Articles published on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Relatives believe he was killed, call for probe A 47-year-old Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara man was discovered dead in the Brickdam Police Station lock-ups early yesterday morning with marks of violence about his body and his relatives believe that he sustained fatal injuries at the hands of the police.
-suspect charged A 17-year-old girl of Auchlyne, Corentyne ingested a poisonous substance and died after a man allegedly raped her three Sundays ago and threatened that he would return to kill her.
A collision between a minibus and a CRV four-wheel drive at the corner of Camp and Quamina streets late yesterday afternoon left several school children nursing minor injuries.
Senior Environmental Officer Alicia Foster was laid to rest at Parika yesterday following tributes and a funeral service at the Our Lady of Fatima church, North Road, George-town.
Chinese contractors now aiming for handing over by month-end The Chinese contractors currently in the commissioning stages for the Skeldon sugar factory are hoping that the production of sugar could begin by this weekend and stabilized so that the turnkey project could be handed over to the Guyana Sugar Corporation by the end of this month.
-had 51 kilos of cocaine in car A Surinamese policeman was shot and killed at a checkpoint in that country and searches of his car discovered some 51 kilos of cocaine and reports are that the drugs may have originated from Guyana.
A mysterious fire destroyed the home of a family of six yesterday afternoon just after 1 in the Lamaha Springs community.The
Fifteen child-friendly corners are being created at the former All Saints Primary School building in New Amsterdam through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF’s) Family, Youth & Children at Risk project.
Faced with mounting pressure by Hindu groups, the National Diwali Committee has renamed its Diwali pageant.
Linden nurses strike again Nurses at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) downed tools again on Monday in protest at the tardy handling of issues relating to two nurses who were attacked, and one of them raped, at the Upper Demerara Hospital on September 11.
-community dialogue told Using education to bridge cultural and religious divides was among the strategies identified when East Coast community leaders met yesterday to agree on policies to foster integration.
Alleged victim, girlfriend, taxi driver still in custody An alleged robbery victim, his girlfriend and the taxi driver who delivered a fatally wounded gunman to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Monday night are still in police custody in relation to a robbery committed in Meadow Brook Gardens that night.
Dear Editor, I am a resident of Novar, Mahaicony district and the owner of two transport trucks from which I make my living.
Dear Editor, The present debate regarding the Diwali pageant shows that the Hindu community is becoming more conscious of how its festivals, ceremonies and practices are perceived and represented in the wider Guyanese society.
La Grange Police Station phone was not working The man detained by police following the fatal robbery on Monday at Canal Number Two remains in custody while it has been revealed that the telephone at the La Grange Police Station was not functioning at the time of the attack.
Dear Editor, With reference to ‘Holland visitors to Suriname – a potential niche market for local tourism sector’ SN October 17, I get the impression that the tourism industry is now hanging on to a hope and a prayer.
Some students of the Itabali Primary School, Mazaruni had to be relocated following damage to the building said to have been aggravated by blasting at a nearby quarry.
In the second cricket match of the President’s Championship 2008, Leon Johnson’s Clive Lloyd’s Super Cats virtually assured themselves the winners’ cheque of $200,000 at the end of day one.
Dear Editor, The name change of the Miss Diwali pageant to the Miss Guyana Sari Pageant is the response of the organisers to the calls for the disassociation of the festival from the event.
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to Mr Ramdular Singh’s letter (SN October 19) titled ‘Farmers need TSP fertilizer.’
– Shabazz By Rawle Toney If the Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Jamaal Shabazz is to be believed then Guyana will certainly reach the finals of the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament.
The Guyana Police Force has welcomed the recent passage of five bills and declared that this would enhance the security landscape and help to improve the quality of intelligence, investigation and detection and prosecution of those involved in serious crime.
Dear Editor, It has been over 10 weeks now since the villages of Strathspey, Bladenhall & Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara have been without a regular supply of water.
Local craft producers have returned from an exhibition in Barbados with mixed experiences.
– Teams wing out tomorrow hoping to qualify for finals The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday announced the members of the National Sevens Men’s & Women’s Team for the NAWIRA Regional RWC 2009 Sevens Qualifier Tournament in Nassau, Bahamas, 25th & 26th October.
Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana made the right choice not to repair the Bell 412 helicopter to date.
The combination of Sensei Troy Bobb, Instructor Tyrone Niles and Allende Barker graced the Chauguanas Regional Sporting Complex in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) when they competed in the Pan Caribbean International Martial Arts Championships this past weekend.
Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel is launching a hospitality training programme for members of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) today.
– has not procured visa for course which starts tomorrow Cricket coach Michael Hyles, popularly known as `Franko,’ is ruing his luck after not being able to make it to England in time for the commencement of a coaching course to be conducted by the England Cricket Board (ECB).
Dear Editor, Please allow me, on behalf of the Georgetown Municipality, my family, and on my own behalf, to express sincere condolences to the immediate family and relatives of Ms Alika Jacobs who lost her life in that tragic accident on Saturday evening, while on duty.
Twenty-three participants are set to benefit from Republic Bank’s Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme launched on Monday at its New Market Street location.
At the Blairmont Court on Monday, Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop granted bail in the sum of $1M to a man who was facing charges of break and enter and larceny.
Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds is back in the High Court for a second time over the murder of self-confessed death squad informant George Bacchus.
While there is vague talk about heritage tourism or historical tourism to complement the various eco-tourism development plans, the government has never really put effort into exploring how our heritage could earn the country foreign exchange, let alone committed funds to such a project.
Dear Editor, As I watched the tributes last evening on TV for the late NCN staff reporter (Ms Akita Jacobs) whose life was snuffed out through the careless use of the road by a driver, I could not help but grieve, and not because I am a parent The emotional tributes echoed one tune − Akita was someone who had touched the lives of all she came into contact with and was a jovial person who loved life.
Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords, is Professor emeritus of political economy at Warwick University, author of a prize- winning biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes, and a board member of the Moscow School of Political Studies.
It was another disappointing day for Guyana’s Under-21 hockey team which is competing at the Junior Pan American hockey championships in Trinidad and Tobago after they were thrashed 19-0 by Chile in their match against the Spanish-speaking country Monday night.
