Daily Archive: Saturday, November 6, 2010

A North West District man was allegedly hit in the head by his reputed wife during a domestic row yesterday afternoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Alton ‘Barry’ Chevannes, the respected sociologist and anthropologist, died yesterday at the University Hospital of the West Indies.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday praised by St Lucian Prime Minister Dr Stephenson King for her quick response to rally to his countrymen’s assistance in the wake of the passage of Hurricane Tomas.

(Trinidad Express) Guyana national coach Leon Dover needs a favour from Trinidad and Tobago, who he describes as their “sister country.”

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hurricane Tomas weakened  to a tropical storm today after it lashed Haiti’s crowded  camps for earthquake survivors and coastal towns, triggering  flooding and mudslides that killed at least seven people.

The Watooka Club’s annual fun-day at Linden came to an abrupt end when three persons, including two children, went missing after a boat capsized in the Demerara River near the club’s boat landing.

Guyana’s deforestation rate tripled over the past year and was calculated at 0.06%, compared to the average deforestation rate of 0.02% since 1990 and given recent trends it may continue to rise, according to a new report prepared under the Guyana-Norway forest protection agreement.

The police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Dwayne Durant, who was stabbed to death Thursday night on the Georgetown Seawalls where he had gone to view the Diwali motorcade.

Multiple reports of tuberculosis (TB) in the North West District community of Tobago Hill in the Mabaruma Sub-Region are being monitored by health personnel in the area but residents in neighbouring communities fear its spread.

The government has rejected the assertion that the appointment of Dr.

What should have been a routine extraction turned into a terrifying experience for Paul Anderson when the dentist at the East Bank Regional Hospital at Diamond refused to give him more anaesthetic for the pain he was feeling as she yanked away at his jaw tooth.

Diwali celebrations ended abruptly yesterday for a Corriverton family left homeless after firecracker caused the upper flat of their two-storey house to go up in flames.

The preliminary results of the Diwali motorcade held on Thursday night revealed that the Mon Repos Mandir copped the first prize in the large category and walked away with $200,000 and a trophy.

Justice For All Party leader and broadcaster CN Sharma has filed a constitutional suit against Attorney General Charles Ramson for statements purportedly made by President Bharrat Jagdeo at a recent news conference in relation to the ongoing carnal knowledge trial against him.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali on Monday inked a $104M contract for the construction of 98 core homes under the second Low Income (LIS 2) Programme and they are expected to be completed by year end.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce launched Tourism Awareness Month 2010 at the Orealla Regatta and the Rockstone Fish Festival.

The Ministry of Education is offering an Associate Degree in Education (ADE) programme at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) to boost teachers’ capacity in the delivery of education.

Air Services Limited (ASL) is initiating a thrice weekly service to Lethem to facilitate an expected increase in trade and travel between Guyana and Brazil.

Caricom’s Secretary-General Edwin Carrington was awarded Antigua’s highest honour yesterday, as he approaches his retirement from the regional body.

Almost two weeks after a report that major traffic lights in the city were on the blink, the situation remains unchanged but officials within the Public Works Ministry say that by next week the lights will be functional.

The administration is backing a plan which will see communities take a greater role in monitoring the delivery and execution of government goods and services, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger  Luncheon said on Wednesday.

-traffic engineer The Ministry of Public Works has commenced a $88M Geometric Improvements to Traffic Light Intersections Project and to date 30 percent of the work has been done.

The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has launched an investigation into last Friday’s explosion at the Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL).

If every year we look to Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) for new trends, things could get really interesting.

A motion to affirm concessions for taxis was passed by the National Assembly on Thursday.

-opposition withholds support A Bill that empowers the Commis-sioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to assess lawyers based on their tax returns before issuing a certificate for them to practice was passed by the National Assembly on Thursday.

When I was 4, my daddy told me I was his princess and brought me all the classic fairytales I still love.

Local magistrates and prosecutors were scheduled to attend a one-day workshop in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday focusing on the proceeds of crime and money laundering.

Hi Everyone, Making Peera (Peda) from scratch is no simple task.

A Blue Berry Hill man was sentenced to six years imprisonment on Wednesday, after he confessed to committing an armed robbery on three Banks DIH employees.

-authority wants 50 per cent of purse for overseas-boxers as tax The Caribbean Fury2 boxing card was up to press time last evening hanging in the balance with   overseas-based Guyanese boxer Raul Frank threatening to pull out of the fight if taxation issues by the Guyana Revenue Authority were not rectified before the fight tonight.

Police Constable Orrin Arthur was remanded to prison on Wednesday when he was charged with shooting Kerwin Greene at One Mile, Wismar, Linden.

Two sisters deal with the reality of their dead mother’s reappearance in their lives through sightings, sounds, and the feeling of her presence which they cannot ignore in Volver, Classic Tuesdays pick for this month.

Two young woman were charged with taking money to relatives who are inmates of the Camp Street Prison on Wednesday.

The first inter schools table tennis competition under the new Henry Greene administration served off yesterday at the National Gymnasium with Greene promising “more tournaments to come.”

There is something different about a Donna Ramsammy-James fashion show that yanks you from a familiar place to somewhere you feel trapped, but you never want to leave.

