Daily Archive: Saturday, October 24, 2009

– police say no response yet The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said it is important to test the bona fides of the announced investigation by the police into the alleged murders by drug convict Roger Khan by collaborating with their call for public cooperation.

A 25-year-old Guyanese, who migrated for an employment opportunity, was fatally shot on Thursday while walking along a roadway in Beetham Gardens, Trinidad.

Two Guyana Defence Force officers are in Grenada assessing the condition of the Island Princess with a view to bringing it home, so that the police here can process it for evidence.

–but more women being screened, treated By Iana Seales The incidence of cervical cancer remains high in Guyana but greater awareness has resulted in more women getting screened and treated earlier, according to Dr John Varallo of the Jhpiego Organisation, which is currently collaborating with the Health Ministry.

Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said yesterday that Guyana will receive some 240,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine next month which “will only satisfy about fifty percent of the need”, but he said negotiations are ongoing to acquire additional doses.

– psychologist Convicted drug trafficker Somwattie Persaud has become clinically depressed and suicidal since her incarceration, Psychologist Dr Cephas Sealy told a Barbados court yesterday.

A Second Street, Alberttown woman is calling on the police to investigate a recent incident in which an individual purporting to be a police officer approached her home demanding money he claimed as being owed to him.

-Omai area posing problem The target set for keeping malaria under 10,000 cases this year is no longer likely since the numbers are already high as of September this year, according to Health Minister Dr.

– CAIC president The private sector is disheartened that entry into member states is still at the whims and fancies of immigration officers, therefore much work needs to be done in the area of free movement of skills, says Caribbean Associa-tion of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) President Carol Evelyn.

A man who was stabbed in the region of his right rib cage was last evening admitted a patient to the accident and emergency unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

By Femi Harris October has been designated as the month of the elderly and Stabroek News this week caught up with a few of Guyana’s senior citizens to have a chat.

The 13-year-old who allegedly fatally stabbed 15-year-old Eon Benjamin at Cottage, Mahaicony last Sunday appeared at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court this week charged with murder.

Two waitresses from the Li Yu Men Chinese Restaurant at Bush Lot, West Berbice have been taken into custody at the Fort Wellington station after they reportedly stole $1.5M and US$600 from their employers on Wednesday night.

A mother of four, who allegedly attempted to murder a man, was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Former headmaster and old student of Queen’s College, Clarence Trotz was yesterday honoured during the school’s assembly, in recognition of the sterling contribution he has made towards its development.

-owner expects production to exceed 1M fries per month The agriculture ministry on Tuesday commissioned the first phase of the tilapia hatchery at the Maharaja Integrated Farm as efforts move apace to cement plans to establish Guyana as a supplier of farm-bred fish in the agriculture diversification plan.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation is currently engaged in defending its rights to the trademark ‘Demerara  Gold’, both in the United States and  in Canada against  claims made by Bedessee Imports Inc.

The new Diamond well was officially handed over to Guyana Water Inc.

The youth, who fatally stabbed Charles-town baker, Damon Weatherspoon on Thursday remained on the run up to late yesterday afternoon.

-Phillip Persaud, Ianna Graham and Treiston Joseph run unbeaten By Marlon Munroe Nisa Allen exploded yesterday to leave her challengers in the dust when she won the three sprint top spots yesterday in the North Georgetown Inter Zone athletics track meet yesterday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

-calibration of breathalyzers under study The GNBS completed the stamping of 511 scales used for commercial trade as well as 28 petrol pumps last month and is set to start inspections for the last quarter of the year.

Jamaica pluck United Chargers by 77 runs By Rawle Toney Jamaica stormed into the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) 20/20 Cricket Festival by stomping the United Chargers of the USA by 77 runs yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, Pro-vidence.

The GTM group of insurance companies recently established a branch office in Lethem.

– Digicel contributes $100,000 to event Digicel Guyana has added its touch to the one-day rodeo  as preparations move apace for the event billed for tomorrow from 11:00am at Arima Park, West Coast Berbice, and organised by the Rodeo Committee of the Rising Sun Turf Club.

