Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 23, 2016

BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Hosts India snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to keep alive their hopes of reaching the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a dramatic one-run win over Bangladesh today.

A forensic audit has recommended “strong disciplinary action” against Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Dr Mahender Sharma for alleged lax oversight of the fuel marking system which targets smuggling.

At about 2130h. last night, the police say that the body of farmer Khublall Gomes, 78 years, was found in a hammock under his home at Grant 1651 Backlands, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, with wounds to the head and a plastic cuff around his throat.

(Trinidad Guardian) A protection order is not just a simple piece of paper.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Belgian police have identified a prime suspect in Tuesday’s Brussels blasts and two suspected suicide bombers, linking them directly to Islamic State militants behind last November’s Paris attacks, Belgian media reported on Wednesday.

The PPP/C won the popular vote in Friday’s local government elections (LGE) capturing 25 000 more votes than the governing APNU+AFC under the proportional representation (PR) component of the polls.

Steve Bacchus, who prisoners say helped them escape from the fiery Capital A division at the Camp Street jail on March 3rd, yesterday testified that he and other inmates broke out of their dorm to mount a rescue after prison officials were not prompt in their efforts.

The three men held over the murder of Hill Foot farmer Anthony Breedy were yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

A bus driver died early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), hours after he was shot at the Linden bus park, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown by two men.

Sugar workers were yesterday told by GuySuCo that there would be no wage increase for 2015 considering the dire state of the corporation’s finances.

The ruling APNU+AFC coalition has gained outright control of five of the country’s nine municipalities following Friday’s Local Government Elections (LGE).

A taxi driver died late Monday night after he hit a car he was attempting to overtake and crashed along Le Destin Public Road, East Bank Essequibo.

The Bloomfield/Whim community from which Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo hails saw very few votes for the governing APNU+AFC at Friday’s elections with the vast majority going to the opposition PPP/C.

The police are currently investigating the murder of a man who was stabbed to the neck on Sunday evening at Lethem, in Region Nine.

Residents of Four Miles Community, Port Kaituma, Region One have been assured by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman that their outstanding land issues would be investigated and completed within three months.

An independent group will hold the balance of power in the Soesdyke/Huist Coverden Neighbourhood Democratic Council on the East Bank.

Dellon Henry, also known as ‘Nasty Man,’ who is accused of gunning down Dexter Griffith last year, has been called on to a lead a defence after a court found that a case has been made against him.

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday set the date for the commencement of the trial of former minister Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings for the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government.

Guyana’s pursuit of regional glory last evening began on a positive note as the team humbled lowly rated Anguilla 7-0 in their Scotiabank Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup qualifying opener at the National Stadium in Providence.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday announced that Agrément has been received from the Government of the Brazil for the appointment of George Wilfred Talbot, as the next resident Ambassador from Guyana.

Phagwah being celebrated today is conducive to reunions, exchanges and togetherness in an atmosphere of absolute cordiality, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha said in a message to mark the event.

A Corentyne man is now hospitalised with chop wounds after being attacked by three men who invaded his home early Monday morning.

Phagwah symbolises the freedom from confinement in every regard, the Viraat Sabhaa Guyana said in a message to mark the Hindu celebration today.

As Guyanese prepare to celebrate the festival of Holi or Phagwah today, President David Granger, last evening joined members of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangha for a Chowtal session on the lawns of State House.

A witness for Troy Abrams, the man accused in last November’s armed robbery of America Street moneychangers, has said he was at his girlfriend’s home when the attack took place.

City workers last Friday demolished an elevated pavement at the corner of Camp and Robb streets as City Hall put businesses on notice that it would not tolerate illegal structures, which it says compromise the drainage system .

After being charged at least four times with stealing vehicles, a former psychiatric hospital patient was back before a city court on Monday to answer a charge that he stole another car.

Dear Editor, I would like to make a few points clear for the public about where I, as a member of the Guyana National Broadcast Authority (GNBA) stand on the matter of the issuance of the 12 radio licences.

A vendor is now critical in the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was chopped outside a police outpost on Water Street on Monday night.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Sprint super star Usain Bolt has announced his intention to call curtains on his Olympic Career after the games in Brazil later this year.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital yesterday which killed at least 30 people, with police hunting a suspect who fled the air terminal.

