Daily Archive: Sunday, August 30, 2009

Chaos erupted at Stabroek Market square yesterday when a man shot at two men who attempted to rob him and the bullet hit a newspaper vendor.

Peter Morgan’s imminent sentencing in the US for conspiracy to import drugs offers another lead for local authorities to figure out why they failed to uncover his activities, in the same way that Roger Khan was untouched for many years.

—is not interested in a third term President Bharrat Jagdeo says he is stunned by the murder of gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass allegedly by three soldiers, and says that he can’t guarantee “it will never happen again” because the security services import the same problems found in the society when they recruit ranks.

Day of drama for team Guyana at time trials–   King to start last on grid despite qualifying second By Rawle Toney in BarbadosIt was a day filled with high end drama for Andrew King and Gavin Gayadin at yesterday’s time trial for the second round of this year’s Caribbean Motor Racing championships at Bushy Park circuit in Barbados.

By Marlon Munroe Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) are in the driver’s seat over Maltenoes Sports Club (MSC) and Everest Cricket Club (ECC) respectively after semi final action got underway yesterday in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink first division cricket tournament.

An early morning hit-and-run accident yesterday left a 12-year-old boy fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where his father is nursing minor injuries.

LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies discard Omari Banks rediscovered his touch with the bat yesterday but his county side Somerset were facing a tough task to save their match against Hampshire.

Electoral process ‘fraudulent’ -Van West Charles A week after the conclusion of the PNCR’s 16th Biennial Congress, Dr Richard Van West Charles is charging that the electoral process was “fraudulent,” from membership registration to voting.

Victims of the robbery that occurred at Kingston, Corriverton early Friday morning were summoned to identify jewellery and other items belonging to them after three suspects were held several hours later during a roadblock at Weldaad, West Berbice.

ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC – Jamaican Asafa Powell is promising to stun the world with a victory over Usain Bolt when next the two go head-to-head.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Football legend Dwight Yorke is expected to retire from international duty following Trinidad & Tobago’s World Cup qualifier against Honduras next Saturday.

A motorcyclist at Lusignan was struck down and killed following a collision with a car on the Lusignan public road early yesterday morning.

A Stabroek Market vendor who was killed in her home was discovered nude, bound and gagged on Friday night.

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey,  (Reuters) – Tiger Woods  moved into title contention at the Barclays Classic yesterday  despite having a tough time reading the undulating greens at  the Liberty National Golf Club.

Construction of the $56M Diamond/Grove well at Sixth Street, Diamond, East Bank Demerara is expected to be completed by mid-September and this would be complemented by two more wells that are slated for completion before year end.

It’s down to the final two. The 2008 New Building Society Challenge second-division limited overs cricket competition, commenced with over 100 teams from practically all of the geographical zones of Berbice.

Guyana and the wider world Expansionary impact Expansionary impact We saw last week that despite the high level of recognition readers have for stimulus packages as an economic policy tool, what it takes to make government spending a true stimulus is not widely recognised.

Ian On sunday In 2007 as many as 20,000 politicians, officials, international functionaries, journalists and activists attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, better known as the Bali Conference.

-ministry charting suicide profile Faced with consistently high suicide rates and the prevalence of alcohol and substance abuse disorders, Health Minister Dr.

Alpha United returned to their usual dominant form when theycrushed the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) in the second round of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Cellink Plus 2009 Premier League on Friday at the Tucville Playfield.

Jorge Lanzaro is Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.

Joint opposition working with stakeholders for international inquiry The joint opposition parties are continuing to organise stakeholders’ engagements to galvanise support for the call for an international inquiry into alleged links between government and drug trafficker Roger Khan.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was  banished to the stands as Manchester United came from behind to  hand his team a 2-1 Premier League defeat at Old Trafford yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A wildfire raged in the  mountains north of Los Angeles yesterday, sending up huge  plumes of purple-gray smoke and prompting the evacuation of  more than 3,000 homes on the northeastern edge of the city.

A Gardener’s Diary I am presently in England again having been coopted into the heavy gang to move my son’s belongings from the London University hall of residence near the Strand to a place not many miles away in Clerkenwell,  in readiness for the start of his masters degree at University College London in October.

LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) – Industrialised nations can  deepen planned cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to shore up a  U.N.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Recruitment Board is currently vetting recruits for the second Basic Recruit Course to be held this year.

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, (Reuters) – Italian Jarno  Trulli promised yesterday to go all out for a Belgian Grand  Prix victory he said could cement Toyota’s Formula One future.

KABUL (Reuters) – Partial Afghan election returns  released yesterday showed President Hamid Karzai extending  his lead in last week’s vote, but still falling short of the 50  per cent needed to avoid a run-off.

