Articles published on Wednesday, October 6, 2010
`We have upped our anti crime status of operations’ In the wake of three chilling high-voltage shootings that have claimed the lives of eight, the police yesterday issued a warning to “all gangs, groups or persons” involved that it is prepared to act condignly against them.
-suspects remain in custody Months before Neesa Lalita Gopaul’s body was found at Emerald Tower she told relatives that she was locked in her room by her mother’s lover and also sent emails to a US-based relative in which she reportedly spoke of other instances of abuse, drug use and her father’s “suspicious” death.
Some 20 persons were last evening counting their losses after a fire of unknown origin gutted their one-flat, two-bedroom concrete home at Lot 663, Mandela Avenue, East Ruimveldt yesterday afternoon.
A new airline is soon to be launched in Barbados that will offer low fares to Guyana and the wider Caribbean.
-over $1m snatched from Goedverwagting business A doctor/importer narrowly escaped death yesterday when armed bandits fired a bullet at his head before fleeing with local and US currency along with other items which they had found while ransacking his Goedverwagting Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara home.
– Agri Minister The need for proper management with greater focus and the right technical expertise are issues which have to be continuously addressed at the Skeldon sugar factory.
There is no need to investigate the death of Sandra Alli who reportedly suffered abuse at the hands of relatives, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, after an autopsy found she died of natural causes.
-second attack on family in month Armed bandits yesterday struck at an Enmore, East Coast Demerara lumber yard and after locking five persons in a bond escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Some 30 workers of the Wales estate of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) are on strike over time stipulations inserted in their job description without an agreement.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds urged the public to emulate Mahatma Gandhi by demonstrating honesty and integrity, in his address at a ceremony held on Saturday to observe International Day of Non-Violence and to commemorate Gandhi’s 142nd birth anniversary.
A group of explorers will begin journeying today into southernmost Guyana on a two-week expedition which will include the surveying of a 25-mile trail which it is hoped will improve the economy of the Wai Wai community of Masakenyari.
-parents still to be found The seven abandoned siblings who were rescued by the Child Care and Protection Unit in Linden last month are now in the care of a Linden family while there has been no word about the whereabouts of their parents.
Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded three Kitty residents accused of having a gun and a quantity of ammunition in their possession without licence, when they yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
-Rock on show today Devon Boatswain suffered his second loss at a major international competition as he went down to Afaesa Fata of Samoa yesterday at the XIX Commonwealth Games currently underway in New Delhi, India.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India flexed its sporting muscles to shoot up the medals table with five golds at the Commonwealth Games yesterday but organisational niggles continued to bedevil the event on the second day of competition.
Hansraj Samaroo was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared in court over the murder of miner, Deochand Sirkissoon at Belmont, Mahaica.
MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Vangipurappu Laxman revived his role as Australia’s chief tormentor with a magnificent unbeaten 73 to script India’s unlikely one-wicket victory on the final afternoon of the first test yesterday.
About 250 house lots in Ordnance Fortlands, Glasgow, and Bloomfield, Region Six were allocated through the ‘One Stop Shop’ outreach held at the Rose Hall Community Centre Ground on Wednesday.
Not too long ago it was the national cricket, now athletics is being saddled with unrealistic expectations before a major competition.
Dear Editor, I recently returned from overseas and read with disbelief and horror of the state of the City Hall, one of our most historic buildings.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Lucas Radebe is a personal friend of Nelson Mandela, a FIFA ambassador and one of Leeds United’s finest players of modern times but he still vividly recalls the grim Christmas when he nearly turned his back on what was destined to be a brilliant future.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The house on the 53rd block of South Wood Street in Chicago’s Back of the Yards doesn’t look like a $355,000 home.
Cuban-born Dr Vilma Perez died early yesterday morning at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital following a brief period of hospitalization.
The brother and sister pair of N’Sade and Nylon Wray scored some much-needed points for the Richard Ishmael Secondary School yesterday, when cycling wrapped up at the North Georgetown District No.11 Champion of Champions.
Dear Editor, I am devastated at the death of sixteen year old Neesa Gopaul; her life was senselessly cut short, allegedly over material things.
Dear Editor, Did Mr Fip Motilall of Synergy just equate building 13 miles of road in Georgia and 9 miles in Florida for a grand total of 22 miles of road in subdivisions in developed and urban areas to “significant road building experience”?
Clive Atwell, Cecil Smith, Mark Austin and Simeon Hardy signed their contracts yesterday for the ninth edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control/Guyana Amateur Boxing Association Pro-Am card at the GBBC office on Avenue of the Republic.
