Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 5, 2014

LONDON, CMC – The Indian Cricket Board says it is determined to follow through with its promise to seek further compensation from the West Indies Cricket Board for the aborted one-day and Test tour last month.

The Parliamentary majority parties A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and The Alliance For Change (AFC) met today at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Hadfield Street, Georgetown.

Hundreds of Linden residents who received the $10,000 Government of Guyana, ‘Because We Care’ education grant, expressed yesterday satisfaction for the assistance and gratitude to the Government for making the initiative possible, GINA said.

AFC MP Moses Nagamootoo is carded to move the motion of no-confidence against the PPP/C government on Monday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, , CMC – Cricket authorities here have rejected Denesh Ramdin’s claim that victimisation was behind the decision to overlook him as national captain for the upcoming first class season.

(Jamaica Observer) MAVADO is featured on two songs for the soundtrack to the movie Beyond the Lights which is scheduled for release by the Relativity Music Group on November 11.

(Bloomberg) Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada’s third-largest lender by assets, will take a C$451 million ($396 million) charge as it cuts about 1,500 jobs, writes down its investment in Venezuela and loans sour in the Caribbean.

At about 0015h. today, police say that Isaiah Khan, 12 years, of La Union, WCD, was struck down by a motor car on the public road at La Union.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Kalki Koechlin is one of the few Bollywood actresses in recent years to build her star power while proving her talent in indie and mainstream Indian cinema.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago will put US$100,000 into a fund which has been set up by Caricom to fight the Ebola virus in affected West African countries.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S.

President Donald Ramotar last evening announced that the National Assembly will reconvene on Monday and in an about-face for his administration he threatened early elections if the opposition tries to proceed with a debate of a no-confidence motion against his government.

A week after a furore erupted over an explosive conversation he had with a Kaieteur News (KN) reporter, Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said he was unaware of any planned violence against any newspaper or any reporter and he also assured women here of his “highest respect”.

Gavin Bachan, an Assistant Registration Officer of the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM), lost his life yesterday morning after the car he was driving slammed into a section of the guard rail along the Kitty seawall in the vicinity of the Celina Resort.

Two gold miners were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with robbing a business acquaintance of over $6M worth of cash and raw gold.

By Suraj Narine   To mark the fourth year since the disappearance of Babita Sarjou, the Caribbean American Dom-estic Violence Awareness (CADVA) along with family and friends held a vigil in Kitty, Georgetown last evening as they are seeking to reopen the case.

The body of a man in his late thirties was found hanging from a tree in One Mile, Wismar, early yesterday morning.

The wife of murdered businessman Mohamed Farouk Kalamadeen on Monday won a $200M judgment against CLICO Life and General Insurance Company which had refused to pay out an insurance claim on the grounds that the legality of his income was questionable and that he had deliberately furnished the insurance company with false information.

Sunday’s armed robbery at a church is a sign that crime is out of control and despite the recommendations of the opposition, government is failing miserably to tackle the situation, APNU MP Winston Felix said on Monday.

Banks DIH Limited and the General Workers Union (GWU) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding at the Banks DIH Limited conference room paving the way for more than 1300 workers to get increased salaries and fringe benefits.

Four men were yesterday charged with stealing aerial cable belonging to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) in Sophia.

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-funded sea and river defence project yesterday received bids for consultancy services for the project’s final design and construction supervision.

Relatives of missing businessman Mohamed F Khan say that they are disappointed that samples taken from them and a decapitated body suspected to be his are yet to leave Guyana.

With the huge threat posed to the People’s National Congress (PNC) government in the 1970s by the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), the enforcement arm of the state would have been “remiss in its duty” if it did not adequately respond, former Attorney General Charles Ramson testified yesterday.

A mason was yesterday remanded to prison on charges that he stole a bicycle and was later held with cannabis.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday began the celebration of its 49th Anniversary with its traditional Thanksgiving Church Service at the Auditorium, at Base Camp Ayanganna.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) has announced that it is hosting a Tourism Awareness Month Essay Competition for primary and secondary school students.

Shimron Hetmyer’ chanceless century complemented by Royston Crandon’ 97 piloted the Vishaul Singh’s XI to a daunting first day total of 311-6 against the Leon Johnson XI in the final Cricket Guyana Inc.

Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) rebounded from their upset loss against the University of Guyana (UG) on Saturday to defeat powerhouse Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by four runs on Sunday as action continued in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society second-division 40 overs competition at the MSC ground.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans scored big victories yesterday and edged closer to taking control of the U.S.

