Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 10, 2015

These two children were chatting above this home in Section B, Sophia.

(Barbados Nation) ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today announced Barbadian Joel Garner will officially challenge president Whycliffe “Dave” Cameron in the upcoming elections.

Approximately 380 workers on the East Demerara Estate downed tools this morning protesting the dismissal of 15 cane harvesters, GuySuCo said today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An upstart anti-establishment party crushed India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in a Delhi state election today, smashing an aura of invincibility built around Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he swept to power last year.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday announced a 10% reduction in electricity rates beginning in March and the news was immediately welcomed by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA).

Shockwaves spread through the Corentyne yesterday morning after a senior citizen was found in her bed naked and motionless.

By Kenesha Fraser   A family of three of Zorg, Essequibo Coast are traumatized and in shock after they were beaten and robbed on Sunday night at their home and business place.

Two men, accused of robbing a woman of her jewellery and phone, were stopped during their getaway after she ran them down with her car, a city court heard yesterday.

General Manager of Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Marclene Merchant should take full responsibility for the mishap of the MV Sabanto ferry, which ran aground in November last year, according to the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union, which also says the vessel does not have a working compass or GPS.

A mother is questioning the length of time the police at La Grange Police Station are taking to investigate the alleged rape of her 12-year-old daughter, while fearing that the suspect has used the delay to flee.

– says top of head was missing Lance Corporal Germaine Laundry yesterday recounted discovering 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul’s corpse, from which the entire top part of the head was missing.

An auto parts dealer has been remanded to prison after police say they found him with an unlicensed gun and matching rounds that he claimed was purchased from a member of the force.

University of Guyana (UG) staff yesterday began their three-day strike over a stalemate in salary increases discussions with Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi, picketing outside the entrance of the Turkeyen Campus.

By Roger Wong   Residents of Beterverwagting (BV) on the East Coast are disgusted at the state of the roads in their community and they feel they are being discriminated against.

A businessman is now a remanded prisoner after he was charged with possession of cannabis and an unlicensed revolver yesterday.

Though consultations were held after Walter Rodney’s death to determine whether the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would take up arms against the then governing People’s National Congress (PNC), leader Dr Cheddi Jagan decided against the action and maintained a non-violent approach.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Guyana Jaguars continued their imperious march through the WICB Professional Cricket League, easily trouncing Jamaica Franchise by 105 runs on the final day of their fifth round contest here yesterday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has embarked on training persons to work either as ballot attendants or ballot clerks for the disciplined services balloting, as they intensify preparations for the May 11 General and Regional Elections.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies made a feeble start to their World Cup campaign here yesterday, producing another listless display to slump to a nine-wicket defeat to England in their first official warm-up.

Powerlifters from Life’s Gym and the Upper Demerara Barbell Club (UDBC) displayed their strength prowess on Sunday to lift the marquee titles at this year’s Juniors and Novices Powerlifting Championships at the National Gymnasium.

The police are currently investigating a robbery that occurred last Friday at a home at Windsor Estates, on the East Bank Demerara.

By Jeff Trotman   Regional Chairman of Region Ten Sharma Solomon claims that he has not been officially informed about the ‘Clean Up My Country’ programme, which was expected to be conducted in six wards of Linden from Wednesday 28 January to Monday 2 February.

City councillors yesterday accused acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba of attempting to prevent the holding of a statutory meeting to avoid questions about the rental of spots for vending on Mashramani, a process they say she is trying to hijack.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) and Bel Air Rubis registered victories in latest action of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Banks Malta Supreme U-13 competition.

Kellon Crawford, said to be one of the two men who tried to rob another man in an early morning attack in Linden, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of attempting to commit a felony.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a news item, ‘Rotating presidency on table,’ and a letter, ‘When did this change in ideology happen?’

A bus conductor was admitted to $50,000 bail yesterday after he denied a possession of cannabis charge.

Dear Editor, Most broadcasts are currently centred around the 2015 elections, and though it is understood why, ardent cricket fans continue to wonder why there aren’t any advertisements concerning the upcoming World Cup.

