Daily Archive: Sunday, July 14, 2013

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Actress Halle Berry and French actor Olivier Martinez were married over the weekend in France, her representative said today.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- West Indies bowlers and batsmen failed to capitalize on an early breakthrough from promising fast bowler Jason Holder allowing come-back kid Shahid Afridi to unleash a game transforming all-round performance to lead Pakistan to a 126 run win in their first ODI at the Guyana national stadium today.

(Jamaica Observer) The Chinese community in Jamaica is reeling under pressure from law enforcers and the lawbreakers.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Tearful former double sprint world champion Tyson Gay said today he had tested positive for a substance he could not identify and was pulling out of next month’s world championships in Moscow.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has confirmed that five Jamaican athletes have tested positive for banned substances.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) After being informed by her doctor that she would never get pregnant, it was a miracle when 19-year-old Danielle Young gave birth to not one, not two, but three girls at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston two weeks ago.

(Trinidad Express) The board of directors of Claxton Bay producer Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) was yesterday prevented from holding its annual general meeting after an injunction was granted at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain in favour of a number of the company’s shareholders.

(Trinidad Express) Scandal-plagued Austin Jack Warner, the man seeking to pull off his political comeback in Chaguanas West, actively solicited and received millions of dollars from wealthy business interests that do work for the State.

SANFORD, Fla.,  (Reuters) – A Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman on Saturday for the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, setting free a man who had become a polarizing figure in the national debate over racial profiling and self-defense laws.

PPP/C parliamentary whip Gail Teixeira says that an amendment in 2003 to the 2003 Procurement Bill phasing out the role of Cabinet had not been approved by the then government and this was why a change to the Act was now being sought.

Hosts West Indies will seek to gain revenge against tourists Pakistan when the two unpredictable teams renew a battle in Guyana after an almost two-year-long hiatus today at the National Stadium, Providence.

In wet, windy conditions at the National Park yesterday, Roraima Bikers Club’s (RBC), Alanzo Greaves reigned over his rivals in the feature 35-lap event of the second annual Malta Supreme 11-race cycle programme.

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford Just before one crosses the Mahaica Bridge, there is a small fishing community tucked away between the high trees and windy roads.

.Port Kaituma silenced home side North West Secondary by a 4-1 score line in their semifinal encounter as action in the Digicel Secondary Schools National U-18 Football Tournament continued at the Mabaruma Community Centre ground, Region One (Barima/Waini) yesterday.

Business at a popular city restaurant where alleged visa fraudster Edy Duran and his associates used to meet to discuss money transactions and prospective candidates for US visas has fallen considerably since the story broke, sources say.

The 640 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana found stashed in a container full of cars at the John Fernandes Terminal at Industrial Site, Back Road may have been heading to Europe where there is said to be an increasing demand for high grade marijuana, sources say.

When local bodybuilding is discussed, the mere mention of the title Mr Guyana suggests it is no ordinary award and that it is earned only by those who truly reach the pinnacle of physical accomplishment.

World Number Six Nicolette Fernandes will feature in today’s finals against Alex Arjoon and Ashley Khalil when the Digicel Senior National Championship concludes at the Georgetown Club courts.

Bai Shan Lin’s Chairman Wenze Chu has denied that the company, which is undertaking a US$100 million forestry operation in Guyana, has broken any law and insists that it will be adhering to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) regulations and standards as it seeks to move forward.

The selectors have given an extraordinary vote of confidence to the West Indies squad for the opening ODIs of the brief series of five against Pakistan, the first two of which, today and Tuesday, bring international cricket back to Guyana for the first time since 2011.

At least one of the females rescued from 14 Miles, Region 7 last weekend was already known to the system as she had been removed from her mother’s home and placed in a state shelter before being returned by the authorities.

Local hotel chain, Sleepin International has offered sponsorship for the upcoming Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic IV, which will be held on August 17 at the Police Sports Club Ground and August 18 at MSC Ground, Linden.

Chairman of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-op Society and Berbice Anti-Piracy Committee (BAPC) Pravinchandra Deodat has defended the decision by his group to hand over five Guyanese men caught carrying out a pirate attack in the Corentyne River to authorities in Suriname.

Part 6 Last week’s column indicated that the financing arrangements for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), envisaged GPL playing a pivotal two-pronged role.

There has been a detailed engineering review of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn said on Friday, and laboratory work is currently being done.

Note to Readers Over the past month I have been engaged with the editorial management on the Stabroek News over an apology they offered to Mr Ron Webster in connection with his controlling share acquisition in Caribbean Containers Inc, a company of which he has at all material times been Chief Executive Officer.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling for the recently set up Central Intelligence Unit (CIU), which remains shrouded in secrecy, to be governed by a legislative framework and not by political bosses.

