Daily Archive: Monday, May 5, 2014

Bollywood international singer Sonu Nigam (centre) cuts the ribbon at the offical opening of the Bal Nivas Shelter at Babu John, Port Mourant today.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced that the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal, has been increased to TT$2.5 million.

Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam performing at the “Klose to My Heart” concert at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday.

The large crowd at the Sonu Nigam concert at the National Stadium last night.

Indian playback singer Sonu Nigam (left) and President Donald Ramotar entertained the large crowd at last night’s concert at the National Stadium.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Monday for the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria last month and threatened to “sell them on the market”, the French news agency AFP reported, citing a video.

(Reuters) – Target Corp removed Chairman and Chief Executive Gregg Steinhafel today in the wake of a devastating data breach that hurt the No.

Four persons are dead and a child remains hospitalized after they ingested a cocaine-laced liquid multivitamin which was left back by a guest who refused to take the items to the United States after being asked to do so by a man.

Unified tag team work from the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) duo of Chris Barnwell and Paul Wintz steered their team to a 33-run win over the Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) team yesterday in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) double-wicket festival, played at the Albion Sports Complex ground.

Glenroy Smith shone the brightest of all the up and coming stars of the fistic sport and lifted the best boxer award of this year’s two-night Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) novices championships.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says several performances in the Regional first class season has offered hope the regional side can make amends for last year’s poor showing in New Zealand, when the Black Caps arrive in the Caribbean later this month.

-others injured A three-vehicle smash-up on the Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) road last evening left two men dead and several persons injured, one of them seriously.

The legal fraternity of the region was yesterday rocked by the murder of well-known Trinidadian Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal who was gunned down in Trinidad early yesterday morning in what appears to be a well-planned hit.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies Twenty20 off-spinner Ashley Nurse lashed an aggressive hundred to inspire LIME to a 64-run victory over Barbados Defence Force Sports Programme in the opening series of the domestic T20 League here Saturday.

-though key requirements weren’t in place up to FebruaryNo person or organization has yet made use of the Access to Information Act, Attorney-General Anil Nandlall said on Friday though he neglected to mention that up to February, a list of public authorities as well as procedures to be followed to request documents had not been published in the Official Gazette as required by law.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Rasheed Dwyer and Hansle Parchment were the only Caribbean winners on a night when Americans Francena McCorory and Christian Cantwell produced two world-leading marks at the Jamaica International Invitational meet here Saturday.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has launched their official www.guyanacricketboard.com website which the body wants to make the go-to website for cricket information in Guyana.

Commander of ‘B’ Division, Brian Joseph says efforts to tackle crime in Berbice have been intensified, resulting in a reduction in the rate and in wanted men being caught and placed behind bars.

West Demerara businessman Lalta Digamber was reelected as President of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) at the organisation’s biannual general meeting which was held at the Wales Community Centre on Wednesday.

The rehabilitation of the East Bank Berbice road is expected to start in October of this year, according to Sunil Ganesh, the engineer overseeing the project.

-Mayweather finishes strongly to edge out Maidana (Reuters) – Undefeated welterweight Floyd Mayweather did all his hard work in the second half of the bout to overcome a stiff challenge from the fast-starting Marcos Maidana and unify two world titles in Las Vegas on Saturday.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday denounced the PPP administration’s revocation of the work permit for Glenn Bradbury, the Head of the US’s controversial Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) Project.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has not managed to shake off an arm injury and has been forced to pull out of this week’s Madrid Open Masters event, the Serbian world number two said yesterday.

Another large-scale gold mine is set to open soon in Region Seven with the authorities processing the application by Canadian mining company Sand-spring Resources Limited for a Mineral Licence.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Chris Gayle entertained with a cameo but it was South Africa’s AB de Villiers who produced the magic to lift Royal Challengers Bangalore to a four-wicket win over Darren Sammy’s Sunrisers Hyderabad here yesterday.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – China signed a raft of agreements with Ethiopia yesterday as Premier Li Keqiang arrived for the first leg of his four-nation Africa tour aimed at shoring up burgeoning Sino-Africa ties that saw their trade top $200 billion last year.

