Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Guyanese Abdel Nur this morning pleaded guilty to aiding a plot to blow up New York’s John F.

Mae’s Under-12 student Sonia Ghir was yesterday named the country’s top performer at this year’s National Grade Six Examinations.

*  English still a concern *  girls continue to perform better than boysMinister of Education Shaik Baksh said pupils across the country who wrote the National Grade Six Assessment improved in Mathematics this year, a result he credited to a new interactive programme, but English remains of major concern.

The policeman who is alleged to have fatally shot Patentia schoolboy Kelvin Fraser was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with the capital offence.

Despite the valiant efforts of the medical staff at Linden the premature baby girl who was found in a garbage heap has died.

– say organisers promoting homosexuality The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) yesterday accused the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discri-mination (SASOD) of attempting to corrupt young minds in society by using its gay and lesbian film festival to promote homosexuality.

The deadline for taxi service operators to comply with the order to ensure their vehicles are sprayed in ‘corporate yellow’ has been extended to September following a meeting between their representative body and President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday.

A no-confidence motion brought against Mayor Hamilton Green failed yesterday after 14 councillors voted against it.

Two police constables who allegedly transported a vehicle from Lethem to George-town using fake licence plates were remanded to prison yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when they appeared before her charged with fraudulent imitation of identification.

A 23-year-old motorcyclist of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is now dead following a collision with a minibus on Sunday evening on the Embankment Road in his village.

-Brazilians turn on class to crush old victims Chile JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The Netherlands clinically  ended Slovakia’s giantkilling run at the World Cup yesterday  while Brazil finally turned on the style to crush Chile and set  up an enticing clash with the Dutch in the quarter-finals.

Paraguay vs. Japan 10:00am (Guyana Time) Spain  vs. Portugal  2:30pm (Guyana Time)

Four persons, among them two foreigners, were remanded to prison yesterday when they appeared before Magis-trate Hazel Octive Hamilton separately charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The results of the post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Tirbawaniepersaud ‘Randy’ Totaram, 47, of Grant 1805 Crabwood Creek proved that he died from shock and haemorrhage due to puncture to the groin.

By Floyd Christie After much anticipation and a brief opening ceremony the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) jumped off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday with Saint Stanislaus College grabbing the first win of the tournament over Plaisance Secondary in their under-16 contest which ended 27-22 at the final buzzer.

A young woman was placed on $25,000 bail yesterday by Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton after the magistrate upbraided the police for not carrying out thorough investigations prior to their arraignment of the 18-year-old on two charges of robbery under arms.

The husband of a 41-year-old woman who died on Sunday at the New Amsterdam Hospital was released from custody after results of a post-mortem examination proved that she died by poisoning.

Georgetown Flex Text breezed through the Super Sixes stage and into the semi-finals of the Digicel Summer Smash 20/20 competition over the weekend with two easy victories over New Amsterdam Free Credit and South Essequibo Storm.

By Tamica Garnett Number-two seed Jeremy Miller recorded his first men’s singles victory when he whipped Kijana Lewis 6 – 0, 6 – 1 on Saturday in the final of that category of the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) lawn tennis tournament held at the GBTI Recreational Centre, Bel Air Park.

By Tamica Garnett The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will be foregoing the upcoming Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Junior Championships in favour of the South American Youth Championships.

Two armed bandits who robbed a Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara shop keeper of cash on Sunday night have been captured.

One week after garbage collectors suspended their services, there is as yet no indication of when these will be resumed, but the city is using the crisis to see if it can manage garbage collection.

– as FCPF participants meeting opens The Sixth Meeting of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Participants Committee opened here yesterday with Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud highlighting government’s concerns about process, questioning whether other countries face the same level of scrutiny as Guyana.

A 20-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the New Amsterdam Court charged with having carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 15.

50 swimmers participate in four events The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) said “participation was excellent” and it accomplished all its goals at its recent Olympic Day activity hosted at the Colgrain Swimming Pool.

Dear Editor, The outrage that occurred on Saturday June 26 at a conference hosted by the Guyana Institute of Historical Research must be condemned in the strongest possible manner. 

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has applauded Guyanese pace bowler Brandon Bess on his selection to the West Indies team for the third Test match currently being played in Barbados.