-Berbicians urge preservation A decision will be made shortly about the future of the historic New Amsterdam Hospital, which has become a haven for vandals and rogues.

In Our Time Some time around midnight on July 18, 1969 (easy to remember the date, since it was my 25th birthday), on Chappaquiddick Island off Martha’s Vineyard, a ’67 Oldsmobile drove off the rail-less Dike Bridge, flipped and sank upside down in an inlet.

By Marlon Munroe Defending champions Courts Pacesetters and national champions Wismar Pistons will contest the final of the Brusche’s Basketball Classic after easily dispatching their opponents in their semi-final matches at the Mackenzie hard court in Linden Friday evening.

The bridge intended to link Sophia with Cummings Lodge. There is no sign of work currently underway, and the gap between the bridge and the road remains (see inset).

Parents in Regent Street look for lunch bags for their children who will be returning to school this week.

Participants in a competition held earlier this year for the design of a monument to the victims of the Cubana bombing are asking why after five months a winner has still not been declared.

BOSTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama hailed  Senator Edward Kennedy as the “greatest legislator of our time”  at the funeral yesterday of the towering patriarch of the  pre-eminent American political family.

National Race Walker Rudolph Mitchell took his local consecutive victories into triple figures yesterday when he won the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) National Sports Commission (NSC) 10K race around Soesdyke.

Pet Corner Over the last few weeks, we have been discussing problems associated with the lips in particular.

Police still seeking  ‘passengers’ West Coast Demerara police are yet to find the two men who were the last known passengers picked up by 70-year-old taxi driver, Nazir Khan, whose bloody body was found in his car at Stewartville, early Friday morning.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara scored his  20th century to help Sri Lanka build a formidable 470-run lead  on the fourth morning of the second Test against New Zealand yesterday.

Last-minute shopping: Vendors such as these in Regent Street were fully stocked with back-to-school items yesterday in the expectation that many parents would be making purchases at the last minute.

Arts On Sunday We have already made reference to the fading away or the dilution of African culture in Guyana and the Caribbean. 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iranian foreign minister yesterday called for Iraq’s neighbours to hold a meeting to  discuss Iraqi security after Baghdad accused Syria of harbouring  the planners of two massive bomb attacks.

A little girl is introduced to a pair of gregarious manatees in the Botanical Gardens yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Interim West Indies coach David Williams says he is naturally interested in filling the full time post made vacant by the axing of Australian John Dyson.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa yesterday called for the closure of a national television  station that is often critical of him and that recently aired a  recording of the socialist leader made without his permission.

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang has granted a further extension to attorneys for Clico (Guyana) following a request for additional time to prepare the company’s final affidavit in the ongoing court case.

Consumer Concerns Dr Ian McDonald’s article in last Sunday Stabroek, August 23, should serve as a wake-up call for those who, like me, tend to avoid reading the horrific details of the crimes now emerging in our society.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese began voting in an  election today that looks set to topple the long-ruling  conservative party, handing the novice opposition the job of  reviving a weak economy and coping with a fast-ageing population.

Dear Editor, We truly appreciate this opportunity to respond to Reverend Gideon Cecil’s letter ‘Water woes in Agriculture Road (SN, August 24).

The Venerable Cornell Jerome Moss, Archdeacon of Nassau and the Bahamas, was selected a Bishop by the House of Bishops of the Province of the West Indies  when they met from August 25-27.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – A cricket-crazy Indian  fan has sold his business to fund a dream of meeting Mahendra  Singh Dhoni, domestic media reported on Friday.

Accumulated garbage lying on the pavement on the western side of Parliament Building last week.

Health By Dr Badhri Veerappan Sivaji, MD (Rradio-diagnosis)What is a CT scan?

It is as if the current leadership of the PNCR is trapped in a proverbial time warp, far removed from the current realities.

With one tournament still to go, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is already the winner of the 2008-2009 Fide Grand Prix.

(Trinidad Express) Four police officers from an elite crime-fighting unit in the Southern Division were taken in for questioning Thursday, over their alleged involvement in the theft from a casino of almost $100,000.

HAVANA (Reuters) – The appearance of a fit and  alert Fidel Castro on television after a long absence has  surprised Cubans and raised questions about why the former  Cuban president is suddenly back in the spotlight.

-traders say law is working A call has come for increased restrictions on the conduct of the wildlife trade in the wake of claims that the rainforest is experiencing “rampant rape” for commercial purposes – a charge denied by a representative for the traders.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England’s latest batting prospect Joe Denly is set to renew an old rivalry yesterday against Australia fast bowler Brett Lee who gave him an early insight into batting in international cricket.

Dear Editor, It was my first observation of this ceremonial – the opening session of the PNC Reform 16th Biennial Congress held on August 22, 2009.

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