Articles published on Wednesday, May 6, 2015
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons believes the regional side has the makings of being a competitive Test unit but says commitment to hard work needs to remain key to the team’s focus.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown has died at the age of 71 after suffering from liver cancer, his manager said today.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – An Indian court sentenced Bollywood film star Salman Khan on Wednesday to five years in prison for killing a man in a hit-and-run accident, the latest twist in the tumultuous career of one of the country’s biggest box-office draws.
At about 0855h. today, the police say that Sherwin Barrow, 19 years, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was involved in an argument with two men at Warlock, East Ruimveldt, during which he was shot several times to his body.
(Trinidad Express) Today the House of Representatives begins debate on a motion of no confidence which, once passed, will lead to the suspension of Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley “from the services of the Parliament”.
The Carter Center yesterday expressed deep concern at “provocative rhetoric” on the campaign trail as it prepares to deploy a 60-strong team for Monday’s general elections led by its head, former US President Jimmy Carter and including former Barbados Foreign Minister, Billie Miller.
By Gaulbert Sutherland in Lethem Lamenting the underdeveloped state of the Rupununi, and saying that education is the way out of poverty, APNU+AFC presidential candidate David Granger last evening pledged to construct technical, agricultural and home economics institutes in Region 9 should the alliance win Monday’s general elections and also pledged to resolve Amerindian land issues.
At least three of the groups contesting next week’s general elections have agreed to participate in forums with students of the University of Guyana (UG) beginning today.
APNU General Secretary Joseph Harmon yesterday defended a trip he took to Jamaica financed by Chinese contractor, CHEC to inspect their projects.
It was cold night in May as Amelia’s Ward Russians were crowned the Guinness of the Streets Linden champions, edging crowd favourite Wisroc by a 2-1 score line on Monday at the Mackenzie Market Place tarmac.
Almost six years after being sentenced in the United States for drug trafficking, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan is a talking point in the current elections campaign, which has seen former president and PPP/C candidate Bharrat Jagdeo declaring that he never knew the convict and that his proclaimed “crime fighting” were not state-sanctioned.
MUMBAI, India, CMC- Lendl Simmons failed with the bat while Kieron Pollard scored an unbeaten knock that inspired as Mumbai Indians recovered to beat Delhi Daredevils by five wickets with three balls to spare in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has reiterated that it has sole responsibility for declaring elections results, while calling on persons purporting to conduct exit polls and announcing findings to desist from such “potentially-dangerous and reckless” activities.
An off-duty Guyana-born New York City police officer was killed in a motorcycle crash on Monday evening, according to the New York Daily News.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC– West Indies middle order batsman Jermaine Blackwood has emerged as the biggest mover in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings on the strength of impressive batting in the just ended series against England in the Caribbean.
A biker is now dead after he was stuck down by a car on the public road at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Sunday.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC- Sri Lanka have named a 14 Women squad to play against West Indies in four One Day Internationals (ODI) and three T20s starting next week.
Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ladies suffered mixed fortunes on day three of their inaugural season in the Trinidad and Tobago Outdoor Women’s hockey league defeating Notre Dame but losing to Checkers on Sunday in the twin-island republic.
Dear Editor, Currently, there is a very important discourse both in and out of the media domain about forgiveness and reconciliation.
Alert workers at the Rubis gas station on Vlissingen Road managed to control a fire that ignited on a drum that was on a truck that stopped for refuelling on Monday night.
Guyana lost their three-match international basketball series to Suriname going down in the final match by 41-71 on Sunday at the Ismay Van Wilgen Sports Hall in Paramaribo.
Young people are very cynical when it comes to elections; they don’t think it actively affects them and that is what we are trying to show them,” visiting voting rights expert Marcia Johnson-Blanco said on Monday.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, (The Sports Xchange) – Derrick Rose scored 25 points and Pau Gasol added 21 points and 10 rebounds as the Chicago Bulls beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-92 in Game One of the Eastern Conference semi-finals on Monday.
Dear Editor, It seems that there have been rumours that the children of Cheddi and Janet Jagan are supporting the APNU+AFC Coalition.
