Daily Archive: Thursday, October 7, 2010

Police tonight issued bulletins for ten persons in relation to murder and the list included ex-policemen and Bramanand Nandalall who had been the subject of a major investigation by Canadian Mounties around 15 years ago and had been kidnapped at the height of the 2002-3 crime spree.

– laid to rest Murdered teenager Neesa Lalita Gopaul was yesterday laid to rest just after a post-mortem examination (PME) revealed that she had not been decapitated as previously thought.

Kelly Ann Persaud has been declared the country’s top performer at this year’s CSEC examinations a year after her sister, Kia Persaud, received the very award.

The lackadaisical child care officers who were involved in the Neesa Lalita Gopaul case will face disciplinary action once an investigation currently underway is completed, Minister of Human Services Priya Manickchand said yesterday.

Ballistic tests on spent shells have found that the same gun was used in the Broad Street and Stone Avenue shootings, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday.

Guyana’s track star, Aliann Pompey has qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 400 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, currently ongoing in New Delhi, India.

Guyanese boxers and track athletes foundered on day three of the XIX Commonwealth Games currently underway in New Delhi, India.

Already leading after their performance in  swimming and cycling, Bishops’ High School yesterday added a few more points through creditable results in the field events of the North Georgetown Zone One Inter-Zone Championships at the Guyana Teachers Union ground, Woolford Avenue.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies fast bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Joel Garner have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Minutes before Patrick Goodluck and Godfrey Grootfaam were riddled with bullets on Monday night a third man was seen in their car which was parked on Stone Avenue.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Olympic and world 100 metres  champion Shelly-Ann Fraser has been suspended for six months by  the IAAF for a doping violation, the world governing body said  yesterday.

– source Four Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers were dismissed from the unit last week after they failed to turn up to work to take a mandatory polygraph test, a senior source confirmed yesterday.

The Court Pacesetters drew first blood in the finals of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association Pepsi Street Playoff Series with a 74-70 point win against the Ravens last night at the Burnham basketball court.

President Bharrat Jagdeo should follow the example set on Friday by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and fulfil his promise to investigate the collapse of Clico (Guyana), AFC Leader Raphael Trotman says.

Dear Editor, Every time I read about the gruelling ordeals sixteen-year-old Neesa faced, I cannot help but feel a deep hurt.

After being precariously poised at 50-4, Essequibo’s exit from the El Dorado 50-over Inter-County tourney was as embarrassing as being bowled out for a mere 74 at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground yesterday.

An eight-month-old boy is in urgent need of a heart operation and his relatives are appealing to the general public to assist them with the finances to facilitate the child’s travel to India where the life-saving operation will be performed.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Uganda’s Moses Kipsiro took the  first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers  triumphed in their own desperate race to repair the track and  get the infield ready at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Teenaged Jamaican opener Stafanie Taylor scored a magnificent century as West Indies crushed the Netherlands by 148 runs to open their International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Challenge with a convincing victory yesterday.

Dear Editor, 1. Mr Granger has indicated that he wants to be president and hopes that the PNCR will nominate him for that position.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in KN dated October 2  on the subject ‘Works on $3 Billion Hope/Dochfour Canal begin’ and to a statement from the lead consultant from Cemco stating that the terrain between the crown dam and the EDWC is creating serious problems for the consultants and that the drilling rig keeps sinking in the soil.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will host a ‘Night of Remembrance’ tonight to honour Lennox Hunte who died last week Wednesday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

MIAMI, (Reuters) – After all the hype, LeBron James  and the new-look Miami Heat finally got on a basketball court,  starting their pre-season schedule with a comfortable win yesterday and no shortage of fanfare.

Dear Editor, We welcome the launch of the month of the elderly under the theme ‘Working for the elderly, celebrating their contribution to Guyana.’

– Suriname drivers win in two categories The top performer at last Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) drag race meet, Raymond Ally stated that he was surprised to emerge as the top driver at the South Dakota Circuit.

A waitress found guilty of trafficking in marijuana was on Tuesday jailed for four years and fined $2.7 million.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities deported a  record 393,000 illegal immigrants in the 2010 fiscal year that ended last month, half of whom had committed a crime,  Depart-ment of Homeland Security officials said yesterday.

The PNCR has called for a special unit in the Guyana Police Force to deal with domestic violence and for special procedures to take such reports.

Dear Editors, I had to look twice at the headline which proclaimed that the police were “warning” gangs to behave, to convince myself that such a statement was actually made.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) and other groups affiliated to the sport in the 1990s have been plunged into mourning over the death of one of the nation’s cherished swimmers Onika Davis.

NAACIE has moved to the Trade Union Re-cognition and Certification Board (TUR&CB) to file charges against the Toolsie Persaud Group of Companies for the company’s failure to enter negotiations with the union.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A White House assessment of  the war in Afghanistan concludes that Pakistan’s military  avoided direct conflict this spring with the Afghan Taliban and  al Qaeda militants, partly for political reasons.

