Articles published on Tuesday, January 13, 2015
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Chairman of selectors Clive Lloyd says he is disappointed with comments made by opener Chris Gayle criticizing the decision to omit Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the West Indies squad for next month’s World Cup.
President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar met Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan during a visit to Maharashtra yesterday, GINA said.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- West Indies chief cricket selector Clive Lloyd says the omission of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the World Cup squad is no act of victimization for their roles in the controversial abandoned tour of India.
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) today accused Norway and the Inter-American Development Bank of a conspiracy over funding for the planned Amaila Falls Hydropower Project in light of arrangements for US$80M which would comprise Guyana’s equity despite a Parliamentary vote against the project on various grounds.
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s report for the Commonwealth on Thursday’s Sri Lankan general elections cited widespread state media bias in favour of the government and the abuse of state resources, the exact criticisms which had been levelled here during the 2011 polls when he was the outgoing President.
(Trinidad Express) Relatives of Dana Seetahal SC say they are starved for information from the police about the investigation into her murder, uncertain of whether any headway is being made, and fearful her killers will go free.
The wife of popular auto dealer Deokarran ‘Ram’ Sanasie was shot dead last night in front of her daughter at their Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara home, in what appeared to be a hit.
The United Kingdom yesterday warned that Guyana is on a “dangerous path” and the country could be referred to a Commonwealth body which deals with serious violators of democracy principles while London’s aid to Guyana could be affected if the suspension of Parliament by President Donald Ramotar is not lifted.
PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday shoved off statements made by the British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre about his country’s stance on the prorogation of Parliament and the possible implications, saying that Guyana is an independent nation and as such does not have to listen to Britain.
By Roger Wong The St Lawrence Primary School in Region Three has welcomed the addition of a new library with over 3,000 books, which are expected to benefit both students and members of the community.
Twenty-four-year-old Althea Candacy Timmerman will be spending the next three years behind bars after she admitted to trying to smuggle cocaine onto a flight destined for Barbados, at the Ogle International Airport.
Government has failed to honour a ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (ICJ) to pay Suriname company Rudisa Beverages some US$6,047,244.47 ($1.2 billion) over the collection of an environmental tax that contravenes the Revised Treaty of Chagua-ramas (RTC) and according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall this is because of the current non-sitting of the National Assembly.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday announced a 15% drop last year in serious crimes, although while murders fell by 5%, there was a similar percentage increase in armed robberies.
Axed workers sent officials of the Mahdia Gold Corp (MGC) scurrying, as they staged a protest over unpaid salaries outside the company’s lot 72 Barrack Street, Kingston Office yesterday.
Striking Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday moved their continuing demonstrations to the front of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment as they called on Minister Robert Persaud to sign off on an agreement for 2014 wage increases.
A Nepalese man was yesterday fined $30,000 and ordered deported after he entered Guyana illegally for a vacation.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday confirmed that use of mercury-free technology remains only in the testing phase here and denied that nothing is being done.
Two nurses attached to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) are still to be paid since last August, although acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba yesterday told city councillors that she had already signed the approval for payments.
A PPP/C delegation yesterday met officials of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) and according to Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally, the discussion was fruitful.
The police are looking for a bus driver who fled the scene after hitting down an elderly man at Paradise, East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon.
A father of five was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to unlawfully wounding his former partner.
Trinidadian Jamaal Shabazz was officially announced as head-coach of the Golden Jaguars senior football team for the upcoming Barbados fixture.
Dave Cameron clearly takes the knowledgeable, if long suffering, public of the West Indies to be gullible simpletons.
After hammering a match-winning 90 that helped West Indies win the Twenty20 series against South Africa, Chris Gayle launched a scathing attack on the West Indies Cricket Board WICB and the Clive Lloyd-led selection panel for dropping the senior pair of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the ODI series and the World Cup.
In a development that should surprise no one the battle for control of Guyana’s cricket continued on Sunday with the staging of the Essequibo Cricket Board elections won by incumbent Fizul Bacchus and cries of unfair play by challenger Prince Holder.
The Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 24.
Chris Barnwell, the Guyana Jaguars skipper has sent out a strong warning to the other teams ahead of this this week’s start of the 2105 NAGICO Regional Super 50 tournament, saying that his side is “dangerous” and “should not be taken lightly.”
Newly crowned Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Stag Beer Futsal champs Alpha United, officially received their prizes yesterday from Beverage Company Ansa McAl at a presentation ceremony held at the entity’s Beterverwagting headquarters.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to Doreen de Caires’s letter which appeared in your Saturday, January 10, 2015 edition captioned, ‘Why is Republic Bank demanding character references and ID from customers of long standing?’
Dear Editor, Reference is made to your pointed and direct editorial titled, ‘An election date must be named’ (SN, January 12).
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy will part with 20 per cent of his match fee for West Indies’ slow over rate during Sunday’s second Twenty20 International at the Wanderers.
PARIS (Reuters) – France will deploy 10,000 soldiers on home soil by today and post almost 5,000 extra police officers to protect Jewish sites after the killing of 17 people by Islamist militants in Paris last week, officials said.
CARACAS/ SAN CRISTOBAL (Reuters) – At least a dozen protesters arrested in Venezuela remained in jail yesterday and masked assailants burned a bus amid scattered unrest over swelling lines for basic goods, activists said.
Dear Editor, In the face of overwhelming evidence that Mr John Adams was indeed slapped, the PPP propagandists have done what they do best.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican denied press reports yesterday that it had received specific warnings from Israeli and US intelligence services that it was a probable next target of an Islamist attack.
DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy is hoping to rest several players for the third and final Twenty20 International here tomorrow with the series already wrapped up, but has impressed upon his unit the importance of making a clean sweep.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has given his full backing to new one-day skipper Jason Holder.
Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to an article captioned ‘Aishalton villagers launch petition for teacher’s removal’ which appeared in Stabroek News dated 7th January, 2015.
(Reuters) – The Twitter and YouTube accounts for the US military command that oversees operations in the Middle East were hacked yesterday by people claiming to be sympathetic toward the Islamic State militant group being targeted in American bombing raids.
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka today for a visit expected to add to a new harmonious atmosphere in the Buddhist-majority nation that last week elected a government promising increased respect for long-suffering religious minorities.
Bridgetown, Barbados – Successful Combermere cricket master Roddy Estwick has one unfulfilled ambition.
Dear Editor, The writer got a driver’s licence in 1958 after rigid testing by the team at Brickdam Police Station.
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has released all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, senior US officials said, a major step toward détente with Washington.
Dear Editor, Before leaving for the war, I didn’t keep a diary.
Dear Editor, More than a decade ago the Government of Guyana undertook an imaginative initiative to modernise the public sector in general and more specifically the public service.
(iWitness News, SVG) – At least seven persons, mainly students, died after a minibus plunged into the sea in Rockguter, an area between Owia and Fancy on the northeastern tip of St Vincent yesterday morning.
Last Sunday really ought to have seen a triumphant celebration across the entire Caribbean following the West Indies’ record-breaking run-chase (236 for 6 in 19.2 overs) to defeat a shell-shocked South Africa who must surely have thought that the batting feats of Faf du Plessis and company had taken the game beyond the West Indies.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron has rejected claims that all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard were axed from the World Cup squad because of their roles in the controversial abandoned tour of India.