Dear Editor, The announcement by Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma that an Observer Team headed by Kate Wilkinson has arrived in the country to observe the May 11 national and regional elections is welcome news.
HOUSTON, (The Sports Xchange) – Blake Griffin recorded a triple-double and received plenty of support in the absence of Chris Paul as the Los Angeles Clippers claimed a 117-101 road victory over the Houston Rockets in Game One of their Western Conference semi-final on Monday.
Patrick Simmons, who admitted that police nabbed him with over 100 grammes of cocaine, was on Monday sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Campaigning in Britain’s most unpredictable election in a generation enters its final day today with the two main parties level in most polls and neither on track to command a majority in the parliament of the world’s fifth largest economy.
Dear Editor, Talk about constitutional reform is back in the public arena.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin believes the drawn series against World number three England has injected a new level of confidence and belief into West Indies.
A carpenter was on Monday charged with fraudulently converting over $2 million given to him to buy a boat and engine and parts.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. investigators were investigating a claim by Islamic State that it was behind a failed attack on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in which two gunmen were killed, but officials said yesterday they doubted the militant group’s direct involvement.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England batsman Jonathan Trott has retired from international cricket with immediate effect after a disappointing tour of the West Indies, the 34-year-old said on Monday.
Dear Editor, In this election period, Mr. Jagdeo has made it his business to put himself right in the centre of the PPP campaign and like a magnet, drawing all of the politics in play to his calculated attack mode, which is really camouflage for the defence of his record as President of Guyana up to just three years ago.
A cobbler landed himself before a city court on a break and enter and larceny charge on Monday after allegedly raiding a grocery store in Linden.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Darren Bravo said he was guided by a strong sense of responsibility during his match-winning knock, which helped West Indies stun England by five wickets in the third Test which finished Sunday in Barbados.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, targeted in a deadly attack earlier this year by Islamist gunmen, was honoured yesterday at a New York gala under heavy security, organizers said.
A convicted prisoner and another man were on Monday cleared of a charge of conspiracy to commit an armed robbery after the prosecution failed to prove its case against them.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Recent setbacks for prosecutors in a huge corruption scheme at Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA suggest they will struggle to win as many convictions as they seek.
Dear Editor, It seems a great comfort and ease for Ms Nadia Sagar that she stands only with her citizenship to define her.
Dear Editor, Today (Tuesday May 05) seems to be a public holiday.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday approved licences for passenger ferry service between the United States and Cuba, a Treasury Department official told Reuters.
BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Burundi’s constitutional court yesterday cleared the way for President Pierre Nkurunziza to bid for a third term in office, angering protesters on the streets of the capital who are demanding he back down.
Former Guyana and West Indies batsman Alvin Kallicharran wrapped up weeks of mentoring with the young cricketers across when he returned fittingly to his ancient county hometown of Port Mourant.
Apart from some rudimentary commitments to rule better, from a political standpoint the PPP manifesto, Guyana Version 2.0, only promises more of the same and perhaps worse.
As Trinidad & Tobago moves into election mode (the last elections were held on May 26th 2010), Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar’s government seems to have been surprised by the most recent survey of the economy by the international agency Moody’s (as reported in this newspaper last week) which has downgraded the country’s credit rating from stable to negative.
Dear Editor, The objective of a party is to win an election.
Guyana U-15 all-rounder Kevin Sinclair blasted a majestic 155 for Canje Secondary School (CSS) in the ongoing A.
BISSAU, (Reuters) – Guinea Bissau is reviewing contracts signed by previous governments as the West African country seeks to ensure miners have sufficient means to kick-start its $2 billion economy, its prime minister told Reuters.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s supreme court on Monday set a trial date later this month for ex-dictator Manuel Noriega in a case alleging that the former strongman was involved in the kidnapping and murder of a political opponent in 1970.
On the one hand, the PPP attracted several folks with good multi-ethnic credentials.
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President Donald Ramotar addressing the large gathering at the Indian Arrival Committee’s ‘Hamara Guyana Concert’ which was held at the Albion Community Centre Ground yesterday.
Members of a dance group doing one of their routines during the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s Indian Arrival Day celebration at Uitvlugt yesterday.
