Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 17, 2015

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy was the only Caribbean player sold in the 2015 Indian Premier League auction on Monday.

An alliance of three opposition parties won parliamentary elections in St.

A post mortem examination was today performed on the body of Hemwantie Annirude, 37 years, of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, by Pathologist Dr.

At about 1500h. yesterday, police say that mini-bus driver Beepat Taijram, 28 years, of Albouys Street, Albouystown, was shot and killed during an armed robbery at Grove Public Road, EBD.

(Trinidad Express) – Sunday’s Dimanche Gras show at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain could best be described as a night of excellence.

(Trinidad Express)  A “stupid” laser light prank that, internationally, could be considered close to “terrorist activity”, yesterday threatened the safe landings of two aircraft at Piarco International Airport.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) At least 18 people were killed and 60 injured early today when a carnival float hit power lines in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on the second day of the annual festival, officials said.

A woman is currently battling for her life in the New Amsterdam Hospital after she was brutally chopped by her husband, who later took his own life.

A Number 43 Village woman lost her life yesterday morning following a collision between two Route 63 minibuses.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been running a parallel treasury by virtue of its spending of $8.3 billion over the last three years for various government projects without parliamentary oversight.

Both sides are claiming victory after acting Chief Justice Ian Chang’s recent finding that government spent $4.5 billion in violation of the constitution, with Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall saying the judge spoke on issues not before him for decision, while attorney Basil Williams says the Finance Minister can face a criminal charge.

Striking University of Guyana (UG) staffers yesterday marched from the Turkeyen Campus to Georgetown as they intensified their indefinite industrial action to press demands for pay increases, even as UG Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi yesterday made a please for a return to normalcy.

The relatives of a 28-year-old man, who was involved an accident at the Blairmont Estate, which resulted in his teeth being dislocated and his jaw being fractured, are decrying the medical assistance provided to him at the New Amsterdam Hospital and the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and are calling on the authorities to investigate.

University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi yesterday “humbly” requested a return to normalcy, even as UG staff held a protest march and announced that their industrial action will continue.

Civilian witness Nazar Mohamed Okeelan yesterday identified the dumbbells which police say were used to anchor the body of murdered teen Neesa Gopaul in a creek at the Emerald Tower Resort, as those he had sold to accused Jarvis Small.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – A lethargic West Indies slumped to an embarrassing four-wicket loss to minnows Ireland here yesterday, as their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign began in nightmare fashion at Saxton Oval.

Former elections commissioner Ralph Ramkarran says there is no reason why the unofficial election results from the planned May 11 polls cannot be known and accepted within two days if a system of electronic transmission of results from presiding officers to Gecom is established and those results compiled and announced by the electoral body.

Avon, one of the largest beauty companies in the world, is closing of its outlets in the Caribbean; Guyana is also affected by this move.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – Former one-day captain Darren Sammy has warned his teammates their campaign in the ICC Cricket World Cup will be short-lived unless they begin to execute properly in all three aspects of the game.

The wife of Asif Rahim Khatoon who died after a beating while in custody at the Leonora Police Station has expressed shock that a prisoner who was handcuffed to him is to be charged and not the policemen he had implicated prior to his death.

An attempt to make peace has cost a Triumph man his left eye.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – Ireland captain Williams Porterfield has rejected media characterisations that yesterday’s four-wicket victory over West Indies was an upset.

Dear Editor, I had just turned 12 years old, only a few months older than my son is now, when the People’s Progressive Party/Civic came to power in 1992.

Parents of the displaced students of St John’s Secondary yesterday continued to lock the teachers out of the community centre at Den Amstel to emphasize their seriousness about getting a new school, though they have been told that the school is being phased out.

Dear Editor, In the early part of February, word came that the GRA and Kaieteur News chiefs settled outstanding differences.

When Guyana’s speed demons wing out to Jamaica for the first leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC), they will be doing so free of cost on Fly Jamaica.

