Daily Archive: Sunday, May 11, 2014

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Raunchy adult comedy “Neighbors”, starring Seth Rogen as a family man who moves next to a frat house, kicked superhero movie “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” off the top spot on U.S.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Chris Gayle failed again as Royal Challengers Bangalore plunged to their third straight loss and sixth of the Indian Premier League season with a five-wicket defeat to Rajasthan Royals here Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) Four men have been detained at two houses in East Trinidad and Petit Valley in connection with the murder of Senior Counsel and former senator Dana Seetahal.

DELHI, India, CMC – Darren Sammy says his decision to quit Test cricket came after he realised he was no longer part of the future plans of the West Indies team, in the game’s longer version.

The National Assembly of Guyana will be introducing its newly revamped website and live streaming of all National Assembly sittings on Thursday, as it incorporates the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to ensure that its work is transparent, accountable and effective.

(Barbados Nation) Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr DeLisle Worrell, has banned THE NATION, including all its journalists, from attending any of his Press conferences or other Central Bank media events.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York City police have been recruiting immigrants, most of them Muslims, in the years following the attacks of Sept.

– Sharma says supply challenges responsibleFuel being traded across the border from Venezuela is not being treated as illegal once the supplies are utilised within border areas, Head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Mahender Sharma has confirmed.

Story and photos by Samaria Deonauth Sandwiched between the much larger villages of Mon Repos and Beterverwag-ting is the breezy little settlement known as Triumph.

Fourteen women have been killed during the first four months of the year; five of them died at the hands of their partners.

– thrash would-be banditsResidents of Phoenix Park, West Bank Demerara on Friday evening came out in large numbers and apprehended two men who had attempted to rob National Sports Commission Manager Gervy C Harry.

Basil Rodrigues, the educator, musician and cultural activist, who was bestowed with two National Awards died on Friday at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A government official in Berbice is in police custody pending charges on allegations of sexual assault after two women came forward to make reports against him.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang on Friday quashed a decision to impose a $2.5 million licensing fee on existing television broadcasters, who were served letters to pay the fee last year by the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA).

Smallest In a market of diverse ownership, Citizens Bank is one of three commercial banks that have majority Guyanese ownership.

Opposition leader David Granger on Friday accused the ruling PPP/C administration of seeking to damage the reputation of the PNCR through the ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the death of Dr Walter Rodney as elections potential loom.

For much of the last decade the Caribbean has been actively diversifying its political and economic relations.

Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul stroked an unbeaten 113 for Demerara yesterday, steering them to a first innings score of 253 for 3 against the President’s XI in the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 3-day tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

Canadian gold exploration company Sacre-Coeur Minerals says it has signed a letter of intent with investment group AGR for a US$3 million financing that will be used for its mining projects in Guyana.

Human development opportunities in sport was the theme for the feature address delivered by Justice Roxanne George when the GOA’s Annual Appreciation and Awards Ceremony was held Friday night at the Georgetown Club.

Bert Carter is a national treasure; let’s start from there. If you needed any persuading of that, you should have been at Moray House on a recent Monday when he spoke to a very attentive crowd on the drainage infrastructure of Georgetown.

By Ralph Ramkarran Events at City Hall once again intruded into national consciousness and demanded the nation’s attention amidst the major concerns over budget cuts, the AML/CFT Bill, the LEAD Programme, the Rodney Inquiry and local government elections.

Robin Persaud warmed up nicely for the Independence Three-Stage Road Race by winning his second race of the season yesterday at the National Park.

Five days after four persons died as a result of ingesting cocaine-laced SSS tonic, no arrest has been made and one victim has been buried.

DENESH RAMDIN has been at the core of West Indies cricket long enough to be aware of the complexities he must confront as the new Test captain.

Every practising veterinarian would have been confronted by clients who shiver in fear as they present their pets who they believe are suffering from cancer.

MARIUPOL/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian leader Oleksander Turchinov warned pro-Russian eastern regions they would be stepping into the abyss if they voted for self-rule today in a referendum that has raised Western fears of a slide to full civil war.

National table tennis player Natalie Cummings yesterday departed Guyana for Brazil where she will undergo a two-month training stint at the Jaceiri Table Tennis Club, Sao Paulo.

Lomattie Ramdat who received several chops about her body while her husband Chetram Bharat was murdered at their Haslington, East Coast Demerara home, has been released from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Family members of Lloyd Hazel, who was shot after allegedly robbing a courier who was transporting a large sum of cash to a bank, said he was shot four times to the head and once to his foot.

Do you remember one of the world’s great exercises in futility?

– dance production retains colour, spectacleThe performance of Nrityageet 35 last weekend to mark Guyana’s celebration of Arrival Day on May 5 will have to be highly commended.

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) has scheduled the first of several exciting exhibition matches over the next few months as a lead up to the Inter Guyana Games (IGG) for tennis which will be held in late October.

Popeyes Restaurant is set to expand its business to Camp Street by the end of July.

A new report on press freedoms worldwide contains a chilling figure: Only 2 percent of Latin Americans live in countries with a free press.

During chess legend Garry Kasparov’s visit to Jamaica in April, he was asked to give compelling reasons why he should succeed the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as president?

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s supplies minister said yesterday a smart-card system for bread distribution rolled out in one Egyptian city had reduced wheat consumption by 30 percent, easing the strain of subsidies on the government’s budget and foreign reserves.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – All-rounder Darren Sammy has announced his retirement from Test cricket, in a stunning development late Friday.

