Daily Archive: Monday, March 11, 2013

GALLE,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh amassed their highest total and captain Mushfiqur Rahim chalked up their first test double century on the fourth day of the opening game against Sri Lanka today.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Wall Street rose modestly today, lifting the Dow to another record and giving the S&P 500 its seventh straight advance as early weakness enticed buyers.

The mines commission today reiterated that it is moving to bring charges against more than 14 illegal dredges in the Marudi area of Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) which it said have been operating there illegally and hadn’t declared a single gramme of gold.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in retaliation for Venezuela’s having last week ordered two US military attaches to leave the South American oil exporter, a US official said today.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0530h today at Amelia’s Ward, Linden, and which resulted in the death of Leon Barrett, 62 years, of Christianburg, Linden.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in Kenya’s presidential vote presents Western states with the challenge of keeping an elected leader charged with crimes against humanity at arms length while preserving valuable security and business ties.

(Jamaica Gleaner) For the second time in just over three years, Jamaica has secured a multibillion-dollar infrastructure development programme with China, a government insider has revealed.

(Trinidad Express) A woman is calling on the Commissioner of Police (CoP) to investigate the use of her identity to promote a bogus Bollywood concert featuring superstar Shahrukh Khan.

(Trinidad Express) Anti-woman and anti-family sentiment is now so pervasive that it is apparent in local culture, said Dr Indira Rampersad.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured in December hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday, prison authorities said, but his family and lawyer said they suspected “foul play”.

Despite the limited impact from the budget cuts last year, the opposition will cut expenditures that are “unlawful” or do not conform to financial regulations, Leader of the Opposition David Granger says.

Suing the state for compensation and filing civil charges against the policemen involved in last year’s Linden shooting are options for the families of those who were fatally shot as well as those who were wounded during the protest in the mining town last year.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds says Government and the Region 10 Regional Administration have reached agreement on the Chairman of the Economic Review Committee but not for the Technical Review Committee and that a meeting should be held between the parties in the next few weeks to take this process forward.

Nearly a year has passed since Lawrence Gopaul died in the aftermath of a tooth extraction that left him bleeding for days and his family is still to hear from medical officials about the findings of the investigation of his death.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday reiterated that a follow-up meeting with the parliamentary opposition on the 2013 budget is awaiting a date from APNU MP Carl Greenidge.

A man accused of behaving disorderly, unlawfully assaulting a policeman and resisting arrest was on Friday released on self bail after he denied the charges.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Guyanese men were fined a total of TT$2,150 on Thursday after they pleaded guilty to using obscene language and entering the country illegally. Appearing

Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) has advised that customers receiving water from the Cornelia Ida well station will experience a disruption in supply as a result of maintenance works from March 13 to April 1 2013.

Kirk Williams was on Friday sentenced to a total of 50 months imprisonment after he was found guilty of two counts of armed robbery.

Justice Navindra Singh overruled the no-case submission made by the defence in the murder trial of Parsram Lalchand and Satesh Singh in the High Court last Friday.

A seven-year-old student of the Winfer Garden Primary is now a patient at the George-town Public Hospital after he was struck down on Thursday by a speeding motorcyclist who later fled the scene of the accident.

  Offerings: Offerings being made yesterday by Hindus to Lord Shiva at the Cove and John Ashram in observance of Maha Shiva Raatri.

Three women and a man remained up to yesterday in police custody after a cordon and search operation on Norton Street on Saturday found 172 pounds of compressed marijuana in the trunks of three motor vehicles at their residence.

Parents of students attending the Kwakwani Primary School are calling on the authorities to fix several problems at the Region Ten school.

Twelve secondary school students who took part in the third Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators Essay Competition were on Friday honoured by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Ministry of Education and the Caricom Secretariat.

Thirty-six CARICOM teachers on Friday successfully concluded a two-week Basic Training Course in Spanish as a second language through technical support from Mexico.

The Office of the Pro-Chancellor on Friday received a large quantity of legal texts from the Guyana Law Association in the UK.

