Daily Archive: Saturday, March 2, 2013

N’DJAMENA,  (Reuters) – Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander behind a bloody mass hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad’s military said today.

(Reuters) – Lendl Simmons blasted six sixes as his unbeaten 63 led West Indies to a comfortable eight wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first of two Twenty20 internationals in Antigua today.

Two New York men have been charged with murdering a Guyanese man and setting him afire in his apartment in what was reportedly an attempt by another man to have the tenants in the building killed.

The Ministry of Natural Resources this afternoon said that a team has been dispatched to probe an incident that occurred at Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

The Private Sector will participate in the selection process for the 10 civilians who will work in a new Strategic Management Department to oversee reforms of the police force.

SEFFNER, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Florida rescue personnel today searched for a Florida man who disappeared into a sinkhole that swallowed his whole bedroom while he was asleep in his suburban Tampa home.

(BBC) India enjoyed the better of the opening day of the second Test in Hyderabad despite another fine knock by Australia captain Michael Clarke.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ailing President Hugo Chavez has been undergoing “tougher” new treatment for cancer including chemotherapy at the military hospital where he has been for the last two weeks, his vice-president said.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government is considering a proposal to abolish the use of juries for blood crimes, National Security Minister Jack Warner said in a statement in the House of Representatives yesterday. Warner’s

The inquiry into the fatal shooting of three Linden protestors last July has found the police responsible for the deaths but said that in the circumstances, the discharge of ammunition was justified as the police were confronted by a hostile crowd and had no clear intention to kill or injure anyone.

A total of $8 million has been recommended as compensation for the relatives of the three men who were fatally shot last July during clashes between police and protesters in Linden.

The Commission of Inquiry into the shooting to death of three Linden protesters last year has exonerated Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on the issuing of any instructions to the police during the events of July 18th.

Citing too much centralization of decision making and “anachronistic” procedures, a complete management audit of the Guyana Police Force has been recommended by the Commission of Inquiry (COI) which investigated the fatal shooting of three Linden protesters last July.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Confident West Indies will put their Twenty20 skills on show in the Caribbean for the first time since winning last year’s World Championship when they face lowly Zimbabwe in the opening T20 International here today.

Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul yesterday signaled that the wage dispute between the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) and the union representing striking workers may be headed towards arbitration.

In what is likely the final chapter of an intense court battle, acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday found that the parliamentary motion last year by Opposition Leader David Granger to gag Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee was “legally misconceived in that such a motion, if passed, could not be implemented by the Assembly without infringing his constitutional rights.”

A new executive to manage the affairs of football in Guyana will be elected on April 12 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) holds its annual general meeting and election of office bearers.

APNU Chairman David Granger said that while the party is not prepared at this point to table a Motion of No Confidence against Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman, it will challenge the ruling he rendered on Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee speaking in the House.

A Suriname national was killed last evening near his home at No.59 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) will now hold its elections on March 14th, one day before associations are required to submit their nominations for the GFF Presidency.

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn yesterday said that although he complained about this year’s winning Mashramani calypso being given airtime on state radio, he did not sanction the ban on the music of the finalists on the National Communication Network (NCN).

The cream of the country’s junior hockey players will be in action this weekend in the Hikers Hockey Club/Global Technology Schools and Club tournament beginning today at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Winner of the Theatre Guild Award for the Best Actor in 2013 in a One-Act Play, Sean Thompson, is a web of surprises.

The Hadi’s World Incorporated-City Mall/ Georgetown Cricket Association first division two-day cricket competition will resume this weekend with three matches after persistently wet weather delayed

Dear Brother Gog, I am saddened. I am hurt. I am crying and it gives me grief to say that I have lost a lot of faith in you.

Taxi driver Bahadoor Parbatie was yesterday sentenced to a two year jail term after he was found guilty of causing the death of an elderly couple through dangerous driving.

Steven Xavier overcame a severe handicap to defeat Joven Benn in straight games on night three of the Bounty Farm Mash Handicap tournament on Thursday night at the Georgetown Club’s squash facility.

By Juanita Hooper Guyana’s junior athletes will compete today and tomorrow at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground Camp Ayanganna in the first official track and field meet of the athletics season when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) stages its CARIFTA Games Time Trials to select the team to compete at the 2013 CARIFTA Games in April in The Bahamas.

Mechanic France Prince, one of the men accused of abducting the daughter of businessman Beharry ‘Natoo’ Dookie over three years ago, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Discarded West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford forced himself into reckoning for the Zimbabwe series when he routed Guyana to set up a four-wicket victory for Windward Islands here  yesterday.

74-kilogramme Masters Two deadlift World record holder, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby, along with other local powerlifters won gold medals and smashed Commonwealth and World records last year enabling the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) to lift the association of the year award.

The Noble House Seafoods second division, two day cricket competition will resume today and tomorrow after persistently wet weather forced a postponement.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Captain Merissa Aguilleira struck a boundary from the last delivery of the game as West Indies Women pulled off a dramatic two-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the opening Twenty20 International of the five-match series here yesterday.

Hi Everyone, I’ve lamented about it often enough but just in case your memory fails you, let me offer a refresher.

