Daily Archive: Saturday, May 14, 2016

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Superstar Chris Gayle’s wretched form showed no signs of improvement but teammates Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers lashed astonishing centuries, to fire Royal Challengers Bangalore to a record 144-run victory over Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League here today.

About 1000h. today, police ranks at the Kurupukari Crossing Checkpoint, Rupununi, arrested Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who was in a vehicle at the Checkpoint.

About 2320h. last night, the police say that a mini-bus and a motor car were travelling in opposite directions along the Richmond Public Road, Essequibo Coast, when they collided.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – All ten one-day games of next month’s Tri-Nations Series will be played under lights, as the West Indies Cricket Board looks to add some innovation to the tournament.

(Trinidad Guardian) High Court Judge James Aboud will rule on whether the United States Government should be allowed to join, as an interested party, in a lawsuit filed by former Fifa vice president Jack Warner challenging his extradition, on June 17.

Mere hours after retired Professor Pariedeau Mars was discovered dead in his Prashad Nagar home on Thursday evening, six teenagers, including two girls, were arrested and a quantity of items stolen from him was recovered.

The report on the Commission of Inquiry (Coi) into the Public Service was yesterday submitted to the Ministry of the Presidency, bringing wage negotiations with the civil servants’ unions closer.

President David Granger is “deeply concerned” about the incidence of crime.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon is threatening to take legal action against Kaieteur News (KN) unless there is a public apology and retraction of what he contends are thirteen “defamatory” reports on his recent trip to China and his association with Chinese logging company Baishanlin.

Rose Hall resident Desmond Gordon, who allegedly chopped his common-law wife to death on Monday evening, has been charged with her murder.

A Timehri guard was yesterday charged with murdering his friend, whom he allegedly stabbed during a drinking spree at his home.

Bloomfield, Corentyne cane harvester Bisram Ramsamug was yesterday charged with murdering his stepfather, whom he allegedly hacked to death during a drunken row early Monday morning.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called on government to take steps to reduce overcrowding at the Camp Street Prison, while urging that measures be swiftly adopted to prevent any recurrence of the fire that claimed the life of 17 inmates in March.

Taxi drivers operating within the vicinity of Demico House and the Stabroek Market Square on Thursday protested in front of the Public Buildings for definite word on the city’s plans for their operations.

Hundreds of patrons, armed with their umbrellas, braved the gloomy weather on Thursday to show their support for GuyExpo 2016, which Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin said should be the launch pad for businesses seeking both local and foreign markets.

Last evening the Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies officially launched the History of Cricket in Guyana, Volume One written by renowned local historian Professor Clem Seecharan, at Cara Lodge.

Among the abundance of talent at this year’s GuyExpo are three young women, Crystal Baptiste, 18, Samantha Ramah, 19, and Aneisa Douglas, 25, who are making art and craft from the most unlikely materials.

Tinniben Animation and E-Networks are set to launch Guyana’s first episodic animated television series, Nancy’s School Daze, which will begin airing in September.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India,  CMC – West Indies Twenty20 star Kieron Pollard featured with another cameo for Mumbai Indians but their batting collapsed to hand Kings XI Punjab an uncomplicated seven-wicket win in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

After being on the run for more than a year, fugitive Thurston Kenrick Williams, who is a suspect in a fatal chopping that was carried out in the North West District, was yesterday arrested by the police just after he boarded a bus destined for Mahdia.

(The Sports Xchange) – For much of the season, the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs seemingly were on a collision course.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle on Friday led tributes from Royal Challengers Bangalore to late international media icon, Tony Cozier, who passed away last Wednesday in his native Barbados.

Scores of workers and pensioners yesterday demonstrated in front of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate, protesting the delay of their one week holiday and ten-year pay.

Dear Editor, It was with utter shock and consternation that I glanced at the Kaieteur News headline ‘Retired Professor bound, strangled in home’ and learnt it was Professor Pairadeau Mars, known to his friends and colleagues as ‘Perry’.

Dear Editor, A joint work which is the result of friendship, solidarity and genuine integration is about to start; this is the creation of a Development Stimulating Centre for Children, Adolescents and Young People with Special Educational Needs Associated with Disabilities.

The Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report was tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday and Speaker Dr.

There are precious few iconic dates and times in one’s lifetime that come to mind with total recall as to when and where one was when a particular cataclysmic event took place.

Dear Editor, On Friday the 6th May at about 10 pm four Amerindian youths were arrested in Tabatinga, Lethem, and placed in the lock-ups by the Lethem police allegedly for possession of a prohibited substance weighing 5 grammes found in a car they had been in.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has selected former national players Lugard Mohan and Abdulla Hamid to serve as head coaches for the boys and girls’ U16 teams respectively for the upcoming Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships in Guyana.

Former Chairman of the Board of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Dr Roger Luncheon has committed to providing a comprehensive response to the published results of the forensic audit of the scheme in a week’s time.

