Articles published on Thursday, January 14, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed into Haiti yesterday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.
-husband suspected, flees after taking poison By Zoisa Fraser The body of a 24-year-old woman was yesterday found in the channel of the Nismes, West Bank Demerara koker, allegedly murdered at the hands of her `controlling’ husband who later ingested poison and fled.
Guyana has pledged US$1 million in assistance to Haiti following the major earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation on Tuesday.
A bus filled with passengers slammed into an electricity pole and overturned at the Rupert Craig Highway at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara just before 6pm yesterday after the driver experienced a seizure.
-mother laments that police ignored report By Oluatoyin Alleyne The 22-year-old student teacher, whose stabbed body was discovered on Back Street, Harlem, West Coast Demerara, was likely kidnapped, her mother said yesterday, lamenting that the police failed to act when the first report was made.
West Indies cricket selectors are desperately trawling through a worryingly short list of potential candidates to replace injured key players who have been ruled out of the forthcoming series of five One-Day and two Twenty20 Internationals in Australia.
-GB&GWU tells trade union board The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) told the Trade Union Recognition & Certification Board that the bid by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) to have it booted out is a clear attack on workers’ rights.
A carpenter accused of hacking his wife to death in 2007 was yesterday committed to stand trial for her murder.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Former captain Mahela Jayawardene anchored Sri Lanka’s run chase with an unbeaten 71 in a four-wicket victory over India in the Tri-series final yesterday.
Media personality Mondale Smith of 1717 Princes Street, Wortmanville, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of unlawfully assaulting another man and maliciously damaging a glass door at Demico/Qik Serv.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Liverpool were dramatically dumped out of the FA Cup when Reading came from behind to earn a 2-1 win after extra time in their third-round replay at Anfield yesterday.
Actress Sonia Yarde was yesterday placed on $60,000 bail when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly embezzling a quantity of money from the Ministry of Health while she was employed there.
By Rawle Toney International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 West Indies Promotions and Corporate Services officer Sabrina Panday has said that 32% of the tickets for the event have already been sold locally.
–cops looking for getaway car Nicholas Hoyte’s relatives are baffled about his brutal killing in Alberttown since, as far as they know, he had no problems with anyone.
By Marlon Munroe With the help of corporate funding, Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) President Alfred Mentore intends to package and sell women’s cricket in order to raise the standard of women’s play in Georgetown and by extension Demerara.
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club last Sunday hosted the second presentation ceremony of the annual Basil Butcher Berbice Cricket Development Trust Fund which saw twelve under-15 cricketers receiving $350,000 worth of cricket equipment and educational material.
The abduction and assault charges against neurologist Dr Walter Ramsahoye and ex-policeman Clairmonte Marcus were dropped yesterday after the virtual complainant (VC) under oath declined to offer any evidence.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Nine-year-old Miu Hirano has grabbed the headlines for the second year running with another tearful record at the Japanese table tennis championships.
AFC leader Raphael Trotman says the Government of Guyana (GoG) should “seriously consider” offering to assist in the re-settlement of survivors in the wake of the devastating earthquake that has left a huge death toll in Haiti.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The historic use of the experimental pink ball in the Regional First-class Championship will be part of an upcoming worldwide testing plan as the International Cricket Council moves towards playing day-night Tests within a few years.
The Guyana Red Cross Society is appealing to the public for emergency monetary donations to allow it to boost its aid to disaster-hit Haiti.
The woman who allegedly started the Waterloo Street fire which ravaged two houses and damaged three others on Tuesday night remained in custody yesterday.
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica, CMC – Sidelined West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor will return to court next month to answer charges of improper conduct, after an appearance before a magistrate on Tuesday.
-winner for T&T contest Ansa McAl yesterday announced the semi-finalists for the seventh annual Soca Monarch competition and revealed that this year’s winner will have the opportunity to be part of the International Soca Monarch competition in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday launched a week-long training programme for its Marine Unit to boost its capacity to curb tax evasion through smuggling along the foreshores.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – America’s Mike Rodgers is on the fast track towards becoming his nation’s leading sprinter and while he has set a target of winning a 2012 Olympics medal, he is well aware of the steps needed to achieve his goal.
The PPP yesterday expressed shock “at the terrible devastation” that Wednesday’s earthquake caused Haiti and expressed its solidarity to the government and people of “our sister country”.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss said his side would pay dearly if they tried to play for a draw in the fourth and final test against South Africa starting at the Wanderers today.
The PNCR says it is shocked at the tragic events in Haiti and it has joined with the government in crafting a national response to the disaster.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-arm spinner Kavesh Kantasingh and opening batsman Omar Phillips have come in for huge praise over the roles they played in the Combined Campuses and Colleges’ stunning victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the opening round of the WICB First-class Championship earlier this week.
