Articles published on Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Four contracts totalling $1.164 billion (US$6 million) in value were yesterday signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and two companies for the rehabilitation of Control Structures and Farm-to-Market Roads in various areas in Regions 3, 4 and 6, as part of the Agriculture Support Services Project (ASSP).
-indicted attorney Robert Simels, who once represented confessed cocaine trafficker Roger Khan, feels that his former client was coerced into pleading guilty last month.
Two cases in which the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) sought orders for Buddy’s International Hotel owner Omprakash Shivraj to pay $58 million owed to the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) for the supply of power have been dismissed for want of prosecution.
-levying on collateral Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) liquidator Nizam Ali and Company is in court battling to reclaim funds owed to the institution after months of reluctance from debtors, filing claims to levy on personal property that were put up as collateral.
-Persaud says action taken Advisor to UNAMCO Hamley Case says that while the government refuses to renew the company’s timber lease, illegal loggers have begun to harvest in its 237,000 acre concession, which is located along the Berbice River about 50 miles south of Kwakwani.
Fracas started over rum A husband and wife duo, who in a drunken stupor bludgeoned a relative to death, was ordered to serve a total of 14 years imprisonment after they confessed to the act before Justice Claudette La Bennett at the Berbice Assizes.
A woman is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being struck down by a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) vehicle while crossing the McDoom, East Bank Demerara public road last evening.
-at GCB meeting Amid a wretched regional performance, the national selection process is expected to be the topic of heated discussion at the executive meeting slated for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) boardroom tomorrow at 5 pm.
A 64-year-old man is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after stabbing himself following an altercation with his former reputed wife during which he set his Sophia home afire.
Defending champions Georgetown under the leadership of national Under-19 opener Trevon Griffith will oppose West Demerara while East Bank and East Coast will do battle at the Everest and Lusignan cricket grounds respectively today.
–brother, cousin jailed for eight years The two brothers and their cousin, who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing of Rameshwar Persaud, were last month handed varying punishments by Justice Winston Patterson.
-no arrests as yet Stacey Chandra, the 13-year-old who sustained serious stab wounds following a knife attack on Sunday evening, is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she is listed as being in a stable condition.
Praises have been pouring in for Guyana and West Indies middle order batsman Narsingh Deonarine, who became the first man to score 1,000 runs in a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) first class season.
Almost three weeks have passed since Sheriff taxi driver Keith Bowen was found on Sussex Street, West La Penitence, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head and police are yet to make an arrest or determine a motive for the killing.
By Rawle Toney Top junior athletes left here yesterday for St Lucia where they would be representing Guyana at the 38th Junior CARIFTA Games from April 10–13.
An Industry, East Coast Demerara spray painter is now contemplating his next move, after two motor cars he was hired to spray sustained significant damage as a result of a fire yesterday afternoon.
…as Diamond Life cricket bowls off Action in the Diamond Life and General Insurance Company Limited (DLGIC) Under-19 Inter-zone tournament starts today with two matches at the Blairmont Community Centre (BCC) and Port Mourant grounds respectively.
More than 18,000 students are expected to sit the National Grade Six Assessment Examinations scheduled for today and tomorrow.
Former national and professional golf coach Basil Sukhram will be laid to rest today.
By Rawle Toney The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) and the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) have released the names of the athletes who will represent Guyana in their two disciplines at the Caribbean Games set for Trinidad and Tobago from July 16-18.
The Labour Ministry partnering with the National Tripartite Committee last week launched the ‘National HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy,’ as part of its drive to prevent the spread of the disease in the workplace and to stem the associated stigma and discrimination.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted of human rights crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday, the first time a democratically elected Latin American president has been found guilty in his own country of such offenses.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Allen Stanford, the billionaire Texan accused of an $8 billion fraud by U.S.
Dear Editor, Almost everybody is demanding his or her rights − women, children, workers, consumers, etc.
The host of US fishing show “Reel Adventures” said his planned investment in the sport-fishing sector here is sound as he believes tourists would want to venture into Guyana’s pristine jungle.
By Rawle Toney Guyana and West Indies rugby team members Claudius Butts and Albert La Rose said yesterday at a press conference that their team gave a very good account of themselves at the just-concluded Hong Kong Sevens World Series.
Dear Editor, It was with disappointment that subsequently turned to disgust, that I read of the naming of Ryan Gullen as the MVP of the recently concluded NLE basketball tournament, a tournament which I followed closely from beginning to end and for good reasons.
The Brazilian dredge owner, who was shot by bandits at Arangoy, Cuyuni on Monday has been admitted to the open ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital after undergoing surgery to remove the bullets.
HAVANA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro seemed alert and energetic yesterday in his first known talks with U.S.
Dear Editor, The media’s role in changing the attitudes to domestic violence in Guyana has been noted.
