Daily Archive: Monday, October 27, 2008

A 56-year-old taxi driver was fatally stabbed last night by two persons who had hired him in front of the Georgetown Hospital.

Nurse survives Spent around 36 hours in water One of the two persons who was missing and feared dead following a boat accident which claimed the lives of five around 5:30 pm in the Corentyne River on Friday, turned up alive yesterday morning.

A 54-year-old itinerant vendor was fatally beaten in his Montrose, East Coast Deme-rara home yesterday after being accused of stealing a cellular phone.

Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette says he is concerned that the monies allotted to the region in this year’s budget are not being disbursed properly since over $500 million was still unspent with only two months remaining in the year.

Employees of the Carifesta Secretariat and performers who are still awaiting payments for services rendered will be protesting this morning in front of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport on Main Street.

A 56-year-old Guyanese woman was found dead in her Schenectady, New York apartment on Saturday afternoon and police are treating the incident as a homicide.

Dear Editor, I refer to Ms Muni Schanzenbacher’s second article in Stabroek Business on October 24, 2008 – ‘Choosing long-term environmental security over short-term business interests.’

A 30-year-old Zeelugt man died after he was hit by a motor van on the Zeelugt public road on Saturday night.

Wife sent to and fro by police A bus conductor is nursing three wounds to the left side of his abdomen after being stabbed at a barbecue in Sophia.

Dear Editor, I wish to appeal to the relevant authorities and those who violate my Sunday evenings with loud boom-box music coming from the seawall.

Dear Editor, Two recent accidents at the corners of Camp and Norton Streets and also Russell/ Broad Streets have prompted me to ask whether ‘major road’ signs are obsolete with respect to our traffic laws.

An Ogle goldsmith was robbed of $1.5 million in gold and silver jewellery at the Plaisance/Industry Market on the East Coast of Demerara around 7:45 am yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am employed with a senior official of the judiciary. 

A 31-year-old Annandale resident was on Saturday night reportedly struck down on the Friendship Railway Embankment and left to die.

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News’ Friday, October 24 news item, ‘Former Chief Magistrate will be paid,’ may appear to the casual observer as though the state, via the judiciary, will faithfully honour its end of whatever contractual agreement exists between the state and former Chief Magistrate, Ms Juliet Holder-Allen, who resigned in frustration on September 1, after waiting four years for the outcome of what appeared to be an open-ended probe into allegations of work-related misconduct by her.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says he remains concerned about the ongoing electricity woes and hopes the problems can be resolved by May.

A view from Middleton Street of the portion of Dennis Street which was made impassable yesterday for vehicles as a result of large quantities of construction material being placed on the roadway.

Dear Editor, I propose that Berbice should secede and become an independent nation-state.

The GTM Essequibo branch and the Queenstown Deve-lopment Association last week Saturday launched their first ever ‘Day of Sports’ project at the company’s Anna Regina branch.

Dear Editor, The assault against women in Guyana is escalating.  A 16-year old raped and threatened with death takes her own life.

The thatched palm roof of a benab and simple latticed walkway greets guests as Dhandarry Nature Resort rises serenely from the waters of the Abary Creek after a six-mile speedboat journey.

– retains  national middleweight title; Frank clinical in disposing of Pompey Former European middleweight champion Howard `Battersea Bomber’ Eastman retained his national middleweight title when he recorded a split decision over Andrew ‘Six head’ Lewis  while overseas-based Guyanese Raul Frank stopped Winston Pompey in the fifth round on the  `Perfect Storm’ fight card held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, Saturday night.

Elton `The Real Coolie Bully’ Dharry appears to either helping Orlan `Pocket Rocket’ up or helping him further into oblivion after sending him to the canvas.

Dear Editor, With reference to the Corentyne River mishap, what Guyanese call life jackets are really buoyancy aids packed with a lightweight water-proof material, most of which are designed to keep only children afloat.

Guyana’s Cleveland Forde and Brazil’s Antonia Silva swept their respective categories of the sixth annual IAAF South American 10K Road Race Classic which rattled the roads of Georgetown yesterday.

– lawyer/politicians agitate for change countrywide “The first thing that hits you is the stench.

BASKING IN THE MOMENT! Former world rater Raul Frank, second from right takes time out to bask in the euphoria of victory with from left Seon Bristol, promoter Odinga Lumumba and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport,  Dr.

Chandrawattie Persaud was recently admitted to the Guyana Bar. Attorney Joseph Harmon presented Persaud’s petition to the court.

Dear Editor, On behalf of my entire family, I express heartfelt sympathy to Troy Richard’s family for their loss.

Sweet revenge for Linden By Rawle Toney It was an evening filled with breath-taking moments when the sixth annual Supligen All-Star week-end games commenced Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street about the eating habits of Guyanese.

              Devi Ramcharitar was crowned queen of the Miss Diwali Sari Pageant at the National Park early yesterday morning.

It is not often that the police get big breaks in sensational murder cases that allow them to make arrests, lay charges and present formidable evidence in the courts.

Walter Rodney, October 1968 and the Caribbean Quest for Self Expression and Self Emancipation (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean)By David Hinds October 16 marked the 40th anniversary of the so-called Rodney riots that accompanied the banning from Jamaica of Walter Rodney, the eminent historian, scholar, thinker and revolutionary.

Farmers between Hubu and Bendorff will soon benefit from the construction of a wharf at Bendorff, East Bank Essequibo Region Three Chairman Julius Faerber said on Tuesday when he met with them.

Surujbally/Fox claim second title Following their triumph in the men’s 45 and over doubles category, the pair of Dr.

Dear Editor, With reference to the Sunday Stabroek news item `Five drown, two missing in Corentyne River mishap’, this article reported about so many things that can really be prolonged subjects of discussion, which is excellent reporting.