Daily Archive: Monday, June 14, 2010

-seen as fraction of real figure Child abuse reports totalled 1015 for the first quarter this year but that number is seen as just a fraction of the real figure, according to the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) It argued that to effectively tackle this issue, communities need to get onboard and start identifying vulnerable victims.

-Aroaima Trail passenger recalls fearsome hijacking Nearly two years on, a passenger on a bus that was hijacked on the Aroaima Trail days after the Lindo Creek massacre has recalled the fear of coming face to face with a man who called himself Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and his declaration that he had been framed for the murder of the miners.

-construction work, bad parking endangering pedestrians A 46-year-old man died late Saturday night after he was hit by a truck while walking along the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara near a bridge which is currently under construction.

United Kingdom–based Guyanese writer Wilson Harris has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, the honour coinciding with Her Majesty’s birthday celebrations this year.

A prolonged power outage last week left hapless Lethem residents in the dark and calling for the intervention of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).

The general membership of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday called for more scrutiny of the financial reports presented by the board and it was decided that all reports must be taken to a finance committee before being presented to the executive.

-Persaud Environmental services provided by Guyana’s forests cannot be sold without the agreement of the government, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud says.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud told East Berbice farmers that critical drainage and irrigation works to the tune of $12M will be undertaken to encourage more cultivation.

A charge against three men for the December 31, 2009 murder of Wendell Tappin was withdrawn on Friday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson and a joint charge reinstituted against two of the accused in the matter.

A man who pleaded guilty to stealing a gold band from an overseas-based Guyanese was sentenced to two years imprisonment by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Friday.

The Ministry of Health recently held a `gate keeper for suicide prevention workshop’ in Region Six.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) recently hosted a two-day seminar aimed at improving farm management and operation.

DURBAN (Reuters) – Germany began their quest for a fourth World Cup in devastating style yesterday with a thumping 4-0 victory over Australia in their opening Group D match.

Dear Editor, I am delighted to learn that Wilson Harris has been knighted by the Queen for his services to Literature.

Dear Editor, It is disgusting when as a teacher you have no control over a certain situation as pertained at the Patentia Secondary school.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Chris Gayle led an improved West Indies batting performance that failed to spare his side from a 163-run defeat inside four days at the hands of South Africa in the first Test yesterday at Queen’s Park Oval.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Minister Manzoor Nadir and published in your daily on June 09, 2010 captioned, ‘The government has no axe to grind with the trade union movement’.

Dear Editor, The findings of the CADRES survey that the government is better at improving infrastructure as opposed to tackling corruption, crime, creating better employment opportunities and keeping inflation under control are some of things that we are already aware of and which the survey simply confirms.

– race for post heats up Commissioner of Police Henry Greene will be challenging for the post of president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) when that body stages its annual general meeting sometime later this year.

Dear Editor, I was the medical doctor in Bartica during the period January-September 1989, and was responsible for spearheading the attempt to get the operating theatre functional.

-Aracari Beach Volleyball Classic Young Achievers ‘B’ volleyball team lived up to its name by achieving a spot in the semi-finals of the Aracari Beach Volleyball Classic after  spiking out their competitors when the tournament continued Saturday at the Aracari Resort.

Dear Editor, Travelling from Rosignol to Georgetown a signboard at Pln Ross dam shows drivers there is a dangerous turn 100 rods ahead.

Courts Guyana Inc. Country Manager Lester Alvis was elected president while five members of the previous executive were returned to office at the Lusignan Golf Club’s annual general meeting Saturday evening at the clubhouse.

Dear Editor, A perusal of the comments on your website about articles/letters on the tragic death of young Kelvin Fraser has revealed that quite a few persons advised that running from the Police is a bad idea.

Local celebrities in the fields of sports and entertainment displayed their ball-handling skills and proved they can also entertain fans on the basketball court Saturday Night when the Fire Basketball Club staged its inaugural Celebrity Charity Game at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Former Caribbean Under-15 table tennis champion Nigel Bryan yesterday won the Under-21 Open singles title as the National Sports Commission annual Independence anniversary tournament continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

BURAS, La./LONDON, (Reuters) – U.S. President  Barack Obama will press BP executives this week to set up an  escrow account to pay damage claims by individuals and  businesses hurt by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s national popularity with the masses has integral connections not only with the massive rebuilding of Guyana’s infrastructure, sustaining macroeconomic fundamentals, piloting Guyana through massive debt write-offs, carving out the huge funding potential of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), securing an international niche for Guyana, inter alia; but primarily, too, because this President believes that he should be on the front lines with the people, not only in good, but in bad times as well.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel said yesterday it  would set up its own investigation into a deadly raid on a  convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships, and that its panel would include  two foreign observers.