New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne win New Amsterdam/Canje crushed West Berbice by 229 runs when the second annual Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Poonai’s Pharmacy Under-13 Inter-zone tournament bowled off on Sunday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – After 20 years of making his  living unlawfully by dressing up like a Cuban revolutionary and  posing for tips for tourist photos in Old Havana, 64-year-old  Omar is now hoping he can make a legal career of it.

A man accused of snatching a woman’s gold band off her hand yesterday said he wanted to plead guilty just to avoid the stress of having to go to court.

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has applied to the Ministry of Labour for arbitration in its wage dispute with the Oldendorff Carriers Guyana Inc after conciliation talks between the union and the company collapsed.

Dear Editor, I have been following up your coverage of the performance of the Skeldon Sugar Factory and the commentaries from your readers.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar  won the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricketer of the  Year award while team mate Virender Sehwag was adjudged the Test  Cricketer of the Year yesterday.

Yana Marisa Edwards chats with lecturers after the matriculation ceremony at the University of the West Indies

A just-concluded forestry stakeholders’ workshop on the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme is a signal of Guyana’s willingness to boost its “outstanding track record” in forestry management, according to Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spanish police will go to Colombia  to question nine ex-members of guerrilla group FARC as part of a  probe into alleged links between FARC, the Venezuelan government  and Basque separatists ETA, a legal source said yesterday.    

Carlton Amsterdam (left) poses for a picture with Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang (centre) and his brother Lyndon shortly after being admitted to the bar on Tuesday. 

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Players and support staff will  be updated on anti-corruption methods before next year’s World  Cup in the Indian sub-continent, the International Cricket  Council (ICC) said yesterday.

Of roughly 300 GuyExpo 2010 booths only about 23 showcased locally manufactured products while there was a much larger number of food and beverage stalls which catered to the big crowds.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) in French Guiana met in Georgetown recently with local stakeholder entities to discuss furthering business relations.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Cricket should be included in  the Commonwealth Games and Olympics to help the game grow around  the world, West Indies cricketing great Viv Richards said yesterday.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said yesterday he had no immediate plans to try to break his deadlock with Congress by dissolving the legislature, but had not ruled out the option after police protests last week.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Plans in Cuba and neighboring  Bahamas to develop offshore oil fields may open big new oil  frontiers at the doorstep of the United States, but the Cuban  project has sparked opposition in next-door Florida reflecting  the usual antagonistic U.S.-Cuba

New admission to the bar: Terreen Haynes, (second from right) was on Friday admitted to the bar before Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang. 

MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police will travel to Colombia to question nine ex-members of guerrilla group FARC as part of an investigation into alleged links between FARC, the Venezuelan government and Basque separatists ETA, a legal source said on Wednesday.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Some Chinese cigarettes  contain amounts of lead, arsenic and cadmium that are three  times higher than levels found in Canadian cigarettes, a study  has found.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted $75,000 bail to a 24-year-old Annandale woman accused of receiving a stolen cellular phone.

Dear Editor, It’s not my intention to dispute the achievements of Guyana’s Senior National Coach in relation to his successes locally and regionally, or his certification – an English FA’B’ licence, as outlined by Bilaal Eusi Nantambu in a letter published in SN on October 1 captioned ‘Wayne Dover is the most successful coach in Guyana,’ since an individual is entitled to express his own opinion.

Dear Editor, When I saw the caption ‘Death penalty “spectacular failure” in crime fight’ (SN, August 18), I had a good laugh and decided to read the article later. 

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, (Reuters) – The qualifying  process for Europe’s Ryder Cup team is likely to be changed  before the next event in 2012, victorious captain Colin  Montgomerie said yesterday.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Two years after it was posted  on YouTube, a video that appears to show an Israeli soldier  dancing around a blindfolded and bound Palestinian woman  detainee has gone viral on the Internet.

The new Board of Directors of the Bishops’ High School hosted a staff development session for teachers aimed at defining a quality education and examining how it shapes the characteristics of the school’s ideal graduate.

CARACAS (Reuters) Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez ordered on Tuesday the “intervention” of Caracas’ international airport to make it a profit-making business for his socialist government.

Installment One Hundred and Five What is the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program?

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – White House spokesman Robert  Gibbs yesterday denied a report that Vice President Joe  Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might swap jobs  for the 2012 presidential campaign.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)  chairman Ijaz Butt reiterated yesterday the need for a  thorough investigation into the fixing allegations that have  tarnished the sport.

At 16 years old, Neesa Lalita Gopaul who should have been at this moment involved in preparing school-based assignments ahead of writing the Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examination next year, is dead.

Seven postal workers indicted The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says seven US Postal Service workers in Puerto Rico have been indicted on drug charges.

Dear Editor, Does the National Communications Network have a policy regarding the rebroadcasting of programmes, especially those that are produced right here in Berbice?

A woman accused of using a knife to rob another of a cell phone was on Monday remanded to prison when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.