Daily Archive: Monday, March 4, 2013

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh and Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin at yesterday’s handing over ceremony where China donated around 20,000 laptops to the Government of Guyana to be used in its One Lap Top per Family Project.

LEICESTERSHIRE, England, ,CMC-Leicestershire plans to sign a new overseas player this week to cover for recalled West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who took the Barbadian Government to court has revised a part of her statement provided in the case saying it was a mistake.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Agriculture has reported earnings of some J$247 million from 207 acres of ginger and $44 million from 123 acres of turmeric, totalling J$291 million during last year.

The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that it had given the Guyana Cricket Board a deadline of March 7th 2013 (Thursday) to advise on its ability to host the West Indies v Pakistan First Test slated for July, 2013.

(Trinidad Express) Last Friday, Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard issued a seven-page press release, on the outcome of the police investigations into allegations of criminal conduct in the construction of the multi-million dollar church which was being constructed in the Heights of Guanapo, Arima in 2010.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), today said it has started an investigation to “verify the validity of an alleged confrontation between members of the Guyana Police Force and illegal miners during an enforcement exercise to curb illegal mining activities within Marudi Mountain, Region Nine.”

(Trinidad Express) A Central woman this morning gave birth to six babies at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – An Australian mining services company has fired up to 15 workers who performed an underground version of the Harlem Shake and posted it online, in a second incident of the Internet dance craze sparking safety concerns.

Patrick Lester, 58, of Golden Grove, died last night following an accident on the Public Road at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies fast-bowling legend Andy Roberts says he is disappointed that former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd did not get the requisite support needed to be nominated president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

(BBC) India remain in control of the second Test against Australia, despite a tail-end collapse on day three in Hyderabad today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six persons were shot, five fatally, as a section of the volatile western Kingston community exploded once again early yesterday morning.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The conversations with Brazil’s top business leaders often last two hours, and up to four.

(Barbados Nation) Four daring daylight robberies of visitors in the space of a week have the chief of two popular hotels at his wits’ end.

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya,  (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed in attacks by machete-wielding gangs today as Kenyans queued to vote in a presidential election they hope will rebuild the nation’s image after a disputed 2007 poll unleashed weeks of tribal bloodshed.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – World champions West Indies made the most of Zimbabwe’s lacklustre performance to win the final Twenty20 International by 41 runs and sweep the two-match series here yesterday.

Eighteen-year-old Raynauth Jeffrey yesterday sped off with the 16th annual Dr.Cheddi

As the PPP/C commemorated the 16th death anniversary of party founder and late President Cheddi Jagan at Babu John, Port Mourant yesterday, President Donald Ramotar blasted critics for saying that the party has strayed from the ideals of the Jagans This was a criticism levelled at a similar event last year by Nadira Jagan-Brancier, the daughter of the Jagans.

A video of a police rank beating at least three men who appeared to be trying to protect a woman and her child who were protesting a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission operation in Region Nine recently has evoked outrage.

The Georgetown senior men’s basketball team avenged the defeat of the junior team with a resounding 21-point win against their Linden counterparts Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall during the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Super League exhibition tournament.

Reigning national Under-19 champion Jason Ray Khalil completed a resounding victory against Nicholas Narain to win the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Bounty Farm Mash Handicap tournament yesterday at the Georgetown Club’s squash facility.

Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell yesterday said that the police would have to stand by the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the events of July 18, 2012 at Linden which found the police responsible for the deaths of three protesters.

New information suggests that carelessness is to blame for injuries to several persons during the disposal of explosives in the Kwakwani compound of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) on Saturday afternoon.

Former Guyana Open champion Alfred Mentore staved off a strong challenge from Guyana’s top ladies golfer Christine Sukhram to win the Ming’s Product and Services Stableford ¾ Handicap Golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs says that he will be seeking legal advice on the sending of Bills and other material to the Attorney General following approval by the National Assembly after criticisms that doing so was “inappropriate.”

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies Women easily rolled over Sri Lanka Women by six wickets to cruise to a 2-0 lead in the five-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.

Marian Titans and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) won titles on the opening day of the Hikers Hockey Club’s third annual junior tournament at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue on Saturday.

Oil explorer CGX yesterday announced that Dr. Edris K. Dookie is no longer an officer of any subsididary of CGX including the positions of Executive Vice President, CGX Resources Inc.,

A number of Chinese nationals were yesterday assaulted and robbed of an undisclosed sum of cash as they tended to their Regent Street store, between Cummings and Light streets.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The unrelenting Miami Heat notched another win on their pay-back tour in a Sunday matinee yesterday, dashing the hopes of the New York Knicks while raising the question of whether any team can deny Miami another NBA title.

A driver who was charged with causing the death of a schoolgirl and injuries to her brother had the case against him dropped several months ago after witnesses failed to show and the family decided to accept compensation.

Lodge Secondary School on Saturday overcame a game Dolphin Secondary 3-1 in the latest action of the Milo U20 schools football tournament played at the Ministry of Education ground Carifesta Avenue.

President Donald Ramotar has hailed 40 years of ties between Guyana and Mexico and said that there is much that the two countries can accomplish within the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Nations to improve the standard of living of their peoples.

