Daily Archive: Thursday, July 23, 2009

– four Guyanese deported in July Barbadian authorities are now in possession of documented allegations of ill-treatment meted out to Guyanese who have since been deported from the island.

Rajpattie Jagroop, 49, had been in her bed shortly before the drunken ex-lover of her 19-year-old daughter broke into her home and stabbed her to death.

Murder accused David Leander, aka `Biscuit’ and ‘David Zammet’, who was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) last Thursday after he was suspected to have been poisoned, took a surprising turn for the worse and was in a coma at press time last night.

King aiming to rule supremeHis name is synonymous with motor racing in the Caribbean and after a dismal performance in round one of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Race of Champions in May, Andrew King says he is aiming to make up for lost ground when round two gets revving on Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.

All the remaining quarter-final spots of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Guinness Futsal Competition were booked on Monday and will be contested Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to see who will advance to the semis.

Fifty-five-year old Jairaj Singh who had a kidney transplant operation conducted on him at the Georgetown Public Hospital two months ago, passed away at the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the medical institution on Monday afternoon.

Jamaica won this year’s fourth Regional Blind Cricket Tournament yesterday after they defeated Barbados in a close contest at the Providence National Stadium.

A 55-year-old Albouystown man who allegedly assaulted a police officer and behaved disorderly was also accused of being found in a compromising position with a dog when he appeared  before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson who subsequently remanded him to prison.

–seminar told A two-week seminar on disaster preparedness and crisis management concluded last week at the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) following which it was disclosed that current methods of weather forecasting needed timely improvement to better the country’s preparations for flood-related disasters.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s hopes of winning back  the Ashes were dealt a serious blow yesterday when their  leading batsman Kevin Pietersen was ruled out of the rest of the  series.  

A man who allegedly forged a CXC certificate to gain admission to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Cadet Officers programme was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $200,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Former national point guard and captain Lugard Mohan and Aubrey Younge have been successful at their Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) Officials Certification Course, which was held in Denver, Colorado, USA  from June 19-22, boosting  Guyana’s pool of certified referees to three.

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) says that security services ranks have paid a “spate of visits” to its Executive Members’ homes recently and the organization wants an explanation for this.

Reigning national open champion Imran Khan won the Edward Ajodha sponsored Stableford Golf tournament at the Lusignan golf course last  Saturday.

LE GRAND BORNAND, France, (Reuters) – Frank and Andy  Schleck tried with all their might to shake the Tour de France  peloton in the 17th stage but they could not topple leader  Alberto Contador  yesterday.  

Post-mortem examinations done on Simon Boodhoo and his children Samuel and Krystal Boodhoo found that the man died as a result of asphyxiation due to hanging while the cause of death of the two children was undetermined.

The Private Sector Commis-sion (PSC) says it “deplores the apparently deliberate act of arson” perpetrated on the Ministry of Health and hopes that it is not an indication of the level to which the country’s politics has descended.

A man who allegedly had a quantity of cannabis in his possession was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Brothers Mike and Sydney Christophe share one thing in common. They are both national men’s singles champion of Guyana.

-passengers escape with minor injuries Several passengers escaped with minor injuries yesterday afternoon after their Mahaica-bound Route 44 bus toppled several times on the East Coast Highway, obliquely opposite the Texaco Gas station, near Liliendaal.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. drug enforcement agents  and Los Angeles police yesterday raided a Houston clinic  owned by Conrad Murray, the doctor who was with pop icon  Michael Jackson when he died, searching for information on the  singer’s use of the anesthetic, propofol.

Dear Editor, In SN of July 18, I read with awe and shock the work of arsonist(s) which razed the offices of the Ministry of Health on Brickdam early Friday morning.

Neil Reece warmed up for the upcoming Gold Cup cycling event in Trinidad next month by capturing the Church’s Chicken 40-mile road race recently.

ROME, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,  after months of dismissing accusations of cavorting with  teenagers and prostitutes, yesterday acknowledged he was “no  saint” but vowed to govern until the end of his mandate.