A stallholder alleged to have had a quantity of firecrackers in his possession without lawful permit was on Wednesday placed on $25,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Ricky Ponting is  baffled by his team’s poor run of form but concedes the “doom  and gloom” around the team will only be dispelled when they  start winning again.

Popeyes Restaurant yesterday became the latest business entity to join forces with the Kashif and Shanghai Organization in the staging of the annual football extravaganza.

A taxi driver was shot twice by a lone gunman early Thursday morning as he sat outside a Church Street business place waiting for a passenger.

Bishops’ High School, led by Caribbean Under-13 girls’ singles gold medalist Chelsea Edghill and Caribbean Under-13 boys silver medalist Jamaal Duff made light work of the opposition to stroll into the semifinals of the Digicel sponsored  national schools table tennis tournament which got cracking yesterday at the National Gymnasium.

Dear Editor, The snuffing out of twelve precious lives on the No 19 Public Road on the afternoon of Friday, October 29, 2010 rams home the point of how deadly the mundane business of commuting on Guyana’s roads can be.

A seaman was badly chopped on Thursday night while visiting a friend at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and up to press time last night the attacker was still on the run.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Already assured of their place in the Finals in Martinique later this month, Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors will look to capture Group F of the Digicel Caribbean Cup when they face Haiti in their final match today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Chris Gayle has pledged his support for Darren Sammy on West Indies’ tour of Sri Lanka, which starts next week.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Discarded Test wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been named in a 13-man West Indies A squad which will clash with Pakistan A in a three-match One-Day series starting next Tuesday.

Local Beverage giants Banks DIH Ltd. renewed sponsorship with ace motor racing driver Andrew King ahead on Sunday’s Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing championships at the South Dakota Circuit at Timehri.

Happy Diwali: A man lights diyas outside the GR Taxi Service base on Sheriff Street last evening as the country celebrated Diwali.

The Golden Jaguars failed to repeat their most recent performance against Trinidad’s Soca Warriors in Guyana as the went under 0-2 in their Digicel Caribbean Cup Qualifier at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium in South Trinidad Thursday night.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat Australia by 29  runs in the second of three one-day internationals  yesterday to  claim their first series victory on Australian soil and condemn  the hosts to a seventh straight defeat in all forms of the game.

Photos by Jules Gibson

Dear Editor, As a former educator at Queen’s College for four years and someone who has possibly followed all the developments in the Neesa Gopaul case, I find rather disturbing a number of matters related to the gruesome and tragic demise of the former student of that esteemed institution.

The Lusignan Radha Krishna Mandir/Modern Optical float during Thursday’s Diwali motorcade.

Dear Editor, In the afternoon session of the recently concluded national conference of the Alliance for Change (AFC) the Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) delegation moved the following motion from the floor: “This Conference condemns in the strongest, loudest and angriest voice possible the recent obscenity that passed for consultation between our native communities and the government of Guyana.

The National Rifle shooting championships will fire off next weekend and Queensway is on board as a major sponsor, an official of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) has revealed.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Veteran Younus Khan scored a  patient 73 to lay the foundations for what turned into a frantic  one-wicket victory for Pakistan with just a ball to spare in the  fourth one-day international against South Africa yesterday.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Two explosions killed at least 71 people in mosques in Pakistan’s northwest yesterday, officials said, after a relative lull in militant violence.

The Blairmont Shiv Shakti Devi Temple piece during Thursday’s motorcade

Cuba’s Antonio Quintero continues to lead the five stage ‘Ride For Life’ cycle road race following yesterday’s third stage at Parika.

Dear Editor, I no longer believe that Mr Rajendra Rampersaud is engaging in a coherent, sensible discussion.

GUASIMAL, Cuba (Reuters) – A Cuban Aero Caribbean passenger plane trailed smoke and flames as it hurtled through the sky before crashing in a central province, killing all 68 people aboard, eyewitnesses told Reuters yesterday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Hurricane Tomas soaked Haiti’s crowded earthquake survivors’ camps and swamped coastal towns as it swirled between Haiti and Cuba yesterday, trailing thunderstorms that still could cause flooding and mudslides.

Dear Editor, Lancelot Wills’ letter titled ‘Two progressive presidents on one slate’ has the makings of comedy.

LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – More than 650 people have suffered sexual violence during mass expulsions from Angola to Congo in the past two months, according to a UN agency report seen by Reuters.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The New York Knicks got off to a  flying start and maintained their advantage with some accurate  shooting from three point-range as they cruised to a 120-112  win over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has  asked former South Africa coach Mickey Arthur to back up  reported comments that he suspected a one-day international  against Pakistan in 2007 was fixed.

Dear Editor, The accepted entries in the eighth biennial competition were mounted and opened to the public on Friday, October 22 at the National Gallery, Castellani House.

With the carnage of the recent midterm elections safely behind them, what remains of the American left has begun to reflect on its losses.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says criticism of her proposal to give conditional relief to St Vincent, St Lucia and other Caricom states is a storm in a teacup.

LIMA (Reuters) – A Peruvian court granted parole on Friday to US citizen Lori Berenson after she served some 15 years of a 20-year sentence for collaborating with leftist insurgents.