Daily Archive: Sunday, October 3, 2010

Police tonight said that the headless body found at the Emerald Tower resort at Madewini yesterday is that of 16-year-old Neesa Lalita Gopaul of Leonora and three persons are in custody.

– attacker, witness in custody Three days after he returned from the interior a Mahaica man was killed in a gruesome manner during a heated argument with a drinking buddy yesterday.

-Rishee Thakur at book launch Long-term demographic changes, particularly within the Indian community, could have a bearing on future elections here, University of Guyana Lecturer Dr Rishee Thakur believes.

If the leadership of the ruling PPP fails to unanimously agree on a presidential candidate, nominations will likely take place and a secret ballot will be taken, according to executive member Ralph Ramkarran.

The headless and decomposing body of a woman was found floating in a creek near Emerald Tower, Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday and investigators are working to ascertain if she was a victim of murder.

Mystery surrounds Friday’s execution of Mark Caesar called `Lil Mark’ and yesterday police sources confirmed that he and murdered hit man, Steve Jupiter were close friends.

– mother of Cummings Lodge murder victim  says Justice may never come for Kamla Singh, whose daughter and grandson were among those killed at Cummings Lodge last month but she believes the police need to put some real effort into finding the gunmen.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene has been hospitalized at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) following a heart complaint.

A mid-morning game of football came to an abrupt end yesterday when a One Mile Wismar man was shot while trying to be a peacemaker in an incident between his cousin and a policeman.

Doris Morrison celebrated her 104th birthday at her Plaisance home on Friday, surrounded by family, friends and school children who had gathered to mark the occasion.

A 63-year-old woman survived an early morning fire that completely destroyed her two-storey wooden house but she is now homeless along with her five grandchildren who are her charges.

Tipperary Hall: Only the foundation remains of what was once Tipperary Hall at Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

The Georgetown Seawall got yet another much needed clean up yesterday when a group organized by Attorney-at-law Charles Ramson Jnr removed umpteen bags of garbage.

As of Wednesday last, motor lorries and slow-moving vehicles are no longer allowed to use city streets and East Bank Public Road between Houston and Timehri from Monday to Saturday between 07:00 hrs and 09:00 hrs and 16:00 hrs and 18:00 hrs.

The Guyana Road Safety Council is appealing to road users to exercise caution and adhere to the traffic laws.

– as Inter-County cricket tournament opens Neither batsman wanted to be outdone by the other on the first day of the El Dorado Inter-County 50-over tournament at the Blairmont Community Centre ground yesterday.

Conclusion Introduction When I started this series on the failed insurance company I chose the title because of a sincere belief that those who were entrusted with powers and duties for the liquidation of Clico would act responsibly and professionally, and would ensure, at a minimum, full compliance with statutory requirements and ethical standards.

Guyanese have witnessed a continuing exhibition of the cheap exercise of power by the government; it is raw, naked, and ugly. 

It was a well-decorated 94 from national batsman Christopher Barnwell that steered Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to a 44-run win over the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) in the final of the inaugural Digicel/Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Twenty20 First Division competition.

I regret, if not exactly deplore, the cancerous growth of the shorter versions of the great game.

Interviews byWhat is the future of track and field in Guyana?

For the twelfth time in the 13 years since Richie Richardson’s interrupted tenure formally ended and Courtney Walsh took over for the second time, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is again seeking someone to take hold of the poisoned chalice of the captaincy.

Part of Guyana’s contingent that participated in the welcoming ceremony for teams at the Commonwealth Games Village yesterday in New Delhi, India.

As indicated in last week’s column I had planned to continue this week with a discussion of the rebased national accounts series for Guyana.

Help for the elderly: Police in `D’ Division, West Demerara/East Bank Essequibo recently presented an elderly businesswoman and farmer with a new bicycle.

– hectic fourth quarter ahead In spite of the vagaries of weather that caused the cancellation of several planned tournaments, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) had a productive third quarter from July to September.

