Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced a pardon for treason accused Phillip Bynoe, almost six years after he allegedly led a violent protest march on the Office of the President (OP) that resulted in the death of two people.

– working people, women still at high risk Although studies suggest that the HIV infection rate is stabilising, the grim reality for Guyanese is that fight against the epidemic it is yet to stem the prevalence among the working population, which accounts for over eighty percent of the infections.

Two in custody Two persons were taken into custody yesterday as investigations into last Friday’s death of a West Coast Berbice taxi service owner took a different turn following a post-mortem examination (PME).

Adrian Dutchin, the consummate, versatile showman of X2 fame, upstaged the competition at Guyana’s inaugural music awards handed out on Sunday night, picking up six of the crystal hardware and winning in every category he was nominated for, save one.

Twenty-four participants received certificates when the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) concluded its third Mass Casualty Management Course.

– poor roads, electricity and telecommunication stifling community For Karasabai villagers, a newspaper is a luxury.

– in wake of two motorcycle fatalities The police are reminding citizens that under the laws they are required to wear a safety helmet when operating or being towed on a motorcycle with an engine capacity of 50 cc and over.

The post-mortem examinations (PME) conducted on the three pirates and the police officer, who were killed during a shootout around 6.30 am last Friday at the Cromarty foreshore revealed that they died from shock and haemorrhage due to gunshot wounds.

Hundreds of children and adults attending the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Fun Day at  Camp Ayanganna on Friday were afforded a close look at the GDF2, one of the two Bell 206 Ranger helicopters recently acquired by the force.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) says that a Kaieteur News report on the death of the three pirates, who were shot dead at Cromarty, Corentyne wrongly attribute appointments to them “to which they were never entitled while alive”.

The Caribbean Communities Coalition (CVC) yesterday observed World AIDS Day by recognising the leadership of some its members of the vulnerable communities in keeping who risk stigma and discrimination by taking a stand for their community.

– as 160 students graduate The new director of the University of Guyana (UG) Berbice Campus plans to institute an aggressive outreach programme in order to arrest the decline in full-time students at Tain.

Cops release boyfriend, search on for second man Police have released the boyfriend of Creavone Thorne, the woman who was found dead in a trench, and investigators are looking for a second man, ‘A’ Division Commander Leroy Brumell said yesterday.

The three companies responsible for bringing the missing US registered aircraft to Guyana are continuing relentlessly in their efforts to locate the plane and its three occupants as their representatives continue to search the Cuyuni area where the plane went missing.

A suspected thief is in police custody after being caught by public-spirited citizens following the robbery of a woman on Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg on Sunday night.

A six-month-old girl died on Saturday after being left unattended by her father at their Nappi Village, Central Rupununi home.

-no one held for carpenter’s execution Police on the East Coast are looking for a new man in connection with last week’s Better Hope murder, after releasing two suspects on station bail.

President Bharrat Jagdeo joined devotees at the Dharmic Sanskritik Kendra on Sunday to celebrate Kala Utsav which attracted over 200 participants from across the country.

Andrew Gomes, the drug-addicted son who allegedly hacked his father to death last Thursday after he was refused money, appeared at the Providence Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with murder.

Dear Editor, “The industry is in the pits.” These are harsh words attributed to Mr Komal Chand of GAWU – someone who has been in and of the sugar industry longer than most of the current players. 

Almost fifty per cent of sex workers in Barbados are Guyanese, according to a recently released study in that county.

GCC, Hikers and Fatima retain titles By Rawle ToneyThe curtains for this year’s Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival came down in emphatic fashion, as all of last years winners retained their respective titles in the Men, Women and Veterans categories on Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

– court hears “This man has been abusing me for the last five years… locks me in the house… doesn’t allow me to communicate with my family or anyone else,” a distressed woman told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

Dear Editor, In response to Mr Vishnu Bisram’s letter captioned ‘What were the reasons for breaking with England and the Privy Council?’

Teachers were advised to model behaviours and attitudes they want their students to adopt, at the third prize giving ceremony of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) Vreed-en-Hoop branch.

Hammer takes 2008 Crown – Sunburst Camptown grabs third place Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United convincingly defeated BK International Western Tigers in the final of the 2008 Fruta Conquerors organized Namilco Football Festival Knockout Tournament this past Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

“I didn’t steal no bicycle, your worship, I went to buy weed for the owner,” a 40-year-old man told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

Dear Editor, Incomplete pension payments at MMA/ADA continue to frustrate its pensioners.

National all rounder Esaun Crandon along with middle order batsman Travis Dowlin will lead the two teams in the three-day practice match organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) at the Guyana National Stadium, in early preparation for next year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/ Carib Beer regional four-day competition.

Dear Editor, I sympathize with the people of Bel Air Gardens, Bel Air Springs, Subryanville and communities around, because of the Sunday evening and holiday street lime permitted on the seawall along that stretch of the East Coast Highway called Clive Lloyd Drive.

– as George Bacchus murder trial begins The George Bacchus murder trial commenced yesterday before a twelve-member jury after the caution statement allegedly given to the police by murder accused Delon Reynolds was admitted by Justice Claudette La Bennett as evidence in the matter.

The three men reportedly found with guns and ammunition in the vehicle they were travelling in at Aurora, Essequibo Coast, on Thursday were remanded to prison after appearing at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court on firearm charges yesterday.

Dear Editor, So many negative circumstances have blighted Guyana for so long; so many of them highlighted daily in the media, that I think it is time for us to remember that we have things to be proud about.

– says GCB Competitions Committee Chairman As the controversy surrounding the fine being imposed on New Line Aqua Farm Cricket Club through its player Gajanand Singh continues, Chairman of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Competitions Committee Carl Moore told Stabroek Sports that national middle order batsman Gajanand Singh never indicated to him whether or not he had been released from his club Young Warriors.

By J. Bradford DeLong J. Bradford DeLong is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a former Assistant US Treasury Secretary.

Demerara and Berbice to contest final after victories over Essequibo As is customary in local cricket, Demerara and their nemesis Berbice will once again clash in another final, this time it is the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Pepsi/Carib senior Inter-county 20/20 competition after they both recorded victories over Essequibo.

Dear Editor, It is truly amazing to know the beauty of expression which is concealed in poetic language.

While controversy still swirls around Camp Ayanganna about the Military Criminal Investigation Department’s role in the ‘roughing up’ of some serving soldiers of the Guyana Defence Force, the public seems to have lost sight of the complete lack of any kind of intelligence in last week’s deadly showdown at Cromarty on the Corentyne Coast.

A delegation from the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), headed by its President Patrick Yarde is in Miami, Florida for a Public Services International hemispheric meeting on ‘Racism and Xenophobia’, According to a press release from the GPSU, the meeting, which opened yesterday and ends today, included an agenda item requested by the GPSU: ‘Presidential Elections: The American case with Obama’.