Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 25, 2015

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – A buoyant West Indies will try to defy a run of recent poor results and extend their winning streak, when they take on South Africa in another crucial Group B match in the ICC Cricket World Cup here Friday (11:30 pm, Thursday, Eastern Caribbean time).

An accident early this morning shut down the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System, the Guyana Power and Light said today.

At about 0845h. today, the police say that Zaharadeen Razan, 28 years, of Cornelia Ida, WCD, who was in Police custody at Parika Police Station, was found alive and lying on the floor of the lock-ups during a visit to the lock-ups by the police.

(Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown, whose California probation stemming from a 2009 plea to assaulting singer Rihanna was revoked last month, said on Tuesday he was denied entry into Canada for concerts in Montreal and Toronto.

Two members of the US House of Representatives wrote US Secretary of State John Kerry on February 24th calling for a reassessment of Washington’s policy to Guyana following the prorogation of Parliament.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The much anticipated amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act was passed in the House of Representatives yesterday.

Elisabeth Harper yesterday confirmed to Stabroek News that she has resigned from her post as Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since she was named on Saturday as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic for the May 11 general elections.

A man and his mother were yesterday charged over a pistol and a large cache of ammunition that were found during police searches in the city on Friday.

Elections for toshaos across the country are slated to be held in April but several Amerindian leaders say that there are reports that it may be postponed due to general elections in May.

The Ministry of Health’s Pharmacy & Poisons Board yesterday seized a canter with damaged and expired food items as they were being loaded onto the vehicle to be transported for marketing.

In a statement to police, Bibi Sharima-Gopaul claimed she last saw her murdered daughter Neesa Gopaul alive when they watched television together on the night of September 23, 2010, a witness testified yesterday.

Parliament is to be dissolved on Saturday, February 28th, President Donald Ramotar said in a brief address to the nation last evening.

A US embassy official was on Mashramani night robbed on three different occasions with the perpetrators eventually escaping with his wallet containing thousands of dollars in local and foreign currency.

The body of a middle-aged man was last evening removed from a West Ruimveldt Hotel.

Autopsies performed yesterday on the remains of the Mahaicony teacher and her six students, whose lifeless bodies were pulled from a car in a canal last Friday, revealed that they all drowned.

Caricom Rice Mills Limited has remained silent on the death of 17-year-old worker Threeion Gittens, who was crushed to death by paddy after a storage tank gave way.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle smashed the first double century in a World Cup and the fastest ever in one-dayers, as West Indies pivoted on a record-breaking batting effort to beat Zimbabwe by 73 runs and post their second straight win of the global showpiece here yesterday.

A woman who was held for trying to smuggle a large quantity of cannabis into the country through the Ogle International Airport has been remanded after a court heard that she told ranks that narcotic was going to be used to make wine.

Students and teachers are disgusted by the stench that is emanating from the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary School on the West Coast of Demerara following recent flooding caused by the high tide.

President of Fruta Conquerors Wayne Forde said the possibility exists the Tucville giants will not stage their eighth edition of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) football festival this year.

Angus Thomson, the newly appointed Technical Director (TD) of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) (GRFU) said yesterday apart from helping this country achieve success further afield than the Caribbean, he was also looking to build and improve on Guyana’s rich legacy in the sport.

Speedboat and Floodlight ran out winners of the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Assoc-iation (GFSCA) Open and Over40 competitions Saturday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground, Queenstown.

As the Guyana Water Inc. continues with water improvements, bids were yesterday opened for the construction of a new building at its Shelter Belt Compound.

Local franchise, Cricket Guy Inc. (CGI) and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday congratulated the Guyana Jaguars team following its remarkable come-from-behind victory against the Barbados Pride on Monday.

The Good Hope, East Coast Demerara teenager who was badly burnt while attempting to strain a pot of rice two weeks ago and who was reportedly being denied medical treatment by her parents, was yesterday rescued by Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) officers and taken to the hospital.

Cellular giants Cellphone Shack under its Plum brand continued their unwavering support for the Kashif and Shanghai Football tourney, donating several cellphones yesterday at a simple ceremony hosted at their Middle Street locale.

Orin Williams, who is accused of breaking and entering a city business and stealing almost $2M in items, was remanded to prison after telling a court he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Stevedore Housing Scheme upset Leopold Street by a 2-0 score line when the preliminary round of the Sparta Boss First Anniversary Street Football tourney concluded on Friday at the Sparta Boss Tarmac in East La Penitence.

The Guyana Elections Commission held a swearing-in ceremony yesterday for the 10 district returning officers for the upcoming May 11, General and Regional Elections.

A Tuschen woman is now a remanded prisoner after she appeared in court yesterday charged with possession of narcotics.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has congratulated Chris Gayle, following his amazing double hundred that propelled West Indies to their second victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC-Chris Gayle says he was bombarded with an unprecedented amount of pressure from fans before his multiple record breaking performance against Zimbabwe in the ICC Cricket World yesterday.

