Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 3, 2015

A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change say they are appalled at the recent revelations of senior officials, including ministers of the minority PPP government using public funds to the tune of millions for “vanity medical procedures.”

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – South Africa put one foot in the World Cup quarter-finals by batting past the 400-run mark for the second successive match to hand Ireland a thumping defeat by 201 runs with five overs to spare at Manuka Oval today.

A Guyanese singer was last week busted at the JFK International Airport after he travelled to the US to uplift two suitcases containing cocaine which he had given to another man to transport and who, unknown to him, had been busted.

In the four months since he moved into his partially completed home at the new Culvert City Housing Scheme, Ovid Hernandez has had to cross the road to get water in a bucket from a deep hand-dug well in another lot in the sparsely settled development under the gaze of the lofty Kanuku Mountains.

Guyana has been allocated €34 million by the European Union (EU) for the promotion of sustainable development under its 11th European Development Fund (EDF).

After five weeks of industrial action, the University of Guyana (UG) administration yesterday signed agreements with the unions representing striking workers to pave the way for the resumption of classes from today.

A man died yesterday after he fell from a coconut tree on Lamaha Street, Newtown, Kitty and lay there for more than an hour waiting for an ambulance.

Murder accused Jarvis Small and Bibi Sharima-Gopaul yesterday both denied killing 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul, after they were both called on to mount a defence at their trial.

With the aim of making passengers feel safer when travelling in taxis attached to the Tuschen Hire Car Service (THCS), drivers have decided to become more organized and properly attired.

The PPP has criticized the Guyana Elections Commission’s (Gecom) move to collaborate with the Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) stating that it reeked of American interference.

The newly launched Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) has started monitoring the country’s mainstream print and broadcasting media, the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) said in a statement.

A teenager was fatally shot on Sunday night at Providence, East Bank Demerara, in what is believed to be an act of retaliation.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Chairman of selectors Clive Lloyd believes India are formidable opponents but says a disciplined West Indies effort can see the reigning World champions beaten, when the two teams meet at the WACA Ground here Friday.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has dismissed suggestions the Caribbean side has become overly dependent on ace opener Chris Gayle and was missing regular faces like Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo from the middle order.

Inmates at the Georgetown Prison on Camp Street last evening started a fire in a cell on the new capital wing, but quick response from the Guyana Fire Service prevented it from spreading.

The body of an unidentified man was pulled out of a canal near the Square of the Revolution on Homestretch Avenue yesterday afternoon.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies were on Sunday feted at a Caribbean day organised by the Western Australia government, as the team took time out from their preparations to mingle with the large West Indian community here.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England may have been utterly humiliated in their second World Cup pool match against co-hosts New Zealand but Sunday’s nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka was much more damaging, according to former England captain Mike Atherton.

A man is in police custody assisting with investigations into the murder of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) engineer Trevor Abrams and investigators are hoping that an impounded car which it is suspected was used by killers could yield some clues.

The police are confident they know the identity of the gunman who executed city businessman Randolph Singh two weeks ago but efforts to locate him so far have failed.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Jagmohan Dalmiya returned to head the world’s most powerful cricket board yesterday following his unopposed election as president of the Indian board.

Earl Jerome, said to be a convicted killer, is now a remanded prisoner after a city court heard that he choked a woman and threatened to kill her during a break-in and battered and wounded another woman who called him a murderer.

Guyana Jaguars opener Rajindra Chandrika believes that despite the table leader’s remarkable run this season in the Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four-Day competition, the PCL title was not yet in the bag.

Dear Editor, For some time now the media has been reporting continuing controversy, animosity and friction regarding the compensation (ie, the pay, benefits such as health and retirement and related working conditions) payable or allowable or claimed/received by people holding ‘political’ office for themselves and their families.

The North Ruimveldt Secondary School has been promoted to the rank of an “A” list school, GINA said.

(The Sports Xchange) – LeBron James capped a nightmare performance at the free-throw line with a pair of misses in the closing seconds of overtime as the Houston Rockets held on for a 105-105 points win.

Team Jamaica made full use of their home turf and now sits atop the points table following the first leg of Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) which was staged over the weekend at Jamwest Speedway in Westmoreland.

Dear Editor, Since the date of elections was announced by the President every event hosted by the PPP/C in Region Five and beyond has used the RDC vehicles to fetch people so as to get a crowd.

The suspect in a home invasion and robbery was yesterday freed after the victims refused to give evidence against him.

