Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A coal burner was discovered dead on Monday night on a bridge about one mile from his home with marks of violence to his head and neck.

-but scepticism abounds PNCR leader Robert Corbin’s decision against running as its presidential candidate at next year’s general elections is being seen as an opportunity to reverse the fortunes of the main opposition, and a possible opening for an alliance to challenge the ruling PPP/C.

-residents demand probe Saying she was demon possessed, a pastor and several church members on Sunday “treated” a 14-year-old girl for hours by pounding her stomach until she bled.

A Lethem woman was stabbed to death yesterday while on her way to work by an unidentified assailant who remains at large.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai handed over a complete solar panel unit and the certificate of title and plan to Micobie residents at a recent outreach exercise held in the area to discuss issues affecting livelihoods.

Newly-inducted Peace Corps volunteers were told that being a volunteer will not be a “cake walk” and they should make use of this unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people.

A 16-year-old girl of Bath Housing Scheme, West Berbice was badly chopped about her head and body two Sundays ago and her former partner who attacked her with a cutlass died after ingesting a poisonous substance.

– parents allege  their sons  were  kidnapped for ID parade During an identification parade yesterday the couple at Triumph who was  attacked by gunmen last Friday  failed to identify their attackers while some parents have since alleged that their sons were kidnapped and taken to the station for the ID parade.

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United put on a terrific performance to defeat the Guyana Defence Force and top Group D of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground.

Nigel’s Supermarket yesterday made a substantial contribution of over half a million dollars to the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to aid their participation in the Pre Cadet Caribbean Table Tennis Championships and the Caribbean Table Tennis Championships for Junior and Cadet in Utuado, Puerto Rico.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) brought smiles to the faces of over 300 children from three depressed communities and to the children of Shaheed’s orphanages when it distributed kites to them on Monday.

Guyana’s Adrian Spellen gained a silver medal at the taekwondo competition of the South American Games.

-Buxtonians help victim in hot pursuit Four men robbed a Digicel outlet at Mon Repos yesterday and escaped in a motorcar, but swift action by a sales clerk at the outlet who gave chase resulted in two of the men being traced and apprehended at Buxton.

A sales clerk at Bartica was on her way to make a night deposit at a bank on Monday night when two men robbed her, but she raised an alarm and one of them was later caught with the money.

Kashif and Shanghai Kings and Glands Trucking Service Bulls scored easy wins when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Under-21 competition continued Sunday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hardcourt.

The decomposed body of a man was found in a Houston canal yesterday morning by his niece.

The annual Scotia Bank Medal Play Golf tournament is billed for Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC), East coast Demerara.

The National women’s hockey squad preparing for the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games will travel to neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados for warm up tournaments in May and June.

A Guyanese man, Dellon Williams, 31, who fathered the baby of a young lady who was a minor at the time, was found guilty of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 16 years by a nine member jury yesterday in the British Virgin islands.

Dear Editor, I was very heartened to read that the Brownies and Girl Guides organization is still very much alive and well, after reading a recent article in your newspaper.

Dear Editor, Your news article, “Probe into Clico would serve no purpose – Jagdeo,” (March 28), contains attributions to the President that are the equivalent of adding insult to injury and pouring salt into open wounds.

Leading local rifle shooter Ransford Goodluck bounced back into winner’s row when he secured victory in last Sunday’s Recorded Shoot at the Timehri Rifle ranges as Guyana’s marksmen prepare for next month’s West Indies Fullbore championships in Barbados.

LONDON, CMC – Pedro Collins has secured a contract to play for the prestigious Middlesex Club in this year’s England County championship.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese residing in French Guiana I want to congratulate the team management, coaches and athletes who participated in the just concluded 43rd Inter Guiana Games, which was held in French Guiana, for making all Guyana proud.

Over 400 sugar workers staged a protest early yesterday morning at Plantation Diamond after GuySuCo failed to respond to a letter seeking severance pay for the workers who are to be transferred to other areas.

A depleted Hikers Hockey Club junior team departed yesterday morning for Trinidad and Tobago to compete in that country’s annual Easter Junior tournament for schools and clubs within the Caribbean region.

Dear Editor, I know I couldn’t do a proper and fuller piece to contribute my congratulations on the occasion of the 91st birth anniversary of one of the country’s Grand Old (???)

