Daily Archive: Thursday, December 19, 2013

HAMILTON, New Zealand,  CMC- Veteran middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has scored his 29th test century for West Indies on the second day of the third test against New Zealand at Seddon Park Hamilton here today.

At about 1155h today,  police say that a female Assistant Accountant and a female Accounts Clerk of the Ministry of Public Works, Fort Street, Kingston, accompanied by an armed Private Security Guard, were attacked and robbed of $7.7M by two men armed with handguns.

The police say they are conducting investigations into the murder of Godfrey Jaggroo, 20 years, of Belle Vue, WBD, which occurred at about 1900h last night at Belle Vue.

(Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Denesh Ramdin rebuilt West Indies’ first innings with a 200-run partnership to guide their side to 289 for six at the close of play on the first day of the third and final test against New Zealand today.

The Guyana Public Service Union yesterday announced in a statement that protest action/marches against the impositions of wages and salaries will commence tomorrow at 11hrs.

The long vacant post of Ombudsman will likely be filled soon as government yesterday informed the opposition of its selection of former Justice Winston Moore to hold the position.

APNU MP Joseph Harmon yesterday said that none of the explanations offered by Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud on the Muri Brasil Ventures survey in the sensitive New River Triangle are credible and he reiterated his call for the minister to quit.

The Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) has directed that the preliminary inquiry (PI) in the murder charge against local cricketer Carlyle Barton, who was accused of fatally shooting another man on Orange Walk, be reopened.

By Jeff Trotman Over one hundred workers of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) stayed away from their jobs yesterday as the protest against the government’s announced five percent increase for public servants escalated.

A pork-knocker, hailing from the North West District, was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with murdering his own brother.

A hike in gun attacks this year has pushed the level of crime upwards, with a four percent increase in serious offences and a fifteen percent rise in gun robberies, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC) yesterday received $900,000 in donations to aid in the procurement of three foetal monitors for its Neo-Natal Unit.

A  Special Constabulary rank of the Guyana Police Force was found dead at the rear of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) complex at Camp and Bent streets early yesterday morning.

Stevedore Housing Scheme punched their ticket to the final upsetting Albouystown B in their semi-final matchup 5-4 on sudden death kicks from the halfway line when the Guinness of the Streets Georgetown Zone continued on Tuesday.

Queen Street sealed their final’s berth defeating Hope Street 3-1 in the battle of Tiger Bay when the semi-final round of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown Zone concluded on Tuesday.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday announced that Cabinet has approved $56M for the restoration campaign planned for Georgetown.

As England was rapidly tumbling to  defeat against Australia in the just concluded third Ashes cricket Test, a spectator expressed his desire to have a five-day long game for a Christmas gift.

Companies involved in offshore oil and gas exploration in Guyana will be conducting a review of related activities in the USA tomorrow, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. yesterday said it wanted to notify  customers along the Essequibo Coast that all remedial work on the 11kV busbar at the Anna Regina Generating Station has been completed and that the power supply situation has returned to a state of near normalcy.

Berbice dethroned defending champions Demerara when the rain-affected Guyana Cricket Board four day senior Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company/ Hand-in-Hand Company Limited Inter County competition ended yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A judge’s bid this week to stop the U.S.

Representatives of co-sponsors of the 2013 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Four-day Inter-County tournament, Hand-In-Hand Insurance and Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company yesterday lauded winners Berbice, and the other participating teams for making the competition a success.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor charged former President Mohamed Mursi and 35 other top Islamists yesterday with conspiring with foreign groups to commit terrorist acts in Egypt, in a case that could result in their execution.

The Guyana Relief Council continues to assist persons who have suffered losses due to disaster and on Tuesday provided help to East Coast Demerara residents who suffered losses due to high winds.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at a press conference on Monday declared its satisfaction with the progress of the  “Donald Ramotar Administration in terms of economic growth and development despite a harsh global environment and a less than supportive domestic environment.”

A confident Waramadong outfit arrived in Georgetown yesterday focused on their Chico/Kashif & Shanghai Elite Next Generation Football Tournament quarterfinal matchup against North Georgetown on Saturday and the tournament’s grand finale on New Year’s Day.

JUBA, (Reuters) – South Sudan’s army said it had lost control of the flashpoint town of Bor yesterday, its first acknowledged reversal in three days of clashes between rival groups of soldiers that have triggered warnings of a slide into civil war.

A successful expedition earlier this year to trace the source of the Essequibo River is the subject of a documentary being produced for German Public TV.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called a top Indian official to express regret about the case of an Indian diplomat strip-searched after her arrest in New York last week on charges including visa fraud, the State Department said yesterday.

The City Constabulary has been arresting persons who dump garbage indiscriminately in Georgetown.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ronnie Biggs, a small-time British criminal who became a celebrity during a life on the run after his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, died yesterday at the age of 84.

Suspected of stealing over $400,000 of items, a Berbician man was yesterday brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on charges of burglary and larceny.