– paddy shipments moving quickly Our rice for their oil; this is the payment scheme for the revised US$21.7 million Venezuelan deal and it means that the Government of Guyana is responsible for paying local millers.

– witnesses saw him lash miner and run off Vanburn Orlando Hanover’s murderer is still on the run and police were up to late last night on the lookout for the suspect.

Dear Editor, Almost all the residents of Lethem are now angry and fed up with the electricity situation here.

Crandon to lead powerful lineup National middle order batsman Royston Crandon will lead a powerful lineup in the upcoming DJ Stress Twenty20 tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence this Sunday.

Dear Editor, The caption of your news story, ‘Pushed to lead opposition coalition, Joe Singh has “no plans,”’ (SN, June 27), was not borne out by the details of the story.

LONDON, England, CMC – Former West Indies batting maestro Brian Lara rolled back the years with a stroke-filled cameo in his return to competitive cricket on Sunday.

Police are seeking the help of the public to recapture a convicted prisoner who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison last Monday.

-South Africa a whiff away from a 2-0 series triumph Bridgetown, Barbados – South Africa are on the home strait to victory in the Third Digicel Test.

– import licences to be granted if prices do not drop Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad said the ministry is monitoring rising chicken prices and if there is no reduction soon it will grant licences to import chicken.

Dear Editor, Queenstown was once one of the best kept neighbourhoods of Georgetown, but this is no longer the case.

PARIS (Reuters) – Bankers voiced relief yesterday after world leaders abandoned a global bank levy and eased the timetable for new capital requirements at a G20 summit in Canada which posed questions about the forum’s effectiveness.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Shiv Chanderpaul was still holding out hope of a West Indies victory late yesterday, despite a batting collapse that left them on the brink of defeat in the third Test against South Africa.

The Region Three Department of Education is hosting remedial classes for grades two, three and four pupils at 33 centres across the region.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court yesterday extended gun rights to every state and city in the nation in a ruling likely to spur new challenges to gun control measures across the United States.

Dear Editor, I join the WPA in condemning the “drug” search of Bro David Hinds (‘WPA protests airport search on David Hinds’ SN, June 27) especially if it was politically motivated. 

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) is hosting training sessions for its senior and chief postmasters, postmasters, postal and telegraph clerks to boost the quality of its service.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US authorities said yesterday they have broken up a spy ring that carried out deep-cover work in the United States to recruit political sources and gather information for the Russian government.

NORTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Devon Smith plundered his second successive century as West Indies A crushed India A by 166 runs, in the opening match of the Tri-Nation Limited Overs series here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Over the years I have attended many events commemorating the death anniversaries of one of Guyana, the West Indies and the world’s celebrated historians/intellectuals – Walter Rodney.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A popular gubernatorial candidate in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas was murdered by suspected drug hitmen yesterday in the worst sign so far of political intimidation by smuggling gangs.

The top five contenders in the LeBron Sweepstakes will meet with the King in Akron, Ohio, starting Thursday, but according to one team executive, the meetings are just a formality.

Some teachers in the Ministry of Education’s Fast Track Initiative Literacy Pro-gramme are complaining about non payment of their monthly stipend, but National Coordinator of the programme, Murphy Greenidge said he instructed that payment for some teachers be withheld as they have failed to submit monthly progress reports.

Dear Editor, A number of Guyanese have been titillated by the prospect that the recent T&T electoral outcome can be replicated in Guyana.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s son and handpicked heir has been elected to parliament but he will at best become a figurehead under a military-led collective leadership, news reports said today quoting a source.

Dear Editor, In 1991 a Washington Post reporter who had just returned to the US from Guyana told me that the Western ambassadors in Georgetown told him: “You cannot have democracy in a land where every last man votes race.” 

Sol Guyana is inviting motorists to “Power Up 2 Win” a brand new Suzuki Grand Vitara and the launch of the Shell 2010 retail promotion was held on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sweat seeping from his baseball  cap after four hours scratching for his game on a dusty  baseline, Andy Roddick became Wimbledon’s biggest casualty yesterday when he lost to the son of a Taiwanese chicken farmer.

Guyana’s jungle west of the Essequibo River can be a very lawless place.