Daily Archive: Saturday, October 18, 2014

18891 Private Darel Prince, a Corentyne resident, died by drowning at approx 1300 hours today at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School, a release from the Guyana Defence Force tonight said.

NEW DELHI, India,CMC – West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd has apologised for the one-day side’s abrupt walk-out of the tour of India, and says the players have made a mistake.

Teaching Service Commission members Chairperson Chandrawattie Leila Ramson (second from right), Deputy Chairperson Allan Munroe (left) and Fulltime member Roopnarine Persaud (right) after they were sworn in at the Office of the President on Friday by President Donald Ramotar.

(Jamaica Observer) FORMER regional team captain Courtney Walsh said a more diplomatic approach should be taken in the handling of the “sad” impasse between players, the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

(Trinidad Express) The Customs and Excise Division has stepped up its border security measures with the acquisition of a TT$500,000 hand-held device which can detect drugs and explosives the size of a rice grain.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of taxi-driver Abdool Hassan, 48 years, of Tuschen, EBE, whose body was found at about 2320h.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India may scrap their tour of West Indies in 2016 after the Caribbean team’s abrupt pullout yesterday, said an angry Indian cricket board (BCCI) which is also considering legal actions and seeking intervention of the game’s world governing body.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, (Reuters) – Power was out for tens of thousands in Bermuda this morning after Hurricane Gonzalo pummeled the island with torrential rain and howling winds through the night, but there have been no reports of serious injuries.

Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs has written to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) stating that setting a date for the sitting of the House cannot be forced through lobbying.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday announced plans to meet with opposition leaders and civil society to join forces in a national response to “prepare and protect” the country from the Ebola virus.

PNCR Leader David Granger yesterday defended the locking out of protesters at a Linden meeting last week Friday, while rejecting renewed criticisms that he was aloof.

By Desilon Daniels   More than a year after it was officially opened, the Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration at Onverwagt, Berbice will finally begin letting in occupants through its doors.

Sandra Daniels, the woman accused of trying to mail cocaine to Spain in a box of nail files in May, will be spending the next five years of her life in prison after being found guilty of the crime.

An American citizen was reunited with his new wife yesterday after being found not guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine on to an outbound flight to the United States.

DHARAMSALA, India, CMC – The ongoing pay dispute between West Indies players and their union, WIPA, has forced the team to cut short their One-Day International tour of India, a move that has prompted an angry reaction from the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board directors were scheduled to hold an emergency meeting at 3 pm yesterday, to discuss the one-day squad’s controversial decision to quit the ongoing tour of India.

Dexter Peters, a 14-year-old Paradise boy, was struck down and killed by a car yesterday as he made his way along the Enmore Public Road.

With Team Coco’s withdrawal from this year’s ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage road race, first stage winner, Alanzo Greaves was able to reclaim the leader’s jersey yesterday.

Relatives of missing businessman Mohamed Khan are contemplating doing private DNA testing to confirm if the decomposing remains of a body and head found a month ago were his, even as they await a post-mortem examination (PME).

DHARAMSALA, India, CMC – Marlon Samuels stroked another sublime hundred as West Indies crashed to a 59-run defeat to India in a high-scoring One-Day International here yesterday, but the result was overshadowed by the Caribbean side’s decision to quit the tour as their pay dispute with players union, West Indies Players Association (WIPA), reached a new level.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government has reached a deal with Islamic militant group Boko Haram for a cease-fire and the release of around 200 girls kidnapped six months ago from a school in the northeast town of Chibok, the defence chief said yesterday.

Guyana has once again secured the regional award for top performance at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in the person of Elisa Hamilton, who also topped the country.

The experienced Yamaha Caribs and the game UG Wolves will clash in the final of the Golden Brook/Windjam-mer/ Toney Seven league today at the National Park.

Australian gold mining company Troy Resources Guyana Inc (TRGI) and the Guyana government have signed the Mineral Agreement for the company’s Karouni project with the company looking to start production by mid-2015.

GENEVA/MONROVIA, (Reuters) – Food prices have risen by an average of 24 percent across the three countries worst hit by the Ebola outbreak, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as aid workers scrambled to distribute emergency rations to the hungry.

Got a craving for Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) or a Pizza Hut pizza?

Winless since the beginning of the Petra Organization/Courts Pee football tourney, defending champs St.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, (Reuters) – Hurricane Gonzalo scored a direct hit on Bermuda last evening, knocking out most of the electricity there as it lashed the tiny Atlantic island chain with pounding surf, drenching rains and sustained winds topping 100 miles (161 km) per hour.

“To me modelling is destiny. I can’t begin to tell you how I feel when I’m on the runway,” says Guyana’s newest Top Model Nkechi Vaughn.

