Daily Archive: Thursday, September 23, 2010

– savagely bitten in the process Quick action by police in Berbice led to the arrest of a suspect and the recovery of a cache of arms at Adelphi, East Canje,  around 10 pm on Tuesday.

Police yesterday saved two men from a severe beating at the hands residents of Cummings Lodge, who caught them after they robbed a household there of over $1 million in cash and jewellery.

Police last evening issued a bulletin for a man who is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of De Hoop businessman Lakeram Bishundial who was shot and killed during a robbery at Hope, East Coast Demerara.

– rights activist Programme Manager of the Amerindian People’s Asso-ciation (APA) Jean La Rose yesterday said the Ethnic Relations Commission, the National Toshaos’ Council and the newly formed Indi-genous People’s Commission should launch an investigation into the utterances made by the couple, who have been accused of breaching labour laws while having an Amerindian maid in their employ.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Leon Clifton Robinson, who is accused of murdering his former partner Dionne Stephens last Monday.

A Route 43 (Linden to Georgetown) minibus BLL 8710 careened off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway early yesterday afternoon leaving the driver and another passenger hospitalized.

After Ivor Gomes’ body was exhumed on Monday it was discovered that he suffered blunt trauma to the back of the head and also from cirrhosis.

– Finance Minister The payout process for Clico (Guyana) policyholders may commence next week, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh says.

The Guyana and Trinidad Fire Insurance Company Ltd has recorded a surplus of over $221.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2010, up from the $180.4 million recorded last year.

Repeat abuser Ravie Persaud of Hampshire Village, Corentyne was yesterday sentenced to three months imprisonment, after he confessed to a charge of assault, committed on his wife Kamla.

-Rodrigues-Birkett Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says the clause in the Maritime Zones Bill 2010 to which Venezuela’s National Academy of Engineering and Habitat has raised objections has been in place all along.

Steps are being taken by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to place more emphasis on pre-primary education by changing the compulsory school attendance age from 5 years 9 months to 3 years 9 months and to encourage parental involvement in education.

-champion community to get $500,000 for development Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony said the ‘Day of Interaction’ it hosted in Region Six was a success and as such it will be adding a component that will allow the best sporting teams to win money for small projects.

A young painter accused of stealing a gold chain from a man was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $125,000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Paediatric HIV medication will soon be available faster in Guyana through the expedition of the country’s drug registration process as a result of a new partnership between the government and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the US State Department said yesterday.

Urging scouts to work hard and avoid crime, Commis-sioner of Police Henry Greene on Sunday presented $200,000 to the newly formed West Berbice Scout Group during its investiture ceremony at the Fort Wellington Police Station on Sunday last.

The formal commissioning of a new nursery school at Kumu and a village council office at Parikwaru-nawa were among the activities held in Region Nine last weekend as part of Amerindian Heritage month.

A woman accused of hiring two taxis knowing that she was unable to pay the fares was on Monday ordered to pay a fine of $20,000 or alternatively face two weeks imprisonment when she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

I was excited about my trip as not only was I about to visit Baracara, a colourful community located in the Canje Creek, but I was also going to spend some quality time with my siblings, a rarity in recent times.

A man described as a menace, reportedly went berserk yesterday morning and burned down his Ogle, East Coast Demerara home.

A 16-year-old pedal cyclist of Bath Experiment Housing Scheme, West Coast Berbice is nursing multiple abrasions about his body after he was struck down by a car around 7 am on Tuesday.

-No cause for concern – GOA; Local athletes prepare for departure to India this weekend The lead-up to the XIX Commonwealth Games event in New Delhi, India has been plagued by a number of setbacks, raising widespread concerns among foreign delegations, with the latest blow being the collapsing of a footbridge that injured 27 people on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India scrambled against the  clock to save the Commonwealth Games after big ticket athletes quit the showcase event and nations threatened to stay home unless authorities cleaned venues “unfit for human habitation”.

Gearing up for the Schools Champions of Champions athletic meet, Tutorial High School yesterday finalized the selection of their athletes with the completion of their Inter-House Athletics track events at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

– CAC team to remain at home Inadequate funding and sponsorship has resulted in the postponement of the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) Senior National Championships and subsequently it has been decided to keep Guyana’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) team home.

– both coaches confident Division Three League winners Beepat Scorpions and fourth seeded Courts Pacesetters will bump heads in the much-anticipated Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series, which gets underway on Saturday at the Burnham Basketball Court from 18:00 hours.

A motorcycle rider underwent emergency surgery for a broken leg at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was involved in an afternoon accident on Norton Street.

The Advisory Committee on Broadcasting (ACB) has objected to rum music and indecent language in local programming and recently issued warnings to several television stations.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Mark Cuban, the outspoken  billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, was  ordered by a U.S.