Dear Editor, Last Thursday night January 7, I witnessed the dismantling of the outdoor cafe and corresponding plants that were used as décor – the property of Hugh ‘Magic’ October.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Justine Henin has always punched above her weight but even she knows the odds are stacked against her landing a knockout blow in this month’s Australian Open.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on its members and the nation to assist with its disaster relief effort for earthquake-hit Haiti.
Dear Editor, Leon James Suseran, in a letter to the Stabroek News of January 11(‘Utility companies earned a failing grade in 2009’), has listed GT&T among the utility companies which have all earned a big fat F-grade for the manner in which they provided service to the people in 2009.
– donates US$5M to relief Digicel, which lost two of its staff in the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti on Wednesday, has sent technical experts to assess the situation on the ground to see what support is needed in terms of network equipment and emergency aid.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – The United States (US) Government is stepping up its pressure on Jamaica to sign the extradition request for west Kingston strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.
Dear Editor, In the current discussions concerning possible intervention by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) in the issue of mining leases, licences and concessions, the provisions of the forest law and regulations have apparently not been cited by the GFC or by the GGMC.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people were feared dead yesterday in Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake, buried beneath demolished schools, hospitals and homes, and traumatized citizens milled in streets strewn with rubble and scattered bodies.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Government and cricket authorities here are planning to use the historic day-night match at the Sir Vivian Richards Ground to re-launch the stadium as a premier venue, after it was slapped with a one-year ban in the wake of the aborted England Test last year.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The devastating earthquake in Haiti is the biggest natural disaster so far in the Twitter era, and response on the micro-blogging site has been accordingly momentous.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A UN-backed commission has cleared Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom of links to a scandal that erupted last year when a lawyer recorded a video before he was murdered that accused the president of ordering the hit.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Dwayne Smith failed to fire as his New South Wales crashed out of the Twenty20 Big Bash with a 54-run loss to Queensland yesterday.
Twenty-year-old Peter Giddings of Linden was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly breaking and entering a store at Lethem and stealing a quantity of items valued over $3.6M.
Dear Editor, Annan Boodram’s letter in the Stabroek News of December 31, 2009, published under the caption ‘We must eschew the “us” versus “them” mentality in the New Year’ refers.
Dear Editor, Anand Boodram’s letter to the SN of December 31, captioned, ‘We must eschew the “us” versus “them” mentality in the New Year’ refers.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Wall Street’s chiefs acknowledged taking on “too much risk” and having “choked” on their own cooking, but stopped short of an apology as they sparred with a commission looking into the origins of the financial crisis.
(Trinidad Express) – Veteran calypsonian Leroy ‘Black Stalin’ Calliste says while the attempted abduction of his daughter, Keina, last week has made his family more vigilant, he will not become a prisoner in his own home.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Ricky Hatton will come out of retirement for “one more fight” this year against a big name opponent at a venue and date still to be decided, he announced yesterday.
Dear Editor, Over the last six weeks, we have been warned by Ronald Sanders (‘2000-2009: A Decade of Caribbean Decline’), David Jessop (‘It is unclear how the Caribbean will tackle its environmental challenges’), Dr Clive Thomas (‘Norway and Guyana’s rainforest: Santa Claus or Old Higue’), Christopher Ram (‘Economy firewall malfunctions’), ‘Peeping Tom’ (‘A new tag to economic mendicancy’) that a self-inflicted tragedy awaits us in this new decade because of poor leadership, bad governance and delusional beliefs that the World Bank, the United States , China , Europe or anyone else cares a damn about what happens to us.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Google’s threat to quit China over censorship and hacking intensified Sino-U.S.
A Jamaican-born pilot, who was allegedly found with a quantity of cocaine in his suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US critics of China’s trade policy yesterday seized on Venezuela’s recent currency action to prod the US Congress to pass legislation targeted at countries that manipulate their currency.
SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 105-85 yesterday, extending a poor run of road form for the NBA Champions who also lost Kobe Bryant to injury.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The ATP Players Council has proposed the scheduling of a tennis ‘world cup’ to provide a less rigorous international competition than the current Davis Cup, Serbian world number three Novak Djokovic said yesterday.
A 34-year–old police officer is believed to have committed suicide at Charity on the Essequibo Coast yesterday afternoon, reportedly after a relationship went sour.
Economic uncertainty The Central Bank of Barbados says the island’s economy faces an uncertain year.
Dear Editor, For several months the main media outlets have intensified their campaign against the government, wanting to make it appear as if it is corrupt, condones extra-judicial killings and encourages the practice of marginalization.
The general consensus is that there is need for change. Regardless of political affiliation, religious persuasion or social standing Guyanese are united in their conviction that there must be a shift in the status quo; time for an upgrade, if you will, since the present programme has all but crashed.
History this week… No. 2/2010 By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction It was thirty years ago (in the month of February to be exact) that the party then in power, the People’s National Congress (PNC) introduced a new constitution called the People’s Constitution.
BANGALORE, (Reuters Life!) – An Indian company has found a novel use for the heaps of ecologically unsound plastic that litter Bangalore: it’s turning it into roads.
