Daily Archive: Saturday, March 21, 2015

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle has ruled himself out of the home test series against England next month in order to allow a back injury to settle down but he has ruled out retiring from internationals.

A section of the gathering at the Woodbine Ballroom in Brooklyn, New York yesterday for a fundraising meeting held by APNU+AFC.

APNU+AFC presidential candidate, David Granger (second from right) and prime ministerial candidate, Moses Nagamootoo (third from right) at a fundraiser for the alliance held yesterday at the Woodbine Ballroom in Brooklyn, New York.

Speaking to what it said was hundreds of Guyanese last night at the Woodbine Ballroom in Brooklyn, New York, the APNU+AFC alliance today said that Presidential Candidate Brigadier David Granger called on Guyanese in the Diaspora to return home and invest in Guyana.

The Guyana Police Force is informing members of the public that the Central Immigration and Passport Office at Camp Road, Georgetown, will be closed from 0700h.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – West Indies displayed all the familiar faults which have plagued them during the cricket World Cup in a quarter-final capitulation to New Zealand at the Wellington Regional Stadium today.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand opener Martin Guptill sent the ball soaring and the records tumbling by striking a cricket World Cup record of 237 not out today to set up his team’s crushing 143-run victory over West Indies in the final quarter-final.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr Steve Surujbally yesterday said that the commission is ahead of almost every activity as preparations continue for the May 11 general and regional elections.

A city exporter has been charged with trying to ship almost 90 pounds of cocaine in buckets of cassareep, green seasoning and Chinese sauce through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

An argument among a group of fishermen on the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday ended with one of them allegedly being dashed into the deep before he disappeared with the currents.

University of Guyana (UG) workers have been paid their wages with agreed increases, resulting in their unions holding off plans to resume industrial action.

A chandelier made of coconut shells and a bag made of banana fibres and egg trays were among the innovations on display on Thursday when Carnegie School of Home Economics students proved true the old adage, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

The United States is still hoping for more cooperation and progress in Guyana’s fight against drug trafficking, while finding little change in the local response over the last year, according to the 2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report that was released on Wednesday.

A second man now in custody following the Thursday morning raid on the National Cooperative Credit Union building on Regent and Oronoque streets, where seven guns along with ammunition and an undisclosed quantity of cash were stolen.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday promised that if elected to govern it will hold independent inquiries into the killings of former Minister of Agriculture Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh and activist Courtney Crum Ewing.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says around 1,207 applications by first-time homeowners under the 2013 Mortgage Interest Relief (MIR) Programme have been approved and it says it wasn’t responsible for the delay experienced by an applicant who complained in a letter to Stabroek News.

Nomination Day will be held at City Hall as has been the tradition over the years, even though doubts have been raised about its ability to do so given the deteriorated state of the historic building.

The fire that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters and destroyed a Robb and King streets building is not being investigated properly, according to a former detective, who says police seem to be reluctant to follow a worthwhile lead.

Two teens are currently in police custody after allegedly stealing over $200,000 in cash intended for a school’s feeding programme in Shulinab, South Central Rupununi.

Centenarian Verley Etheline Bellamy yesterday marked another milestone when she celebrated her 101st birthday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has commenced internal security training at the Inter-Services Institute of Internal Security Studies for several ranks from the Joint Services.

Base Commander for Camp Stephenson Colonel Wilbert Lee has passed the baton to Lieutenant Colonel Terry Benn as he prepares to go into retirement in July.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) yesterday registered its concern about several recent assertions from Venezuela over its territorial controversy with Guyana, while reiterating its support for the maintenance Guyana’s territorial integrity.

A prison officer now finds himself the one behind bars after he was allegedly found with quantities of marijuana and cigarettes at the Camp Street Prison.

A man who allegedly robbed a vendor of a quantity of confectionery was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied the armed robbery charge read to him by Magistrate Annette Singh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 11.

A fully-equipped ambulance was handed over to the Diamond Hospital by Local Government and Regional Development Minister Norman Whittaker yesterday.

A twenty-year-old man was remanded to prison after he was accused of having in his possession a quantity of cannabis which was found in a calabash under a mattress.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Another devastating spell of leg-spin from Devendra Bishoo partially overshadowed a career milestone for teammate and left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul, as they led a Guyana Jaguars fight-back against Windward Islands Volcanoes in the WICB PCL here yesterday.

A mother of three was yesterday sentenced to one month in jail after she admitted to wounding the wife of her ex-husband.

Four more motorists have been fined for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Nadia Thomas Winter is the second half of Duo Collection, a designing brand she started with her niece last year, but there are other facets to her creativity.

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Jason Mohammed’s fifth first class hundred rallied Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the opening day of their final round WICB PCL game against Leeward Islands Hurricanes here yesterday.

