Daily Archive: Monday, March 29, 2010

A Hampshire, Corentyne resident succumbed to gunshot injuries he sustained when four masked bandits stormed his house around 7:30 pm on Saturday and stole almost $1M in cash and jewellery.

By Marlon Munroe Reigning Group-4 champion Andrew King and Kevin Jeffrey sizzled yesterday but it was group-3 driver Ryan Rahaman who churned out some of the most admirable performances at the Guyana Race of Champions at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri.

-Dover disappointed with performance By Kizan Brumell A tough battle between Walking Boys of Suriname and Guyana’s Alpha United football team ended in a draw as the Guyana leg of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships continued at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground yesterday.

Cheddi Jagan Memorial 50-miler Alonzo Greaves clocked two hours, 11 minutes and 36 seconds in winning the third leg of the Dr.

Police in ‘B’ Division have arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized two speedboats, 12 Yamaha outboard engines and other articles as they continued their drug eradication exercises in the Berbice River on Saturday.

The East/West Fire Basketball Club recorded its first victory when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Open and Third Division Leagues continued Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Haier Cup second division limited overs tournament bowled off on Saturday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground but prior to the start of play, former national junior table tennis player, Sarfraz Shadood, a representative of Queensway Company, made a presentation of shirts to the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association.

`When I get out of the hospital I am going to file for a divorce…I am getting this man out of my life’ After an evening out to escape the stress of her life a West Ruimveldt woman was beaten in the head by her husband.

Gavin Lewis and Nicola Ramdyhan were beaten in the first round of the Under-14 category while Aruna Ramrattan, Krystal Sukra, Benedict Sukra and Judah Stephney lost in qualifying matches of the ITF/IBM Junior Championships in Trinidad and Tobago.

Thirty-five-year-old Orlando Garraway, of Alexander Street, Lacytown, was placed on $45,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday accused of snatching a woman’s gold band.

Guyana’s Lennox `Too Sharp’ Allen kept his unbeaten record intact when he defeated Amador Acevedo Saturday night in the United States of America.

Miners in Port Kaituma on Friday expressed concern over the “red tape” involved in new rules which requires them to give notice of their intention to mine but Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn says their operations will not be stopped “no matter how long it takes”.

By Donald Duff An elite coaching programme for the country’s top cricketers gets cracking this morning at the National Stadium at Providence.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)  is  working to correct irregularities that currently exist in any private warehouse facility  while also moving  to ensure that all private warehouses operate within  the Customs Act/Customs Regulations and Standard Operating Procedures.

Dear Editor, So, I am in a taxi travelling back to work after lunch.

Guyana’s Brandon Bess was in fine form with bat and ball in the South Zone Cricket league in Trinidad and Tobago grabbing four wickets and scoring 48 runs as his team Clarke Rochard defeated Juniors of Pleasantville by a whopping 291 runs.

Preparatory work on the site identified for the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Power project is now set to begin, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday.

The formation of five new clubs by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) has led to the revival of inter-club lawn tennis and a tournament is currently underway.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority wishes to respond to a letter published in the Stabroek News on Friday March 18, 2010 under the caption `Tourists should be able to pick up driver’s permit at airport’ and written by Shameer Ali.

Pensioners are getting a “raw deal” under National Insurance Scheme (NIS) rules which see benefits ceasing when the person attains 60 years, Senior Counsel, Ralph Ramkarran says.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter entitled `The reporter should have checked with the MMA’ written by Rudolph Gajraj, Chairman of the MMA-ADA which appeared in the Guyana Chronicle dated 22 March 2010.

(Jamaica Gleaner) This evening, Jean Small will walk onstage at the 20th Actor Boy Awards to accept her due honour for 50 years’ work in theatre.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Defending champions Jamaica and fancied Barbados meet in the feature attraction of the opening round in the West Indies Under-15 championship at Inshan Ali Park today.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar’s refusal to return to Twenty20 cricket for next month’s World Cup is a relief to India’s rivals, Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi said.

Dear Editor, Anyone can understand President Jagdeo’s unhappiness over the lack of prosecutions under both the old and new anti-money laundering laws. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – “Retou ala Vi. Ayiti  Pap Peri” (Back to life, Haiti will not die) reads the banner  in Creole stretched up beside a crowded camp of earthquake  survivors in the heart of the wrecked capital Port-au-Prince.

A nine-year-old Grade Four student of the Corriverton Primary School broke both of his hands and suffered injuries to his head when he fell around 11 am last Friday while trying to retrieve his kite.

Dear Editor, Cummins, a commenter on SN’s web page, stated that Karl Marx’s ideas are outdated and not relevant to the 21 century. 

(Cricinfo) They say a Twenty20 match can be won in 10 minutes of violent batting or inspired bowling.

A staff/volunteer of the Guyana Red Cross Society is in Haiti working along with the 20 emergency response units (ERUs) with different  specializations that have been deployed so far as part of the massive response from the international community  in the wake  of the  devastating 7.0 magnitude  earthquake on January 12.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Barack Obama made his first trip  to Afghanistan as U.S.

(Trinidad Express) While the country was expecting the long-overdue Local Government election date, Prime Minister Patrick Manning on Saturday went for the whole hog, and called for nominations for candidates for a general election.

Annan Boodram is a public school teacher, journalist and social activist in New York City.

(Cricinfo) Naman Ojha’s bat, Yusuf Pathan’s right arm and some steady nerves from the fast bowlers proved enough to flummox Chennai Super Kings and lead Rajasthan Royals to their fourth win in a row.

By Alva Solomon Instilling moral values into the minds of children can these days be a difficult task and in a rapidly developing technological world the ills of society can be just a click away.

Dear Editor, On Sunday March 14, 2010, just after 5pm, a friend and I were walking on the seawall.

ARKHANGELSK, Russia, (Reuters) – Thousands of angry  people demonstrated in a northwestern Russian city yesterday  against the high cost of living and demanded that the government  of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin quits.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Dressed in white,  shaking decorated gourd rattles and singing praises to “Olorum  Papa” (God the Father), several hundred practitioners of  Haiti’s voodoo religion held a public ceremony yesterday to  honour those killed in the Jan.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan will look to a three-week preparation camp starting today to enhance their build-up for the World Twenty20 Championship in the Caribbean.

(Barbados Nation) There has been a run on CLICO International Life Insurance Company and its top management say they are fighting to restore the company.

Dear Editor, I had the misfortune of reading a letter titled `Questions for Leslie Gonsalves’, published in the Stabroek News, March 26 edition. 

Hardly a day goes by, somewhere in the Caribbean, without some prominent person publicly waving the flag of regional unity. 

Residents found a packet filled with bullets on Freeman Street, East La Penitence yesterday.

Photos and interviews by Cathy Richards Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir recently announced that he was considering changing the labour legislation to allow children as young as 13 years old to do some jobs.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Jannero Pargo scored a season-high 27 points for the Chicago Bulls as they claimed a  much-needed 106-83 victory over the lowly New Jersey Nets on Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The creaking justice system is burdened under the weight of over 400,000 cases waiting to be tried.

Friday’s opening of the revamped lock-ups at the Brickdam Police Station represents a small victory of sorts for the various groups that have lobbied for years for the bringing of this facility into conformity with basic norms of decency and respect for human rights.

BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva held talks  with protest leaders yesterday in an effort to defuse growing  tension and avert possible confrontation after protesters  intensified their drive to topple the government.

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