Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Articles published on Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Captain of boat seized by Venezuela charged

The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office today charged Ukrainian captain Igor Bekirov for allegedly violating Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone onboard the oil exploration ship Teknik Perdana, which was intercepted by Venezuelan authorities on October 10.

Public Works Ministry condemns attack on CHEC technicians

Three staffers of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) – the corporation executing the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project – were attacked by cutlass-wielding individuals who robbed one of them of a cell phone on October 12, a release from the Ministry of Public Works said.

Elisabeth Harper

Venezuela to charge survey vessel’s captain – report

Even as the foreign ministers of Guyana and Venezuela are said to be arranging to meet this week with a view to hammering out an agreement on the release of the captain and crew of the research vessel Teknik Perdana, a Venezuelan newspaper is reporting that the captain is to face charges in that country.

 Jermaine Canterbury

Third suspect dies after police shooting

Romario Gouveia, the lone survivor of three men who allegedly engaged in a “shootout” with police on Saturday night, succumbed in hospital yesterday and family members are demanding an independent autopsy as they suspect foul play in his sudden death.

Bumpy Ride! Referee, Eon Jardine issuing a count to Glenroy ‘Bumpy’ Beckford after a thundering right hand from Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell collided to his rib cage. (Orlando Charles photo)

‘Bumpy’ Ride!

Multiple title holder, Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell (12(7)-0-1) has once again proved to the public that he is capable of living up to the hype in the fistic sport.

Man of the moment! Mehedy Miraj receives his man of the match award from Grantley Culbard. (Orlando Charles photo)

Three on the trot

Bangladesh Captain Mehedi Hasan Miraj’s five-wicket haul along with Nazmul Shanto’s half-century sank an out-of-sorts West Indies UI19 team  who went under to the visitors by four wickets yesterday who  moved to within one game of winning the seven match One Day International series.

Manasseh Primo

Alpha United edge NA United 2-1

Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United edged New Amsterdam (NA) United 2-1 when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued at the Georgetown Football Club, Bourda on Sunday.

West Berbice through to final

West Berbice on Saturday scored a comfortable seven-wicket victory over a depleted Albion Community Centre team to ease into the final of the 2013 Universal DVD first-division T20 cricket competition.

Daredevils

Daredevils: Doubling up on a bicycle made for one, this duo made their way home from school in Buxton, East Coast Demerara yesterday with the ‘pillion rider’ standing on a section of the back wheel.

Libya’s near statelessness

There was something almost surreal about the sight of Libyan Prime Minister, a matter of hours after he was abducted then released by militiamen, conceding in a television interview that occurrences like his seizure from a hotel in Tripoli last Thursday were to be expected given the chronic weakness of the state and the inability of the government to protect itself and its high officials.