Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A six-member team from Mae’s Secondary School turned in a creditable performance to place second in the club and institute category of the annual Barbados Relay Fair held Saturday on the island.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Ahmed Shehzad and Misbah-ul-Haq  helped to put Pakistan’s recent troubles behind them as the duo  hit centuries to steer their team to a morale-boosting 89-run  victory over Bangladesh in a World Cup warm up match today.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Half centuries by the South  African openers set up a surprisingly easy seven-wicket victory  over Australia today in a World Cup warm-up match giving  the holders’ skipper Ricky Ponting much food for thought.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar  Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera stroked impressive half  centuries to propel Sri Lanka to a four-wicket victory over West  Indies in a World Cup warm-up match today.

Six persons have been hospitalized on the Essequibo Coast after a truck laden with fuel and goods overturned on the Buckhall/Port Kaituma trail in the North West area on Monday.

Police this afternoon said they were investigating the murder of Rampattie Ramsundar, called ‘Auntie Daro,’ of Newtown, Enmore, East Coast Demerara.

Victory Valley, Linden residents yesterday held a robbery suspect and handed him over to police who later investigated and found an unlicensed weapon A release from the police today said that on Saturday Decase Wintz, 22 years of Victory Valley, Wismar, Linden, was attacked and robbed by a man armed with a firearm at Sunflower Street, Wismar, who took away his jewellery, cash and cell phone and escaped.

Canada yesterday launched two pilot programmes aimed at helping Region Six farmers to ease the impact of flooding.

A woman yesterday afternoon fought two bandits in her bid to prevent them from taking her shoulder bag but in the end she lost the battle and the men escaped with millions of dollars and important documents.

(BBC) The Canadian government says that last year it welcomed the highest number of immigrants in more than half a century.

(De Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE/PARAMARIBO – UNASUR, the Union of South-American States should start an independent investigation into interference by Venezuela’s government and its President Hugo Chávez Frías in Suriname’s internal affairs.

(De Ware Tijd) – A large amount of drugs was seized in the Netherlands on Sunday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen must go back in  time and start constructing his innings as he did at the start  of his international career in order to ignite England’s World  Cup challenge, according to former team mate Geraint Jones.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Purists will avert their eyes  but fans will lap it up when cricket’s maverick batsmen light up  the World Cup with their trademark freak shots.

MILAN, (Reuters) – An Italian judge ordered Prime  Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to stand trial on charges  of paying for sex with an underage girl and abuse of office,  according to a statement from the judge’s office.

The body of Nalini DeAgrella, who leapt to her death from the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) early this morning, was recovered in the Kingston area, several hours later.

A fire last evening completely destroyed a popular Lethem business establishment consuming millions in stock and leaving at least 20 persons jobless.

Sherwin Fiedtkou, a dog breeder,died just before midnight yesterday after he was shot at close range by a lone gunman who approached him in a poorly lit alleyway at North Rumiveldt.

The Vivekanand Nandalall murder trial commenced yesterday before Madam Justice Dawn Gregory and three state witnesses testified.

A woman and her two children, who were allegedly subjected to a brutal home invasion by bandits in 2002, were earlier this month granted a reprieve by a Canadian judge in their bid to remain in that country permanently.

Colombo, Sri Lanka – West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan believes that partnerships will be a key factor in winning the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup.

Retired police commissioner Henry Fraser passed away early yesterday morning at the age of 87, almost three days after complaining of feeling unwell.

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Dwayne Bravo has been appointed Vice Captain of the West Indies team for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup and the world-rated all rounder is looking to make a significant contribution to the side’s success.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has promised to investigate concerns raised by the PNCR about the difficulties some persons experience in being registered, due to the inability of the General Registrar’s Office to deliver birth and marriage certificates in a timely manner.

A nine-year-old boy was found hanging at a Gangoo Creek, East Bank Berbice poultry farm yesterday, in what is a case of suspected suicide.

Plaisance Secondary School and Marian Academy Secondary School were the first two teams in winners’ row on the opening day of the United Insurance Inter-School Mashramani Basketball Competition.

The court matter between the two feuding factions of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) will be further prolonged after an adjournment in the High Court yesterday until February 28.

In a first for High Court sittings Justice Roxane George yesterday communicated with a witness based in London via audio-visual link, but a few glitches prevented the court from hearing the testimony.

Several consumers who use the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) pre-paid metering service have expressed satisfaction with the service provided, though some feel it can be improved.

Colombo, Sri Lanka – West Indies fast bowler Andre Russell enjoyed his first day in the maroon West Indies shirt as he took four wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match against Kenya at the R Premadasa Stadium.

A refresher workshop, opened to all internet café owners/operators, will be hosted by the US Embassy on February 25 to inform persons of newly implemented procedures since the introduction of the DS-160 online non-immigrant visa (NIV) application.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said there needs to be about 10,000 regular blood donors to ensure the availability of 12,000 units of blood every year to supply both public and private hospitals.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados suffered another setback in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday, when James Taylor stroked his seventh first-class hundred to lead England Lions to first innings points in their drawn match.

A team of officials from a local shipping company yesterday successfully raised a fuel boat that sank in the Demerara River, close to Providence, on Friday afternoon.

