Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 9, 2013

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Cricket legend Brian Lara says his decision to select Darren Sammy as a member of the West Indies team was not because of his ability as a cricketer but because of his passion for the game.

SABANETA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Sitting under the shade of mango trees in the childhood backyard of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro kicked off his election campaign with a sentimental chat with members of the ex-president’s family.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran’s only nuclear power station today, killing 32 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Acting President Nicolas Maduro promised today to hike Venezuela’s minimum wage by about 40 percent if he is elected in a weekend vote to replace late socialist leader Hugo Chavez.

The funeral for former Minister of Education Dr Dale Bisnauth was held today at the Burns Memorial Presbyterian Church .

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman today said that he had received a letter from APNU’s Richard Allen indicating that he has resigned as a parliamentarian.

The funeral for former Minister of Education Dr Dale Bisnauth was held today at the Burns Memorial Presbyterian Church .

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Halle Berry is pregnant with her second child, her first with fiance Olivier Martinez, representatives for Berry said on Friday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A police sergeant attached to the Protective Services Division was Monday evening shot dead in Harbour View, East Kingston as he arrived home.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A visit by American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay-Z to Havana last week was a cultural trip that was fully licensed by the US Treasury Department, a source familiar with the itinerary said yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) The government of Barbados has been accused of being involved in a “huge cover-up” after local authorities trampled on the rights of Jamaican woman Shanique Myrie.

VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia,  (Reuters) – A veteran of the 1990s Balkan wars shot dead 13 people, including his mother, son and a two-year-old child in a dawn rampage through a small village in central Serbia today, authorities said.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea intensified threats of an imminent conflict against the United States and the South on Tuesday, warning foreigners to evacuate South Korea to avoid being dragged into a “merciless, sacred, retaliatory war”.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Admirers of Margaret Thatcher today mourned the “Iron Lady” who as Britain’s longest serving prime minister in over a century pitched free-market capitalism as the only medicine for her country’s crippled economy and the crumbling Soviet bloc.

The closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed around the city are being used by police, according to acting Commissioner Leroy Brumell but former Top Cop Winston Felix has described them as an utter waste of money.

Jamaican-born Canadian investor and billionaire Michael Lee-Chin is leading an investment team in Guyana on the invitation of former president Bharrat Jagdeo to seek possible investment opportunities.

Jamal Harris, 19, was fatally stabbed early yesterday morning during what police say was an attempt to rob a vendor at the Kitty Seawall, in Georgetown.

Two overseas-based consultants are expected to arrive later this month to assess the architecture of City Hall and advise on what needs to be done to restore the building to its glory.

Minister of Natural Re-sources and the Environment Robert Persaud yesterday denied promising parcels of land for persons who have been illegally mining at Marudi Mountain, in Region Nine, and dismissed claims that charges have not been laid against them in order to score political points with Rupununi residents.

As controversy rages over the siting of the Plaisance signal tower, the Office of the Demerara/Mahaica Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday announced that it has received a list of sixteen proposed sites for additional towers from the E-Gover-nance Project Director.

Alpha United, compliments of Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson first half strike in the ninth minute, were crowned Mayor’s Cup champions after they defeated newcomers Slingerz FC 1-0 in a hard fought encounter at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda, Sunday night.

The owner of Confidential Cabs was remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of attempted murder after he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC), with generous support from Bakewell and the National Milling Company (Namilco) has launched the Champions of Champions 20/20 Tournament.

AFC MP Moses Nagamootoo yesterday laced into the government for overspending and corruption and announced his party’s intention to cut “bad project allocations, waste and extravagance” from the proposed budget that he believes has been tailored to satisfy the insatiable appetite of the parasitic and bureaucratic class.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee was yesterday spared a mass opposition walkout during his budget debate presentation in which he said that the country’s increased economic growth and massive turnout at celebrations such as Phagwah, Mash and Easter are proof that citizens feel safe and secure.

As the presidential campaign heats up for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) elections on Friday, three of the four presidential candidates: Christopher Matthias, Ivan Persaud and Alfred King travelled to Linden for a final meeting with the General Council of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA).

Former Georgetown Football Association (GFA) secretary and current Petra Co-Director Marlon Cole is surprised at the support for former K&S Organisation Co-director Aubrey “Shanghai” Major’s in his bid to become president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)  as he served during Colin Klass’s tenure  which lacked accountability and transparency.

Survivors of the fatal Buck Hall crash, in which four persons died on Saturday, yesterday suggested that poor visibility may have led to the accident.

The government yesterday denied that it  had ignored local government in the planning of a controversial tower at the Plaisance Community Ground saying that the interim management body in the village deliberated on the matter at two separate statutory meetings and then gave approval.

With both APNU and the AFC signalling their intention to vote against planned expenditure for contentious government projects, like the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) expansion, PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali yesterday called for them to view the spending as being for the national good.

Newly elected Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Marissa Lowden says plans are afoot to tackle the issues of the sport and place rugby among the elite disciplines like football and cricket.

The trial of Marlon Braithwaite, who is accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, began in the High Court yesterday before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a 12-member jury.

Two men accused of murder pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter before Justice Franklyn Holder in the High Court last week.

When students and teachers from the Zeeburg Secondary and their innovative shrimp dryer, which won the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge national final, leave for the regional competition in Barbados tomorrow, they will have an entire village behind them.

Men’s singles top seed Anthony Downes defeated junior national player Daniel Lopes in straight sets 6-1, 7-6(7-4) in a match of the Assuria Invitational Classic at the Non Pariel Racket Centre last weekend.

Alfred Mentore fired his way to victory in the Beacons Ministries Inc.

