Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Lindeners took to the streets of Mackenzie and Wismar yesterday, calling on leaders of the town and the government to intervene into the dust being emitted by the Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana).

-no robbery, says family The sound of a single gunshot rang out in Kitty on Sunday night outside the David Street home of the Fosters; minutes later Alicia Foster was flat on the road, flung from her car after being shot in the face.

A Guyanese man and his 12-year-old nephew died on Sunday morning after a fire engulfed their Brooklyn, New York apartment home.

A burglar failed to escape with his loot after he was discovered by vigilant neighbours and was beaten mercilessly with several different implements on Saturday night, before being handed over to the police.

– problems common across region Increasing access to social services is among the priorities identified by indigenous women leaders in the region as key to empowerment, against a backdrop of development.

Benn ‘looking at a document’ Minister of Transport Robeson Benn yesterday hinted that his ministry was yet to give permission to City Hall for the construction of the Cubana Air Disaster Monument.

Attorneys for Barry Dataram have filed another set of proceedings in the High Court before Justice Roxanne George following the issuance of a provisional warrant by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has announced the winners in its Heritage Month Essay Competition.

The court clerk who was arrested in connection with the missing case jackets in the Edwin Niles matter is back on the job at the Magistrate’s Court.

For countries not signing the Economic Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) between the European Union and Cariforum, there will be no agreement and so the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) will be applied according to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Rules, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Guyana, Geert Heikens said.

The Public Works and Communications Ministry recently hosted a one-day workshop to facilitate the merger of its Works Services Group and the Sea and River Defence Department.

Repairs are underway at the Demerara Harbour Bridge. Minister of Public Works and Communication Robeson Benn told reporters yesterday that there was new management in place at the bridge and an “improvement programmme is well underway”.

Five kilometres of sea defence constructed in Regions Two and Three with funding from the European Commission (EC) were officially handed over to the Ministry of Public Works yesterday with preventative maintenance being stressed.

A Brazilian miner was killed and another injured on Sunday when the All Terrain Vehicle (ALT) they were travelling on, turned turtle at Puruni Backdam, Middle Mazaruni.

— committed to psychiatric hospital The woman who the police have fingered in the brutal killing of 85-year-old Geneiva Henry, whose body was found on Brickdam, cannot be held responsible for her actions because of her insane status, according to the Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP).

Dear Editor, Red Thread’s drop-in/outreach centre for women and children who are in violent situations has begun to compile reports about incidents of abuse from  three daily newspapers (the Kaieteur,  Stabroek  and  Chronicle).

– cops recover gun A guard was gun butted and the cashier at the Esso Gas Station’s supermarket on Regent Street robbed of cash on Sunday night by two bandits who tossed away their weapon after they spotted the police.

Justice Jainarayan Singh Jr last month awarded the former common-law wife of businessman William McDonald a $60 million High Court judgment after years of a court battle between the two over a share of property they had acquired jointly.

Dear Editor, In SN on October 9, 2008 I saw a large advertisement from the group known as ACDA on the MAAFA commemoration.

‘Golden girls’ Lowe, John keep Golden Arrowhead fluttering proudly The Golden Arrowhead fluttered proudly in Pune, India yesterday as the first day of competition of the third Junior Commonwealth Games got underway.

Dear Editor, I have noticed there is little or no coverage on the world wide web about horse racing in Guyana. 

“Information technology is a means of empowerment,” Agriculture minister Robert Persaud said at the launch of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board website at the Guyana School of Agriculture recently.

Dear Editor, In relation to yesterday’s SN item ‘Noelina moved to the Palms’ I want to assure Mr.

Fifty patients suffering from cataract were sent to Cuba two weeks ago under the second phase of Mission Miracle, the eye care programme financed by the Cuban and Venezuelan governments.

-cites health and dissatisfaction with some executives Just nine months after being elected to the position of president of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC), Jafarally Asrafally has decided to call it a day.

Guadeloupe is an interesting and at times peculiar place where you can get lost if you somehow stumble off track while navigating the island.