Dear Editor, The local government elections are over, and as one analyses the results and feedback from the electorate throughout Guyana, it is evident that our country is racially divided and the larger parties won because people voted solidly along ethnic lines or out of party loyalty, and not because the parties had better representatives or programmes.

A North West District man was yesterday remanded after being charged in a city court with attempted murder.

NAGPUR, India, CMC- Chris Gayle has described fellow opener Andre Fletcher as a ‘dangerous’ batsman capable of posting big scores after he plundered an unbeaten half century to lead West Indies to a seven wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup on Sunday.

Dear Editor, The recent local government elections, despite a relatively low voter turnout, have demonstrated in no uncertain terms that voting behaviour remains basically the same with the two main parties, namely the PPP/C and the APNU+AFC dominating the electoral space.

ST.JOHNS, Antigua, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has praised the consistency of the Guyana Jaguars after they successfully defended the Regional Four-Day Professional Cricket League Title on Sunday.

Kuru-Kururu Warriors secured a vital win in the inaugural Guyana Beach Soccer Association (GBSA) National Championships edging Silver Bullets 6-5 Sunday at the Bayroc Beach Facility in Linden.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Head coach of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, Gus Logie, has blasted as “disappointing, frustrating and embarrassing,”  the team’s performance against Windward Islands Volcanoes in their final match of the regional four-day tournament.

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to a letter published in Kaieteur News of March 18, captioned ‘UG and Vincent Alexander have been cruel to us’ by Sheik Mustapha.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff said yesterday she will not resign in Brazil’s worst political crisis in two decades, calling an opposition move to impeach her a “coup d’etat” against democratic rule because she had committed no crime.

Dear Editor, The points raised in Frank Fyffe’s letter captioned ‘How do we prevent the minds of our children from being polluted?’

DHARAMSALA, India, CMC- All-rounder Deandra Dottin says she is not worried by her poor form with the bat thus far and is confident she can deliver big scores for West Indies in crucial remaining Group matches of the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup in India.

Ithaca Hardliners sealed their berth to the final of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) sanctioned Anamayah Memorial championships downing Rose Hall Town Jammers 54-46 Sunday at the Rose Hall Basketball Court.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) says it wants to stage a series of fast bowling camps as part of a plan to rekindle an area of the game that has been struggling in recent years.

Dear Editor, Now that President Obama has taken the daring and statesmanlike stand of visiting the friendly communist island of Cuba with his lovely family he should do likewise as soon as he gets back at his Oval Office desk, by fearlessly and boldly withdrawing America’s illegal grip on Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay as it belongs to the Cuban people.

(Reuters) – South Africa will play Friday’s vital World Twenty20 Group 1 match against West Indies without all-rounder JP Duminy who has been ruled out with a hamstring strain.

Let’s recycle: A recycling bin set up outside of City Hall yesterday.

Dear Editor, Regarding recent commentaries on suicide, I conducted an opinion survey earlier this month that interviewed people from all walks of life.

Not long after Walter Rodney met his death in June 1980, I was at Castellani House, the president’s residence on Vlissengen Road, waiting to see Forbes Burnham, when Vice-President Desmond Hoyte entered the room.

Dear Editor,  To the best of my knowledge the term sub-association was abandoned way back in 1999, if my memory serves me correctly, and was removed from the Constitution and Statutes of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

The Guyana dollar to US$ exchange rate depreciated slightly from $204.5 in 2012 to $206.1 by the end of 2013.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand became the first team to book a spot in the World Twenty20 semi-finals after opener Martin Guptill smashed his 10th fifty in the game’s shortest format to set up a 22-run win against Pakistan in their Super 10 stage match yesterday.

Dear Editor, The year 2016, will be remembered for the BoIs and CoIs: Dr Walter Rodney, mining accidents, allegations against CANU members, incarceration of a ten-year-old ‒ you name it, there is always the likelihood that one or another maybe commissioned for any event, including those which may have occurred decades ago.

When, at the end of December of 1991, the Soviet Union, or USSR, ceased to exist, and its component parts established with the Russian Federation a Commonwealth of Independent States, there would have been much speculation that its Caribbean partner, Cuba, would have to proceed to consider its own status, given the tight integration that existed between the USSR and the Caribbean communist state.