Minister in the Ministry of Local Government, Norman Whittaker yesterday played up the number of health facilities in Region One (Barima/Waini) but he did not address what steps would be taken to prevent a recurrence of the gastro outbreak in recent weeks which left three children dead and hundreds of others sickened.

The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday said that it was working along with the Pakistan Cricket Board on finalizing the proposed tour of the regional by the Pakistan senior cricket team.

Five men who were last seen in the company of murdered miner Robert Hunter have been detained for questioning according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud who said that from all indications the man might have been killed during a drunken brawl.

Top Class went under to $100 Car by a 9-1 margin when the Guinness Greatest of the Streets football tournament continued Saturday at the Wisroc/Amelia’s Bus Park with eight fixtures.

Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry said the bantamweight title of Guyana will be his when he fights Hewley Robertson on April 20 at Princess Hotel on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) organized Fire Storm card.

The suspect in the murder of Randy Rafael of Kamwatta Village, North West District (NWD) who was found with a gunshot wound to the head last Saturday, committed suicide later the same day, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

Female teams Regal Champs and Trophy Stall Angels are through to the final of the Digital Technology/Chow Pow 10/10 Challenge Series after getting past 4R Lioness and Mike’s Wellwoman respectively on Sunday at the Uitvlugt Center Ground.

Dear Editor, Community playgrounds are open spaces for recreation and cultural development and this precedent of erecting towers should not be set by Government to diminish the playgrounds.

Nine-year-old Hannah Farinha of Marian Academy was among the 72 successful students who participated in the Guyana Karate College’s (GKC) first grading examinations for the year on March 30.

Police Sports Club produced their most dominant performance of the tournament to march their way into the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafood’s division two, two-day competition last weekend while the young Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) side produced a tactical rearguard effort that effectively blocked the Guyana National Industrial

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded Deon Charles to prison after he was charged with robbing a school girl of a cell phone and assaulting her.

The final rites and cremation for the late Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud will take place on Thursday April 11th 2013, his family said yesterday.

Police Sports Club defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by an innings and 125 runs in the lone fixture of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Hadi’s World Incorporated division one, two-day competition last weekend.

A juvenile, yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and was remanded to police custody pending a probation report, after he admitted to stealing a car which was parked outside of the Citizens Bank by a Guyana Defence Force officer.

Dear Editor, Guyanese woke up to the sad news that Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud passed away early Sunday morning.

St. John’s, Antigua – The semi-final line-up for the WICB Regional Super50 Tournament has been decided following an action-packed final round of preliminary matches on Sunday.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Sergio Aguero tore through the Manchester United defence to score a dazzling winner as Manchester City beat the Premier League leaders 2-1 yesterday to remind them they are still champions for a few more weeks.

Dear Editor, Readers might recall the recent debates between Mr E.B.

There has been a “bottom up” approach to development in indigenous communities, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai told the National Assembly last Friday as she disputed the claims by opposition speakers that government has been dictating to the Amerindian people.

Dear Editor, It is with great sadness I read of the passing of former Minister of Government and historian Dr.

A father of five was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with having an unlicensed firearm in his possession when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a man charged with break and enter and larceny to the value of $110,000 when he yesterday appeared in court to answer the charge.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a man to 10 months in jail yesterday after he tweeted details of the trial of his father and 93 other people accused of plotting to seize power in the Gulf Arab state, an Emirati activist said.

Dear Editor, I wish to publicly congratulate the people of Plaisance for standing up against the brutality of a greedy and uncaring administration.

Opposition group APNU is mourning the passing of former Education Minister Dr Dale Bisnauth and Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud.

ISLA NEGRA, Chile,  (Reuters) – The body of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, dead nearly four decades, was exhumed on Monday after his former driver said the poet was poisoned under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.

Dear Editor, I became a pensioner since 19-09-2011 and am still not receiving my pension from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) September 19, 2013, I will be sixty two years of age and still cannot receive my pension.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s caretaker president may have cooperated with the planners of a doomed cocaine-and-weapons smuggling scheme meant to arm Colombian rebels, according to U.S.

PAJU, South Korea,  (Reuters) – North Korea suspended its sole remaining major project with the South on Monday, after weeks of threats against the United States and South Korea, as Russian President Vladimir Putin said any nuclear conflict could make Chernobyl look like a fairy tale.

Last Friday, Bosai Mineral Inc. made two donations to benefit the residents of Region Ten when it donated six computers to the Region Ten Education Department and $400,000 towards the Linden Town Week event.

Dear Editor, My name is Laurie Greenidge and I reside at Diamond Housing Scheme.

During his visit here in March Haitian President and sitting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Michel Martelly provided confirmation of what we already knew …that more than three years after a devastating earthquake that claimed thousands of lives and wreaked monumental physical damage, the country still faces a long and arduous journey on the road to recovery. 

Dear Editor, Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away yesterday, the first female prime minister of Britain having led the country from 1979 to 1990.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Acting President Nicolas Maduro may struggle to advance the late Hugo Chavez’s socialist policies if he wins Venezuela’s election on Sunday, lacking both his predecessor’s iron grip on a disparate ruling coalition and the robust state finances that cemented his rule.

A minute of silence being observed in the National Assembly yesterday on the passing of former Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Reepu Daman Persaud on Sunday.

Police yesterday acting on a tip off found a shotgun and a cartridge in a field at Fort Ordinance, East Canje and ranks are trying to determine how it got there.

The National Gallery’s pick for this week’s ‘Classic Tuesdays’ movie is Fellini’s La Dolce Vita.

(SportsDirect) Carmelo Anthony recorded 36 points and 12 rebounds and J.R.