Articles published on Monday, February 25, 2013
(Jamaica Gleaner) Darryl Heeralal was dismissed yesterday after posting racist remarks on his Facebook page regarding protest action by residents of a poor neighbourhood, following a vehicular accident on Sunday that left four people dead, including a mother and her two daughters.
ROME, (Reuters) – The outcome of Italy’s national election is still uncertain but what is already clear is that the massive winner is Beppe Grillo, a shaggy haired comedian whose anti-establishment 5-Star movement could well become the country’s largest party.
The Ministry of Natural Resources today said that cease work orders were slapped on three unauthorized dredges in the Marudi Mountain area in Region 9 and 11 others were instructed to move on.
ALMATY, (Reuters) – Major powers will offer Iran some sanctions relief during talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week if Tehran agrees to curb its nuclear programme, a U.S.
(WICB) St George’s, Grenada – Fresh from his magnificent, match-winning century on Sunday, Ramnaresh Sarwan is looking for more “significant contributions” as he continues his return to the game at the international level.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Singer Janet Jackson said today that she married her Qatari businessman boyfriend last year, quashing media reports of upcoming nuptials.
A Partnership for National Unity this afternoon condemned a ruling by Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman on the no-confidence campaign against Home Minister Clement Rohee as riddled with errors, contradictory and of questionable legal soundness.
(Trinidad Express) SOCA superstar Machel Montano will serve no prison time.
The police today said that the file on a complaint of rape by a woman against a GDF Major is to be sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions today.
(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reiterated the Jamaica Government’s position on shifting Jamaica further away from its neo-colonial state by putting plans in place to remove The Queen as Jamaica’s head of state.
(Jamaica Gleaner) THE SOUNDS of multiple gunshots, followed by screeching car tyres and the cries of a weeping wife shattered the silence in the Queensborough, St Andrew, community yesterday morning.
(BBC) An unbeaten 75 from debutant Moises Henriques averted a fourth-day defeat for Australia, who closed just 40 ahead of India at 232-9 in the first Test.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict has changed Catholic Church law to allow a successor to be elected early, the Vatican said on Monday, as a senior cleric’s resignation added to the sense of an institution in crisis.
(Barbados Nation) Legal authorities in Britain are investigating a huge Caribbean hotel property scheme that involves Barbados, after nearly 3 000 Britons pumped £250 million (about BDS$800 million) of their savings into it.
(Trinidad Express) A TEENAGER on his way to share Sunday lunch with his mother was shot dead in John John, East Port of Spain, yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) The University of the West Indies (UWI) will be the beneficiary of three new chairs of learning to be located at the St Augustine campus.
(Trinidad Express) SEA LOTS residents exploded in sporadic fits of rage yesterday and some even cried as they expressed their emotions after a car driven by an off-duty police officer ploughed into six residents on the pavement just after 9 a.m.,
Despite the heroic efforts of his brother to save him from his attackers, the stab wounds were too much and 25-year-old Enterprise, East Coast Demerara businessman, Kumar Mohabir succumbed yesterday after he was attacked by about seven men during Mashramani celebrations on Saturday.
Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday condemned state TV NCN’s ban of this year’s calypso competition offerings and the Region Ten administration plans to “seek redress” for those whose songs have been shunned to “ensure it does not happen again,” Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon said.
Former leading executive of the PPP, Ralph Ramkarran has called for a change in the system of governance noting that the executive presidency is not answerable at all for executive decisions.
The police say they are probing the murder of miner George Cardario, 51 years, of Middle Mazaruni, which occurred at about 0330h yesterday at Middle Mazaruni.
The two bills passed by the opposition are yet to reach the desk of Attorney-General Anil Nandlall weeks after they were approved by the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
The body of a Sophia child was taken to the Lyken Funeral Parlour yesterday afternoon after he drowned in an almost full five-gallon bucket of water.
Justice B.S. Roy on Friday denied an application by GT&T for a stay pending appeal of a historic ruling awarding damages to a former customer and declaring its monopoly illegal however the court granted a two-week interim reprieve for GT&T to challenge the decision not to grant a stay before the Court of Appeal.
Professor Emeritus Alvin Thompson has called for more statues to be erected in honour of individuals who have played instrumental parts in Guyana’s nation building, including former presidents Forbes Burnham and Cheddi Jagan.
Advisor to the Government of South Sudan, Ambassador Deepak Vohra is in Guyana assessing opportunities and challenges facing the country’s sugar industry, the Government Information Agency reported on Friday.
Government and the Region Ten administration are expected on Friday to finalise the naming of chairpersons of the technical and economic committees established after July’s tariff protests, Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon said yesterday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, on Friday launched the Guyana Diaspora Project (GUYD) at the Embassy of Guyana in Washington, DC.
