Articles published on Thursday, May 1, 2008
-police question four men By Nigel Williams and Heppilena Ferguson Police up to late yesterday were questioning four men in connection with the abduction and slaying of city businessman, Farouk Kalamadeen whose headless body was found near a trench in Kingston early yesterday morning.
By Nigel Williams Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee says that the country’s lawmen had to take the fight to the criminals noting that the assault on the East La Penitence police station on Tuesday night shows that the armed gangs have resurfaced with a plan to create terror and instability.
-after McDoom hold-up The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) says that it will be holding discussions with Community Policing Groups (CPGs) about the level of protection for its workers on assignment in certain areas, following the robbery of one of its employees at gunpoint in McDoom, Greater Georgetown.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) is urging Guyanese workers to ensure that the social and economic gains fought for in the past are not eroded by the increasingly unequal distribution of the nation’s wealth and resources.
The post-mortem examination on the body of 22-year-old Travis Parks, who was fatally shot on Sunday, has revealed that he died as a result of a gunshot injury to his abdomen.
-80% of respondents say in NACTA poll An opinion survey conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) has found that most Guyanese want President Bharrat Jagdeo to end the suspension imposed on CNS (Sharma) TV preventing it from broadcasting.
The ban against Jamaican singers Bounty Killer and Mavado constitutes an important move in recognizing the link between violent lewdness and sexual violence against women as well as hatred of gays and lesbians, the National AIDS Committee (NAC) said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I refer to the government’s proposal to drain the backlands at Buxton and to state that this concept was addressed by the Hydraulics Division during the 60s and abandoned on account of the cost and other factors involved.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has told workers in his May Day message that the challenges being faced today require new forms of solidarity which would not encourage confrontation and division.
Dear Editor, I was touched by the recent memorials to Satyadeow Sawh, published on another anniversary of his death.
– GPSU The GPSU says workers’ reasonable expectations for improvements in their quality of life have been frustrated, if not shattered, and it hopes that a united Trade Union Movement can face these adversities.
By Heppilena Ferguson The partly nude and headless body suspected to be that of missing businessman Farouk Kalamadeen was discovered this morning on Cowan Street, Kingston, around 200 yards from Camp Street.
Dear Editor, About 6:15 am on Monday April 2, 2008, while walking on the Aurora public road not too far away from the police station, I noticed some children crossing and other road signs uprooted and lying by the side of the public road and some in a nearby drain.
Dear Editor, They say that a dog is a man’s best friend.
By Nigel Williams Photos by Jules Gibson In another brazen assault last night mirroring recent attacks on the police headquarters and the Bartica police station, gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunshots on the East La Penitence police station sending ranks scampering for cover.
Relatives say son identified Kalamadeen’s body -DNA test to be done After weeks of speculation, reports and arrests, missing Jiffi Lubes owner Farouk Kalamadeen was believed found dead this morning a stone’s throw away from the headquarters of the Guyana Police Force.
Dear Editor, “Killed on the spot last night when a lumber truck attempting to avoid stray cows on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara, crashed into a route number 44 minibus transporting passengers from Georgetown en route to Mahaica.”
Even if he had no work for you he would find work for you if you told him you were desperate for a job,” an employee of Farouk Kalamadeen said this morning.
Dear Editor, It was indeed a great pleasure to see that the Regional Administration of Region #9 has constructed an alternate road from Lethem to Katoonarib which connects Lethem to the Deep South Rupununi.
Dear Editor, “A 22-year-old man was fatally shot in his back at Holmes Street, Tiger Bay yesterday allegedly by guards attached to the MMC Security Force”.
An ongoing court matter concerning the dilapidated house at 43 Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara (EBD) may be preventing the Mayor and City Council from demolishing the building which residents say is a threat to their safety.
Athletics will retain unbeaten run, says Wilson By Kiev Chesney Manager of this year’s Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) athletics team, Lynden Wilson, is confident that the athletics team will maintain its winning streak at the 2008 IGG which starts today in Suriname.
Dear Editor, President Jagdeo has spoken several times about the Fidelity-GRA fraud.
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is calling on the Trades Union Movement to use Labour Day to address better wages and a cost of living allowance to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living.
By Kiev Chesney President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Gokarn Ramdhani, donned his playing apparel and teamed up with Mark Chang to win the men’s doubles final of the (GBA) Open doubles tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last Friday.
A 42-year-old man who allegedly stole a battery worth $36,000 on Tuesday lied by saying that he was a baker when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir is calling on workers to take back control of their unions if the leaders are not serving in their best interests.
Vice-captain of the Guyana Fullbore shooting team, Dylan Fields, led the first day’s aggregate at the West Indies Rifle Shooting Champion-ships at the Twickenham Rifle Ranges in Jamaica yesterday.
The ruling PPP says that the Guyanese working class has much to celebrate as the rights of workers have been respected and upheld by the government which has demonstrated its working class sympathies by its actions.
Lorry driver remanded on three counts of causing death The driver of the motor lorry in the Bee Hive smash-up, in which three persons were killed, was remanded yesterday after he was charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Dear Editor, Those of us who knew the man either as a close friend, co-worker, fellow public servant, fellow Guyanese, or “folklorist extraordinaire,” in whatever grouping we may have known him, one thing for sure, we will always remember the nostalgic moments he provided.
A 15-year-old lad was remanded for report and sentencing after he pleaded guilty yesterday before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle to a charge of being found in a building with intent to commit a felony.
The agriculture ministry on Tuesday handed over a number of fruit trees and vegetable seeds to the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) to enlist them in encouraging the public to ‘Grow more’.
By Calvin Roberts An unbeaten 81 from Essequibo all rounder Dellon Heyliger, helped guide Eugene La Fleur’s XI to 262-8 at the end of the first day of the first three-day trial match organized by the Guyana Cricket Board against Royston Alkins’s XI at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground Thomas Lands yesterday.
Led by solid half centuries from Steven Jacobs and Shemroy Barrington, the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) blew away Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar by 88 runs yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground (GCC) in the Carib Beer Pepsi Cup Tournament.
Dear Editor, In the Tulsidas Ramayana, (Sri Ramcharitmanasa), one of the important parts is the dialogue between Lord Rama and Kakbhusundi, where Lord Rama explains about the compassion for devotees.
Tomorrow, seed padi will be sold at $5,500 per 140-lb bag at the Burma Rice Research Station, Mahaicony by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).
Through a Court Order, Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) yesterday blocked the Guyana Forestry Commis-sion (GFC) from enforcing a stop order on its Timber Sales Agreement (TSA) and from collecting a fine of over $80M for alleged breaches in harvesting regulations.
“East Indian Immigration, 1838-1917 in Guyana” By Tota C.Mangar May 5, 2008 commemorates the 170th Anniversary of the arrival of East Indian indentured immigrants in Guyana the former colony of British Guiana.
The recent passing of two very different regional poets, offers an opportunity to consider the diminishing role of literary culture in the contemporary Caribbean.
Digicom on Tuesday donated one ACR Laptop computer to the Carifesta Secretariat to support its operations to host Carifesta X.
A 60-year-old woman who was charged with murdering her husband was remanded to prison when she appeared before Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop at the Blairmont Court yesterday.
By Calvin Roberts The size and weight advantages held by Trinidad and Tobago’s rugby players caused defending champions Guyana to go down to their opponents in the final of the North American West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) 15’s World Cup qualifying competition in the Grand Cayman last Sunday.
Dear Editor, The coming to light of a polygamous paedophiliac cult in Texas has thrown the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints in another one of its multitude of historical controversies.
