Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 29, 2009

An informant for the US government yesterday said confessed drug kingpin Roger Khan ordered the execution of political activist Ronald Waddell.

The Government Information Agency last night reported that twenty leaders from the various regions were elected before Amerindian Affairs Minister, Pauline Sukhai, to serve on the National Toshaos Council (NTC).

-pleads guilty, jailed for four years A woman was yesterday fined $2,658,600 and sentenced to four years imprisonment for the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking after she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 30-year-old Guyanese man appeared before a court in The Bahamas yesterday for allegedly beating his girlfriend’s daughter in the mouth with a belt buckle.

The Guyana Sugar Corpo-ration is disputing PNCR claims that  sugar is increasingly scarce in Georgetown and other urban areas, saying it had not received any complaints from consumers on shortages.

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Colonel Godwin McPherson has died. He was 62 years-old.

Olga Bone, a woman acknowledged as one of the nation’s premier educators, has died. 

A member of the New Horizon Project, a former fire-fighter in the Maryland Fire & Rescue Department  in the US  visited the Guyana Fire Service  last Wednesday  to make his expertise available  in light of the recent fire at the Ministry of Health.

-Corbin urges gov’t The main opposition PNCR has charged the government with gross neglect of  East Bank Berbice, citing the  deplorable state of the East Bank Berbice Road as “the greatest evidence of this” and so  Opposition Leader Robert Corbin is calling for repairs to be effected immediately.

The long-awaited Takutu Bridge, linking Guyana and Brazil will finally be opened on Friday.

-union says others being victimized The National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) worker, who was incarcerated over the weekend returned to work yesterday but union leader, Kenneth Joseph said yesterday that several other workers, who had taken industrial action, and participated in a walk-out on Monday, are being “victimized”.

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

Faced with a delay in both the start of ID card production and the completion of legislative reforms, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has ruled out the possibility of holding local government elections this year.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday sounded an alarm about political influence over security operations, while expressing concern that the prominent involvement of the military has given rise to excessive cruelty.

Archie Poole, who police said they wanted to question in relation to the Ministry of Health fire, was arrested at a Linden-Soesdyke highway location yesterday.

-two men charged with assault A Burrowes School of Arts teacher was placed on self bail yesterday after pleading not guilty to the charge of unlawful assault before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

An 83-year-old man died yesterday after being hit by a minibus which was reportedly speeding on the Liverpool public road.

A 29-year-old man is grateful for his life and is calling for justice after surviving a hit-and-run accident at Number 71 Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Monday.

-aggravated robbery accused tells magistrate A man yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer to the charge of robbery with aggravation at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The   Federation of Independent Trade  Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says that after careful deliberations and analysis it is not in support of government selling off its 20% shares in what it described as the “still lucrative, profit-making Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).”

-Ministry to launch ‘aggressive’ campaign With workplace deaths for the first half of the year already at 11, the Ministry of Labour is to take what it called “a proactive approach” to curb this trend, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release last Friday.

–  Colin France By Tiadi Blair Team Manager Colin France believes the Guyana contingent that took part in this year’s 51st Annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships did exceptionally well despite challenges they faced in  French Guiana.

A 31-year-old mother of two was on Monday remanded to prison when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of trafficking in narcotics.

-Food and Drug Department The Food and Drug Department says it was forced to condemn large amounts of rodent-damaged foods during a recent inspection exercise at manufacturing, storage and retail facilities in regions two and six.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Sir Shridath Ramphal has identified August as a deadline to broker a deal in the bitter dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association, which has crippled the regional team and left its top-tier players in the wilderness.

The New Amsterdam Primary Secondary School Football Foundation (NAPSS) is gearing up for its inaugural awards ceremony and secondary schools football tournament next month secretary of the organization Petra Forde told Stabroek Sport.

– says blind cricket is here to stay Clevedon Mayers was re-elected president of the West Indies Blind Cricket Council (WIBCC) when that body staged its annual general meeting (AGM) last week.

Local lifters ‘Big John’ Edwards, Mervin ‘Spongy’ Moses and Randolph Morgan have begun their preparation for the 7th NAPF North American Regional Powerlifting Championships and the 12th NAPF/FESUPO Pan-American Regional Championships which will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Hotel in Miami, Florida from August 4-8.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) wishes to correct some serious inaccuracies contained in an article by Janette Bulkan captioned ‘Carbon in the forests in Guyana’ in the Monday July 27, 2009 edition of the Stabroek News.

Expressions of sympathy to the family of the late Godwin McPherson came yesterday from Minister of Sport Dr.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – At least 15 Haitian migrants  drowned and more than 65 were missing after their wooden sail  boat hit a reef and sank off the Turks and Caicos islands,  local police and the U.S.

– Named USL-1 Player of the WeekGuyana’s star striker Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson says that he’s having the time of his life playing with the Carolina RailHawks in the first division of the United Soccer League.

Dear Editor, I refer to ‘The rise and fall of Guyana’s cinemas’ by Godfrey Chin (Sunday Stabroek, July 26), and cannot help wondering why a nostalgic piece like this did not touch on the ownership of cinemas and look at how and by whom Hollywood and Bollywood films got into the cinemas in Guyana.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Travis Dowlin stroked a memorable, maiden century but Bangladesh produced a spirited batting display to turn the tables on West Indies and win the second One-Day International by four wickets with an over to spare here yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will withdraw its  ambassador from Colombia and freeze relations with its Andean  neighbour, President Hugo Chavez said yesterday, following days  of accusations over troop buildups and alleged arms supplies.

Dear Editor, I would like attempt an answer to a question posed to readers in your Sunday editorial.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cash-strapped Cuba should  consider putting more of its state-run economy in the hands of  producers, as President Raul Castro has done with agriculture,  the country’s top economic commentator said yesterday.

Dear Editor, With reference to the editor’s note to my letter (‘Placement system in senior secondary schools could be improved’ SN, July 24) it must not be assumed that just because the substantial part of the examination is multiple choice makes it factual, and seemingly simple (by your implication).

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras’ coup leaders  came under new pressure yesterday to allow ousted President  Manuel Zelaya’s return to power as the United States revoked  visas for four members of the de facto government.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England go into the  third test at Edgbaston without their leading batsman but  confident their talisman will be fit to face an Australian side  desperate to level the series.

Development  Watch By Tarron Khemraj This column will examine various aspects of economic policy in Guyana. 

Zaheeda Samdally has been named skipper of the national female team.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Patrick Manning disclosed on Monday night that an unnamed organisation was behind a plot to kill him.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Nigerian President  Umaru Yar’Adua said yesterday that security forces would hunt   down remnants of a radical Muslim sect behind days of clashes  which killed at least 150 people and displaced thousands.

In concluding our editorial on regional integration last week, we suggested that there was a tendency to suggest that our own experience is sui generis, and not to be compared with other experiences in today’s world.

Dear Editor, In response to your editorial, ‘Torture, plain and simple,’ (July 27), which focused primarily on latest torture victim, Mr Troy Small, I am of the opinion that we have reached a frightening stage in Guyana where editorials, commentaries and letters may no longer be deemed workable to prevent the Jagdeo administration from operating like a brakeless, runaway locomotive on a steep decline.