Sammy retires from tests after Ramdin takes WI captaincy
(Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy announced his retirement from test cricket today after he was replaced as captain by wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.
Articles published on Friday, May 9, 2014
(Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy announced his retirement from test cricket today after he was replaced as captain by wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.
President Donald Ramotar signing the book of condolence for the former Governor of the Central Bank, Lawrence Williams who passed away this week.
The family of the late Central Bank Governor Lawrence Williams with President Donald Ramotar today at the opening of the book of condolence at the Bank of Guyana.
The multi-faith crematorium at Le Repentir cemetery is nearing completion. (Arian Browne photo)
Work on this koker at Buxton has ground to a halt because of needed repairs to a dragline.
The iron dance being executed by this caterpillar machine during an unveiling by MACORP of new machines this week.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s office today announced that he has filed three actions seeking a total of $186M on performance bonds for three projects including a section of the Amaila Falls Access Road.
The PPP today issued the following statement on the suspension of the LEAD project to enable further talks between Guyana and the US.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 9, CMC – West Indies selectors have ended Darren Sammy’s near four-year reign as captain and appointed wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin in his place for the upcoming New Zealand series.
The Council of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday ratified the appointment of Ramesh Persaud, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED), as Chairman of the Commission, replacing Ronald Webster who passed away on April 27, 2014, a release from the PSC said.
(Barbados Nation) Ireland’s High Court is being asked to force Rihanna to withdraw comments she allegedly made about her former Irish head of security.
Guyana and the United States yesterday announc-ed that they have agreed to temporarily put the contentious Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) Project on hold to facilitate talks between the two governments.
A man was gunned down by a masked assailant in Albouystown early yesterday morning while playing cards with friends.
-but Chand says figure still too low The Guyana Sugar Corporation has surpassed its first crop target with just under 75,000 tonnes of sugar produced as of yesterday.
By Mario Joseph City Council spokesman Royston King was yesterday installed as the officer performing the duties of Town Clerk even as Carol Sooba maintained that councillors did not have the authority to oust her from the post and warned that they could face jail for contempt of court.
-after no-case submissions overruled The two men accused of raping and murdering nine-year-old Sade Stoby at Mocha yesterday led their defence after Justice Navindra Singh overruled no-case submissions made by their lawyers.
-family says GPL ignored loose wire report, illegal connection being probed A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted on Wednesday while bathing in his yard at Goed Fortuin and his family is accusing the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) of ignoring its complaints about a loose wire that was responsible.
A senior citizen died yesterday morning after he crashed his car into a utility pole along the Diamond Access Road.
The family of Alex Griffith, the teen shot in the mouth last week by a policeman, yesterday joined with rights groups and activists to protest the delay in charging the lawman.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Darren Sammy is set to be axed as West Indies Test captain and replaced by Denesh Ramdin for the upcoming New Zealand series, the Trinidad Guardian is reporting.
(IPLT20) Table-toppers Kings XI Punjab go up against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Match 31 of Pepsi IPL 2014 today.
The Guyana Defence Force has completed investigations and has begun instituting penalties against the officers fingered in the beating of a 17-year-old Essequibo teen late last month.
A Kitty man will be spending the next three years in jail after being found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.
Harriet Philadelphia, the 66-year-old woman who died in a motorcycle collision on Tuesday, was said to be riding to Transport Sports Club on Thomas Road to sell food when the fatal accident occurred.
Four witnesses offered evidence yesterday in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Dellon Abrams, who stands accused of killing policeman Seburn Elias, during a brief escape on January 6, 2014.
A scheme to make quick money by selling marijuana has landed a man in prison after he unwittingly sold the drug to a policeman.
A city woman is in police custody after about half a kilogram of cocaine was found in a package she was attempting to post to Spain yesterday afternoon, head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) James Singh has confirmed.
A Lethem man was placed on $100,000 bail yesterday after denying that he chopped another man to the head and the body after being called a thief.
Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday raised concern about the Audit Office’s finding that the Finance Ministry failed to pay government’s share of 24% of the proceeds of the Guyana Lotteries Fund to the Consolidated Fund.
Two Venezuelans who admitted that they illegally entered Guyana to conduct business were yesterday fined and ordered to be deported.
Leon Walcott was re-elected to chair the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities when the group hosted its second biennial general meeting late last month.
– GCCI President says telecoms liberalization ‘can’t come fast enough’ Guyana continues to lag behind much of the Caribbean Community in terms of effective implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) both as a cross-cutting component to impact positively on the other sectors of the economy and as a sector to stand up on its own.
Georgetown Football Association first division league Fruta Conquerors rebounded from their earlier loss, mauling Beacons by an 8-1 margin when the Stag Beer-sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league continued on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
(Reuters) – Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan says in a new book that he considered himself a racist growing up.
If all goes well, Guyana could have its first ICT-driven Smart School later this year, arising out of a currently unfolding initiative involving the world-renowned technology giant Samsung and the local communication technology service provider Starr Computers Ltd.
The proliferation of eating houses of one sort or another around the city has given rise to the need for appreciably heightened levels of vigilance as far as service providers’ attention to issues of safety and health and standards on the whole are concerned.
The coaches of the Demerara and Berbice under-19 teams are both confident of their team’s chances of success as they head into the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County Under-19 three-day tourney on today at Everest and the GCC grounds respectively.
(Reuters) – Andy Murray was overwhelmed 6-3 6-2 by Santiago Giraldo and champion Rafa Nadal showed signs of rustiness before reaching the Madrid Open quarter-finals with a 6-1 6-4 win over Jarkko Nieminen yesterday.
Milerock FC coach Brian Joseph says proper marketing and administration and emoluments for players are crucial to the success of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Premier League.
