Daily Archive: Monday, August 3, 2009

-six others pulled to safety An employee of the GuySuCo Staff Club is dead and three persons are in critical condition after a car, reportedly speeding, flipped over and into a trench early yesterday morning on the Manchester Public Road, Corentyne.

Accusing the PPP/C government of severe human rights abuses, trade union leader Lincoln Lewis has urged former Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal to intervene.

The main opposition PNCR has organized a protest today, to call for an investigation by Interpol into the administration’s dealings with regards to the cocaine connections following revelations in a New York court.

All of the persons who the police had charged as well as suspected of having participated in the brutal killings of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his siblings and his security guard are now deceased leaving the force at a dead end.

The Cane Grove man, who was badly burnt after beating his wife and allegedly setting their house ablaze, remains in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara businessman and his wife were attacked on Thursday and robbed of a cellular phone and $100,000 cash by four men.

The Chicago-based Guyana Community Outreach Fund (GCOF) has come to the assistance of Sonia Hinds, a victim of domestic abuse nine-years ago, with a financial contribution which will enable her to have easier access to water at her home.

Two men, wounded in separate incidents, were admitted patients to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday morning.

A 43-year-old man was on Wednesday ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 or spend 12 months in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

-owner fears for her life, protection order had been granted day earlier “I had to evacuate because he is on the loose and I’m afraid for my life and the life of my children and family”.

A man who allegedly promised to get a US visa for another and stole the money that was given to him to get the visa was on Friday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.

A 27-year-old pork-knocker was on Wednesday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of felonious wounding.

-two employees resign Two employees of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) resigned on Friday after the organization uncovered a suspected fraud in which a substantial amount of Government revenues are unaccounted for.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts,  CMC – Victory at long last came for West Indies, when they stumped Bangladesh by five wickets in a Twenty20 International yesterday.

A 26-year-old man accused of uttering a forged US$100 note was on Thursday placed on $50,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Andrew Flintoff’s  presence loomed large over the Ashes series once again as England seized the initiative in the third test against  Australia yesterday.

The annual Soiree on Friday at Hopetown Village, West Berbice attracted numerous persons, with some dressed in African attire.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – West Indies captain Floyd Reifer expressed a huge sigh of relief, following his side’s five-wicket victory in a Twenty20 International against Bangladesh yesterday.

Five persons accused of stealing a quantity of seafood appeared on Wednesday before Acting Chief Magis-trate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of simple larceny and knowingly receiving stolen articles.

CHAGUANAS, Trinidad,  CMC – Local boxing officials are investigating a shocking performance by judges that resulted in local fighter Ria Ramnarine claiming victory over Venezuela’s Ana Fernandez in a regional women’s flyweight title fight on Friday night.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board has  rejected the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) “whereabouts”  rule, backing its players’ refusal to sign up to the directive  due to security and privacy issues.

Two Jamaicans and a Belizean were selected as winners in the Scotiabank Change-Maker Challenge contest which concluded on July 17.

ROME, (Reuters) – Michael Phelps helped the United  States smash the world record and complete a men’s relay clean  sweep with victory in the 4×100 medley at the world  championships yesterday.

GRAND BLANC, Michigan, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods  increased his lead to two-shots after a bogey-free front nine in  the final round at the Buick Open yesterday, tightening his grip  on a third title.

An unlicensed firearm along with ammunition, cocaine and marijuana were discovered by police at an Oku Backdam camp last Friday and three men were arrested in relation to the articles.

Scottsburg United, Albion Community Centre through to quarter-finals Scottsburg United and Albion Community Centre cricket clubs won their most recent preliminary matches to become the latest teams to reach the quarter-finals of the 2009 Spready’s Bakery Under-19, limited-overs competition in Berbice.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the article, ‘NARI signs seed research pact with US companies’ (SN, July 30, 2009).

The Uprising Football Team is now $300,000 richer after carting off the top prize of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Guinness Futsal competition Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, After spending two days (so far) listening to witness testimony under direct and cross- examination in the trial of Robert Simels, and following the subsequent fallout in Guyana via the internet, quite a few questions come to mind.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England seamer Andy  Caddick, who with 234 test wickets ranks eighth on England’s  all-time list, said yesterday he will retire from cricket at the  end of this season.

