Daily Archive: Monday, February 6, 2012

DUBAI, (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss said there would be no knee-jerk reaction to the 3-0 series defeat by Pakistan that has seen his team’s lead at the top of the test rankings slashed to one point.

(Jamaica Observer) The rigidly enforced zero tolerance policy of the Office of the Contractor General (OCG), which was first introduced in October 2006 to rein in public bodies which were refusing to comply with the lawful requisitions of the OCG, has now succeeded in producing another record 100 per cent compliance rate.

Police say that at about 1500h. on Saturday, a fishing crew of four comprising Ganeshwar Reddy called ‘Smallie’ of Mon Repos, ECD, Shafeek Khan, ‘Rackoo’ and ‘Kumar’, left in a fishing vessel from the Meadow Bank Wharf, EBD, with an additional outboard engine in order to render assistance to one of the fishing crews that was attacked and robbed by armed men in the Pomeroon River area.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Royal Bank of Trinidad & Tobago (RBTT) will formally make place for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) today.

(de Ware Tijd) SARAMACCA – People reacted with shock and disbelief to a drama that took place in Saramacca Friday evening.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul were the chief destroyers as Pakistan won the third and final test by 71 runs on the fourth day today, recording their first clean sweep in a series against England.

Opposition Leader David Granger today called on President Donald Ramotar to halt the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration’s plan to re-deploy overseers of several Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC).

(Jamaica Observer) Today, Bob Marley would have turned 67 years old.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Mission Catwalk reality series has expanded its reach and returns to television for a second season with contestants from several Caribbean countries.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Foreign Minister A.J. Nicholson has said Jamaica and the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago should mark their jubilee year by taking steps to break away from the United Kingdom-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

(Jamaica Gleaner) St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has lauded former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Spain’s Alberto Contador has been given a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said today.

By Emmerson Campbell Warren ‘40’ McKay turned the tables on Olympic hopeful Alonzo Greaves yesterday outsprinting him to capture the winning monetary prize of the National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored Mashramani 40-mile cycle road race.

By Emmerson Campbell Brothers Richard and Joel Williamson were adjudged the best boxers of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Trials Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday night.

Fifteen more fishermen, who suffered at the hands of pirates between Friday and Saturday on the  Pomeroon coast, were rescued by police and the Coast Guard on Saturday night, according to the  Maritime Search and Rescue Centre.

Recently re-elected President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Roger Harper says the association simply plans to build on what they accomplished in 2011, for the new cricket calendar year.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Spin duo Devendra Bishoo and Veerasammy Permaul bowled Guyana to a 234-run victory over Leeward Islands in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday.

A nine-month-old baby died yesterday morning following a boat accident in the Cuyuni River while her mother is being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital for severe head injuries.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has forecast an $11B shortfall for 2012, with an escalation in fuel prices being the key factor and the utility has presented a calculation for a 19.5% tariff hike which the government says it will work to avoid.

By Iva Wharton National senior champion Taffin Khan will today try to maintain his unbeaten streak when the annual Trophy Stall-sponsored  chess tournament continues at the Kei Shar’s Sports Club.

An auto dealer and his wife were robbed of jewellery and money outside a popular night club and were later attacked and robbed again by the same perpetrators at their home.

Security contracts totalling $1.1B were signed on Friday with Home Safe Security and Domestic Services for Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine, and RK Security Services for Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Thursday urged University of Guyana Chancellor, Professor Compton Bourne, to intervene in the present Turkeyen Campus shutdown protest, which followed the dismissal of lecturer Freddie Kissoon.

Dear Editor, Harry Hergash in Saturday’s issue of SN drew attention to the Report of President Cheddi Jagan’s Commission on the University of Guyana (‘The firing of Kissoon can only serve to embarrass the PPP and the President’).

Flood-weary farmers of Canal No. 2 were yesterday assured that the main drain in their area will be cleaned six times yearly to ease flooding and they were also told that a series of blocked drains have been found and they will be cleared.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Combined Campuses & Colleges staged a fight-back, after a typically mesmering spell from off-spinner Sunil Narine undermined their batting in the Regional 4-Day tournament on Saturday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Anisa Mohammed said she was planning to use the forthcoming home series against India Women to move up the World rankings.

In rice fields along the Mahaica River, the pumps are working overtime.

A list of players who were bought, transferred, retained and went unsold for IPL 2012   Bought Brendon McCullum          – $900,000 to Kolkata Knight Riders (base price $400,000) Ravindra Jadeja                 – Maximum purse of $2 million bid by Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers.