Two Muslim men from India who allegedly overstayed their permit in Guyana were remanded to prison on Monday when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court but were yesterday granted bail in the sum of $100,000 each when their attorney took the matter to the High Court.
Dear Editor, Congratulations and best wishes to the Guyanese security contingent (GDF and GPF) to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chris Gayle and Fidel Edwards will definitely be playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League which will be staged later this month in South Africa.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Iraq yesterday returned the spotlight to a war that has all but dropped off the news radar screen in the United States, which is preoccupied by its economic crisis.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan legislators yesterday stripped control of a major chunk of Caracas from the capital’s opposition mayor, the latest move increasing the power of socialist Presi-dent Hugo Chavez in the OPEC nation.
Dear Editor, I wish to commend the police for their success in two incidents.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Legendary West Indies cricketer Brian Lara has endorsed the Twenty20 concept but wants batsmen to develop a more attractive approach to cricket’s shortest form.
A trawler at the Noble House Seafoods wharf at Eccles, East Bank Demerara caught afire yesterday afternoon.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons cracked an unbeaten hundred and propelled Merryboys to the Carib Sunday League title with a seven-wicket victory over Wanderers last weekend.
A Georgetown Hospital mortuary assistant was dismissed from duty on Friday after allegedly pelting his toolbox at a funeral parlour tout on Tuesday following an altercation over a body that was taken to the mortuary.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge threw out a corruption verdict against former Republican Senator Ted Stevens yesterday and ordered a criminal probe into “shocking” Justice Department misconduct, in a blow to a legal system marred by accusations of Bush administration abuses.
Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo, at the cremation at Babu John, I feel, may have sensed concern and uncertainty about the future that may have lurked in the minds and hearts of many members, supporters and sympathizers of the Peoples Progressive Party, following the sad loss of co-founder, former First Lady, and former President of Guyana, Mrs Janet Jagan, that motivated him to speak strong and clear words to assure and reassure them of the strong foundations, assured future and continued importance of the party.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Senator Dwight Nelson and West Portland Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz have emerged two of the big winners, while two former ‘shining stars’, Clive Mullings and Colonel Trevor MacMillan, were the ‘losers’ when Prime Minister Bruce Golding reshuffled his Cabinet on Monday.
A thirty-two-year-old carpenter who stole another man’s radio set valued $100,000 from his car was granted bail on Monday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Impromptu football on Parade Ground.
Dear Editor, I am very sad that Mrs Janet Jagan passed away, but I am also very pleased to say that she has done many good things for Guyanese and Guyana.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s Jacob Zuma said yesterday he had been “vindicated” after prosecutors dropped corruption charges against him and vowed to focus on leading the country after an election this month.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – India claimed their first test series victory in New Zealand since 1968 after rain forced the third match at the Basin Reserve to end in a draw yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) – One hundred and nineteen steel workers received retrenchment letters from Point Lisas-based steel giant Arcelor Mittal Steel on Monday.
Health checks compliments of Courts yesterday.
Dear Editor, The findings of the latest NACTA poll conducted in late March in Trinidad reveal voters overwhelmingly want Basdeo Panday to step down as Leader of the Opposition and as Leader of the United National Congress, so as to give his party a chance at the next elections.
A physically challenged man who allegedly assaulted a woman while she was standing next to him was remanded to prison on Monday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
(Trinidad Express) – Brothers and liming partners Stephen Osbourne, 28, and Addil Osbourne, 19, were slain on Monday morning by the occupants of a jeep that followed them as they made their way home from a beach lime.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dwayne Bravo will undergo further treatment for the ankle on which he had an operation last November and will miss West Indies’ two-Test tour of England, starting later this month.
BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – An Iraqi reporter who was jailed for hurling his shoes at former U.S.
The series of meetings held in Europe last week, and in which President Barack Obama was obviously the star participant, mark his debut in international affairs, and an early attempt to put his, and America’s, imprint on the future course of world affairs.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Europe must slow down planned cuts in banana import duties to alleviate the socio-economic hardships that market liberalisation will mean for its former colonies, Africa’s top banana exporter states said yesterday.
Lincoln Bristol, the Sophia minibus driver who was shot by gunmen last Wednesday, remains hospitalized with a bullet lodged in his jaw.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss voluntarily stepped aside as skipper for the Twenty20 World Cup because his form in the shortest form of the game did not guarantee him a place in the side, he said yesterday.
Facelift: After being in a state of decay for quite some time, it appears that the St Phillips Anglican Church on Smyth Street is finally undergoing renovation.
Dear Editor,The CEO (ag), NDIA, Lionel Wordsworth must be commended for his letter on the Hope canal design which he circulated to all the leading newspapers in Guyana.
Amnesty for St Kitts tax defaulters Tax payers in St Kitts and Nevis have been given a six month amnesty.
