Daily Archive: Monday, September 14, 2009

-shotguns, masks found A five-member gang, suspected of committing a spate of armed robberies during the last six months in Berbice, was arrested and a quantity of guns and masks were recovered by the police yesterday afternoon.

-residents have been hit by water pollution Police have arrested two men in connection with the recent shooting on the Barama River that left a miner dead and another injured and sources yesterday said that the incident may have stemmed from more than a conflict between residents in the area and those operating a dredge.

Police want to speak to wife – source When Motilall Singh left the US to return to Guyana to look after his brother’s funeral arrangements, his siblings never expected that he would be murdered.

Hotel Tower is currently undergoing major rehabilitation as efforts are being made to remodel the establishment, thus making it more marketable.

Uphill, downhill democracy feud evident The celebration of Amerin-dian Heritage month at Orealla on Friday attracted hundreds of visitors but the general excitement was tempered by the call for democracy by some residents, underlining a rift in the community.

The Alliance For Change has expressed appreciation for a number of  donations, especially from non-resident AFC members, which go to assist the party in reaching out in its welfare programme to victims of domestic abuse and various other acts of violence, as well as  fire victims.

The National Gallery has received generous sponsorship from the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) to fund its sixth biennial National Watercolour Competition.

Wayne Venture of Lot 16 Section ‘C’ Christianburg, Linden was remanded to prison last Thursday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly smoking cannabis and being found with a quantity of the illicit drug in a bag that was in his possession.

A 19-year-old cyclist, who was hit by a van while riding along the New Hope, East Bank Demerara Public Road, was in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) up to press time.

The Ministry of Health conducted a medical outreach exercise at the Mazaruni Prison two Saturdays ago.

Two persons were injured in an accident on the Brickery public road, East Bank Demerara yesterday afternoon.

A 35-year-old Crabwood Creek rice vendor was yesterday afternoon robbed by one of the three men he had employed to assist him in the fetching of his rice.

By Mark McGowan in Lethem With the commissioning of the Takutu Bridge hours away, workers at the Lethem Power Station were last evening working assiduously to ensure the second generator acquired to supply “round-the-clock” electricity to the community for this occasion, is working efficiently.

Schools Welfare Officers in Region Three have launched ‘Operation Care’ to address truancy and other issues as part of its programme in observance of Education Month.

`We cannot do great things but we can do small things with great love’ During a recent visit to provide social relief to less fortunate persons Pandit Suresh Sugrim, president of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Humanitarian Mission (NJASMHM) felt he had `discovered Haiti in Guyana.’

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Belgian comeback queen Kim  Clijsters knocked out Serena Williams in a wildly controversial finish on Saturday to advance to the final of the U.S.

KLERKDORP, South Africa, CMC – West Indies failed to hold off Cape Cobras’ rampant late surge and lost by three wickets with two balls to spare in their unofficial ICC Champions Trophy warm-up fixture on Saturday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Argentina’s Juan Martin del  Potro bludgeoned Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-2 6-2 at the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Here is a brief description  of matches that ended in controversial circumstances after  Serena Williams was handed a point penalty on match point down  to lose her semi-final against Kim Clijsters at the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer conjured a  brilliant winner from between his legs to bring up match point  as he beat Novak Djokovic 7-6 7-5 7-5 in the semi-finals yesterday to move within one win of a sixth successive U.S.

MONZA, Italy, (Reuters) – Brazilian Rubens  Barrichello won the Italian Grand Prix in a Brawn one-two yesterday to trim team mate Jenson Button’s Formula One  championship lead to 14 points with four races left.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams was fined $10,500 by officials at the U.S.

LEMONT, Illinois, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods coasted to  an eight-shot victory at the BMW Championship yesterday to  capture his sixth title of the season.

Government has set up  an inter-agency committee made up of state and government agencies to monitor the effects of the current dry weather season and make recommendations  where necessary.

Rain curtailed  play on yesterday’s final day of the Georgetown Cricket Association/Cellink Plus three-day first division final at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground Bourda.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your paper to voice a very controversial issue.

THESSALONIKI, Greece, (Reuters) – Jamaican Usain  Bolt capped a remarkable year by storming to victory in the 200  metres at the World Athletics Final yesterday.