By Tiadi Blair President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.

Former New Amsterdam Mayor Errol Alphonso of Penitentiary Walk quickly exited the courtroom on Monday after Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Persid  discharged two counts of attempted murder against him.

Paul Stephenson heads the new executive council of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) as its president following elections last month.

By Rawle Toney Just days before the Golden Jaguars football team heads off to Suriname, national captain Howard Lowe has withdrawn his services from the team because of issues over insurance and a training stipend.

The Ministry of Education has assigned a head teacher to St Cuthbert’s Secondary School.

“Continue to pursue excellence” Motivational speaker Dr. Marlon Hestick yesterday challenged the region’s U-19 cricketers to continue to pursue excellence as a great cricket future could be their reward.

Jamaal Duff scored the biggest win of his fledgling table tennis career when he defeated Warren Hackshaw as the Kenneth DeAbreu Table Tennis League continued last Saturday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC).

Vishaul Persaud, 20, of Lot 13 Palmyra Village, East Canje, Berbice was remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo following  two charges of robbery under arms committed on a fellow villager last Friday.

Donette Skinner, a 36-year-old mother of two of Camp Street, was remanded to prison shortly after she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of damage to property.

Dear Editor, Recently, there were several publications in the local newspapers about the public  procurement process and how contracts are awarded.

Dear Editor, Life in Guyana is not for the weak of heart.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Iran ignored a U.N. deadline yesterday to respond to an international draft deal for it to cut  an atomic stockpile the West fears could be used for weapons,  and challenged the basis of the pact. 

Forty-seven-year-old Gordon Beaton of Suddie, Essequibo, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cannabis and cocaine in different plastic bags while being a passenger on a bus.

Defending Diamond Mineral Water men’s  Indoor champions  Hikers continued their preparation for the upcoming international Festival by securing a place in the GT&T National Indoor final billed for tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Golden Stars started their 2009 East Coast Demerara Mackeson Premier League on a winning note when they edged Bakewell Buxton Stars 1-0 at Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground on Wednesday night.

By Dr Bertie Ramcharan Director of the Guyana Institute of Public Policy The acclaimed Indian Nobel economics laureate, Amartya Sen, an economist, philosopher and public thinker, who wrote the much-cited work, Development as Freedom, has just published another powerful book, the Idea of Justice (2009), in which he argues that instead of approaching the issue of justice from the traditional perspective of a social contract and of being concerned with identifying what perfectly just social and institutional arrangements might be, one should concentrate instead on preventing and reducing injustices in society as a concrete way of rendering justice.

Dear Editor,I read in SN of 10-22-09 that SOL has branded a gas station at Ramsburg and I thought I would share an experience with the company, and the public, and ask the petroleum dealer to say what quality control measures are in place at its outlets.

A man who allegedly robbed another man of a cell phone and a bicycle and was allegedly found with a firearm along with a quantity of ammunition without being the owner of a firearm licence was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Most illegal flights hauling  Colom-bian drugs to Central America and the United States are now  leaving from Venezuela, Colombia’s Defense Minister Gabriel Silva  said yesterday.  

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – An informant in the  Galleon Group insider trading scandal had a history of sending  tips to the firm, according to a court document that surfaced  yesterday.  

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) on Wednesday presented land titles to four Community Forestry Organisations (CFOs) which serve communities that depend on forestry products.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Frederick Kissoon’s letter in your edition of Thursday 22nd.

The National Closed Chess Championships will get underway today at the Ocean Spray International Hotel at 10am.

Dear Editor, GHK Lall has issued a call for Guyanese to put a hold on aggravated partisanship and for us to think nationally, rather than be pushed solely by parochialism.

DENVER,  (Reuters) – The kingpin of a violent Mexican  drug smuggling clan has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and  racketeering charges, authorities said yesterday.  

Music is special to David Dewar, the popular singer and music teacher.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy was on Thursday officially confirmed as the new Windward Islands captain for the WICB President’s Cup limited overs competition starting in Guyana next week.