The Guyana girl’s team of Michelle John, Trenace Lowe and Natalie Cummings earned a silver medal at the 51st annual Caribbean table tennis championships while the men’s team suffered a shock defeat to Aruba as the championships continued yesterday in French Guiana.

Dear Editor, Today, I have decided to break my silence on the issue of ACDA’s request to President Jagdeo, through the Office of the President, for financial support for the African Emancipation Festi-val.

Dear Editor, Even with the presence of regular mosquito nets people complain that they are still bitten during their sleep at night.

CARY, North Carolina, CMC – Carolina RailHawks coach Martin Rennie, buoyed by the immediate success of his Guyanese forward Gregory Richardson, believes the skilful Caribbean player is poised to have a profitable stint in the United Soccer Leagues (USL).

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will not withdraw its remaining diplomats from Honduras, ignoring an ultimatum by the de facto government of the Central American country, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said yesterday.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras’ rival leaders  agreed yesterday to new talks to end the country’s political  crisis, but they were still bitterly divided over the  reinstatement of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

–acting GCAA head says striving to meet standards Acting Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Paula McAdam said yesterday that the body was striving to meet and maintain standards and that Guyana’s category 2 International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) classification did not in any way inconvenience the travelling public.

MORELIA, Mexico, (Reuters) – A cult-like drug  cartel is defying President Felipe Calderon in his home state  in western Mexico by taking on security forces with a menacing  mix of violence, pseudo-religion and gifts for the poor.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Barbados’ hopes of repeating as champions suffered a huge blow yesterday when rain prematurely ended the second day’s play of their TCL Group West Indies Three-day Cup Under-19 match against Guyana at Jamalco.

Dear Editor, It is crystal clear the people of Guyana must at least for the time being bear the burden of poor, undemocratic governance worsened by a number of leaders obsessed with the accumulation of wealth.

(BBC) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will have to reassess ties with Colombia, which is set to allow the US to use its bases for anti-drug flights.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday met with a preparatory study mission from the Japanese Government to follow up on support for the critical East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) and its associated drainage and irrigation structures.

VARANASI, India/WUHAN, China, (Reuters) – A total  solar eclipse yesterday swept across a narrow swathe of  Asia, where hundreds of millions of people watched the skies  darken, though in some places thick summer clouds blocked the  sun.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali told a Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) planning workshop that he wants to develop the utility into one that is highly efficient where good governance and customer service are among its hallmarks, by the year 2012.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Leeward Islands face a stiff task of avoiding defeat at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago after two days of their fourth-round TCL Group West Indies Three-day Cup Under-19 match at Chedwin Park yesterday.

Dear Editor, Arson targeting government buildings seems to be an affliction confronting the PPP government. A

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Sao Paulo (BBC News) – A young black teenager in Brazil is nearly three times more likely to die as a result of violence than a white adolescent, a new report has concluded.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jermaine Blackwood belted an unbeaten hundred and leg-spinner Akeem Dewar snared seven wickets and an 11-wicket match haul yesterday to set up an innings and 97-run victory for Jamaica over the Windward Islands inside two days of their TCL Group West Indies Three-day Cup Under-19 match.

(Antigua Sun) – The inability by regional governments to subsidise the airline industry has been cited as among the reasons why LIAT has to maintain high fares.

Of all the reports of violence against women that have come to light in recent times, the incident at Enterprise, East Coast Demerara is the worst.

Grown naturally. This Kwakwani farmer, Lloyd Conway holds a big bunch of pakchoy grown in his own garden without any artificial chemicals.

A man who was accused by Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry of driving in a dangerous manner was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. man has been charged  with giving al Qaeda details about the New York City transit  system and the Long Island Railroad, as well as firing rockets  at American troops in Afghanistan, according to court papers  unsealed yesterday.

Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, Ph.D. (LSE), Barrister-at-Law, is a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists and Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

Dear Editor, Mr Freddie Kissoon had no inkling of what I had to do to get my letters about the blackouts published in the daily newspapers.