Daily Archive: Thursday, October 23, 2008

West Berbice’s electricity woes have been resolved somewhat, but the water situation continued to be troublesome and residents of Cotton Tree took to the streets yesterday, after not receiving supplies for over two weeks.

…compliments of Food for the Poor The male occupants of the Joshua House will be able to live in a bit more comfort, following the commissioning of a new male dormitory at its Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg location.

Bus owner, truck driver charged The owner of the minibus and the driver of the truck involved in Saturday night’s fatal accident at Amelia’s Ward, which killed bus driver Terrence Tappin and NCN reporter Akila Jacobs, were yesterday charged by the police.

A 35-year-old woman of Yakusari North, Black Bush Polder who reprimanded her son-in-law for beating her daughter ended up being brutally chopped on her face around 11:45 pm on Tuesday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has rejected any suggestion that its staff were callous or not compassionate in handling matters concerning the victims of the accident on Saturday which left a member of the media and a bus driver dead.

A 14-year-old was air-dashed to the city last night nursing serious injuries following a boating accident in the Pomeroon River yesterday.

Two young men were taken into police custody after receiving a sound thrashing by South Ruimveldt residents when they attempted to rob a shopkeeper in the area.

Budhia, the elderly woman, who died during a robbery at her Canal Number Two home on Monday, was asphyxiated, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

A Corentyne carpenter who was hit behind his head and on his left eye around 3 am on Monday is nursing injuries at the New Amsterdam Hospital and is afraid of losing his eye.

A vendor who allegedly broke and entered a woman’s food stall and stole a quantity of items was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

…Region Four to probe Region Four chairman Clement Corlette has vowed to pull in the region’s tender board for scrutiny and make it answer exactly how a single contractor has managed to secure over 10 projects for this year alone. 

It was  approaching 8 pm and Dr. Lindon Winfield, a dentist attached to the Upper Demerara Hospital, and his wife Colleen had just finished tending to their meat birds and were about to retire for the night when their 14-year-old son shouted that there was a fire.

A group of concerned citizens said it rallied support from members of the private sector to spruce up the facilities at the zoo one week before Carifesta to boost its potential as a tourist attraction.

A market vendor of Port Mourant, Corentyne sustained first and second degree burns to his face after he knocked over a lighted kerosene lamp two weeks ago and is being treated at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

The US dollar has remained stable on the local market but some cambio dealers feel that it is becoming scarce on account of the financial meltdown in the USA, and the rates could jump significantly in 2009 if the crisis deepens.

The two brothers who were given just over a week to vacate a plot of land in Industrial Estate, Ruimveldt that they have occupied for the last twenty-nine years say that they have been instructed by the owners of the property not to move.

-‘Six head’ Lewis Former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Andrew ‘Six head’ Lewis has told Stabroek Sport that he is ready for and will defeat Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman when the two clash at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence Saturday night.

Some New Amsterdam vendors have moved into a “white elephant” bus terminal, which the town council had begun constructing on the stelling road in 2001, but had left unfinished following a court order prohibiting work on the structure.

Dear Editor, The death of another prisoner, this time James Nelson, whilst in lawful custody has highlighted the fact that there is something horribly and murderously wrong happening within the walls of our security forces where prisoners are kept.

A 12-year-old accident victim succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday, one day after he was hit by a minibus on the East Coast Public Road.

Time to change gears GCF Earlier this week the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) selected a six- member team to represent Guyana at the Lotteries Authority eighth Elite Caribbean Cycling Championship which takes place in St.

Dear Editor, Can anyone imagine a national Easter committee without the representation of Christians and Christian organizations? 

The Guyana Linux Users Group (GLUG) hosted its second session highlighting computer software can be “free to use, improve and distribute” through Free Open Source Software (FOSS) in Berbice.

With an $8.5M budget required to ensure Guyana’s participation in the NAWIRA Regional RWC 2009 Sevens Qualifier Tournament in Nassau, the Bahamas, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has shown that such a task was possible with the right support.

Dear Editor, Well, we know in Guyana that ‘prevention is better than cure.’

Demerara Distillers Ltd in collaboration with PepsiCo on Tuesday launched and introduced to the Guyanese public its newest beverage, Tropicana 100% Orange Juice.

Unbeaten half centuries from Shemroy Barrington and Devon Clements saw Lance Gibbs’ Tigers reaching 167-1 at the close of the second day’s play of the President’s Cup competition  and  made sure that the former West Indies off-spinner would not be disappointed with their display.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News article dated October 20, 2008, captioned ‘Guyana to get more aid to fight drug trafficking’ must be a piece of news that perks the interest of every Guyanese.

Guyana wobbly on opening day The Guyanese junior squash team experienced mixed fortunes on the opening day of the Seventh Pan American Junior Squash Championships in Lima, Peru where they will be competing against Argentina, Barbados, Canada, Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru and Mexico.

Lifeline Counselling Services yesterday celebrated its twelfth anniversary and was lauded as one of the most dedicated non-governmental organisations providing services to those infected and affected by the disease.

A teenager, who admitted to stealing money and a cellular phone to the value of $100,000 was sentenced to two years imprisonment, when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

These two vehicles collided at Cemetery Road and Norton Street around 5 pm yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to support the letter written by Mr Adrian Lutchman on October 8, 2008 in the Stabroek News, captioned ‘Garbage being dumped at back of Grove.’

Green Cards and Transportation Letters Installment Sixty-Eight Legal permanent residents (LPRs) of the U.S.

Dear Editor, The Christmas season is coming on, and firecrackers and squibs are starting to be fired off a lot in Bartica.

A contractor who allegedly robbed two persons of cash and other items and escaped from police custody was remanded to prison on Tuesday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Former President Janet Jagan on Monday celebrated her 88th birthday at a simple ceremony hosted at Freedom House among well-wishers and supporters.

The Young Warriors Cricket Club in East Canje, Berbice is at present constructing a pavilion at its home ground at Cumberland, East Canje.

A Theoretical Framework for Assessing 19th Century African-Portuguese Conflict in British Guiana By Mellissa Ifill Most of the analyses of ethnic contestation in Guyana are principally concerned with examining the historic and contemporary ethnic contestation between Africans and Indians, largely because these are the two largest ethnic groups and open contestation between them persists until today.

The third winner of the “Courts Stash of Cash 2” prize presentation, Nordis Clarke who stayed loyal to case #4 and went away with $750,000, which was presented by Courts’ Director of Customer Service, Clyde de Haas.

In his speech to the general debate of the UN General Assembly last month, Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados reminded his audience of the special interest which the governments of the Caribbean have had in the recognition of the vulnerability of small island developing states, and the variety of vulnerabilities of the Caribbean region as a whole.