Articles published on Sunday, March 21, 2010
Several investigation techniques that were critical to unearthing evidence in the 2006 slaying of minister Satyadeow Sawh were not followed by police, leaving behind more questions than answers, a security expert said.
A routine trip to the market yesterday ended in tragedy for a housewife when the vehicle she was in lost control and crashed into a culvert at the Diamond Housing Scheme.
– Oslo will not use Guyana’s forest gains in its targets – ambassador US$30 million in forest protection money from Norway is still months away and Oslo will not treat any avoided deforestation or degradation of Guyana’s forest as contributions to its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, Norwegian officials said.
A quick response from the Guyana Fire Service yesterday limited the damage done to the mangrove trees which make up the Hope Beach Black Mangrove Forest, on the East Coast Demerara.
– says there should be freedom of choice President Bharrat Jagdeo has strongly hinted that the government may amend the Gambling Prevention law to allow Guyanese the opportunity to gamble in local casinos.
More than a year after three persons, including the owner of Regent Multiplex were charged with stealing a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) transformer, the trial has not yet started for various reasons including the transfer of the presiding magistrate to another jurisdiction.
– faces life in prison The Guyanese man, who had slashed his alleged rape victim to death to stop her from testifying, was convicted of first degree murder on Thursday and faces life in prison without parole, according to the website yournabe.com.
-Ramkarran The restoration of Cabinet’s decision-making authority could dispel unease about the powers of the President, according to Speaker Ralph Ramkarran.
Jobs are scarce in the Rupununi. A majority of the mainly Amerindian population farm but markets for produce are scarce too.
The year is 1992. After an eternity of travails, a hardy group of men and women stagger into the Promised Land.
Introduction Today we continue our review of the 2008 financial statements of the state-owned corporation which are contained in its 2008 annual report tabled in the National Assembly late last year.
Headlines which constantly remind us of lethal crime heighten the sense of life’s fragility in all of us.
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says noise nuisance laws have been and are continually enforced.
There have been a surprising number of readers who have contacted me concerning the observation that the Draft LCDS is, to put it mildly, unclear about the true size of Guyana’s forest cover.
Chairman of the Bartica Regatta Committee, Holbert Knights, believes that the headline of an article in this paper’s March 15 edition reflects badly on the community as it prepares to host the Easter Regatta celebrations.
During the past week, national chess champion Wendell Meusa made two public statements which are damaging to the integrity of the Guyana Chess Federation.
Guyanese strongmen continued the impressive trend of their counterparts at the fourth IPF/NAPF Caribbean Islands Bench Press and Powerlifting Championships at the Princess Hotel yesterday.
Warren McKay successfully defended his 2009 title in the feature 35-lap event of the 19th annual R&R International Limited cycling programme organized by National Coach Hassan Mohamed held yesterday around the inner circuit of the National Park.
– Jagdeo says sudden interest in rugby is because of team’s success By Marlon Munroe The Government of Guyana has finally pledged monetary support to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) after repeated public outcries for its support from the association.
Tribute to steelbands before Mash 1970 By Godfrey Chin Steelband has been the essence of our Caribbean Carnival/ Mash/Crop-Over celebrations since this phenomenon emerg-ed after WWII, and remains a unique musical art form in the twentieth century, with efforts from Japan to Sweden usurping this contribution from our tropics.
A UK-based Guyanese, who returned to Guyana to take part in the Mashramani celebrations, has embarked on a beach-cleaning activity.
By Floyd Christie Marketing Manager of the Guyana Cricket Association Lance Hinds, Friday night pledged to continue the association’s mandate of providing more training and developmental activities.
Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir yesterday reaffirmed his position that an amendment to the law should be considered to allow children between the ages of 13 and 15 to work under certain conditions.
Parliament Office has reported in the press that the Credit Reporting Bill 2009 has been committed to a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 20, CMC – Former West Indies vice-captain Deryck Murray has defended under-fire wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin, whose position in then regional squad has come under scrutiny of late.
Shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, I wrote that the hundreds of millions of dollars pledged by the international community to rebuild the country would be a waste of money unless accompanied by a massive re-forestation effort.
