Daily Archive: Thursday, April 22, 2010

The dead body of a city businessman was yesterday morning discovered with multiple wounds to the head at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home.

Broadcaster and Justice for All Party leader Chandra Narine Sharma was yesterday released on $2M bail, after a brief stay in the Georgetown Prison.

A mechanic who went to a wake ended up dead leaving relatives perplexed after they found his body splayed out on a parapet in his East Coast Demerara (ECD) village.

The state will be seeking the forfeiture of the local assets of Guyanese convicted of narcotic offences in the US, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday, saying that evidence in those cases would also be used to conclude criminal investigations.

A modern airport rescue and fire fighting vehicle was yesterday handed over to the Timehri Fire Station to boost its capacity to tackle aircraft fires at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

– clean up Guyana The government has embark-ed on a robust exercise in an effort to clean up the country and bring Georgetown back to its glory days when it was referred to as “the Garden city”, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon.

A 63-year-old woman is thanking God for sparing her life after she came away from a vehicular accident with a broken arm.

A 68-year-old dream finally came to fruition when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh Centre of Excellence officially opened yesterday at La Bonne Intention (LBI) Community Centre.

In a bid to clear the air on the land it currently occupies at Mandela Avenue, the Guyana Muslim Mission-Masjid Muhammad said yesterday that it made no deal with Presidential Advisor Odinga Lumumba for the land, but instead resolved the issue with government.

President Bharrat Jagdeo told Korean investors yesterday that Guyana is ready to provide tax benefits to any foreign business that invests in the development of resource mining and the country’s enterprises, according to a report in The Korean Times.

– after late signing of contract by ‘Sexy Panther’ By Marlon Munroe The saga that followed the Shondell Alfred/Corrine Van Ryck De Groot world title fight last year continues with the postponement of the May 1 rematch until a tentative date in late May.

The Guyana International Relief Organization (GIRO) has helped to make the blood bank at the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) richer by raising145 units through three donation drives.

By Floyd Christie Christianburg and Central Mackenzie continued their undefeated run in the Mackeson National Super Ward Basketball Championships on Tuesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and secured places in the semi-finals.

The mother of the child at the centre of sexual allegations made against television broadcaster Chandra Narine Sharma has been handed over to the police after visiting the Ministry of Human Service & Social Security on Tuesday.

Three Sophia men were yesterday charged with breaking and entering their neighbour’s home and stealing a quantity of items valued over $400,000.

By Orin Davidson Former junior tennis player and New York-based coach Esan Benn feels that support for tennis from all levels in Guyana has been disappointing and says that the authorities would be best advised to seek help from the fraternity in the United States and elsewhere.

Two men were remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton when they appeared before her charged with trafficking in narcotics yesterday.

With the aim of promoting healthy lifestyles through fitness and good eating habits, the Hugh Ross Classic Committee will be hosting a Fitness Walk on Sunday.

CAYON, St Kitts, CMC – Opener Stafanie Taylor slammed an exciting half-century as West Indies women rebounded from their one-day loss on Tuesday to convincingly dispatch Sri Lanka by six wickets, in the opening Twenty20 International of their three-match warm-up series yesterday.

The man of Chinese descent who was killed in an accident at Versailles, West Bank Demerara on Monday night was yesterday identified by police as 36-year-old Yoa Hua Zhou of Brickdam, Georgetown.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board Chief Executive Officer Ernest Hilaire has misrepresented the facts about the payment to the West Indies Players’ Association of a US $450,000 settlement.

Dear Editor, In a recent issue of Stabroek News, you kindly published my letter on the inherent farce regarding the requirement for the swearing of oaths to affidavits (‘JPs largely unregulated, flout procedures,’ April 4). 

Magistrate Ann McLennan remanded a man to prison on Tuesday when he appeared before her at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court charged with threatening a woman.

Residents of several areas around the country are expected to have their water supply improved with the drilling of wells in their communities following Cabinet’s no-objection to the awarding of the contracts.

