Daily Archive: Friday, July 1, 2011

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) along with the National Sports Commission (NSC) had a successful opening for the 6th edition of the National Schools’ Basketball Festival yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The police are investigating a $6.9M armed robbery that occurred at about 0900h.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – The familiar figures of Rahul  Dravid and Vangipurappu Laxman guided India to safety and  towards a position to push for an unlikely victory in the second  test against West Indies in Barbados today.

Presidential hopeful David Granger today criticised the PPP/C for incompetence in ensuring road safety, saying that recent fatalities were a “shocking reminder” of how dangerous the roadways have become.

An East Coast woman died this afternoon after a police vehicle reportedly slammed into her following a near collision.

GAYLE BREAKS SILENCE ON WICB TREATMENT (WIPA) I, Christopher Henry Gayle, am making this statement so that all my friends, fans and followers who continue to wonder why I am not being picked for the West Indies team despite being fit, available and in form will know the truth considering the many rumours and statements that have been made as it relates to this issue.

(Trinidad Express) Sasha Mohammed, adviser to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, will not be charged with harassing Express editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder and reporter Anna Ramdass.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique  Strauss-Kahn was released without bail today after a  dramatic court hearing where the sexual assault case against  him appeared to shift in his favour.

(Barbados Nation) Airlines using Grantley Adams International Airport have been asked to brace for delays as civil aviation personnel resort to non-radar emergency procedures to work around a cable problem.

A Linden construction worker is the latest road fatality. Carl Bentinck was struck down while

Several bridges along the Lethem trail have collapsed under the heavy weight of trucks and in the aftermath of deep flooding last month.

In the aftermath of deep flooding and heavy trucks, several bridges along the Lethem trail have collapsed and one resulted in the death of a person.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says Barbados has not only been talking the talk, but it continues to walk the walk on freedom of movement.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies failed to make a breakthrough in India’s second innings before seasonal wet weather put the brakes on the second Test yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Hard-hitting West Indies batsman  Chris Gayle will play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s revamped  domestic Twenty20 tournament.

Moments after two men approached her Robb Street home asking for “auntie”, a 72-year-old woman last evening had six bullets pumped into her by one of the men.

The air was filled with excitement at the Regma Primary School yesterday morning when it was confirmed that the number one student in the country at this year’s Grade Six examination was one of its own.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – Asafa Powell ran the fastest 100 metres in the World this year yesterday at the IAAF Diamond League Athletissima meet, as Jermaine Gonzales continued his good form.

A 24-year-old man was last evening killed after the motorbike he was riding crashed into a 4-wheel pickup.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Every time he goes to out to  bat for West Indies, Marlon Samuels faces an awkward dilemma.  

Denton Osborne, a former PNCR-1G member, now heads the Guyanese Youth Congress party which has formally notified GECOM of its intention to contest  elections in Region 10.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – Coming from a country where  high-scoring batsmen are worshipped and spin bowlers adored,  Ishant Sharma has learnt the hard way that patience was the key  to success for an Indian fast bowler.

Success Elementary School, a new private educational institution set up just a year ago by Wilfred Success, formerly of the West Ruimveldt Primary, gained the highest number of passes in the National Grade Six Assessment top one per cent.

(IAAF) Lausanne, Switzerland – Reigning World 400 metres champion Sanya Richards-Ross, who lines up tonight for Athletissima 2011, the seventh leg of this season’s Samsung Diamond League, makes no secret that playing second fiddle to her more race fit   rivals is something she doesn’t like.

Terron Alleyne Terron Alleyne scored a first for his school, Regma Primary at Linden, yesterday when results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA)  revealed that he had topped the country, gaining 537 marks out of a possible 551.

The son of a popular Lethem businessman is now dead after the truck in which he was travelling crashed while crossing a bridge, a few miles from the Surama junction, along the road to Lethem early yesterday morning.

The Guyana Cricket Board hosted a dinner event Wednesday evening at the Wind Jammer Hotel in Queen Street, Kitty, for the Guyana Under-15 team prior to their departure for the regional Under-15 competition commencing in Trinidad from July 2 – 15.

