Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Recent charges against two airport employees who allegedly allowed cocaine to be transported to New York undetected is a major breakthrough in the ongoing collusion between the facility’s staff and drug traffickers and while applauding the efforts of the investigators, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud says that there is still more work to be done.

For the second time in three months, leaked fuel ran along a street in Georgetown yesterday; the difference this time being that its origin was known.

– after heated row with unknown man The body of a Lusignan man who is believed to have been the victim of a severe beating was discovered a short distance from his home early yesterday morning.

– likely to vie for PNC top post Former senior health minister during the PNC administration, Dr Richard Van West-Charles is returning to Guyana at the end of the month, where he is expected to challenge for the leadership of the main opposition party.

– foul play not ruled out A body of a 49-year-old miner was discovered in the Upper Demerara River on Sunday, apparently drowned but police have not ruled out foul play and investigations are ongoing.

A poultry business at Lot 33- 34 , Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje , was on Saturday robbed of $1 million by two men who were armed with a gun and a knife.

Guyanese Women in Development said it is time that domestic violence is viewed as a national issue as it affects productivity in the workplace as well as the victim’s ability to contribute and participate in society.

– gillnet fishing, inadequate funding cited The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas said though Guyana’s marine turtle population has stabilised its level is still not “healthy” and gillnet fishing remains a threat.

The sun was out and so were the people. Hundreds turned out at the National Park, the seawall and other open spaces to fly their kites and picnic during the Easter Monday holiday yesterday.

Innovation and attention to detail won 12-year-old Hemant Munilall his own cell phone when he entered a kite competition put on by the Goodwill Foundation.

The final round match of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sponsored Headley/  Weekes trophy between Guyana and Barbados was evenly poised at the end of the penultimate day, with the hosts battling to avoid their seventh defeat in the double-round tournament.

– stallholder calls for city to look at security The deplorable condition of the Ruimveldt market and the lack of security have made it vulnerable to burglars and a stallholder is calling on the City Council to remedy the situation as there are frequent break-ins.

– Jamaica most dominant By Rawle Toney The Golden Arrowhead did not fly from the podium on the fourth and final day of the 2009 Junior CARIFTA Games in St Lucia as Javina Straker, Jonella Jonas and Ricardo Martin all failed to medal.

A driver escaped without serious injury after the Canter truck he was driving suffered a tyre ‘blow out’ and ended up in the canal at Number 19 Village.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has made several important changes to its constitution as it seeks to modernize its operation.

West Berbice and Central/ Upper Corentyne outplayed favourites Lower Corentyne and New Amsterdam/Canje respectively to reach the finals of the Diamond Fire & General Insurance Company Berbice Inter-Zone Under-19 Tournament.

President Bharrat Jagdeo, on a visit to the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary (MMA) areas, urged farmers to diversify their farming practices, listing aquaculture as an alternative farmers in the area can pursue.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday eased the way for US telecommunications firms to do business with Cuba and relaxed some other restrictions on the communist-ruled island, opening a crack in a decades-old US embargo.

Sunburst Camptown was the first of two teams to book a spot in the final of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Premium Beer Knockout Football Competition  defeating Fruta Conquerors at the Tucville Playfield last Sunday night.

Almost a month after a security guard was stabbed to death at Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) at Mabura following a row over money, police are yet to apprehend the attacker who they believe is hiding out somewhere in the interior.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – The court-appointed lawyer overseeing the operations and assets of billionaire Texan Allen Stanford‘s companies has asked a judge to release another $137 million held in customer accounts, according to court documents.

Dear Editor, Why is it that we remain silent when our most beloved cricketers are maligned by outsiders? 

– ‘audited information’ disputes collapse claims Chairman of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Board Dr Roger Luncheon says the scheme has a sound investment framework which the board will continue to apply to future investments by the institution.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – Herschelle Gibbs hit a sparkling century and Dale Steyn took four wickets to lift South Africa to a series-clinching 61-run win over Australia in the fourth one-dayer yesterday.

Police in Berbice were on Saturday morning able to nab a suspect following a robbery which took place in New Street, New Amsterdam.

Dear Editor, How do societies generate abusive behaviour on a scale that takes it out of the range of the individual aberration?