In continuing its drive to stamp out littering in the city, the Litter Enforce-ment Unit issued fines to two business entities last week, a statement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said.

Dear Editor, I favour the system of post-election coalitions, if only as a strategy to maximize each party’s votes.

Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters opened their campaign on a winning note dismantling Wismar Pistons 72-36 when the second annual Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ National Club Championship commenced on Sunday.

Dear Editor, More Guyanese need to be aware of, and understand the critically important role that is expected of our only national university in the cultural, economic, industrial, political and social development of Guyana, and why Guyana as a young developing nation must not allow our only institution of higher learning to fail.

Special Mining Lotteries planned for this month by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) have had to be postponed to next month because of the recent strike at the agency.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will be sending a male and a female rugby team to the US to compete in the NACRA Olympic Qualifier Sevens in June with the aim of clinching a 2016 Olympic berth.

Dear Editor, I have noticed recently certain positions taken by the Ministry of Labour that clearly establish bias, a perception that should be avoided at all costs, because of the ministry’s impartial and conciliatory role in handling disputes between employers and trade unions.

Fly Jamaica has made it possible for Guyana’s premier racquet wielders to compete in the inaugural Jamaica Winter Open International Table Tennis Championships scheduled for next weekend in Montego Bay.

A miner is now a remanded prisoner after police say he was caught with drugs during a search in the interior.

Dear Editor, Congratulations are in order in terms of APNU and the AFC forging a single slate for the national elections on May 11.

Berbician Kelvin Omroa yesterday stole the show with a man of the match performance to help his team hand a hapless Essequibo side a mammoth 177-run defeat in their Guyana Cricket Board U15 Inter County match at the Wales Community Development Centre ground.

Sherwin Lynch, accused of stealing a Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone from a woman, was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied committing the crime when he appeared in a city court.

Dear Editor, I was jolted by the headline: ‘PPP considered taking up arms against gov’t after Walter Rodney’s death – Rohee.’

Western Tigers and Fruta Conquerors joined Pele FC and Slingerz in the semi-final stage of the Mayor’s Cup knockout football tournament after securing hard-fought wins over Ann’s Grove and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) respectively on Sunday.

The Guyana National Shipping Corporation Limited (GNSCL) has purchased four new Doosan forklifts at a cost of $21 million to improve the company’s cargo handling capacity.

LONDON Reuters) – Support for British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conserva-tives is at its highest level in over two years, one opinion poll showed yesterday, but two others put the opposition Labour Party ahead less than three months before a national election.

A woman yesterday found herself before a city court charged with attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed a co-worker who refused her request to dance.

Dear Editor, Before we all get too carried away by the upcoming elections of May 11 may I take this opportunity to inform Guyanese that whoever wins the next general election by a plurality, and forms the government, will still need to work with the political opposition unless an overall majority is won.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Pride produced an incisive display after lunch to cripple Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, and seal a massive 222-run victory on the final day of their sixth round WICB Professional Cricket League contest here yesterday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday it is not worried about a threat to refer the country to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, because it is not guilty and wants to attend a US meeting on its rights situation to defend itself.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – All-rounder Darren Sammy will part with 30 per cent of his match fee after he being fined by the International Cricket Council for using “inappropriate language” during West Indies’ four-wicket loss to Ireland yesterday.

Dear Editor, Much has been said since the selection of the “rebuilding” West Indies team and their expected performances in the warm-up matches in Australia.

Are we in the throes of a power struggle amongst the heirs of Nelson Mandela that might one day threaten, perhaps even derail the formidable post-apartheid power base of the African National Congress (ANC) and with it the democracy that has won equally generous measures of global attention and acclaim?

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – More than 20 police officers assigned to the US embassy in Honduras have been suspended pending an investigation into their alleged involvement in skimming part of $12.5 million seized in a drug cartel bust, a government spokesman said yesterday.

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The Tina Insanally Foundation has donated a foetal monitor to Port Mourant Hospital Complex.