Cattleya are natives of South and Central America and the Caribbean. 

(This column originally appeared in the ‘Caricom Review Magazine,’ July 2013) We have been at it as far back as 1921, when the Jamaican legislature saw a motion to ask the British Colonial Office to consult the other islands on the idea of a federation – this notion of regional unity, that is.

A 26-year-old miner was on Friday evening stabbed to death at Soesdyke during a fight with the father of his fiancée’s two children following which the alleged killer went on the run from the police.

Sport is an inexhaustible source of good conversation and friendly disputation.

While the local television news was being read during last week, my attention was attracted to the announcement by the interviewee at a press conference to pay attention to the ‘algebraic’ equation about to be announced.

A 23-year-old Lethem resident died from drowning as he attempted to change the gear of a truck that had skidded off a road at Katunarib, South Central Rupununi ending up in a creek on Friday night.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods still needs medication and treatment on his left elbow but does not believe the injury will pose a problem in next week’s British Open at Muirfield, Scotland.

For many economists, journalists and commentators, the Doha development round at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) died a while back, but has yet to be laid to rest. 

The surprising support for Egypt’s military coup in US, European and Middle Eastern political circles may turn into a bad precedent for Latin America — it could help legitimize the idea that there are ‘good’ military coups.

The presence of touts at the 32 bus park ‒ Parika  to Georgetown route ‒ continues to cause distress to passengers and minibus operators who say they want the touts off of the park for good.

(Reuters) – The Houston Rockets introduced their “Superman” yesterday with the official announcement they had signed three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard to a four-year free agent deal.

PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) – Dozens of people were trampled at Spain’s San Fermin bull run on Saturday when they were trapped at the narrow entrance to the bullring with the bulls that had been chasing them.

The 2013 renewal of Guyana’s National Drama Festival was launched in June by the Minister of Culture Youth and Sport. 

A glittering-throated emerald hummingbird (Amazilia fimbriata) at Maswa, Essequibo Islands, Guyana. 

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt announced a criminal investigation yesterday against deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, with prosecutors saying they were examining complaints of spying, inciting violence and ruining the economy.

LYON, France (Reuters) – Italy’s Matteo Trentin gave the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team their fourth Tour de France win this year when he claimed the 14th stage at the end of a long-range breakaway yesterday.

Last week, we began our discussion on the care of the mother dog after she has given birth (post partum). 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Fugitive former US spy contractor Edward Snowden controls dangerous information that could become the United States’ “worst nightmare” if revealed, a journalist familiar with the data said in a newspaper interview.

(Reuters) – Martina Hingis was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame yesterday, becoming one of the youngest members to be enshrined in one of the sport’s most elite clubs.

(Cricinfo) – Four days of enthralling, gut-wrenching and at times quite remarkable Ashes cricket came to rest at Trent Bridge with England favourites to take a 1-0 lead in the Investec Test series.

A Bartica businessman accidentally shot himself in the buttocks after he had already discharged a round that hit an eighteen-year-old girl in the foot at a popular Bartica bar on Friday night.

(Reuters) – Violence flared for a second night around traditional Orange Day parades in Northern Ireland, with police coming under attack from petrol bombs, fireworks, stones and bottles and responding with water cannon.

This recipe shows corn being used in two ways – canned and dried.

Dear Editor, Last week had its share of surprises.  There was Vincent Alexander with his ‘revelations.’

(Reuters) – In-form striker Chris Wondolowski scored twice to steer the United States to a comfortable 4-1 win over Cuba yesterday and a guaranteed place in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals.

(Trinidad Guardian) On Monday July 1, Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal announced to reporters his “intention”  to approach “in a day or two” the “editor and owners of the Guardian.”

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago when I commented on the wrongness of Peeping Tom’s postulations on local government, he/she responded and prefaced that response by declaring that the response was an exceptional act, since directly responding to critiques of  his/her columns was against the norm and editorial policy.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has abruptly cancelled plans to build its largest uranium processing plant in a southern Chinese city, a day after hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding the project be scrapped, a local government website said yesterday.

Karpov v Kasparov White: Anatoly Karpov Black: Garry Kasparov World Championship Match Moscow, 1985 Game 16 October 15, 1985 1.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Olympic 3,000m steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi was beaten by teenager Conseslus Kipruto at the Kenyan trials for the world athletics championships yesterday but still made the team for Moscow next month.

The impact of Mr Vincent Alexander’s letter published in this newspaper on Thursday was the equivalent in the physical universe of being hit by a rock from the asteroid belt.