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The wife of actor Mel Gibson filed for divorce yesterday after 28 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) finished the WICB regional four-day competition for the Headley/Weekes Trophy on a high, when they romped to an unlikely, 63-run victory over Trinidad & Tobago yesterday.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo admitted yesterday he fathered a child when he was still a Roman Catholic bishop, as the scandal threatened to weaken him politically.

Four men on a fishing vessel were reportedly attacked and robbed by four masked men on Friday evening, off the foreshore of No 43 Village, Corentyne on Friday.

Dear Editor, Someone said that if we forget our past, history will repeat itself. 

The election laws are to be amended to ensure to ensure there is greater accountability in remuneration of scrutineers, while requiring meaningful consultation among the opposition on allocation of payment.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai troops encircled thousands of protesters encamped near the prime minister’s office in Bangkok early today after a day of street clashes in which two people were killed and dozens injured.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—Michael Finley might have been the only person in Arco Arena who didn’t realize his winning 3-pointer almost certainly didn’t leave his hands before the 24-second clock expired.

Dear Editor, Some discomfort was signalled by an opinion given in a letter titled ‘Guyana should exploit its natural resources’ of April 11, 2009 in the Stabroek News.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The crew of a US ship attacked off Somalia called on President Barack Obama to lead the battle to stamp out piracy yesterday, after US forces freed the ship’s captain to end a five-day hostage drama.

Dear Editor, The Eastern European state of Moldova (population 4.1 million) has recently become the 24th country to achieve full abolition of corporal punishment of children in all settings.

ST THOMAS, US Virgin Islands, CMC – A three-wicket burst from Leeward Islands pacer Gavin Tonge wrecked the Windward Islands innings and left them on the threshold of defeat on the third day of their 14th round WICB Regional four-day match yesterday.

A 33-year-old cyclist is now dead following a collision with a car yesterday morning.

MONTE CARLO (Reuters) – Andy Murray, in impressive form this season with three titles to his name, is ready to “let it flow” on clay and improve his miserable record on the slow surface.

Dear Editor, Mr Eusi Kwayana’s letter in Stabroek News of April 1 captioned ‘Reflection on Mrs Jagan’s passing’ reduces Mrs Jagan’s story to a bipolar prism as seen by her supporters and her opponents.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Caine has been acting for more than 50 years and has no plans to retire.

Dear Editor, A picture is worth more than a thousand words.

Almost a month after a security guard was stabbed to death at Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) at Mabura following a row over money, police are yet to apprehend the attacker who they believe is hiding out somewhere in the interior.

LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez said he could risk injured captain Steven Gerrard for today’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at Chelsea.

Althea Perkins was a teacher and researcher at the Centre for Gender Development Studies and now teaches at the University of Guyana.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Porn star Marilyn Chambers, who made waves in the 1970s by having screen sex with an African-American, has been found dead at her Los Angeles home at the age of 56, coroner’s officials said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Over the last several years, Guyana witnessed two resurrections of media code of conduct seminars/workshops − more like media reunions − to bring some kind of sanity to election coverage and to enhance professionalism among journalists.

An accident involving a vehicle that was transporting persons to the Lethem Rupununi Rodeo on Friday, resulted in two persons being flown back to Georgetown on Friday to seek emergency medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Mauricio Reina is a researcher at Fedesarrollo, a non-profit foundation dedicated to non-partisan research in economics, political science, and public administration.

Flying woman: Leon Mendonza said that he won a prize for his creation at GTT Cellink’s kite competition yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Haiti on Thursday to talk about how to promote stability in the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation despite its long history of violence and political unrest.

(Jamaica Observer) – Eleven people were murdered between Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday, bringing to 33 the death toll for the first 12 days of this month, according to a tally of Constabulary Communication Network releases.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Riders from Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana will join an impressive contingent of cyclists from South American and European countries as they clash at the Palo Seco Games which begin here today.

The killing of a parent by a student at the Richard Ishmael Secondary School in Georgetown in November 2005, and of a schoolboy by a classmate at the Queenstown Community High School the previous year, perhaps, were the most egregious examples of school-based aggression and violence in recent years.