Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 10, 2013

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE,  (Reuters) – The White House today played down President Barack Obama’s handshake with Cuban leader Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela’s memorial in South Africa, saying it went no further than pleasantries and does not signal a policy change.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Legislators in the Netherlands have called for the government to state whether it will be making an attempt to have Suriname President Desi Bouterse arrested while he is in South Africa attending the funeral of Nelson Mandela on Sunday.

Supreme Court representatives came under intense criticism yesterday from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after the Auditor General’s (AG’s) Report for 2010 revealed that about 850 case jackets could not be found.

The National School of Dance performing a piece at the ‘Night of Reflection’ on Monday in honour of the late Nelson Mandela.

(Trinidad Express)  They are off to South Africa to pay their respects to the late, great Nelson Mandela.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Darren Sammy had little hesitation in asking Brendon McCullum to bat in the first test in Dunedin and would waste even less time in inserting New Zealand if he wins the toss for the second test at the Basin Reserve.

(Trinidad Express) Trinity Exploration has struck oil. In a release yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago’s largest independent exploration and production company announced its third exploratory drill had hit black gold in the TGAL-1 well, off Galeota on Trinidad’s southeast coast.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh,  CMC- The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants West Indies Under 19 team to reverse its decision to withdraw from its current tour.

ESPN Caribbean will present live, exclusive coverage of the West Indies tour of New Zealand from today at 4:20 p.m.

New Amsterdam (NA) United edged the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 5-4 on penalty kicks after normal time ended 0-0 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continued on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh,  CMC– West Indies coach, Ottis Gibson, says he does not believe the International Cricket Council (ICC) should reveal the results of bowling tests conducted on Shane Shillingford and Marlon Samuels while the second test against New Zealand is underway.

Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud yesterday came under intense scrutiny over permission granted to a Brazil company in November, 2012 to survey the south east of the country for minerals, an area that his ministry had said that no mining permits had been granted.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Under-pressure Alastair Cook called on his demoralised England team to search their “souls” after their second straight Ashes test defeat to Australia yesterday, with the skipper among those conducting the deepest introspection.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC– West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach will soon start rehabilitation work after completing surgery for a right shoulder injury in Jamaica.

The three teenaged orphaned girls who were in custody at the Albion Police Station on the Corentyne for 24 days were released yesterday, after an appeal was filed on their behalf.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have retained the same 15-man squad that saved the series with Pakistan in October for their two home tests against India later this month.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia paceman Mitchell Johnson and England all-rounder Ben Stokes have been found not guilty of breaching the code of conduct despite clashing during the second Ashes test, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday concluded three training programmes intended to advance its modernisation efforts in the areas of management and prosecutions.

Captains of the triumphant teams in the Chico/Kashif & Shanghai Elite Next Generation Football Tournament which kicked off on Sunday, Adasa Campbell (East Ruimveldt) Secondary and Darren Pellew (Ann’s Grove Secondary) described playing in the annual fixture as “a dream come true.”

A Guyanese man is dead and another missing after they were swept away while fishing on Sunday on the northern side of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, the BVI news online reported.

Canadian football star of Guyanese parentage, Dwayne DeRosario along with Gareth Nelson will be in Guyana from December 21 to 24 to witness the Chico/Kashif & Shanghai (K&S) Secondary Schools Football Tournament.

Two men were robbed by armed bandits who escaped with a quantity of gold, shooting one of the victims in the process.

Yesterday was named global Anti-Corruption day by the United Nationals (UN) and about 100 Guyanese, joining their counterparts around the world, turned out to march against what UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described as a “social, political and economic disease that affects all countries.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC- The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced yesterday that Real-Time Snickometer (RTS) will be part of the Decision Review System (DRS) in the remaining two Tests between New Zealand and West Indies to be played in Wellington and Hamilton.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC- Thirty athletes from Canada have arrived in St Kitts to train as part of their preparation for the start of the Indoor athletics season next month The Government in Basseterre has officially welcomed the athletes and support staff who normally visit the island in an effort to remain in top shape during the winter period.

Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell yesterday announced an investigation into the police’s fatal shooting of two robbery suspects at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara on Saturday night after conflicting reports have surfaced.

The suspect in the Ankerville, Port Mourant murder is likely to be charged today, a reliable police source told Stabroek News.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One is to award double points for the last race of the season in a controversial attempt to keep championships undecided to the very end after four years of Red Bull domination.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia’s stunning turnaround from Ashes joke to juggernaut in a few months has been the culmination of good, hard grind and paceman Mitchell Johnson finding himself in a supportive attack, according to captain Michael Clarke.