Popular businessman Heralall Narine of WJ Enterprise on Regent Street is the latest business to throw its support behind the fourth annual Guyana Softball Cup cricket tournament organized by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA).

Dear Editor, Firstly, I join in expressing kudos to the Police Officer in charge at Bartica for stopping the sale of alcohol to students at recent school sports in Bartica.

Altough City Council is responsible for maintaining the Le Repentir Cemetery, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green says it would be unable to do so once the government-led clean-up of the cemetery is completed.

When her mother was hit and killed by a car along the East Bank Demerara public road on Tuesday, Shalisa Harripersaud lost not only her only parent but her sole provider.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Friday pushed for a bombing campaign in Iraq against Islamic State militants and associated extremist groups to be strengthened and expanded.

Walking around St Cuthbert’s Mission from the Mahaica-Berbice settlement right over to Demerara-Mahaica, through trails to the sandy river banks and the hilly village centre; I scouted the environment stopping to sit and chat with the village folk.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News of October 16, 2014 reports the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr.

Remarkable displays of speed, strength, stamina and leaping ability, enabled the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to wrest the Inter Services Annual Athletic Championship trophy from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) last night at the Camp Ayangana ground.

Hi Everyone,  Making bread with potatoes is nothing new. People have been making potato breads for decades and maybe even longer.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Anti-corruption body Transparency Inter-national named South African lawyer Thuli Madonsela as the winner of its integrity award for 2014 yesterday, citing her investigations into graft allegations at every level – all the way up the president.

Defending champion Monedderlust Football Club will put their title on line against the youthful and hungry Cougars Football Club of New Amsterdam when tonight’s semi-final of the GT Beer Berbice Cup tournament commences at 6pm.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has rejected reports it has cancelled the West Indies ongoing tour of India.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine made progress yesterday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Dear Editor, I believe that my ejection from the National Cultural Centre, ostensibly for violation of a non-existent dress code for the National Drama Festival, was not due to inappropriate dress.

A man was found stabbed to death in his home at Nappi Village, Central Rupununi following a drinking spree.

The Berbice Cricket Board, on behalf of its member clubs and cricket loving Berbicians, wishes to express its deepest sorrow at the passing of a cricket stalwart, Vibert Johashen, a pacer who represented Berbice and Guyana at the first class level.

Just months after getting off with a just a fine for cultivating ganja, a Sophia man’s luck ran out yesterday when he was jailed for ganja found in his home during a raid by police.

(Trinidad Guardian) There is a prediction that Petrocaribe will be discontinued by the Venezue-lan government in the near future.

Dear Editor, Political organisations and individuals can by their words and actions outside the sittings affect the way members of the public see the Rodney Commission of Inquiry.

Deaf artists took to the stage recently, entertaining and educating as they told the ‘Story of Our Lives’.

Two employees of GNS Electrical have been charged with the theft of a Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) transformer.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Long-term foreign investors are growing more optimistic about Brazil no matter who wins this month’s presidential election but they say an opposition victory could unleash a flood of new money.

Dear Editor, Because of one person’s deep concern for action against the abuser over the cries of two dogs from the 20 minutes of non-stop beatings by their owner and this person’s immediate action to contact two members of the GSPCA and in turn the members’ immediate response to go in search of this report with the aim of bringing quick relief to the troubled animals, the intervention prevented what could have resulted in the death of the two dogs.

Some of the creative works created for the Food Art Exhibition held at School of the Nations on Thursday to mark World Food Day.

Sixteen years later and Donna Ramsammy James has finally decided to make her annual collection open to the public in association with the Guyana Relief Council.

Dear Editor, I refer to Leon Suseran’s Letter to the Editor `Radio should revert to the types of music they used to play’ in SN, October 10th, 2014.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Colin Furlonge says it will cost about US$60,000 to purchase thermal cameras to fight the threat of Ebola at the country’s two airports.

(Billboard) – What’s it like to become a music star with millions of fans before being able to legally order a beer to celebrate those achievements?

At the end of a week of sensational and often fear-filled news – which culminated with no fewer than 39 US Congressmen calling for travel restrictions on Ebola-stricken West African countries – millions of Americans were also puzzling over the sudden rise of an Internet controversy known as #GamerGate.

Something happened earlier this year which reminded me that government policy and programmes are not for all of us.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaican Govern-ment has confirmed that it paid US$36,000 for a private plane to take leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen in Trinidad and Tobago Yasin Abu Bakr back to the twin-island republic Thursday morning.

Dear Editor, It was only a few days ago I wrote that West Indies cricket was in turmoil, but it seems yesterday’s move by the players before the commencement of the fourth ODI in Dharamsala  not to continue to play until the financial issue is resolved forced the cancellation of the remainder of the tour.

The family of Trecia Lindon, a Mocha mother of two who has been missing since Saturday, is seeking the public’s help to locate the woman.