Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Articles published on Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Cotton Tree boy electrocuted

Police say that at about 1330h today Rasheed Haniff, 15 years of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, is reported to have been electrocuted while assisting to carry out repairs to a combine with an arc welding plant. 

Gibson: `Tie a sickening blow’

(CMC) KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has labeled yesterday’s dramatic tie with Australia in the third One-Day International as “a sickening blow” but says the team’s valiant fightback from a near hopeless position was testimony to their growing character.

Ambassador Keith George accredited

 President of the Republic of Suriname Desire Delano Bouterse today received the credentials accrediting Keith Linden George as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guyana to the Republic of Suriname.

Chevron sues Jamaica

(Jamaica Observer) Multinational oil giant Chevron is challenging the validity of Jamaica’s Customs user fee, calling it a tax and contending, in a J$600-million lawsuit, that it is unconstitutional and therefore not binding.

Infant dies in parents fight

A mother is in custody as the police search for her partner to assist in the investigation of the death of their two-month old son, who died as a result of injuries sustained during a fight between his parents.

APNU, AFC in talks on vacant Gecom seat

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) are in talks to decide on an opposition nominee to fill the now vacant seat on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) left by the demise of commissioner Robert Williams some weeks ago.

Giovanni Leitch

Sparendaam shooting victim dies

Giovanni Leitch, one of two men who were shot multiple times by gunmen at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara two Saturdays ago, on Monday succumbed to his injuries and police say that the attack is being investigated as an act of reprisal.

Record breaker Messi helps Barca close on Real

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Lionel Messi’s stunning hat-trick set a Barcelona scoring record of 234 goals as the La Liga champions won an action-packed home game against Granada 5-3 to close within five points of La Liga leaders Real Madrid  yesterday.

We are sure the minister recognises that as an independent NGO it is our responsibility to speak out when we think it necessary

Dear Editor, We write with regard to Minister Jennifer Webster’s letter (`Gov’t has a good track record in dealing with child abuse’) published in the Chronicle and Stabroek News last month in response to ours (`The Ministers of Education and Human Services should say what they are doing about the sexual abuse of students by teachers’).

Sheldon Holder

Golden Jaguars around the world update

Twenty-year-old striker Sheldon Holder put on an impressive performance on his debut for his club Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA during the latest round of fixtures in the Trinidad and Tobago Professional League (TTPL) last weekend.

Dozens of bombs kill at least 52 across Iraq

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – More than 30 bombs struck cities and towns across Iraq yesterday, killing at least 52 people and wounding about 250, despite a massive security clampdown ahead of next week’s Arab League summit in Baghdad.

Carlton Joao (centre) hands over the sponsorship cheque to David Carto (left) in the presence of Troy Peters (right).

GABA league gets Powerade support

Halfway through the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) league, Banks DIH by way of its Powerade hydration drink and an undisclosed sum of money pledged its support to boost the league yesterday at Banks DIH headquarters, Thirst Park.

China’s leadership plays

It is a sign of the still very much closed character of China’s communist governance and political structure, that much of the world will have been surprised by the sudden dismissal from its ranks of one of its senior political operatives. 

Big salaries for T&T top cops

(Trinidad Express) Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs makes TT$108,992 a month (TT$1,307, 900 million a year) while Deputy Commissioner Jack Ewatski makes TT$104,000 a month (TT$1, 248,000 million annually), National Security Minister John Sandy disclosed yesterday.