At last some positive news from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) with the prospect of more to come.
Local boxers on Friday signed contracts in the boardroom of Abdool and Abdool Insurance Company for the second staging of the much anticipated and hyped Friday Night Fights which is scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on March 26.
Sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor, credited with creating the world’s first underwater sculpture park and currently spearheading an ambitious project in Mexico to install over 400 permanent sculptures at the Cancun Marine Park has Guyanese origins.
By Dr Kiran Koora, MDS (Paedodontist) In this article, I would like to discuss tooth decay in young children.
Dear Editor, The constitutional challenge to reform the oppressive ‘cross dressing’ laws has brought out some of the most fascinating arguments against any notion of other genders and by extension, rights for gay and lesbian citizens.
Neal and Massy Group cricketers turned the tables on Zeelandia Sports Club of Wakenaam to win by 83 runs in their feature 35-over Cricket match played recently at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel and the Palestinians yesterday to restart negotiations as world powers stepped up diplomatic efforts to push the peace process forward.
Top football club BK International Western Tigers will hold its biennial General Meeting this afternoon at 2pm at the BK Sports Club building on Mandela Avenue.
Dear Editor, I write to express my dissatisfaction at the promotion of an “artiste” on Channel Nine through a song with the following lines: “Woman want money, any money it ain’t funny, put you finger in she honey” and more, it is a misuse of our culture when you have to promote a song or poetry degrading women in this suggested way, this song is no better/different from the one sung by the Mighty Sparrow who sang “every now and then you cuff them down they love you long and they love you strong”.
The View From Europe This month, senior Caribbean officials will meet in Jamaica with their European counterparts to consider the nature of the future Cariforum-European Union (EU) relationship.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A senior official of Somali insurgent group al Shabaab was shot dead on Friday in a rare assassination in the southern port of Kismayu, which is tightly controlled by the al Qaeda-linked rebels.
MUMBAI, India, CMC – India’s selectors are set to meet next Friday to choose a 15-man squad which will do battle at the World Twenty20 Championship in the West Indies next month.
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said they arrested 74 people during clashes following rival protests by members of a far-right group and their opponents in northern England yesterday.
Dear Editor, My biological son Keino Thompson, age 17 yrs was arrested for robbery under arms on the December,1 2009.
AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – Chris Gayle was a no show as his Kolkata Knight Riders crashed to their second loss of the lucrative Indian Premier League, as his West Indies teammates Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard failed to prevent the Mumbai Indians from defeat yesterday.
Dear Editor, This is a quick response to comments made by Minister Manzoor Nadir in the Stabroek News article `Workers have applied to have bauxite union derecognised’ (SN 20/3/2010).
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Researchers in Japan have designed a super-elastic iron alloy which they hope can be used in sophisticated heart and brain surgeries and even buildings in earthquake zones.
HAVANA (Reuters) – A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Guantanamo city in eastern Cuba yesterday, sending residents fleeing into the streets but a local government official said there were no casualties.
Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, (Manning admits error on UNC land gift) (SN March 16) that described a parliamentary incident in neighbouring Trinidad.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah plundered the England bowling to lead Bangladesh to 330 for eight at close on the opening day of the second test yesterday. Off-spinners Graeme Swann and James Tredwell shared five wickets between them to restore some parity as the tourists recovered from the early onslaught of Tamim, who had given them a storming start with 85 off 71 balls in the morning session.
ADL Enterprises on Friday made a donation of food items to the Guyana Arts and Craft Producers Association (GACPA) to assist with the organisation’s Health Walk and Tea which was held yesterday.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Arts On Suday Today is World Poetry Day and yesterday was World Story-telling Day.
A Gardener’s Diary Mussaendas, ixoras, gardenias, pentas and coffee are all related, and belong to a very large family of plants comprising over 600 genera and 10,000 species.
Last week, we explained that vomiting was a symptom which reflected a more deep-seated ailment.
Political arrangements in Guyana are complicated, and have been made even more complicated by the new provisions for local government elections which contain elements of both a constituency and a proportional representation system.
