Daily Archive: Monday, March 18, 2013

(Reuters) – Bangladesh have banned Nadir Shah, who umpired in 40 one-day internationals between 2006-11, for 10 years for corruption.

(BBC) India beat Australia by six wickets in the third Test in Mohali to complete a series victory over the tourists.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s acting president, Nicolas Maduro, has a commanding 14-percentage point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles ahead of next month’s election, according to the first major poll published since the death of Hugo Chavez.

(Trinidad Express) RETIRED Justice Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona is the new President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez has asked Pope Francis to intervene in support of Buenos Aires in a dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has rapped the police for the long list of serious unsolved crimes including execution-style killings.

Photos by Arian Browne This competition to spark interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics was held at the Umana Yana on Saturday.

Photos by Arian Browne This competition to spark interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics was held at the Umana Yana on Saturday.

Photos by Arian Browne This competition to spark interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics was held at the Umana Yana on Saturday.

(Barbados Nation) Nearly Bds$1 million in gold has been seized and a representative of a cash-for-gold business is expected to appear in court shortly following a police raid last Friday.

(Barbados Nation) It was a tragic day in Barbados yesterday as two young women died, three others were seriously hurt in a vehicular accident, and two British tourists were shot in Bridgetown.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised today a levy imposed by the European Union on bank deposits in Cyprus as unfair and setting a dangerous precedent.

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old student was yesterday stabbed to death during an argument over a BlackBerry cellular phone.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers attacked a judicial compound in the Pakistani city of Peshawar today, killing four people and taking hostages, officials said.

Tevin Garraway returned to the track after a three month hiatus with an awesome sprint of 10.6 seconds to win the 100 metres boys under 20 Guyana Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) third development meet at the Guyana Defence Force ground (GDF), Camp Ayanganna.

An overseas-based Guyanese doctor was yesterday morning discovered dead in the backlands of No.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger yesterday said that APNU is still open to talks with the Government on the 2013 budget even though it does not believe that anything could come out of them at this late hour and dismissed the notion – reiterated again yesterday by Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh – that the Opposition was to blame for stalled discussions.

After 23 years, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major has resigned from the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation which was built by himself and business partner, Kashif Muhammad.

Police are investigating the origin of the copper-coated buckshot pellets that were extracted from the bodies of the three men killed during  last July’s police shooting of protestors at Linden according to Top Cop Leroy Brumell who also said that he is yet to read the full report of the Commission of Inquiry into the incident.

Six persons are now homeless after a fire believed to be of electrical origin, ripped through a Stewartville, West Demerara  man’s home and furniture factory leaving millions in losses.

Jamaican native Shaun Dietz will be spearheading Guyana’s overseas contingent of athletes who will be competing at the XLII CARIFTA Games which will be held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas March 28- April 1.

AFC Chairman Nigel Hughes, 49, will require heart bypass surgery and arrangements are being made to fly him to a hospital in Trinidad.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A record-breaking batting display from centurions Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers took South Africa to a 34-run win over Pakistan in the third one-day international today.

Mark Lashley won his first major title for 2013 when he secured victory in the Annual  Torginol Paints Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan golf Club (LGC) Saturday.

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee has informed representatives of the private sector that draft whistle blower legislation for enactment is being studied at the Attorney General’s Chambers.

Trinity Grid Holding (TGH) Pacesetters escaped the proverbial ‘jaws of death’ to defeat  Bounty Colts 75-61 in the first division category match up on Saturday night during the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Super League at the Burnham Basketball Court.

A comprehensive national land use plan is being finalised to guide policy makers.

Marudi miners who face eviction for illegal operations will today again be meeting personnel from the Ministry of Natural Resources in keeping with an agreement when the two sides met last Thursday.

Officials from the Ministry of Public Works say that if works go according to plan, the new Cummings Koker door should be installed and functioning by tomorrow.

Members of the Community Development Councils (CDCs) are volunteers and their budgets for projects do not form part of the Regional Development Councils (RDC), rather they have to uplift project paperwork and money from the National CDC office in Georgetown.

Construction managers for the Marriott-branded hotel say they are aiming for an April month-end completion date for the structure and they expect that the project can be commissioned by August 2014.

The annual Police Conference this year committed to addressing concerns about corruption in the Guyana Police Force, to improving the relationship between the force and members of the communities they serve and to instituting much anticipated reforms.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, who vastly expanded U.S. drone strikes against terrorism suspects overseas under the cloak of secrecy, is now openly seeking to influence global guidelines for their use as China and other countries pursue their own drone programs.

Several internal roads in the Grove/ Diamond area are being rehabilitated by the Housing ministry and the Grove/Diamond Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), a release from the Government Information Agency said.

Dear Editor, Delta has signalled its intention to stop flying the Guyana route come May this year.

This week we visited the Bourda Market and asked vendors and users of the market about the matters affecting them.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – A record-breaking batting display from centurions Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers took South Africa to a 34-run win over Pakistan in the third one-day international yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to the `Taj Mahal Tax’ proposal of Dr.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara continued his purple patch against Bangladesh and hit an unbeaten 127 to guide Sri Lanka to 294 for six at close on the second day of the second and final test yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The senior Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee is pushing President Barack Obama’s administration to train and arm some Syrian rebels, in addition to providing humanitarian assistance.

Dear Editor, I refer to the publication of an article by Iva Wharton, captioned `Matthias is the GFA candidate to contest GFF top post’ S.N.

Diana Paton is Reader in Caribbean History at Newcastle University in the UK.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and persistent light rain yesterday ensured that New Zealand’s second test against England at the Basin Reserve is most likely to end in a damp draw today.

Dear Editor, I was at the Critchlow Labour College when I observed Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds; Mr Winston Brassington, Head of NICIL; Mr Christopher Ram and a few other well-known Guyanese including the leader of the Guyana Trades Union Congress.

Farewell to Pariag Sukhai: President Donald Ramotar (third from left) joined other People’s Progressive Party/Civic colleagues in paying tribute to the late former Region Three Chairman and former Head of the Rice Producers Association, Pariag Sukhai during a funeral service at Anna Catherina yesterday.

Residents of several parts of Georgetown yesterday experienced blackouts which lasted for 12 hours after being told by the power company they would last no longer than six hours.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand was yesterday afternoon rushed to the Caribbean Heart Institute after complaining of shortness of breath.

(BBC) Australia trail by 16 runs after they dismissed India for 499 on the fourth day of the third Test in Mohali.

(Reuters) – Dow Jones & Co said it found no sign of impropriety at its China operations, after the Wall Street Journal reported that a whistleblower had accused Journal employees of bribing Chinese officials for information.

Voting against the simple and straightforward Firearms (Amendment) Bill on Thursday does no credit to the opposition-led Parliament. 

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday afternoon named Monday,  March 25  as Budget Day, according to the Government Information Agency.

You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make.

Dear Editor, Harvesting of the present rice crop has commenced in Regions Two, Three and Six, where farmers are making full use of the sunny weather.