Daily Archive: Monday, July 27, 2009

…were on their way to wedding Three persons with Guyanese roots were killed in a collision between their mini-van and a pick-up, which was heading the wrong way on a Georgia highway on Saturday.

Heston Bostwick, who allegedly inflicted wounds to his chest one day after he turned himself into the police for questioning in relation to the Ministry of Health fire, remains in custody and the details of his wounding are still not clear.

…wife fled with child after beating A Cane Grove businessman was yesterday in a critical condition in the burn care unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after allegedly beating his reputed wife and setting their home ablaze.

An early morning accident yesterday along the Winifred Gaskin Highway at Wismar, Linden has left a BOSAI security officer dead.

-eyeing four-star rating Ongoing rehabilitation at the Princess International Hotel at Providence will see the establishment achieving at least a four-star rating and it is moving ahead with US$2M casino plans, its Operations Director Oguz Tayanc has said.

Full-time MPs are needed for effective parliamentary oversight, Opposition Chief Whip Lance Carberry says.

The suspect in the robbery of a Linden Digicel store on Friday turned himself in to law enforcement officials on Saturday night.

-Carrington tells CARICOM institutions Representatives of regional institutions meeting at the  CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen last week, were urged to devise methods of implementation of decisions, particularly those taken by Heads of Government.

– Ramjattan AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan has described the offer of a $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the arsonist/s responsible for the torching of the Health Ministry as a “dangerous” development.

Another convocation under the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) Programme for the non-residential Sophia Training Centre (STC) was hosted at the CARIFESTA Sports Complex by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport last Friday.

A 27-year-old man was up to last night in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being stabbed at the East Coast Demerara mini-bus park.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) recently targeted some 300 women in a series of workshops aimed at promoting  the elimination of racial, social and religious discrimination in Guyana while  encouraging them to create respect for forms of diversity in Guyana’s plural society.

A prisoner in the lock-ups at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court  on Friday morning reported that his $5,000 and a cell phone  had gone missing, leading to a police search which caused an enraged robbery and murder accused to shout expletives and threats.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Friday remanded to prison a woman and a man who were allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis in their possession for the purpose of trafficking at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

A thirty-two-year-old man who allegedly attempted to sell a car which another man had entrusted to him to operate was on Friday remanded to prison shortly after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is now offering a Distance Education (DE) Secondary Academic Certificate Programme in addition to its DE Early Childhood and Primary Certificate programmes.

A group of Linden Rastafarians are calling for a national holiday on July 23, 2010 in recognition of the birth anniversary of their king Haile Selassie I.

Women’s groups in indigenous communities are soon to benefit from training in conflict resolution and negotiation skills, conducted by the Rural Women’s Network (RWN).

A 23-year-old man is dead and another injured after the motorcycles that they were riding collided at the Lethem Airstrip road on Saturday night.

The Bagotville Post Office which is undergoing rehabilitation works has been temporarily  relocated to the La Grange/Nismes Neighbourhood Democratic Council compound.

Trenace Lowe sweeps to gold in U-21 singles; Idi Lewis, Michelle John place third in men’s, women’s singles Guyana produced its best showing in recent years as the 51st annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships ended Saturday in French Guiana.

King rules!Veteran ace driver Andrew King sporting his tube frame Mazda RX7, ruled supreme in the ‘Group 4’ category claiming all four of the races he contested  as the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, national Race of Champions came to a climax yesterday at the South Dakota circuit.

A century from Shamaine Campbell spearheaded Berbice to a massive 191-run win over Essequibo when the second round of the senior female Inter-county competition continued yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

Dear Editor,For many months now I have been assisting NIS pensioners by signing and stamping their NIS life certificates which they have to submit at the NIS office that is near to them.

The final of the East Bank Basketball Association tournament is scheduled for August 2 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

EL PARAISO, Honduras, (Reuters) – Disheartened  supporters of Manuel Zelaya trickled home from the Nicaraguan  border yesterday and the ousted Honduran president complained  that U.S.

Dear Editor,I read with much concern the article in July 9 Stabroek News ‘MP slams conditions at Linden Hospital children’s ward.’

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A career-best bowling performance from Kemar Roach was overshadowed by another feeble batting display from West Indies which handed Bangladesh a 52-run victory in the first One-day International yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India launched yesterday its  first nuclear-powered submarine capable of firing ballistic  missiles, completing a nuclear triad encompassing land, air and  sea, officials said.

