Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 15, 2012

(Reuters) – Australia named the following squad today for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September and October.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Newly crowned Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott says he does not plan to change anything about his training regimen, despite his new found fame.

BLACK ROCK, Barbados, , CMC – A half-century stand for the last wicket spared Barbados blushes and put them in a strong position to beat Guyana on the second day of their fifth round clash in the Regional Under-19 Championship here Wednesday.

The Public Works Ministry is inviting the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE) to review the recent termination of the contract of Falcon Transportation and Construction Services (FTCS) for the East Coast Demerara (ECD) four-lane extension project.

The police today said that at about 2120h last night, a group of men threw missiles at the vehicle and ranks of a Joint Services mobile patrol at One Mile, Wismar.

Talks between the Region Ten delegation and the government are to resume today at the Office of the President (OP) at 5 pm, Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon says.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States today imposed financial sanctions on two Guatemalans and 24 companies with ties to a Central American drug lord, prohibiting U.S.

(Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the U.S. Open due to injury, tournament organisers said today.

The man who was shot by police on Friday evening succumbed this morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday bestowed an additional gift on Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott by naming the Toco Secondary School after him.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Triple London 2012 Olympic champion Usain Bolt has refused to compete in the United Kingdom (UK) again until the country changes its tax laws.

(Barbados Nation) The police could soon get involved in the much-talked about incident in which a child was photographed gyrating on an adult female on Grand Kadooment Day.

(Barbados Nation) Not one iota of thought is being given to putting the country under any International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme or devaluing the Barbados dollar.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen has conceded he needs to control his behaviour following his demotion from the test team for sending South Africa players text messages criticising his team mates and staff.

Nine Linden men were yesterday arraigned on charges that they threw missiles at police ranks between last Friday and Sunday.

The University of Guyana lecturer accused of sexually molesting a student was charged and placed on bail at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Two armed bandits yesterday stole over $7M after they held up accounts clerks of the Farm Supply and General Equipment Limited company who were  transporting the money to a bank.

The police yesterday denied reports that controversial policeman Superintendent Errol Watts was “ordered out” or “pulled out” of Linden.

AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan has defended the party’s objection to the inquiry into the July 18 Linden protestor shooting being extended to include the mobilisation of the protest, saying that every citizen’s right to peaceful protest is guaranteed in the constitution.

The organizers of this weekend’s scheduled second annual Jamzone T20 masters Cup four-team tournament was yesterday forced to pull the plug on its staging following a release from the West Indies Cricket (WICB)  Board that it had not sanctioned the tournament.

Although repair works were completed on the main road at ‘C’ Field, Sophia only a few months ago, it is already crumbling and frustrated residents say a proper upgrade to the community road network has been long overdue.

Chairman of the Interim Management Committee on cricket Clive Lloyd yesterday told Stabroek Sport that elections to name a new executive to manage the business of the Guyana Cricket Board could be held very shortly.

Lindeners were last evening urged to maintain the protests in the town until the government meets their demands, even as residents complained that they were under siege by Joint Services forces.

A second person yesterday succumbed to injuries suffered as a result of the gruesome accident which occurred on the Lima Public Road, Essequibo Accident on Sunday.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has revised its sugar production target this year to 236,000 tonnes.

One of the men suspected in Sunday’s torching of the One Mile Primary School, in Linden, has been released from police custody since there was no evidence to lay charges, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

A mentally-challenged man was yesterday rescued from his burning Sophia home by a youth, who broke down the door and dragged him out before the building burnt to the ground.

The New York Post yesterday said that the Guyanese man convicted of masterminding a plot to blow up fuel pipelines at JFK Airport plotted from behind bars to kill key witnesses against him, according to newly unsealed court documents.

Legendary cricketer and former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd yesterday stressed the importance of education and discipline while delivering the feature address at this year’s 11th annual East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Cricket Academy which was launched yesterday at the Lusignan Community Centre compound.

Nick Millington, a former United States of America Under-17 footballer and Jamal Smith who plays in Sweden are likely to make their debuts for the Golden Jaguars when the play the Bolivia national side in a friendly international today in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

The police yesterday said that at the end of July this year, the number of traffic deaths  had fallen by 30% compared to last year’s figure for the corresponding period.

The 2012 London Olympics is over and the Guyana team is back home following a sub-par showing at the 30th edition of the prestigious games.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – Australia’s highest court endorsed tough new anti-tobacco marketing laws yesterday, dismissing a legal challenge from global cigarette companies in a major test case between tobacco giants and anti-smoking campaigners.

The police are reviewing camera footage obtained on the night of August 2 when a bag containing 50 pounds of cocaine was found on a trolley at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

BLACK ROCK, Barbados,  CMC – Guyana struggled against Barbados’ fast bowlers to fall for a paltry total, on a rain-hit opening day of the fifth round of matches in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday.

The body of Gewan Jagdeo, 63 years, of Bonasika, Essequibo River, was found at about 1830h.

Devanand Nauth, the carpenter who had his leg amputated as a result of poor medical care after a road accident has to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test, for which his family is seeking the help of the Health Ministry to meet the costs.

Defending champions Young Achievers are through to the semi-finals of the Trade Wind Tankers True Champions volleyball tournament following play in the second leg of the tournament last Saturday at the National Gymnasium.

Taxi driver Devaen Jacobis was yesterday charged with stealing $100,000 belonging to a Brazilian national.