The newly-elected executive of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGMDA) has forecast a “tough” year ahead as it looks to sustain earnings while contending with attempts to enforce stricter regulation over the industry.

The National Schools Basketball festival organized by the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) will kick into high gear today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) from 16:00hrs with an official opening ceremony.

Dear Editor, Now that Clico (Guyana) has settled its liabilities (to an extent) to the Guyanese people, I would like to know what action would be taken against those who were responsible for the loss of income to policyholders as a result of their mismanagement and inefficiency, and the increase in their stress levels for more than a year.

Loud applause resounded yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court as Norman McLean and Evelyn Sita Ramlal were told that they had been discharged in the matter in which they were accused of forging an adoption order for a child, Arianne Anastacia Vidya McCall.

Two men were yesterday remanded when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after they were accused of stealing a motorcar valued at $1.3M.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The NBA was to lock out its  players at midnight yesterday as last-ditch negotiations over  a new labour deal collapsed hours before the current agreement  expires, the league and union representing its players said.  

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s flamboyant  socialist leader Hugo Chavez said yesterday he had undergone  a successful operation in Cuba to remove cancerous cells from a  tumor and was on the road to full recovery.

Police yesterday found an unlicensed shotgun and matching cartridges at a house at Hope Low Lands, East Coast Demerara and a man is in

Dear Editor, GWI is cutting off people’s water supply in the city wrongfully.

Fire suspected to be electrical in origin destroyed a section of the Ameerally Sawmills at Strand, New Amsterdam around 3:40 am yesterday resulting in millions of dollars in losses.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova, the glamour  girl of women’s tennis, showed she is not averse to winning ugly  as she overcame some jitters to set up a Wimbledon final against  Petra Kvitova yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The case against former  International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who  was charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper, is  near collapse, the New York Times reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, My former journalist colleague at the Mirror, Kellawan Lall, should know by now that the Brazilians do not put up with the disorderly behaviour that we experience here on a daily basis under the current regime.

The suspect in the murder of miner Charles Tang, who was stabbed during an argument at Big Creek Landing, North West District on Monday, is to be charged shortly.

Of the four components that comprise the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) – Agriculture, Factory, Human Resources/Industrial Relations and Finance – Agriculture is by far the largest; in quantitative terms Agriculture represents 65 per cent of GuySuCo.

The inaugural Inter-Organization Basketball League is  scheduled to start today at the Burnham Outdoor Court from 17:00hrs following its launching yesterday by VP Sports Update at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Guyana Police Force for finding and swiftly charging a fake kidnapper.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A U.N.-backed tribunal seeking  the killers of statesman Rafik al-Hariri handed indictments and  arrest warrants to Lebanon yesterday that officials said  accused members of the militant Hezbollah group of involvement.

The father and son killed when the lumber truck they were travelling in toppled into a ravine at Matthew’s Ridge died from fractured spines while the third victim died from multiple injuries, post-mortem examinations have revealed.

Dear Editor, Editor, after reading the press statement issued by the AFC on June 30 that they will not join the partnership for national unity, it is clear to me that the goal of the AFC is to be an opposition party.

NEAR BIR AL-GHANAM, Libya, (Reuters) – Libyan rebels  gathered on a ridge overlooking a strategic town only 80 km (50  miles) from Tripoli yesterday, preparing for a battle that  could allow them to march directly to the seat of Muammar  Gaddafi’s power.

A lack of “direct powers” of immediate and effective sanction by the now renamed Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission could impact negatively on the intention to provide a more generous measure of justice to consumers, the real intention behind the Consumer Affairs Act assented to in the National Assembly recently, according to a spokesman for the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA).

Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Under-15 allrounder Arif Chan was on Tuesday honoured by the Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the recently held Guyana Cricket Board Under-15 Inter-county Tournament.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh  Dhoni was incorrectly given out during the second test against  West Indies because the television broadcaster showed the wrong  replay to the review umpire, the International Cricket Council  (ICC) said yesterday.

Pride One year ago, the people of Victoria convened their first Indaba (conference) to confront the economic plight and dim development shadow that hovers over the village. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Cable news channel MSNBC  suspended political analyst Mark Halperin on Thursday hours  after he used foul language to describe U.S.

