Articles published on Thursday, March 12, 2009
Roger Khan had used a former school mate of the now dead notorious criminal Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins to infiltrate the Buxton gang, and Rawlins had later asked the same school mate to secure an identification card for a gang member who was to receive a crate of weapons.
An accident on Tuesday afternoon on the public road at Number 79 Village, Corentyne has left a 20-year-old man dead.
– called to answer failure to report leave spent overseas Supreme Court Registrar, Sita Ramlal is challenging the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in court over whether the body has the authority to discipline her for failing to report to the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary before she proceeded on extended leave and when she resumed duties last year.
Guyanese Sabrina Budhram, who was sentenced to a year in jail for laundering money in the US for drug traffickers in Guyana, has been granted a delay to the start of her prison term because of medical reasons.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday signed a $410 billion bill to fund most government operations through September 30, but warned the US Congress must stop jamming spending bills with lawmakers’ pet projects.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Singer Chris Brown on Wednesday withdrew from Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards because of the controversy from criminal charges against him for allegedly attacking his girlfriend, pop star Rihanna.
– classes moved, villagers scared Some students of the Santa Rosa Secondary School, Moruka, North West District, continue to suffer from a “mystery illness,” that has seen them plagued by headaches and abdominal pains with as yet, no medical explanation.
No word on charges against trio More than a month after three persons were held over the illegal connections that were discovered by power company employees in the Maraj and First Federation buildings, it is unclear if criminal charges were laid.
Jagdeo responds to AFC outrage at his ‘pepper cocaine financier’ claim President Bharrat Jagdeo is standing by statements that a person linked to a recent cocaine bust previously financed the Alliance For Change (AFC) party.
– cites ‘grave concerns’ about his suitability The main opposition PNCR-1G yesterday called on the government to withdraw Kwame McCoy as a nominee for membership on the Rights of the Child Commission, citing “grave concerns” about his suitability to serve on the constitutional body.
Eight months on… Eight months have gone since murder accused Trevor Major miraculously managed to flee from a moving and locked prison van while in handcuffs, leaving behind no trace of his whereabouts.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has re-affirmed the government’s commitment to the ideals of the Commonwealth and to working towards the common good.
Public consultation needed on law repeal – Jagdeo The repeal of laws criminalising consensual sexual conduct between persons of the same sex and cross-dressing should be subject to public consultations, President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has criticized as irresponsible the recent publication in this newspaper of the contents of a draft report on the review of the tax system, which was prepared under the US-funded Guyana Threshold Country Plan Implementation Project (GTCP/IP).
State agency worker released from custody The man who was arrested over a ‘vegetables for export’ scheme that promised investors a 35% monthly profit on their investments was released on Tuesday.
Two East Coast Demerara (ECD) residents were on Monday charged with trafficking in narcotics following the discovery of 252 kilogrammes of marijuana in a motor car last Friday.
And there should be dancing as well… Guests at the Phagwah festivities at the Indian Cultural Centre in Bel Air yesterday, keeping things in the mood.
WINNENDEN, Germany (Reuters) – A 17-year-old in black combat gear killed 15 people in southwest Germany yesterday in a shooting spree that started at his former school.
Well played! This family thoroughly enjoyed the Phagwah festivities at the Indian Cultural Centre in Bel Air.
By Gary Tim with additional reporting from Rawle Toney They won all the short sprints at the Beijing Olympics last August and the resulting track and field euphoria was evident in their everyday gait afterwards.
Allen Stanford, the billionaire Texan accused of an $8 billion fraud by US regulators, has refused to cooperate in the government’s probe, a court filing showed yesterday.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Guyana’s Gairy St Clair was no match for Lenny Zappavigna last night and the Australian dominated the ex-world champion to easily retain his International Boxing Federation (IBF) Pan Pacific light welterweight title.
The Phagwah celebrations at this Seaforth Street, Campbellville home was a battle of water guns and buckets as the young revellers soaked up the festivities.
NEW YORK – Tumbling Chinese exports, sliding German factory orders and falling prices in Japan underscored the weakness of the world economy, while US and British leaders staked out positions ahead of a global finance meeting.
… Guyanese soccer star signs MLS deal, creates history By Gary H.
It’s a village thing! Phagwah fever swept the village of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara yesterday as residents poured into the streets dancing and celebrating with much enthusiasm.
