Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The life of a 21-year-old businessman was snuffed out yesterday afternoon in an accident on the De Kinderen Public Road at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

AFC leader Raphael Trotman yesterday said a citizen’s initiative to formalise an elections partnership is being taken “very seriously,” while adding that civil society participation could be what is needed to bridge historic political divides.

A mentally ill man, who has been convicted of several offences and is fighting deportation to Guyana from the US, was recently granted a reprieve by two circuit judges who instructed the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to review its standard applied to the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

By Carl Parker Lethem residents are now contemplating where they will get their supplies of chicken, now that the importation of the item from Brazil was suddenly halted two weeks ago.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday sentenced a 56-year-old woman to four years imprisonment for being found with a quantity of cocaine in her wig at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Rameshwar Persaud, 24, of Number 70 Village, Corentyne whose body was found yesterday at his home.

Yesterday, marshals from the High Court descended on the Discount Store on Regent Street where they seized numerous boxes of fake Piccadilly brand shoes.

A bill which allows for the publication of government procurement opportunities on a freely accessible website was unanimously passed by the National Assembly on Thursday.

Carl Nelson Bollers, the security guard stabbed to death while protecting the Mercy Vocational School and Day Care Centre in Sophia, died as a result of shock and haemorrhage due to perforation to the lungs, according to results of a post-mortem examination (PME) performed on his body yesterday.

“We have been trained, know the facts; we know that we can throw our [arms] around them.

– Guyana may not meet target, Ramsammy says The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a global partnership to reduce extreme poverty by setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015.

In just two months, four murder cases have been thrown out of court and the accused set free owing to sloppy police investigation and weak evidence gathering.

—boxers Sandiford, Jordan assured of bronze medals Guyana’s Aliann Pompey continued her stellar athletics career by bagging a silver medal at the XXI Central American and Caribbean games currently underway in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Four children of Plegtanker, East Bank Berbice who survived after being poisoned by their father six years ago, have moved on and put the ordeal behind them.

— but held to scoreless draw against J/ca By Floyd Christie The national women’s rugby Seven’s team began its quest to retain its North American and Caribbean Rugby Associations (NACRA) Championship with a commanding display of rugby yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

By Tamica Garnett Telecommunications giant, Digicel, yesterday became the latest sponsor to  assist the Guyana Karate College (GKC) to host the 11th International Shotokan Federation (ISKF) Pan American Karate Championships scheduled to be held in Guyana from August 12-15.

The Arya Samaj Movement in Guyana is celebrating its centenary anniversary with a month of activities including donating $140,000 to an orphanage and mandir.

Almost two weeks have passed since the body of an unidentified man was found floating in the canal between Vlissengen Road and Irving Street close to Church street.

By Floyd Christie In the aftermath of their historic gold medal win against Jamaica in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games rugby Sevens tournament, the national men’s rugby team was presented with  golden neckwear during an awards dinner at Thirst Park, Sunday evening.

A post-mortem examination was yesterday conducted on the body of Yaswattie Samaroo by Dr V Brijmohan who gave the cause of death as haemorhage and shock due to an incised wound to the neck, the police reported.

By Tamica Garnett President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Andrew Arjoon says the association hopes to introduce the game to schools on completion of the squash courts at Thomas Lands this year.

Following the successful staging of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) in conjunction with the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Rating Tournament, local chess players will now turn their attention to Rapid Chess (blitz).

The police have destroyed some two acres of marijuana plants at Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

The Aziza Akousa Nature resort will host its 15th annual Emancipation Swimming Festival at the Madewini Creek, Linden-Soesdyke Highway from 10am on Sunday.

– as crisis continues The situation remained bleak as the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) admitted yesterday that its workers were managing to collect less than half of the garbage generated by the city on a daily basis.

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) will host two days of sporting events at the National Park on August 1-2.

A 19-year-old who along with another man allegedly beat and robbed a man of a quantity of raw gold at the Bartica Arcade was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.

Night Crescendo of the Marcel Crawford Stable overcame the elements and created a major upset in the feature `C’ Class event on Sunday at the Norman Singh Turf Club, No.

A man who was allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis and cocaine in a haversack was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, The principle of political exclusion articulated in the AFC’s statement of July 24, 2010 may transpose, if not obviate, consideration of that party’s political philosophy.

