Articles published on Tuesday, May 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Monica Lewinsky, the onetime White House intern whose 1990s affair with Bill Clinton nearly brought down his presidency, broke a long silence on Tuesday, saying she regretted what happened.
(Trinidad Express) It has been more than a month and a half since eight Trinidadian Muslims have been detained by Venezuelan authorities under suspicion of terrorist activities.
The Mayor and City Council this afternoon by way of motion voted for Public Relations Officer Royston King to act as Town Clerk of the council.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A British man who accuses “X-Men” director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager was spurred to bring a lawsuit against the filmmaker after Singer was sued by another man on similar allegations, the plaintiff’s lawyer said Monday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration today released an updated report on how climate change requires urgent action to counter impacts that touch every corner of the country, from oyster growers in Washington State to maple syrup producers in Vermont.
Columnist Henry Jeffrey says there are good grounds for concern over the Commission of Inquiry into the killing of historian Dr Walter Rodney and the process may conclude without delivering what was intended.
(Trinidad Express) ONE of the men involved in the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal was reportedly tipped off by a police officer that he was wanted for questioning into her killing and has since gone into hiding.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said last evening that her Government is offering an additional TT$2.5 million to anyone who can help with information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of those involved in the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.
-But B/ce in trouble against Demerara Avishkar Sewkarran’s century coupled by half-centuries from Ronaldo Mohamed and Ryan Shun propelled the President’s X1 to a first innings total of 332 on the first day of the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County three-day tournament against Essequibo yesterday.
Shot 15-year-old Alex Griffith yesterday recounted how a cadet officer played Russian roulette while grilling him about the identities of suspects in a robbery, eventually shooting him in his mouth.
– survivor recovering; cops spoke to US visitorTwo days after four people died from consuming a cocaine-laced multivitamin, police are yet to arrest the man who took the item to an East La Penitence home to a cousin for her to take to the United States.
DELHI, India,CMC- West Indies opener Dwayne Smith roared to a blistering half century and carried a dominant Chennai Super Kings to a crushing eight wicket victory Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here yesterday.
Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) José Miguel Insulza is yet again calling on Guyana’s Parliament to get the AML/CFT (Amendment) Bill passed.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Sprint sensation Usain Bolt is seeking to allay the fears of his fans who may be worried over his late start to the 2014 track and field season.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) president, Wilford Heaven, says he is confused over who are the real champions of Regional Four Day cricket , following the conclusion of the first class season.
A 9-year-old girl born to Guyanese parents died tragically in New York on Sunday evening after a driver of a minivan, fleeing the scene of a minor accident, slammed into the vehicle she was travelling in.
The overdue East Bank and East Coast four-lane expansion projects are now to be completed by the end of this year, as inclement weather, material shortages, bad management of projects by contractors and the slow relocation of utilities continue to fuel lags.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Luis Suarez and his Liverpool team mates shed tears of despair after they blew a 3-0 lead with 11 minutes remaining to draw 3-3 with Crystal Palace in an astonishing Premier League match at Selhurst Park yesterday that almost certainly ended their hopes of a first title for 24 years.
Guyana’s debutant Sherwin Felicien hoisted the Golden Arrowhead as the local shooters joined their regional counterparts at the 2014 West Indies Fullbore shooting championships which opened yesterday at the Twickenham Park ranges in Spanish Town, Kingston, Jamaica.
Andre Millington yesterday won the Flying Ace Cycling Club 60-mile cycle road race for cyclists in Berbice.
The Guyana Baseball League (GBL) Easter Baseball Camp series concluded yesterday with camps in New Amsterdam, Cornelia Ida and Tuschen.
Nichosie Barker and Javed Rasheed’s performances highlighted play in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Seafood’s Second Division Two-Day tournament on Saturday.
The Guyana Sugar Corpo-ration (GuySuCo) last week formally began the testing of its bio-ethanol E-10 fuel in vehicles with the expectation that by the end of this year, about 25 vehicles would routinely be utilising the fuel.
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s shelter for children, Bal Nivas, was formally declared open yesterday, at its Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice location.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies A team player Jonathan Carter has blasted his first century in the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Sagicor General Twenty20 championship.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia bowling coach Craig McDermott, who has been credited with turning his country’s pace attack into one of the most potent in the world, has signed a new two-year deal, Cricket Australia said yesterday.
AFC MP and representative on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Trevor Williams is seeking to press the committee to move forward with the setting up of the Public Procurement Commission despite the non-submission of the PPP/C’s nominees.
The children of Pamela Martin and Victor Peres are now living at separate homes following the deaths of their parents on Easter Monday in a murder/suicide at Port Kaituma.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An international organization that sets standards for how countries combat money laundering said it has decided not to hold a planned meeting in Moscow next month due to the continuing Ukraine crisis.
