akeem Charles was yesterday dishonourably discharged from the army.

A gang of men attacked a woman in her Ruimzight, West Coast Demerara home and after battering her escaped with $3.8 million in cash on Sunday night.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A confident President Barack Obama kicked off his second term yesterday with an impassioned call for a more inclusive America that rejects partisan rancor and embraces immigration reform, gay rights and the fight against climate change.

Unsatisfied with the investigation of Sideek Juman’s murder, his family has taken the unusual step of offering a reward for information that could lead to his killer(s) being brought to justice.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge said that the government has not provided a full answer to his question as to details regarding state lands last December.

The callous dumping of hospital waste near Red Village, on the Essequibo Coast is continuing, the AFC said yesterday, while announcing that it will write to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and other relevant bodies about the “disaster” in the making.

The Ocean View International Hotel, which was flooded a week ago after waves overtopped the seawall between Kitty and the University of Guyana road at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, is back in business.

A man, who last evening snatched a BlackBerry Torch from a young lady on Church Street, was caught by public-spirited citizens before he could escape and handed over to the police.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development says it will aggressively pursue relocation of roadside vendors this year to market tarmacs that were handed over last year and will resort to police help if necessary.

Jasmattie Pooran, the elderly woman who was found bound, gagged and dead in her Guava Bush, Albion, Corentyne home on Saturday, died of suffocation.

The AFC would not have supported Opposition Leader David Granger’s motion for a Commission of Inquiry into criminal violence in its current form and this is one possible reason why it was deferred, according to party leader Khemraj Ramjattan.

Two men were on Sunday evening pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre after the car they were travelling in lost control and toppled numerous times at the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

The winning choirs at the inaugural at the National Song Festival are set to receive their prizes today at a ceremony scheduled for the Umana Yana at 5 pm.

A customs broker was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on charges of having unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

Manager of the Guyana T20 cricket team that ended as runners up to Trinidad and Tobago in the just concluded West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional T20 cricket competition Alvin Johnson said that despite the disappointment of losing in the final, he viewed the tournament as successful.

A city constable was stabbed in his chest on Sunday night, during an attempt to capture three robbers caught red-handed trying to rob stalls at the Bourda Market.

Newly elected president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson and his executive will be aiming to implement changes in the association in order for local athletes to be more competitive on the world stage.

Two men accused of murdering two women, one in 2006 and the other in 2007, yesterday had their pleas of guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter accepted by different judges at the Demerara Assizes.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-The Association of Caribbean Media Workers Association (ACM) yesterday welcomed news that organizers were re-considering a US 100 accreditation fee for media workers covering the 42nd Junior CARIFTA Games in The Bahamas.

The post-mortem examinations performed on the bodies of Narendra Thakoor, who committed suicide after he chopped his partner Bhanmattie Devi Bacchus to death last week at Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, revealed that they died of poison ingestion and haemorrahaging respectively.

Dear Editor, There is a deafening silence from GPL, its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Bharat Dindiyal, and its Berbice Manager, Mr Ayube Bacchus regarding the woefully unreliable supply of electricity in Berbice.

Rajendra Chandrika missed a century by 10 runs but despite the occasional drizzle on a day of stop start cricket, Demerara captured first innings points against defending Inter County four-day champs GT&T Berbice at the end of the second day’s play of the Guyana Cricket Board tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.After

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was one of the biggest questions of yesterday’s inaugural ceremonies: not what would President Barack Obama say, but what would his wife, Michelle Obama, wear.

The potential for commercial helicopter services in Guyana is a goldmine of opportunity, says Air Services Limited (ASL) General Manager Annette Arjoon-Martins, who also declared that since ASL commenced operations last year it has only scratched the surface of this but highly demanded service.

Dear Editor, The census is apparently over. No one visited my home and I live in an area that cannot be easily missed.

Off-spinner Steven Latcha bagged a five-for to help bowl the President’s XI to first innings points over Essequibo on the second day of their four-day Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County match at the Wales Community Development Centre ground.

Unable to provide the court with his full address, a man facing a robbery charge was remanded yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Guyana Elections Commission’s (Gecom) fourth cycle of continuous registration began yesterday and will end on May 18.