Northern Rangers and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) played to an exciting 1-1 draw when the Stag Beer-sponsored George-town Football Association (GFA) first division league continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC), ground on Wednesday.
(Reuters) – LeBron James scored 22 points as the Miami Heat beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets 94-82 and took a 2-0 lead in their National Basketball Association Eastern Conference semi-final yesterday.
After a month without competitive racing, the cream of the nation’s wheelsmen will renew their rivalry tomorrow when Hassan Mohamed resumes his cycling calendar.
Guyana will be one of 123 IAAF member federations to take part in the 2014 edition of the IAAF World Athletics Day this weekend.
By Joycelyn Williams The third of the eight Millennium Development Goals set by the UNDP is to promote gender equality and empower women.
Dear Editor, I am normally hesitant, these days, to comment on anything associated with Guyana bauxite.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – An electrical accident at a World Cup stadium killed a worker in the Brazilian city of Cuiaba yesterday, temporarily halting construction and adding to setbacks in the rushed preparations for the tournament.
(Trinidad Express) In a statement with potentially explosive implications, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard on Wednesday announced he has directed the acting Commissioner of Police, Stephen Williams, to “commence forthwith” a criminal investigation into “prison litigation matters” and “the prospect of criminal wrongdoing”.
(IPLT20) Thanks to an inspired bowling performance – led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4-0-14-4) – the Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a 32-run away win against the Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad.
Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a letter in your Wednesday’s edition of the Stabroek News titled `Authorities need to do more about workplace accidents’ by Mr.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged “no strings” support for Africa’s development yesterday, saying the world’s second-largest economy would not meddle in the continent’s internal affairs.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket’s regional governing body, the West Indies Cricket Board, have signed a strategic, long term partnership with the United States Cricket Association, geared towards fast-tracking the sport’s development in the USA.
By Clinton Urling The regional private sector movement is near death, on minimum life support and no amount of bandages and doses of dubious medicine can resuscitate it.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan troops yesterday rounded up hundreds of youth activists and dismantled camps set up to protest against President Nicolas Maduro, and a policeman was shot dead in the demonstrations and clashes that ensued around Caracas.
Dear Editor, We must assume that journalistic pride will introduce fairness in the state-controlled media that has over the past few days been critical of the Mayor and Councillors for hindering the purported acting Town Clerk from mobilizing money because they, the Mayor et al, frustrated her unauthorized foray to extract money from poor people for a spot to fly their kites, picnic or sell a few things on Easter Monday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Barclays reined in its ambitions to be a Wall Street powerhouse yesterday and signalled a return to its retail roots with a plan to hive off much of its investment bank and axe one in four jobs at the division.
Five Canadian companies that specialize in the importation and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables and agro-processed foods are due to arrive in Guyana on Monday on a four-day buyers’ mission.
DOHA, Qatar, CMC – All eyes will once again be on reigning World and Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce when the lucrative IAAF Diamond League opens Friday here with the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix.
….the horrible state of Le Repentir cemetery.
Efforts by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to help create a more convivial environment for both local and foreign investment in the Guyana economy will see the chamber seeking to “significantly intensify” the lobby for adjustment to the national legislative framework on intellectual property.
Dear Editor, There can be little surprise at the organisational contortions recently dispersed by those described as decision-makers.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life from the National Basketball Association after a tape of his racist comments became public, claimed in a new recording he was not a bigot, according to an online report yesterday.
DONETSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine ignored a public call by Russian President Vladimir Putin to postpone a referendum on self-rule, declaring they would go ahead on Sunday with a vote that could lead to war.
Dear Editor, Lawrence Theodore Williams was an exception, one of a fast dwindling remnant of Guyanese.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 562’s trading results showed consideration of $4,007,504 from 83,108 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 561’s trading results which showed consideration of $7,912,971 from 401,233 shares traded in 13 transactions.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept toward victory in South Africa’s fifth post-apartheid election yesterday, handing President Jacob Zuma the clout to push through pro-business reforms in the face of union and leftist opposition.
(Reuters) – Newly crowned MVP Kevin Durant scored 32 points and Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112-101 on Wednesday to level their second round playoff series.
(Reuters) – Eight-time grand slam champion Andre Agassi has picked Spaniard Rafa Nadal over Swiss maestro Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player ever, according to a newspaper report yesterday.
Ezekiel, Farrakhan, Flight 370 – and Wheels A little less than two years ago I dared to venture out of my depth to explore the lead topic indicated above.
With the promised National Hospitality Academy still some distance away, University of Guyana Economics graduate Sheldon Kellman is seeking to carve a niche of his own in the hospitality sector ahead of what he anticipates will be a significant increase in the demand for trained service providers in the sector once visitor arrival numbers begin to grow.
Dear Editor, Racism. The decision by the Spanish Police to detain a Villarreal supporter who it is alleged threw a banana at a player as a racist taunt, and the action taken by the NBA to ban the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers for racist comments, is most wonderful.
In one of the many curious coincidences thrown up by human existence, ANR Robinson, the former Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago, and Norman Girvan, the Jamaican development economist and Caribbean public intellectual, both dedicated regionalists, died on the same day, April 9, 2014.
(Trinidad Guardian) – The impact of the Internet on modern society is profound.
Dear Editor, President Ramotar’s remarks at the Europe Day reception on May 7, left me disappointed, confused and extremely puzzled.
(Reuters) – Former World Cup-winning coach Dav Whatmore will help Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and United Arab Emirates prepare for next year’s 50-over tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
(Trinidad Express) Dana SAROOP Seetahal provided much needed and highly appreciated professional services to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at “peppercorn rates which should make some (in her profession today) blush when they submit their invoices”.