Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Outstanding former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has cautioned critics not to write of the Caribbean side’s World Cup chances just yet.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Former West Indies captain Sir Richie Richardson says cricket’s revival in the Caribbean will pivot on how much emphasis in place on development at the grassroots level.

The Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) today advised farmers that the water level in the Abary Conservancy is “dangerously low”.

(Trinidad Express) A DEBT of $150,000 owed to Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) director Azad Niamat may have cost him his life.

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies cricketer is being sued by a woman with whom he had a one-time love affair after he electronically disseminated intimate photographs of her to several of his colleagues.

Players from the national rugby team underwent their beep tests yesterday at the National Park in preparation for the upcoming Hong Kong Sevens tournament.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Former West Indies fast bowler Sir Andy Roberts has spoken out against the re-election of Dave Cameron as president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) ahead of elections carded for March 7.

A day after President Donald Ramotar announc-ed a 10% dip in electricity rates, Chairman of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Board, Winston Brassington yesterday stated that the reduction will be reviewed every quarter.

The lead crime scene expert yesterday tried to account for oversights in the processing of the area where the body of murdered teen Neesa Gopaul was recovered, while another police witness testified that one of the two accused undertook to reveal who killed the girl but only in the presence of his lawyer.

National Communications Network (NCN) Marketing Manager Raymond Azeez said yesterday that the network has made valiant attempts without success to provide coverage of the 2015 Cricket World Cup tournament which begins on February 14 in Australian and New Zealand.

Guyana is considering the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund as part of its strategy to manage revenues that could accrue from its oil and gas potential.

West Indies’ performance in their defeat by nine wickets by England in Monday’s World Cup warm-up match in Sydney has been roundly criticised by the British media.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran is considering launching a party to contest the upcoming general elections, sources say.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation have agreed to meet today to discuss the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of 15 sugar workers at the East Demerara Estate which sparked a strike yesterday.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Incumbent Dave Cameron and challenger Joel Garner will contest the elections for president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), at the Annual General Meeting carded for March 7.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Wavell Hinds, who ignored calls to step down at the height of an impasse with the West Indies Cricket team late last year, has been re-elected as president of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall has withdrawn the complaints he made against Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Com-missioner-General Khurshid Sattaur to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) and its UK-based parent body, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), sources say.

Chest-high waters, the bodies of dead animals floating past, the fear of catching a quickly-spreading deadly disease; for many, the days of the Great Flood of 2005 are still fresh in the memories of residents ten years later.

(Reuters) – Opener Rohit Sharma smashed 150 in India’s 153-run romp against Afghanistan in their final World Cup warm-up match yesterday, helping the holders register their first win in Australia since they landed in November.

As the University of Guyana’s (UG) staff continues to strike after the collapse of wage talks, Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi yesterday said he had received a commitment from some lecturers to teach classes starting today.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council will crack down on excessive sledging between players at the World Cup, saying first offenders can expect heavier fines while repeat offenders face suspension from matches.

Two proclamations officially setting the date for the holding of national and regional elections have been published in the Official Gazette after being backdated.

A trawler caught on fire yesterday morning while undergoing maintenance works along the Charity River Dam, Pomeroon River.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Matt Machan scored a century and Alasdair Evans took four for 17 as Scotland romped to a 179-run victory over Ireland in a World Cup warm-up match at Blacktown Oval yesterday.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) Mashramani softball competition will take place on February 21 at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown.

Dear Editor, On Monday a colleague sent me an email with the subject ‘Proclamation’ and directing me to the website of the Official Gazette at http://officialgazette.gov.gy/.

Two men, due to stand trial in the Berbice High Court for murder, were discharged then recharged yesterday due to an error in committing them.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday said the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) did not have the capacity to overthrow the then governing People’s National Congress (PNC) government and therefore did not need to be under surveillance.

Dear Editor, When I die I want to be buried in a cheap cardboard box.

Georgetown Football Club (GFC) booked their berth in the quarterfinal section of the Mayor’s Cup knockout football tourney, dismissing Den Amstel by a 2-0 margin on Monday at the GFC ground in Bourda.

Dear Editor, I read with deep interest a report in KN’s February 7 edition, ‘APNU will remove all impediments to national unity -Harmon,’ in which Mr Harmon tries to discount race as merely just one factor in general elections, while preaching that the population has moved on to include other issues.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Sohaib Maqsood spared Pakistan’s blushes by hitting an unbeaten 93 to secure the team’s three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their first World Cup warm-up match on Monday.

The government remains tight-lipped on a possible US$70 million investment proposal by a Chinese fishing company seeking to operate 30 deep sea fishing vessels.

Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee Clinton Urling said the recommended revisions and modifications to the federation’s current constitution during the reform process would transform the administration of the sport once approved.

A man was fined $25,000 yesterday after he told a city court that he took money entrusted to him to buy alcohol and used it instead to gamble and buy drugs.

Dear Editor, I am one of the business personnel who has been using the T&THD facility to transport my goods from Parika to Bartica for the past 30 years or more.

Dear Editor, Since the reduction in the fuel price commuters travelling to and from Bartica by speedboat are complaining that the fare should be reduced.

Within the next several months, Australian mining company Troy Resources Limited expects to commence production at its Karouni gold project at Kaburi in Region Seven as it has received its mining licence.

Kelvin Omroa’s XI defeated Kevlon Anderson’s XI by 69 runs in the final of two trial matches organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) which was used to help select the Berbice Under-15 team for the upcoming inter county tournament set to bowl off on Sunday.

The historic Umana Yana which was gutted by fire five months ago will be rebuilt after funds are approved by the 11th Parliament.

The junior selection panel of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) led by Leslie Solomon, has arranged several sessions across Berbice for players wishing to stake claims for selection on the Berbice U17 team for the upcoming Inter-County tournament.

Dear Editor, While there is stiff competition for the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board, the poor performance of our cricketers, allegations of bankruptcy by the WICB.

Friendship minibus driver Dhanshana Ram was planning to re-migrate to Canada to reunite with his daughters, who instead have travelled here for his funeral.

Dear Editor, I read of men and groups manoeuvring for leading positions.

The battle for the championship of the world of One Day International cricket gets underway in Pool A at Christ Church between strong contenders and co-hosts New Zealand and former World Cup champions Sri Lanka on Saturday, while later that same day – St Valentine’s Day, just across the Tasman Sea at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), favorite co-hosts Australia take on arch rivals England in a match in which there is no love lost between the teams.

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

Dear Editor, The Indo-Caribbean Federation (ICF) of America held an executive election last Thursday at its office in Richmond Hill, Queens.

National Under-15 players Ashmead Nedd and Alphius Bookie’s batting led Georgetown to a comprehensive victory over East Coast in the second round of Demerara inter-association cricket at Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

The privately-owned Antigua Power Company (APC) has named the Export-Import (EX-IM) Bank of China as well as several members of the former Antigua government in a lawsuit relating to the provision of a power station and the current administration has called on the company to “do the patriotic thing” and remove the Bank from the lawsuit.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams has been suspended without pay for six months after admitting last week that a story he told about coming under fire while on a helicopter during the Iraq war was not true, the network said yesterday.

A man was refused bail on Monday on drug charges after a court heard that he was allegedly held by police with a small quantity of cannabis and then took them to his home where they found a lot more.

RICHARD AUSTIN’S death in his native Kingston on Saturday, aged 60, cut short a life that began with optimism for a bright cricketing future and ended with years of debilitating cocaine addiction, ironically brought on by the very game at which he excelled.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Re-uters) – Malaysia’s highest court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a sodomy conviction, sending the politician who poses the greatest threat to the long-ruling coalition back to prison for five years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The House of Representatives yesterday afternoon gave the nod to three bills which will clear the way for Jamaicans to take their final appeals to the Caribbean Court of Justice as their final court of appeal.

Training: An officer from the Police Tactical Services Unit yesterday conducting training for some ranks from the Leonora station.

After a month as a remanded prisoner, an attempted murder accused was on Monday granted $300,000 bail.

After the opposition won the majority of seats in the National Assembly in the 2011 general elections, I was left bemused by the notion that had it taken the advice of those of my ilk and formed a pre-election arrangement with a single list, the PPP/C would have lost government.

Dear Editor, I welcome the statement made by Gecom Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally that the results of the general and regional elections could be delivered by the next day of the elections.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela on Tuesday will unveil a new foreign exchange system that is likely to ease the country’s three-tiered currency controls but would also mean a hefty devaluation of the bolivar currency.

Dear Editor, It’s great to see that APNU and AFC are in coalition talks.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. aid worker Kayla Mueller, held hostage by Islamic State militants for 18 months, is dead, her family said yesterday, but the circumstances were unclear and President Barack Obama vowed to hunt down the culprits.

With elections due by May this year, Trinidad’s People’s Partnership coalition government seems to be experiencing a certain amount of turbulence.

Residents in some sections of Georgetown have opted to pay private garbage collectors while others are battling an overflow of refuse since Puran Brothers Inc.