(BBC) West Indies’ record run scorer Brian Lara expects the region to survive a potential £26.2m lawsuitthreatened by India’s cricket board (BCCI).

The Petra Organization in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ansa McAl through its Smalta brand and Health 2000 Guyana incorporated, officially launched the inaugural Primary schools female 11 and under football tournament yesterday at the Girls Guide Pavilion.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Oil markets retreated from multi-year lows yesterday but still fell more than 2 percent after Saudi Arabia cut export prices to the United States threatening to deepen a global supply glut that has driven prices down 30 percent since June.

(The Sports Xchange) – James Harden scored 35 points and Trevor Ariza added 24 as the Houston Rockets completed a 104-93 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

(Reuters) – Australia head home from Abu Dhabi this week with plenty to ponder after a humiliating rout by Pakistan brought a shuddering halt to their upward trajectory in test cricket.

Dear Editor, It appears eminently appropriate that stakeholders, great and small (and any other size), should be concerned about the human resources employed by GECOM, in the hope, and indeed assurance, that the latter possess the relevant competence to discharge their assigned responsibilities in a neutrally professional manner.

After the success of the just-concluded Guyana Softball Cup 4, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc.,

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC-CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb has applauded the Surinamese Football Federation for strides made in advancing the game including the creation of revenue generating projects.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican police yesterday captured a fugitive former mayor and his wife suspected of being the probable masterminds behind the abduction of 43 student teachers feared massacred in September, officials said.

Dear Editor, We write with reference to letters published on October 24 and November 4 from Leon Suseran and Lenno Craig.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will confront Chinese President Xi Jinping at talks in Beijing next week over deep U.S.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- The West Indies Test captain, Denesh Ramdin, has cried victimization after he was fired as captain of the Trinidad & Tobago squad for the forthcoming domestic four-day tournament.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC- West Indies One Day International (ODI) cricket captain Dwayne Bravo has announced that a full-string team will tour South Africa next month despite their dramatic mid-series withdrawal from India last month.

(Trinidad Express) The Police Service yesterday reported the arrest of a Cascade man with a loaded sub machine gun.

Dear Editor, The late “iconic broadcaster” Rafiq Khan who died on Oct 10th in Jamaica was showered with fitting and well deserved praises by colleagues and fellow broadcasters as indeed he was held in high esteem within the broadcasting/communication arena.

(Jamaica Observer) The brutality of Monday’s brazen daylight murder of a mother and her two sons in Bucknor, Clarendon has hit the normally quiet community very hard.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Shadow Sports Minister Michael Weeks has called for an inquiry into Bermuda’s wretched showing at the recently-concluded 50 overs Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Malaysia.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC- St.Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says he has been rallying support to help the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) settle a US 42 million dollar bill with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Davino Watson languished in a detention center in Buffalo, New York, for 3-1/2 years awaiting deportation on orders from immigration authorities.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC-West Indies opener Chris Gayle says he is hopeful his team’s tour to South Africa will go ahead despite a pay dispute between the players and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

Dear Editor, The decision to select the female Guyana Open golf champion from net scores is extremely distasteful.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – From the offensive tag of ‘Mr Tuck Tuck’ to chants of ‘Go Misbah Go’, the cricket career of Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has gone full circle.

(Reuters) – Man of the series Younus Khan praised batting coach Grant Flower for the pivotal role he played after Pakistan completed a 2-0 test-series win over Australia in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Dear Editor, In the midst of the discussion on whether or not the AFC should agree to a pre-election coalition with APNU, I found a blogger to a SN article on the matter who came up with the best suggestion yet.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Asian countries are not contributing enough to the global effort to fight Ebola, despite having a wealth of trained medical personnel who could help stop the spread of the deadly virus, World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim said yesterday.

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative Party have found little respite from political pressures after his successful fight against the Scottish National Party’s threat to have Scotland leave the United Kingdom.

Born in questionable democratic circumstances in 1992 but with seemingly reckless abandon since the 2011 national and regional elections, the PPP/C regime has proceeded to dangerously reduce the scope of its legitimacy to a point where many more people now believe it to be an illegitimate government.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to voice a simple question to the world and, more particularly, the Berbice Bar Association.

OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s new military ruler has pledged to hand power to a civilian transitional government, an influential tribal ruler said yesterday, a day before three West African leaders were due in Ouagadougou to press the army to relinquish power.

Guyana Football Feder-ation (GFF) Normalisation Committee Chairman Clinton Urling yesterday said that the process to decide which yearend tourney will be played has already begun and that a decision will be made following the completion of the assessments.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport will host the indigenous song festival with the aim of preserving indigenous languages and raising awareness.