Dear Editor, Nothing made me so furious on October 11, 2008 to read via Stabroek News about Geneiva Henry whose body was found on the parapet in close proximity to the Brickdam Presbytery.

Guyana’s Cleveland Forde recorded a personal best in the half marathon at the IAAF/CAIXA event held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil on Sunday.

– GFC tips Pele off the edgeAlpha United and George-town Football Club (GFC) recorded welcome victories this past Sunday in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Guyana Telephone and Telegraph  (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League at Tucville Playfield.

Dear Editor, An opinion survey conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Associa-tion in Trinidad has found that a huge majority of the nation disapprove of the new TT $50 billion budget presented by the ruling PNM administration led by Patrick Manning.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s (GHDS) central Deepavali motorcade and grand cultural programme will be held on Monday, October 27, the eve of the festival.

Dear Editor, Never in the history of this country have we witnessed such uncontrolled disposal of garbage like what is happening today.

Caricom remains focused on its agriculture agenda, Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration Irwin LaRocque said at an Agriculture Round Table (ART) last week in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

A plethora of stars will be on show over the next three days beginning from today at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground when the Leon Johnson-led Clive Lloyd Super Cats team takes on Narsingh Deonarine’s Rohan Kanhai Strikers for the prestigious President’s Trophy and $200,000 first prize.

After a heated argument in court between Prosecutor Sherwin Matthews and Defence Attorney Raphael Trotman, a 44-year-old man accused of attempting to murder a man who allegedly assaulted his fiancé and the said man were both granted bail yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-defeats Scottsburg United by 41 runs in final A pugnacious innings from opener Farouk Hussein ensured Young Warriors came out victorious in the final of the Corriverton Town Day 20/20 cricket match, when they defeated Scottsburg United by 41 runs at the Scottsburg United ground on Sunday.

Residents of ‘B’ Field Sophia waiting to fill their various water containers recently.

Dear Editor, Some measure of confusion exists at the Anna Regina Office of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in Region No.2 in assessing the eligibility for old age pension with the age eligibility being 65.

“I was going to do some shopping in Paramaribo,” a 26-year-old woman charged with departing Guyana from an unauthorized port told the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

The Lions Club of Georgetown donated a quantity of school supplies to three underprivileged students at a city school as part of its Education Month observances. 

Dear Editor, We live in an age in which scientific principles are being adapted more and more to serve the needs of mankind.

– Christophe captures 2350 event; Wayne Gaskin on the comeback trail Guyanese Paul David smashed his way past Puerto Rico’s David Fernandez 4-1 recently to win the New York City-sponsored Brooklyn Open table tennis tournament at the Brownsville recreation club in Brooklyn.

A section of the crowd at the International Eid Fest 2008 held at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex on the West Coast Demerara yesterday.

Trevon Griffith with an even unbeaten century led Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to an exciting 34-run win over rivals Transport Sports Club (TSC) in the final of the Beharry second-division limited overs competition played Sunday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.

A 27-year-old man who allegedly robbed two persons at gunpoint of just over $2 million in cash and other items was refused bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

                Women making an offering in commemoration of African Holocaust Day following a memorial service at the Seawall bandstand on Sunday.

Dear Editor, The criticism by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha against the staging of a show for the Diwali Pageant is unacceptable.

Another new attorney-at-law was admitted to the bar last week before Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang.

The hijacking of four civilian, passenger aircraft in order to carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks upon the United States of America on September 11th 2001 has been implanted indelibly in world opinion.

Bermine created a major upset in Berbice cricket, when they defeated Berbice champions Albion Community Centre, to reach the Berbice final of the 2008 Neal and Massy first division 40 overs – a side cricket competition.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton sentenced a man, who admitted to robbing a woman at knife-point, to two years imprisonment when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

by Dani Rodrik – Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

              Drummers on the Seawall at the African and Cultural Development Association (ACDA) commemoration of the African MAAFA yon Sunday. 

Dear Editor October 12 marked another year in the Western calendar that resulted in 400 years of African slavery.

The US Embassy in Georgetown has called on US citizens residing in Guyana to vote in the November 4, US elections, urging, “don’t be left out of this very important election.”