West Indies names Test training squad for NZ tour
(WICB) ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the West Indies training squad for the Test series versus New Zealand.
Articles published on Sunday, May 25, 2014
(WICB) ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the West Indies training squad for the Test series versus New Zealand.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., (Reuters) – A 22-year-old man who killed six people before taking his own life in a rampage through a California college town said in a chilling manifesto that police who knocked on his door last month to check on his welfare nearly foiled his plot.
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Billionaire Petro Poroshenko claimed Ukraine’s presidency on Sunday after exit polls gave him an absolute majority in a first round of voting and, vowing to end a conflict with pro-Russian rebels, he pledged to align his country with Europe.
On Friday evening, Moray House Trust hosted ‘A Conversation between Rahul Bhattacharya and Brendan de Caires’.
Guyanese and Surinamese investigators are probing reports that a nine-day-old baby was kidnapped in the vicinity of the Port Mourant market at around midday yesterday.
The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a so far unidentified man of mixed ethnic origin whose body was found at about 2200h.
(www.boxingnews24.com) WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (56-8, 48 KO’s) retained his WBC title with a 10 round technical decision on Saturday night against #12 WBC Clive Atwell (12-1-1, 7 KO’s) at the Convention Center in Acapulco, Mexico.
(Trinidad Express) A five-star hotel, convention centre and administrative centre will be constructed in South Trinidad, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Last week, the Sunday Express reported on the growing force of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen in Carapo under Imam Hassan Ali and his son, Rajaee Ali.
Two Hong Kong businessmen, Victor How Chung Chan and Xu Han, were yesterday identified as the principals behind the private investment in the controversial Marriott Hotel, for which Republic Bank Limited in Trinidad announced long-awaited approval of US$27M in debt financing.
Story and photos by Kenesha Fraser Following emancipation, some white planters made quick money by selling the front lands of their estates to African labourers.
Work on the lockups was not part of the multi-million dollar rehabilitation project at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court Complex, according to Registrar of the Supreme Court, Rashid Mohamed, who says that following Monday’s breakout work was done before the end of the day not only to seal the breach but to make it impenetrable.
What has become of the $20.8M water cannon? For months now it has been parked on the drill tarmac at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), Eve Leary and there has been no word from the Guyana Police Force or the Ministry of Home Affairs about its usefulness thus far.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies stroke-maker Dwayne Smith helped playoff-bound Chennai Super Kings end their three-match losing skid, as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight wickets here yesterday.
The New Amsterdam Prison was on lock down yesterday as authorities intensified investigations into an attack at the facility by an inmate that left four prisoners nursing serious injuries.
The East Coast of Demerara will crown a new champion when Beterverwagting (BV)-B faces off with Melanie-A in the final of the Guinness of the Streets East Coast edition today at the Haslington Market Place tarmac.
Guyana’s world renowned bodybuilder, Hugh Ross is once again on a mission to hoist the Golden Arrowhead on the highest pinnacle.
As the police intensify their investigations into the 2.2 kilogrammes of cocaine found on BW 606 aircraft yesterday, May 23, 2014, there is strong evidence to suggest that staff from more than one agency were working in collusion to facilitate this illegality, a release from the CJIA said today.
Alex Barker who was on trial for the 2008 murder of his ex-wife and Alpha Hotel owner Roselaine Hall was last Wednesday freed in the High Court after a no case submission was upheld in his favour.
Police could not evade the attack by Transport Sports Club (TSC) as the lawmen lost first innings points at the end of day one of their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Hadi’s World Incorporated first division match yesterday, at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
In my early life, that stretch when Tradewinds began, a young man from Linden, living in Toronto, got very annoyed with me over a song.
Jamaica is making strides with regard to investigations into the actions of money launderers and the seizing of assets garnered through money laundering, while the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in Guyana continues to be deficient in these areas and there is no word on a search for the assets of convicted drug lord Roger Khan.
This is an appropriate time, on the occasion of the celebration of Guyana’s 48th Independence Anniversary, only two years before age 50, to begin the assessment of our condition as an independent nation and try to assess the future.
Former Guyana Football League (GFL) Vice President Wayne Forde said that the current discourse that has awakened within the football fraternity can only be good for the sport as it was severely lacking during the Colin Klass era.
Currently cuss-down and buse-up are of a very low standard. We need new and more imaginative swear words.
After a bridge collapsed between Kurupukari and Mabura, Region 10, Lethem and surrounding communities are experiencing power cuts.
The landslide election of pro-business candidate Narendra Modi as India’s new prime minister is likely to shake up that country’s politics and jump-start its economy, but it could also have a big impact on the world economy and emerging markets.
The deterioration of paintings in the National Gallery has been caused by artists failing to use the correct wood to frame their work, says the Chairman of the Management Committee of Castellani House Albert Rodrigues, in the wake of criticism from a prominent artist about the poor state of the pieces.
Dynasty Sports Club and Bar recently donated a quantity of footballs to the Renaissance U17 football team to aid in the team’s development.
Youngest Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) is one of the youngest commercial banks in Guyana.
Local political activist Eusi Kwayana will take the stand when the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry recommences on Tuesday.
