Daily Archive: Thursday, June 26, 2008

High-profile murder accused Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles escaped from custody at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon.

Jagdeo says police have different ballistics info President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that an independent forensic pathologist will arrive here soon to conduct an investigation into the slaughter of eight miners at a remote diamond mining camp in the country’s hinterland.

‘Never used since confiscated’ President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the spy equipment seized from drug accused businessman, Roger Khan over five years ago by the army is in the custody of the police and it has never worked since it was confiscated.

-blames omissions on rush to pass laws President Bharrat Jagdeo has staunchly defended the granting of concessions and tax holidays to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) and says antibiotics and textile ventures being invested in are truly pioneering, since no other company in the country is engaged in these industries.

The last time that Maureen Harris spoke to her husband, Bonny, was three weeks ago when he sent her some money and promised more a few days later.

President Bharrat Jagdeo doubts whether Guyana would affix its signature to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the Cariforum countries when the Caricom Heads of Government meet in Antigua and Barbuda next week.

-says heard reference to June 10 fire in area Courtney Wong, who last Sunday took members of the joint services to the Lindo Creek camp where the burnt remains of the eight miners were, says the camp is hidden from those travelling on the ground and to find it one has to rely on intelligence because the terrain is rough.

By Calvin Roberts There will definitely be some new faces on the Guyana senior team that will be contesting the upcoming Digicel Caribbean Cup which is slated to commence in August, according to president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass.

A man had to be rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital  (GPH) yesterday after sustaining several gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen.

The Caribbean Community and the global food frenzy Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries really ought not to have found themselves  caught up in the current global food frenzy that has spawned gloomy  predictions of widespread starvation  unless the international community takes action now to increase food production significantly over the next decade or so.

By Donald Duff Guyana’s top female table tennis racquet wielders Trenace Lowe and Michelle John have qualified for the Pan American junior championships set for Halifax, Canada from July 7-11.

The body of a male was yesterday found on the foreshore of the Kitty seawall but there were no visible marks of violence.

Juan Carlos Lazo upsetted Nicholas Naraine when action in the much anticipated, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (G T & T) sponsored National Senior Squash Championships served off on Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club courts.

Security sector reform and the Guyana Police Force Tuesday 3 December 2002 was an ordinary workaday morning at the start of the Christmas shopping season in Georgetown’s central business district.

Global action on mercury to project human health and the environment – WWF views Rickford Vieira, WWF-Guianas Regional Goldmining Pollution Abatement Coordinator, February 2008 Between 2001 and 2007, UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum (UNEPGC/GMEF) held several meeting to discussed the issue of global mercury use and human health and decisions were taken to further develop UNEP’s Mercury Program by initiating and disseminating a report summarizing supply, trade and demand information on mercury.1 Another decision requested that governments, the private sector and international organizations take immediate action to reduce the risks posed on a global scale in products and production processes and that further long term international action was needed to reduce the risks.

Cyclists in the country will be back in their saddles this weekend when the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) stages its Annual Cycling Championships for junior, senior and veteran riders.

The remains of the miners who were shot and burnt at their work camp at Lindo Creek, Berbice river were flown to the city yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, I have read with interest the responses to the Indian Arrival Committee’s condemnation of a cartoon that appeared in the Sunday Stabroek of  June 15, 2008, and the subsequent responses to its response.

A 19-year-old Corentyne housewife who was robbed of over $300,000 in cash and jewellery around 1 pm on Monday was brutally raped by her victim and had to be treated at the Skeldon Hospital.

Georgetown Cricket Club `A’ will look to increase their lead when they square off with Everest Hikers `B’ in a men’s fixture when six more matches in the Guyana Hockey Board warm-up six-a-side hockey tournament will be played this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Schomburgk’s travels through British Guiana (An extract from Schomburgk’s expedition to the interior.

The Forestry Sector and the WWF Guianas Sustainable Natural Resources Management Programme Stabroek Business has agreed to publish occasional features submitted by the Office of the World Wildlife Fund in Guyana that address environmental and other critical issues in the mining and forestry sectors.

A 16-year-old boy who allegedly stole a bicycle was remanded to prison, pending the appearance of a guardian or parent, when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

By Kizan Brumell Bakewell, manufacturer of the best breads in Guyana officially became a sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) in 2000.

Dear Editor, I refer to the articles (KN June 25, 2008) and (SN June 22, 2008) captioned, ‘Countries not studying Physics are condemned to poverty’ and ‘Physics falling off time-tables,’ respectively.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has added its voice to those calling for a full and independent inquiry into the murder of eight miners at Lindo Camp.

A 20-year-old man who stole a glass door and a number of tools was given the choice of a 10-month-sentence or a $30,000 fine when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

AG may be sued in place of President – judge rules Upholding the immunity of the President in the CN Sharma licence suspension case, Justice William Ramlal said in a ruling yesterday that whoever held that office was not answerable in any court.

Juanita Cox is a PhD student writing her thesis: ‘Edgar Mittelholzer and the Shaping of his Novels’ at the University of Birmingham, UK. 

–Greene By Kiev Chesney Guyana’s top sprinter (locally-based) Rawle Greene moved a step closer to qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games when he clocked his personal best time in the 200m at the Trinidad National Senior Championships last weekend at the Hasley Crawford Stadium.

Dear Editor, On a Walter Rodney Groundings programme which was aired on HBTV CH 9 on February 26, 2008, nearly four months ago, the undersigned on behalf of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) had first raised the spectre of the entry into criminal activity of a large number of young people who came of age under the PPP/C regime or who were born after 1992.

Towards UNESCO World Heritage Listing: Mission Impossible? By Lloyd Kandasammy The beauty of Georgetown and its distinctive wooden heritage has been marvelled at by tourists and architects from around the world.

A man who stole $14,500 worth of various articles was fined $20,000 when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Anyone who has followed the vicissitudes of democracy in the developing world will find the chaos surrounding Zimbabwe’s latest elections all too familiar.

When the Sun and Streets Exploded Part 1 Calypso and World Politics Converged in British Guiana, 1962 By Geoffrey Dunn And I was with them all, When the sun and streets exploded, And a city of clerks turned a city of men.

By Kiev Chesney Linden’s Nicola Jacobs’ performance helped her team blowout the New Amsterdam ladies 75-39 when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation Inter Sub-Association Championships continued on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The police are still to lay charges in the brutal murder of 15-year-old Sheliza Khan whose battered and nude body was found on the Hope Estate Road, East Coast Demerara earlier this month.

Dear Editor, My family have known the Arokiums for a number of years and we  also grieve with them and the other families who have lost loved ones in this dark period.