Daily Archive: Sunday, June 29, 2008

– plans to go to police tomorrow The mother of escaped high-profile prisoner and multiple murder accused, Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, has denied any knowledge of the whereabouts of her son, stating that while she always tried to attend court on the days her son made appearances, she was not at the court on the day he escaped, contrary to what the police claimed.

By Iana Seales Hours after celebrating his 35th birthday Pouderoyen businessman, Dirk Pollard reportedly fell asleep at the wheel of his car and died after crashing into two parked vehicles at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.

A female police officer who reportedly walked out of an abusive relationship some time ago was attacked by her former partner at New Amsterdam yesterday.

Gunmen yesterday robbed the makeshift office of B. Shivnauth Construction Company of over $2 million in wages for its workers.

By Dr Clive Thomas As I pointed out last week, one distinctive feature of the skyrocketing of global food prices has been its suddenness.

The Rotary Club of Georgetown elected a new board and committee directors at its annual dinner recently and newly elected President Aubrey Roberts pledged the Club’s continued commitment to community service.

Corporal Mark George, who was shot by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys on Thursday night, was showing slight signs of improvement yesterday, giving his relatives a glimmer of hope that he might pull through safely.

By Ian McDonald Pay a visit to the corner lot at Parade and Cowan Streets as soon as you can.

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– if treated as tropical product The Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation said there is a possibility that Guyana and Suriname could face price reductions for their rice on the European market if a proposal to treat rice as a tropical product is adopted by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

By David Jessop (executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) A few days ago in Washington DC, Dr Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve up to 2006, addressed the Caribbean Tourism Orga-nisation’s first Annual Carib-bean Tourism Summit.

The new Board of Directors of the National Trust of Guyana has been mandated to find out why ten years after it was proposed, Georgetown is not yet inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

By AB Yehoshua AB Yehoshua is one of Israel’s most acclaimed novelists and essayists.

Christopher Holder in a time of 10:32:90 won the junior time trial organized by the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) in preparation for the upcoming Junior Caribbean Championship set for July 11-12 in Curacao.

By Prof S. Arasaratnam, University of New England, Australia David Chanderbali. 

Four masked gunmen attacked and robbed the crewmembers of two fishing boats in two separate locations in the Corentyne River and robbed them of an engine, gasoline, fish, fish glue and groceries.

It will be a moment of truth in the boxing ring when local boxing star ‘Deadly’ Denny Dalton faces Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall  for the national middleweight title on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) promotion card dubbed `Judgement Day.’

The Ministry of Education will tomorrow release the results of the Grade Six assessment written by students in April this year, a release from the GINA said yesterday.

Indian dance is among the most vibrant forms in the contemporary Guyanese theatre. 

A vagrant, who frequented the Alberttown area, died yesterday morning outside a Fifth Street home, much to the consternation of residents.

Arthur Chung, OE, January 10, 1918 – June 23, 2008 Arthur Chung, first president of the republic, died on June 23, aged 90.

Raul Frank might have pulled out but his replacement to fight `Deadly’ Denny Dalton for the national middleweight title of Guyana is – based on his past record – a more formidable opponent.

A farmer at St Ignatius, Lethem on Thursday found a 16-gauge shotgun among some bushes and handed it over to the police.

Dear Editor, Caricom leaders will be meeting for their summit next week in Antigua & Barbuda.

By Eileen Cox The year 2004 marked a turning point for senior citizens in Georgetown who owned property and paid taxes on their houses to the Mayor and City Council.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) condemns the recent attempt to destroy the National Cultural Centre by fire and urges the public to let good sense prevail in the interest of the nation.

By Calvin Roberts Moonchan Sankar, Herlando Allicock, Stefan Gouveia, Rondell Douglas, Clevon Rock and Akeem Alexander are all junior pugilists in training to represent Guyana at the upcoming Caribbean Cadet Junior/Female Boxing Championships in Trinidad next month.

The Licence Revenue Office (LRO) does not facilitate the change of chassis numbers on registration certificates for vehicles and is advising buyers to verify the authenticity of the registration on a vehicle prior to purchase.

By Calvin Roberts When Pamela ‘Grenade’ London goes up against Veronica Blackman in their female heavyweight clash on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) boxing card titled ‘Judgement Day’ on Saturday she is going with one major assurance on her side, God.

‘Bony’ secrets for bonny children: A parental priority By Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Typically, when parents think of their child’s health, they don’t think about their bones.

The map at right shows Lindo Creek, where the eight miners were found dead and their bodies burned.

Dear Editor, I am a frequent reader of your papers and reside abroad.

By Dr Steve Surujbally General considerations Diseases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, one-celled animal organisms (protozoa) and fungi.

Dear Editor, With the recent controversy about pit bull attacks, why don’t some owners understand that failing to enclose their dogs by a fence in a yard with a gate, or keeping their dogs on a leash will prevent these terrible attacks on people.

By Kiev Chesney Defending champion and three-time winner of the Caricom 10k road race Alika Morgan will look to make it four-in-a-row when she competes at the event in Antigua today.

Shoreham Resources Ltd has announced that it has teamed up with Midas Rex Inc as operator for the production of alluvial diamonds, gold and platinum in Guyana.

Dear Editor, We are continuously bewildered by the way the government deals with information and how the Guyana Police Force operates. Partial

By Calvin Roberts Heavy overnight, early morning and midday showers left the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in such a condition that the executives of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) were forced to cancel their replay of first round matches Friday night.

Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

The J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School on the basis of some brilliant teamwork and the loud vocal support of their coaching staff and students came from behind and defeated Lower Corentyne Secondary School in the final of the Berbice Cellink sponsored Inter-Secondary School Volleyball tournament at the Area ‘H’ ground.

By John Warrington We have just passed the summer solstice (the longest day and the shortest night).

The Botanical Gardens and Zoological Park will be closed for business tomorrow between 6:00am and 12:00noon.

Participants at a Guyana Institute of Historical Research (GIHR) forum yesterday on eradicating poverty in the African-Guyanese community.

Dear Editor, Are we indeed about to resume our discussion on a “Georgetown Development Plan still to take off after six years”?

Merundoi outreach Nirvanie Deonauth (right) has the rapt and somewhat amused attention of this group at the Central Garage Car Park where the Merundoi team held an HIV/AIDS awareness outreach activity yesterday.

Dear Editor, I agree with Frank Fyffe’s letter (SN 21.6.08) that Guyana needs more Eusi Kwayanas to critique wrongdoings and to advocate for what is good for the country. 

The University of Guyana Centre for Communication Studies has received a television and print studio donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of a three-year partnership between the two entities.

Last Saturday Mr Leonard Arokium emerged from the jungle with a horrific tale to tell: all eight of his men – two of whom were close relatives – had been killed in the most brutal fashion and their bodies burnt at his mining camp in Lindo Creek.

We shall require tens of thousands of engineers and hundreds of thousands of overseers, mechanics and other technicians.