A 17-year-old drowned just before noon on Thursday after he slid into a canal at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.

After sweeping the podium last year, Team Gillette Evolution (TGE) cyclists will start as favourites for this weekend’s ‘Golden Jubilee Three-Stage road race’ which pedals off today in Berbice.

Antonio Rodrigues, who admitted to skipping out on his $5,000 taxi fare, was yesterday ordered to pay a $30,000 fine or serve three months in jail.

Dear Editor, Your edition on Thursday carried a letter which commented on Sattaur Gafoor’s humanity.

A Rose Hall, Corentyne man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with shooting at a policeman.

The sum of 20 local strong men and women have fulfilled the criteria for selection to this year’s 14th IPF / NAPF North American Regional Powerlifting Championships scheduled for St.

Dear Editor, The actions to foster social cohesion cannot be piecemeal.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted yesterday over accusations that she oversaw irregularities in the central bank’s sale of U.S.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Sir Curtly Ambrose has been replaced as West Indies bowling consultant, just over a month after helping the regional team to the capture of the Twenty20 World Cup in India.

A ceramist, a potter or a painter are names one would call Andrew Sampson but ‘Samo’ as he’s often called sees himself as an artist who can master all that he endeavours.

A woman was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty of having an illegal gun as well as ammunition.

Dear Editor,   Guyanese must have noticed the most recent publication in the press of the findings of the Forensic Auditor who in 2015 conducted the forensic audit of the National Insurance Scheme.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a 60-day state of emergency yesterday due to what he called plots from within the OPEC country and the United States to topple his leftist government.

Hi Everyone,   It didn’t just happen but it is only now that I have come to fully understand how much arthritis has affected and changed the use of my mother’s hands in the kitchen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke spent the night on Wednesday in police custody after being detained in relation to a rape allegation made by an attorney working with his organisation.

Dear Editor, This is a very sad story of a family that really needs the intervention of the Government of Guyana, but the refusal to even try to help them is heartbreaking.

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Mobs in Venezuela have stolen flour, chicken and even underwear this week as looting increases across the crisis-hit OPEC nation where many basic products have run short.

Aubrey Price, who is accused of robbing a tourist of a quantity of cash and other items, was yesterday remanded to prison.

Brenessa Thompson is once again grabbing headlines for all the positive reasons.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration told U.S. public schools on Friday that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice, upsetting Republicans and raising the likelihood of fights over federal funding and legal authority.

Serojanie Ramkarran, the 71-year-old who was discovered dead at her Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo home on Tuesday morning, died as a result of cardiac arrest, according to an autopsy.

The Guyana Police Force has advised that the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.

Dear Editor, GTT creates the impression in the public domain that it upholds, respects and adheres to the labour laws, principles, conventions and practices that govern all.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies master batsman, Brian Lara, has credited the late cricket media icon Tony Cozier, for helping to transform the fortunes of the beleaguered regional side, following the wretched 1998-99 tour of South Africa.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Hezbollah’s top military commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in a blast at a base near Damascus airport, the Lebanese Shi’ite group said yesterday, one of the biggest blows to its leadership the Iranian-backed organisation has ever sustained.

I almost choked on my tea when I came across Shabeau’s Spring 2016 cover as I was scrolling through my Facebook timeline.

DAKAR, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two former students from Burkina Faso have designed a mosquito-repellent soap, which they hope could be a simple and affordable solution in the fight to end malaria, but more funds are needed to test the idea, according to the startup behind it.

Walk into a modern newsroom and you will likely notice something that was unimaginable just a few years ago: screens with real-time updates on “trending” stories from the outlet’s website.

The Indian Action Committee (IAC) will on Sunday be holding its annual Mela in Berbice to commemorate the arrival on East Indians in Guyana, at the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus, Corentyne.

“Cuss wheh ya guh, nah wheh yuh come from.” That is a saying I grew up hearing.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Renowned South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has been appointed chief mentor to the Trinbago Knight Riders for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League season.

Dear Editor, In my article which appeared in the Weekend Mirror of April 23-24, 2016, I pointed out that the discrimination that is practised by the APNU+AFC regime is not confined to Indian Guyanese, but also includes Afro-Guyanese members and known supporters of the PPP/ Civic and those African Guyanese who show some independent thinking.

Ssignal Productions last month launched its album of national songs, ‘Songs of Guyana’s Children’ in the Conference Hall at the National Library, one of the three things that the production company wanted to do to commemorate Guyana’s 50th Anniversary.

  President David Granger was yesterday presented with two commemorative $5,000 coins and the new $50 bank note by Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Researchers who dove hundreds of times into a sinkhole beneath the brown murky waters of Florida’s Aucilla River have retrieved some of the oldest evidence of human presence in the Americas including stone tools apparently used to butcher a mastodon.