HYDERABAD, India,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s sensational giant-killing run ended in yesterday’s Champions League Twenty20 final when New South Wales used a blistering performance by Brett Lee to flog them by 41 runs for the title.

I love Basic Beauty. Strange how those words can roll off my lips without any hesitation but to say them otherwise I am very selective.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Roman Catholic bishops  called on corrupt Catholic leaders in Africa yesterday to repent  or resign for giving the continent and the Church a bad name.  

Dear Editor, On behalf of my family members and my fellow residents in Alexander Village, I would like to extend a hearty thank you to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for their professionally coordinated and well-executed effort at maintaining order and peace on Diwali night in the village.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies failed to secure a mere two runs needed for victory off the last over and settled for a tense tie in yesterday’s last Women’s One Day International (ODI) that allowed South Africa to claim a 2-1 series win.

Hi Everyone, are you tired of stirring and waiting for the sugar to dissolve in your drinks?

Dear Editor, With a ground-breaking decision recently on the radio monopoly in Guyana still fresh in everyone’s minds, it might still be a while before private radio stations come on the scene in Guyana.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber  killed eight people outside a key Pakistani airforce facility  yesterday, with officials quick to deny suggestions the target  was linked to the country’s nuclear programme.  

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Renewed talks to resolve Honduras’ deep political crisis collapsed yesterday over whether leftist President Manuel Zelaya could return to power after he was toppled in a June coup.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday congratulated Trinidad and Tobago for their strong runner-up finish at the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India.

Dear Editor, I have just returned from a quite impressive ceremony at the Promenade Gardens to mark the 64th. 

LONDON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Agricultural commodities  could be poised for stardom in 2010 as weather concerns and  alternative fuel needs throw up strong fundamentals, after  lagging other commodity sectors this year.  

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s constitutional court likely will not rule until next year on President Alvaro Uribe’s re-election bid, complicating the time frame for the US ally to secure a third term, the court’s chief said yesterday.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Leftist Rafael Correa was elected  president on promises of curtailing the power of Ecuador’s rich  elites.

Anyone who’s planning to travel to another country but who needs more information about the destination, such as the local culture, people, a place to stay, food and non-tourist sites that may not make it into a tourist magazine should think Couch Surfing.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The NBA has reached agreement  with the league’s referees on a new collective bargaining  agreement, commissioner David Stern said yesterday.  

(Barbados Nation) – Government is being urged to close a legal loophole to prevent non-nationals from fraudulently gaining Barbadian citizenship through marriages of convenience.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your paper to voice my disgust at the way your journalists report news and this applies to all the newspapers—-the Chronicle, Kaieteur News, Stabroek News and the Guyana Times.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Herschelle Gibbs and Makhaya Ntini have been left out of South Africa’s squad for one-day international matches against Zimbabwe and England. 

ROME (Reuters) – The vampires of New Moon, the sequel to the popular teen movie Twilight, hit the blood-red carpet at the Rome film festival on Thursday, with fans getting a 20-minute preview of the picture before next month’s release.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Despite growing cooperation  between U.S. law enforcement agencies since the Sept.

Puerto Rico blast An explosion early Friday morning at a gasoline facility in Puerto Rico rocked a neighbourhood outside Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan, causing at least some minor injuries and forcing evacuations as firefighters raced to prevent additional blasts.

Dear Editor, It is with extreme distress I write you and the authorities this letter hoping that this monster that is once again rearing its ugly head would be crushed immediately.

Within the space of a week, the mainstream press in the United States has embarrassed itself at least three times by confusing fact and fiction Not only have many television stations and newspapers managed to attribute unsourced (and patently false) racist remarks to the conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, they have also managed to attend a fake press conference without realising that they were listening to actors, and devoted dozens of hours and thousands of column inches to the dramatic story of a young boy borne up into the sky by a homemade balloon, only to discover that he had never been inside the balloon and that the whole incident had been staged by his family.