Daily Archive: Sunday, September 21, 2008

A retired Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer may be used as a key witness against drug accused Roger Khan who has since sought to discredit any notion that they could have been co-conspirators in exporting drugs, alleging that he had exposed the former officer’s links to the criminal enterprise in Buxton.

H&F boss Fraser wants James brothers cited for contempt Humphrey Machinery and Frandec (H&F Inc) has moved to have Fix-it Hardware Black and Decker Inc cited for contempt in the Commercial Court, for going against an injunctive order of September 2007 not to recommence work on the H&F Inc property.

The successful settlement of the Guyana/ Suriname maritime boundary dispute is a major victory for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), strengthening the paramountcy of the international rule of law in securing peace resolutions, Sir Shridath Ramphal has said.

Arson is suspected to be the cause of a fire which completly gutted this two-flat, five-bedroom building at Trinity Street, New Amsterdam around 2 am on Friday.

 – JSC mulls demotion The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is yet to reach a decision on the fate of Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys, who has been off the bench for almost two months since being involved in a shooting incident with a member of the police force.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene said the letter he received from the attorney representing mining camp owner Leonard Arokium about a mobile phone of one of the deceased being in active use did not provide enough information, but the matter has since been handed to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

A 43-year-old man was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday night after two men attacked and robbed him, after forcing their way into his home.

A police constable attached to the Central Police Station, New Amsterdam, Berbice, is nursing wounds about his body at the New Amsterdam Hospital after he attempted to collect $650,000 that was being extorted from an East Canje businessman.

Crisis in the USA: Is America too big to fail? September has been a disastrous month for the US whose leading presidential candidates like to refer to it jarringly as the greatest country on earth.

During a meeting last Tuesday of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Group of Friends of Haiti, an appeal was made to members for ongoing contributions to the Inter-American Emer-gency Aid Fund (FONDEM) and to ratify the Inter-American Convention to Facilitate Disaster Assistance in order to strengthen the organization’s disaster management system.

World champion Viswanathan Anand loses to Levon AronianAnand, V (2798) – Aronian, L (2751) Grand Slam Final Bilbao ESP (8), 10.9.2008 1.e4

The Guyana National Consultation on the Cariforum-EC, Economic Partnership Agreement   As a participant and presenter I might have been biased, but I believe that by any reasonable standard the Guyana National Consultation on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) held on September 5 at the National Convention Centre was a success. 

Commissioner of Police (ag) Henry Greene has launched an investigation into claims made by Mark Benschop that a price is on his head after the two met yesterday.

The whole point is not to talk or think I avoid as far as I can any party, club, reception or event when or where rap music is likely to be predominant.

A mentoring system, linking inexperienced teachers of English Literature with those with years of experience, was set up on Friday last when the English Literature Teachers’ Association (ELTA) held its inaugural meeting at the St Stanislaus College.

The PPP Executive Committee has given the nod for its Candidate Member and Irfan Ali’s appointment as Minister of Housing and Water by President Bharrat Jagdeo.

The region’s leaders need to ensure delivery on the EPABy David Jessop Some time on or around October 15 the Economic Part-nership Agreement (EPA) between Europe and Cariforum will be signed in Barbados.

Thanks to the wily efforts of John Abrahams, Old Fort ‘A’ defeated GCC ‘A’ by the golden goal in the final of the Noble House Seafoods handicap indoor hockey tournament which culminated at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Friday night.

“I am not going back.  It was the first time I ventured out so far and it will be the last,” an elderly fisherman told this newspaper yesterday.

Former national under-15 batsman and newly elected Demerara senior player Ravi Sarwan celebrated his selection to the Demerara Inter-County side with a fluent, unbeaten century whilst West Indies ODI left-hander Leon Johnson, scored a half century as Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) beat the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by 155 runs at Bourda yesterday in the opening round of the Georgetown Cricket Association /Pepsi-sponsored first division 40-overs-a-side competition.

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

Canine Parvovirus (CPV) Continued   Last week, we began with the big theme of specific infectious diseases against which we can vaccinate.

– GFC and Alpha United also advance Manessa Primo produced another good performance for Fruta Conquerors who made their way into the semi-final stage of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) DeSinco Under-18 football tournament when they defeated Thomas United 8-1 at the Tucville Playfield yesterday.

Coconut: The perfect answer for the idle gardener The largest seed most of us have had to handle in Guyana is the coconut.

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief executive Donald Peters got himself into something of a twist over the widely reported secret last week that Xavier Marshall and Tonito Willett had failed a drugs test at a Stanford 20/20 camp.

Caesarean  section: The easy way out?By Dr Soumyaroop Dash, MD (Consultant Obstetrician and  Gynaecologist) Caesarean section refers to a major surgical procedure where a baby is removed from the uterus by making a cut into the abdomen, then into the uterus.

  -Sarwan, Carmichael and Carew new faces in 14 man squad Guyana’s latest West Indies limited-overs player and former West Indies under-19 captain Leon Johnson has been chosen to lead defending champions Demerara in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El-Dorado-sponsored senior inter-county championships which is scheduled to commence on Friday.

Dear Editor, While the media have reported that Caricom is sending aid to the countries ravaged by the recent tropical storms and hurricanes, we have heard nothing about the government, the opposition, the trade unions, the private sector or any part of what is called civil society launching a drive for Guyanese to give money and goods to be sent, in particular, to Haiti and Cuba.

A four-wicket haul from Wasim Haslim enabled Regal XI to record a four-wicket victory over Savage XI in the District of Columbia Metro Cultural Organization (DCMCO) sponsored 15-overs-a-side softball competition recently.

So was Carifesta X worth the effort? Carifesta X is already fading from the headlines but it will take a much longer time before it begins to show any signs of fading from memory. 

Dear Editor, I noticed a report in the Sunday Stabroek (‘Nine new laws in limbo as presidential assent delayed,’ 14.9.08) attributed to Mr Raphael Trotman, reference the apparent non-assention of certain bills by the President, a number of which he was reported as referring to by name.

-defeats `Powerhouse’ Courts in second match of tapeball series Banks DIH cricketers pulled off an exciting victory over their counterparts from furniture giants Courts by five wickets in a clash of the giants in their feature 20-over tapeball cricket match Friday evening at Thirst Park ground.

Over 1.6 million pounds of fruits and vegetables have been exported to Canada so far for this year, the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has said.

By Nigel Westmaas It was forty years ago this October that Walter Rodney was banned from Jamaica and set off  disturbances that came to be known as the “Walter Rodney riots.”

While the structural flaws inherent in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Cariforum and the European Union are acknowledged, the matter of why it is only now when it is almost too late that this country is registering objections to the agreement is something about which questions can be legitimately asked.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has committed to providing financial assistance to a support group set up to help the hearing impaired.

Rocky XI and Country Side XI booked their places in the semi-finals of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Banks DIH-15-overs-a-side softball tournament after they defeated La Jalousie Estate XI and Boom Blast XI respectively in the remaining quarter-finals at the Thirst Park ground recently.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in Monday’s SN September 15, 2008 informing that Prince Charles applauds Jagdeo’s climate change proposal.

Reprinting the past ARF Webber  Centenary history and handbook of British Guiana.