Dear Editor, Guyana was given a thorough hiding by Trinidad in the finals, but under the conditions and considering form during the tournament this was not an altogether surprising conclusion.

Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice star rider Neil Reece was recently honoured by sponsor and Rose Hall Town, Corentyne businessman Mark Lewis of A.

Twenty-one women were examined for signs of cervical cancer when the Ministry of Health hosted its Visual Inspection with Ascetic Acid (VIA) clinic at the Parliament Office recently.

Dear Editor, Now Dr David Dabydeen has come to the defence of the esoteric ‘Caribbean Press’.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin has attributed team work as the main reason behind Trinidad and Tobago’s historic milestone after they blew away Guyana to win the Caribbean T20 title for a third consecutive year.

Dear Editor, As national and regional leaders plan for this year’s Mashramani celebrations and as fellow Guyanese prepare to take part in those activities, I merely want (through your medium) to remind fellow Guyanese that six significant anniversaries will occur this year.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC-West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels has escaped punishment for his role in an ugly clash with Shane Warne, captain of the Melbourne Stars during a match of the Australian Big Bash League.

A father of 12 was yesterday granted $30,000 bail after he denied a break-and-enter-and-larceny charge when he appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada , CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has rejected a request from the Grenada Cricket Association (GCA) for a possible change in venue for next month’s three One Day international matches between Zimbabwe and West Indies carded for Grenada.

Dear Editor, Augeus, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years when Hercules was assigned the job.

A man was yesterday remanded on charges that he broke into his cousin’s house and stole a sum of money and a quantity of gold jewellery.

Dear Editor, It is over a year now since the new government came into office.

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s prime minister accused a Canadian of coordinating last week’s raid on a desert gas plant and, praising the storming of the complex where 38 mostly foreign hostages were killed, he pledged to resist the rise of Islamists in the Sahara.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer delivered a lesson to the next generation at the Australian Open, extending his record to a 35th consecutive grand slam quarter-final after Serena Williams set up a clash with her would-be successor.

JIUQUAN, China (Reuters) – China could be considering relaxing its harsh one-child policy because of women like Hu Yanqin, who lives in a village at the edge of the Gobi desert.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) member Omesh Dhanram led his adopted side the University Of Guyana (UG) to first innings honours when the sides met on Saturday in the Noble House Seafood’s second division two-day competition at the DCC ground, Queenstown.

Dear Editor,     As society evolves, different phenomena display themselves, some of which are beneficial, some harmful, etc, and some which are amusing, depending on the viewpoint.

A sizeable crowd was treated to a six goal thriller as Queen’s College and South Ruimveldt battled to a 3-3 draw in the latest action of the Milo U20 School football tournament at the Ministry of Education Ground Carifesta Avenue yesterday.

Dear Editor, The double standards being pursued by government are providing much cause for concern in Guyana.

DIABALY, Mali (Reuters) – French and Malian armoured columns rolled into the towns of Diabaly and Douentza in central Mali yesterday afer the al Qaeda-linked rebels who had seized them fled into the bush to avoid air strikes.

CARACAS  (Reuters) – Hugo Chavez is joking and giving instructions again, an ally said yesterday, in the latest positive comment from an official six weeks after the Venezuelan president’s disappearance from public sight for cancer surgery in Cuba.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) completed a dominant victory over Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) when the Hadi’s World Incorporated/City Mall first division two-day competition resumed last weekend at Camp Ayanganna.

Dear Editor, The exchange on rape and women’s dress has of late fallen into a thicket of non sequitur and irrelevance.

This past week or so, two foreign investors, one Canadian, the other Chinese, made public some of the pertinent details of what would appear to be pretty impressive plans to invest in the country’s gold mining and forest products sectors.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi are deeply disturbed by the continued bloodshed in Syria, where more than 60,000 people have been killed in 22 months of civil war, the United Nations said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Cross-dressing, semi-literate, potty-mouthed clowns aren’t supposed to run for Congress.

SHANGHAI – China’s economy is at a crossroads. As 2013 begins, foreign and domestic observers alike are asking which path the country’s economic development should take in the next decade.