Goals from Terrence Aaron and Shawn Daniels in the seventh and ninth minutes respectively enabled New Era Russians to defeat Hard Knocks 2-1 and win the inaugural Banks Premium/Unique Entertainment Futsal tournament at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard-court Saturday night.

Elan Rahaman and Leianna Chung won the boys and girls’ Under-11 singles titles when the National Sports Commission all age badminton tournament commenced on Saturday at the Queen’s College courts.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street what is improving in Guyana and what could be done to improve the country.

Three men were on Friday sentenced to 15 years in prison each by Justice Navindra Singh after they pleaded guilty to manslaughter, while one of their co-defendants was freed after the prosecution withdrew

MADRID, (Reuters) – Atletico Madrid squandered a chance to close to within nine points of La Liga leaders Barcelona when they were held to a 0-0 draw at fourth-placed Malaga yesterday.

A Brazilian businessman was on Friday charged with conspiring to forge a work permit.

(Reuters) – Captain Mohammad Hafeez and bowler Umar Gul put their test woes behind them as Pakistan beat South Africa by 95 runs yesterday to win the two-match Twenty20 series 1-0.

New traffic lights have been installed at the East Bank junction with the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the number of vehicles in January was up 10% compared to the previous year.

Dear Editor, A few things.  Firstly, the calypso ban.  What has been sad is that theprevailing attitude to this has been, as Dave Martins summed up in his otherwise excellent article: “The ban, however misconceived, is a done deal.

(BBC) Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay both scored unbeaten hundreds as India took control of the second Test against Australia in Hyderabad yesterday.

A 22-year-old mechanic was lucky to escape with his life yesterday after the car he was driving was involved in a smash-up with another vehicle on the western approach road to the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

The Region Ten farming community of Laluni Creek now boasts a new Nissan Navara costing $5.75M.

(BBC) Tottenham won a pulsating north London derby  yesterday to go third in the league and seven points ahead of Arsenal.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed five policemen in Malaysia’s Sabah state where members of an armed faction from the Philippines are staking an ancient claim to the remote corner of Borneo island and have been facing off with security forces.

Dear Editor, I endorse the spirit of Nigel Hughes’ letter (`Guyanese may now be willing to urge their political representatives to talk about urgent constitutional reform before the next elections’, Stabroek News, March 2).

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A pay dispute between Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and its 23 centrally contracted players threatens to disrupt a two-test series against Bangladesh, which is due to commence in Galle on Friday.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – A suspected suicide bomber attacked Shi’ite Muslims as they were leaving a mosque in Pakistan’s commercial capital yesterday, killing at least 45 people, in another signal Sunni militants are escalating sectarian attacks.

When Gubraj Durjan, 33, a part-time mason left his Cotton Tree, West Berbice home for work on July 12, 2012 he never realized he would be involved in an accident that would change his life.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter with frustration after four weeks of waiting for the City Council or contractor trucks to pass through Middle Road and collect our garbage; it is the most ridiculous situation ever I could remember.

ACAPULCO,  (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal’s fist-pumping comeback reached a new high with his victory at the Mexican Open yesterday, giving tennis fans hope the 11-times grand slam champion can return to the top of the game.

Dear Editor, Now that the Commission has issued its report, its denunciation of Desmond Trotman’s  unapologetic support of Lindeners’ action shows an inadequate understanding of the facts.

The Dental Council of Guyana is notifying the general public that the licence of Dr Ruben Mercado of Anand’s Dental Lab and Clinic at Peter’s Hall, East Bank has been suspended for three months from March 1st, 2013 until May 31st, 2013.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa has provoked outrage among liberal Poles by suggesting homosexuals in parliament should sit behind a wall.

Dear Editor, Having read Mr Charles R Ramson’s latest fulmination against the opposition in the current Parliament (‘The demand for Rohee’s resignation was a fatuous figment…’ SN, February 28), I am left to reflect on the mentality which allows some to condemn, rightly so, perceived wrongdoing in those we oppose but defend similar tendencies in those we call our comrades.

About 50 stakeholders in the energy sector across the Caribbean Community (Caricom) on Thursday met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in a workshop to exchange views and build awareness about the process involved in the full establishment of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS), a release from the Caricom Secretariat said.

Dear Editor, As an old overseas Guyanese reading papers from Guyana, one is either amused or angry at the news. There

A pork knocker was on Friday fined and ordered to do community service for possession of marijuana.

Wealth and honour are what each person desires. But if they have been obtained in violation of moral principles, they must not be kept.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto yesterday sounded a warning shot to his ruling party over corruption, saying no one is above the law as he tries to tackle the graft that has blighted its reputation in the past.

By Zenita Nicholson Zenita Nicholson is a Guyanese human rights advocate and Secretary on the board of trustees for the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD).

Dear Editor, Alcoholism remains a huge problem for Guyanese society and is associated with many health related problems including high blood pressure and stroke.

In a meeting with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry on February 27, the Minister of Home Affairs is  reported as having said that the private sector will participate in the selection of 10 civilians to oversee sweeping police reforms that were announced on December 31st last year.

Four persons who won the Lucky Dollar’s ‘Be our Lucky Valentine’ promotion received their vouchers at a simple presentation ceremony after a recently held drawing.