The Ministry of Home Affairs hosted its fifth outreach exercise to Community Policing Groups (CPGs) in Region Two last week to garner feedback and to address problems that might impede the functioning of the group.
The national rugby Sevens team came in for praise from the Leicester Tigers rugby club of England after they completed a five-day training programme in England prior to their departure for the Commonwealth Games which are being held in New Delhi, India.
Dear Editor, A storm in a teacup is being raised by some PPP supporters over the announcement that Brigadier Granger is interested in being the PNC’s presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections.
MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Opener Gautam Gambhir and paceman Ishant Sharma will miss the second test against Australia because of knee injuries, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary N.
Dear Editor, If information provided in the article published in the Guyana Review on September 30 under the caption ‘Donald Ramotar – last man standing’ is true, then that article itself provides ample reason why Mr Ramotar should not be the PPP’s presidential candidate in the 2011 election.
The reigning Division Three league champions, Beepat Scorpions will tip off the Division Three finals of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series against the second-seed Ravens tonight at the Burnham basketball court.
KOLONTAR, Hungary, (Reuters) – Hungary declared a state of emergency in three counties yesterday, a day after a torrent of toxic red sludge from an alumina plant tore through nearby villages, kill-ing four people and injuring 120.
-defends Grow More Food results The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) says it is currently undertaking studies to identify new markets and new products that have export potential beside the identified 4P’s: pepper, pumpkin, plantain and pineapple.
Dear Editor, I refer to attorney Vic Puran’s letter titled: ‘The 1973 elections are a festering sore on the conscience of the nation,’ (SN September 3).
KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia, CMC – Barbados and Jamaica ended the 39th World Chess Olympiad on a winning note as their men scored convincing victories but there was no such luck for Trinidad and Tobago as they slumped to a bad loss on Monday.
NASSAU, (Reuters) – A small plane crashed in a lake in the Bahamas yesterday, killing at least eight people shortly after takeoff from the international airport in the capital Nassau, local authorities said.
Dear Editor, I will state immediately at the outset, that while I was a member of the PPP, I was the political protege of Moses Nagamootoo, who was the most popular PPP leader outside of the Jagans, due largely to his accompanying Cheddi Jagan on most of his outreach meetings over the years, his penchant for public speaking and his ability to rouse the crowds for Cheddi to address afterwards.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Many supporters of the conservative Tea Party movement that has shaken up U.S.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony held discussions on a National Drama Festival and establishing a theatre school for youths with members of the entertainment sector at a meeting held on Saturday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A smirking Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to set off a car bomb in New York’s busy Times Square was sentenced yesterday to life in prison after he defiantly said more attacks on America were imminent.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argen-tina’s Supreme Court dealt a blow to a controversial anti-monopoly broadcast reform law yesterday, upholding an earlier ruling that said media companies should not have to sell off certain operations within a year.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – A brilliant all-round performance by Shakib Al Hasan steered Bangladesh to a pulsating nine-run victory over New Zealand in a rain-interrupted first one-day international yesterday.
Dear Editor, Mr Lionel Peters seems bent on misrepresenting the facts regarding the selection of presidential candidates (‘Janet Jagan announced she would be the presidential candidate in 1997’ SN, October 2).
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Athletes at the Commonwealth Games are battling a plague of Delhi bugs as much as opponents with organisers forced to blanket venues with a pungent insecticide after an influx of insects.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez has dismissed claims from Spain that two members of Basque separatist group ETA were trained in Venezuela as part of an international campaign to besmirch his government.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A Saudi prince killed his servant in their room at a luxury London hotel in a ferocious beating which had a sexual element, a British court was told yesterday.
Dear Editor, The letter by Sasenarine Singh captioned ‘Granger should recognize that the PNC needs to come clean on its past’ (SN, October 4) refers.
STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Two Russian-born scientists shared the 2010 Nobel Prize for physics for showing how carbon just one atom thick behaved, a discovery with profound implications from quantum physics to consumer electronics.
(Trinidad Express) Even as the Government tries to devise an amicable solution to deal with the Clico insolvency and the losses to shareholders, lawyers representing the Clico Investment Bank (CIB) are moving full speed ahead with an application to wind up the company.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council will hold appeal hearings for suspended Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif in Qatar on Oct.
MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Michael Clarke will lead a largely inexperienced Australian side in the one-day series against India after regular skipper Ricky Ponting was rested as part of the team’s World Cup and Ashes plans.
Dear Editor, As far as could be surmised Guyanese of all ethnic groups rightfully believe that experience and preparedness are essential qualities when considering a presidential candidate.
Since the new Conserverative-Liberal Democratic (LibCon) coalition came to office in the United Kingdom, two discussions at governmental level have seemed to preoccupy the government.
