Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Residents demand increased security after rampant robberies Following a spate of robberies over the past few months, Parika residents are calling on the authorities to beef-up security in the area, saying the few ranks that are stationed at the Parika Police Station are inadequate to cope with activities at the busy port of entry.

– Green protests his innocence “I stand by my innocence,” Guyanese drug trafficker Wayne Gavin Green said when he and his five convicted compatriots appeared before the No 3 Supreme Court in Barbados yesterday morning.

Former People’s National Congress Minister and General Secretary Ranji Chandisingh passed away yesterday.

One of the first things that many alumni do when they visit President’s College is head to the dining hall and grab some food.

Less than a week after being stabbed repeatedly, battered and doused with kerosene by her former lover Sharmin McKay, of Bachelor’s Adventure (Bare Root), died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday afternoon.

A corporal in the Guyana Defence Force was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with raping a girl under the age of 16.

The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company said it was taken aback by recent reports accusing it of holding back Guyana’s economy through its monopoly rights.

Shri Prakash Gossai, special assistant to President Bharrat Jagdeo, popular Pandit and activist of Hinduism known for his devotional songs, died at a hospital in Miami, Florida early yesterday morning.

Chief Education Officer Genevieve Whyte-Nedd yesterday urged school managers, especially those at the nursery level, to embrace change even as teachers complained of the current curriculum being too taxing for children.

-projects tough fiscal year The Institute of Private Enter-prise Development (IPED) yesterday held its 23rd Annual General Meeting at the Pegasus Hotel, where it announced that it recorded a surplus of $95.1 million during last year.

Twenty-four-year-old Jerome Parkes of Grant Covent Garden, Lower Pomeroon was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with murdering two men in March.

The Office of the President will hold a wake tonight for the late Shri Prakash Gossai at Castellani House on Vlissengen Road.

Troy Smith and Garfield Hoyte, who allegedly robbed two men of a quantity of cash and cell phones at gunpoint, were remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-full collection resumes today The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has announced that the City Treasurer has paid the sum of $40 million to contractors Puran Brothers and Cevons Waste Management for the collection and disposal of garbage in the city.

A 34-year-old resident of Line Path, Skeldon was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Chandra Sohan at the Whim Court yesterday, charged with the murder of Corentyne businessman, Fazal Hossein.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Charles Ramson on Thursday last, presented the Summary Jurisdiction (Lay Magistrates) Bill 2009 for first reading in the National Assembly.

A motorcyclist was killed yesterday afternoon when he slammed into a bus on the Public Road at Success, East Coast Demerara.

A police constable who allegedly stabbed a man several times about his body shortly after drinking with him was yesterday granted self-bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

LONDON, CMC – An unbroken, sixth-wicket stand of 37 between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul limped West Indies to a five-wicket victory – under the Duckworth-Lewis Method – yesterday to earn them a place in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup, and fittingly eliminate hosts England.

LONDON, CMC – Chris Gayle failed to hide his delight at having the last laugh over England, after West Indies eliminated the hosts yesterday with a five-wicket victory to reach the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana’s Cleveland Forde out-sprinted defending champion Richard Jones in 75-metre dash to the finish-line to win the 2009 Eastern Credit Union Granny Lucess 15k road race on Sunday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan completed an untroubled  39-run win over Ireland at the Oval yesterday in their final  Twenty20 World Cup second round match.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Underdogs  Egypt shook five-times world champions Brazil at the Confederations Cup yesterday but finally succumbed 4-3 when Kaka  converted a controversial late penalty.

A 33-year-old minibus conductor, who is accused of twisting the arm of a 12-year-old girl in order to get her bus fare, was placed on $10,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Husband charged, remanded The husband of Krishandai Singh, the Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara woman, who was stabbed to death on Friday, appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with murder and was remanded to prison.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Egypt lodged  a protest with Confederations Cup organisers after their 4-3  defeat by Brazil yesterday, claiming Brazil’s late penalty  winner was awarded illegally on the basis of video evidence.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Guiseppe Rossi set aside the  mixed emotions of playing against the country of his birth to  inspire Italy to a 3-1 win over the U.S.

TAUNTON, England, CMC – New Zealand Women and India Women completed contrasting victories yesterday to secure their places in the semi-finals of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup.

The Victory Valley Royals solidified their chances of clinching the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) first division title after wrapping up their third consecutive victory in the second round of the tournament.

A 36-year-old goldsmith pleaded not guilty to the charge of provoking a breach of the peace when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Alpha and Camptown drain opponents Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and Sunburst Camptown claimed smashing victories over their opponents in the latest contested match-ups of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League competition at the Tucville Playfield on Sunday.

