Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Yesterday, Food For The Poor Incorporated (Coconut Creek Florida) hosted 12 contestants of the Miss Universe pageant at their Florida office.

Yesterday, Food For The Poor Incorporated (Coconut Creek Florida) hosted 12 contestants of the Miss Universe pageant at their Florida office.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) first vice-president Dr Allen Sammy confirmed that the local body was disappointed with the omission of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the West Indies World Cup side but said the territorial board had full confidence in the choices of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) selectors.

In a further sign of the weak market for hotels and office space, the modern building at Camp and Lamaha streets which was completed in 2013 is up for rent.

(Trinidad Express) The Massy Stores conglomerate was yesterday forced to remove an advertisement for its insurance arm, Massy United Insurance Ltd, that had drawn accusations of “sexism” from scores of Facebook users.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to discuss oil prices, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying today.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the management of the MV Delta Dies, the cargo ship on which a container with 192.4 kilos of cocaine was recently found, are currently engaged in talks that could see a fine being paid for the release of the vessel.

Fearing for her safety, businesswoman Patricia Sanasie, who was gunned down in an apparent hit on Monday evening, had planned to migrate to the United States.

Automatic entry for 25 UG students to the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in Trinidad and Tobago will continue while discussions ensue at the level of Caricom over a wide-ranging review of legal education in the region.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Monday passed its fifth motion of no confidence against Town Clerk (Ag) Carol Sooba and is again calling for a suitably qualified officer from within the council to perform the said duties until the establishment of the Local Government Commission.

The trial of Cadet Officer Franz Paul, who is charged with shooting 15-year-old Alex Griffith in the mouth during a game of Russian roulette, was yesterday adjourned once again after the accused’s lawyer was absent.

By Suraj Narine Faced with a call by the Chief Labour Officer to end the ongoing strike by GGMC workers, Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) representatives yesterday remained defiant, saying industrial action would continue as they remain focused on the push for wage increases.

Three men were yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge after a court heard that one of them answered the victim’s door when police came knocking, while his accomplices were packing the booty.

Guyanese bus drivers transporting persons across the border to Paramaribo must now first apply for the necessary licence, according to Suriname’s Ministry of Transport, Communications and Tourism (TCT).

A Linden man is now critical after masked bandits invaded his Kara Kara home, shot him and pummelled his wife and their young son early Monday morning.

After being caught on camera stealing from his former employer, a taxi driver yesterday attempted to escape the judgment of a court by offering compensation.

Twenty-one Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Special Forces are currently searching dense jungle and treacherous terrain in Region 8 to locate the Britten Norman Islander, which disappeared on December 28, 2014 shortly after takeoff from Mahdia.

Five persons were on Monday charged with armed robbery following a recent attack on a couple at Black Bush Polder, Berbice.

An official of Buddy’s Housing Development has denied that power connections in the company’s Green Acres housing scheme, at Providence, are illegal.

After being denied their salaries for five months, the two nurses attached to City Hall’s Public Health Department have finally been paid.

Accused of cocaine possession after a search of his home, a pork-knocker yesterday told a court that he was charged for the wrong drug.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Drubahadur, paid a visit yesterday morning to the Guyana Jaguars at the Windjammer hotel before the national side winged out for Trinidad & Tobago in its quest to win the NAGICO Super50 2015 title.

A man was fined $10,000 after he confessed to cursing his wife because he thought she stole his rum.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee Chairman Clinton Urling is tightlipped about the financial packages currently assigned to newly recruited Golden Jaguars Head-Coach Jamaal Shabazz and Technical Director Claude Bolton.

After a month, the driver who ran away after he struck down three youths, resulting in the death of one and injuries to the others, is still at large and the survivors are calling on him to surrender.

Break and enter and larceny accused Devon Brown and Simon Primo were yesterday each granted a $75,000 bail release.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Chairman of selectors Clive Lloyd says he is disappointed with comments made by opener Chris Gayle criticizing the decision to omit Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the West Indies squad for next month’s World Cup.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – England’s new-look top order all scored half centuries as the tourists made a strong start to their trip Down Under for the World Cup with a thumping 216-run win over Australian Capital Territory XI on Monday.

The residents of Hope/Dochfour are annoyed that the still under construction Hope Canal, which was supposed to help curb flooding, is doing the opposite.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC– Jamaica’s netball chief, Marva Bernard, says she was “embarrassed” by the power outage which forced a premature end to the second of a three-match test series between the Sunshine girls and England’s Roses.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC- Australia fast bowler Ryan Harris is expected to miss the tour of the West Indies in June this year, as it will coincide with the birth of his first child.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Team manager Sir Richie Richardson celebrated his 53rd birthday on Monday and says West Indies’ historic successful run chase to beat South Africa in Sunday’s second Twenty20 International was the perfect gift.

The East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has never been as “well maintained” as it is presently, according to Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who has credited ongoing works being done with the support from the Japanese government.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC– West Indies chief cricket selector Clive Lloyd says the omission of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the World Cup squad is no act of victimization for their roles in the controversial abandoned tour of India Bravo and Pollard were not named in the 15-man squad announced to contest the World Cup which bowls off in Australia and New Zealand next month.