Winners of the Mashramani 2013 competitions received their prizes at a ceremony at the Umana Yana on Friday.

A man’s claim that he uses marijuana to treat his illness failed to find favour with Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, who fined him $3,000 and ordered that he do six months community service

Dear Editor, I just read news articles about the existence of what appears to be a murderous gang of young people operating out of, and apparently resident in Kitty, my village of birth.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said yesterday mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine had not been discarded but given time off from what had been a gruelling schedule.

A Marlon Nedd exhibition of quality finishing was on show as Carmel Secondary upset highly favoured Lodge Secondary 3-2, to book their quarterfinal spot in latest action of the Milo U20 football tournament playing at the Ministry of Education Ground on Saturday.

Dear Editor, I refer to three letters in your paper, ‘Remembering Adeshina’ (Jan 21), ‘Wendell George was an outstanding freedom fighter’ (March 8) and `Former Region Three Chairman, Pariag Sukhai served humanity’ (March 10).

After placing fourth in the first leg of the annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial road race last week in Berbice, last year’s most successful cyclist Robin Persaud found favour yesterday on the West Demerara and sprinted to his first victory of the season.

Dear Editor, For most men International Women’s Day on March 8, might have easily passed by without much notice and may indeed have been just another day in the hustle and bustle of life.

  Maha Shiva Raatri: Hindus yesterday celebrated Maha Shiv Raatri in large numbers at mandirs across the country.

Mohanlall “Santo” Dinnanath claimed victory in Carib Foods Stableford Golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Dear Editor, The APNU’s position is abundantly clear. Chief Justice (ag) Chang did not change his position in his final decision from that of his preliminary ruling when he concluded Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s Originating Notice of Motion in the High Court the Friday before last.

Two new officers were elected to the Executive Committee as incumbent President Alfred King was returned unopposed following elections of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) at its Annual General Meeting Saturday at the Carifesta Sports Complex.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader vowed yesterday to fight late Hugo Chavez’s preferred successor for the presidency next month and the pair quickly locked horns in an angry war of words.

Dear Editor, The mass outpouring of grief and sympathy on the death of President Hugo Chávez brings back memories of the late Dr Cheddi Jagan whose funeral at Babu John saw the largest congregation of people in the country’s history.

Dear Editor, Upon reading the newspapers yesterday morning, I learnt of the passing of Mr Pariag Sukhai, former MP and Regional Chairman, Region Three, West Demerara.

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, (Reuters) – England’s batsmen showed the resilience they had been lacking in their first innings to battle to a draw in the first of three tests against New Zealand at University Oval yesterday.

After a time man finds that it is not happiness, but knowledge, towards which he is going, and that pleasure and pain are great teachers.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Mohammad Ashraful made the highest score by a Bangladesh batsman in test cricket when he scored a magnificent unbeaten 189 on the third day of the first test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

Dear Editor, Shared governance to serve the peculiar ethnic and political circumstances of Guyana was a popular cry during the Jagdeo administration; the cries however appear to have diminished since Donald Ramotar has been installed as President.

Wash down: Buxton residents enjoy a wash down at a local service station after the village’s annual Mashramani celebrations yesterday.

Gaiutra Bahadur is a Guyanese-American journalist who has devoted much of her career to telling the stories of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street for their views about the dress code at the National Cultural Centre and whether they thought it should be relaxed so that patrons could wear jeans, Capri pants and boots as is the case in theatres around the world.

Each year, and particularly at Babu John, Port Mourant it becomes clearer and clearer why the person who holds the position of Head of State should not also be the person who heads the government.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Colin Ingram hit an unbeaten century to propel South Africa to an easy 125-run win in the first one day international yesterday as Pakistan fell way short in the chase.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Antibiotic resistance poses a catastrophic threat to medicine and could mean patients having minor surgery risk dying from infections that can no longer be treated, Britain’s top health official said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It was a fine thing that Mr Paul Tennassee did to pen a letter that eulogized the late Wendell P.