The Neal and Massy Guyana Group hosted its Annual Christmas parties for children residing in Ruimveldt and the lower East Bank Demerara over the weekend, a release from the group said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget deal yesterday to ease automatic spending cuts and reduce the risk of a government shutdown, but fights were already breaking out over how to implement the budget pact.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC- West Indies captain Darren Sammy has stopped short of openly criticizing the suspension of off spinner Shane Shillingford by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Brigadier David Granger on Tuesday visited Doris Nero, the 71 year old Beterverwagting resident whose house was destroyed following Saturday’s high winds and thunderstorms.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC- West Indies captain Darren Sammy has stopped short of openly criticizing the suspension of off spinner Shane Shillingford by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Albouystown resident Mohammed Katludeen was on Friday remanded to prison when he was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates Court on charges that he robbed and assaulted two men.

  A North West man was yesterday brought before a city magistrate’s court to face a charge of possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, It was indeed a pleasure reading in the Sunday Kaieteur that three persons were arrested for illegal hunting.

Dear Editor, I would like to respond regarding the debate surrounding the Permission for Geological and Geophysical Survey (PGGS) recently granted to Muri Brasil Ventures, Inc. 

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) has donated sweets, fruits and other gifts to the 170 residents of the National Psychiatric Hospital as part of its programmes for the festive season.

Dear Editor, Each week there are numerous accidents on Mandela Avenue, some more serious than others. 

(The Sports Xchange) –  – – Kevin Durant scored 30 points, guard Russell Westbrook added 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Oklahoma City Thunder pushed their winning streak to seven with a  105- 93 points victory over the Denver Nuggets.

The tide is turning against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Guyana, with fewer babies being born with HIV, less new infections and persons with the disease living longer and healthier lives, said Dr Shanti Singh, Programme Manager of the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS).

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC-New Zealand won the toss and have asked West Indies to bat on the first day of the third and final test at Seddon Park Hamilton here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Speaker had advised this nation the message sent by the President consistent with Article 170(3) giving his reasons for withholding assent to the Local Government (Amendment) Bill will be released to the nation after he shared it with members of the National Assembly.

The St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church of Port Mourant was presented with a $175,000 musical band and accompaniments and a striking welcome billboard valued $40,000, last weekend.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has lauded Grenada for leading by example in using ICT to create an enabling environment to pursue its social and economic development goals.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – As India look for a new cricketing hero to replace Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli is showing signs that he can be that man after a mature century against South Africa at the Wanderers yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held a rare meeting with opponents yesterday, challenging them to collect signatures to oust him in 2016 if they wanted but to work with him in the meantime.

Dear Editor, I need copies of Wordsworth McAndrew’s poetry collections Three P’s and Poems to St.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – A test best 119 from Virat Kohli lifted India to a respectable 255 for five at the close on an even opening day of the first test against South Africa at the Wanderers yesterday.

Digicel teamed up with Santa and his elves to bring Christmas cheer to the children and staff at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabili-tation Centre (PRRC) when it hosted its annual Christmas party on Friday.

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the exchange of views on the issue of alliance politics.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean’s lone credit rating agency has downgraded Barbados, saying that the island’s economic performance for most of this year was disappointing and the prospects for growth in the country are not apparent.

(Trinidad Express) Jah David Andrews, who allegedly took over the reins of the infamous G-Unit gang following the murder of Kerwin “Fresh” Phillip in 2007, has been killed.

(Reuters) – Boris Becker once shared a bitter rivalry with Ivan Lendl across the net and now the two former world number ones will try to outwit each other from courtside after the German’s shock appointment as coach to Novak Djokovic.

Dear Editor, On the passing of the great Mandela I would like to remind the politicians in Guyana, both government and opposition, of a short saying by him: “A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”

(Trinidad Express) Dwayne Lewis, the man accused of murdering his six-year-old step-daughter Keyana Cumberbatch, on Tuesday told his attorney he was “happy” to be at St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital.

Dear Editor, I would like to offer a brief recap of the strategies played out by the Peoples’ National Congress and the People’s Progressive Party which individually and collectively, have led to two major development setbacks for Guyana.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Vladimir Klitschko intends to become the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in more than a decade after setting his sights on the WBC crown left vacant by his brother Vitaly.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Congratulations flowed Tuesday  night as Jamaicans who had gathered across the island celebrated the crowning of Tessanne Chin as The Voice 2013.

Guyanese around the world engage on social media with dynamic energy, sharing our views, ideas and opinions about the state of our homeland.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Barcelona have been ordered by a local court to provide details about the signing of Neymar before a decision is made on whether to open proceedings against club president Sandro Rosell for the misappropriation of funds.

Last week, a four-year-old boy died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit after a minor operation to suture his tongue somehow went awry.

Dear Editor, The timing could not be worse – for the announcement of a most derisible agreement dramatically negotiated between two pre-eminent actors in a theatre known for poorly scripted plays: GuySuCo and GAWU, for the Annual Incentive Award for once more not achieving a reduced sugar production target – at the sweet cost of $375 million, reportedly the equivalent of five days pay.

(Trinidad Guardian) Slinger Francisco, the Mighty Sparrow, continues to get better as he convalesces in a New York rehab facility.