The Ministry of Public Works has said that it spent $604M to maintain 359 kilometres of public roads across five regions last year and works on a major thoroughfare at Turkeyen are expected to be completed this week.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa will rest captain Faf du Plessis for the final Twenty20 international against West Indies in Durban today as they seek to manage his long-term hip injury ahead of the 50-over World Cup.

The Ministry of Public Works says that it had expected contractors working on the East Bank Demerara four-lane extension to work overtime to complete the project, noting that it expects them to now finish it by the extended March deadline.

Golden Jaguars International Chris Nurse said he is very excited about the future of Guyana’s football programme following the recent appointment of Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Technical Director Claude Bolton.

Dear Editor, I note with interest the recent letter by Mr Badrie Persaud, the Managing Director of Guyoil published in your papers in which he outlines reasons for the recent fuel shortages that affected so many stations countrywide (‘All Guyana oil companies are affected by a gasoline shortage at the refineries,’ SN, January 10).

Charged with threatening to poison the father of her child, a woman was yesterday released on her own recognisance and placed on a bond to keep the peace.

The West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) non-selection of all-rounders Keiron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo and Johnathan Carter’s shock inclusion have been the major talking points since the West Indies World Cup team was announced Saturday ending much public speculation.

A London, England firm was the lone tenderer yesterday to provide consultancy services for the Ministry of Public Works’  road network upgrade and expansion programme.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC- West Indies , hoping for clean sweep and South Africa, desperate for a reversal of fortunes in limited overs cricket, play each other in the third and final of their three-match T20 International series at Durban today.

Dear Editor, Sometime on the night of the 7th January a driver knocked down a horse at Houston and injured her so badly she could not get up.

Dear Editor, Your kind permission to respond to Mr Tony Vieira’s latest missive in the Stabroek News (January12) is again sought.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sent a bill to Congress yesterday to strengthen U.S.

At the end of last year, Grand Coastal Hotel (GCH) made donations to several organizations.

The president, executive and members of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) on Monday sent out best wishes to Christopher Barnwell on his appointment as Captain of the Guyana Jaguars team to compete in the West Indies Cricket Board/NAGICO Super-50 tournament.

Dear Editor, During the festive season I travelled around Georgetown and the West Coast Demerara and was very pleased to see the police presence around.

A businessman is now on $80,000 bail after being charged with abusing his wife.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Batsman Kevin Pietersen believes there is a way back into the England team now that Eoin Morgan has become one-day captain.

Dear Editor, The American President John Quincy Adams said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more to do more, to learn more, to become more, you are a leader.”

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The Haitian parliament was dissolved yesterday after the failure of last-ditch negotiations for a deal to extend the terms of its members to avert a political crisis in the Caribbean country.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A tricky insect-eating plant from Borneo is living proof that one need not have a brain to outsmart the opposition.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – A piece of the original World Cup trophy, which was stolen in Brazil in 1983 and never recovered, has been found in a basement at FIFA’s headquarters.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — President Desi Bouterse should accept his defeat at the High Council in the Netherlands and resign at once.

Almost two months after an early morning fire claimed the lives of Hilrod Thomas and his two daughters, police say the investigation into the arson is still continuing.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Most of the 53 Cuban prisoners released from jail under a historic U.S.-Cuba

PARIS/BOBIGNY, France, (Reuters) – Charlie Hebdo will publish a front page showing a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad holding a sign saying “Je suis Charlie” in its first edition since Islamist gunmen attacked the satirical newspaper.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Richard Linklater’s 12 years of toiling on coming-of-age tale “Boyhood” reaped a coveted nomination yesterday for the top Directors Guild Award, which has correctly predicted the best director Oscar for 10 of the last 11 years.

Dear Editor, In light of calls by British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre (SN, Feb 12) and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office Tobias Ellwood (SN, Feb 9) to end the prorogation of parliament, I urge the three parties to put aside their differences and work out a compromise to recall parliament.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro made a successful return to the tennis circuit yesterday, winning his opening match at the Sydney International.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Pope Francis will give Sri Lanka its first Catholic saint today, ending a 300-year campaign to recognise the sanctity of an Indian-born missionary who was captured as a suspected spy after he crept into the tropical island in disguise.

Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has extended condolences to the government and people of St Vincent and the Grenadines at the loss of lives following a vehicular accident.

Dear Editor, It is always a joy to know that we think globally for a healthy relationship with other countries.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Marxist opposition filed a corruption complaint yesterday against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his relatives and asked the anti-graft body to prevent them from leaving the country.

ANTANANARIVO, (Reuters) – Madagascar’s president has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and government amid mounting public frustration about regular power cuts and a failure to deliver on promised improvements to daily life.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Improving relations between the United States and Cuba will take time, and both sides should be given the space to negotiate without outside interference, the head of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza, cautioned yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – – – -James Harden scored 30 points in three quarters as the Houston Rockets pulled away for a 113-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

Dear Editor, A happy and prosperous New Year to all and sundry, moreover, to those who are seriously committed to the continued development of football.

An article “Sri Lanka one of the most corrupt nations in the world:” (http://www.lankastandard.

Last week Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addressed her country on the possible consequences for the Twin Island Republic of the rapid decline in oil and gas prices on the international market.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo’s first manager at Sporting Lisbon, Laszlo Boloni, asked him to stop showing off although he never had problems coaching the Portugal international who now has three Ballon d’Or globes to his name.