The recent shooting of a teenaged boy in his mouth by a cadet officer, is a clear indication that police brutality still exists, Opposi-tion Leader David Granger has noted, adding that only serious police reforms can change this culture.
Dear Editor, This time it’s a fifteen year old shot in the mouth in the open space.
In the face of deforestation levels that rose above a benchmark set under its forests protection partnership with Norway, Guyana is yet to receive payments for 2012, with discussions continuing on the figure which is expected to be cut.
Apology! The Printer’s Devil was at work in yesterday’s issue where Floyd Mayweather’s record was given as 40-6 and not 46-0.
ABUJA (Reuters) – The leader of Boko Haram yesterday threatened to sell more than 200 schoolgirls his Islamist militant group kidnapped in northeastern Nigeria last month.
Dear Editor, We refer to a letter to the editor in the last Sunday Stabroek News from the nation’s Chief Statistician Mr.
An autopsy done yesterday on the body of Destina Basil determined that the young mother died of malaria.
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will this month launch five “new-generation” subjects for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) bringing to 30 the total number of subjects offered at the advanced level exam.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A new franchise-based soccer league with celebrity owners will kick-off in India later this year but not everyone is convinced that it will help lift the country out of the lower echelons of the world game.
Dear Editor, I believe that if everyone who is in favour and tired of waiting and waiting for Local Government Elections wrote our dear Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker a letter, he would find himself in an interesting place.
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amid warnings that ethnic violence in South Sudan risks spiralling into genocide, the United States expects to impose sanctions on individuals on both sides of the conflict in the coming days, US and other diplomatic sources said yesterday.
Mervin Small, the driver who witnesses say lost control of his car and caused an accident on the East Bank Demerara, which resulted in the death of two men on Sunday evening remembers none of the details of the incident, relatives have said.
Dear Editor, Since I was a youth I was always fond of music, which included my fascination with calypso and the Caribbean rhythm of Dave Martins and The Tradewinds.
LONDON (Reuters) – Global efforts to thwart the drugs trade have failed and the time has come for a radical rethink, according to a group of Nobel-prize winning economists, a former US secretary of state, the deputy prime minister of Britain and others.
Work underway on the Baishanlin Products Exhibition Centre and International Mall at Providence, East Bank Demerara.
Dear Editor, Teachers’ Appreciation Week is here again, so permit me to say a special thank you to all of our teachers.
(Cricinfo) Gautam Gambhir had hoped Kolkata Knight Riders had learned from conceding winning positions in multiple matches this season, but losing six wickets for two runs after 70% of the target of 171 had been mowed down by a century stand between himself and Robin Uthappa indicated there was still a lot of work left to do.
AHMEDABAD, India, CMC- West Indies spin bowler Sunil Narine picked up two wickets but his side Kolkata Knight Riders lost by ten runs against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) cliff hanger yesterday.
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The mob arrived at around midnight, brandishing clubs.
No not selfies: Patrons taking pictures of Sonu Nigam on Sunday at the National Stadium, Providence.
The PPP has once again called for the establishment of a watchdog oversight committee for the media in Guyana and blasted US Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt for his comments that government censorship of opposition views on state media is wrong.
The Nachgana Dance Troupe poses for Stabroek News’s Kenesha Fraser before taking to the stage at the Indian Arrival Committee’s grand Mela at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground yesterday to mark the 176th anniversary of Indian arrival in Guyana.
(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association conference semi-finals which kicked off later yesterday followed one of the wildest and most exciting starts to the playoffs in years.
(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 $2.5 million.
– calls on minister to set dateAs various stakeholders, here and abroad, continue to press for local government elections, a group of young people, all of whom were not old enough to vote during the last such polls in 1994, have decided to add their voices to the endeavour.
Dear Editor, My letter concerning the Purchase of Broadcast [free-to-air] rights for major national events captioned `Broadcast Authority should implement rule where only broadcasters can buy sporting events which have big following’ published in the SN issue of May 3rd excited the following response from someone calling himself PeterR in the comments section to the letter “Some of these fellas are dinosaurs they write like if they have the knowledge and the authority, here in US, the content owner decides who shows the sports and the networks that are on cable or satellite will usually have the rights why would they give it to a Free to Air station for one game or series when they depend on the monthly income year round from subscribers to keep their operations afloat ?
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi yesterday appeared to rule out reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood movement, raising the spectre of a prolonged conflict with a group he said was finished.
(The Sports Xchange) -Two weeks into the NBA playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs finally produced a performance befitting a team that accumulated the league’s best record during the regular season.
Dear Editor, I am sick, shocked, dazed and flabbergasted at the brutal killing of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has violated the rights of opposition protesters through beatings, illegal detentions and failure to follow due process, Human Rights Watch said in a report released yesterday.
Nothing can gainsay the continual retrogression of media freedom in Guyana under the administration of the People’s National Congress (PNC).