It’s amazing just how many people are intimidated by orchids – by the myths connected to their cultivation, and by the folk lore which surrounds them. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant will play for a few minutes in the Los Angeles Lakers’ two European pre-season games as he rests his knee following offseason surgery, Lakers head coach Phil Jackson said on Saturday.

W  e did not complete the presentation of the relevant sections of the Sexual Offences Act 2010 after the previous instalment was published on July 25.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Direct talks with Israel will not resume unless it halts the building of Jewish settlements on occupied land, the Palestinian leadership said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The list of personalities interested in the candidacy for president from the various political parties is becoming more and more interesting, if not encouraging.

(Trinidad Express) As she exposed as a “scandal of monumental proportions” the Clico “tragedy,“ Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday announced a commission of enquiry to investigate the CL Financial crisis as well as the Hindu Credit Union collapse.

Continued Let’s continue our discussion on the dietary requirement of the older dog.

MOHALI, India,(Reuters) – A double strike from Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson put the brakes on an aggressive reply from India late on day two of the first test on Saturday.

NEW DELHI,(Reuters) With nearly 6,000 athletes already in Delhi and hundreds more streaming in by the day, the Indian capital was putting the finishing touches to preparations for the biggest ever Commonwealth Games yesterday.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Authorities are investigating the reported kidnapping of 20 Mexican tourists in the Pacific Coast resort city of Acapulco, a state official said yesterday.

Dear Editor, From time to time, many of us have suffered from the assault of loud noise belched forth from the maws of high-decibel sound sources.

A week ago a letter was sent from the British Defence Secretary Liam Fox to the British Prime Minister David Cameron.

This discussion by Akima McPherson places the importance of the Guyana Women Artists’ Associa-tion in the context of the historical development of women artists globally. 

Dear Editor, Desmond Hoyte once told me that he had developed an effective technique for handling people who irritated him repeatedly.

KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago secured their first win in 30 years over Jamaica when they carved out an exciting triumph in their 10th round clash at the 39th World Chess Olympiad yesterday.

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram flails away at the windmills of false argument he has imagined out of my letter in SN of September 23 (The mechanism which works to ensure the ethnic vote has been under-analysed’) about the fallacy of an ‘Indian face’ as a means by which our friends at Congress Place could regain office and recover their spirits.

GEELONG, Australia,(Reuters)-Spain’s government should recognise it faces a doping problem in cycling and do more to eradicate it, International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid said on Saturday, as another Spanish cyclist was provisionally suspended for a positive test.

The incumbent President of the World Chess Federation or FIDE, (Fédération Inter-nationale des Échecs), Kirsan Ilumzhinov, was re-elected on Wednesday to serve for another four years.

Dear Editor, There are over 50 million teachers worldwide, can you imagine—50 million!

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Christian Democrats, despite some reservations, voted yesterday in favour of a pact with the Liberals to form a minority coalition government supported by the anti-Islam Freedom Party.

Venezuela’s opposition leaders are ecstatic about the results of Sun-day’s legislative elections, which dealt a heavy blow to President Hugo Chávez.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has backed off the idea of dissolving Congress and ruling by decree and plans to revise an austerity law that triggered a bloody police revolt, a government minister said yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – South Africa’s Olympic committee has criticised Olympic long jump silver medallist Khotso Mokoena for what it called unacceptable behaviour after his failure to board the plane for the Commonwealth Games.

Dear Editor, A few days before the beginning of this school term I saw on Linden television, for the first time, the programme, ‘Linden Technical Institute and You.’

Dear Editor The comments attributed to Mr David Granger, set out in the Stabroek News of Friday, October 1, 2010 on page 8 made me nauseous.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro may visit Venezuela, his ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday, in what would be Castro’s first visit abroad in at least four years.

– Berbice Cricket Board The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has joined several others in expressing profound sadness at the sudden death of the former chairman of the National Junior Selection Committee Lennox Hunte.

The WPA has let half a cat out of the bag.

By Dr Prashant Pruthi, MD (Paediatrics) Delays in speech are the most common types of developmental delay.