Daily Archive: Thursday, September 4, 2008

– six persons arrested A 37-year-old father of three was yesterday found dead in his Bloomfield, Corentyne village days after he went missing subsequent to attending a religious function.

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang is likely to commence a liquidation hearing into Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) later this month following a High Court application by the Bank of Guyana (BoG) some two months ago.

– 16-year-old in custody Disapproval of a boyfriend/ girlfriend relationship ended in murder late Tuesday night at Paradise, East Coast Demerara, when a 20-year-old man was stabbed to death.

A machine that could diagnose many types of heart disease using cutting edge techniques, and in as little as ten minutes, is now accessible to locals at a New Market Street laboratory.

The police are urging all law-abiding citizens to encourage their relatives living a life of crime “to turn from their wicked ways”.

The new academic year for the University of Guyana will commence later than is usual because the final stage of the asbestos removal is yet to be ironed out.

– Guyana not listed among locations Marriott International has announced the operations of five new hotels for the Caribbean and Latin American region with two opening this year and another three in 2010, but no mention was made of one in Guyana.

PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar yesterday slammed the PNCR’s questioning of the credibility of the voters’ list and its claims that its scrutineers were unable to do their job during the recent house-to-house registration owing to non-payment of stipends as misleading.

A Brazilian who was aboard a dredge in the Wenamu River, was held at gun point early yesterday morning and robbed of a quantity of raw gold by three men, two of whom were armed with guns.

More than 40 lambs from the Texel embryo transfer programme conducted at the Nat-ional Agriculture Research Institute (NARI) have so far been born with many more on the way.

No one died in the boat mishap in the Essequibo River last Sunday as was stated in a Guyana Police Press release on Monday.

Disgruntled employees of Demerara Timbers Ltd yesterday picketed its office in Kingston to demonstrate their frustration at the treatment being meted out to them by the company.

The National Association of Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) is urging the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to honour the tribunal award to reinstate the nine employees it had dismissed as its actions could lead to serious industrial turbulence.

A post-mortem examination performed yesterday on the body of the 79-year-old woman, who was on Monday found dead in her home revealed that she died as a result of a wound to the back of her neck.

Two of the four Chinese nationals injured in an accident at the Eccles Industrial Site on Tuesday night are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital after undergoing surgery while the other two are in the accident ward.

The first witness was cross-examined in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the advocating a terrorist act charge against Oliver Hinckson in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese back home on vacation for Carifesta, I am particularly delighted to see that the City of Georgetown has opted to establish a Police Bike Patrol Unit.

Twelve families who had occupied the building which collapsed at Hadfield and Smyth streets were homeless after the disaster but they will soon receive house lots and homes following the intervention of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, the Ministry of Housing and Food for the Poor (Guyana).

Jehovah’s Witnesses will congregate at the National Park this weekend for the church’s annual convention to be held under the theme ‘Guided by God’s Spirit’.

A grandmother and an expectant father who assaulted and wounded each other were ordered to pay court costs after they refused to offer evidence against each other.

Dear Editor, I have always advocated that a country’s citizens should make constructive criticisms when they see things going wrong in their land, but should also be willing to give praise when and where it is due.

Dear Editor, The security forces have managed to end the criminal career of Guyana’s most wanted, Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins, and at the same time have dealt a blow to the criminal enterprise operating in our society.

An unbeaten half century from former national under-19 opener Rajindra Chandrika (71*, 2×4;1×6) guided Steven Jacobs’ XI to a six-wicket victory over Travis Dowlin’s XI in the first trial match organized by the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

Courts customer Jermaine Chattersingh (left) receives his RCA mini stereo system from Courts Power House Manager Natasha Ali yesterday.

– Public Works, Local Govt ministries Several weeks after Plaisance residents voiced concerns about a Vryheid’s Lust developer filling in a trench to establish a business, the matter is yet to be resolved.

A 30-year-old man was placed on $25,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of snatching a gold chain from a man at the Sophia Exhibition Centre.

Cuba’s outgoing Ambassador to Guyana Franscisco Marchante Castellanos said that his three years spent here were fruitful and memorable, the highlight being the signing of several agreements with the government here and President Bharat Jagdeo’s visit to Cuba.  

Two young men who allegedly stole a hose belonging to the Guyana Fire Service and broke and entered another man’s property and stole a quantity of items from him were placed on $100,000 bail each when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Amerindians must be empowered to be self-sufficient and not to rely on handouts from the government and other agencies, the PNCR said in a message for Amerindian Heritage Month.

A Sherwin Grimes double in the 16th and 37th minutes helped steer Beacons to a 2-1 victory over Houston Stars as action in the Banks Beer-sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) First Division competition continued at Independence Park (Parade Ground) on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, The new school term has started for many schools.

Untouchables were untouch-ed by Wild Fire’s flames and they also stopped Unstop-pable in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized  Memorex Enterprise 15-overs countrywide softball tournament at the Crabwood Creek ground last Sunday.

Dear Editor, I watched 60 Minutes on Sunday, August 31 as Scott Pelley interviewed some people in Afghanistan who had witnessed and survived the American bombing of a settlement in that country in March.

– court hears A mother of five who allegedly threw pepper sauce on another woman was placed on $15,000 bail when she appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Ten children, who performed well at the National Grade Six Assessment, were awarded with bursaries by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) on Tuesday.

Operations at an aquaculture farm at Onverwagt, West Berbice may soon restart.

Remembering the 1823 Demerara slave uprising By Winston McGowan Each year in the month of August some Guyanese remember an important event in our country’s history.

In his recently published book The new paradigm for financial markets – the credit crisis of 2008 and what it means the billionaire speculator, former hedge-fund manager and philanthropist George Soros paints an exceedingly grim picture of the state of the financial system today, primarily in America but also in other parts of the developed world.

– No place for Ryan Fredericks After watching the recent Busta clash the Essequibo panel of selectors has named a fourteen member squad to face Demerara and Berbice in the El Dorado Inter-county one-day matches.

Joseph S. Nye is Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and author, most recently, of The Powers to Lead.

Sherry Mars of Mings Products and Services hands over the keys of the motorcycle to Doris Lewis, Presi-dent of the St Joseph Mercy Hospital Aux-iliary, while Colin Ming, Managing Dir-ector of Mings Servi-ces and Georgiena Mentore Director of Human Resources at the hospital look on.

A clothes vendor who allegedly assaulted and wounded the mother of his children was placed on $25,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, Why is everything done in Guyana seen as either black or white and not sometimes as grey?

The following two articles were partially published in the September issue of the Guyana Review which appeared in the Wednesday September 3, 2008 issue of the Stabroek News: On Federation – CLR James Whose Freedom At Midnight – Clem Sewcharrasn The second and concluding part of each of the two articles will appear in the October issue of the Guyana Review.