Dear Editor, It has long been clear that both major political parties should apologise to the country for their actions since 1960.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Shamarh Brooks stroked his second consecutive hundred but Barbados Pride lost a clatter of wickets in the final hour, to throw away some of their control against Jamaica Franchise, on the opening day of their final round match in the WICB PCL here yesterday.

We have had the conversation before. But things have not improved—if anything they have gotten worse—so we’re having it again.

Dear Editor, There continues to be a very reluctant approach by some individuals, companies and establishments to employing adequate security measures to secure their personal assets and those of their customers and trustees.

A construction worker was remanded to prison yesterday after he denied the charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on another person.

The Caricom Secre-tariat will be hosting a national workshop for customs and border control officers on Multilateral Environ-mental Agreements (MEAs) and their enforcement from March 24 to 26.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson scored a half-century after being dropped on four to guide Australia to an emphatic six-wicket victory over Pakistan in Adelaide yesterday and send the co-hosts into a blockbuster World Cup semi-final with reigning champions India.

Dear Editor, As I travel the length and breadth of the Essequibo Coast, I have seen a number of pharmacies which have sprung up.

Hi Everyone, I am currently working on an interview-based project called, MY FOOD, which I host on my blog, Tastes Like Home.

Two weeks after being maimed by an attacker, a Wakenaam man remains bedridden at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he is slowly recuperating, while thanking God for being alive.

Dear Editor, We read with interest the letter in SN, March 19, ‘Berbicians must not allow their cricket to be hijacked.’

SANAA/ADEN, (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed at least 137 worshippers and wounded hundreds more during Friday prayers at two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, in coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Angry Pakistan cricket fans smashed television sets and carried out a mock funeral after the national team lost to Australia in the World Cup quarter-finals in Adelaide yesterday.

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BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Prosecutors who uncovered Brazil’s biggest corruption case called yesterday for tougher prison sentences and more legal powers to crack down on rampant graft that costs taxpayers more than the annual budget for education and health.

This evening from 6 until 9 pm artist Kodzo Wilkinson invites all to take ‘A Walk With Me’ at the Princess Hotel where he will exhibit some of his work.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers suspended negotiations on a nuclear agreement and were set to meet again next week to break a deadlock over sensitive atomic research and lifting of sanctions, Western officials said yesterday.

A multi-event cycling weekend for riders of all levels is planned for the National Park today and the Cinderella County (Essequibo) tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s new rules governing fracking on federal lands drew swift criticism from all sides yesterday, with green groups calling the measures “toothless” and the energy industry slamming “unnecessary” regulation of a drilling process that has brought the United States to the cusp of oil and gas self-sufficiency.

Dear Editor, It is a tragic irony that by dying, and through the way in which he died, Courtney Crum-Ewing left residents another precious gift.

An indigent man is now paralysed in the Georgetown Hospital after he was struck by a vehicle five months ago while was asleep on a section of city pavement.

DAMASAK, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Soldiers from Niger and Chad who liberated the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants have discovered the bodies of at least 70 people, many with their throats slit, scattered under a bridge, a Reuters witness said.

UK-based Guyanese style icon Lystra Adams, commonly referred to as ‘the Queen of Instagram’ is possibly the most vivacious Caribbean woman of style to follow on the social media platform-Instagram.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A Mexican journalist fired from her popular radio show after helping uncover a conflict of interest scandal that embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Thursday that she believes his office backed her dismissal.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar must be commended for the decision taken by him to invite overseas visitors to monitor our national and regional elections due on May 11.

An unbeaten half-century from opener Ronald Renee helped West Demerara defeat East Coast by eight wickets in the final Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) inter-association Under-19 match played at the Wales Community Center Ground yesterday.

Despite spirited protests against the slaughter of 23 people at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia, the likely collapse of tourism in the country, following the murder of so many foreigners (the 20 tourists among the dead included five Japanese, four Italians, two Colombians, two Spaniards and citizens from Australia, Britain, France and Poland), is a chilling reminder of how abruptly a single act of terror can strike at the heart of a modern economy.

Today the Lusignan Golf Course (LGC) will resume its weekend fixture with the eagerly awaited memorial tournament for the late founder and Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News David deCaires and veteran golfer Basil Sukhram.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman was on Thursday arrested on suspicion of being drunk on an aircraft, after she allegedly stripped, exposing herself on a flight from Kingston, Jamaica.

Politikles

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Ten people were killed in a gunfight in western Mexico when suspected gang members ambushed a police convoy in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces since Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in December 2012.

On Elections Day, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will have a cohort of staff that must be present in every polling station to effectively and efficiently manage the conduct of the General and Regional Elections.

The National School of Theatre Arts and Drama is staging its third major public production The Performance 3 tonight at the National Cultural Centre.

Dear Editor, I write to applaud the Vigneshwar Mandir and Pandit Mochan Persaud of Brooklyn for their generosity and kindness in helping the dispossessed and less fortunate in Guyana.