Dear Editor,The government wants to sell its shares in GT&T, but I see in the newspapers that GT&T contributed $43B since 2000, paying nothing less than $200M a year, and up to last year government collected $1.5B in taxes and $265M in dividends.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Fast bowler Keon Joseph snared a five-wicket and surprisingly placed struggling Guyana in charge against tournament leaders Trinidad and Tobago on the second day of their final round TCL Group West Indies Three-Day Cup Under-19 match yesterday.

Dear Editor, With regard to Mr Troy Small who was beaten by a group which he alleged included a uniformed member of the Guyana Defence Force, I was shocked and appalled at the picture of him and his account of being questioned in relation to the Ministry of Health fire. 

ROME, (Reuters) – Swimming’s short-term experiment  with hi-tech suits prompted the expected flood of records at the  world championships yesterday with Federica Pellegrini among  those setting new marks which might stand for years to come.

KUWAIT, (Reuters) – A brash Kuwaiti financier  facing a fraud suit by U.S.

Dear Editor,As a resident living in Mabaruma, Region One, I would like to compliment the Region Nine sports organizer for his efforts to organize the North Rupununi Football Association games.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The sharp trade contraction  during the economic crisis, closely matching the trend in the  1930s, has triggered widespread fears that the world could  suffer a re-run of the destructive protectionism of that era.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Windward Islands seized control of their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 challenge match against Leeward Islands yesterday, when they gained a sizeable first innings lead and then forced their opponents to follow on.

Former World champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed at around 11pm Saturday night the boxing website Fightnews has reported.

Dear Editor, It is laughable to now hear that the burning down of the Ministry of Health is being blamed on ACDA.

HOLGUIN, Cuba, (Reuters) – More belt-tightening may  lie ahead for Cuba as President Raul Castro said yesterday the  government will look at making its second “adjustment to  expenditures” this year due to the effects of the global  financial crisis.

By Janette Bulkan (This is the first in a 10-part series)This series of articles is intended to look at some of the issues surrounding Guyana’s bid for funds from the World Bank-administered Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) and from Norway, and for the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican families, heavily dependent on remittances, are feeling the tight squeeze of reduction in inflows.

Dear Editor,Just the other day I was having a conversation with some of Guyana’s young and talented cricketers and they just seem to believe that Brian Lara was not good enough for the team and should be blamed for its many failures.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Title-chasing Jamaica used a splendid unbeaten hundred from Courtney Allen and Patrick Harty’s six-wicket haul to take full control against defending champions Barbados in their final round TCL Group West Indies Three-day Cup Under-19 match yesterday.

Stop This Slaughter By Luke Daniels (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) In the Diaspora Editor’s Note:  Since January, over twenty women have been murdered at the hands of men they knew, the most recent and horrific crimes involving a son allegedly locking his mother in a room and beating her to death and a spurned ex-lover allegedly setting in wait and killing the mother of the woman he wanted to marry.

Jamaica Observer) Lady Bustamante, highly regarded as a defender of women’s and workers’ rights, and widow of late former Prime Minister and National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante, died in the Tony Thwaites Wing of the University Hospital of the West Indies on Saturday afternoon.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Alberto Contador emerged as the  new cycling boss yesterday when the Spaniard wrapped up his second Tour de France title on the Champs-Elysees on Lance  Armstrong’s return to the race.

It happens every so often, in a public or private exchange, that we find ourselves in a situation where something disturbing or uplifting takes place, and it occurs to us that we should say something, but we think better of it and, often as well, we later have a feeling of regret for not having spoken out.

Dear Editor,A prominent piece of the Satyadeow Sawh murder puzzle, murder-accused David Leander (known as ‘Biscuit’), is no more.

(Trinidad Express) The Government has sent out a “Staff Notice” to heads of T&T overseas missions informing them of the education drive by the People’s National Movement (PNM), a move that one former diplomat describes as “very worrying” in that this constitutes a party notice being sent out to Government workers.

Photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man and woman in the street their views about domestic violence, what they think is the biggest factor and what should be done.

There is a familiar theme to the story as told by Mr Troy Small who was “questioned” in relation to the Ministry of Health fire: rogue elements in the joint services, with or without official sanction, continue to run amok. 

Dear Editor, Mr Frederick Kissoon’s comment reflects the self-destructive, old-fashioned school of political thinking that is harmful for political discourse  (‘Some of the new blood is worse than the old,’ SN July 20.)

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Formula One world champion  Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday as McLaren  roared back to the front after a slump of 10 races without  success.