Daily Archive: Monday, April 26, 2010

Several hours before dawn yesterday a lone gunman murdered Ryan Brimmer execution style in Albouystown.

The crew of a Surinamese helicopter which went missing in the hinterland on Thursday evening, were yesterday detained and questioned by law enforcement officials, shortly after arriving at the CJIA airport on Saturday.

Several persons sustained injuries following a head-on collision between two vehicles travelling along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday morning.

Government will be pouring approximately $25 million into the Hope Estate on the East Coast Demerara as it attempts to reconvert the area into the thriving coconut plantation that it once was, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says.

With four days remaining to the opening of the ICC World Twenty20 championships, the Ireland cricket team intends to give Group-D teams, West Indies and England, a “run for their money.”

Georgetown’s top wards in the Mackeson National Super Wards Basketball Championship continued their winning streak Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall after they hammered Christianburg and Central Mackenzie in the last of the preliminary round matches.

An Enmore couple is in serious condition in the Burn Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital after they were reportedly set on fire by their adult son.

Chennai Super Kings 168 for 5 (Raina 57*, Dhoni 22, Fernando 2-23) beat Mumbai Indians 146 for 9 (Tendulkar 48, Pollard 27, Jakati 2-27) by 22 runs MS Dhoni added another feather to his captaincy hat.

Trinidad-based pathologist Valery Alexandrov arrived on Saturday and headed straight to the Bagotsville cemetery and took samples from Sangeeta Persaud’s body which had been exhumed.

Some 39 nurses and 13 doctors resigned from the health sector last year and it is believed that there are over three hundred technical vacancies in the sector, according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

Berbice retains championship honours in the GTM/Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) one-day under-19 inter-county cricket competition despite heavy rain having the final say in the match that was reduced to a 39-over affair at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

-was ferrying water bottle on bicycle A Bagotville,West Bank Demerara (WBD) mother is mourning the loss of her 15-year old son, who died on Saturday afternoon after falling into a trench while ferrying a water bottle on his bicycle.

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) drag-racing meet at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday was forced to abandon the day’s scheduled events because of the heavy showers although grudge matches were held.

-after demolition crew damages house Vanessa Gaskin, the Ruby, East Bank Essequibo mother of eight whose home was damaged by housing officials late last month, has received an offer from the Central Planning and Housing Authority (CH&PA) of a house lot, in exchange for her moving from the area.

The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) has taken objection to a report that appeared in my column last Sunday concerning a letter it wrote to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Kieron Pollard’s selection for the home series against Zimbabwe in February.

A 37 year old man was killed on Friday after he fell off a truck on the Bissaruni Trail, Upper Berbice River and his head was crushed by one of its wheels.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China overtook large  European nations in a shift in voting power at the World Bank  yesterday that was designed to give emerging economies greater  influence in the global development institution.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder routed the NBA defending champion Los Angeles Lakers 110-89 on Saturday to surprisingly tie their Western Conference series at 2-2.

The National Parks Commis-sion (NPC) has denied poor health and safety practices at the Georgetown Zoo, following recent concerns raised by a zookeeper.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – In Spain, injured players are said to be “in dry dock” and the relaunch of Kaka after six weeks on the sidelines is welcome news both for Real Madrid’s La Liga title bid and Brazil’s World Cup hopes.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo  Chavez yesterday ordered troops to crack down on wildcat miners  who use mercury, chain-saws and high-pressure hoses to strip  gold from beneath the South American nation’s jungles.

(Cricinfo) The BCCI is set to suspend Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, following several allegations of financial misconduct over the past fortnight.

– EPA to probe Residents of Le Destin, East Bank Essequibo have started suffering health problems after a farmer started burning paddy shells for his cash crops and they are calling on the authorities to take immediate action.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo  Chavez yesterday ordered a 40 per cent pay rise for the armed  forces, an increase that may help consolidate his support with  troops by countering inflation ahead of legislative elections.

Dear Editor, I had my phone stolen in front of the Esso Service Station on Regent and King Streets on Wednesday afternoon, April 21.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans voted yesterday in  municipal elections touted as proof of democracy on the  communist-led island, but at the same time the dissident  “Ladies in White” were manhandled by government supporters as  they tried to march for the freedom of political prisoners.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Vivian Richards Cricket Ground may get a chance to host matches during South Africa’s tour of the Caribbean, which starts next month.

Dear Editor, On May 1, 1886, the demonstration of thousands of workers in Chicago who had struck for improved working conditions was fired on by the police and dozens of workers were killed.

Fifty-five women from the organisation ‘Women with Power’ graduated with skills acquired in four areas including floral arrangement and cake decoration at the Venezuelan Cultural Centre on Friday.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s next prime minister  Viktor Orban said  yesterday voters had carried out a  “revolution” by giving his party two thirds of the seats in  parliament to rebuild Hungary after a near financial collapse.

Alissa Trotz edits the ‘In the Diaspora’ column. Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Five players with international experience have boosted the West Indies A-Team for its three-week tour of Bangladesh, which starts early next month.

Dear Editor, If there is a reporter/journalist who works with a media entity and a public-spirited citizen with a pen, paper, video camera, zeal and enthusiasm for journalism, then who becomes more important in the news cycle?

(Jamaica Gleaner) Since the start of this year, 150 members of the force, including recently installed commissioner, Owen Ellington, have faced polygraph tests, but the Police High Command has not said how many have failed these tests.

I was recently involved with a presentation at the Cultural Centre in a very complex show (about 40 performers) where a host of technical and logistic problems came into play and things got kind of frantic.

Splashmin Super Stars named a 13-man squad to compete in the feature T20 four-team clash on Saturday at the Splashmin Sport Club ground, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered  a fast-moving deep ocean current with the volume of 40 Amazon  Rivers near Antarctica that will help researchers monitor the  impacts of climate change on the world’s oceans.

Dear  Editor, I read with keen interest the Sexual Offences Bill 2009 tabled in parliament recently and the proposed penalties for the various offences.

PPP/C MP and Presidential Advisor on Empowerment Mr Odinga Lumumba in a letter in the April 19 edition of this newspaper criticized SN for its reportage on his land deal at the back of the Botanical Gardens.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ria Ramnarine failed in her bid on Saturday to become the latest female World boxing champion from Trinidad & Tobago.

LONDON (Reuters) – Alan Sillitoe, one of the  ‘Angry Young Men’ of British fiction whose gritty realism  vividly portrayed working-class life after World War Two, died  yesterday aged 82.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Vicky Sawyer (SN, April 23) captioned ‘Sexual orientation and sexual attraction are different issues.’

Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius with photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man and woman in the street whether the recent rainfall which caused flooding in parts of the city affected them and what they are doing to prepare for the upcoming May-June rainy season.

(Jamaica Observer) Organised criminal gangs and drug dealers are behind the growing multimillion-dollar trade in illicit cigarettes locally, the Sunday Observer has learnt.