Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 4, 2015

PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies fast bowling icon Sir Curtly Ambrose has urged discipline from his pace attack when they face reigning World champions India on what is expected to be a lively pitch here tomorrow.

The GRA today said transparency and accountability are at the heart of its operations.

(Trinidad Express) One day after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar called on authorities to wrap up the investigation into emailgate, Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams has announced that multinational Internet service provider Google has provided the information that was sourced and the Police Service (TTPS) is analysing it.

  Not forming an alliance with APNU might have meant the death of the AFC, the party’s leader Khemraj Ramjattan has said even as he emphasised that it was time to move beyond the history of the PNC.

Another Guyanese was busted last week in New York attempting to smuggle cocaine in cans of what he said contained mixed fruit and after the drugs were discovered he then claimed he was paid to smuggle what he thought were diamonds.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation’s ongoing legal woes with Bedessee Imports Ltd have come to an end as it was found that the latter is legally entitled to use the mark of Demerara Gold on its products in North America.

Despite beginning her campaign as Prime Ministerial candidate for the incumbent PPP/C government, Ambassador Elisabeth Harper will continue serving as Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until the end of this month.

ExxonMobil’s rig, Deepwater Champion is in place and is less than a week away from the commencement of drilling for oil in the “Liza” area of the Stabroek Block off the Demerara Coast.

Opposition Leader David Granger says that arrangements have been put in place to ensure that there is a united campaign in Linden for the upcoming elections.

The lawyers for Jarvis Small and Bibi Sharima-Gopaul, the couple on trial for the murder of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul, yesterday asked jurors to find their clients not guilty, while charging that there was a lack of evidence to convict them.

 ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Sports Psychologist and former West Indies team manager Rudi Webster said he suspects that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which has a 42 million dollar claim against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), wants to see the back of president Dave Cameron.

A Guyanese mother and her two children were arrested in Brazil last week as Brazilian police continue to capture alleged members of a drug ring that transported marijuana from Guyana to Brazil.

A 42-year-old man is nursing gunshot injuries he sustained around 11:50 pm on Monday after he was allegedly caught red-handed stealing from a spare parts shop at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara and shot by the owner.

Guyana Jaguars Captain Leon Johnson credits disciplined batting and bowling performances as the factors responsible for the local side maintaining their number one spot in the ongoing West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four Day tournament so far.

National swimmer Hannibal Gaskin captured two events when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s Mashramani competition ended at the National Aquatic Centre, Lilendaal.

Two persons are in custody in connection with the murder of Ryan Sooklall, who was shot and killed at Providence on Sunday, and his sister said yesterday that he was threatened on the very day he met his end by a woman who was accompanied by police.

Mohamed’s Enterprise continued their long standing support of the Kashif and Shanghai Football Tourney, donating the first place package of $2,000,000 and the championship trophy at a simple ceremony hosted at their Lombard Street locale.

New British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn says the immediate priority in the short-term is ensuring transparent elections on May 11.

The man who was found floating in a trench near the Square of the Revolution was yesterday identified as 54-year-old Sarju Gopaul, an alcoholic who would have convulsions after a drinking spree.

National `A’ class champion Khemraj Pooranmall got the better of his arch rival Jiaram to win last weekend’s Open Mashramani draughts competition held at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Owner of the Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall yesterday maintained his silence on the recently dropped tax evasion matter against him and three others saying that a report carried by this newspaper about him was unfair, biased and one-sided.

By Jeff Trotman   Chairman of the Region Ten Commemoration Committee Stanley Collins says the annual bickering over the best place to end the Region Ten Mashramani Parade should finally be put to rest with the unquestionable success of this year’s event.

A 12-member team representing the Guyana Table Tennis Association bagged three titles at the inaugural 2015 Jamaica Winter Table Tennis Open championships played from February 27- March 1 at the Montego Bay Community College.

Former Guyana U19 all-rounder Khemraj Mahadeo’s all-round performance led Rose Hall Town Bakewell to victory over Jai Hinds in the Raffik and Sons 20-overs-a-side tournament for teams in the Lower/Central Corentyne area recently.

Eon Ford, who was charged with attempted murder, was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail after the charge was withdrawn and he was read a new one for unlawful wounding.

A woman will be spending the next three months in prison after she admitted to beating up her neighbour.

The knockout round of the Sparta Boss 32 team first anniversary street football tourney will officially commence tonight at the Sparta Boss Tarmac in East La Penitence.

