SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s former captain Ricky Ponting does not expect to play international one-day cricket again after he was dropped from the team on Monday but would continue to be available for test matches, he said today.
(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board regrets the comments made by Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller at the Jamaica Cricket Association awards dinner.
The police say they are investigating two armed robberies that occurred today at Cummings Lodge, ECD that led to the arrest of six men and two women and the recovery of an unlicensed .38 revolver with two matching rounds.
The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2100h yesterday at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, and which resulted in the death of Quadeer Arakhan, 25 years of Springlands, Corentyne.
Police say that at about 1000h yesterday, Brazilian miner Joaodo Deus Silva, 46 years of Port Kaituma, NWD, was driving an ATV along the roadway at Jonestown, Port Kaituma, when he lost control of the vehicle which turned over several times.
Big losses were suffered by the Ministry of Health due to the expiration of large quantities of drugs, the 2010 report of the Auditor General has stated.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – The Arab League chief said on Monday there were signs that China and Russia could be shifting their stance on Syria after the two permanent members of the U.N.
On the surface at least President Ramotar appears to have thrown a spanner into the political works by accusing APNU and the AFC of manipulating the general elections results at Linden, thus denying the PPP/C the few percentage points that they needed to take them into the parliamentary promised land.
(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Aluku tribe is disappointed because gold concessions its members had applied for repeatedly turn out to have been granted to a political loyalist.
(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister and Minister of Sport, Portia Simpson Miller, is firmly opposed to any suggestion of Jamaica seceding from a unified West Indies cricket team and standing on its own.
The cable television sports network ESPN has dismissed an employee responsible for an offensive headline about Knicks basketball sensation Jeremy Lin, the Associated Press says.
(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson announced that the Portia Simpson Miller-led political administration has taken a decision to include a nurse on the board of each of the four regional health authorities.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Low-cost carrier REDjet, which offered airfares for as little as US$9.99 at start-up 10 months ago, has bumped up tariffs for the period leading up to and after Easter for passengers travelling to and from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A man believed to be of unsound mind reportedly used a pitchfork to viciously attack three persons in Clear Spring, Portland this morning.
(Barbados Nation) The reform of the Barbados Drug Service (BDS), which began in April last year, has resulted in a near-halving of Government’s spending.
Attorney-General (AG) Anil Nandalall said that maybe the time “is now ripe” for an analysis to be done of the prosecution success/failure rate in the magistrates courts.
Acting Deputy Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green, has indicated that the $20 million which was given by the government for the rehabilitation of the historic City Hall, is insufficient,
A 35-year old minibus driver died early yesterday morning after his minibus crashed into a truck which was parked on the Stanleytown West Bank Demerara public road.
Jomo ‘Rubber Waist‘ Primo yesterday morning walked away with the 2012 Carib Soca Monarch crown, following a series of pulsating performances by the soca artistes on Saturday night.
The Cunha Canal is expected to be rehabilitated under a US$1.91M project to be funded by money earned through Guyana’s forests partnership with Norway with the works projected to increase the real time drainage capacity of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) by up to 30%.
The future of a $600M incomplete government building at the corner of High and Princes Streets remains uncertain and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has called for a probe into the awarding and execution of the project.
Youth sprint champion Jevina Sampson had an explosive start to her 2012 season yesterday claiming a sprint double at the Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) first Developmental Meet held at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Half-centuries from Leon Johnson and Narsingh Deonarine trumped Chadwick Walton’s maiden first-class hundred, propelling Guyana to a historic four-wicket victory over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday.
Alpha “the Hammer” United hammered Banks DIH All Stars while Riddim Squad made light work of Houston Stars on day three of the NAMILCO Football Festival organized by Fruta Conquerors Football Club Saturday evening at Tucville ground.
The Clive Lloyd-headed Interim Management Committee (IMC) which was established by the government to oversee cricket in Guyana, completed its penultimate Public Consultation on cricket in Linden on Saturday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York Knicks, led again by point guard Jeremy Lin, rained down three-pointers to gain the upper hand and beat NBA champion Dallas Mavericks 104-97 yesterday before a raucous crowd at Madison Square Garden.
