Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 11, 2015

On Monday 2nd March, 2015 the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre presented a portrait of Dr.

The Judicial Service Commission today said that Alex Moore has been restored to the magisterial bench following a hearing into several matters against him.

The winners of the 2015 Mashramani competitions received trophies and monetary awards at a ceremony at the National Cultural Centre last evening.

  The winners of the 2015 Mashramani competitions received trophies and monetary awards at a ceremony at the National Cultural Centre last evening.

The winners of the 2015 Mashramani competitions received trophies and monetary awards at a ceremony at the National Cultural Centre last evening.

APNU+AFC today called for an impartial investigation to last night’s murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing and urged calm at this trying time.

The winners of the 2015 Mashramani competitions received trophies and monetary awards at a ceremony at the National Cultural Centre last evening.

HOBART, (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara became the first batsman to hit four successive centuries in one-day internationals to help Sri Lanka wrap up their World Cup pool campaign with a 148-run romp over Scotland at Bellerive Oval today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An Indian court summoned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today over accusations of criminal conspiracy and corruption in the illegal award of a coal field, a blow for the Gandhi dynasty that ruled India until last year.

Walking the streets of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara last night urging residents to go out and vote on May 11th, political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing was shot dead execution-style.

A man was last night gunned down in front of his 3rd Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara home.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was the final destination for $3 billion which government has been attempting to transfer from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).

President Donald Ramotar has confirmed Seelall Persaud as the Commissioner of Police but Opposition Leader David Granger says he was not meaningfully consulted on the appointment as is required by the law.

President Donald Ramotar plans to change the policy under which members of the government and other public officials access aid for medical treatment from the Consolidated Fund, former President Bharrat Jagdeo announced yesterday.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday defended his palatial home and contentious presidential benefits package, saying he was sure that the late President Cheddi Jagan would not have wanted his ministers living in an underprivileged manner.

Under fire over what has been labelled as racist and inflammatory comments, former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday defended his statements made at Babu John on Sunday, saying that he is “proud” of raising the issue of race.

Miners are not happy with the results of a meeting with President Donald Ramotar on March 5, President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Patrick Harding has said.

Rudolph London yesterday pleaded guilty to killing his former partner, Shaunell Warrick, after being read a charge of manslaughter before Justice Franklyn Holder at the High Court.

The survivor of the crash at Pirara, Rupununi said that he and his wife lay in their vehicle trapped for around two hours.

A 12-member jury was yesterday empanelled before Justice Franklyn Holder to try Leroy Deonarine, who has been indicted on a charge of rape of a child under 16 years of age.

Dear Editor,   Election fever is in the air again and parties are jockeying for position.

After being sentenced to five years for causing the death of a woman, Hafraz Mangroo is now out on bail after his lawyer appealed the magistrate’s decision, according to a police source.

A West Coast, Berbice man is on trial in the Berbice High Court for engaging in sexual activity with a 10-year-old child.

Winston Hinds was yesterday remanded to prison on four counts of armed robbery after the victims allegedly identified him when he was held as a suspect in a murder.

Almost a month after he lost an eye while trying to be a peacemaker, Kamal Khan yesterday found himself accused of being the aggressor in a violent robbery.

  A Berbice River man was remanded to prison on Monday on a charge of attempted murder, stemming from an altercation at a wedding house, where he allegedly stabbed another man who was trying to part a fight.

An injunction was filed last Friday in the Berbice High Court against 16 officials of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) including President Anil Beharry preventing them from holding themselves out to be officials of the BCB.

A man was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday after he was found guilty of possession of cocaine for trafficking.

A man was placed on bail yesterday after denying that he abused and assaulted a police officer.

With only two more rounds remaining for the conclusion of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) four-day competition, Guyana Jaguars middle-order batsman Vishaul `Cheesy’ Singh feels that an outright win by the team against Trinidad and Tobago’s red Force in the penultimate encounter could seal the title triumph for the locals.

Remanded murder accused Daveanand Albert was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell at the New Amsterdam prison on Sunday.

The local football fraternity has incurred another administrative loss as Georgetown Football Association (GFA) President Vernon Burnett has officially tendered his resignation from the entity.

Guyana will commence their three-match International basketball series against Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) rival Bermuda today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

A security guard is now a remanded prisoner after allegedly being found with an unlicensed gun and ammunition.

High profile clashes will highlight the quarterfinal round when the Sparta Boss First Anniversary Knockout Football tourney commences today from 20:00hrs at the Sparta Boss Tarmac in East La Penitence.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court accused of three armed robberies, all committed on the same day.

 By Jeff Trotman   Marvin McLennon is in a stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Linden Hospital Complex after being on the operating table for over five hours on Monday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – At the start of the year, a grave-faced President Nicolas Maduro promised “God would provide” after oil prices crashed by half, exacerbating Venezuela’s deep recession, chronic shortages and sky-high inflation.