Starr Computers Inc on Tuesday pre-launched its Starr Xfinity Power Center, which is aimed at empowering Guyanese to start their own business.

A year can sometimes make the world of difference in the fortunes of a business enterprise as the recently released 2010 Annual Report of JP Santos and Company Ltd reflects.

A woman was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after being accused of trafficking in cocaine found in containers labeled mauby and passion fruit.

West Indies allrounder Shemaine Campbelle has been appointed captain of the Cellink Berbice female team to represent the ancient county in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board Inter-county Tournament.

Dear Editor, Rice farmers on the MMA ADA project should praise the MMA ADA for their good work.

MANAMA, (Reuters) – The international committee  investigating violent protests in Bahrain this year will be  given access to official files and be able to meet witnesses in  secret, the panel’s chair said yesterday.

Tapeball fans are in for a treat as the Kares Engineering Ten10 Tapeball tournament bowls off on Sunday at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda at 10 hrs.

The Caribbean tourism industry may well have been thrown a lifeline by what now appears to be an imminent review of Britain’s controversial Airline Passenger Duty (APD) which came into effect on November 1 last year and has already impacted on ticket costs to the Caribbean.

Six Caribbean countries are to benefit from technical assistance grants from the USA under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), but Guyana is not among them.

A man who allegedly snatched a woman’s Blackberry phone on Regent Street was yesterday remanded by  acting Chief Magi-strate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a simple larceny charge.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Imported fenugreek seeds from  Egypt may be the source of highly toxic E.

Dear Editor, Even this early in the morning and it’s already hot and humid.

(Trinidad Express) The health of the local economy depends on the country’s ability to fix the disparity between the wages of men and women.

Starr Computer Inc has commenced collaboration with the internationally renowned information technology company Samsung under a recently concluded distribution agreement by hosting two of the South Korean giant’s personnel to conduct training for its staff in the areas of technical support and administrative services.

The University of Guyana (UG) hosted a brief ceremony on Monday to mark the commissioning of ramps and other installations as it embarks on creating an enabling environment for persons with disabilities.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Lisle Austin, the ousted  acting president of CONCACAF, said yesterday he had won a  court ruling in the Bahamas allowing him to return to office.  

Dear Editor,The university that we have as our only higher learning institution here in Guyana finally realized the need to develop its infrastructure to create an environment that would be more conducive to persons living with disabilities.

Guess what? I’m pretty sure that in last Friday’s offering on issues related to same-sex/gender matters, Guyana-wise, I had promised to take a long time out from such topics.

Dear Editor, As I write this letter, children drawn from 16 schools in Britain are preparing to perform at an event there called ‘World Party in the Park.’

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HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Pakistan, Sri Lanka and  Bangladesh have been given a maximum of two years to reorganise  their boards after the International Cricket Council (ICC)  ordered its members to free themselves from government  interference or face sanctions.

Dear Editor,It is evident when reading newspaper articles that the time taken for someone to express themselves about an issue is not given any respect or consideration by readers who rebut.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and  Senate Democrats are weighing a scaled-back U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) A father was sentenced on Wednesday to a total of 57 years in prison with hard labour for having sex on three occasions with his young daughter and sexually assaulting her. The

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 414’s trading results showed consideration of $290,525 from 13,007 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 413 which showed consideration of $854,608 from 98,531 shares traded in 7 transactions. 

Though no definitive pronouncement can be made on the real value of the new Consumer Affairs Act until we see how it works in practice, it has to be said that its intentions, as set out in the actual document are to be applauded.

WASHINGTON  (Reuters Life!) – A man charged with  stowing away on a flight from New York to Los Angeles last  Friday cleared airport security screening, the Transportation  Security Administration confirmed yesterday.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and husband Raj Kundra arrive on the green carpet during the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in Toronto June 25, 2011.

Let us not fool ourselves: the expectations surrounding this weekend’s 32nd regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in St Kitts and Nevis are not great, given the recent record of procrastination and prevarication by our regional leaders.