Daily Archive: Monday, October 22, 2007

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Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys on Friday denied beauty queen Carolan Lynch’s attorneys’ requests for the negatives of photographs taken of her murdered cambio boss husband, Farouk Razac’s body during the post-mortem.

Two men who are charged with murder were further remanded when they appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan at the Blairmont Court on Monday.

In his most recent defence of the government’s decision to withdraw ads from Stabroek News, President Jagdeo attempted to dismantle the argument by this newspaper that its editorial independence and criticisms of the government were behind the cut-off.

Roberto Duran of ‘no mas’ fame would have been proud. A first round quitter and a third round stoppage was the best that the Dominican Republic had to offer on Saturday night last, at the Thirst Park ground much to the disappointment of the small crowd in attendance.

Guyana won the cycling competition of the annual Inter-Guiana Games when the event climaxed with the 60km cycle road race yesterday.

Vice-President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Rudolph Torrington said yesterday he expected each member of Guyana’s three-man boxing team currently in Chicago, USA to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

After an agonising 1-3 defeat to Suriname last year, Guyana’s male volleyballers came from behind to dethrone Suriname in the final of the Inter-Guiana games volleyball competition yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Supligen U-20 tournament continues today from 4pm at different venues today.

Victory Valley Royals (VVR) moved to the top of the points standings with 18 points after defeating New Ballers 90-68 on Friday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt in a match of the Linden Amateur Basketball Associa-tion/National Communi-cations Network second division tournament.

Dear Editor, It is with deep disquiet that we continue to read about the carnage on our roads, hear the wailing of those mourning family members and friends, and see the agony caused by a few reckless, irresponsible drivers.

Dear Editor, Your October 18, 2007 editorial made reference to measures by the Home Affairs Minister to address the irresponsible driving habits of bus and taxi operators.

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to the faceless attack on my person by the writer of the October 20, 2007, editorial in the Stabroek News captioned “Verbal sexual abuse”.

Dear Editor, I read with intrigue the intention of Stabroek News to picket the meeting of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers.

Dear Editor, My incarceration in the Camp Street prison was a terrible nightmare.

Dear Editor, Occupational problems caused by the use of chemicals in the workplace cover a very wide range of activities.

Dear Editor, When I wrote my last letter about carbon credits and carbon footprints captioned “Does censoring our forests make sense economically?”

Dear Editor, There are many individuals who challenge the authenticity of Global Warming (G.W.),

Six persons including two children and a heavily pregnant woman died after a car suffered a tyre blow-out on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) Highway at Bel Air, near the now abandoned Texaco Gas Station causing the driver to slam head-on into a concrete fence and a guard hut.

Two men died last evening and another two were seriously injured when an unlicensed driver of a minibus in a bid to dodge a police patrol slammed into the concrete culvert on the Supply Public Road, East bank Demerara.

A 53-year-old soldier was early yesterday morning found dead in a barrack room at Camp Stephenson, Timehri with what police said were marks of violence to his head.

Five Water Users’ Associa-tions (WUA) were formed 12 years ago as a pilot project to assist farmers in the Abary/Berbice areas with their secondary drainage and irrigation (D&I) systems but “it never got off the ground.”

Guyanese have a better chance of living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that in many other countries, UNAIDS Country Coordinator for Guyana and Suriname Dr Ruben F Del Prado said in a recent press release.

On Saturday night it was indeed a tough battle for the mature and professional women in the Ms Guyana Renaissance Pageant and at the end of it all 35-year Simone Beckles emerged the winner from a pool of ten.

A 42-year-old man is fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after he was attacked by another man who hit him several times over his head with two bricks.

What type of water do you drink? Tap water, boiled water, rain water or bottled water and why?

With house lot allocation over 70,000 since 1992, the Ministry of Housing is urging allottees to start building on their lots or to visit the ministry to address issues that may be challenging their efforts.

Figures for the last six months (April to September) show that rainfall in Georgetown was 33% above average but Mabaruma in the north west saw 68.5% less rain than normal though this normal figure is based on data from 1951 to 1980.

Director General of Iwokrama Dr David Singh says that the new World Bank initiative to help countries protect forests is relevant to Guyana since it will support not only avoided deforestation, but also avoided degradation.

Three men remain in police custody following the chopping and beating of a Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man, who doctors have since said will likely not survive.

Guyana and Barbados are expected to arrange a number of exchanges as they strive to strengthen development in areas such as agriculture, tourism and other areas of mutual interest.

TravelSpan said a selected group of flight attendant trainees are being trained in Trinidad and in Miami with Ryan International Airlines.