Daily Archive: Thursday, October 27, 2011

Articles published on Thursday, October 27, 2011

Digicel’s network disrupted

Digicel’s network has been encountering problems since midday yesterday and according to the company’s Public Relations Officer Shonnet Moore technicians are working around the clock to rectify the situation.

Rohee lashes out at Nagamootoo

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) today lashed out at Moses Nagamootoo for joining the Alliance For Change (AFC), saying that he has always sent selfish signals in his quest for power Executive of the party and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee  at a Freedom House press briefing called to address the Nagamootoo endorsement of the AFC, said that given

Headless body found in T&T forest

(Trinidad Express) Police officers, who were on Tuesday searching for the body of an Arima man who was reported missing, last Friday, had to run for their lives after they were attacked by bees in a forest in Arima.

Plane overturns after landing at Arau

The pilot and three passengers on board a light Cessna 206 aircraft operated by Air Services Limited (ASL) escaped with minor injuries after the plane overturned shortly after landing at the Arau airstrip in Region 7 yesterday.

Peter Ramsaroop

Ramsaroop was not cast aside

Former Guyana People’s Partnership (GPP) leader Peter Ramsaroop has said that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) members forced him out—a claim disputed by the opposition coalition’s presidential candidate David Granger.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) presented the Man-of-the-Match award to Jason Mohammed at the Guyana National Stadium last evening. (Orlando Charles photo) 

T&T through to final

Trinidad & Tobago defeated Guyana by four wickets at the Guyana National Stadium last evening to book a place in the final of the Regional Super50 tournament on Saturday.

Oliver Camps

Camps, John among 10 to face new FIFA probe

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation boss Oliver Camps is among 10 Caribbean Football Union officials set to face a probe from football’s world governing body, FIFA, over the cash-for-votes scandal.

David Granger

Policies, not posters will decide elections – Granger

With just over a month before elections, presidential candidate for opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger believes that his policies are what set him apart from the other candidates, especially that of the incumbent PPP/C, which he says faces greater resentment now than in past years.

Brazilian sports minister quits over scandal

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s sports minister resigned yesterday over a corruption scandal, reviving concern about President Dilma Rousseff’s unstable coalition and the country’s lagging preparations for the 2014 soccer World Cup.

Continue struggle against assault on culture, identity

Pitching the presidential candidacy of Donald Ramotar at Tuesday’s night Diwali programme at the LBI Community Centre, President Bharrat Jagdeo urged the massive crowd gathered to see elections day as part of “the struggle” to ensure that the country never returns to the days when culture and identity were under “active assault”.

Police officers manning the scene at Rockies Brazilian Bar on Light Street yesterday as firemen contain the situation.

Fire scare at Rockies

Patrons and employees of the popular Rockies Brazilian Bar on Light Street in the city suffered a scare yesterday afternoon after an fire ignited at the back of the building.

There should be a free, fair and transparent process involving representatives from all three cricket boards to elect a GCB executive

Dear Editor, We are approaching the stage of desperation in the administration of our cricket, and the fact that the present illegal Guyana Cricket Board regime has no representation from the Berbice Cricket Board, the Georgetown Cricket Association and the East Coast Cricket Board constitutes a serious indictment of the process, since 95% of the quality cricketers are produced by these three areas with their astute and dedicated administrators.

Supports GHRA on NBS issue

Dear Editor, I support the Guyana Human Rights Association’s call for an investigation into the removal of the three top officers of the New Building Society and for the men to be immediately paid everything due to them.

Rajat Gupta

Ex-Goldman director Gupta charged in insider case

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rajat Gupta, who sat on the boards of some of America’s most prestigious companies, was arrested and charged yesterday with being the “illegal eyes and ears” for his friend Raj Rajaratnam, the central figure in a broad US crackdown on insider trading at hedge funds.

 Lennox Daniels

Atwell will be too much for Rogers

By Iva Wharton For Lennox `Cappel’ Daniels one thing is certain come Saturday night and it is that his fighter Clive `Wonder Kid’ Atwell will win his bout against Orlan ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers on the Thirst Park Explosion card.

Umar Gul pegged Sri Lanka back early with three quick wickets.

Pakistan takes control of second test

DUBAI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan spinners got in on the act after pace duo Umar Gul and Junaid Khan ripped through the Sri Lankan top order to bundle out the tourists for 239 in their first innings on day one of the second test yesterday.

George Griffith

Birth rate drops

(Barbados Nation) – Latest statistics from the Barbados Family Planning Association (BFPA) show a marked decline in Barbados’ birth rate – the second lowest in 30 years.