Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Neeraj Michael c/d ‘Buckie’, 19 years, of Champagne, Mahaicony, ECD, whose body was found in the Mahaicony River, at about 0935h.

Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall has been detained in Puerto Rico over cash amounting to US$620,000 which was found in the private plane he was in on November 22.

(Trinidad Express) Every person who was involved in the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal will be caught even though it may take a long time, National Security Minister Gary Griffith has said.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The injury that left Australian batsman Phillip Hughes in a critical condition in hospital was a “rare” event but a reminder that cricket has always been a dangerous sport, West Indies batting great Brian Lara said on Wednesday.

Just after Albouystown residents finally got relief from days of flooding due to intense rainfall, the community was under water once again yesterday after the door to the Sussex Street koker malfunctioned.

Following the explosive conversation between Attorney General Anil Nandlall and a Kaieteur News reporter last month, the Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights (IACHR) on November 18th called on the Guyana Government to take the necessary measures to protect the lives of three members of the newspaper.

The Competitiveness Department of the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce will soon begin investigating the Guyana Power and Light’s policies for hiring contractors and its consumer security deposit requirements.

Five Amerindian men are reporting that they were trafficked to neighbouring Suriname, where they were forced by a Dutch businessman to labour at a camp.

Baker Doodnauth Beharry will be spending the next 48 months in prison for narcotics trafficking after a court found him guilty of having almost 16 grammes of cannabis.

By Jeff Trotman   Harold Couchman, Toshao of the Great Falls Amerindian Village, Number 58 is not prepared to share with Demerara Timbers, Mabura Hill and 47 Miles, a bus which the Amerindian Village has obtained through a Presidential Grant.

A post-mortem examination on the body of an airport employee found in a water reservoir on Sunday revealed that he died of compression injuries to the neck and asphyxiation.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy came under fire at a recent forum in the UK for misleading Guyanese citizens about the government’s suspension of parliament and over his alleged ties to now convicted drug kingpin Roger Khan.

After she accused her common-law husband of kicking her several times while she had their infant child in her arms, a housewife yesterday requested that he be released from prison because she was “finding things hard” as he is the sole breadwinner of their home.

Following five days of no activity, the Bourda Market was reopened yesterday for business after a sanitisation and clean-up exercise was sped up by angry vendors.

The Berbice Bridge is now operating normally after a malfunction on Friday left commuters stranded on both sides for around five hours.

South Sophia recorded their first victory of the tourney, dismantling last year’s runners-up Stevedore Housing Scheme-A by a 4-0 margin when the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown leg continued last night at the National Cultural Centre tarmac.

Although recent flooding has wreaked havoc on some farms, for Ramdatt and Marlene Persaud all was not lost because of a new greenhouse project that they undertook.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes remains in critical condition and will have more scans today after undergoing emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain at a Sydney hospital.

NICOSIA, (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Lionel Messi set a Champions League scoring record of 72 goals when he struck in the 38th minute of yesterday’s Group F match at APOEL Nicosia.

Orin Andrew Henry, who was shot during an alleged attempt to break into the Brazilian sports bar Rockies, was yesterday granted $50,000 bail after denying that he was in the midst of committing a crime.

A man was yesterday fined $15,000 and ordered to do three weeks community service after he admitted to being found with a small quantity of cannabis by police.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Caribbean champions Jamaica will face off with the giants of South American football in the prestigious Copa America scheduled for June next year in Chile.

It has been just over two months since Samantha Ashby was found raped and murdered at Matthews Ridge and her sister says that she is frustrated at the sloth of the investigation and the police’s lack of interest in finding those responsible.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Kenya will become only the second team to play international cricket in Pakistan since militants attacked the Sri Lanka team in Lahore in March, 2009 by agreeing to a one-day series.

People’s Progressive Party General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday lauded the government’s $1B “Clean-up My Country” campaign, while stating that the massive flooding that resulted in the city and along the coast after torrential rainfall last week could have been worse without it.

Although he later claimed he was set up, Poorandeo Ramdeo, 51, was yesterday fined $10,000 after he admitted to a charge of break and enter and larceny.

LONDON, CMC- Former West Indies batsman Phil Simmons says he hopes Australia’s Phil Hughes makes a full recovery from a head injury sustained during a state match in Sydney yesterday.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek has honoured two persons, Sabine McIntosh and Lenox Shuffler in recognition of their stellar contributions.

In celebration of the 15th Annual International Education Week, the United States (US) Embassy donated four computer systems and four back-up battery power supplies to the National Library to increase information access in Guyana.

(Reuters) – To cricket outsiders, the “Gentleman’s Game” often conjures the image of a slow-paced summer pastime, where players barely break sweat during matches that drag on for days.