Dear Editor, The highly publicized preliminary inquiry into the charge of rape against entertainment promoter Colin Mack was recently concluded in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Twenty-eight students were successful in the Kyu and Shodan martial arts form last weekend when the Guyana Wado-Ryu Karate Association (GWKA) conducted a grading exercise at the Banks DIH dojo under the guidance of Fifth Dan Sensei Winston Dunbar.

Dear Editor, It is with sadness that I learnt of the passing of Sri Prakash Gossai yesterday morning.

Riddim Squad and Huston Stars reign supreme Riddim Squad and Houston Stars each piled a victory onto their stats as the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Western Union First Division Football League continued at the Camptown Ground on Sunday.

Dear Editor, People of goodwill, people of good sense, in both Guyana and Barbados will recognise that it is time the two countries put behind them the ghosts of past that have haunted their relations these past months.

Dear Editor, The idea of a low carbon development strategy is not a bad one.

Barama and Bagotstown were the first two teams to record wins as the East Bank basketball tournament got underway on Sunday at Burnham Court.

Dear Editor, For decades I have paid tribute in verse to people in local areas who have passed. Among

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Eric Phillips’ letter in the Stabroek News on June 15, 2009, with the title “The Low Carbon Development Strategy is a new form of mendicancy.”

Giving justice a push start: A homeless man (right) joined two police officers behind their truck to give it a push start when it broke down on Avenue of the Republic yesterday afternoon.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian demonstrators called for more mass protests today, a day after Islamic militiamen killed a man during a march by tens of thousands against a presidential election they say was rigged.

Led by a man-of-the-match performance from Henry Alphonso, Yellow Mines crushed Floodlights XI by 60 runs in their feature 25-overs-a-side softball match Sunday at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.

TOKYO (Reuters) – The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il secretly visited ally China around last week as a special envoy of his father and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported today.

Dear Editor, Many of the Ministry of Housing’s land allottees who have fully paid for land are in possession of Titles and Transport documents in the allottees’ name, heirs and executors.

-Bryant emerges from Shaq to build golden empire alone ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant proved  there was life after Shaquille O’Neal when he led the Los  Angeles Lakers to their 15th NBA crown with a convincing win  over the Orlando Magic on Sunday.

ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles  Lakers used last year’s NBA Finals defeat to the Boston Celtics  as the motivating factor to become a title-winning team,  Spanish forward Pau Gasol said on Sunday.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians voiced dismay yesterday over terms Benjamin Netanyahu set for a peace deal but the Israeli leader won guarded approval in Washington and Brussels for at least accepting Palestinian statehood.

Dear Editor, Mr David Hinds is frustrated with the PPP regime.

Dear Editor, I wish to make an observation with regards to the new format of the Motor Vehicle Licence.

-Bryant gets fourth as player; Jackson wins his record 10th as coach ORLANDO, Florida, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers captured their 15th championship and first since 2002 with a 99-86 victory over the Orlando Magic in Game Five of the NBA Finals on Sunday.

Roraima Airways Inc yesterday launched its new aircraft at Ogle Airport.

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) – The world’s biggest emerging market powers will seek to craft a united front on repairing the global financial system when they meet for the first formal BRIC summit today.

(Barbados Nation) – Ten law enforcement officers from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean have joined 40 of their colleagues from Trinidad, Jamaica and The Bahamas at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), Roswell, New Mexico.

(Antigua Sun) – A young Guyanese mother of twin girls was ordered deported from Antigua last Friday after she pleaded guilty to remaining in the country after the expiration of a permit.

(BBC) –  A Cuban exile blogger from Miami says he used a female internet alter ego to gain access to a member of the usually impervious family of Fidel Castro.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers will get a parade to mark their 15th championship despite objections the city cannot afford to throw the $2 million party, officials said yesterday.

The recent arraignment of ex-policeman Lloyd Roberts and the issuance of a wanted bulletin for another ex-policeman− Sean Belfield, called “Backup” − both in connection with the murder of the father and son whose bodies were found in the Pomeroon River in March are the latest links in a long chain of allegations of felonies involving serving and former policemen.

– Václav Havel is former president of the Czech Republic. by Vaclav Havel PRAGUE – One of the fundamental pillars of Europe’s political architecture is a strong and enduring belief in the universal validity of equal, universal, and inalienable human rights.

Dear Editor, With reference to the article published in the Sunday Stabroek of June 14, 2009 on page 30 captioned “RBTT Guyana Ltd Inter-zone U-17 tournament launched”, we wish to highlight the following errors:- RBTT is actually Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago a totally separate entity and our competition.