Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Articles published on Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Bishoo happy with match haul of 8-70

(WICB) Roseau, Dominica – Devendra Bishoo had a successful start to the 2012 Regional 4 Day competition with a brilliant eight-wicket match haul for Guyana as they beat Leewards Islands last weekend at Windsor Park in Dominica.

Jamaica Courts to expand

(Jamaica Gleaner) Unicomer Jamaica, operators of the Courts furniture chain, has transferred the operations of the Constant Spring Road store temporarily to Washington Boulevard to facilitate its expansion.

Ram’s Jewellery

Armed bandits snatch $15M in jewels at Rosignol

Two armed bandits posing as customers yesterday carted off an estimated $15 million worth of gold and diamond jewellery from the Ram’s jewellery store at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice (WBB) but one of them was later held under the Berbice Bridge with a gun and some of the loot.

Jailed for damaging grandma’s utensils, threats

An 18-year-old man who damaged his grandmother’s  utensils and threatened to burn her house down because she warned him about the type of music he was playing was yesterday sentenced to serve time in jail after he pleaded guilty when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Benita Fredericks

Missing Essequibo girl, 13, found

Benita Fredericks, the 13-year-old Essequibo girl taken from her parents’ home two weeks ago, was found yesterday after being seen boarding a boat at the Alfro Alphonso Wharf at Charity with the man that had been holding her captive.

Some members of the Golden Jaguars football team doing some drills in the National park yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)

Jaguars determined to roar their way to Brazil

By Carwyn Holland When Trinidad and Tobago’s  National football team, nicknamed “The Soca Warriors”, qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, they became the smallest nation (both in size and population) to ever qualify for a World Cup Finals.

Contador a “doping cheat” says WADA president

Lausanne, (Reuters) – WADA president John Fahey labelled Alberto Contador a “doping cheat” yesterday and said the Spanish rider might have escaped with half of his two-year doping ban had it not been for remarks by a Spanish politician during the case.

Clerk says Order Paper his responsibility

Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs says the task of preparing the Order Paper for sittings of the National Assembly is his and not the Parliamentary Management Committee, as posited by former Minister of Finance in the PNC administration Carl Greenidge.

Sunil Narine

Narine bowls T&T to comfortable victory

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Sunil Narine continued to weave his web around leaden-footed, unsure batsmen, almost singlehandedly bowling Trinidad & Tobago to an emphatic, 172-run victory over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional 4-Day Tournament on Sunday.

President, opposition parties meet again

President Donald Ramotar and leaders of the two Opposition parties in Parliament met at the Office of the President yesterday and those engagements have been described as devoid of roadblocks and non-contentious as they continued to speak on a range of issues just days hours before Friday’s sitting of Parliament Up to last night, this newspaper was awaiting the release of an official joint statement from Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira, who said that she had been awaiting clearance from all the parties for the statement’s release.

Russia UN envoy denies threat to Qatar over Syria

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Russia’s U.N. Ambassador yesterday denounced as lies a report that he had threatened Qatar with annihilation during an argument with the Gulf state’s prime minister over a draft Security Council resolution on Syria that was vetoed by Moscow.

The members of the University of Guyana Relay Team along with officials of the university.

UG relay team gets sponsorship from GSDF

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) yesterday handed over a cheque valued at $200,000 to the University of Guyana to assist the university’s relay team to travel to Barbados for the annual relay fair.

Guyana highlights importance of REDD+ in Rio+20 discussions

Guyana’s delegation at the 18th Meeting of Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Ministers, in Quito, Ecuador from January 31 to February 3, has been engaged in intense discussions, focusing particularly  on crafting a joint Latin American and Caribbean vision for the upcoming Rio+20 follow-up conference scheduled for June 2012.

‘Publish or perish’ is not part of UG’s ethos

Dear Editor, It is true that the purpose stated in the Act establishing the University of Guyana (UG), reads: “…To provide a place of education, learning and research of a standard required and expected of a university of the highest standard…”   But, to date not all the stated expectations have been realized.  

Brazilian state’s death toll tops 100 as police strike

SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) – A toll of 115 murders and widespread looting, assaults and vandalism in the past week are roiling Brazil’s third-biggest city, casting doubts over upcoming carnival celebrations and raising questions about security ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

Developing nations to lead in biotech crops-report

(Reuters) – Farmers in developing nations will sow more biotech crops than those in the industrialized world for the first time this year, with Brazil leading the charge, according to a report issued yesterday that showed steady growth in the use of genetically modified seeds.

U.S. ocean fence aims to curb smuggling from Mexico

SAN DIEGO, Calif., (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are building a steel and concrete barrier 300 feet (90 meters) out into the Pacific Ocean south of San Diego to curb dangerous attempts by illegal immigrants and smugglers to slip through the breakers to California.

Miner shot at Jawalla

At about 0200h yesterday, police say that miner Aaron Hunter, 38 years, of Jawalla Village, Upper Mazaruni River, was shot to his left knee during an argument with another man at Jawalla Village, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni).

Global economic difficulties and ourselves

It would not be odd if, in various capitals of the smaller states and economies of the world, both officials and citizens are beginning to be somewhat fearful of the continuing economic crisis among many countries in the Eurozone, and of what has appeared to be a gridlock between the centres of government and Congressional  decision-making in the United States.