Dear Editor, A brief note to my letter on Amaila Falls that was published in SN on Saturday (‘Does the government have the requisite technical expertise to manage large infrastructure investment?’).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Anisa Mohammed said she was planning to use the forthcoming home series against India Women to move up the World rankings.

Dear Editor, I am a member of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) who was personally approached by Mr Shiv Nandalall to become a member.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Officials of the Guyana Football Association are probably breathing a little easier, following news that Jamal Shabazz worked out a deal with the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation that allows him to remain their national team coach.

The Canadian High Commission formally handed over flood-resistant flush toilet latrines to 10 households that were deemed most at risk in the Tabatinga Housing Scheme, Rupununi, following floods last June.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Mr Alfred King, the PS, Ministry of Sport captioned ‘Ministry disturbed by procedure used to sensationalize apparent sloth in progress at synthetic track‘  (SN, February 4). 

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – A half-century by debutant Matt Wade and some middle-order slogging by the Hussey brothers propelled Australia to a 65-run thrashing of hapless India in the rain-shortened first one-day international  yesterday.

A 15-year-old girl, who was injured by a vehicle contracted to the Ministry of Public Works, has been refused compensation as the ministry said the driver was not at fault.

Dear Editor, The AFC is a multiracial party operating in a racially charged voting environment.

Whether Police Commissioner Henry Greene returns to his office at Police Headquarters Eve Leary is partly in the hands of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who is currently advising the police on rape allegations levelled against him.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – England’s opening batsmen safely negotiated the final hour’s play to close the third day of the third test with Pakistan on 36 without loss, chasing 324 to win, after Azhar Ali’s mammoth innings of 157 put the hosts in a dominant position in Dubai.

Dear Editor, The Essequibo boat service Parika-Supenaam will be getting a big boost as soon as the two new ferries start operating in early February – that is if the two landing ramps are completed in time.

Children living in the Farm/Herstelling River Dam area recently benefited from school supplies, food hampers and toys among other items when the Dharmic Naujawaan, the youth arm of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha visited the area.

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said yesterday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see more conflict in the oil-producing Gulf region.

(Trinidad Guardian) While discharging his responsibilities as Minister of Health, Dr Fuad Khan is counting the days when he would be quitting the cabinet position and return to his practice as one of the country’s few urologists.

Thirty-two Peace Corps trainees arrived here on January 31 to complement their 52 colleagues who are already in service.

Dear Editor, Accidents are on the increase in Region 10, especially in Linden town.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syria’s victory in dodging a U.N. resolution it deemed a license for regime change may only escalate its internal conflict into a full-fledged civil war that many analysts believe President Bashar al-Assad cannot ultimately win.

(Reuters) – Tony Parker scored a season-high 42 points to propel the San Antonio Spurs past the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 107-96 on Saturday night.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Devon Smith’s 19th first class century was not enough to prevent Windward Islands from crashing to an 81-run, defeat inside three days as Jamaica emphatically started the defence of their Regional Four-Day Championship title here yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Senior national security operatives are probing a major security breach at one of Jamaica’s maximum-security prisons that resulted in hardened criminals hosting a marijuana-laced and liquor-filled Christmas party on its compound.

Guyana Cricket Board

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on Friday presented each administrative region’s Department of Education, as well as the West Demerara Regional Hospital,

Dear Editor, Essequibians should organize a motorcade for the new newly crowned National Chutney Monarch, Haresh Singh of Bush Lot, Essequibo Coast.

In this week’s edition of What the People Say, residents of Berbice commented on issues affecting them and about the recent flooding due to heavy rainfall and what the councils in Regions Five and Six could do to help the situation.

Youman Nabi show

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – There is no clamour for an early general election in India, but the latest blow dealt to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a massive corruption scandal raises the risk that his wounded government could fall well before its mandate runs out in 2014.

Parliament’s new configuration and the PPP/C’s loss of its accustomed majority will test all sides in and out of the House on several seminal questions.

Fourteen customers recently walked away with US$100 each, as part of the ANSA McAL Trading Ltd “Hard Guava Season Cash Giveaway” promotion.

By Janette Bulkan In the second article in this series ‘The rule of law – inefficiency and corruption in the export of timber logs to Asia’ published by Stabroek News on 30 January 2012, I showed how a non-systematic approach by government agencies added to business costs and opened doors to corrupt and illegal practices. 

(Barbados Nation) Guyanese are planning to demonstrate in Barbados this week to draw Caribbean and international attention to what they describe as the poor state of human rights in their homeland.

(Trinidad Express) Police used batons and their fists to beat patrons during the 2012 National Panorama semifinals at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain yesterday, after hundreds of pan fans tried to push past barriers because they were blocked from walking between the North Stand and the Greens area.