Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The United States is looking forward to “tangible progress” here on narcotics investigations, prosecution and extraditions, the annual report from the US State Department on the drug trade says.

(Reuters) – Pakistani spinner Abdur Rehman had a spell to forget in his country’s Asia Cup match against Bangladesh today, the left-armer sending down a hat-trick of illegal full tosses to finish with bizarre bowling figures of 0-0-8-0.

The screams of a terrified young girl pierced the early morning silence of Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara as she witnessed the brutal stabbing of her mother by her father, who subsequently hanged himself.

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) members are criticising main opposition coalition APNU over its reactive stance on the anti-money laundering amendment bill and party co-leader Dr Clive Thomas has proposed that the passage of “effective” legislation should be linked to clear and consistent demands.

A new policy being implemented by the Local Government Ministry may see Regional Executive Officers (REOs) losing percentages of their gratuity benefits where their performances are not up to scratch.

The prime minister’s son was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with assaulting and threatening his sister-in-law.

PPP/C Chief Whip  Gail Teixeira says that government did not follow through on its agreement to names its nominees to the long-delayed Public Procurement Commission (PPC) because the AFC failed to hold up its end of a bargain struck two weeks ago.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – The first witness at Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial told the court  yesterday she heard “bloodcurdling screams” from a woman followed by shots, a dramatic opening to a case that could see one of global sport’s most admired role models jailed for life.

Protesting police harassment and demanding justice, the father of the young girl who was hit down allegedly by a policeman’s car in 2012, held a one-man protest outside Police Headquarters, Eve Leary yesterday.

A burglar who was caught red-handed was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison after he admitted to stealing $20,000 worth of electronic equipment from a Mayor and City Council (M&CC) worker.

Reports are that the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) driver who was involved in the hit and run accident which took the life of Claude McPherson turned himself over to the police yesterday.

Young left-handers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Chandrapaul Hemraj will replace their senior counterparts Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan who have been ruled out of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Regional four-day second round match against Barbados at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Graeme Smith, one of the most dogged batsmen of his generation, stunned South Africa yesterday by announcing he will retire from international cricket at the end of the ongoing third test against Australia at Newlands.

The University of Guyana’s Student Society (UGSS) has noted with alarm the deplorable state of several toilets on campus and has taken drastic measures by closing two of these toilets.

Four more teams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Road to Mecca tournament, after second day action at the Cliff Anderson Sport last Sunday.

Godfrey Stewart was yesterday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for killing his reputed wife four years ago.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jahmar Hamilton struck his second first class hundred to propel Leeward Islands into a match-winning position on the penultimate day of their first round WICB Regional Four-Day clash against Combined Campuses and Colleges here yesterday.

Superintendent of Police Eon Moore said yesterday that investigations are ongoing into what exactly transpired when Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh crashed his vehicle into another on Republic night.

The top brass of the Guyana Police Force has been informed that Commissioner Leroy Brumell will officially retire at the end of the month and Crime Chief Seelall Persaud would be his replacement, sources say.

Godfrey Lowden demolished Steve David-Longe in his opening match of Guyana Tennis Association (GTA)/ Assuria Invitational Classic at Le Ressouvenir Tennis Club on Saturday.

Guyana’s undisputed middle and long distance King Cleveland Forde and CARICOM 10K winner Tonya Nero on Sunday won the male and female categories of the 20th Wartsila 20k road race which concluded on Water Street.

Shawn Gadadders, on trial for stealing peppers from a Bourda Market vendor, will spend the next six months in jail after finally admitting to the crime.

Dear Editor, I have noted some false and misleading information stated in the editorial captioned ‘It is a question of enforcement’ published on Sunday March 2, 2014 in Kaieteur News.

Stephen Lewis was elected unopposed as president of the Everest Cricket Club when the body held its Annual General Meeting Friday night last at the club’s pavilion.

A Ruimzight carpenter is now in jail following the alleged discovery of over one kilogramme of canna-bis on him at Port Kaituma, North West District.

Dear Editor, In an atmosphere of ongoing drug-related revelations, many Guyanese politicians, academics and other observers have said that our country is on the way to becoming a narco-state; the idea is alarming, so the merits are worth examining in some detail.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has branded tomorrow’s decisive third One-Day International against England as a virtual final, and says he expects the regional side to treat the game with that level of importance.

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter which was published by both the Stabroek News and the Kaieteur News on Saturday, March 1.

(The Sports Xchange) — – -DeMar DeRozan led the way with a team-high 32 points as the Toronto Raptors avenged an embarrassing December defeat to the Golden State Warriors with a 104 -98 points win Sunday night.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has a number of economic weapons to punish Russia for its military intervention in Ukraine, ranging from asset freezes to kicking Moscow out of the exclusive G8 group of countries, and President Barack Obama is focusing first on measures that would not require congressional action.

OSLO (Reuters) – Increasing similarity in diets worldwide is a threat to health and food security with many people forsaking traditional crops such as cassava, sorghum or millet, an international study showed yesterday.

Dear Editor, People rate Messrs Anil Nandlall, Ashni Singh, Irfaan Ali and Priya Manickchand as the leading ministers of government, according to the findings of an opinion survey conducted last week by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Captain Stuart Broad believes England’s nervy win in Sunday’s second One-Day International has given them impetus to complete a series triumph.

The Queen’s Baton: UNICEF Resident Representative Marianne Flach and a crowd of school children grasp the Queen’s Baton outside UNICEF Headquarters in Brickdam yesterday.

Police are seeking a second person of interest in last Monday’s murder of Paradise teen Patricia Younge, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday announced new fuel and automobile rules to cut soot, smog and toxic emissions, which it says will reduce asthma and heart attacks in the United States.

Dear Editor, Does the Ministry of Education have the service of a CXC mathematics representative in Guyana?

Star striker Gregory “Jackie Chan” Richardson’s  double set up a comprehensive 4-0 win for Alpha “The Hammer” United who trounced Pouderoyen Young Achievers on Sunday as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

LONDON (Reuters) – An independent Scotland would be a prosperous country that would retain close ties with the United Kingdom if voters choose to go it alone in the September 18 referendum, Scottish leader Alex Salmond will say today.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez urged sympathizers yesterday to maintain street protests against President Nicolas Maduro as the country’s foreign minister prepared to meet the United Nations Secretary General.

Dear Editor, News media seem to handle the natural environment as a backdrop to the daily dramas and delights of human life.

Digicel responded to an appeal from the headmistress of Hobodeia Primary school to outfit more than 100 hinterland pupils with shoes so that they could get to school safely.

A group calling itself the Cricket Stakeholders of Guyana (CSOG) says that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is peddling misinformation in its attempts to stop the passage of the Cricket Administration Bill 2012.

During the course of last week the Ministry of Education issued a public statement to the effect that it would shortly be hosting consultations on “professional standards for teachers.”

If Veronica Farias has her way each person in the indigenous Makushi villages perched on the edges of the north Rupununi savannah would be using natural oils, locally-made soap and medicine from trees.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s new PRO, Ms Tekia Hanover, for her letter, ‘Two new books from Caribbean Press delivered to the Ministry of Culture’ (Sunday Stabroek, March 2). 

HAVANA (Reuters) – Politically motivated arrests in Cuba topped 1,000 for a third straight month in February as the result of wider public demonstrations against the one-party state, a leading human rights organisation said yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica sent an early warning to their rivals as they brushed aside Guyana by seven wickets on the final day of their first round WICB Regional Four-Day game here yesterday.