By Delvon McEwan   Although the Guyana Jaguars charged to victory in the first two matches in the inaugural season of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four-day challenge, the team’s prospects have dimmed with the replacement of crucial players, as they prepare to face off against the Barbados Pride.

The Baltic state of Lithuania has appointed Raimonda Murmokaite as its first ambassador to CARICOM since its breakaway from the former Soviet Union 24 years ago.

Christianburg Wismar Secondary defeated Queen’s College in the finals of the 2014 JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary Schools debating competition at the Theatre Guild, Kingston on November 19.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Three-times French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten knows what it is like to have a career plagued by injury but believes Rafael Nadal will come back strong from his latest ailments.

(Jamaica Observer) The hierarchy of the Jamaica Franchise has thrown its support behind the inaugural professional system, which facilitates more regional players to be retained on contracts.

Dear Editor, I noted a letter in Stabroek News of November 25, 2014 in which Mr Leon Suseran questioned the validity of UG’s 2014 Convocation (‘Were the proceedings at the last two UG Convocations valid in the absence of a Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor?’).

Guyana Softball Cup 4 champions Wolf Warriors (Open) and Floodlight (Masters) stormed into the finals of the Ramchand/Rohan Auto Spares Softball Tournament.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council is surprised and amused by statements attributed to Mr Norman Whittaker, the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development that he had failed to put enough pressure on the city council to deal adequately with the maintenance of flood prevention mechanisms before the rains.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Discarded West Indies pacer Tino Best is among four players called up by Barbados Pride selectors to replace four members of the team travelling with the regional side for the tour of South Africa.

Dear Editor, “Rape culture covers everything from victim-blaming to the prevailing notion of rapists as menacing strangers who attack from bushes — not friends, confidants, mentors or spouses.

NICOSIA, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi was hailed as the best player ever by Barcelona coach Luis Enrique after setting a Champions League scoring record of 74 goals with a hat-trick in yesterday’s 4-0 win at APOEL Nicosia.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Sony Corp does not plan to renew its sponsorship contract with FIFA, the governing body for world soccer, as the Japanese electronics maker needs to prioritise its restructuring efforts, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Dear Editor, For the past two months the cut branches of the parapet tree have been lying at the corner of Oronoque and Forshaw Streets, Queenstown with no sign of them being removed.

Dear Editor, The editorial titled ‘Violence in schools’ in the November 22 issue of Kaieteur News proposed the appointment of welfare officers in schools as a potential solution for what was projected as dysfunctional relationships between teachers and students to the extent where both male, and increasingly female students are physically attacking both male and female teachers.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell says he is ready to continue his international cricket career after a hamstring injury forced him out of action for nearly six weeks.

FERGUSON, Mo., (Reuters) – Missouri’s governor ordered hundreds more National Guard troops yesterday to a St.

Dear Editor Fighting corruption requires a new understanding of how this global quandary has evolved, for it is bigger and broader than petty bribery or crooked deals in some developing countries.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, – Trinidad and Tobago’s Women Soca Warriors say they are relishing the prospect of home town support to help propel them into the 2015 Women’s World Cup for the first time.

LIMA, (Reuters) – A crackdown on illegal gold mining in Peru has spawned new smuggling routes through its porous border with Bolivia with some gangs using human mules, armored cars and light aircraft to evade capture.

Dear Editor, I have stayed silent until now about my experience in the war.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The prospect of a private cycling league raised its head again yesterday when 11 top teams announced the creation of Velon, a venture they say will help the sport develop further — without saying how exactly.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – A Siberian tiger released into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin is the main suspect in a series of goat deaths in China’s northeast, state media reported Chinese local authorities as saying yesterday.

Dear Editor An opinion poll conducted by NBC-Wall Street Journal shows significant support for Obama’s executive order to grant reprieve to illegal immigrants in the US.

(Barbados Nation) Having put the focus on other faculties in preceding eras, principal Sir Hilary Beckles said they had taken a decision to bring science and technology, and medicine, into focus.

A chief characteristic of globalization is time-space compression, one expression of which is a generalized CNN effect, namely the capacity of news media, nationally or internationally, to report in real time and pressure policy makers to make quick decisions in a particular direction.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s estranged wife has questioned the government’s decision to provide her with gun-toting bodyguards around the clock, even when she travels in rickety three-wheeler taxis.

To use a broad generalization, it is ironic that Russia, known as the Soviet Union between the two twentieth-century World Wars, the latter of which morphed into a Cold War, should today seem once again to be a source of intense Western concern.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer will help launch an Australian-developed fast format of tennis when he plays an exhibition match against Lleyton Hewitt in Sydney in January, Tennis Australia said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president Azim Bassarath said that forking out millions of dollars to host the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 semi-finals and finals for the next two years is not in the best interest of local cricket.