Daily Archive: Saturday, August 30, 2008

A policeman in a fit of rage yesterday shot his lover twice in the yard at the back of her La Penitence home and then turned his service revolver on himself.

Family members have positively identified the bodies of wanted men Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and Jermaine `Skinny’ Charles and post-mortem examinations are to be performed on Monday.

Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) has agreed to pay $80M for breaches occurring in its forest concession but indicated yesterday that it plans to take legal action against another timber company operating within TPL’s concession which it says is responsible for some of the breaches.

Minister of Labour, Manzoor Nadir yesterday appointed the arbiters for the sugar wage dispute which crippled the industry for three days this week.

Many Zoom passengers in Guyana will be affected by the airline’s announcement on Thursday of a suspension of operations because of bankruptcy proceedings.

The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday congratulated the Joint Services for putting one of the “most gruesome and abominable chapters” in the country’s criminal history to rest. 

Street Bandit believed hit Shots were exchanged yesterday near the corner of Lamaha and Thomas streets around 3.30 pm when a gunman attempted to rob the payroll courier at the COPS security service headquarters.

Dear Editor, I express my happiness and a sigh of relief upon hearing the news of the demise of the two notorious  fugitives, Rondell Rawlins called ‘Fineman’ and Jermaine Charles called ‘Skinny.’

The PNCR,  after repeatedly calling for the publication of the report on torture allegations against the Guyana Defence Force and  the Guyana Police Force, says it is appropriate to remind the government that torture is in violation  of the Guyana Constitution.

Dear Editor, The foundation of a trade union to represent workers in any undertaking is recognition by the employer.

A Mazaruni Prisons warder is in police custody after a quantity of cannabis was found in his possession on Thursday.

Many soccer fans would like to know the real reasons why the Guyana national football team – the Golden Jaguars- as the team is called –  failed to get past nemesis Suriname earlier this year and advance to the next round of the FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament.

– but no place for King, McGarrell and Christian The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) senior selection panel yesterday named a provisional thirty-two member squad to contest the El Dorado Inter-County 50-overs competition.

When Suriname heard Guyana was hosting Carifesta X its cultural gurus were immediately propelled into action as they wanted to show some “neighbourly love” by bringing the largest contingent to the culture and art celebrations.

Dear Editor, The editorial of Thursday, August 28, 2008 in the Stabroek News was especially lengthy, taking up all but 16 column inches of a whole page.

A magnificent innings of 174 by national player and former West Indies under-19 batsman Gajanand Singh has placed Young Warriors in a commanding position at the end of the first day of their Isaac Bissoon 2007 three-day first division cricket final against neighbours Rose Hall Community Centre at the Rose Hall Community centre ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, I was reading the KN and the SN on August 27 and 28, respectively, and I had to laugh very loud to know that at every given opportunity – on radio and television and in newsprint – I mention that artists’ copyright is very, very important.

Super what? It was an amazing stroke of brilliance or luck (we suspect it was the latter) that saw the organizers of the second Carifesta concert at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Sunday night, select Kirk Jardine as host.

By Carifesta Rebel ‘I can feel the love, come on, hot wuk…ay ay ay ay ay ay ayieeeeee”, pop superstar Marc “I can feel the love” Anthony aka ‘New Coif boy’, screamed into the microphone and did the dutty wine much to the delight of his screaming fans at Providence yesterday.

Defending Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Clico Inter-county under-17 2007 champions Berbice have named a strong 20-man squad to contest this year’s championship slated to commence one week from today.

One of a kind chicken curry Hi Everyone, For years I have missed eating chicken curry they way I wanted to, the way I had grown to love it.

Dear Editor, I am so disappointed in state television’s handling of probably one of the biggest bombshell news stories of our time, the killing of Guyana’s most wanted criminal element and members of his gang.

-3 exhibitions you must see before the festival closes Art is subjective.

Gorgeous bags, hats, jewellery and hot, edgy hairstyles were promised and they were delivered at the Carifesta’s Hair and Accessory Show on Wednesday night at the Sophia exhibition site.

Dear Editor, “He said the two male Africans were identified by two Prison Officers as wanted men Rondell Rawlins, called ‘Fineman’ and Jermaine Charles, called ‘Skinny.’”

By Calvin Roberts A helmet trick of goals in 18 minutes from  “Golden Jaguars’ Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams guided tournament host Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United to a 7-1 hammering  of Rosignol United, while Pele  Football Club inflicted a one nil defeat on Topp XX as quarterfinal action  in the Alpha United Carifesta football fiesta continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Thursday  night.

The CXC Theatre Arts workshop held on Thursday was a resounding success, facilitator Yvonne Weekes said.

…Solomon to lead Demerara The lone two-day under-17 trial match organized by the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) to select their team to contest the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board/Clico-sponsored 2008 under-17 Inter-County two-day competition ended in a tame draw at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

The Guyana National Stadium was on Thursday night transformed into a big church, as thousands of people poured into the ground to be part of the much-anticipated Carifesta Gospel Celebration.

Dear Editor, I would appreciate your help with finding, from among your readers, information on the work of Sir John Harrison CMG (1856-1926), Island Professor of Chemistry and Agricultural Science (Barbados, 1879-1889) and Government Analyst, Professor of Chemistry, and Director of Agriculture (British Guiana, 1889-1926).

Cougars Football Club (F.C) defeated Rosignol United at the Rosignol Community Development Centre (CDC) ground when the Berbice Football Association’s 2008 Coca Cola Senior League Tournament continued recently.

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bandhu, his employees and the Guyanese people of Brooklyn New York extend their congratulations to President Bharrat Jagdeo, the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Defence Force/Guyana Police Force in freeing the nation from yet another notorious bandit, Rondell Rawlins aka Fineman and his cohorts Jermaine Charles and Shawn Grant, who have been responsible for so many gruesome killings of innocent people in our great country.

Hopetown on the West Coast Berbice, the home of the annual pre-Emancipation Day soiree for over 50 years, on Wednesday night presented less than the genuine article the village is renowned for, after financing for the event was only provided the day before.

New York-based Guyanese Roger Gary is one of eight international designers who will be featured in a major upcoming fashion week show in the Big Apple city.

Dear Editor, Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech made exactly forty-five years after that famous speech ‘I have a dream’ by the late Martin Luther King should not be regarded as coincidental, but rather destiny in making.

Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Tuesday remanded a man accused of having carnal knowledge of a girl between the ages of 15 and 16.

If the Carifesta secretariat did not deliver on any of the other promises it made it certainly hit the nail on its head when it promised that the Jamaican play, River Bottom, would have been a “belly full of laughter.”

The Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground will come alive tomorrow with the commencement of the fourth annual Clive ‘Breezer’ Nedd Memorial Masters football tournament which is scheduled to kick-off at 11am.

When the prices of food and oil on the world market eventually peak, and there is no indication that this will happen any time soon, there will be millions more poverty-stricken people, particularly in developing countries – not that this is totally unexpected.

At just 72, one of Guyana’s best comedic actors has again been admitted to the hospital and is feeling disappointed that he was not invited to be a part of Carifesta.