Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The body of a 66-year-old man was fished from the Demerara River after he went missing following a night of drinking.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah Even as farmers remain pressured by El Nino, consumers have been enjoying cheap prices for vegetables because of a glut that is adding to the woes of cash crop farmers in West Berbice who are struggling to cope with the high cost of production.

A high number of malaria cases was discovered when residents turned up at the One Mile and Christianburg health centres in Linden yesterday to tap in on the expertise of a team of overseas medical professionals.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a Brazilian national who shot his fellow countryman in the face during a row over money at Butterfly Backdam, North West District.

-new gender justice advocate Newly-appointed advocate for gender justice within Caricom Dr Rosina Wiltshire is warning that until violence against women is addressed, the downward slide of societies across the region, including growing violence in schools and communities would continue.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Marquee batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan will take no part in the Zimbabwe series after being left out of a 14-man squad named yesterday for the final three one-dayers, as West Indies selectors continue to carefully guard his return to international cricket.

-Persaud says market to be set up between stadium, Princess Hotel Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday disclosed that the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has stretched its resources to the stage where it has been borrowing equipment, such as water pumps for main drainage areas across the country in order to cushion the effects of El Niño.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said yesterday key batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan was being safeguarded in light of crucial upcoming campaigns.

Women in Region Five were recognized for their contribution to society at a cocktail reception held in their honour yesterday by the Regional Women’s Affairs Committee (RWAC) at the regional boardroom.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Ivory Williams,  America’s newest sprint champion, knows all too well how mental  errors can destroy dreams.

By Marlon Munroe The ninth annual Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County Castrol Under-15 limited overs round robin tournament begins today with Demerara coming up against Essequibo at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground.

A greater number of vehicles will be heading to Guyana’s shores as the largest roll on/roll off vehicle carrier to ever visit Port Georgetown begins operations between here and the Far East.

As the government moves ahead with its plans to construct a $3.6 billion High Level Foreshore Discharge at Hope/Dochfour, the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) believes that there are cheaper alternatives that could be pursued.

Providence, Guyana – West Indies Under 19 opening batsman Trevon Griffith was delighted to have been in the company of his favourite West Indian player Digicel-sponsored Captain, Chris Gayle.

Guyanese cricketers Deon Ferrier, Elton Baker, Travis Blyden and Mark Monfort all scored half centuries over the weekend as the Trinidad and Tobago two-day national championship league resumed.

It was an emotional scene yesterday afternoon at Anna Catherina Sea View, West Coast Demerara  when Latchmin Soman, a mother of three whose plight was highlighted by this newspaper several weeks ago when high tides pounded the nearby sea defence, received a cheque from a ‘Good Samaritan’ which will be used to pay for a house lot.

Guyanese batsman Troy Cornelius slammed an aggressive 64 to lead SIS Central Sports to an innings victory over W Connection Wanderers in the latest round of matches in the Premier League in Trinidad on Sunday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has assured that the United States will continue to work together with the new Iraqi government that was chosen to lead the country at a critical time, following the recent three-day national elections.

Jamaican dancehall artiste Clifford Smith, popularly known as Mr. Vegas, and Trinidad & Tobago soca songstress Fay Ann Lyons have collaborated to launch the ICC Twenty20 World Cup song ‘Bring It’ for the tournament that begins on April 30 in Guyana.

A man who appeared in court yesterday charged with assaulting his reputed wife ended up fainting twice resulting in Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson calling a 10-minute recess in the morning’s proceedings.

All the top domino teams in Guyana are gearing up for battle in the 5th Annual Lyall Gittens organised one-day competition set for Sunday at the National Gymnasium.

General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board, Anantram Balram has denied that he instructed former manager of the Board’s Bartica Office, George Gomes to randomly test gold being purchased, thereby breaching procedure.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Former NBA guard Andre Emmett scored 71 points for Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) team  Shandong at the weekend, setting a new individual scoring  record for the league.

Buxton vendors met Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn on Friday evening to discuss where they could be relocated.