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton drove a superb  tactical race to hold off his McLaren team mate Jenson Button  and win yesterday’s Canadian Grand Prix and jump to the top of the  Formula One drivers’ championship.

Dear Editor, Recently, I noted that the PNC has not ruled out a coalition approach to contest the 2011 election.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – A Flemish party that wants to  split Belgium triumphed in a parliamentary election yesterday, a  result that could make it hard to form a coalition quickly and  deliver austerity to contain a rising national debt.

Batsmen Herrell Greene and Anthony Adams and fast bowlers Andre Stoll and Keon Joseph, all members of last year’s national Under-19 team, were yesterday named by the junior selectors of the Guyana Cricket Board in the 14-man squad for next month’s tournament in St Lucia.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The World Bank will need to  get creative in raising funds to help the poorest countries now  that the richest ones are feeling pinched themselves.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my heartfelt sympathy to the parents and relatives of young Kelvin Fraser who was slain by the police at Patentia, West Bank Demerara, I believe that no parent should have to go through the pain the parents of young Kelvin are feeling today.

A minibus belonging to Merriman’s Funeral Home and a motor car were involved in an accident at the corner of Brickdam and Chalmers Place last week. 

By Tamica Garnett Georgetown’s `Flex Text’ and East Coast’s `Flex Checks’ yesterday condemned East Bank’s `Top Up’s’ to two defeats as the Digicel Summer Smash Twenty20 cricket tournament continued at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A $5 million prize for former  African leaders who set examples of honest, democratic  government will not be awarded for a second year running, the  sponsor said yesterday.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – Imran Khan, Gavin Tonge, and Lionel Baker indulged themselves, but they failed to save West Indies-A from defeat, when India-A won the opening four-day “Test” by six wickets yesterday at Grace Road.

OSH, Kyrgyzstan,  (Reuters) – Russia sent at least 150  paratroopers to Kyrgyzstan yesterday to protect its military  facilities as ethnic clashes spread in the Central Asian state,  bringing the death toll from days of fighting to 113.

Anyone who reads widely will attest to the joyful revelation that can come from the written word.

Dear Editor, When Stabroek News published instant polling information made available by CADRES showing the PPP with 38% support, the PNC with 31% and the AFC with 25%, the government’s media spinners and lackeys jumped on it and started ridiculing and questioning the numbers, the organization and even slammed your newspaper.

This week we asked people at Linden to name the town’s best entertainment spots.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Ghana gave Africa a  much-celebrated first victory in the continent’s inaugural World  Cup though it was a bitter-sweet moment for their Serbian coach  to have masterminded defeat of his homeland yesterday.

Netherlands vs. Denmark (7.30am) Japan vs. Cameroon (10.00am) Italy vs. Paraguay (2.30pm)

Dear Editor, It is that noteworthy that among its undertakings for its mandate on the Caricom Single Market and Economy, the Caricom Secretariat undertook the hosting of a seminar on Competition Policy and Law in Georgetown, Guyana on May 3, 2010.

In The Diaspora Wazir Mohammed teaches at Indiana University By Wazir Mohammed June 13, 2010 marked 30 years since Walter Rodney “the prophet of self-emancipation” was assassinated in Guyana.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez yesterday proposed changing the name of one of the world’s largest  oil companies and a major supplier of crude to the United  States, Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA, to Socialist Venezuelan  Petroleum.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail  Gorbachev has appealed to the Kremlin to make Russia more   democratic, saying President Dmitry Medvedev’s push to modernise  the country would not succeed otherwise.

Try as it may, the Government of Guyana has failed to convince critics and skeptics that the company selected to build the road for the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, Synergy Holdings Inc, was properly qualified to be chosen and has the wherewithal to deliver the job.

Waspish patio: A wasp nest over the door that is leading to the patio of the Male Ward at the Lethem Hospital.

Parking with style: Early yesterday morning the driver of this car (PLL 6880) lost control of it and zoomed over this trench landing on the parapet just outside Banks DIH’s northern fence.