Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Lula: Brazil to explore funding for paving Lethem/Linden road In the midst of a torrential downpour of rain, President Bharrat Jagdeo and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday cut the ribbon on the Takutu Bridge, officially commissioning the much-anticipated linkage between Guyana and Brazil.

-‘I don’t know anything about it,’ minister says A 2002 letter sent to an official of the Miami-based Spy Shop purportedly from embattled Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy confirming support for the purchase of a “cell phone interceptor and geographic integrator” on behalf of the Government of Guyana has surfaced, but the minister denied knowing anything about it up to late yesterday.

-Green With no solution in sight to the city’s garbage crisis, Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday revealed that there has been no response from government to requests for financial assistance to pay contractors for collection.

– JSC to answer High Court motion Suspended Berbice magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond is back on the bench today, following an appearance yesterday before Justice Diana Insanally in which the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was granted leave to reply to a motion brought against the magistrate’s suspension.

The Abary kidnapping accused were yesterday slapped with a joint robbery under arms charge when they made their second appearance at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Darshan Ramdani and were further remanded to prison.

– Plaisance and Vryheid’s Lust supply severely limited The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) wishes to advise its customers at Bareroot, East Coast Demerara that water supply to the community will be restored by next Monday.

A 38-year-old truck driver was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) last evening in an unconscious state following a head-on collision between his vehicle and another in the vicinity of the Caricom Secretariat at Turkeyen.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Her daughter Jada cradled in  one arm and a silver trophy tucked under the other, Kim  Clijsters proved motherhood and sporting excellence can go  hand-in-hand when the Belgian won the U.S.

– residents call for lights, police patrols A 24-year-old man, of Lot 3860,Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara is recovering at the Male Open ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital from several stab wounds he sustained on Saturday evening when he was accosted by an assailant as he made his way home.

A 25-year-old woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon by her relatives after she sustained a wound to her right temple ,allegedly at the hands of a another relative following an argument.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Juan Martin del Potro of  Argentina battled back to beat five-times champion Roger  Federer 3-6 7-6 4-6 7-6 6-2 and win the U.S.

Residents of the Tuschen New Housing Scheme are calling for a building constructed to house a health centre to be converted to a nursery school saying that this is a more urgent need and the building has not been used since it was completed.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar hit a superb 138, his 44th one-day international hundred, to power India to a 46-run victory over Sri Lanka in the tri-series final yesterday.

Rudolph Mitchell was last Sunday honoured at a function held in Soesdyke to recognize his milestone of 100 consecutive victories  in race walking.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recently withdrew the charge against one of the men fingered in the murder of GPL’s Chief Security Officer four months ago after evidence surfaced that he was not picked out of an ID parade.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Kanye West apologized for a second time yesterday after celebrities and fans poured scorn on his hijacking of teen country star Taylor Swift’s moment in the spotlight at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Dear Editor, The impasse between the WIBC and WIPA has reached yet another level – a Cricket Stakeholders’ Council.

A fourteen-year-old boy and a man, who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl, and another man, who had carnal knowledge of a girl when she was 13 years old, appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, It’s a brand-new academic school year once again signalling a fresh start for education in Guyana.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Singer Whitney Houston said in an interview aired yesterday that life with former husband Bobby Brown descended into a nightmare of drugs and fights, and that at one point he painted “evil” eyes on the walls of their home.

Asks Colin Stuart In devising player support systems there must be the general objective of meeting the demands of the game through the promotion of the players’ needs.

Dear Editor, If every Guyanese could read and reflect on what Eusi Kwayana has written in his book No Guilty Race, I believe he/she would have a better insight to evaluate certain perceptions that are presented in the press by some columnists and letter writers.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams apologised yesterday for her expletive-laced tirade at a lineswoman during her  U.S.

A 32-year-old North Sophia resident was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of robbing a woman of a gold chain at knifepoint on America Street.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough of Queens early yesterday as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism, focusing on one man who has been under surveillance, officials said.

A 20-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old girl was granted bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court last Thursday.

The ‘Caribbean Fury’ boxing card scheduled for September 26 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) attracted more corporate support with  Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL), Akbar Auto Sales and Nigel’s Supermarket joining the sponsorship bandwagon.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed an order yesterday extending the law used to impose the US trade embargo on Cuba, despite calls by embargo opponents to follow up his easing of sanctions on the communist-ruled island by letting it lapse.

Dear Editor, Guyanese are still delighted that Jimmy Carter ‘interfered’ in Guyana to end authoritarian rule.

Dear Editor, I have noted with great concern the number of animals that are allowed to stray on our roadways, particularly the herds of cattle and the numerous donkeys and horses.

The US Embassy will host a public forum on press freedom and freedom of information laws on September 23 at the Pegasus Hotel.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned the American people over their government’s close ties with Israel in an apparently new audio tape posted on an Islamist website yesterday.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa,  CMC – Captain Floyd Reifer stroked a half-century and wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton smashed his second successive fifty, as West Indies easily beat North West Dragons at the Potch Dorp Cricket Club yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Patrick Swayze, who went from Broadway dancer to Hollywood star in box-office hits like Dirty Dancing and Ghost, died yesterday after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter by Jason Abdulla (‘Artistes cannot be blamed for the irresponsible actions of a few of their followers’ SN, September 12), let me maintain my call for the banning of Mavado.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 53-year-old man be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cannabis in a bag at the Bartica Police Station.

Rosignol stays undefeated, Liquid Gold and Victoria Kings victoriousRosignol United won their second game in as many matches while Liquid Gold of Bartica pulled off an upset in Linden when the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League continued Sunday with five matches at four different venues across the country.

Economic Corner Introduction: Yesterday the Takutu Bridge was finally officially opened.

A more serendipitous encounter than the one that occurred last month in the middle of Guyana in Mahdia, the administrative centre of the Potaro-Siparuni Region, is unlikely to have happened anywhere else in the western hemisphere.

(Barbados Nation) – Jasper Watson, the lead investigator into the murder of Grenada’s Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and his cabinet, has described Bernard Coard as a cold-blooded killer who wanted power at any cost.

– Daoud Kuttab, a former professor at Princeton University, is General Manager of the Community Media Network.

TEHRAN – Iran and six world powers seeking to defuse a protracted standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme will start talks on Oct.

… zany acts explained in songs for GUSL aborted 2009 finale By Gary Tim New York (SMS) — In 1989, a new jack ballad burst onto the charts with a common title: ‘In the Heat of the Moment’.

Dear Editor, The PPP has rightly and loudly proclaimed that with their victory in the 1992 elections, democracy was restored to Guyana. 

The post-mortem examination of Nigel Butters, the man found dead in the Stabroek Market urinal was inclusive, his relatives say.