Articles published on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – All of Chile’s 33 trapped miners were rescued from deep underground in a special capsule yesterday as an extraordinary two-month survival story many call a miracle triggered wild celebrations.
Kerwyn Greene, 39, of One Mile Wismar this afternoon expressed frustration at the delay by the police in taking action against the off-duty policeman who shot him on October 2.
Three Guyanese men were recently busted by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in New York for allegedly selling drugs on a Brooklyn street.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Accused swindler Allen Stanford may not use $100 million in a Lloyd’s of London insurance policy to pay the lawyers defending him on charges of running a $7 billion fraud, a U.S.
COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – Fifteen of Chile’s 33 trapped miners were hoisted to safety in a cramped rescue capsule today, punching the air and hugging their families in a triumphant end to their two-month ordeal.
The man accused of murdering Mark Caesar, called ‘Lil Mark’, was yesterday remanded to prison after he made his appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
“So you think you can spend the rest of your life in prison?”
Two drivers had their licences suspended yesterday after being placed before the courts charged with causing death by dangerous driving, a police release said.
Several persons sustained injuries yesterday when a Toyota pick-up slammed into the back of a bus which was awaiting the green light at the junction of Sheriff Street and the Rupert Craig Highway.
-burnt boy and family vanished months ago Relatives of one of the complainants in a case during which a teenage boy’s genital area was set alight by police last year, yesterday confirmed that they had accepted money to drop the matter while a relative of another complainant said that their matter was “settled”.
The decomposing remains of an unidentified man were yesterday morning discovered floating in a canal in South Sophia behind Meadow Brook Gardens with a bullet wound to the back of the head.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) will ask prospective electoral partners to back its likely presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan, after his selection is ratified at its upcoming special delegates’ conference.
Youth Leaders from the Bina Hill Youth Learning Centre organised a special “350 learning by doing” activity for 300 indigenous secondary school students.
– but ratios in education, health almost on par Guyana is listed at 38, slipping three places from its position at 35 last year, on the Global Gender Gap Index, which ranks 134 economies according to the size of the gaps between men and women.
-two suspects in custody Three bandits, armed with a gun and two cutlasses terrorized and robbed a family of St.
-to be recommended to concession owners Twenty-four members of the Small Loggers Association of Maria Elizabeth/Three Friends Mines, recently completed two weeks of intense training in forest management and wood utilization.
-more bandwidth going to security firms, call centres The introduction of GT&T’s Emagine Broadband is attracting interest from several overseas entities including universities looking to extend their online programmes to Guyana, the company’s CEO Yog Mahadeo says.
Residents of Amelia’s Ward in Linden are still complaining bitterly about the ‘water woes’ they are currently enduring.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) hosted a delegation from the First Jungle Infantry Brigade for the Sixteenth Regional Military Guyana/Brazil Conference in Lethem.
-600 persons to be trained Fourteen religious bodies on Thursday signed a joint communiqué taking a zero tolerance stand against domestic violence and pledging to partner with the social service and law enforcement agencies towards eradicating the factors which lead to the phenomenon.
-rapped over Neesa Gopaul Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Saturday urged ‘D’ Division Community Policing Groups (CPGs) to boost their membership and expand their service in the area.
Ansa McAl Trading Limited says Carib and Stag beer drinkers can win motorcycles, flat screen TVs and other prizes over the next few months as it hosts its grand year-end promotion.
President Bharrat Jagdeo and other members of the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday for a final round of talks which were expected to identify potential sources of funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Manager of the Guyana team which will open their regional one-day campaign in Jamaica on Friday, Carl Moore, is eager to see how the young talent in the squad will blossom.
Michelle Baldeo, whose Bougainvillea Park, East Bank Demerara house was on Monday mistakenly searched by police, yesterday said that she will not be accepting an apology and would like all the damage done to her house fixed and missing items replaced.
Some 50 police, immigration officials, prosecutors and judges in Guyana are expected to participate in a trafficking in persons training seminar to be conducted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Georgetown tomorrow and Friday.
Christ Church first form student, Jevina Sampson yesterday captivated all with her top quality performances in the girls’ under-14 category of the North Georgetown District Zone Two Inter-Schools Championships held at the GDF ground, Camp Ayanganna.
Comfort Sleep and Pegasus Hotel yesterday confirmed their sponsorship of the second staging of the Caribbean Fury boxing card, titled ‘Caribbean Fury 2’ which will be held at the Princess Hotel on November 6.
