Daily Archive: Saturday, May 2, 2015

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Eighteen wickets fell on an extraordinary second day, leaving the third and final test between West Indies and England intriguingly poised in Barbados today.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s second child and a great grand-daughter to Queen Elizabeth.

President Donald Ramotar (right) visiting  Police Head Quarters, Eve Leary early this morning at the start of voting today for the Discipline Services.

Voting got underway today in the 2015 general and regional elections with members of the Disciplined Services voting throughout the country at designated poling stations.

At about 2250h. yesterday, the police say that Shawn Anys, 37 years of Turkeyen, ECD, went out into his yard to check after dogs were barking continuously and was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has suffered a big blow to its status as the place to invest in the Caribbean after international agency Moody’s downgraded the country’s credit rating from stable to negative.

Accustomed to a friendly May Day audience, President Donald Ramotar was frequently heckled at yesterday’s rally at the National Park as he laid out a case for why his party should be re-elected on May 11th, citing improved benefits over the years and pledging further wage increases.

The opposition coalition APNU+AFC yesterday made a pact with Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and labour unions in Guyana for the resuscitation of collective bargaining should it win the May 11th general and regional polls.

Campaign co-chair for APNU+AFC Raphael Trotman says that the coalition’s manifesto, released on Thursday, has declared the intention to go after ill-gotten wealth if it wins the upcoming general elections.

As police continue a search for Allan Barker, who allegedly stabbed his wife to death on Thursday, a friend of the dead woman yesterday reported that the man called and threatened her.

Guyanese writer Imam Baksh was last evening awarded the Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.

Logging company Baishanlin on Thursday admitted that it has suffered “major setbacks” in completing its long promised wood processing facility and it said that this was due to the lack of adequate funding from its financiers, which it blamed on the “hostile environment” caused by the media.

The opposition coalition APNU+AFC, if elected into office, will develop a comprehensive public security plan that will identify the main causes of violent crimes in Guyana and the mechanisms for their prevention, according to its manifesto.

Presidential candidate for the APNU+AFC David Granger yesterday urged members of the security forces, who will be casting their ballots today, to vote for the coalition so as to ensure their lives are bettered and working conditions are improved.

While miners have reiterated their calls for assistance from the government as the industry is presently in crisis, APNU+AFC Prime Ministerial Candidate Moses Nagamootoo has promised the members of the mining community a specialised committee to deal with their concerns.

Members of the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) on Wednesday defended the party’s manifesto, stating that the promises made within were tangible.

The chances for treatment are drastically being narrowed by cancer patients who only seek medical attention in the latter stages of the disease, according to Oncologist Sayan Chakraborty of the Cancer Institute of Guyana.

Former national swimmer and Olympian Britany Van Lange was recently presented with a certificate of appointment to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.

Opposition coalition APNU+AFC has launched a project to track unofficial elections results from the night of the upcoming May 11th general elections.

Trinidad and Tobago-based company New India Assurance Company Limited has reopened the doors of its Guyana branch.

The strengthening of the security and the judicial sectors will be continued under a re-elected government, the PPP/C says in its manifesto, while stressing on its commitment to safety and maintaining law and public order.

President Donald Ramotar on Thursday commissioned a new fishing complex and a volley ball court at De Edward village, West Coast Berbice.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao weighed in for what has been labelled the ‘Fight of the Century’ yesterday, promising to deliver on the massive hype and give fans the excitement they deserve.

The PPP/C in its campaign manifesto has promised to upgrade the economic infrastructure in Amerin-dian villages so as to ensure the development of Indigenous peoples and the improvement of their lives.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – England captain Alistair Cook stroked his first Test hundred in two years and the 100th at historic Kensington Oval, but a brace of wickets from seamers Jason Holder and Shannon Gabriel, gave West Indies the edge on the opening day of the third Test here yesterday.

A young motorcyclist, who was hit down last Sunday by a speeding minibus, remains bedridden in the hospital and his family says police appear to be protecting both the driver and the owner of the bus, who are an ex-policeman and a serving member of the force.

At last!   It seems somewhat surreal that a bout between the two biggest stars in boxing is actually taking place albeit some five years after fight fans longed to see the two gladiators in the ring.

The Lancaster Secondary School at Unity, Mahaica commissioned a new wing, which houses a computer lab and an Industrial Engineering department, on Wednesday.