Dear Editor, We the people of the Essequibo Coast and Pomeroon are very dissatisfied with the speed boat transportation from Supenaam to Parika.

The jury will begin deliberations today in the trial of Guyana-born US citizen Russell Defreitas and former parliamentarian Abdul Kadir in an alleged plot to blow up pipelines at the JFK airport in New York.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Javon Searles’ four-wicket haul, coupled with senseless Windward Islands batting, helped Barbados to a handsome 39-run in their second match of the Caribbean Twenty20 Trophy here Sunday night.

Dear Editor Please oblige publication of a matter that is of grave concern to a particular group of residents of Section A, Block X, Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  – The Windward Islands showered themselves in glory after pulling off an emphatic seven-wicket win over the Leeward Islands to ensure their capture of the 2010 TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge title yesterday.

An 18-year-old who was arrested at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after allegedly causing a commotion there, including breaking window panes at the police outpost, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, GPL came around to check my meter, one Saturday morning: just like that out of the blue after 10 years.

DENNERY, St Lucia, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago crushed Guyana by 133 runs to finish second in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge here yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration scrambled yesterday to manage the explosive leak of secret military records that paint a grim picture of the US-led war in Afghanistan and raise new doubts about key ally Pakistan.

By Mark McGowan For 17 months, Clico (Guyana) clients have been living on the promise that they will be reimbursed their investments, and some of those affected are now asking that this pledge be fulfilled immediately since they desperately need their money.

SANTA CLARA, Cuba (Reuters) – Cuban leaders will not be rushed into decisions about economic reforms and whatever they do will be faithful to the ideals of the Cuban revolution, Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura said yesterday in a nationally televised speech.

Rehabilitation of the East and West Canje roads is set to start next month after government awarded the US$8.6 million contract to H Nauth and Sons.

Dear Editor, The terms overweight and obesity often are used interchangeably, but in fact the conditions are not the same.

(Trinidad Express) – The person who murdered Diane Williams and her ten-year-old son Shaquille Morgan, and sawed their bodies into pieces, may have been responsible for several other deaths in San Fernando.

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela said it beefed up its troop presence along the border with Colombia as its neighbor’s incoming finance minister vowed yesterday to restore trade between the feuding Andean nations.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Barbados grabbed first innings points in a tame draw against Jamaica as their TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge finished in disappointing fashion yesterday.

A fisherman is missing and feared dead while another sustained burns after the unregistered trawler they were in caught fire and burned in Surinamese waters on Saturday night.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar  Sangakkara hit centuries again yesterday as Sri Lanka punished the Indian bowlers in familiar fashion on the opening day of the second test.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – The first Khmer Rouge commander to face a UN-backed tribunal was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday for overseeing 14,000 deaths in the 1970s, but he’ll serve about half that, angering many Cambodians.

Dear Editor, The question of extra lessons for secondary school children was recently defended in Parliament by the Minister of Education with the GAP/ROAR member pointing out that if parents have to pay for extra lessons for their children and he, as Minister colludes with such a practice, then the government boasts that primary and secondary education is free is an empty boast since money has to come out of the parents’ pockets anyway.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A proposed overhaul of Brazilian forest policy being considered in Congress is raising concern that the world’s largest forest could be left more vulnerable than in decades to razing by farmers despite recent progress in protecting it.

By Dr Bertrand G. Ramcharan Guyana has been a fractured nation throughout its history and remains so.

Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing me to voice my views on some of the improvements we see happening in the education sector.

Ansa McAl Trading Limited presented three large gift hampers of Cheekies Cloth Soft Diapers to Tricia Persaud, the 22-year-old mother of triplets.

Had the public security situation throughout the country not been so dreadful, the public might not have realised just how much time the Minister of Home Affairs spends on issues which have little to do with everyday violent crimes. 

Wellington K.K. Chan is Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Occidental College.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s words have been thrown back at him by the People’s National Party (PNP), which has yet again declared he cannot be trusted.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will appear on female chat show “The View” on Thursday, in what the ABC network said yesterday was the first appearance by a sitting US president on a daytime TV talk show.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The type of cricket balls used  in England will give the Pakistan bowlers a huge advantage over  the home side in the four-test series starting this week, former  Pakistan players said yesterday.