(Cricinfo) Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has said there are no plans to extend the tournament’s season beyond the current six-to-seven week duration, as that would affect other forms of the game and the regular cricket season in India.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned ‘Overseas voting is a non-starter’ which was published in Stabroek News on March 8, and written by Dr Cheddi Jagan, Jr.

Dear Editor, I wish to point out that I am an ardent fan of motor racing in Guyana and I wish to commend the GMR&SC for its tireless efforts to put on a show year after year at the South Dakota circuit.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) said yesterday that  Br.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Lawn Tennis Association  president Roger Draper condemned a fifth successive Davis Cup defeat as unacceptable yesterday and called for an immediate  inquiry into the humiliating loss to Lithuania.

Rodwell Warte, 47, of 3 C Meadow Brook, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with unlawfully assaulting Dianne London, his reputed wife, so as to cause her actual bodily harm.

DOGO NAHAWA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Villagers in central Nigeria buried dozens of bodies, including those of women and children, in a mass grave yesterday after attacks in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.

Dear Editor, Women now represent about half of the people living with HIV.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Three of Israel’s best-known  soccer clubs face an uncertain future after learning that they  will lose their financial backers.

The Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) said though Guyanese women have many more freedoms than some women across the globe, more can still be done for them.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian President Rene Preval plans to tell US President Barack Obama tomorrow that food aid to the earthquake-devastated Caribbean nation should be stopped because of the risk of damaging its economy.

KABUL – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates cautioned against over-optimism despite “bits and pieces of good news” from Afghanistan, warning of hard days ahead as he arrived yesterday to meet generals and President Hamid Karzai.

(BBC) Lancashire coach Peter Moores has said he is certain that England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will make a full return from injury.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in response to an article in the SN March 7, 2010 entitled ‘NDC defends sale of Nandy Park playground’ (read Republic Park instead of Nandy Park).

Rodwell Warte, 47, of 3 C Meadow Brook, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with unlawfully assaulting Dianne London, his reputed wife, so as to cause her actual bodily harm.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Mr Roger Harper on his election as President of the Georgetown Cricket Associa-tion (GCA).

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A court in Haiti yesterday freed a US missionary jailed for weeks on charges of kidnapping children in the chaos that followed the country’s devastating January 12 earthquake, witnesses said.

(Trinidad Guardian) – A 48-year-old Couva businessman was expected to appear before a Couva magistrate yesterday, charged with possession of close to $1 million worth of goods stolen from Ansa McAl’s Chaguanas warehouse.

JFAP Leader CN Sharma salutes women for their courage and endurance of daily struggles in order to make a difference for peace and the development in the world.

(BBC) Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke is returning home from the current tour of New Zealand for personal reasons.

KOVANCILAR, Turkey (Reuters) – A strong earthquake killed at least 51 villagers in a remote part of eastern Turkey before dawn yesterday, officials said, and aftershocks continued for hours while rescuers searched for trapped survivors.

Dear Editor, When I first met Mark, he had come to join the Catholic-sponsored Scout troupe at Sacred Heart Church.

CONTRES, France, (Reuters) – Tour de France champion  Alberto Contador lost time on the leaders and suffered a painful  knock to his leg when he crashed towards the end of the first  stage of Paris-Nice yesterday.

The Upper Bonasika Primary School on the Essequibo River last Thursday received an outboard engine from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to help curb the transportation woes of the students.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba, trying to deflect international criticism over the recent hunger strike death of a political prisoner, said yesterday it would not be “blackmailed” by another dissident hunger striker, whom it accused of being a convicted criminal.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Karun Chandhok has no illusions  about what awaits him this weekend when India’s sole Formula One  driver makes his debut barely a week after sealing the deal.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter in SN which Cheddi (Joey) Jagan wrote on March 4 (‘No one seems to care’), I feel exactly the same way as he does.

The crime situation and the justice system in this country were brought into focus when the Inter-American Development Bank celebrated its 50th anniversary with a party at the Pegasus Hotel last December.

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction We are all aware of the disasters that have happened in the last few weeks in our region.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood finally entrusted a female director with an Oscar on Sunday.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels said yesterday they were waiting for the armed forces to provide security guarantees for the release of two hostages whom guerrilla commanders promised to hand over nearly a year ago.