Dear Editor The Stabroek News of August 14 reports that Ms Gail Teixeira has indicated that “Government will not be engaging with issues in Linden until normalcy is restored.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – World Player-of-the-Year nominee Stafanie Taylor continued her voracious appetite for runs and completed another fine all-round performance to upstage out-of-favour West Indies Women’s teammate Cordel Jack, spurring Jamaica to a 25-run victory over St.

AMMAN/ALEPPO,  (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad controls less than a third of Syria and his power is crumbling, his former prime minister said yesterday, in his first public appearance since he defected to the opposition this month.

The PNCR issued a statement yesterday condemning the most recent phase of Joint Services operations which began on Friday, August 10 and continues to the present time in Linden and called for the resumption of talks and for the crisis to be brought to a peaceful resolution.

Dear Editor, The CSEC 2012 results are out, and we want to take this opportunity to congratulate the students of this country, obviously including Ms Sarah Hac who was this years’ top CSEC student.

MASON, Ohio,  (Reuters) – Venus Williams showed almost a year after her health scare that she has the stamina needed as she battled for two hours 23 minutes to beat Russia’s Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-7 6-2 at the Cincinnati Open yesterday.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Animals living in patches of rainforest cut off from bigger expanses of jungle by farms, roads or towns are dying off faster than previously thought, according to an academic study published on Tuesday.

The Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the Roman Catholic Church has called for an end to “political finger-pointing” over the Linden crisis, while saying the nation’s leaders must act responsibly to bring an end to the situation.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Islamist suicide bombers targeted markets crowded with Ramadan shoppers and a major provincial hospital in Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 38 people and wounding close to 100.

LONDON, (Reuters) – South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis believes England will miss Kevin Pietersen who was dropped for the third and final test after sending Proteas players text messages criticising England team mates and staff.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCo) has strongly dismissed a claim by International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound who stated that it is difficult to test Jamaican athletes because they are hard find.

Dear Editor, Economic isolation and sanctions by a government against its own people are a form of mental imprisonment and induce a kind of claustrophobia which ignites in the suffering population a passion which erupts into a freedom movement that will always be unstoppable.

Police say that at about 1330h yesterday, James Hutson, 40, also known as James Emmanuel was shot in his right foot at Kaneville, East Bank after he attacked a law enforcer with an ice-pick.

MUKHTARA, Lebanon, (Reuters) – Foreign states must do more to help Syrian rebels defeat President Bashar al-Assad and spare the country an “endless civil war” and possible partition, a leading politician in neighbouring Lebanon said yesterday.

Even allowing that the unconscionable shooting and killing of protesters at Linden may have complicated matters for the government, how is it possible for a ruling party to concede so much on the major issues brought to the table by the other side but yet achieve so little?

Dear Editor, I am in danger of becoming the Stabroek News obituary correspondent.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News editorial entitled ‘Hypocrisy in Education‘ (August 12), is highly insulting and fraught with inaccuracies. 

SEATTLE, (Reuters) – Bill Gates is betting the toilet of the future for the developing world will be solar powered.

By Joseph S. Nye Joseph S. Nye is a professor at Harvard University and the author of The Future of Power.

Acting Town Clerk of the Mayor and City Council, Carol Sooba, says she has instructed that the six officers who have been sent on leave not be paid until they have properly handed over the positions to those appointed to perform their duties.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Kenneth Dember’s six-wicket haul undermined defending champions Jamaica and put Windward Islands in control of their final round encounter of the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship here  yesterday.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway’s prime minister came under pressure to resign today after an official report said police could have prevented a murder spree by far right militant Anders Behring Breivik last year that killed 77 people.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Honduran government must investigate the cases of 22 journalists murdered in the last two years in a country that has the world’s highest murder rate, a United Nations envoy said yesterday.

Dear Editor, One is grateful to Mr Anand Goolsarran for highlighting what at a minimum is a double standard in one of many other areas of non-transparency in the Public Service (‘Retirees in the public service…‘  SN August 11).

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Dissension in the army has reached a boiling point.

(Trinidad Express) The domestic violence protection order granted to Rio Claro mother Julie Parris earlier this year proved worthless on Monday, when she was chopped and stabbed to death by the man whom she tried to escape. 

Dear Editor, The ministry donated some packages to different secondary schools around the country for fifth form students earlier this year.

Leader  of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Brigadier David Granger has expressed his sadness on the death of international civil servant Hugh  Cholmondeley  who passed away on Friday August 10th.

Arnold Bascom of No 41 Village, West Coast Berbice celebrated his 100th birthday in July but looks more like he was in his 70s.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Leeward Islands batsmen turned in a solid performance that helped to vindicate a decision to bat first against title-challengers Trinidad and Tobago at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

The future seems bleak for a 31-year-old father of Bath Settlement Scheme, West Coast Berbice who is blind in the left eye and has developed a problem in the right.

As both Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica have been celebrating fifty years of independence this month, the rich results of their countries’ participation in the recently concluded London Olympic Games will undoubtedly have brought a welcome relief to their citizens, and even more importantly, to their governmental leaderships.

CAIRO – A blunder by the Egyptian army that left 16 border guards dead at the hands of Islamist militants gave President Mohamed Mursi an unexpectedly early chance to claw back powers from a military whose political influence he had always wanted to restrict.

Dear Editor, The residents of the Enmore Blossom Scheme within a radius of over half a mile have been subject to torture from the very, very loud and incessant music emanating from a wedding house in Blossom Scheme.

(Trinidad Express) A day after Patrick Parris murdered his estranged wife, he was found dead, hanging by the neck from a tree at the back of his house yesterday.