Despite the harsh treatment meted out to Commonwealth Games 400 metres Silver medalist Aliann Pompey, she remains a remarkable ambassador for her country and it is only fair that she is given more credence for what she has achieved not only for herself but for the land of her birth  – Guyana.

A hit and run boat accident near Charity, Pomeroon, early this morning has left one person dead and another traumatized.

The severe beating Ramdarrie Rajpattie sustained at the hands of her reputed husband resulted in damage to her spine, a post-mortem examination (PME) yesterday found.

Community Pharmacist Practitioner Cecil `Cary’  Jacques was returned unopposed as president of  Pele Football club when the club held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday at the Water Chris Hotel, Waterloo Street.

Digicel Guyana has donated $4 million to four less-fortunate families as part of its 4th anniversary celebrations.

The Dorado Speed Swim Club collected a healthy 158 points to rule the roost at the year’s first local swim meet when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Inter-Club Endurance Meet came to a close on Sunday at the Castellani Pool,

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall was on Sunday evening filled with the joyous melodies of the steel pan as the Republic Bank Mashramani Pan-O-Rama Steel Band Competition was held.

Three schools earned first place in the week-long rivalry of the Children’s Mashramani Competition held on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Treiston Joseph Guyana will send an eight-member team including two females to the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) cross country run in Trinidad and

The continuation of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of schoolgirl Neesa Gopaul was halted yesterday because of the absence from court of one of the accused, Bibi Sharima Gopaul.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Jamaica had to settle for a draw against Windward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

A man who pleaded guilty to converting $100,000 given to him to purchase scrap metal for his business associate was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Dear Editor, As reported in SN of Feb 9, a site inspection team from the Ministry of Education concluded without checking other possible contributory causes that high wind loads on the morning of Feb 6 created pressures or suction on the sloping windward roof of the library building of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) causing about 75 % of its zinc sheets to be blown off.

Scotia Bank and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have collaborated as major sponsors for the School Football Academy, launched yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, Section 66 of the Tax Act, Chapter 80:01 of the Laws of Guyana states “The President is exempted from Taxation.”  

At a simple ceremony hosted at its Promenade Court in New Market Street, Georgetown Nelsonia Persaud-Budhram received the Bank’s Chairman’s Award along with $150,000 and Omeeta Roopchan received the its Best Student for Banking and Financing

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has been invited to participate in a promotional tournament in Suriname next month.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Iranian opposition activists rallied in support of popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia yesterday and a semi-official news agency said one person was shot dead and several wounded by protesters.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s military rulers are expected today to step up efforts to restore stability, hoping a promise of a swift transition to democracy will prevent a new flare-up in the protests which forced out Hosni Mubarak.

Dear Editor, I was recently stopped by the traffic police in Lethem who have been undertaking an extended traffic campaign in the area; definitely more extensive than at any time in recent memory.

The Madhia Goodwill Football tournament concluded with Georgetown All Stars copping the $200,000 first prize and MACORP trophy recently at the mining community’s playfield.

ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday he had no intention of stepping down and dismissed a weekend demonstration by women across Italy over his involvement in a sex scandal.

Dear Editor, Olga Lopes-Seale was not only an announcer and involved with the Radio Needy Children’s Fund, but she was also a singer.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana and Leeward Islands had to settle for a no-result, when rain and a soaked outfield forced play to be abandoned without a ball being bowled for the fourth straight day in their second round match of the WICB

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador (Reuters) – A court in Ecuador’s Amazon jungle has ordered Chevron to pay $8 billion in a closely-watched environmental lawsuit, but the US oil company rejected the ruling as “illegitimate”.

TAMPA, Florida (Jamaica Observer) – Alexander Johnson, the government informant who Reggae star Buju Banton claims entrapped him, took the witness stand yesterday but a juror fell ill, forcing an adjournment.

Dear Editor, Parkside Steel Orchestra arguably remains the modern Guyanese steel pan music standard-bearer which continues to redefine musical excellence with every performance.

Michael Mandelbaum is Professor of American Foreign Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington D.C.,

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – Suspected drug hitmen killed a police chief on Sunday night in one of the most brazen attacks yet on senior officials in Monterrey, Mexico’s richest city, the local government said.

The Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum Softball competition resumes tomorrow at various venues.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestinian cabinet resigned yesterday, in an apparent attempt by President Mahmoud Abbas to show his willingness for change in the wake of a popular uprising in Egypt.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Fourteen people, including three Americans, were killed when a small plane crashed close to the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, authorities said yesterday.

Last Thursday morning sections of Georgetown were submerged beneath the steady downpour of the previous night and into the following morning. 

Dear Editor, Mr VC Bird, the father of the nation of Antigua, once said, “gravel don’t travel,” and what he meant was that as Prime Minister of Antigua (for many years), his policy towards foreign and local investors was to invite them into Antigua, knowing full well that any hotels, condos, docks, beach development, housing construction, commercial buildings, etc, could not be dismantled and taken out but left to the general wealth of the people of Antigua.

The New Amsterdam Warriors convincingly defeated long time rivals, Rose Hall Panthers 77-35 as the Mashramani basketball tournament continued at the New Amsterdam basketball court on Saturday.

On the occasion of the recent anniversary of the earthquake that shook Haiti last year, killing about 300,000 people and destroying thousands of schools and hospitals, I read a statistic that blew my mind – Venezuela has pledged more funds for Haiti’s reconstruction than the United States.

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