(Reuters) – Former Olympic high hurdles champion Liu Xiang of China defeated the 2008 Beijing gold medallist Dayron Robles on Saturday in their first race since the Cuban was disqualified for obstructing Liu at last year’s world championships.
(Reuters) – Opening batsman Richard Levi took advantage of the small boundaries at Seddon Park to blast a world record 13 sixes and guide South Africa to an eight wicket win over New Zealand to level their Twenty20 series in Hamilton yesterday.
National player and Marion Academy student Jamaali Homer on Saturday captured the Under-13 girls’ title of the annual Mashramani table tennis tournament which continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor,
Reference is made to the letter ‘UG unions should reconsider their plans for continued stoppages’ written by Dr Prem Misir in his capacity as Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (Stabroek News, February 19).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top US military officer said yesterday that a military strike against Iran would be premature, because it is unclear that Tehran will actually use its nuclear capabilities to build an atomic bomb.
Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) Dr Prem Misir has called on the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) to re-consider their current industrial action since there is no evidence that they are recognized bargaining unions for workers under Part III of the Trade Union Recognition Act 1997.
Relatives of a 27-year-old joiner of Campbell St, Hampshire, Corentyne who was found hanging in the lock-ups at the Rose Hall Police Outpost on Friday are not convinced that he committed suicide.
AMMAN/BEIRUT – Police and militia patrols fan out in the Syrian capital’s Mezze district to prevent a repeat of protests against President Bashar al-Assad that have threatened his grip on Damascus, opposition activists say.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite anchored Barbados to a morale-boosting, five-wicket victory over Trinidad & Tobago in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday.
Dear Editor,
Stabroek News recently carried an article (February 13), an editorial (February 14) and a letter (February 14) relating to the Hope Canal and the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).
The Guyana Scrap Metal Recyclers Association (GSMRA) has expressed concern over the recent auction of several tons of non-ferrous scrap metal by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul upstaged hometown hero Mohammad Ashraful, when he smashed an unbeaten 87 to lead Khulna Royal Bengals to a seven-wicket victory over Dhaka Gladiators in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 yesterday.
CAIRO (Reuters) – The judicial committtee supervising Egypt’s first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year said yesterday it had yet to finalise a date for the vote, although an election official said it would be in the first week of June.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Ben Hilfenhaus took five wickets as Australia’s pacemen ripped through India’s top order to secure an emphatic 110-run victory in the one-day Tri-series on a steamy night at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday.
Dear Editor,
One would thinks that in this age of enlightenment, the major political leaders (eg, PNC and PPP) of Guyana like the populace would embrace higher education and the benefits which accrue from such endeavours.
The police say they are investigating the death of 50-year old pedal cyclist Rajendranauth Rambinjan of Perseverance, Mahaicony who was struck down by motor car PGG 751while attempting to cross the road yesterday.
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran ordered a halt to its oil sales to Britain and France yesterday in a move seen as retaliation against tightening EU sanctions, as a team of UN inspectors flew to Tehran to press the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear programme.
This week we asked the man and woman in the street what their plans for Mashramani were and whether or not they were looking forward to anything in particular.
Three persons were injured when a Toyota AT 212 car, HB 9574 crashed into minibus, PGG 6993 on the Fort Wellington Public Road, West Coast Berbice around 12.40 pm on Saturday.
It was the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke who said: “Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Australian Dav Whatmore will replace the Pakistan team’s interim coach Mohsin Khan after their one-day series against England ends this month, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) source told Reuters yesterday.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A fight between rival gangs at a prison on the outskirts of the northern Mexican manufacturing city of Monterrey left at least 44 dead yesterday, authorities said.
Dear Editor,
It is a well known fact that Berbicians do not have many avenues for recreation and leisure, and that is one of the main reasons for the high rate of alcoholism and suicide in Region Six.
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda W. Baldwin Spencer has condemned the brutal killing of a 39 year-old female service station attendant
over the weekend during a robbery, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office.