A robbery accused, said to be a psychiatric patient, was yesterday remanded to prison and ordered to undergo a medical evaluation.

Dear Editor,   Having read the news report regarding the discharge from duty of promising young magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond, one can only ask the question as to what caused the JSC to move at this particular time to terminate her services.

A miner will learn his fate today for selling his boss’ tools after he claimed that he was denied payment for months of work.

Dear Editor, It was reported in the media that at the 5th Annual Engineering Conference organized by the Ministry of Public Works (MPW), Sunil Ganesh, Project Manager of the Works Services Group of the MPW in a presentation titled, ‘Getting value for money in the construction sector,’ argued that awarding road construction contracts to general contractors has resulted in the scarcity of equipment and human resources causing project completion delay, cost overruns and not getting value for money.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank the Alberttown Police Station for heeding my desperate plea on Monday night and turning up in my Queenstown neighbourhood to shut down the Banks DIH post-Mash noise.

A Lethem teen was refused bail yesterday after he was charged with possession of marijuana along with a firearm and ammunition that police allegedly found on his property.

(Trinidad Express) On the night of May 4, 2014, when senior counsel Dana Seetahal was shot dead, the killer who came almost face to face with her used a Galil rifle.

(Trinidad Express) The time has come for Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela to move from simply being “good neighbours” to becoming “good sisters and brothers”, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said.

Actors and potential actors are invited to attend an audition tomorrow, April 26, for a GEMS Theatre Productions presentation of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

SDYNEY, Australia, CMC- Fast bowler Vernon Philander will miss South Africa’s next match, against West Indies on Friday due to injury.

Dear Editor, You cannot improve children’s education by just saying what you will do, including providing school transport, even as President.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) has recorded major losses for financial year 2014.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s meager hotel offerings got a major boost yesterday with the inauguration of a brand new Marriott in the heart of the capital, the latest in a series of modern additions to the impoverished Caribbean island’s hospitality sector.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba President Raul Castro yesterday pinned medals on five spies, declaring them national heroes for infiltrating right-wing exile groups that plotted against Havana and for then enduring long prison terms in the United States.

Dear Editor, The PPP stunned the country by naming Foreign Service Officer, Ms Elisabeth Harper, as its prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming election.

A security guard fell from a two-storey building on Monday night, resulting in him being admitted at the Georgetown Public Hospital with a broken leg.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica’s captain Tamar Lambert says a lack of confidence has been haunting the team’s batsmen throughout the 2014-2015 WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL).

A Mon Repos man is now in hospital after his throat was slit during an attack on Monday night that is believed to have been the result of an old dispute.

OSLO, (Reuters) – India’s Rajendra Pachauri quit as chair of the U.N.

Dear Editor, Led by Jagan, Burnham, D’Aguiar and others too many to mention, Guyana embarked on nationhood with purpose, talent and a firm belief that service to the people came before the enrichment of self.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Manager of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force Roland Sampath says he has given his charges instructions to finish the inaugural Professional Cricket League (PCL) on a high after rebounding from a string of losses in the tournament.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have abducted at least 150 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria they had raided, Christian Syrian activists said yesterday.

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, (Reuters) – A teenager was fatally shot at an anti-government protest in the western city of San Cristobal yesterday, state officials said, exacerbating tensions in Venezuela amid an economic crisis and crackdown on the political opposition.

Dear Editor,   There are those who have broken away from the AFC because they were not consulted previous to the APNU-AFC coalition, and the AFC had reneged on its decision not to join a coalition.

Last week I argued that to be successful, the opposition coalition must be bolstered by a creative strategy in which the first order of business must be the establishment of a comprehensive and properly focused programmatic platform.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will Saturday stage its Mashramani long course swim meet at the National Aquatic Centre Liliendaal.

Dear Editor, I take umbrage at the purposeful attempt by the Guyana Times in their Monday February 23 edition to incorrectly spin my personal facebook message on the opposition’s statements about the selection of Ms Elisabeth Harper as prime ministerial candidate for the PPP/C.

The announcement by the United States and Cuba that they would seek to resume normal relations will in some measure be seen by some observers as an indication of a fulfilment of gradual, but persistent changes in Caribbean geopolitical relationships, some more prominent than others.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian judge presiding over criminal proceedings against charismatic entrepreneur Eike Batista, once Brazil’s richest man, was seen yesterday driving a Porsche belonging to the fallen tycoon that had been seized by the court.

(The Sports Xchange) – James Harden earned his second triple-double of the season with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to help the Houston Rockets fend off the Minnesota Timberwolves 113 -102.

President Donald Ramotar (right) greets a staffer of the Anna Regina Multilateral School.