Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 18, 2015

ATHENS/BERLIN, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras lambasted European partners yesterday for criticising a new anti-poverty law hours before it was voted on, saying it was the euro zone rather than Athens that must stop “unilateral actions” and keep its word.

Rolston Morrison, 29, called ‘Mappy’ is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to investigations into the murder of Dwayne Kennedy which occurred on March 14, 2015, at Golden Grove, ECD, a release from Eve Leary today said.

Amnesty International has begun a campaign to pressure government to carry out a thorough, independent investigation into the killing of activist Courtney Crum-Ewing and bring those responsible to justice.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today said it believes that Nepalese are being trafficked here and it warned that action will be taken against those involved.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – All-rounder JP Duminy claimed a hat-trick as South Africa stormed into the World Cup semi-finals with a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

In order to avoid the State having to pay for two trips, the late president Dr Cheddi Jagan who died on March 6, 1997 following a heart attack, postponed urgent and critically needed cardiac surgery by two months.

Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday told business leaders that if elected president he would move to maximise alternative energy options and signalled plans to reform the Amaila Falls Hydropower project.

The lifeless body of a young mother was found on a road at the Charity Squatting Area yesterday morning and her common-law husband, who is said to have frequently abused her, is among three persons now being held by police in connection with her death.

A local band manager was on Sunday busted with cocaine strapped to his legs after landing at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York.

The funeral for slain political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing will be held today and the family is asking mourners to wear red and black to show their solidarity.

Devon Thomas, one of the two men on trial for the Mashramani night murder of businessman Kumar Mohabir, was positively identified by the victim’s brother as one of the persons who had attacked them.

Basking in the euphoria of winning the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Professional Cricket League four-day title with a match to spare the senior national cricket team known as the Guyana Jaguars yesterday departed for Dominica where they will oppose the Windward Islands in the final fixture of the tournament.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has sent the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) back to arbitration after yesterday discharging the interim injunctions granted earlier this year to prevent the company from treating Skeldon estate worker Daniel Stephen as if he were summarily dismissed.

Raphael Hintzen, who is currently serving a five-year-long sentence, was yesterday sentenced to an extra eight years in jail after he pleaded guilty to two additional counts of armed robbery.

Defending champions West Demerara yesterday defeated Georgetown by 35 runs to win their opening match of the 2015 Demerara Under-19 Inter Association competition at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – West Indies cricketers have typically exuded a lackadaisical ‘it’s cool man’ attitude to their game, yet it is New Zealand who are taking the casual approach to their World Cup quarter-final, according to Daniel Vettori.

Facing trial over sexual activity with a minor, a Corentyne fisherman was freed yesterday after the complainant decided not to proceed with the charge.

After standing for just over 100 years, St. Anne’s Anglican Church will soon be demolished.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia all-rounder Shane Watson is savouring his second chance at the World Cup after his omission from the side left him convinced he had played his last match at the tournament.

The University of Guyana administration has rejected the accusation that it has breached the terms of resumption (ToR) with the two UG unions which ended five weeks of industrial action earlier this month.

A pregnant woman was refused bail yesterday after being charged with robbing a man at knife-point and stealing a phone.

INDIAN WELLS, California, (Reuters) – Top seed Serena Williams overcame a wobbly start to see off a determined Sloane Stephens 6-7 (3) 6-2 6-2 yesterday and advance to the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open.

The third annual Greatest Guinness of the Streets, East Coast Demerara zone will officially commence today at the Haslington Marker Tarmac with eight matches.

A West Bank Demerara man was yesterday sentenced to five months in jail after he was found guilty of wounding a woman.

A soldier was yesterday granted $150,000 bail after he denied a simple larceny charge in a city court.

The wild roller coaster ride for the West Indies at the carnival that is the International Cricket Council’s 2015 World Cup continues and they are hanging on for dear life.

With less than two days to the start of their 25th edition, the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation continued its sponsorship drive yesterday with long standing supporter Swiss House Cambio donated the third placed trophy.

Murder accused Daveanand Albert, who died after being found unresponsive in his cell at the New Amsterdam prison last week, succumbed after a heart attack, an autopsy has found.

The four men who were detained in connection with the murder of poultry farm manager, Errol Alvyn “Gregory” Hernandez have been released from police custody according to Crime Chief Leslie James.

West Demerara giants Slingerz Football Club will now be officially known as Bakewell Slingerz, securing their first major sponsorship deal with the Nasir and Nasir Group establishment yesterday at a simple presentation ceremony.

Hikers and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) retained their Woodpecker Products U21 male and female titles respectively when the fifth annual Hikers Hockey Club Junior Indoor tournament concluded at the National Gymnasium recently.

Dear Editor, I visited Mrs Janet Jagan at her home just a few days before she died.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC- Barbados has been chosen to host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Annual Conference in June, ICC announced on Monday.

After being restored to the magisterial bench, Magistrate Alex Moore is now presiding at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 10, where he replaces former magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond.