Dear Editor, We are happy to read about the Minister of Education’s commitment to enforce compliance with the law requiring that all children of a certain age attend school.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Juan Antonio Samaranch, who steered the Olympic movement through two turbulent decades marked by political boycotts, bribery and drug scandals plus a greater emphasis on commercialism, has died at the age of 89.

(Cricinfo) Jerome Taylor, the West Indies fast bowler, has said his recovery from a hip injury has been going well ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 which starts in the Caribbean on April 30.

Dear Editor, Payment of the old-age pension from NIS is being done via a voucher which carries a date stating  it can be cashed on the first Monday of the month.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic leaders in the US Congress may try to win passage of contentious immigration reform legislation this year in a move that could further harm prospects for a climate-change bill, congressional aides said yesterday.

A cut cable has disrupted telephone service to several areas in Linden for nearly a week and GT&T said yesterday that systems will be restored by tomorrow.

Dear Editor, This is my position on the government’s latest press conference and the information reported by the government in that conference.

Lakers, Hawks go up 2-0, Suns even series with Blazers BOSTON, April 20 (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics thrived despite the absence of Kevin Garnett and took command of their first-round playoff series with an emphatic 106-77 victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will hold a presidential election on June 20 following the death of Lech Kaczynski and opinion polls show acting President Bronislaw Komorowski will win it comfortably.

Chairman of the Berbice Anti-Piracy Committee (BAPC) Pravinchandra Deodat is pleased that the immediate intervention of ‘B’ Division Commander Stephen Merai aided the capture of a pirates’ boat with loot on Sunday morning.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A newly designed $100 note aims to thwart counterfeiters with advanced security features, top US Treasury and Federal Reserve officials said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) – A 41-year-old Guyanese woman charged with two counts of manslaughter and three counts of attempted murder was on Tuesday freed by Justice Devan Rampersad.

(Cricinfo) Everything changed in the last five overs of the Mumbai Indians’ innings.

Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur is urging taxpayers to complete the self assessment section of their Income Tax Return Forms by completing the Income Tax Computation.

Dear Editor, While watching the WPA’s programme, ‘Walter Rodney Groundings,’ on Sunday, April 18 on HBTV Channel 9, I learned with horror of the death, via information from WPA executive member, Desmond Trotman, of my brother, comrade, friend, distinguished son and true patriot of Guyana, Clarence Ellis.

Residents Seafield Village, West Coast Berbice raised issues affecting them such as larceny of livestock and illegal rum shops operating in the area when the ‘B’ Division police held a Face the Community meeting last week.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, was breathing easier Wednesday following the relaxation of travel restrictions in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe which paved the way for international teams to begin their travel to the Caribbean for the World Twenty20 Championship.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, billionaire Bill Gates and Queen Rania of Jordan will put their fame to work this week as they join a Twitter campaign to end malaria deaths.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Kingston has accused Washington of not doing enough to stem the flow of guns into the island.

History this week  –  No.14 By Winston McGowan This series of articles focuses on the six Guyanese cricketers who have scored only one Test century in their career.

Dear Editor, The Americans can be true models to us Guyanese and especially to a people who seem gripped by partisan politics, and where our politicians become gridlocked in more problems than solutions.

A policeman is under close arrest after he was caught on tape stealing monies intended for salaries from the Ruimveldt Police Station where he is stationed.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – It would make a good gag for a comedy if it weren’t actually true: thieves have broken into a Dutch prison to steal the inmates’ televisions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sugar and salt are damaging the health of Americans by raising blood pressure and cholesterol — and regulation may be the only way to help, researchers agree.

According to a report published in today’s edition of this newspaper and based on information provided by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon at his post-cabinet press briefing yesterday, the government has begun to clean up Georgetown.

Opposition parties denounce treaty Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is denying that his government signed a delimitation treaty with Trinidad and Tobago without consultation at home.

Dear Editor, A lot of emphasis is placed on Enmore Martyrs’ Day in June, which commemorates the five sugar workers who were gunned down by the colonial police.