Daily Archive: Monday, November 24, 2008

A Foulis East Coast carpenter died after he sustained a single gunshot wound to the neck while asleep in his bed some time around 10 pm on Saturday night.

A South Ruimveldt man was left nursing a gunshot wound to his chest after falling victim to an armed robbery when he disembarked from a minibus to allow his assailant to come out.

Even as Guyanese drug accused Roger Khan’s reported financial woes continue his lawyer says that these are being exacerbated by the fact that Khan has been locked away in a cell that only allows him three showers per week and no telephone privileges since being indicted on witness tampering charges.

No evidence so far of financial discrepancies -Burrowes Chairman of the commission of inquiry into the operations of City Hall, Keith Burrowes says there is no evidence so far to substantiate findings that funds have been misused.

Thirty-eight year-old Dexter Jimmy Kennedy, who went missing from his Two Friends East Coast Demerara home in September, is somewhere in the Berbice area tending to some cows and living in a abandoned house, according to reports reaching this newspaper.

A pedal cyclist and a motor cyclist were both taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) for treatment after they were involved in separate road accidents last evening.

The dispute over the sale of a plot of land located in the Ruimveldt Industrial Estate continues as the government owned National Industrial & Commercial Invest-ments Ltd (NICIL) and the children of Clarence Gibbs are at odds as to who has the legal right to it.

Police have visited the father of Bonny Harry and taken a statement from him in relation to reports that that his son’s cellular phone which was in his possession at the time of his death at Lindo Creek is in use.

As the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-Guianas continues to work with the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) to improve the industry, over the past week several miners were afforded the opportunity to observe mercury-free mining techniques employed in French Guiana.

With alcohol-induced violence spiralling across the country, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) on Friday announced its willingness to partner government in initiatives to address substance abuse.

Dear Editor, We are all familiar with the shrug of the shoulders and the hopeless tone with which most Guyanese respond to distressing situations in their lives: “Well, wha yu expect?

Trinidad and Tobago humiliated Barbados by seven wickets at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence last night to claim the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) 2008 President’s Cup limited overs championship.

Dear Editor, My name is Darren Furlotte, an uncle of Patrick Murphy, the Canadian man lost in the jungle in the plane crash many days ago. 

Twenty children from Haslington, East Coast Demerara, last Friday graduated from an introduction to computers course organised by the Mark Benschop Foundation.

Akeem Kanhai is the man By Rawle ToneyAt just 17-years-old, Akeem Kanhai faces the biggest challenge of his young basketball career when the second leg of this year’s inter Guiana Games bounces off in French Guiana on November 28.

Dear Editor, Mr Al Creighton’s review of the play Kanyadaan in the Sunday Stabroek of November 23 offered an in-depth insight into the production.

Rangers Sports and Wolf Warriors continued their terrific form and it has this far gotten them both into the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Memorex enterprise 15over Softball League Tournament.

Dear Editor, Civil society has made significant contributions in many areas and many times we don’t always seem to remember them.

A man tries to coax water out of this hose from the Campbellville Fire Station tender at the scene of an Enmore, East Coast Demerara fire which saw a two-storey house being destroyed yesterday.

Fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon destroyed a two-storey house located at 192 Second Street, Beezie, Enmore, East Coast Demerara.

The Sunday seawall lime Interviews by Melissa Charles with photos by Sara Bharrat This week we asked the man/ woman on the street their opinion on the Sunday seawall lime, given the complaints from neighbouring communities about the loud noise associated with it.

Dear Editor, David de Caires was a true friend of Lusignan Golf Club having been a member for over 40 years.

By Eion Jardine The biggest thing that boxing has taught me is that perception is reality in that how you conduct your life is how you are going to be perceived.

Hit and disappear! This car PHH 9421 slammed into a post on the Turkeyen railway embankment road some time on Saturday night.

Though it was tabled in Parliament quite late, the mid-year report by the Ministry of Finance for 2008 is useful as it gives an indication of whether economic targets are going to be met and the type of milieu in which next year’s budget would be presented.

LEAP to pump over three million dollars into this year’s tourney The Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) will contribute over three million dollars to this year’s Kashif and Shanghai tournament.

One life: so many bridges, so many lessonsAlissa Trotz is Director of Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto, and editor of the In the Diaspora column.

Dear Editor, After reading the article captioned ‘Sari intrigue’ in ‘The Scene’ (SN November 1, 2008) I was motivated to share my views with the public.