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the letter captioned `GPL has a rolling five-year Development and Expansion Programme’ which was published by Stabroek News on September 12, 2009.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mexico and Argentina are leading  a shift to make the global economy more climate friendly,  according to an index of “carbon competitiveness”, the  London-based thinktank E3G said yesterday.

The Georgetown Football Club (GFC) , BK International Western Tigers, Santos and Silver Shottas football clubs were the latest teams to make it through to the next round of the Mackeson English/Kashif and Shanghai Futsal Competition when action continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday he would not tolerate persecution of  members of parliament or violation of the law by President  Robert Mugabe, after an EU delegation called for implementation  of power sharing.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Incorporat-ed wishes to respond to a letter in Kaieteur News, dated September 6, 2009, and titled ‘Water meter officials doing a lousy job.’

VENICE, (Reuters) – The award of top prize to  hard-hitting Israeli war movie “Lebanon” was a fitting end to  this year’s Venice film festival, where political passions ran  high throughout.

(This is an edited version of an exclusive Q and A interview granted by Bernard Coard to journalist Raoul Pantin.

Dear Editor, Earlier this year, I went to the VAT administration building at Charlotte and Albert Streets, to which the Registry has been transferred from the GPO building.

Interviews and photos by Cathy Richards This week we asked small business people in Linden about the problems they have had accessing loans to start up or expand their businesses through the Linden Economic Advancement Fund (LEAF).

TEHRAN – Iran will not negotiate its nuclear “rights”,  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday, after the United  States said it would focus on the Islamic state’s atomic  activities in forthcoming talks with Tehran.

The Uprising and Sunburst Camptown Football Clubs were dominant in the latest round of the Chubby Under-13 Football Competition which is organized by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) when they defeated their opponents at the Tucville Playfield on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Carla Brown-Antoine received a copy of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr’s contentious 26-page affidavit on May 6, and forwarded it to the acting Commissioner of Police shortly after.

Dear Editor, I am replying to the editor’s note attached to a letter by Dr Anand Daljeet of Canada who suggested that the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News adopt a protocol for the publication of polls.

In The Diaspora (This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) By Patsy Lewis Patsy Lewis is Senior Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES) at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C government decision to support the dismissal of Superintendent of Police Simon McBean is a clear indication that the Jagdeo/PPPC government is destroying the fabric of the Guyanese society with its discriminatory practices and the selective application of the laws.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaican police have rubbished claims by sections of the British media and gays rights activists that the killing of British diplomat, John Terry, was a homophobic attack.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Norman Borlaug, the U.S.  agricultural scientist who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize  for developing high-yielding crops to prevent famine in the  developing world, has died at age 95, Texas A&M University said.

By Tiadi Blair Seventeen of 37 local referees were unable to pass a fitness test carried out by FIFA referee and physical instructor Merere Gonzales recently.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Inhabitants of a small Spanish  town voted yesterday for the region of Catalonia to secede from  Spain in a poll which, though symbolic, adds to pressure on the  minority Spanish government as it struggles to combat recession.

CARY, North Carolina, CMC – The Guyana international Gregory Richardson struck an early goal and an assist to help Carolina RailHawks beat the Puerto Rico Islanders 2-1 in their United Soccer Leagues (USL) First Division match Saturday night.

(Trinidad Express) On May 5, 2009, the Privy Council dismissed an affidavit filed by Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr.

While declaring it was extremely pleased at the media coverage of its Gala Dinner on August 28th which was addressed by President Jagdeo, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) nonetheless in a statement on September 7th criticized the media for what it said was its failure to capture “the fact of the very frank and open exchange of views between the President and his audience on matters of concern to the private sector, at which the President emphasized that nothing should be considered taboo”.

Dear Editor, The case of now-fired police superintendent, Mr Simon McBean, has to go down in political history as one of the most stupid and uncaring decisions I have seen in Guyana.

So It GoesMany years ago, when I first went to live in the Cayman Islands, a journalist from the British Sunday Times, by the name of Simon Winchester, came to Cayman and wrote a one-dimensional hatchet job on the whole country, ridiculing the government, the tax haven status, even the shopkeepers, without ever mentioning one positive thing about the country.