Two persons are in police custody assisting with investigations over an attempted car theft at Albion, Corentyne yesterday.

Today, Quest International will host the inaugural “Arrival Day T20” Tournament at the Enmore Community Development Centre Ground commencing at 9:00 hours.

(The Sports Xchange) -After teetering on the edge of a gangplank through five games, the Eastern Conference top-seeded Indiana Pacers found a way, defeating the number eight Atlanta Hawks 92-80 at home in Game Seven.

The Guyana Police Force is yet to reveal what the recommendations were from the Director of Public Prosecutions’ Office after the case file into Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh’s car accident on Republic night was returned to the force on April 8th.

Dear Editor, I would be grateful for your indulgence in publishing this, my final letter on the budgetary challenges still currently faced by the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST).

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s vice-president, running as an opposition candidate, won the country’s presidential election yesterday after a campaign in which he took credit for outgoing leader Ricardo Martinelli’s policies but promised a cleaner government.

(Reuters) – Ashley Giles says he was ‘bitterly disappointed’ to miss out on the England coaching job last month and is likely to take some time out of the game.

Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says sustained development could be attained only in an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity and lauded the tone of engagements at the Third Caricom-Mexico Summit, noting that Mexico and the Caribbean shared similar concerns and it is now time for them to deepen trade and other ties.

Dear Editor, All Guyanese who value the tenets of democratic governance, welcome US Ambassador Brent Hardt’s remarks on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, on May 2.

ODESSA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Pro-Russian militants stormed a Ukrainian police station in Odessa yesterday and freed nearly 70 fellow activists as the country’s leaders lamented a police force they said was widely undermined by graft or collaboration with separatists.

by D. Alissa Trotz Editor, ‘In the Diaspora,’ Stabroek News “La Deuda es Impagable” was how Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist and Caribbean man, paid tribute to the living example of the Cuban Revolution when he received the Honoris Causa Doctorate from the University of Havana in December 2008.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Businessman Ahmed Maiteeq was sworn in as Libya’s new prime minister yesterday after chaotic voting in parliament, but hours later the deputy speaker declared the election invalid as a power struggle erupted in the assembly.

(Reuters) – Martin Klizan became the first qualifier to win the Munich Open yesterday when he overturned a one-set deficit to stun Italian top seed Fabio Fognini 2-6 6-1 6-2.

Dear Editor, Why should someone be killed for effectively doing his or her job?

In the light of the recent incident where a Trinidad and Tobago mother beat her daughter and posted a video of it on Facebook, after she found out that the 12-year-old had sent partially nude pictures to an older boy, the man and woman in the street were asked to share their views: David Adams, student – ‘I saw the video and I thought the girl deserve the whipping, because for a 12-year-old child to be taking those kinds of photos is very inappropriate.

BELFAST, (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody yesterday and the Sinn Fein leader sought to calm fears that his four-day detention could destabilise the British province by pledging his support to the peace process.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Top seed and defending champion Serena Williams cruised past teenage qualifier Belinda Bencic into the Madrid Open second round yesterday as the world number one began her quest for a 60th career title.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s contractor general is maintaining his stance that Hong Kong’s Energy World International (EWI) should not have been awarded the contract to build the new 381-megawatt power plant on the island.

A most unfortunate public exchange took place recently between the Auditor General and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Dear Editor, Conventional wisdom dictates that almost all of the adults and most of the children in Guyana are fully aware of the fact that Afro-Guyanese overwhelmingly voted for the PNC and similarly East Indians voted en masse for the PPP, with Amerindians and the mixed races by and large supporting the Government in power.

On Wednesday night, a 15-year-old boy, Alex Christopher Griffith was shot in his mouth allegedly by a policeman who at last word was under close arrest.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago lost one of its titans in the legal fraternity early yesterday morning, when 58-year-old senior counsel Dana Seetahal was gunned down in what police investigators have described as a “well-orchestrated hit” in Woodbrook.