Articles published on Tuesday, July 2, 2013
DERBY, England, CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a superb unbeaten half century to lead Derbyshire to a thrilling seven-wicket win over Lancashire in the Friends Life T20 tournament today.
A Brazilian miner was shot dead and another man wounded when they were attacked by gunmen around 8 this morning in the Barama area, some 100 km from Port Kaituma, North West District and a police team has since been dispatched to the area.
The coast guards accused of killing Bartica gold miner Dweive Kant Ramdass were this afternoon found guilty by the jury and subsequently sentenced to death by Justice Franklyn Holder at the High Court in Suddie, Essequibo.
Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud on Monday advised Kuru Kururu residents to map out a strategy for the orderly development of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway community and warned against occupation of the reserves.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former United National Congress (UNC) chairman and national security minister Jack Warner last evening surprised his supporters by announcing, days before time, that he would officially run as a candidate in the July 29 Chaguanas West by-election. Warner
FREEPORT, Bahamas (CMC) — A television channel that broadcast cricket around the clock is being made available to viewers in the Caribbean.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Protective Services Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has again been plunged into mourning after another member was gunned down by criminals yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados is seeking to host the International Indian Film Awards (IIFA).
(Trinidad Express) Jack Warner refused to travel on Government business and had too many controversies hanging over his head to be selected as the UNC’s candidate to contest the Chaguanas West by-election, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said last night.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said today that Edward Snowden, the former U.S.
(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago cargo vessel was shot at on Friday night and forced to leave Guyana after the captain allegedly refused to transport drugs into this country, Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste said yesterday.
There have been 17 murders in the interior regions since the start of the year, according to Stabroek News’ records, and less than half have been solved.
A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) electrician died on Sunday night after a taxi driver attempted to dislodge him from the bonnet of his car by driving into a pile of sand, according to relatives but the police said the man was struck down as he walked along the Good Hope Railway Embankment road.
Two men fled Woodlands Hospital compound with over $1 million which they grabbed from a cashier at the Accounts Department yesterday morning.
A 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend died on Saturday in Queens, New York when the speeding car they were in crashed into a guardrail on the highway, the New York Daily News said.
A family, plunged into mourning after one member died in a road collision on Sunday, faced a second tragedy when another member was involved in a separate accident hours later.
In windy conditions at the Seawall Bandstand yesterday, star rider, Alanzo Greaves returned to his triumphant ways by blowing away a star studded field to emphatically win the feature 30-lap event of the 10th annual Caricom Day Wheat-Up Cycling Classic.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- India’s campaign in the Celkon Mobile Cup suffered a major blow yesterday after Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was forced to withdraw from the team due to a hamstring injury.
Latin America and Caribbean as a region has met two of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—poverty reduction and access to clean water—and it is making strides with meeting some others.
The Turkeyen Station Management Committee last week embarked on a massive four-day cleanup campaign to beautify the Turkeyen Police Station and compound.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Wimbledon entered the twilight zone yesterday as Serena Williams became the latest high-profile champion to fade into oblivion at a tournament where reputations and star status are counting for nothing.
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC- Kyle Cabey missed out on a half century but piloted Windward Islands to a comprehensive nine wicket victory over Guyana in the West Indies Cricket Board Tobago House of Assembly Regional Under 17 Tournament which bowled off yesterday Cabey was unbeaten on 49 as the Windwards coasted to 106 for one to successfully chase down a paltry 105 from 28.3 overs set by Guyana in one of three 50 over matches played.
A 13-member team consisting of the crème de le crème of Guyana’s powerlifters winged out yesterday for Orlando, Florida USA to do battle in the six-day NAPF North American/FE.SO.PO
The final two encounters of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM U19 three-day inter-county competition between Demerara and Berbice and the President’s XI and Essequibo were both washed out as a result of consistent showers last weekend which rendered grounds, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), unfit for play.
Sections of Lethem last night were in darkness as a result of power rationing after the main generator developed some problems on Sunday.
Defending Georgetown champions Lodge Secondary, through a brace by their captain Jarel Grannum, hammered Queenstown Secondary 6-1 as action in the Digicel National U18 Secondary Schools Football Championships continued at the Campbellville Community Centre ground on Monday.
A plant, a jungle cat and a unicorn in harmony: Performers in the Bravo Arts display at Saturday’s Kiss My Art festival held at the Everest Ground, Camp Road.
Dear Editor, I wish to remind the Guyana Police Force that the roadway next to the Georgetown Seawall, from Camp St to Vlissengen Rd is one way, unless the information given by the Home Affairs Ministry, Public Works Ministry and the posted signs at the Northern end of Vlissengen Rd are all wrong.
Police in the French-speaking Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe have identified the man who went on a shooting spree on Saturday killing six of his family members, including his two children, as 40-year-old David Ramassamy.
The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) will serve off its annual GBTI Open lawn tennis competition at the GBTI Recreational Club, Kaieteur Street Bel-Air Park on Thursday.