Cane harvesters were yesterday urged to improve their attendance at the sugar estates since there is a low supply of canes, especially at the Enmore and La Bonne Intention (LBI) estates.
Kingston, Jamaica – The eight teams participating in the WICB Regional limited overs tournament are putting in their final preparations before the start of the event.
Dear Editor, Nothing can make up for the last tortured year of Neesa Gopaul’s life and the failure of adults to give her the help she asked for; the least we can do now is to face her without defensiveness, scapegoating and/or political game-playing.
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Jamaican opener Stafanie Taylor stroked yet another half-century to guide West Indies to a comfortable 93-run win over Pakistan in their final One-Day International of the ICC Women’s Challenge here yesterday.
Hundreds of Guyanese gathered at the Seawall Bandstand yesterday to participate in a programme to mark ‘African Maafa Day’ which saw them laying floral tributes in the ocean as they paid homage to their ancestors who suffered and perished along the Middle Passage.
Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in SN on October 11 captioned ‘Revetment won’t end Craig river woes – engineers,’ it is stated that the Ministry of Works (MoW) has awarded yet another contract to construct a replacement revetment on the right bank of the Demerara River in the vicinity of Craig.
A mixed jury was yesterday empanelled for the murder trial of Elroy Torres who allegedly killed Elizabeth Hutson outside a city bar in December 2005.
Dear Editor, Our heritage buildings are turning away tourists and embarrassing us as Guyanese.
BANGALORE, (Reuters) – The second and final test between India and Australia was heading for a gripping climax after bowlers dominated the fourth day yesterday.
Dear Editor, Ten years, and all that has happened in relation to Globe Trust and Investments Company Limited, is the payment of the Education Trust Fund.
Former West Indies fast bowlers Colin Stuart and Reon King are among five Guyanese attending the West Indies Cricket Board Umpires and Match Referees workshops which began Monday in Jamaica.
BANGALORE, (Reuters) – India left Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and five other frontline players out of the squad for the three-match one-day series against Australia.
Dear Editor, On reading Sister Mary Noel Menezes’ letter captioned ‘City Hall must be saved before it collapses,’ (SN, October 6) my immediate reaction was one of bewilderment, although I empathised with her anger and disgust.
A man who is alleged to have had a firearm and a quantity of ammunition in his possession without licence was on Monday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Dear Editor, With the anticipated criticism of Minister Rohee for the failed security situation in the country, I thought he would respond and invoke the PNC as the reason for his failure.
Front runner Sham Khan will be looking to extend his lead when the fifth round of the Sasha Cells national Junior Chess Championships takes place today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Hadfield Street from 5pm.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French demonstrators hit the streets in record numbers yesterday in their latest protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to shake up the pension system, and striking transport workers badly disrupted trains.
-but still lowest in Guianas The deforestation rate due to mining activities in Guyana from 2000 to 2008 increased 2.77 times according to an assessment by the World Wildlife Fund-Guianas.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered that an inquest be held into the August 30 death of prisoner Godwin Maxwell, who had run out of the Mahaicony Police Station and plunged into the nearby river after being shot at.
Dear Editor, My generation grew up with an understanding that the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to someone with quintessential skills at forging peace.
COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – The first of 33 trapped miners was pulled toward safety in a capsule barely wider than a man’s shoulders last night, an emotional breakthrough as their two-month ordeal inside a Chilean mine neared its end.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked one-day captain Shahid Aridi to avoid making critical comments on selection issues after he told the Express television channel he had not been given two or three players he wanted for a forthcoming series against South Africa.
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Organised crime in West Africa risks wiping out gains in a region once plagued with frequent coups and wars unless governments work together to tackle the threat, a top official of a regional grouping said yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A decade ago, they were a small group of elite Mexican soldiers who saw a chance to make a lot more money working as hitmen for powerful drug cartels.
Today¡¯s scheduled Ordinary General Meeting of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has been postponed.
Two men accused of a $2.1M theft were yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $250,000 each when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
OSLO, (Reuters) – China broadened its retaliation against Norway yesterday for the selection of a Chinese dissident for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, cancelling a second cabinet-level meeting and a Norwegian cultural event in China.
A woman sorts through linen boards at an exhibition of high quality art paper and decorative fabric material.
It is now just under two years since the December 2008 general elections in Barbados when the Democratic Labour Party, led by Mr David Thompson, gained a convincing victory over Mr Owen Arthur and his Barbados Labour Party, taking the DLP back to office for the first time since 1994.
Dear Editor, There is no doubt that violence in Guyana has reached unsurpassed levels of depravity.