Media XI opener Ravi Persaud was recently presented with a pair of batting gloves compliments of Tiger Sports, Old Road, Enmore, East Coast Demerara following a good batting performance last Sunday.

Dear Editor, According to the Stabroek News (Friday, Feb 27), our government spent $316 million on the medical expenses of officials and others during a one-year period from 2012 to 2013.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of bus conductor Travis Lowenfield on Monday revealed that he died as a result of haemorrhaging after he sustained a single gunshot wound.

The police have launched an investigation into a break-in at the Grove Post Office, East Bank Demerara which was discovered early yesterday morning.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/A. Ally and Sons Inter Secondary School Under-17 competition continued last weekend with top all-round performances from some of the county’s young talent.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement of the APNU-AFC coalition is a historic moment in Guyanese politics, and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all those who brought this coalition about.

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 yesterday.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, February 25, the people of Hururu, Region 10, signed a deal with Bai Shanlin to lease 27.4 acres of land from their village at $5,000 an acre, for 25 years.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor asked the Federal Supreme Court yesterday to open investigations into politicians who allegedly benefited from a multibillion-dollar kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA , a court official said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I read where Mr Johnson said in his letter to SN that he was grateful that the Committee for the Guyana Prize for literature had taken his advice and extended the closing date for entries.

A man was remanded to prison yesterday after being accused of stealing $75,000 from his grandfather.

Dear Editor, A letter written by Mr GHK Lall in your 2nd March edition captioned ‘Killing of GGMC worker’ caught my attention.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States yesterday that it was negotiating a bad deal with Iran that could spark a “nuclear nightmare,” drawing a rebuke from President Barack Obama and exposing a deepening U.S.-Israeli

WASHINGTON/MIAMI, (Reuters) – The White House has proposed turning Radio Marti, a U.S.

Ricardo Bayley, who was accused of stealing a CG motorcycle from another man, was yesterday cleared of the charge after a court concluded that there was insufficient evidence against him.

The Stag Beer sponsored Brooklyn X2 promotions inter-ward knockout football tourney will officially commence on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden with a doubleheader.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Federal agents raided about 20 Southern California locations yesterday suspected of involvement in “maternity tourism” schemes providing travel, lodging and medical care to pregnant foreign women seeking to give birth in the United States, immigration officials said.

Dear Editor, Some are behaving as if the victory for the APNU-AFC coalition is a foregone conclusion.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian authorities detained a China-flagged ship traveling to Cuba for illegally transporting around 100 tonnes of gunpowder and other materials used to make explosives and arrested the captain, the attorney general’s office said.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has hailed the contributions of its former President Albert Boodhoo, who recently passed away.

The Guyana national men’s basketball team will begin preparations today for their upcoming international series against Bermuda with morning and evening sessions at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia has ordered the Chinese owner of a A$39 million ($31 million) Sydney mansion to sell up, the first crackdown on foreign residential purchases in nearly a decade amid government attempts to cool one of the world’s hottest property markets.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it would respond through diplomatic channels to Venezuela’s demand for a cut in U.S.

Defending champs West Demerara yesterday went down to the East Bank unit by 20 runs in the Demerara Inter-Association Under-17 competition.

Dear Editor, The Sunday Stabroek editorial of March 1, titled ‘Medical expenses’ is revealing, exposing the crassness, self-serving and callous attitude of this PPP administration.

Politikles

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling classified information, with the retired four-star general admitting to giving eight “black books” full of such data to a military mistress who was writing his biography.

Following two trial matches last weekend, the selection committee of the Berbice Cricket Board has shortlisted 20 players to begin training under former West Indies U19 captain and national all-rounder Andre Percival.

Tourist attraction: A group of Japanese tourists seemed very interested in the manatees during a visit to the Botanical Gardens recently.

Dear Editor, Now that Mr Donald Ramotar has been publicly confirmed as the PPP’s presidential candidate, it is appropriate to take a hard, unflinching look at what he stands for, and what he brings to the national table of expectations.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate yesterday threw out a presidential decree that reduces payroll tax breaks for businesses, in a political setback for President Dilma Rousseff’s new fiscal austerity crusade.

Despite periodic statements suggesting that the Commonwealth as an institution no longer has the relevance once attributed to it, clearly there is, in the Caribbean as elsewhere, still a fascination with obtaining the position of Secretary General on the part of Caribbean governments.

I have suggested before that for me, although getting rid of the PPP from government is a necessity at this stage, in our condition it is not a sufficient cause.