With the green light being given by the European Union (EU) for construction of a $615 million hydropower plant at the Chiung Falls in Kato, Region 8, contractors are now being sought to undertake the project.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- The top  scorer in the recent Caribbean T20 tournament, Chris Barnwell, says he is anxious to show case his skills for West Indies against Zimbabwe in the two match T20 series this weekend.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago were eyeing victory against Leeward Islands after setting the hosts a challenging 335 to win their third round Regional Four-Day Championship encounter here  yesterday.

Despite the fact that a former Attorney General has given an opinion that Cabinet does not have to channel lottery proceeds through the National Assembly for approval, opposition parties are adamant that the money must go to the Consolidated Fund and not spent at Cabinet’s whim without scrutiny.

The mother of a 13-year-old girl is pleading for justice for her daughter who was allegedly sexually molested by the son of a senior official of the Guyana Police Force in December last year.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Dominant Barbados crushed Combined Campuses and Colleges by an innings and 185 runs inside three days, to post their second straight win in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Plans announced recently by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and National Security Minister Jack Warner to give similar powers to the Defence Force as those of police officers were set to go a step further yesterday.

Dear Editor, I was pleased to see that a very large delegation of Brazilians were entertained by a similarly large delegation from Guyana to discuss the building of a deep water harbour, a hydroelectric dam and the road from Brazil to the Guyana coast.

(Trinidad Express) Two bodies were found in a burnt out car in the Heights of Guanapo,Arima just after midnight yesterday.

Police were forced to release the suspect in the murder of Mc Doom miner Gavin McNeil after eyewitnesses to the incident refused to attend an identification parade, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The following are my personal views. The effect of the recent ruling  of the Speaker confirms the limited effectiveness of the National Assembly.

As Guyanese international superstar Eddy Grant prepares to mark his 65th birth anniversary on Tuesday, we publish a short pictorial of him through the years.

Two cheques totalling close to $2 million from Food for the Poor and overseas-based Guyanese donor Sahaboob Yassin were handed over to the St Francis Community Developers (SFCD) on Monday.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Rushon Hamilton the policeman convicted for the murder of 14-year-old Jhaneel Goulbourne was sentenced to life in prison in the Supreme Court yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to everyone who contributed to and signed the powerful letter calling for the full implementation of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (Stabroek News, March 1).

(Trinidad Express) Lawrence Duprey and Andre Monteil, the two main players in CL Financial, will both have to testify at the ongoing commission of enquiry into the conglomerate’s failure, Sir Anthony Colman ordered on Thursday.

The Unbelieving Mom is one of two films to be released this year by local musician and director Bonny Alves under Ssignal Productions.

Pedestrian crossings in Rose Hall town were recently repainted by the staff from

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News and the Guyana Times have carried reports of an issue in Berbice in which alcohol was found on a student (or students) who was on a school tour to Georgetown.

Dear Editor, If what is being leaked from the Linden Commission of Inquiry report is accurate then it is fair to say that life is Guyana is very cheap.

Jamaican-born singer-songwriter Etana revealed arguably her fiercest, most thought-provoking material ‘Better Tomorrow’ on Tuesday last.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday said it regretted attempts last month by its ranks to make an arrest in a University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus classroom, while admitting that its officers exceeded their powers.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Senior aides and relatives of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez countered yesterday a crescendo of rumours that the socialist president may be dead from cancer, saying he was still battling for his life.

Dear Editor, It’s time for us to become sincerely Guyanese, so that we could unmistakably identified.

Richard Gordon was yesterday sentenced to a total of three years imprisonment after he admitted to stealing over $20,000 in items from a boutique and having in his possession two offensive weapons.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez told Congress yesterday she will not push for a constitutional overhaul that would let her run for a third consecutive term but will go ahead with a broad judicial reform proposal.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama formally ordered broad cuts in U.S.

It is hard to believe that books can still provoke demonstrations and death threats but in mid-February the 75-year-old Azeri novelist Akram Aylisli became the target of public anger reminiscent of the Rushdie fatwa.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil advanced yesterday toward its target of joining the small club of nations that have nuclear-powered submarines with the opening of a naval shipyard installation that will build French-designed submarines.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South Africa suspended eight police officers yesterday after the death of a man they had bound to a vehicle and dragged through a busy street in a videotaped incident that has further blackened the reputation of the police.

Dear Editor, The dignity of Guyanese and the destiny of a democratic Guyana are in peril.

A man will spend the next two weeks in jail after the assault of a doctor at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.

No matter if I’ve only been gone from Guyana for a couple weeks, whenever I return and start to go about my business, it is always such a culture shock to see the way men treat women on the streets and about town.

A masquerade troupe performing for local tour guides yesterday during a mangrove site tour at the Victoria foreshore on the East Coast of Demerara.

The report, “Man charged with stealing $6.5M in items from Household Plus,” published in our February 28 edition, incorrectly stated that the accused broke and entered the House-hold Plus Store on Regent Street.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams now has the difficult task of having to investigate his boss, National Security Minister Jack Warner.

(Trinidad Express) There is confusion as to whether or not Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan will be coming to Trinidad for a $2,500-a-ticket concert at the Hilton Trinidad on April 13.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Discarded West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford forced himself into reckoning for the Zimbabwe series when he routed Guyana to set up a four-wicket victory for Windward Islands here yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama formally ordered broad cuts in U.S.