Daily Archive: Monday, September 27, 2010

– husband had refused to reconcile A woman ended her life yesterday by setting herself on fire in the bedroom of her matrimonial home at Bent Street, Wortmanville, after her estranged husband refused to reconcile with her.

Years of feuding between two women ended tragically last night at the Stabroek Market square when a man’s former girlfriend and mother of his child fatally stabbed his current girlfriend in the chest.

Will the execution of former Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh and the sudden death of murder accused David Leander called `Biscuit’ ever be solved?

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars failed to break the jinx of beating Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors but their respectable 1-1 draw against the world-rated Trinidadians at the National Stadium at Providence last night has set the stage for an interesting Digicel Caribbean Cup.

‘We want a good road; without a good road, nothing doing’ (This is the seventh part in a series on the Grow More Food campaign) Producing for years to supply the local market, farmers at Look-out, Parika and Naamryck, East Bank Essequibo say there have been changes in the agriculture landscape but little that encourages them to make the next leap.

Minibus driver Seon Caesar, who was critically injured following Saturday’s accident on Norton Street in the city, succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday afternoon.

A little over one year after the state-of-the-art hospital at Lethem was officially opened surgeries were performed in its theatre for the first time over the weekend and over thirty persons benefited.

If ever there was a woman with a will to live and one that even when her strength is failing is willing to battle life and all that it throws at her it would be 65-year-old Irene Wright who refuses to let breast cancer, Parkinson’s disease and a swollen knee that has rendered her immobile keep her down.

Channel 6 owner and Justice for All Party leader Chandra Narine Sharma remained hospitalized yesterday and his condition had not improved up to late last night.

Residents of Virginia and Cane Grove, Mahaica in Region Four expressed concerns about noise nuisance, lack of security guards at schools, school drop-outs and the presence of a Community Policing Group (CPG) when Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Com-mander of ‘C’ Division Gavin Primo met with them on Thursday last week.

Secondary school students from Guyana and across the region will have an opportunity to directly interact with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) which will be hosting a students’ forum on Wednesday, September 29 at Queen’s College auditorium in partnership with the Ministry of Education.

A man accused of stealing a television from another was on Friday placed on $25,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Chennai Super Kings of India are the new Champions League Twenty20 champions, after Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey stroked fluent half-centuries to lead them to an eight-wicket victory over Warriors of South Africa yesterday.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso  held off Sebastian Vettel’s hard-charging Red Bull to win an  incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix yesterday and boost his  chances of a third Formula One crown.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A sensational solo goal by  Portuguese winger Luis Nani and a Michael Owen header salvaged a 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Bolton Wanderers in a lively Premier League derby yesterday.

Dear Editor, Arising from the ultimatum given to Oldendorff Carriers by the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GW) to take industrial action unless the company comes to the bargaining table with an appropriate offer for increased wages and improved working conditions, workers have reported to the union that management has been engaging them and has stated that if they strike, their contracts for 2011 will not be renewed.

Dear Editor, It’s sad to see yet another careless action of a minibus driver could have almost cost the lives of over fifteen people on Saturday, September 26.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – American Jim Furyk held his  nerve over a shaky closing stretch to win the Tour Championship by one shot at East Lake Golf Club yesterday, along with  FedExCup honours and the $10 million bonus.

-snake found in room of athlete NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Workers painted walls and mopped rain water at the Commonwealth Games Village as India raced yesterday to address complaints about dirty and unhygienic facilities one week before the start of the showpiece event.

Dear Editor, Former prominent businessman and ‘icon’ of the Guyana rice industry, Mr Kayman Sankar of Hampton Court Essequibo, has again come to the rescue of the Essequibo rice farmers in Region 2.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezue-lans voted for a new parliament yesterday, with President Hugo Chavez expected to keep control of the National Assembly in a poll that tests his support ahead of the next presidential election in 2012.

Dear Editor, Some months ago a big storm developed within the AFC on the issue of leadership.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel allow-ed its 10-month settlement construction freeze in the West Bank to expire today, defying a US call to extend the moratorium which Palestinians have said is necessary to keep peace talks going.

——coaches ordered to substitute both teams; bench players complete game Beepat Scorpions defeated Pacesetters 68-58 Saturday evening at the Burnham basketball court as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series got underway.

Dear Editor, In the not too distant past, I wrote a letter to the press extolling the pre-paid metering system, and encouraging Guyanese to go for it.

(Trinidad Express) Govern-ment’s decision to pay Clico depositors, whose principal balances exceed $75,000, through a government IOU, amortised over 20 years at zero interest, is illegal, contravening section 44D of the Central Bank Act, Chapter 79:02, as amended by the Central Bank Amendment Act, 2009, which grants the Central Bank sole authority over Clico.

Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson With three weeks completed in this new school year, we asked students and parents what their expectations were, especially since September is also Education Month.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma said yesterday he would ask his cabinet ministers to set their own performance targets that he would then monitor to try to improve the delivery of services to citizens.

Dear Editor, In July 2010, the Second World Conference on Research Integrity took place in Singapore.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fiery West Indies pacer Tino Best and prolific teenaged A team opener Kraigg Brathwaite have been named in a 14-man Barbados squad for next month’s WICB Regional 50-over tournament in Jamaica.

Ideas for ‘So It Go’ columns come from anywhere and everywhere.

Dear Editor, As it relates to my letter that was published in Stabroek News on September 1 (‘Workers still waiting for bonus frm Oldendorff’), the editor of Stabroek News noted that they had sent a copy  of it to Captain Zakaria El Dib, general manager of Oldendorff Carriers Guyana Inc (OCGI) for any comment he might have wished to make and had received no response.

By David AustinDavid Austin lives in Montreal and is the editor of the recently published book: ‘You Don’t Play with Revolution: The Montreal Lectures of CLR James.’

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Haitian workers in Dominican Republic’s top tourist resort killed a man in a clash with local residents after a fellow worker was shot dead by a building foreman in a pay dispute, police said yesterday.

Trinidad Express) The Fraud Squad is investigating an alleged blackmail attempt against Attorney General Anand Ramlogan by former People’s National Movement (PNM) councillor Dansam Dhansook.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has defended Guyana’s poor showing in the recent Champions League Twenty20, arguing the side lacked international experience.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican soldiers have arrested a suspected leader of the violent Zetas drug gang in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun and blamed him for a deadly attack on a bar last month, the army said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Residents of Bertie Road and surrounding areas at Five Rivers in Arouca on Saturday breathed a sigh of relief after police shot and killed the most wanted man in the Northern Division during an alleged shoot-out.

A series of visits to agricultural communities by SN reporter Gaulbert Sutherland has focused a piercing light on many issues connected with the government’s Grow More Food campaign.

Dear Editor, There have been reports in the media that the Singhs of ‘massage my leg’ fame have apologized to our Amerindian brothers and sisters for the distasteful remarks levelled against them.