Police yesterday released on station bail the suspected drug dealer they had arrested in De Veldt on Saturday last during a raid that saw them seizing several outboard engines and two boats from that community and Gateroy and Sand Hills, all in the Berbice River.

Dear Editor, In Guyana last year, the performances of vulgar dance hall artistes, who keep our young people up until the wee hours of the morning with inappropriate lyrics and messages, were banned then allowed tor reasons which have not yet been given to the public.

West Indies and Guyana middle order batsman Shivanrine Chanderpaul believes that young cricketers in Guyana need a lot of help if they are going to mature into better cricketers.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The El Nino warming the Pacific  Ocean since June has peaked, but is expected to influence  climate patterns worldwide up to mid-year before dying out, the  World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said yesterday.

-forum hears The development of small and medium-scale businesses continues to depend on government and private sector support as well as the availability of specialised funding from international lending institutions.

(BBC) Australia look set for a 2-0 series victory following a productive day four of the second Test against New Zealand yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – International donors and  the Haitian government need to create a partnership for the  long haul as they rebuild Haiti after a devastating earthquake,  the head of the World Bank Robert Zoellick said yesterday.

Dear Editor, We are a concerned group of women who are protesting against the easy availability of alcohol.

A 39-year-old man, who allegedly dealt his wife a severe beating that resulted in her sustaining a fractured skull among other injuries, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A father who made a farewell  video of his two young children before strangling them with  computer cables was convicted of their murder yesterday and  jailed for 28 years.

A West Demerara man charged with causing the death of a police detective by driving dangerously was granted bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Mr Leslie Gonsalves, General Secretary of the GB&GWU in the March 30 edition of SN captioned `The GB&GWU is going to push back with every fibre in our being’. 

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, and the Mumbai Indians rolled-on in the Indian Premier League yesterday with a tense four-wicket victory over the King’s Punjab XI.

Attorney Frank Phipps points to political reality in ‘Dudus’ case (Jamaica Observer) Senior attorney-at-law Frank Phipps is arguing for Jamaica’s system of government to change, so that any mistake made by one division of state leadership would not directly affect the flow and function of other arms.

Dear Editor, GK Lall wrote, “… The past up to yesterday has failed us. 

Guyana’s top junior basketball sensation Akeem “The Dream” Kanhai top scored with 19 points for Amelia’s Ward Jets but failed to stop Kashif and Shanghai Kings from winning in the latest action of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association under 21 round robin tournament.

BANGALORE, India, (Reuters Life!) – A Hindu holy  man with thousands of followers across India resigned as head  of a religious organisation yesterday after police began  investigating his role in a sex scandal, officials said.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday placed four persons on bail in the sum of $15,000 each when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found in a house with a quantity of cocaine.

In an effort to promote good banking practice, the Guyana Association of Bankers yesterday formally launched its Code of Banking Practice- the first of its kind in the country.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Haiti earthquake offers an  opportunity to improve the protection of children in a country  where they have been routinely abandoned, trafficked and  exploited, a senior United Nations official said yesterday.

FLORENCIA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Colombian rebels  yesterday freed a government soldier who was held hostage in  the jungle for more than 12 years and symbolized those left  behind in the war against Latin America’s oldest insurgency.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Brian Sattaur top-scored with an even 50 to lead Guyana to a four-wicket victory over holders Jamaica in the second round of the West Indies Under-15 Championship yesterday.

Dear Editor, I travel every day along the Railway Embankment Road to get to work in Georgetown. 

Unexpected as the recent round of diplomatic turmoil in the Middle East, caused by Israel’s recent actions in Jerusalem may have seemed even to the United States, they cannot be said to be entirely surprising.

Dear Editor, As a regular traveller, via public transportation, I fear for my life, and the lives of other citizens of this country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Last year ANSA McAL Ltd invested more than TT$1.5 billion in its manufacturing sector and plans to spend another TT$500 million by the end of 2010.

This section of the road at Annandale was closed yesterday to facilitate the repair of a bridge.

MOSCOW – The bloodiest attack on Moscow in at least six  years has confounded Russia’s attempt to cauterize an Islamist  insurgency spreading across the North Caucasus region.

With approximately 30 days before the start of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, Tournament Director Robert Bryan paid a courtesy call on Sport Minister Dr.