Daily Archive: Thursday, November 20, 2008

A 24-year-old mother of two was electrocuted around 2 pm yesterday while reconnecting her refrigerator.

Some one hundred and fifteen passengers were seriously inconvenienced and forced to remain in Guyana yesterday, after a Caribbean Airlines flight was grounded owing to the malfunction of a computer on board the plane.

Doctors veto surgery, mother says Medical personnel yesterday decided against removing the bullet lodged in the chest of the young woman who was shot by an ex-boyfriend on Tuesday night, telling her relatives that the surgery could leave her paralysed.

The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with Neal and Massy yesterday held a commemoration ceremony for a modern demonstration farm and training facility at Mon Repos.

Port Kaituma outreach attracts hundreds In the humid jungle heat of Port Kaituma, residents clustered to receive medical attention, some having travelled many hours over rough terrain to benefit from the US medical mission ‘Continuing Promise 2008’.

The trails have gone cold in the investigations of two recent execution-style killings, despite a number of arrests.

Gecom Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally renewed calls for assistance in implementing fingerprint cross referencing of registered voters when US Ambassador to Guyana John Jones paid a courtesy call on him earlier this week.

– battered man recalls The 26-year-old man who was beaten by his drinking-mates last Sunday just after 17:00 hours at a saloon at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara, said yesterday that he had finally remembered the song that irritated the men.

The voices of young people need to be heard and taken seriously in making plans and implementing strategies to deal with issues surrounding Health and Family Life Education (HFLE), delegates at the 17th meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) agreed on Tuesday.

“De man holla that I urine on he farm and then he run towards me and stab me,” said Samuel Duncan, who was stabbed in the chest and abdomen just after 17:00 hrs on Monday at Guyhoc Park.

Sign of the times? The former Strand Cinema is in the process of being converted to a church and is undergoing a facelift as seen in this Jules Gibson photo taken yesterday.

Relatives still searching for missing Bush Lot driverRelatives of missing Bush Lot truck driver Rajnarine Hukumchand said persons claimed to have seen the man in Mahaica, though a search has since proved futile.

Suspect-brother eludes cops An autopsy of the remains of Troy James, the Guyanese man who was gunned down in French Guiana two weeks ago, will be conducted next Tuesday, while the French police continue to search for his older brother who they suspect inflicted the fatal injuries.

An Albouystown resident was last evening rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after being stabbed in his chest following an altercation with another man.

Holiday police: Ranks deployed on Regent Street yesterday as the Guyana Police Force boosts up its presence on the streets for the holiday season.

Dear Editor, As soon as the sport, walk race, is mentioned, the name Rudy Mitchell automatically pops up.

Man died as a result of brain haemorrhage – PM A post-mortem examination performed on Rickford Barker, the man whose battered body was found in a cemetery at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara last Saturday has revealed that he died as a result of brain haemorrhage.

Rain delays morning start on second day By Kizan Brumell After a grand opening ceremony of the 48th Annual National Schools’ Track and Field Cycling and Swimming Championships at the floodlit Mackenzie Sports Club ground on Tuesday evening,  a horrid change of weather delayed the start of day two yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to your story ‘Controversy erupts at chess qualifiers’ published on October 19, 2008 and a subsequent letter published on November 1, 2008 in the SN captioned ‘Tournament Director made a wrong decision.’

The body of an unidentified woman was discovered floating in the Berbice River just about 6.45 pm yesterday.

By Calvin Roberts Steven Jacobs scored an unbeaten, maiden half century as Guyana defeated Canada by seven wickets in their final preliminary round match of the 2008 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup limited overs competition at the National Stadium yesterday.

Two million Christmas dreams: Quinsie Parke (left) has become yet another winner in furniture giant, Courts ‘Stash of Cash’ promotion.

Dear Editor, Among the many good initiatives for which this administration would be remembered we have to note the updating of the laws relating to Amerindians, and now, the modernisation of the sexual offences legislation.

By Ravendra Kishore On an Uitvlugt Community Development centre ground suited for spin bowling the Leeward Islands overwhelmed the Windward Island to secure their semi-finals spot and send their opponents packing.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: And you know that the season has begun when Water Street Department store, Fogarty’s puts out its giant tree and manger scene.

The Port Mourant Turf Club  on the Corentyne  will come alive on Sunday, December 7 with the staging of their grand end of year horse race meeting from 1:30 pm.

Dear Editor, It is impossible for news agencies to report on every event in an area. 

A man who was found with a quantity of firecrackers on Deepavali night was granted $10,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Remembering Jonestown By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction Shortly after the twenty-third anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy, I wrote two articles on the subject.

The Ministry of Home Affairs and other stakeholders recently participated in a sensitisation and training session on the National Drug Information Network aimed at assisting authorities in obtaining intelligence on drug trafficking.

Dear Editor, Three Mondays ago a letter was published asking those who play loud so-called music on the seawall at the Sunday Seawall Lime, which takes place from Clive Lloyd Drive and beyond, to desist.

Dear Editor, The outcome of the 2nd 1-day international between WI and Pakistan was very disappointing if you are a WI supporter.

Dear Editor, It was with great shock that I read in the papers about GPL’s “campaign” to catch the “pirates” who have found a new way to “steal” current. 

For the last six years, the French NGO Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières − RSF) has compiled a World Press Freedom Index.

Dear Editor, Could you say whether there are ambiguities in the laws pertaining to noise nuisance or is it that the lawlessness perpetrated is just not tackled effectively and with dedication?

By Hamid Karzai KABUL – We began a journey in Afghanistan seven years ago with the war that ousted the Taliban from power.

Tour operators and travel writers at the World Travel Market (WTM) expressed a high level of interest in Guyana as a tourist destination at a recent travel and trade show held in London.

By Calvin Roberts Cricket action in Georgetown will resume tomorrow when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) organized De Sinco Trading Limited Under-19 and Busta second division 20/20 cricket competitions continue.

A Jamaican man who entered Guyana illegally was ordered to pay a fine or spend six months in prison when he appeared before Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.