Dear Editor,   In his desecration speech at Babu John on Sunday, May 8, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo said that the opposition “consistently shout about the racism of the PPP but they practise racism.

A Haitian national was yesterday fined $30,000 after admitting to entering Guyana illegally.

Dear Editor, I write this letter in an attempt to generate public debate on how best to mobilize young voters, to participate in a big way in the upcoming May 11 general and regional elections.

Two men were yesterday charged over the theft of a $3.5M engine but one of them left the court a free man while the other faces a trial.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – A court in Ivory Coast sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo yesterday to 20 years in prison for her role in a 2011 post-election crisis in which around 3,000 people were killed, her lawyer said.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC- Sprint legend Usain Bolt, the Olympic and World Champion, is set to run the 200 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting here on July 9.

Dear Editors,   A letter published in your newspaper some months ago, captioned ‘What is the rationale for fixing the speed limit in East Canje at 50 kph?’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard is to take an “indefinite break” from first class cricket, Trinidad and Tobago Cricket officials have confirmed.

A water vendor was on Monday placed on a bond to keep the peace after he admitted to blocking traffic around the Stabroek Market Area with his cooler.

A bus conductor was yesterday fined $3,000 and also ordered to perform six months of community service after he admitted to having a small quantity of cannabis in his possession.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A former Petrobras executive told a congressional hearing yesterday that Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party received up to $200 million skimmed from contracts with the state-run oil company, reiterating claims made in plea bargain testimony.

NEW YORK, CMC-Jamaican born student athlete, Sabrina Cammock, was found dead in a Times Square hotel over the weekend, New York police have reported.

Dear Editor,   I understand that the correct date for Phagwah was Thursday, March 5 but it was celebrated on Friday, March 6, even though some mandirs, including the Radha Krishna Mandir of Camp Street, held their service on Thursday, March 5.

BUENOS AIRES/PARIS, (Reuters) – Three French sports stars – Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat, yachtswoman Florence Arthaud and boxer Alexis Vastine – were among 10 people killed when two helicopters collided in Argentina on Monday during the filming of a reality TV show.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton, under attack for using a personal email address to conduct U.S.

A doctor has accused a wash bay attendant of doing a lot more than cleaning her car when she took it to be washed.

— Marc Gasol gets better of brother Pau(The Sports Xchange) –  Marc Gasol led all scorers with 23 points to spearhead the Memphis Grizzlies’ 101-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Qatar should be stripped of the 2022 World Cup in order to rectify the mistake of awarding them the world’s biggest single sports event, outgoing FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger said yesterday.

A woman was yesterday fined $40,000 after claiming that she falsified a form to get a new passport in order to travel to Barbados to earn for her children.

Dear Editor, I am responding to a letter in your edition of March 9 by Minister Robeson Benn captioned ‘Over 23 years in government the PPP/C has managed to bring Guyana from dire straits to one of expanding progress and prosperity.’

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The son of Suriname’s president was sentenced yesterday to 16-1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to U.S.

It appears to me that the political parties that were involved in the APNU/AFC coalition formation proceeded as if the PPP is so broken and discarded that its responses would not matter or would be worth very little.

HAMILTON, (Reuters) – India took apart a diligent but limited Ireland attack to sweep to an untroubled eight-wicket victory at Seddon Park yesterday which confirmed they will top Pool B in the cricket World Cup.

PUERTO GAITAN, Colombia, (Reuters) – As fewer and fewer oil trucks roll through the streets of Puerto Gaitan, Mario Romero crunches the numbers.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Gold prices have swung into defensive mode on fresh signs of resurgence in the U.S.

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Windward Islands kept up their pressure on second placed Barbados Pride with a resounding 175-run victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, on the final day of their eighth round WICB PCL contest here Monday.

Dear Editor,   Recent letters demanding more prominence for Amerindian leadership candidates in the forefront of the slates of the two major parties come as no surprise.

There is a lot of speculation taking place with respect to the likely voting behaviour of the population for the upcoming May 11 General Election.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Heirs of the late soul singer Marvin Gaye won a $7.4 million judgment yesterday against recording stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, who a jury found plagiarized the Motown artist in the creation of their hit single “Blurred Lines.”

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition spokesman on labour, Rudyard Spencer has indicated that the Government granted 300 work permits to Mexicans, who provide skills already available in Jamaica, to work in the tourism sector.

The multiplicity of events in the Middle East involving or attracting significant global actors simultaneously, indicates the extent to which that arena continues to be deemed to be of importance to members of the world community as a whole, whether small or large actors.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan are ready to take on the big guns in the knockout stage of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, their captain Misbah-ul-Haq said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The Opposition PNM is “demanding” that Government withdraw its support of Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General, saying he is a “poor candidate”.

Dear Editor,   I hereby respond to Mr Kads Khan’s missive in Monday’s edition of SN, in which he accused me of writing an ill-informed letter on Sir Ronald Sanders’s suitability to be Secretary-General of the Common-wealth Secretariat (‘Sir Ronald Sanders has considerable international experience’).