Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 8, 2014

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Germany scored five goals in 18 astonishing first-half minutes on their way to a 7-1 semi-final mauling of Brazil today which shattered the host nation’s hopes of winning their sixth World Cup.

Inspector of Police Dexter Thornton has been charged with Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice, while Constable Earwin Forrester has been charged with Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm in relation to the alleged burning of a boy at the Sparendaam police station.

At about 0710h today police say that Darby Blackman, 53 years, of “E” Field, Sophia, was cycling along Jamoon Drive, Meadow Brook, Georgetown, when he was confronted by a man armed with a handgun and who demanded his valuables.

An analysis of population trends since the 1980s by chartered accountant Christopher Ram suggests that Guyana’s population would have been between 1.2 million and 1.5 million by now but he says nothing is being done to counter migration.

(Trinidad Express) As she got ready to fly off to Brazil yesterday with her grandson, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar pledged over US$1.3 million (TT$8.2 million) to the former Soca Warriors.

In what can be described as the biggest drugs seizure for the year, ranks of the Customs and Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday confiscated large quantities of Jamaican marijuana (high grade ‘weed’), cocaine and cash during an operation in the Golden Grove/Diamond, East Bank Demerara area.

Sunday night discovered four AK 47 magazines and dozens of spent shells of various calibre ammunition during a search of an Albouystown residence and two men who were detained remain in police custody to assist with investigations.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil will be without captain Thiago Silva for their World Cup semi-final against Germany after FIFA yesterday rejected an appeal against his yellow card, denting home hopes of lifting the trophy for the sixth time.

Apparently sensing that it could trigger a no-confidence vote against it, the government is not proceeding with a controversial financial paper in Parliament on Thursday and the opposition will now adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

Team Roraima’s, Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams showed his fine form in yesterday’s feature 30-lap event in the CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up Classic’ in a highly tactical finale.

With just three more days left before the start of the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament, last year’s runner-up the Guyana Amazon Warriors are continuing their rigorous training and practice matches at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence ahead of Thursday’s opening match against the Antigua Hawksbill.

Crews from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) were yesterday working feverishly to restore power to areas on the Corentyne that had been hit by a freak storm on Sunday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The young striker who stepped in for the injured Pele and helped Brazil win the 1962 World Cup believes there are parallels with the loss of Neymar but no obvious saviours in an often ordinary Brazil side.

A police sergeant is under close arrest after he was found in possession of a 9 mm pistol last Saturday, the Guyana Police Force said yesterday.

Logging company Vaitarna Holding Private Incorporated (VHPI) has been granted a Timber Sales Agreement (TSA) for the 391,853 hectares of forest originally awarded in 2007 to US-based Simon and Shock International Logging Inc (SSILI), and can now harvest logs from the concessions.

Treacle trampled its opposition and galloped away with the spoils of the feature D and Lower, seven-furlong event of the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC) meet on Sunday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Three companies have had their World Cup corporate hospitality packages blocked and another firm has had theirs cancelled as Brazilian police investigate VIP ticket scalping.

A plane owned by Domestic Airways ran off the runway upon landing at the Monkey Mountain airstrip in Region 8 (Potaro/Siparuni) yesterday.

Mary Fung-A-Fat and Alex Arjoon were crowned national female and male open champions when the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Digicel National championships concluded on Sunday at the Georgetown Club squash courts.

President’s College squeaked past St. Roses High 47-43 in their U-19 fixture when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) 9th National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) commenced on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Nominations for the PNCR’s lead roles, including party leader, ought to be known sometime after July 12, as the party’s General Secretary, Oscar Clarke, says the various groups have until this time to return their nomination sheets.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah’s camp rejected preliminary results of last month’s run-off election yesterday as a “coup” against the people, putting him on a dangerous collision course with his rival, Ashraf Ghani.

By Delvon McEwan Since the Steven Jacobs-led side won the Regional under-19 tournament in St Kitts in 2007, the national youth teams (U-15, U-17 and U-19) have not won a Regional title and are plagued by financial and other encumbrances as well as the perception that they are less competent than their peers abroad.