Dear Editor, On Saturday, June 29, I witnessed a very keenly contested football match between Mahdia Secondary School and Paramakatoi Secondary School at the Mahdia Community Centre ground.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power yesterday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country.
Lancaster Secondary was yesterday schooled 9-1 by President’s College in the opening match at the Beterverwagting Community Centre ground when play continued in the Digicel Schools nationwide football tournament.
Persons from various sections of society have voiced their concern over government’s intention to lease land to the Marriott Hotel developer at below market value.
A man sustained injuries to his face after he discharged a loaded firearm at a function at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony Creek yesterday.
After three days of keen competition, defending champion Abigail McDonald and Moen Gafoor will battle on Saturday in the final of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) national championships at the Bank of Guyana Roof Garden.
The main opposition APNU will listen to stakeholders before crystallizing any amendments to the proposed anti-money laundering legislation currently being considered by a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.
Dear Editor, Can someone look into this matter urgently before the closing of school on Friday?
Miners on Thursday were urged to help in the fight against trafficking in persons even as they were warned that the scourge could have negative implications for the gold industry.
Dear Editor, I wish to first of all point out that this subject of a 40 hour a week or five working days was engaging the attention of the Guyana Trades Union Congress for a number of years, and acting upon the urgings of that body for the enactment of the Bill, tripartite meetings were held years ago.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad CMC- Trinidad and Tobago national football team left for a training camp in Florida yesterday ahead of the start of their campaign in the CONCACAF Gold Cup which kicks off this weekend in the United States.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC- Details are expected this week on Yohan Blake’s injury status and his availability to defend his IAAF World Championships 100m title at the August 10-18 staging in Moscow, Russia, his handlers have said.
Newly-installed president of the Rotary Club of Demerara Osbert James has called for a renewed engagement by Rotarians to bring rotary service and values into their daily lives in order to boost the club’s impact in the community.
Dear Editor, I continue to enjoy former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran’s erudite and incisive analyses on the state of the party within which he once enjoyed tremendous respect and pride of place.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Vice President of Operations at Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Captain Jagmohan Singh, has been appointed to run the day-to-day operations of the airline following the sudden resignation of acting CEO Robert Corbie on Friday.
A forest fairy looks provocatively at the camera. She was one of the performers in the Bravo Arts display at Saturday’s Kiss My Art festival held at the Everest Ground, Camp Road.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Two top managers of the scandal-plagued Vatican bank resigned yesterday following the arrest of a high-ranking cleric with close ties to the financial institution, in the latest of a string of embarrassments for the Holy See.
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels clashed yesterday over how to incorporate Latin America’s oldest guerrilla movement into the democratic process, as they began the latest round of peace talks in Havana.
Honey cakes and wine made with honey on display at the Guyana Apicultural Society Second Annual Homey Show on Saturday at Water Street.
The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) on Friday last provided sponsorship to Berbice cricketer and U15 selectee Sylus Tyndall and young karateka Xavier Henry as they prepare for upcoming competitions.
Dear Editor, At the Guyana Investment Conference, a number of prominent diplomats and members of CARICOM said what most Guyanese have already known except those in the government.
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden broke his silence yesterday for the first time since fleeing to Moscow to say he remains free to make new disclosures about US spying activity.
Dear Editor, I write to convey my deep appreciation to Professor Dr.
(Trinidad Guardian) While gay communities celebrated Wednesday’s US Supreme Court ruling which gave federal recognition to married same-sex couples, one Caribbean activist group has been rallying support after a hateful attack against a Trinidadian-born artiste.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Opener Johnson Charles says he played his natural game to steer West Indies to the brink of a nail biting one wicket win over India in the second game of the tri-nation ODI series at Sabina Park Sunday.
Gold declaration up to last week was 230,000 ounces for the first half of this year with miners on-track to meet their target of 460,000 ounces for 2013.
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian government rights watchdog said it had credible reports the country’s own forces carried out extra-judicial killings, torture, rape and arbitrary detention in efforts to quell an Islamist insurgency in the northeast.
End of an era? Has the Conversation Tree finally dies its last death?
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s trucking union yesterday started a 72-hour strike that has slowed traffic in the Sao Paulo state region and might delay the movement of record soy, corn and sugar crops to ports, although it is unlikely to stop exports entirely.
By Jeffrey Sachs NEW YORK – Fifty years ago, President John F.
MUQDADIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a mourning ceremony inside a Shi’ite mosque in Iraq late yesterday, killing at least 22 people, police said.
A badly eroded section of Company Road, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (Photo by Arian Browne)
Months have passed since South Ruimveldt resident Orin Joseph was gunned down during a robbery outside his home and despite police being given some important information, the case is at a standstill.
Dear Editor, I read very carefully that story of abuse brought by a young lady against Robeson Benn jr.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-West Indies’ stand-in captain Kieron Pollard has praised his side for showing character in a tense one-wicket win over India in the second match of the tri-nation ODI series at Sabina Park on Sunday.
The sense of incompleteness which, from the start, had appeared to characterize Egypt’s ‘first revolution’ – including the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi to the presidency last year – now manifests itself in waves of civil insurrection.