A 33-year-old man who allegedly held another man at gunpoint and stole a quantity of items was on Monday admitted to bail in the sum of $150,000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

(BBC) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has urged Andrew Strauss to take legal action against Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt over his match-fixing claims.

Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) light heavyweight champion Shawn Corbin will clash with Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes in an exhibition bout on the eighth Pro-Am boxing card tomorrow night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, CMC – Wayamba wrapped up a wretched run in the Champions League Twenty20 on a high note when they beat Central Districts by 74 runs yesterday.

Dear Editor, Your assistance is needed in helping me find my mother whom I have never met.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Initially overlooked, England  off-spinner Graeme Swann on Monday made it to the shortlist for  this year’s top International Cricket Council (ICC) award.

Dear Editor, Dense, overgrown bushes on an abandoned roadside house lot in  proximity to the Suddie Primary School turned out to be an ideal haven for a wanted teenager whom the police were in pursuit of when he darted in there in broad daylight and could not be captured.

The headline of the article in yesterday’s edition, “Maid drops imprisonment case, couple feels ‘vindicated’” incorrectly suggested that the former employee had been held in captivity.

Stabroek News reminds writers that letters for publication should carry a valid name, full address (street or village names alone are not accepted) and a phone number where they can be contacted.

A brace from Rosignol United’s Delroy Fraser propelled them into the semi-final round of the third annual Cheddi and Janet Jagan Memorial Knockout Competition organized by the Berbice Football Association (BFA) on Saturday at the Blairmont Community Centre Ground.

Dear Editor, Excellent! Who could disagree with the initiative that every schoolchild should have a laptop computer?

Dear Editor, The picturesque photo of the expressive Laluni farmer on the front page of your Monday’s (Sept 20) edition evoked both my interest and amusement.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Pro League champions Joe Public clash with Municipal of Guatemala here tonight needing full points in order to remain in the hunt for a quarter-final spot in the CONCACAF Champions League.

Dear Editor, An advertisement is currently being aired on television by GT&T about the Bluetooth contraption that is affixed to the ears, thus leaving the hands free, to do anything – or so the advertisement says.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – England completed  a clean sweep of their 2010 home series when they defeated  Pakistan by 121 runs in the fifth and final one-day  international yesterday.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pushed back yesterday against US pressure to revalue the yuan, as US lawmakers threatened to penalize China for keeping its currency artificially low.

An accident yesterday morning, which saw motorcar PLL 4795 crashing into an electricity pole and HB 2269, a taxi, plunging onto the pavement and practically into the ditch, temporarily halted rush hour traffic along Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge.

Current chairman of the Guyana Cycling Federation’s finance committee and president of Roraima Bikers Club (RBC), Brian Allen is calling for the resurfacing of  the inner circuit of the National Park which is the venue for most of the cycling events held locally throughout the year.

GENEVA (Reuters) – An attack by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May was unlawful and resulted in violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, a panel of international experts said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The notion that the PNC can ride back into office on the back of an Indian front man is not to be taken seriously.

History this week                    No. 31/2010 This article briefly explores the creation and solidification of African ethnic identity and the incorporation of Guiana into the world economy and argues that historically the intensification of ethnic contestation between Africans and other ethnic groups was a consequence of the structural contradictions that lie beneath the construction and reproduction of ethnicity in Guiana in order to support capitalism and its inequitable division of labour.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, heckled yesterday by AIDS activists at a Democratic event, urged them to aim their protests at Republicans, who he warned would cut AIDS funding if they win November 2 congressional elections.

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science EditorWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Malaria appears to have jumped to humans from gorillas, and the parasite may have spread globally from a single gorilla to a single human, researchers reported yesterday.

KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia,  CMC – International Master Jomo Pitterson pulled off a stunning upset but Jamaica narrowly missed out on shocking Norway in the opening round of the 39th World Chess Olympiad on Tuesday.

There might have been a time when people in the Caribbean viewed Alzheimer’s disease and other age-onset dementias as problems associated only with North America and Europe, simply because these are the continents where they have been recognised for what they are for years.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our worldBy Jeffrey N.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition is certain to make gains in parliamentary elections on Sunday but probably not enough to wrest legislative control from President Hugo Chavez in the 12th year of his socialist “revolution.”

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has banned bulk mobile text messaging for three days to prevent the spreading of rumours and religious extremism as authorities prepare for a potentially explosive court verdict between Muslims and Hindus.

Dear Editor, I have read and listened to numerous statements from political leaders that their respective party is not racially inclined, and on a previous occasion I did write that if that is true then how come there has never been an African person as leader of the PPP or an Indian person as leader of the PNC.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, CMC – Chennai Super Kings handed Warriors of South Africa their first loss yesterday as both teams advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 at the expense of Victoria Bushrangers.