Satish Gobin and his mother Shureen Ragbeer are currently in India where he is awaiting a renal transplant.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Shocking violence at a Brazilian championship match this weekend is not an indication of what can be expected when the South American country hosts the World Cup next year, FIFA said yesterday.

Banmattie Persaud, the businesswoman accused of attempting to export cocaine-filled boulangers to Canada, was yesterday remanded to jail after being charged with drug possession for the purpose of trafficking.

A motorcyclist was yesterday charged with causing the death of a pedestrian and police said he was unlicensed at the time of fatal accident.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia will take the same 12-man squad to Perth for the third Ashes test this week after humbling England by 218 runs to win the second match in Adelaide yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines defeated Grenada by four runs to win the 2013 Windward Islands Twenty20 cricket tournament here on Sunday.

An Albouystown resident was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with having almost 300 grammes of cannabis that police reportedly found during a search at his house.

Dear Editor, All it requires to halt the decline in this country is will and self-respect. 

Dear Editor, The Guyana Water Inc has not been able to get its billing system to any acceptable standard and this deficiency is causing its customers to have a very difficult task of being up-to-date with the payment of their accounts. 

Turfites get ready, the stage is set for the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) grand horse race meet which is scheduled to run off on Boxing Day at the club’s track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

A jet-man who works in the interior was yesterday placed on bail for the smoking of cannabis when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

The PPP will not accept Guyana’s rating on Trans-parency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as long as Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) plays a role in arriving at that rating.

Strides to educate the public on domestic violence continue with the forthcoming broadcast of a television programme in Essequibo, Berbice, Georgetown and Linden.

Dear Editor, Nelson Mandela’s name and my own became linked because of a song.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said the Iranian nuclear deal would be dead if the US Congress imposes new sanctions, even if they do not take effect for six months, Time Magazine said yesterday.

BRADENTON, Florida,  CMC– A 12 year old has created history by becoming the first Jamaican to reach the semi-final of the Eddie Herr Junior Tennis Tournament in the United States.

Soesdyke resident Raymond Shawn Tyson was yesterday charged with the six-month-old murder of a young lumberyard manager after police say they traced the dead man’s smartphone to him.

Dear Editor, Since coming to office in 1992 we have seen very undemocratic and unprofessional persons running the affairs of this country; we have experienced witch hunting, square pegs in round holes, and disrespect for the rule of law among other things.

BERNE, (Reuters) – The match-fixing threat to football could be greatly reduced by the surprisingly simple expedient of making sure that players are paid on time, experts on the subject say.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Nearly 90 leaders from across the world, some of them locked in enmity, are flying to South Africa for memorials to Nelson Mandela that will hail one of humanity’s great peacemakers.

Dear Editor, Mr Anthony Pantlitz in the Stabroek News of November 20 under the heading ‘Dreams can come true’ and employing the words of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech wrote: “I have a dream that one day Guyana will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘One People, One Nation, One Destiny,’” and then went on dreaming many other things he hopes we will one day realize.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged to deepen his “economic offensive” to force businesses to cut prices after his ruling Socialist Party won the most votes in weekend municipal elections.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin tightened his hold on Russia’s media yesterday by dissolving the main state news agency, seen by hawks as too liberal, and creating a new outlet to improve Moscow’s image under a more conservative editor.

The head of the tourism association says the government must invest in promoting the industry abroad and help to make it competitive in the region, a call that has been made repeatedly over the years.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant’s long awaited return to the basketball court began as a wild celebration on Sunday, but ended as a quiet reminder that the rusty All Star has more work ahead to get back to his brilliant best.

(Reuters) – World governing body FIFA named Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery as the three nominations from a 10-player shortlist for the Ballon d’Or award yesterday.

The PPP is of the opinion that an Interim-Manage-ment Committee (IMC) should be installed in Georgetown given that the Mayor and Councillors have consistently failed in their mandate.

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada intends to lay claim to the North Pole as part of a bid to assert control over a large part of the resource-rich Arctic, Foreign Minister John Baird said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In his message on the passing of Nelson Mandela, Guyana’s Presi-dent Donald Ramotar noted of the great man that: “…it was not only the struggle, but the manner in which it was conducted which will always remain an example and an inspiration for others working for social and economic justice everywhere.”

HAVANA (Reuters) – Russia and Cuba have quietly signed an agreement to write off 90 per cent of Cuba’s $32 billion debt to the defunct Soviet Union, a deal that ends a 20-year squabble and opens the way for more investment and trade, Russian and European diplomats said.

It is doubtful that any political accomplishment by a single figure during the twentieth century quite matches what Nelson Mandela accomplished in South Africa.

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