Fruta Conquerors-A and Western Tigers were amongst the winners when the inaugural I-Net Communications sponsored Fruta Conquerors u-13 football league continued yesterday at the Tucville Community ground.

Dear Editor, About one and a half years after the PPP got into power, I reminded Dr Jagan that one of the promises he had made in 1992 was to reduce the powers of the president.

Amelia’s Ward Russians and Wisroc will compete for the fourth annual Linden Guinness of the Streets championships after securing semi-final victories over Retrieve Unknown and Star Boyz respectively on Thursday.

Dear Editor,   Please allow me to comment on the article titled `Govt.

Tributes continue to pour in for the late Guyana Chronicle sports reporter Calvin Roberts with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) all expressing sadness on his untimely passing.

Dear Editor, More than one week ago the TV programme SPOTLIGHT aired a rather sobering discussion on domestic violence, including sexual abuse.

With just about a week to the May 11, 2015 General and Regional Elections, the Guyana Elections Commission would like to urge all registered electors to vote for the party of your choice on Elections Day.

Melissa Dow-Richardson won the Ms Guyana Renaissance crown and title early last month, besting 10 other mature Guyanese women in the 7th edition of the pageant conceptualised by Negla Brandis.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After more than 50 years in the public arena, former U.S.

Dear Editor, Guyana has produced many outstanding citizens who have dedicated their lives to lifting up their fellow human beings both as individuals and as communities.

Dear Editor,   The removal of Minister Ramsaran from the political landscape at this moment in time (even though he should have been sacked the same day he destroyed his political career), is not the end of this story because if the PPP wins, Comrade Bheri will certainly be partially reinstated in a lower position.

(Trinidad Express) Moody’s Investors Service, the credit rating agency that conducts international financial research on bonds issued by commercial and government entities on Thursday downgraded Trinidad and Tobago’s government bond rating, and issuer rating to Baa2 from Baa1 and changed the outlook to negative from stable.

BALTIMORE, (Reuters) – Baltimore’s chief prosecutor charged one police officer with murder yesterday and five others with lesser crimes in the death of a young black man who suffered a critical neck injury in the back of a police van, a case that fueled new anger over police treatment of minorities.

The cream of the nation’s wheelsmen will renew their rivalry today when Hassan Mohamed resumes his cycling calendar with a criterium event.

So caught up are we in the throes of the ‘silly season’ that World Intellectual Property Day came and went on Sunday last without so much as a blip on our collective consciousness – at least for the most part.

Dear Editor,   I refer to Swami Aksharananda’s letter of May 1, 2015 in SN (`We are being told that when Africans vote for the PNC they are asserting ethnic pride but when Indians vote for the PPP it is racism’).

(Trinidad Express) Cabinet on Thursday agreed to contribute US $150,000 (almost TT $1 million) to the emergency appeal of the International Federation of the Red Cross to provide vital aid to earthquake stricken Nepal.

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The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has shortlisted several squads to prepare for possible participation at three major championships.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – Thousands of people were still missing in Nepal yesterday as food and help began to trickle through to those stranded in remote areas after last week’s earthquake which killed 6,250.

Dear Editor, For many of us residing in the Guyanese diaspora, it has become a nightmare to follow and figure out exactly what is going on with regard to the upcoming general election.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak, saying the entire state was at risk from the spread of the disease.

Reduced to 10 men following the sending off of one of their key players, Guyana’s Golden Jaguars suffered their first loss in the third coming of Jamaal Shabazz, going under to Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rival Suriname by a 1-0 margin on Thursday at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium in Paramaribo.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ justice system has been called a joke, nothing but play-acting and “spinning top in mud” by senior lawyer and former head of the Bar Association, Andrew Pilgrim, QC.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies batsmen Lendl Simmons and Kieron Pollard played cameos to help Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by eight runs here yesterday and continue their climb off the bottom rung of the Indian Premier League.

After a week in which the Baltimore riots have received round-the-clock coverage and analysis in the US media, it has become increasingly noticeable that many of the most intelligent comments on the situation are made by people who do not belong to the professional commentariat.

Dear Editor,   The APNU+AFC manifesto released on 30th April certainly raises as many questions as it provides nebulous policies.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Armed men shot at a Mexican army helicopter in the western state of Jalisco yesterday, killing three military personnel and injuring 12 others as the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing, the Defense Ministry said.

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NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two more women, a writer and an actress, on Friday said comedian Bill Cosby had sexually assaulted them decades ago, bringing the list of his accusers to more than 40.