Dear Editor, Three distinguished persons in different walks of life have criticized former President Bharrat Jagdeo for misleading the public in relation to the lifestyle of the late Presidents Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan, which he compared to his, and it is worrying that the PPP hierarchy has failed to criticize Mr Jagdeo for his false statement.

A Beterverwagting man is in police custody after ranks during a search operation at his home found 27 kilograms of cannabis, according to Crime Chief Leslie James.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s victory over South Africa in the World Cup group stage has given the squad the belief they can topple joint hosts Australia in Friday’s quarter-finals, said captain Misbah-ul-Haq.

Dear Editor, Someone once said that the greatest of all freedoms is the freedom of choice.

A youth was remanded to prison yesterday after a court heard that he was caught on surveillance camera footage after he broke and entered an East Coast home.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) survived losing two quick wickets at the start of their innings to record a lopsided victory over St.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker says government has invested over $189M in Region One villages between 2010 and 2013 in keeping with its vision to enhance livelihoods there.

INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic and fourth-seeded Andy Murray each had to contend with different degrees of adversity before they advanced to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday.

Dear Editor, I feel compelled to express my disappointment with the quality and focus of the speeches given at Babu John last Sunday.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel’s election after exit polls showed he had erased his centre-left rivals’ lead with a hard rightward shift in which he abandoned a commitment to negotiate a Palestinian state.

The third annual Greatest Guinness of the Streets, East Coast Demerara zone will officially commence today at the Haslington Marker Tarmac with eight matches.

AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Thirty years after five misfits entered high school detention and defined the archetype for the modern teen movie, actresses Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy reflected on the unexpected impact of John Hughes’s “The Breakfast Club.”

Dear Editor, On Saturday, March 14, 2015 I visited Sparendaam police station, where a family member had been arrested.

APNU+AFC Presidential candidate David Granger returned to Georgetown on Monday after two days of campaigning in the Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice Region (Region No.10), a release from APNU+AFC said yesterday.

(Times of India) NEW DELHI: Top filmmakers on Monday sought the ouster of censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, accusing him of creating a “hostile” environment.

BERLIN/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States has urged countries to think twice before signing up to a new China-led Asian development bank that Washington sees as a rival to the World Bank, after Germany, France and Italy followed Britain in saying they would join.

Dear Editor, The school population 32 years ago was much less than now.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday said the Government is pleased to welcome the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, to the shores of Jamaica.

(The Sports Xchange) – Dwyane Wade scored 32 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 106-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a match-up against good friend and former team mate LeBron James.

The police yesterday said that some motorists are using extra bright white headlights without dipping them in the face of oncoming traffic.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s main opposition party said yesterday it would call on the Supreme Court to investigate President Dilma Rousseff’s involvement in a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA .

Dear Editor, A Partnership for National Unity led by David Granger and The Alliance For Change led by Khemraj Ramjattan together at the last general election secured thirty-three seats, one more than the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic, and thus took control of the National Assembly.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – If India, the most watched and heavily scrutinised team in world cricket, are under any pressure ahead of tomorrow’s World Cup quarter-final against Bangladesh, they are doing well to hide it.

To increase the certainty of defeating the PPP/C, one has to shift the paradigm of elections and electioneering in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of the Attorney General paid some $353.7 million to attorneys and other consultants between June 2010 and October 2014.

High salt intake by children can predispose them to illnesses such as hypertension, osteoporosis, asthma and other respiratory diseases, obesity and stomach cancer, the Pan American Health Organi-zation/World Health Organization (PAHO/ WHO) says.

Dear Editor, According to a recent Latin American Opinion Project (LAPOP) Poll, Guyanese were happier and less likely to migrate in 2014.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Actress and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is selling antique furniture, paintings, prints, ceramics and memorabilia from her Chicago apartment next month to benefit her education foundation, the auction house running the sale said yesterday.

It was reported last week that the government holding company National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) injected a further US$16 million into the Marriott project.

Politikles

Hikers and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) retained their Woodpecker Products U21 male and female titles respectively when the fifth annual Hikers Hockey Club Junior Indoor tournament concluded at the National Gymnasium recently.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall said yesterday he would hold a referendum next year to reduce the presidential term to five years from seven, seeking to “set an example” at a time when some African leaders want to lift their term limit.

Some members of the Golden Jaguars team  Vurlon Mills (right), Solomon Austin (2nd right), Colin Nelson (3rd from right), Dwain Jacobs (4th from right) and Jamal Smith (standing) await instructions from the management staff following their arrival at the National Stadium in Providence for training sessions.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The latest talks between Cuba and the United States on restoring diplomatic relations concluded after one day, Cuba said yesterday without disclosing what may have been agreed.

The increasing turbulence in both Brazil and Venezuela in South America must be of concern for Guyana and indeed the countries of Caricom.

PORT VILA, (Reuters) – International aid agencies ramped up appeals for cyclone-hit Vanuatu yesterday, warning that the powerful storm which affected more than two-thirds of the South Pacific island nation had wiped out crops and destroyed fishing fleets, raising the risk of hunger and disease.