Dear Editor. With reference to the Kaieteur News article dated Friday July 31, captioned ‘Guysuco without legal counsel as company secretary resigns,’ the corporation would like to reassure everyone that there will be no diminution in the quality of legal representation received as a result of the resignation of the company secretary.

CAMBRIDGE, England, CMC – Centuries from Justice Prakash Moosai, of Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbadian Gregory Nicholls, powered West Indies North to a 98-run victory over Ireland in the Lawyers Cricket World Cup on Saturday.

Dear Editor, All right, all right.  All the President’s men are innocent, with clean hands and hearts.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Barbados kept their slim hopes alive in the TCL Group West Indies One-Day Trophy Under-19 tournament when they posted a battling three-wicket victory over Guyana at Chedwin Park yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A soldier who once trained and enlisted as a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force elite Special Forces Unit has been convicted alongside six others for a series of offences arising out of the kidnapping and murder of US war veteran Balram Maharaj.

Dear Editor, The plight of security guards raised by Andaiye et al in the Stabroek News has prompted me to pen this response (‘Women security guards especially endure appalling conditions of work’ July 25).

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have tightened  pressure on their opponents by staging what former president  Mohammad Khatami condemned yesterday as a “show trial” of 100  reformists accused of trying to instigate a “velvet revolution”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A stroke-filled half-century from John Campbell allowed Jamaica to continue their unbeaten run in the TCL Group West Indies One-day Trophy series with a five-wicket victory over Jamaica yesterday at Up Park Camp.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago beat the Leeward Islands by 87 runs in their third-round TCL Group West Indies One-Day Trophy Under-19 match at Kensington Park yesterday.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – More than 700 people were killed  during a five-day uprising by a radical Islamic sect in  northern Nigeria and the search for bodies is continuing, Red  Cross and defence officials said yesterday.

In the Diaspora David Hinds teaches at Arizona State University. Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College and Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column.

Dear Editor, All because of its monopoly, GT&T is dealing unfairly with customers in Region 2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam, since customers have to pay a fixed monthly rental for a defective landline service.

STANFORD, California, (Reuters) – France’s Marion  Bartoli upset American Venus Williams 6-2 5-7 6-4 to win the  Stanford Classic yesterday.

People landing in Guyana for the first time, will encounter a range of cultural surprises ranging from mild (road-side vendors) to severe (meat stalls in Stabroek Market), and I have often thought that since Guyana is so contrary, even by regional comparisons, that we should have a basic information booklet at the airport – perhaps even distributed to foreign travel agents – with a list of pointers to prepare people for some of the jolts they will encounter in GT.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Pentagon is seeking to  speed deployment of an ultra-large “bunker-buster” bomb on the  most advanced U.S.

Dear Editor, My assessment here does not seek to argue with the main currents of an article in the Guyana Review ‘University in adversity,’ (July issue, 2009).

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government has awarded a contract worth more than TT$2.1 billion to a subsidiary of an Italian company to supply four helicopters for use by the country’s Air Guard, Web sites and wire services have reported.

Dear Editor, It is with deepest sadness I refer to the recent tragedy on the East Bank road which snuffed out the lives of three able young men of our dear soil.

(Jamaica Gleaner) South Central St Catherine Member of Parliament (MP) Sharon Hay-Webster has decided to give up the land of her birth – the United States of America (USA).

If there was collaboration between senior figures in the government and the Roger Khan-led phantom group to prosecute battles against criminals and others – as is very widely suspected or even taken for granted in some quarters – then the evidence of it won’t be in the open for all and sundry to see.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Former world pole vault champion  Svetlana Feofanova will miss this month’s world athletics  championships in Berlin with a leg injury.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – President Raul Castro said on  Saturday he would not change Cuba’s communist system to make  peace with the United States, but repeated his willingness to  discuss all issues with the island’s longtime enemy.

What the Toshaos say about… Interviews and photos by Alva Solomon Toshaos attending this year’s National Toshaos Council (NTC) meeting held at the International Convention Centre at Liliendaal were asked for their opinions on this year’s meeting and issues affecting their respective villages.