Dear Editor, The Cummingsburg Accord signed by the Alliance For Change and the A Partnership for National Unity on 14th February to formalize the pre-electoral alliance has caused some excitement in the air, and many of my non-Amerindians friends cannot wait to wake up to a new dawn of national development.

The decomposed body of a Charity, Essequibo Coast man was yesterday found in his home when an obnoxious smell emanating from the house was investigated.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) Sunday defeated hosts Police Sports Club by 37 runs in a low-scoring encounter of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society second-division limited overs competition.

Accused of stealing two cellphones and a quantity of cash from his friend, Mark Griffith yesterday escaped a trial after the case against him was dismissed when his friend begged the court not to proceed with the matter.

Agricola Red Triangle edged Herstelling Raiders by a 1-0 score line when the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports (MCYS) sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Pee Wee tournament continued yesterday at the Grove Community ground.

Dear Editor, Please let me join in welcoming Elisabeth Harper as Guyana’s first female prime ministerial candidate in elections.

Dear Editor, Because Ruel Johnson and I have had friendly exchanges in the past, I feel that I have been too harsh in my public criticism of him.

It was the Travis Burnett show in the fourth quarter as Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters clinched the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca II’ Club Championship, edging Colts 85-76 on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu clashed over Iran nuclear diplomacy yesterday on the eve of the Israeli prime minister’s hotly disputed address to Congress, underscoring the severity of US-Israeli strains over the issue.

An 18-year-old was yesterday sentenced to spend one month in jail after he admitted to cursing his mother when she refused to give him money to buy drugs.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday ordered the US embassy in Caracas to reduce staff from 100 to 17 amid the worst diplomatic flare-up between the two ideological foes since socialist President Nicolas Maduro was elected in 2013.

A dynasty was disrupted as defending champs Dynas Ravens were booted from the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca II’ Club Championship, losing to hated rivals Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters 69-65 on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 180 Americans have travelled to Syria to join Islamist militants and around 40 of them have returned to the United States, the US National Intelligence director, James Clapper, said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In Ms Ryhaan Shah’s last letter, she comments about yours truly, “Such machinations do, however, make him perfectly suited for a position as a public official in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) Alive! Ten people on a fishing boat bound for Tobago who went missing on Friday afternoon, were found alive in Venezuelan waters yesterday.

A houseguest, who allegedly made off with his host’s laptop and gold earrings, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with fraudulent conversion.

More than a month after the bus which he was driving was knocked into a trench at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, Troy Boyer is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after having to be re-admitted for his severe injuries.

Dear Editor, It is with sadness that I learned of the passing of New York based Albert Boodhoo, who was a grass-roots activist of the PPP and a strong trade unionist who served GAWU and the working class with distinction.

The basic ingredient for success is simply hard work. That was exactly what the coordinators of the first ever E-Networks CrossFit Games had to do to pull off the highly successful, entertaining and well organized event on Sunday at the National Park.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday sharply criticized China’s plans for new rules on US tech companies, urging Beijing to change the policy if it wants to do business with the United States and saying he had raised it with President Xi Jinping.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The most important US agricultural delegation to visit Cuba in more than a decade began three days of meetings yesterday, hoping to find potential business partners and urge the US Congress to lift the trade embargo against the Caribbean nation.

Dear Editor, “Where are the promising young cricketers?”-Cozier. One of the ways of addressing such an issue is to take stock of the existing supply, and do the best you can to encourage and help them to improve until such time as you can find adequate replacements.

A man was yesterday released on $100,000 bail after he denied an assault charge in a city court.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is looking for a shot in the arm to send a team of pugilists to compete in French Guiana from March 11-15.

MIAMI/HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is willing to restore diplomatic relations with the United States as soon as the Obama administration declares its intent to take the country off a list of state sponsors of terrorism, according to a senior Cuban official.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will make child sexual abuse a national priority on a par with organised crime today, as he announces a series of measures to prevent systematic abuse.

The Barbados rugby union has named its squad to contest Saturday’s NACRA 15s championship qualifier against Guyana at the National Park.

Politikles

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A teacher was found hanged to death in a Southern California high school classroom when students arrived yesterday, police and fire officials said, in what was being investigated as an apparent suicide.

Dear Editor, There are too many unsolved mysteries surrounding the current regime of the WICB.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Eight policemen in Venezuela are to be charged after two young men were taken into custody then found shot dead in bushes, the country’s public prosecutor’s office said yesterday.

There has been an understandable public preoccupation (to say nothing of bewilderment) over the recent disclosures regarding the expenditure of healthy sums of tax dollars to meet medical and dental bills for ministers of government and other public officials.