Front runners of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Hadi’s World Incorporated first-division, two-day competition, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) played to a draw in their top-of-the-table encounter that ended Sunday at the MSC ground, Thomas Lands.

Two men, jointly charged with possession of cannabis, were yesterday remanded to prison after a court was told that they claimed the drug and asked police to give them a chance.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes pulled off their largest ever margin of victory in the history of modern regional first class cricket when they flattened struggling Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by an innings and 148 runs here yesterday.

Dear Editor, What astounds and infuriates me is that two parties which are collectively representative of over 50 per cent of the electorate cannot yet put forward a sound strategy for a united coalition slate two months before the most important general election in this country since 1964.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Team manager Sir Richie Richardson was at a loss yesterday to explain West Indies’ listless performance in their opening official warm-up match for the ICC World Cup.

Dear Editor, The writer of the Sunday Stabroek editorial (February 8), like many other intelligent Guyanese and other foreign persons and international organizations, seems unwilling to admit that the PPP is masquerading as a political organization.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Anti-government street protesters shut down Haiti’s capital yesterday as the country plunged deeper into political and economic crises even as many prepared for the annual Carnival, normally a time of peaceful revellry.

Dear Editor, Popular Berbician Pandit Vishnudat Tiwari (commonly known as Pandit Bangat) passed away in New York.

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to the US Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has provoked.

An uninspiring Fruta Conquerors book their quarterfinal’s berth, edging New Amsterdam (NA) United 4-3 on penalty kicks when the Mayors Cup Knockout Football Tourney continued on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

(Trinidad Express) – The decomposing body of a man found this morning is believed to be missing Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) director Azad Niamat. 

Dear Editor, Noted PPP propagandist Hydar Ally has published a letter bemoaning the loss of two years of his party’s term of office in 1997 and now again in 2015.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine prosecutor’s mysterious death days after he made criminal charges against President Cristina Fernandez is part of an attempt to unseat her and bring neoliberals back to power, a senior government official said yesterday.

Fast-forward the clock 23 years later and Pakistan, the 1992 Cricket World Cup (CWC) winners find themselves in familiar territory as the Misbah-ul-Haq led side seeks to replicate events of the past at the origin of their first title win, decades ago.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – After a gruelling journey up into the rarefied air of the Andes mountains, an expedition team announced it has discovered the fuselage of a passenger plane that went missing over a half century ago.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Whether the request was for a treadmill on Air Force One, an elliptical trainer by the White House pool, or a rower adjacent the Lincoln bedroom, when the Oval Office called, fitness trainer Ted Vickey answered.

Dear Editor, In what has been referred to as ‘the crazy season’ of elections in Guyana, I find Mr Ralph Seeram’s article in last Sunday’s KN not only ‘crazy’ but very unfortunate in its failure to appreciate the need for new initiatives to break the logjam that has been stifling national progress in recent years, even as admitted by the government of the day.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A former Venezuelan judge was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison in US court in Miami yesterday after being accused of taking bribes from a South American drug cartel boss.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After vanquishing the Inca Empire with superior weapons and a touch of treachery, the Spanish conquistadors sought to satisfy their lust for riches by forcing multitudes of native people to toil in silver mines in dire conditions that claimed many lives.

Fetching water: Bennita Kissoon and one of her children fetching water from a kind-hearted neighbour to her home across the road along the Railway Embankment at Nonpareil, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor,   While one would have hoped that issues, policies and political agendas would have dominated the current discourse, the fact that the AFC and APNU are engaged in coalition discussions has resulted in the national conversation being focused on parties and personalities, specifically, who should ‘lead’ the coalition, should one eventually materialise.

(Reuters) – Netflix Inc launched its movie and TV streaming service in Cuba yesterday, joining the list of US companies looking to take advantage of thawing diplomatic relations between the United States and the communist-ruled island country.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) recorded two wins over the weekend in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ New Building Society (NBS) second division 40 over tournament over the weekend to maintain its winning streak.

By last weekend the academic staff of the University of Guyana had not only thumbed their noses at Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi’s five per cent pay increase offer for 2015 but had decided to hold out on their demand for a sixty per cent increase.