Colourful Phagwah celebrations were in full swing at the Quamina Street mandir yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sought yesterday to play down a confrontation between Chinese and US naval vessels as the two sides held high-level talks on reviving growth and reining in North Korea’s nuclear programme.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Denesh Ramdin is set to captain West Indies for the first time and his Trinidadian colleague Dwayne Bravo is poised to return to international cricket in the one-off Digicel Twenty20 against England this weekend.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fast bowling legends Michael Holding and Colin Croft believe West Indies still have a long way to go before they can safely say they have “turned the corner”.
Invitees revelling in the Phagwah celebrations at the Indian Cultural Centre, Bel Air yesterday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates is the richest man again, overtaking investor Warren Buffett, as the global financial meltdown wiped out $2 trillion from the net worth of the world’s billionaires, Forbes Magazine said yesterday.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte believes the Caribbean side’s fighting series win over England is a huge boost to the side’s bid to improve their status in international cricket.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States is protesting to Israel over seemingly random restrictions on deliveries to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip of harmless goods such as soap and toilet paper, diplomats said yesterday.
One, two, three, splash: This Alexander Village bunch decided to really get wet for the Phagwah celebrations yesterday.
By Sonia Rodney After watching the 1953 movie ‘The Harlem Globetrotters’, a basketball craze hit the colony of British Guiana.
VIENNA (Reuters) – A UN anti-narcotics drive has backfired in part by making drug cartels so rich they can bribe their way through West Africa and Central America, UN crime agency chief Antonio Maria Costa said yesterday.
Allow me: Prime Minister Sam Hinds (second right) daubs abeer on Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Subit Kumar Mandal (centre) while another celebrant (left) joined in the fun during the Phagwah festivities at the Indian Cultural Centre at Bel Air yesterday.
Dear Editor Recently there has been a lot of publicity given to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on the use of the polygraph test for various levels of officers of the entity in your newspaper.
DALLAS (Reuters) – Latin American investors in the unraveling financial empire of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford do not want their names published for fear they could be targeted by criminals, a lawyer said.
Dear Editor, It was easy to hate Dr Roy Ibbott. He was pompous, loud mouthed, irritable and imposing – but not without purpose.
-Third annual NLE basketball extravaganza It was an all Georgetown affair on the third night of action of the third annual Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball extravaganza continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Tuesday night as Beepat Scorpions and Nets turned back the challenges of Patriots and Alleyne’s Retrieve Raiders respectively.
Got water? As the Phagwah celebrations spread out across Alexander Village yesterday this little guy, obviously part of the fun was in need of a refill.
This small group was getting into the Phagwah spirit yesterday at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.
Dear Editor, I have read the letter written by the residents of the Albion Front community captioned ‘Noise Nuisance has continued for three years’ and the response provided by Mr Doorga Persaud, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, published in Stabroek News on February 26, 2009 and February 28, 2009, respectively, and wish to make a contribution.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fast bowler Daren Powell and in-form batsman Brendan Nash are in Jamaica’s squad to face Barbados in this weekend’s WICB Regional Four-day championship in Barbados.
(Trinidad Express) – Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira says that the Clico Investment Bank (CIB) accounts which she closed on December 31 last year, before they matured later this year, had actually matured previously and were “rolled over”.
Dear Editor, I said in the past that music is definitely good for the heart and I would now like to make an addition, which is humour.
(Trinidad Exoress) NASSAU – FirstCaribbean International Bank has called in a nearly $500,000 debt owed by Clico Bahamas, further eroding policyholders’ chances of fully recovering their money tied up in the troubled insurance firm, The Nassau Guardian can confirm.
National ladies champion Christine Sukhram warmed up for the Suriname Open golf championship with victory in the Guyana Lottery Company sponsored Medal Play tournament Tuesday (You-Man-Nabi Day) at the Lusignan Golf Course.
Phagwah cheer: This enthusiastic group of Phagwah revellers entertained the public along the East Coast Demerara while celebrating the holiday yesterday.
(Trinidad Express)- The names of a magistrate and police prosecutor were written on paper and stuffed into a powder-filled bottle and left outside the Princes Town Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Dear Editor, We in Guyana, like everywhere else on the planet, live by a ‘social contract.’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Chris Gayle believes West Indies’ victory in the five-Test series against England was the culmination of determined effort from his side to lift their standard of play.
Sally Satel is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine.
There have been no official pronouncements that would suggest there is at present or could be in the future an issue with development aid in the current financial crisis.
Getting into it: These young people at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara were wrapped up in wet and colourful Phagwah celebrations yesterday.
