Articles published on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Although the US government said it seized the surveillance equipment owned by alleged Guyanese drug kingpin Roger Khan after it was shipped to his lawyer’s New York offices, Commissioner of Police Henry Greene is maintaining that local authorities have the equipment in their custody.
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday revealed that he had “confidential information” indicating that retired army major David Clarke, who initially led army operations in Buxton after an upsurge in crime, was not serving its best interests.
At least $150M was invested by persons into what appears to be a fraudulent vegetables export scheme, a police source said yesterday.
Two weeks after he was shot to death as he lay asleep in his camp at White Water Backdam, Konawaruk, Region Eight, police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a suspect in the murder of Neville Melville.
With less than a month remaining before Police Commissioner Henry Greene reaches retirement age, President Bharrat Jagdeo is not saying whether he will grant him an extension of his term.
An inquest has been ordered into the death of James Nelson whose bruised body was discovered in a cell at the Brickdam Police Station lock-ups, last October.
A 33-year-old Tuschen Housing Scheme man was chopped on the right hand and hit in the head after he objected to a taxi driver picking up another passenger.
Four persons believed to have ingested drugs are currently under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Although the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will be cutting funding to the Caribbean, President Bharrat Jagdeo says government does not expect any immediate problems.
Three men have been taken into custody in relation to the North Sophia shooting which left 15-year-old Warren Scotland dead last Thursday night.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Somali rapper K’naan mixes hip hop swagger with reggae and traditional music in his second album, “Troubadour,” but his message is grounded in the war-torn streets of Mogadishu that he fled as a child.
OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – The African equivalent of an Oscar — the Golden Stallion of Yennenga — has been awarded to a film about Ethiopia’s bloodthirsty past.
Insurance Commissioner to make statement on Thursday President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that there is need for greater co-operation among the regulators of Caricom states as well as need for a number of regulatory changes at both the national and regional levels.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has decided that air traffic controllers (ATC) be given a 5 per cent payment increase retroactive to last year but the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) would have to “trim itself (so) that this cost is natural to the budget.”
-prison officer held as ‘mule’ A remanded prisoner was left with broken ribs and a fractured leg after allegedly receiving a beating from prison authorities following a drug find.
A father of four yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charges of resisting police arrest, unlawful assault and disorderly behaviour when they were read to him by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
-President urges President Bharrat Jagdeo is urging all Guyanese to use Youman Nabi as a day for “assessment of our own actions and meditations” as they join with their Muslim brothers and sisters to commemorate the occasion.
A man who was allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The government will be re-examining the use of lie detector testing within larger government agencies, Presi-dent Bharrat Jagdeo revealed yesterday, admitting that it runs the risk of abuse.
Three persons sustained burns about their bodies and had to be treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital when fire completely gutted a two-bedroom house at Bath Settlement, West Berbice around 9.15 pm on Sunday.
A salesman yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Americans have been skeptical of big government since George Washington’s time more than two centuries ago.
Members of the Block 8, Mon Repos, Community Policing Group (CPG) on Sunday arrested a man wanted for the murder of a Plaisance man.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Top U.S. economic officials pressed for global coordination to battle the financial crisis yesterday and the president of the European central bank said there were signs the world economy may be near a turning point, but stock investors continued to signal their anxiety.
HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday ruled out foul play as the cause of a car crash that injured him and killed his wife Susan, easing concerns that it would increase tensions in the new government.
The PNCR said as the nation remembers the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad it should seek to incorporate those ideals into daily life to build a more equal society.
BELFAST, (Reuters) – A police officer was shot dead in Northern Ireland late yesterday, just hours after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the killing of two British soldiers would not derail the peace process.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) encourages the nation to hold close the teachings of peace and the victory of good over evil as the nation observes Youman Nabi and Phagwah.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – A large proportion of women in India were married when they were still children, a study has found, and researchers warned that such unions carried higher risks of unwanted pregnancies and female sterilization.
A 23-year-old taxi driver was not required to plead yesterday to the charge of attempted murder over the shooting of a man at Twins Manufacturing Company, Industrial Site, when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies collected three late wickets to wobble England in their second innings, after Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash struck hundreds that helped limit the visitors’ first innings lead to just two runs in the fifth and final Test yesterday.
MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – A former Swiss investment banker was jailed for six years yesterday for trying to blackmail Germany’s wealthiest woman, heiress to the BMW car empire, with secret video of their lovemaking.
A 35-year-old self-employed labourer yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday the World Bank and leading global economies would work towards a new fund to help the world’s poorest through the global recession.
Jets and Sonics victorious on night two The race for the 2009 Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball tournament title involving the top clubs from Linden and Georgetown remains split after the second night of action at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Sunday night.
A man who was accused of obtaining a quantity of cash by pretending that he was in the position to get two men American visas and jobs when they got to the US was ordered to pay court costs and was placed on a bond to keep the peace for two years.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (Reuters) – Country music star Hank Locklin, who helped pioneer the idea of the concept album and whose songs were popular from Ireland to Japan, has died at age 91, Grand Ole Opry officials said yesterday.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) calls on the nation to emulate the Prophet Muhammad’s example of devotion, love and sacrifice in their daily lives.
Middle order batsman Royston Crandon will rejoin his teammates in the Guyana team, when they face the Leeward Islands in their tenth round clash of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four day competition at the Albion sports Complex this weekend.
Windwards beat Barbados by one wicket BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Windward Islands beat Barbados by one wicket just before tea on the final day of their ninth round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day match at the Kensington Oval yesterday.
The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) says the lesson of Youman Nabi should inspire citizens to cooperate for the good of the nation.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Men who violently abuse their wives or girlfriends could be monitored on a police database so other women could be warned about them, under a public consultation launched by government yesterday.
By Tony Cozier At the Queen’s Park Oval THE final day of the Test series has effectively developed into the first one-day international.
Dear Editor, There is currently an accusatory but essentially pointless discourse in some of our dailies, which, if memory serves correctly, began between John da Silva and Donald Isaacs (KN 3.2.09; 6.2.09), and taken together may best be entitled: ‘Who underdeveloped Guyana the most: the PNC or PPP?’
YEONPYEONG – North Korea yesterday said it had put its armed forces on full combat readiness in response to the start of annual military exercises by U.S.
The Justice For All Party extends warm greetings to the nation on the occasion of Youman Nabi and Phagwah and urges citizens to embrace their respective messages.
High tide at Friendship, East Bank yesterday.
Dear Editor, In my long, long, long-ago cricketing and newspaper-writing days, it was clear to me when a bowler was pelting, and I used to have no hesitation in saying that the bowler was pelting.
This piece of wood at left continues to indicate a dangerous hole in the road at McDoom, East Bank Demerara.
– seepages on pitch, no play on final day Having lost five of their previous seven encounters, including four consecutive defeats, host Guyana had to settle for first innings points in their ninth round encounter against the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) as seepages on the pitch prevented any play on the final day.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited Haiti yesterday and urged the Caribbean state to use international backing to haul itself out of grinding poverty.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers scored unbeaten half centuries to take South Africa to 244 for two at the close of the fourth day of the second test against Australia yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Half of the Cabinet has some type of an investment “portfolio”, “an annuity or something” with Colonial Life Insurance Co (CLICO), a subsidiary of the CL Financial Group, which received a multi-billion-dollar bailout from the State, says Prime Minister Patrick Manning.
Picturesque: High tide at New Hope, East Bank yesterday.
Dear Editor, The government’s handling of the CLICO situation leaves much to be desired.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Divi-sional commander for the St James police, Superintendent Maurice Robinson, is appealing for calm following a quadruple murder in the parish on Sunday.
Dear Editor, A group of Guyanese left NY to celebrate Phagwah in India.
Coach of the Guyana national team Ravindranauth Seeram yesterday told Stabroek Sport that right arm leg spinner Devendra Bishoo’s services in the team will be sorely missed, especially in the upcoming game against the Leeward Islands this weekend.
Dear Editor, I read a very heartrending story a few days ago in your newspaper.
The weekend before the last, the security forces seized 17 kg of cocaine on a farm at Ridge, the southernmost section of Wakenaam Island.
By Jorge Chabat MEXICO – Drug trafficking has existed in Mexico for decades.
Hazy conditions, 22 players, two umpires, one ball but no pitch to play on.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – The Houston office of the FBI is seeking to identify victims in its criminal fraud investigation of Stanford Financial Group and its affiliated companies, the agency said yesterday.