Last week’s Pre Independence horse race meet was the appetizer, today is the main course for turfites.
Introduction Starting today I shall focus on the way forward for Guyana’s sugar industry.
When the Economic Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) between the countries of Cariforum and the European Union was finally signed in 2008, the Caribbean tourism sector believed that it contained much of value to an industry that had become the region’s largest employer after the public sector; its biggest foreign exchange earner outside of the oil, gas and extractive industries; and a significant generator of external tax revenues.
In his regular column on the ESPNcricinfo website on May 2, former Australia captain Ian Chappell considered what is required to revive the flagging interest in Test cricket.
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – New Zealand left here yesterday for the Caribbean, bracing for a barrage of spin in their upcoming three-Test series.
American grandmasters Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush ultimately prevailed in a fierce US championship competition which was played in St Louis, from May 7 to 21.
KIEV/DONETSK (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin promised that Russia would work with the new Ukrainian administration formed after a presidential election today that the Kiev government said yesterday would anchor the ex-Soviet state to the West.
Look carefully. Do you see the large spider in the photo?
(Reuters) – Say it quietly but some chinks are appearing in the suit of armour Rafael Nadal usually wears on a claycourt as the Spaniard sets his sights on a ninth French Open title.
So as not to throw one’s self in a state of panic, one must always remember that a tumour is just swelling and not necessarily a cancer.
Sentinel Security has joined the long list of sponsors who have thrown their weight behind the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/BCC&DA Guyana Independence T20 Cup 2014 set for today at the Albion Sports Complex.
Girls have caught football fever too: Stabroek News photographer Arian Browne saw these young girls displaying their control of the ball along Independence Boulevard, La Penitence yesterday.
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecua-dor’s President Rafael Correa yesterday backed a constitutional change to allow politicians to run indefinitely, potentially paving the way for the leftist himself to seek the top job again in 2017.
Guyanese literature is multifaceted and, not surprising for any national literature, it becomes very difficult to generalise or reach pat conclusions about it.
Two men posing as customers carried out a daring mid-morning armed robbery at the Lucky Dollar Store, Mon Repos, escaping with $2M in cash after sticking up the cashier.
Steamed vegetables can be blah and bland. If they are overdone, they look limp, their natural colours faded.
Auto-drive: This horse knows the route so well his owner doesn’t even have to take the reins; he’ll take him home without direction.
Akshay Homraj, Rajiv Ivan and Shemaine Campbelle highlighted the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTYSC) 24th annual awards ceremony held last Sunday at the St.
LILONGWE/BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Malawi’s High Court yesterday issued an injunction stopping President Joyce Banda from interfering in the electoral process, making her earlier decision to annul national elections invalid and raising the risk of post-election violence in the southern African country.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Media Association of T&T (MATT) has issued a statement condemning acting Police Com-missioner Stephen Williams’s comments on death threats against journalist Mark Bassant.
The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-17 Inter-Association limited overs competition is expected to bowl off on Tuesday with two matches.
Tower Hotel staff continued their protest action outside their former place of work yesterday, following the sudden closure of the hotel on Friday leaving them stranded without pay.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA (Reuters) – A gunman killed six people and wounded seven others in a drive-by shooting in a Southern California college town, spraying bullets from his car until it crashed and he was found dead inside, authorities said yesterday.
Dear Editor, The President’s refusal to assent to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill should not hold up the hosting of Local Government Elections (LGE).
(Trinidad Guardian) Former National Security minister Jack Warner sought to get Planning Minister Bhoe Tewarie to approve an invoice in 2012 for $5.5 million for work at Laventille by a certain company—although checks for the company’s phone number revealed no company.
Several weeks after 57-year-old Leslyn Thompson had her arm broken as a result of a physical assault allegedly by her employer’s brother she is yet to receive justice, but has since been paid monies owed to her.
Every time 28-year-old Donnis Brookes looks at her body, the many scars remind her of the years of abuse she endured at the hands of the man who had promised to love and cherish her.
Pupils from the Latchmansingh Primary School in West Coast Berbice were in Georgetown last week.
In a story published on Monday, May 19th under the headline ‘Ten years later…transport union concludes delegates conference’, it was stated that Don Johnson was elected as Assistant President of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union (AT&GW).
If you have any photographs dating from before 1966, which you would like to see published in this column, please contact Ms Allison Bowlin on 225-7473 or 227-4080 to make arrangements for you to bring them in.
The most amazing Gladioli corms (bulbs) are available on the market now.
After the breakout of four remand prisoners from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lockups on Monday, one can only wonder which official it was who approved the security features of the building.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab militants stormed Somalia’s parliament yesterday, killing at least 10 security officers in a bomb and gun assault that the United States condemned as a “heinous act of terrorism.”
Dear Editor, Independence. Liberty. Free-dom. For whom and to do what?
As Scotiabank continues its partnership with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to identify and train talented young cricketers through the GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Festival and Coaching Programmes, Stabroek Sport has noted the abilities of several youngsters playing in the countrywide competition.
HAVANA (Reuters) – An independent news website that had been blocked in Cuba since its debut on Wednesday became available to Cuban Internet users yesterday.
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