Articles published on Saturday, November 8, 2008
Another bandit killed A police operation to find the gunmen who ambushed a GEB van on Thursday, grabbing a $17.2M GuySuCo payroll, led to the death of a second bandit at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara early yesterday morning and the recovery of the money.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Stabroek News, David de Caires was yesterday remembered as a man who transcended his place in society to touch many lives.
GRA says was acting on tip-off but found only empty cartons Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, says he is not in a position to pronounce on the search of a Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar house on Thursday where it was alleged valuable items were stolen since investigations are ongoing.
President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday that aquaculture has the potential of bringing in a higher level of income than rice production if more focus is placed on that sector.
-after confession statement thrown out Accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death two years ago, manslaughter accused Shelly Patrick walked out of the High Court on Thursday a free woman after a jury returned with a not guilty verdict.
Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your Stabroek News issue of November 5, 2008, headlined, ‘Why is the interest charged by the M&CC on rates and taxes owed so high?’
Bus commuters, who were anticipating reduced fares, had mixed experiences yesterday as several minibus operators refused to decrease their prices.
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to a letter by Donald Lindee in the Kaieteur News of Friday November 7, 2008, captioned, ‘The child’s claim must be fully investigated,’ which referred to the Kaieteur News report of Thursday November 6, 2008 on the child’s report of sighting the missing aircraft.
Head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Zulficar Mohamed has refuted reports that the missing US-registered aircraft has been found.
‘Fishy’ Williams takes third stage Greaves maintains leadMarlon ‘Fishy’ Williams took the third of five stages in the second annual Ministry of Health (MOH)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) ‘Ride for Life’ five stage cycle race from Wales Police Station to Parika in a time of 1:03:19s.
Dear Editor, The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) wishes to respond to a letter titled ‘Does the IAC sponsored play send the message that Indian women should remain in abusive relationships?’
Seven persons were hospitalized after being stung by Africanised bees while they were picking plums in an alleyway in Meadowbrook Gardens yesterday.
By Rawle Toney Unarguably one of best sprinters that this country has ever beheld, Elton Michael Jefford was laid to rest yesterday as scores of persons turned out to pay their last respects to the former track star.
Dear Editor, Mr David de Caires, Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News, has made a significant contribution to Guyana, ensuring that a public space has been provided for all who have different pints of view on critical issues facing Guyana.
The man who pretended to be the son of the new Ambassador of the United States of America to Guyana was ordered to pay a fine, sentenced to one year imprisonment and had two of his cases transferred to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice when he appeared yesterday before Magistrate Melissa Robertson.
A man who fabricated two piracy reports, causing police and coast guards to go out on the Corentyne in search of three `missing’ crew members was yesterday fined $20,000 or 40 days imprisonment at the New Amsterdam Court.
– had no problem meeting the Dragon Questions as to whether, more than 50 years after the beginning of his career, the Mighty Sparrow had lost any of his might were firmly answered last Saturday night when he put on a show at Thirst Park with verve and stamina that many 20-year-olds would have difficulty duplicating.
The Leonora Youths Sports Club (LYSC) made their way into the knockout stage of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Memorex Enterprise 15-over countrywide softball tournament when they defeated Parika/Hydronie SC at the Den Amstel ground.
Dear Editor, I wish to join with the rest of the Guyanese community in expressing my profound sadness on the passing of David de Caires.
The devil’s in the details The first turn off was the accosting of patrons by numerous touts reselling tickets last Saturday night at the “Sparrow Meets the Dragon’ show.
Known as the voice for football in the Caribbean, Vice President of football’s world governing body (FIFA) Trinidadian Austin ‘Jack’ Warner has given tangible support to the Kashif and Shanghai organisation for the third year in succession.
Dear Editor, When I called my former wife in London to let her know that David de Caires had passed away she immediately referred to his professionalism as an attorney-at-law, saying that when she lived in Guyana in the seventies only David and Miles Fitzpatrick struck her as persons of integrity, despite the plethora of lawyers at the time.
At the Springlands Court on Thursday, Magistrate Chandra Sohan remanded a 15-year-old of Line Path, Skeldon into the custody of the police after he was charged with murdering an 18-year-old labourer.
Dear Editor, I am saddened by the death of David de Caires, whose remains were cremated in Barbados.
Dask Enterprises will sponsor today’s Medal Play golf tournament and several foreign players who are due in for the Guyana Open Championships are expected to compete.
One of three men apprehended by the police in an Agricola house following the murder of Melissa Payne on Wednesday was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, charged with the capital offence.
Can soup unite? Hi Everyone, Whenever my friend Adele mentions that she is making soup, I see her husband, Ivan, get a worried look on his face.
A mechanic who is accused of having carnal knowledge of a fourteen-year-old girl was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Guyana go down 1-2 to Antigua and Barbuda The Golden Jaguars have found themselves between a rock and a hard place after their Group H loss to Antigua and Barbuda at the Marvin Lee Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago last evening.
Dear Editor, Come Saturday, November 8, residents living in the vicinity of the fish shop in Drury Lane will be plummeted, bludgeoned and bombarded into dead meat, further degraded from their present vegetable state – a state in which they have found themselves for three long, excruciating years.
A concrete-block maker and a security guard who allegedly broke and entered a nightclub and stole over $1M in rum were both remanded to prison yesterday when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, I am still reeling from shock and utter disbelief after viewing the Prime News on the evening of Wednesday, November 5, 2008.
It was a clash of beautiful, intelligent and mature women at the National Cultural Centre on Saturday last, but in the end, Quacy McGowan emerged victorious with the 2008 Ms Renaissance crown and title.
By Calvin Roberts The lone semi final and subsequent final of the inaugural Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC)/Ansa Mc Al sponsored 10/10 cricket tournament will be played tomorrow at the Area ‘H’ Ground, Rose Hall.
When the history of this era is written our children’s grandchildren will look back in disgust at the endemic and barbarous violence of this period, especially that being meted out to women and girls, and wonder at what could have been wrong with their antecedents.
The national cricket selectors have included six new faces in a 14-member squad named to contest this year’s regional one-day competition which commences Thursday at three venues.
Dear Editor, The void left in Guyanese journalism with the death of Mr David de Caires may never be filled.
Two armed men carted off a quantity of cash and stripped staff of their valuables yesterday when they attacked the High Street, Kingston office of Universal Travel Service and Tour Company.
Dance Season 29, an annual production of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, brought a swirl of true Guyanese art to the National Cultural Centre (NCC) yesterday and continues tonight and tomorrow night.
GraceKennedy Remittance Services (GKRS) on Thursday donated a bench to the Palms Geriatric Institution in keeping with its objectives to fulfill its social responsibility.
