Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Articles published on Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Five in court over Stockfeeds heist

Five persons accused of robbing employees at the Guyana Stockfeeds Limited were remanded to prison when they appeared at the Providence Magistrates’ Court yesterday, while an arrest warrant was issued for an alleged accomplice.

Five remanded over Barbados cocaine bust

The five men, including three Guyanese who were charged by the Barbadian authorities in connection with a US$642,000 cocaine bust last week, were yesterday remanded to prison after making an appearance at the Holetown Magistrates’ Court on the island.

 Shahid Afridi

Turn around!

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan’s talismanic one-day captain Shahid Afridi is now likely to lead his side against West Indies in the Caribbean later this month, after reconsidering his decision to miss the series.

Water St vendors face eviction

Water Street vendors operating illegally along the roadway have been advised to move again by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) following an incident which left a Mocha Arcadia pensioner dead yesterday.

Action in the Fruta Conquerors/Pele encounter Sunday night at the Georgetown Football Club ground. (Orlando Charles photo)

Double trouble!

One of the most historic nights in local football history took place at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground Sunday when  Guyana’s top two football teams were sent packing from the annual Mayor’s Cup tournament.

 Handlers of Fairy Landing receive the trophy after the horse won the feature event of the Ryan Crawford horse race meet over the weekend.

Fairy Landing grabs $450,000

Fairy Landing of the Sherriff Stable upset a top notch field to win the feature C class race when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities held its horse race meet at the club’s Alness track, Corentyne, Berbice.

Action in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets football tournament in Linden.

Top Class unbeaten on opening night

Top Class proved to be in a class of their own playing unbeaten on the opening night of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets football tournament at the Mackenzie Municipal tarmac in Linden Sunday evening.

Dwayne Roberts

Swept out of town!

After two nights of basketball on the opening weekend of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) National Club Championships last Saturday and Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the semi-finalists for the tournament have emerged.

Santos, Flamingo among winners

Santos, Flamingo among winners

Three more teams found themselves in winners’ row on the second day of the inaugural Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground.

ICC cuts quota of World Cup teams

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Only 10 teams will contest the next two World Cups, after the International Cricket Council confirmed yesterday it had cut the quota for the cricket’s largest showpiece.

Members of the bauxite union petitioned the Trade Union Recognition Board

Dear Editor, Further to your subject article published in your daily of March 9, captioned ‘Union wins key battle at RUSAL –derecognition denied’, please be informed that it was 131 members of the bargaining unit (employees of Bauxite Company Guyana Inc and members of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU)), who petitioned the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board in December 2009 for the derecognition of GB&GWU.

Harry Redknapp

Spurs will take Bernabeu in their stride

MADRID, (Reuters) – Champions League debutants  Tottenham Hotspur will not be intimidated by Real Madrid or their  imposing Bernabeu stadium when they square up in today’s  quarter-final first leg, manager Harry Redknapp said.

US FAA to order emergency checks of older 737s

ATLANTA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government  will order emergency checks of some Boeing Co 737s for the kind  of fatigue cracks that prompted Southwest Airlines Co to ground  dozens of planes and cancel hundreds of flights after a hole  opened in one of its jets.

Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan has asked nuclear  superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship  used to decommission nuclear submarines as it fights to contain  the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media  said late yesterday.

The Leonora incident

Some of us are still trying to get our minds around last Tuesday’s incident allegedly involving seventeen students from two city schools who, reportedly armed with knives, travelled several miles from Georgetown to Leonora, reportedly to settle a score with a student at the Leonora Secondary School.