Three persons including a woman are in police custody after the discovery of over 17 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in a box of ceramic ornaments as it was being checked by police in preparation for shipment at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri.

Dear Editor, As the disgust fades-like everything else-over the recent Manickchand Manoeuvre at the Independence Day reception, it is timely to examine what prompted the premeditated histrionics.

Accused of fraudulently converting $360,000 entrusted to him by his former employer to his own use, mason Quincy Smith on Thursday appeared before Chief Magis-trate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and was granted bail.

GAZA, (Reuters) – Hamas stepped up rocket fire at southern Israeli towns and Israel called up reserve troops yesterday in anticipation of a possible escalation of hostilities with the Islamist group that dominates the Gaza Strip.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Area Q, Turkeyen; a community that is contiguous to the Caricom Secretariat and located to the west of the University of Guyana access road, south of the Railway Embankment Road.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England aim to avoid a third consecutive series defeat and ease the pressure on captain Alastair Cook when they host India in a five-test series for the first time since 1959, starting in Nottingham tomorrow.

SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) – Louis van Gaal’s tactical masterstroke got them out of a sticky situation again in the quarter-final on Saturday but the Netherlands will know they cannot continue relying on their coach to conjure up tricks if they are to go further at the World Cup.

Dear Editor, Elizabeth Taylor said, “It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A strong earthquake shook the border between Guatemala and Mexico yesterday, killing at least five people, including a newborn boy, damaging dozens of buildings and triggering landslides.

The search for the two cousins who had been missing from the interior for more than a month ended following their discovery in a pit at 14 Miles, Issano Backdam.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Eduard Shevardnadze, who as Soviet Foreign Minister helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War, died yesterday after a long illness.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) outreach on the West Coast Demerara on July 3 saw residents complaining about the poor infrastructure dogging their communities.

Dear Editor, I would like to place on record as I have done several times in print, my position on the death of Walter Rodney.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Hashim Amla’s 13th one-day international century and a clinical performance in the field carried South Africa to a comfortable 75 run victory in the opener of their three-match series against Sri Lanka on Sunday.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States and Israel were playing “good cop, bad cop” to intimidate his country into making concessions on the nuclear dispute with the West.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for six months for his “severe attitude problem”, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

The woman accused of abducting an infant on May 24 when the child was just nine days old, was on Thursday last granted $300,000 bail in the High Court.

Dear Editor, In his latest piece, `The defence of Guyana’s sovereignty’, (SN, July 6), former House Speaker, Mr.

BEIJING (Reuters) – The five BRICS nations have reached a broad consensus on their $100 billion development bank though some differences remain, a senior Chinese diplomat said yesterday ahead of a summit in Brazil next week to be attended by President Xi Jinping.

Dear Editor, I was very happy when it was announced that the University of Guyana would be the recipient of funding from the World Bank to study one of our local vegetables, Corilla (Momordica charantia) in order to pursue the fight against cancer.

Reesa Sooklall and Delroy Walcott the Miss and Mr Guyana Talented Teen 2014 pose after winning their respective titles at the National Cultural Centre on Sunday night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Mark Cavendish needs shoulder surgery as a result of the crash that ruled him out of the Tour de France, Omega Pharma-Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Recently you published photographs on two occasions of sewage seepage at the Magistrates Court.

Part of the clean-up effort, organised last Sunday by animal rights activist Syeada Manbodh and friends at the back of the Botanical Gardens with the help of volunteers from Neal and Massy.

A teenager accused of stealing a woman’s handbag and other items totalling $149,000 was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $150,000 when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Politikles

This newspaper has many recollections of frustrating encounters with high officials of government and senior public servants in the course of trying to secure a comment or perhaps a piece of relevant information that might help in the development of a story.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has prosecuted and is likely to send Canadian businessman Cy Tokmakjian to prison after he denounced corruption in the Havana government’s awarding of contracts, his company said yesterday.