On the grill! Preparing to feed those who were ‘working it’ during Saturday’s Annual Mashramani Costume and Float Parade.
A taxi driver accused of assaulting a woman was on Friday placed on self bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to a charge of unlawful assault.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Stroke-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan put to rest lingering fears about his future by crafting his first international century in nearly three years, as West Indies coasted to a an easy seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day series here yesterday.
Two men, who assaulted each other over a butt touching joke which was misconstrued were on Friday fined $25,000 each when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Shemaine Campbelle’s maiden One-Day International century proved in vain as Sri Lanka Women beat West Indies Women by four wickets to level their three-match series at 1-1 here yesterday.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Debutant Kyle Abbott took nine wickets as South Africa completed a 3-0 series sweep over Pakistan with a crushing innings and 18 run victory in the third and final cricket test at Centurion yesterday.
Cool down time: Mashing is thirsty work and this snow-cone vendor was ready to cool down whoever needed it during Saturday’s Annual Mashramani Costume and Float Parade.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Justin Guillen’s half-century proved the difference as Trinidad and Tobago won their second straight match of the Regional Super50 with a three-wicket win over Leeward Islands here yesterday.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Left-handed opener Devon Smith continued to force his way into West Indies contention, striking his third century in six innings here yesterday to power Windward Islands to a strong seven-wicket victory over Guyana.
Flags at the ready: These spectators had their flags at the ready to wave during Saturday’s Annual Mashramani Costume and Float Parade.
Hard work and dedication were the keys to star cyclist Paul DeNobrega’s success in 2012 which enabled him to be selected as the Junior Sportsman of the Year.
Dear Editor, The current state of the National Assembly and the Speaker’s rulings are demonstrations that he is out of his depth as Speaker of the House.
ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – African leaders signed a U.N.-mediated deal yesterday aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and paving the way for the deployment of a new military brigade to take on rebel groups.
Dear Editor, During the latter part of last year I travelled to New York from Guyana, only to become a victim of the EZjet fiasco.
Star cyclist Alonzo Greaves yesterday powered his way to his fifth win of the season when he blitzed a star-studded field to claim the 22nd annual R&R International 40-mile road race.
Dear Editor, Some parliamentary sittings are really embarrassing the people of this country.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict, speaking in his last Sunday address before becoming the first pope in some six centuries to step down, said he was following God’s wishes and that he was not abandoning the Roman Catholic Church.
(BBC) Captain Mahendra Dhoni hit an imperious unbeaten maiden double Test century as India closed day three of the first Test with Australia 135 ahead at 515-8 yesterday.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter, ‘Flawed criticism of Cheddi Jagan,’ SN, Feb 21.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro announced yesterday he will step down from power after his second term ends in 2018, and the new parliament named a 52-year-old rising star to become his first vice president and most visible successor.
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers registered a comprehensive 107-94 win over the Utah Jazz at the Staples Center on Saturday to rebound from their thrashing at the hands of San Antonio Spurs on Thursday.
Moulding the nation: The Guyana Teachers Union queen costume on Saturday during the Annual Mashramani Costume and Float Parade.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has given U.S. special forces two weeks to leave a key battleground province after accusations that Afghans working for them tortured and killed innocent people, the president’s spokesman said yesterday.
New Frontiers: Banks Beer parading the streets of Georgetown with their costume (New Frontiers ) at the Annual Mashramani Parade on Saturday.
Gavin Todd shot net 62 capture the inaugural ECI Engineering Services Mash Day Golf Tournament played Saturday at Lusignan golf Club.
Interviews by Neola Damon with photographs by Arian Browne Last week, a decision was taken to ban the calypsos sung by the top ten finalists in this year’s calypso monarch competition from airplay on NCN radio after a government minister found the winning song “God Nah Sleep” to be objectionable.
Dear Editor, This is the nature of the beast that Guyanese have to contend with in the modern era that is 2013.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Dire warnings from Washington about a “cyber Pearl Harbor” envision a single surprise strike from a formidable enemy that could destroy power plants nationwide, disable the financial system or cripple the U.S.
By virtue of his decisive ruling on the question of whether there should be any restraint on the participation by the Minister of Home Affairs in the activities of Parliament, the Speaker of the National Assembly Mr Raphael Trotman has made two important declarations.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;… Where words come from the depth of truth; Where knowledge is free;… Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action – Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Argo” stormed to Best Picture victory at the Oscars on Sunday on a night of surprises that ended in disappointment for frontrunner “Lincoln” and handed the most overall wins – four – to “Life of Pi.”
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Anne Hathaway won her first Oscar yesterday and harrowing Austrian film Amour was voted Best Foreign Language Film as the movie industry scattered its highest honours across multiple films.
