Articles published on Monday, July 7, 2008
Five persons died in a horrific smash-up involving a car and a pick-up on the Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara public road last night, Dead are brothers 20-year-old Jason and 17-year-old Julian Martin, 19-year-old Colin Fredericks of Plaisance, 16-year-old Ezra Ferguson, and 25-year-old Royston Dempster of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne Dredge owner, Leonard Arokium has challenged the police to produce the eyewitness they say they have fingering Guyana’s most wanted, Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and his gang as being responsible for the deaths of the eight miners at Lindo Creek sometime last month.
By Miranda La Rose Arguments in the application to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by Trinidad Cement Limited and TCL Guyana Limited (TGI) to be granted special leave to commence proceedings against the Guyana government have been heard but a ruling has been reserved for a later date.
Newly-appointed Secretary General of the Guyana National Commission for UNESCO, Inge Nathoo has begun the process of trying to get Guyana’s nomination back on track for the World Heritage list as the project has been dormant in recent years.
A man died after being struck down on the East Bank Demerara public road close to the Soesdyke junction last evening.
-part of $30M education outlay for Region Six Students of the Mibicuri Secondary School at Black Bush Polder will soon benefit from an information technology (IT) laboratory as part of a $30M allocation to boost the education sector in Region Six.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne Matters got heated in parliament on Thursday when members of the PNCR-1G labelled the debate on two bills dealing with visiting forces a farce and refused to debate the last bill leading one PPP/C member to call them “lazy”.
The reputed husband of Shaneeza Khan, who was found dead, her throat slit at her Enmore, East Coast Demerara home in April, was arrested by police yesterday and is a patient at the George-town Public Hospital (GPH), having been suspected of ingesting poison.
Dear Editor, I was glad to see that due tributes were paid to the late President Chung, and that acting Chancellor Singh took the opportunity to respond to those who have been making attacks on the Judiciary.
The PNCR says the sooner the Caribbean Community recognises that it needs to foster a sense of ownership between the people of the region and the integration process it will assume a greater urgency and movement.
Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese by birth; as a matter of fact I was born in British Guiana.
President Bharrat Jagdeo in extending 35th Caribbean Community (Caricom) anniversary greetings says that Guyana is unswervingly committed to the regional integration movement.
Dear Editor, To bring you up to date about what has happened since my letter (‘Why is water cut off so early on the East Coast?’
At the Reliance Court on Wednesday, Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid-Edmond further remanded to prison the four men who were charged with three counts of robbery under arms and one count of possession of ammunition at Adelphi, Canje.
Timeless: A traditional Amerindian home dwarfed by a nearby mountain at Arau in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni).
Dear Editor, As we approach congress, party members should be aware that not only do they have the future of the party in their hands but also the future of the government and the country.
A 32-year-old Linden man is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing gunshot wounds he allegedly sustained during an altercation with a guard at Omai yesterday.
Dear Editor, The front-page leads in the Friday, June 27, 2008 issues of the two most widely circulated dailies in Guyana – Stabroek News and Kaieteur News – quoted respectively from (1) a statement made by acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene, and (2) from a Joint Services report which indicated that “All signs point to ‘Fineman’” and “Police analysis suggests that ‘Fineman’ killed miners.”
Eastman wrests middleweight title from Dalton Former world boxing contender 37-year-old Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman utilized his vast ring experience to wrestle the national middleweight title from `Deadly’ Denny Dalton by a majority decision in the main bout of the “Judgment Day” professional card held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Saturday night.
A man who pleaded guilty to stealing from a church was sentenced to two years imprisonment when he appeared at the Reliance Court on Wednesday before Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid-Edmond.
From Calvin Roberts at the Kensington Oval, Barbados Compliments of Ansa Mc Al, Cummings Electrical, P&P Insurance, Hanes (Guyana) Limited and Cellular Planet A four- wicket haul from fast bowler Leon Scott 4-37), fine leg-spin bowling by Jonathan Foo (3-15) along with a resilient innings of 77 from Jeetendra Sookdeo, his second half century of the match, spurred Guyana to a five-wicket win over the Leeward Islands in their first round encounter of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL-sponsored 2008 Under-19 cricket tournament at the Kensington Oval ground here yesterday.
A man, who reportedly fell off a lorry that was transporting lumber, succumbed to the injuries sustained, while undergoing treatment at the Port Kaituma Hospital on Saturday.
Dear Editor, The fact that the United States Department of Justice and, the Federal Bureau of Inves-tigation (FBI) conveyed to the Government of Guyana their decision not to provide forensic scientific assistance for the Lindo Creek tragedy, it would be reasonably expected that the government swiftly engage in plan B.
A police constable is under close arrest after a gun and ammunition, which he was unable to account for, was found in his possession on Saturday.
……AAG plays true to form By Orin Davidson The name Blackmore is synonymous with boxing which was once the pride of Guyana’s sports when Lennox reigned supreme.
A speed gun at work on Friday. (July 7, 2008)
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Friday remanded a man who allegedly robbed another of $230,000 worth of jewellery.
Dear Editor, Our public transport system, more specifically the minibus system, is in a putrid state.
Progressives and Pan-Africanists: Our collective duty to Zimbabwe (Horace Campbell is a Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University.
A 21-year-old man, who stabbed his mother several times, was slapped with a three-year sentence when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Dear Editor, Mr de Freitas is back again taking my words out of context.
A state-owned big bus service By Sara Bharrat with photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man and woman in the street what they thought about the state resuming a big bus service.
Considering how much time has elapsed since the discovery of the remains at Camp Lindo and the disarranging of the site, it is vital that the government move speedily to secure skilled pathologists and forensic investigators.
Bird watching on the sea wall (July 7,2008)
Guyana’s efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS praised-St Lucia suggests regional fundraising St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has lauded Guyana’s efforts to ensure that other Caribbean countries also benefit and expressed hope that other Heads of Government would support plans to raise funds to tackle HIV/AIDS in the region.
