Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The Guyana Police Force says 20 pedal cyclists have died in road accidents this year and it is calling on this category to use the roadways in a more responsible manner.

(Trinidad Express) A video has emerged on Facebook showing a policeman slapping a man in a wheelchair, and a policewoman pushing his wheelchair downhill along a busy street.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has retired from test cricket “citing the strain of playing all formats,” and Virat Kohli will lead the team in the fourth test against Australia in Sydney, the country’s cricket board said today.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo today as relatives of those on board broke down in tears on hearing the news.

Hours of searching over mountainous Region Eight for a second day yesterday yielded no sign of the missing twin-engine Britten Norman Islander as concerns grow over the fate of the pilot and the cargo handler.

The grinding operations at the Guyana Sugar Corporation ended on December 24, 2014 with the Corporation surpassing its 2014 sugar production target of 216,000 tonnes, a statement from GuySuCo said yesterday.

The lifeless body of a woman was pulled out of the ‘Blacka’, Lamaha Canal yesterday morning by her brothers and it is believed that she was murdered.

Joshua Eze Franklyn, 45, the main suspect in the Tuschen triple murder was yesterday charged along with his son, Jimmy Franklyn, 19, at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate Court with the capital offence.

The body of Teyana Raghbeer, 14, who was found dead floating in a trench aback Adelphi Village, East Canje, last Saturday is yet to be undergo a post-mortem examination for a cause of death determined.

The dismissal of a GuySuCo employee for allegedly assaulting the Skeldon sugar estate manager will stand, the arbitrator, Mohamed Akeel ruled yesterday.

Starting out with six minibuses eight years ago, the Carly and Cindy Bus Service which operates the Georgetown-Lethem route now has 25 vehicles and earlier this month opened a branch in the city.

Huntley Mickle’s family was expecting him to return home before the New Year, but not the way he did.

A taxi driver, who is accused of being one of three men who robbed a Vryheid’s Lust car dealer of over $2 million in cash and other valuables, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

The mother of a 14-year-old boy who went missing on Saturday, at a creek opposite Splashmin’s said yesterday that five suspects are now in custody at the Timehri Police Station.

Georgetown businessman Tyrone Hamilton, who was slapped with unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition charges earlier this month has secured bail in the High Court, pending the outcome of his trial.

Fain Piggott was yesterday fined $70,000 when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and pleaded guilty to a malicious wounding charge.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, CMC – An abysmal but now familiar collapse, tarnished high quality hundreds by Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels, as West Indies’ hopes of mounting a serious challenge in the second Test against South Africa, all but faded on the penultimate day here yesterday.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group to Sri Lanka’s general elections next week, the Commonwealth Secretariat said yesterday.

Three men and a minor were yesterday charged with armed robbery and remanded to prison.

The police have charged six more men with drunk driving after they were stopped and found to be over the legal limit between December 7 and December 14.

A dredge operator was yesterday remanded to prison after he was slapped with two separate charges, namely possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition both of which he denied.

One of two brothers remanded to prison on Christmas Eve on a charge of attempted murder, was yesterday granted $600,000 bail.

Alpha United and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will faceoff in the final of the Georgetown Football Association Banks Beer Cup, overcoming Western Tigers and Pele FC on Sunday in their respective semi-final engagements.

Khemawattie Mohabir, who was killed by an alleged drunken driver on Christmas Eve, died of a broken neck and a fractured skull, a post-mortem examination (PME) ruled yesterday.

A Domini Garnette hat-trick propelled Grove Hi-Tech into the final of the inaugural ECFA/EDFA /BFA Stag Beer football tourney, defeating New Amsterdam United 3-2 in an emotional charged semi-final on Sunday.

Twenty-year-old Jamaike Brummell was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied the charge of armed robbery on Christmas Day read to him.

By Jorge Familiar   For Latin America, 2014 did not turn out as well as we envisioned.

An accused chain snatcher was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to the charge against him.

Police yesterday recovered an unlicensed gun in a car and a man is currently in police custody assisting with investigations.

SURABAYA, Indonesia/JAKARTA – (Reuters) A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said yesterday, as countries around Asia sent ships and planes to help in the search.

WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – US investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Arab UN delegations yesterday endorsed a Palestinian proposal to forge a peace deal with Israel within a year and end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017, despite fierce Israeli and US opposition.

BUENOS AIRES (Reu-ters) – Argentinian Presi-dent Cristina Fernandez has cancelled a trip to the Vatican in January and suspended official events next month after fracturing her ankle during the Christmas holiday period, the government said yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption.

Dear Editor, Please refer to letter which appeared in your Stabroek News of Thursday, December 25: ‘City councillors took no decision to employ the nurses.’

By Delvon Mc Ewan President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Roger Harper says despite the circumstances which threatened the standard of cricket in the city, cricket in Georgetown is well structured and organized and is being run in a manner that the sponsors are comfortable.

Dear Editor,   Expressions of a desire for positive change appear in discussions across Guyana’s political spectrum.

The year 2014 saw Guyana’s powerlifters once again returning with a treasure chest of medals after competing on the international stage.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Citizens who say the redesigned $50 note is evil are engaging in acts of divisiveness, Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Economy Rudranath Indarsingh said on Sunday.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren said yesterday that he has returned to work following a trip to Cuba for a medical check-up.

(Reuters) – A once in a lifetime innings from Brendon McCullum and high quality seam bowling ensured New Zealand completed an eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka yesterday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Dear Editor, I have been casually following your newspaper for some time now.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Batsman Shaun Marsh struck a fighting half-century at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday to drive Australia to a commanding 326-run lead over India at the close of day four and all but seal the series for the hosts.

Dear Editor, A recent poll, commissioned by The Caribbean Voice, found that almost everyone interviewed knew of someone who had committed or attempted suicide.

(The Sports Xchange) — Danny Green scored 24 points and had five steals, helping the San Antonio Spurs defeat Houston 110-106.

Dead Editor, Mr Granger and Mr Ramjattan should take note of the following: There is a tide in the affairs of men.

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(BBC) – Authorities in Peru have decided to evacuate a remote Amazon community after it was raided by members of an indigenous tribe.

Guyana is a country in which it is common for the powerful and the influential to cast long and unpalatable shadows.