Introduction Before considering options for the way forward in the sugar industry, I shall first examine challenges posed by its underperformance as revealed in the behaviour of the standard performance measures since the 1990s as well as last week’s analysis of Guysuco’s predicament.

-says Bryan Davis PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Darren Sammy’s removal as captain and subsequent retirement from Test cricket will pave the way for all-rounder Dwayne Bravo’s return to the squad, says former West Indies opener Bryan Davis.

Relatives of an elderly woman and at least two other survivors of the Craig, East Bank Demerara smash up last Sunday, fear that the driver who caused the accident may not be charged.

Guyana made a clean sweep  of the team titles  at the West Indies Fullbore Shooting championships when they carted off the prestigious Anchor Cup Short Range title, Saturday at the Twickenham Park ranges in Spanish Town,  Jamaica.

The US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) recently donated a quantity of sporting gear and shoes to the Mabaruma community to support extracurricular school activities at several schools in that area.

YENAGOA, Nigeria, May 10 (Reuters) – Kidnappers in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region released three Dutch nationals held since May 4, Anka Mustapha, a spokesman for Bayelsa state’s Joint Task Force, which includes the military and police, told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, Cancer is now a devastating scourge on the Guyanese house.

The Finance Ministry took a tongue-lashing from opposition representatives of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday last over what the 2010 Auditor General Report referred to as “abuse(s)” of the contingencies fund, even as government members said the reported misuse was open to interpretation.

Dear Editor, I agree with the view that the holding of Local Government elections is long overdue.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies stroke-maker Dwayne Smith struck his fifth half-century of the Indian Premier League season in a Man-of-the-Match performance, to fire Chennai Super Kings to a four-wicket victory over former club Mumbai Indians here yesterday.

While we are mostly accustomed to savoury spring rolls, changing the ingredients and making sweet spring rolls is both a surprise and a treat.

Dear Editor, When people die, we owe it to history to record what they tell us.

LONDON (Reuters) – It is 35 years since the Grammy-winning musician Ziggy Marley started following in the footsteps of his famous father Bob.

Guyanese Assad Fudadin , Leon Johnson, Ronsford Beaton and Devendra Bishoo along with resurgent all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite and fellow Test hopeful Jermaine Blackwood have been included in a 13-man West Indies High Performance Centre squad to face touring Bangladesh A in a seven-match series starting later this month, the Caribbean Media Corporation reported yesterday.

A rose for mom… A young man strolling along D’Urban Street yesterday with his Mother’s Day gift cradled preciously in his hands.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reacted furiously to calls in the United States for punitive measures against his government for alleged rights abuses in response to three months of street protests.

Dear Editor, Most people tell me that my wife `do me’ (work obeah on me) because of the way I love and treat her.

WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA (Reuters) – Ellen DeGeneres snapped “selfies” at the Oscars and President Barack Obama posed for one at Nelson Mandela’s funeral, but some US colleges have asked students to keep their cell phones tucked away during graduation season this month when they walk on stage for their diplomas.

Three years ago 57-year-old Leslyn Thompson decided to take up work in the interior as a cook but today, nursing a broken left arm as a result of a physical assault by her employer’s brother, she regrets the decision and has no intention to return.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – New West Indies skipper Denesh Ramdin is anticipating a myriad of challenges when he takes over the helm of the regional side, but says he is ready for the learning curve the role will present.

The aptly named Stinkhorn Mushroom is distinctive for many reasons: it has a single stalk, a lacy, slimy cap and it really stinks!

Business magnate Yesu Persaud opens a new chapter in his life with the launch of Volume 1 of his memoir Dr Yesu Persaud Reaching for the Stars- The Life of Yesu Persaud expected later this month.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline `NOC staff admitted lack of qualifications during 2013 inquiry’, it was reported that one of the staff members Jagnarine Somwar served as the New Opportunity Corps’ Administrator during the incidents there in 2012 and was still employed there.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Indiana Pacers acknowledged the unsightly nature of their latest win against the Washington Wizards, but All-Star forward Paul George will be happy if the remainder of the series continues in a similar slogging manner.

As we reported the week before last, Attorney General Anil Nandlall answered US Ambassador Brent Hardt’s comments on the state of media freedom in this country in the first instance by saying that press freedom should be taken in the context of the evolutionary process of the country, and that “not so far in the distant past” all kinds of aberrations occurred ‒ some of which he listed ‒ including the denial of newsprint.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – An elderly woman who was reportedly on her way to visit her daughter for Mother’s Day died yesterday on board a Caribbean Airlines flight destined for Barbados from Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, As far as I can recall, speaking against wrongs would sometimes get me into problems which ended up with me being assaulted and being admitted at the hospital once, charged and hauled before the Court once, making enemies and almost getting into fights.

Petunias originated in Argentina and the surrounding region. They get their name from a word the French borrowed – ‘petun’– meaning tobacco.

The Office of the Chancellor of the Judiciary is inviting attorneys-at-law desirous of being elevated to Senior Counsel to apply.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Polar scientists who retrieved ice samples from the Antarctic say they are on the verge of unlocking 2,000 years of climate records offering clues to how global warming will affect our future.

In the Wednesday edition of the Stabroek News, under the heading ‘Moray House Trust hosting readings by Bhattacharya and Bahadur’, it was mistakenly stated that Moray House Trust “is inviting the public to a joint reading by Rahul Bhattacharya and Gaiutra Bahadur at its Camp Street location on May 13”.