Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 10, 2015

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Phil Simmons has been reinstated as head coach of the West Indies Cricket team weeks after his suspension, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Tuesday.

YANGON/HINTHADA, Myanmar, (Reuters) – While supporters of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi hit the streets to celebrate an apparent landslide win for her party in Sunday’s election, a dazed former general sat at home licking his wounds.

(Trinidad Guardian) West Indies mystery spinner Sunil Narine is being targeted according to cricket officials.

The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) yesterday unveiled a $46 million chemical storage facility at the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute at Mon Repos, where calls were made for more to be done to prevent accidental and deliberate poisonings.

Stafarei Alexander, one of the three men captured after a robbery at Mahaicony last week, is now a remanded prisoner after being read six charges, including murder.

City Hall is hopeful that it will be able to access funding from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) to support environmental management within the city.

Roy Jacobs, one of the four men charged with the murder of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, admitted to recruiting the men who carried out the hit, according to a caution statement that he gave the police and which was read at his trial yesterday.

Nearly a year after a Vryheid’s Lust robbery where a car dealer was robbed of more than $2 million in cash other valuables, a third man has been charged with the crime.

Two men accused of being part of the gang that stole millions from America Street money changers during an ambush last week, were yesterday charged with two counts of armed robbery at a city court.

Winston Cramer, who is accused of causing the death of a pedal cyclist due to dangerous driving, has been called on to lead a defence at his trial.

Eon Archibald, the miner who was in June charged with the attempted murder of Dwayne Morris, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court.

The police are wrapping up their investigations into the 2013 murder of Diamond businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress and will soon be dispatching a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice on whether the suspect who was detained last Friday should be charged.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has dubbed the government’s Code of Conduct for ministers “farcical” as the government has failed to disclose the sources of funding for the presidential inauguration.

A South Turkeyen miner was yesterday charged with a knifepoint robbery after police say they traced a stolen phone to his girlfriend.

Residents of Herstelling yesterday expressed disgust over the callous treatment of a woman whose husband refused to render assistance to her as she lay dying on the street not far from her home on Sunday morning.

After being stabbed multiple times by her ex because she broke up with him, Shondell Hernandez is now lying in a hospital bed with no feeling in her lower body.

The body of a labourer of Friendship Canal, Lower Pomeroon River was found floating in the canal in the area on Saturday morning.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday said it was disappointed by the failure of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) to address key concerns at a meeting held on Tuesday last.

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) will begin exploring the drilling of a new well for Mahdia as it looks to safeguard and regularise the community’s potable water, while in the short term it will provide a pump to boost supply.

The relative of a man who died in a road accident in 2011 is aggrieved that the death by dangerous driving convict is out on bail pending an appeal.

Neglect and abuse of the elderly is to be addressed shortly, Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence has said, noting that the defunct Commission for the Elderly is to be reestablished.

All-rounders Raymon Reifer and Steven Jacobs bowled defending champions Guyana Jaguars to an emphatic 104-run win over the Windward Island Volcanoes yesterday when round one of the 2015-16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) four-day tourney concluded at the Guyana National Stadium.

With the aim of providing accessible and affordable housing, in sanitary and safe communities, government is looking at offering tax incentives to home builders who use locally produced materials.

Over 20 residents of Budhan Housing Scheme in New Amsterdam, Berbice have already signed contracts with the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) for the supply of potable water to the community, which has been in existence for over ten years.

When the four-night Caribbean Development Goodwill Tournament boxes off on November 26, it “will attract largest influx of countries in Guyana for any sport in decades.”

When the fourth and final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) is staged here on Sunday, the speedsters of Barbados will be gunning for the Group 2 title.

The World Bank recently approved a US$15 million Development Policy Credit and Loan (DPC/DPL) for Grenada.

A large delegation from Suriname is expected to compete at this year’s Flex Night event billed for the National Cultural Centre on December 7.

Alpha United missed a golden opportunity to go atop the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League standings, drawing with seventh positioned Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 1-1 on Sunday at the GFC ground in Bourda.

Dear Editor, I agree: State properties must be utilised for national purposes.

Dear Editor, What’s in a name? A lot apparently, if the name happens to be Correia and the majority of operators at Ogle Airport are to be believed.

History will be created today when first time finalists and statistical giants St.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, CMC – Embattled West Indies failed to arrest their losing skid on their already failed tour of Sri Lanka when they crashed to a 30-run defeat in the opening Twenty20 International here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have listened to what purports to be a debate on the date of Diwali, and remained silent because I am not one who can read and understand the ‘Patra’.

NAYPYITAW/HINTHADA, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling party conceded defeat yesterday in a general election as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.

Dear Editor, The recent suicides at the seawall appear to be a very sad story.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Narayanaswami Srinivasan’s tumultuous tenure as the International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman was cut short yesterday after the powerful Indian board (BCCI) withdrew support for its former president.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Russia could be banned from international athletics, including the 2016 Olympic Games, after an anti-doping commission report yesterday alleged widespread corruption and collusion that added up to a state-sponsored drugs culture in a sporting superpower.

Dear Editor, During the protests of the People’s Parliament myself, my friend Freddie Kissoon and others were discussing two mysterious seawall killings in a short period.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured US President Barack Obama yesterday that he remained committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as they sought to mend ties strained by acrimony over Middle East diplomacy and Iran.

Rangoli display at the Department of Culture Diwali celebration at its Main Street office yesterday.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australia were held up by Brendon McCullum but dismissed New Zealand for 295 before lunch on the final day of the first test yesterday to win by 208 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Somalia has transformed itself from a “failed to recovering state” in recent years, but any cutbacks in support for it could spark a new exodus of refugees from the conflict-torn Horn of Africa nation, the UN Somalia envoy said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am grateful that we are in an epoch whereby prophylactic measures can be taken prior to an intractable situation developing.

Here’s a scenario that seemed highly unlikely only a few weeks ago, but has a 50 percent chance of happening in light of the political earthquakes that are rocking Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela, and could mark the end of a 15-year-old leftist populist cycle in South America.

Dear Editor, I do not know if Guyana’s Parliament celebrates Diwali.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels yesterday rejected a proposed law under debate in the Andean country’s Congress for creating a plebiscite to give the voters final approval over any peace plan.

(Reuters) – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been reported for a suspect bowling action during Saturday’s third and final one-dayer against Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.

This little miss was one of the arriving passengers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday who received sweetmeats handed out by the airport’s staff, as part of a “a warm Diwali welcome,” the CJIA said in a press release.

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after a series of raids and suicide bombings there by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, the government said yesterday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said yesterday he would open a national debate to review the country’s marijuana laws ahead of a key United Nations meeting next year, following a landmark court ruling.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is planning to tax home owners who rent out properties or rooms on the online home-rental marketplace Airbnb Inc ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a tourism official said yesterday.

Those of us (or at least some of us) who either live in Georgetown or, for various reasons, frequent the capital, would have experienced the ‘feel good’ sensation that derives from the effort in the past few months to change the appearance of parts of the capital city that had been left to degenerate and decay over time.

BRIDGETOWN, Barba-dos, CMC – Barbados Pride needed just 54 minutes to wrap up an uncomplicated 10-wicket triumph over Jamaica Scorpions, and make a strong start to their Regional First Class Championship campaign here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I rose too late to see Fletcher bat, but I did see Jonathan Carter.