Articles published on Tuesday, January 25, 2011
A 25-year-old woman from the Essequibo Coast has been admitted to the Suddie Hospital with severe burns about her body after her home was “channa-bombed” as her family slept in the early hours of today.
An open confrontation would now appear to have broken out between the outgoing President and some of the would-be Presidents and their supporters over who should take the candidature.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (Reuters) – All hail the king. “The King’s Speech,” a British drama about wartime monarch King George VI’s crippling stammer, led the Oscar field today with 12 nominations, including best picture.
The man who died in an accident outside of a wedding house on Sunday night at Ruimzigt, West Demerara has been identified.
(BBC) Judges have praised St Lucian Derek Walcott who has won one of the most prestigious poetry prizes in the world for his collection called White Egrets.
(BBC) The governor of the US Virgin Islands has told lawmakers that global economic trends had left the territory at “a tipping point”.
President Bharrat Jagdeo this morning said he is very concerned about another country indicating a “vested interest” in Guyana’s elections.
(BBC) The Opposition Leader in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Arnhim Eustace, has distanced his New Democratic Party from an alleged plot to kill the country’s Prime Minister.
(Jamaica Observer) A shortage of two antiretrovirals (ARVs) to treat persons infected with HIV has resulted in rationing of the medication with persons only being able to receive a week’s supply of the life-saving drug instead of the monthly dosage or none at all.
(BBC) The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has been tasked with finding a solution to the financial difficulties at regional companies Clico and British American.
Licensed firearm holder Orin Hudson wounded two gunmen who invaded the Serenity Restaurant and Bar at Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge last night.
Speaker of the House Ralph Ramkarran was last evening forced to suspend the sitting after remarks from AFC parliamentarian Khemraj Ramjattan provoked the ire of the MPs on the government
A teacher from a West Coast Berbice secondary school remained in custody last night as police from New Amsterdam and Fort Wellington stations investigated allegations that he sexually molested female students.
Newly-appointed PNCR Shadow Finance Minister Volda Lawrence says the 2011 budget is disconnected from the realities of unemployment, tax burdens and climbing migration rates, among other things, which reflect on the real state of affairs in the country.
Desiree Jeffers, 58, was yesterday charged with murdering interdicted constable Igris Bobb-Blackman, whose body was found in the septic tank of his Parfait Harmonie home last Thursday even as police arrested three more persons in connection with the matter.
A fisherman was left in shock after his boat was torched on the Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo foreshore in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Vendors are again occupying the roadside at Charity Public Road and this prompted councillors of the Charity-Urasara Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to summon a special meeting recently to address the problem.
The Consortium of Caricom Institutions on Water, the body tasked with responsibility for developing a Common Water Framework for the community, will hold its second meeting in Saint Lucia from today.
The Department of Education in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was scheduled to kick start its Regional Mash-ramani activities yesterday with Dramatic Poetry and Calypso Competitions from 09:00 hrs at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground.
The Rotary Club of Stabroek, Georgetown, has executed a transition seminar for primary school students entering secondary school.
A mason was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail and a woman remanded to prison when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court One charged with possession of and trafficking in narcotics respectively.
Assistant General Secretary of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Albert Ramdin says his body is ready
A self-confessed “cocaine and weed” hustler, who insisted that he was being framed, was yesterday remanded to prison
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat in collaboration with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will
Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday placed a miner on $75,000 bail on a charge of malicious damage to property.
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali says works are moving apace in the East Bank housing development project when he toured the area on Wednesday.
Food for the Poor (FFP) is donating 119 machines valued $4.8 million and 25 computer kits valued $5 million to schools and women’s groups countrywide.
Hours after ingesting what is suspected to be a poisonous substance, Anthony Lall yesterday died in a yard, a few doors away from his Friendship, East Bank Demerara home.
Opposition leader, Robert Corbin yesterday protested the removal of his party’s camera from a section of the Parliament Chamber saying that state television continues to muscle its way to selective coverage in the House.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an 18-year-old Long Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway resident who was struck down along the highway on Sunday night.
Two men accused in the armed robbery of a woman outside a city bank last week were yesterday charged.
DENVER, (Reuters) – Carmelo Anthony got off to a sluggish start but caught fire in the third quarter as the Denver Nuggets crushed the Indiana Pacers 121-107 on Sunday.
The national cricketers of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) were told to put a hold on celebrations until they finished the job of winning the Caribbean T20 tournament.
Cevon’s Waste Management and Puran Brothers Disposal yesterday dispatched a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo, complaining about non payment from City Hall since September last year.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal shook off the sweats to savage Croatian Marin Cilic and reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on a Melbourne yesterday evening as cool as the top seed was hot.
Two licensed handguns were stolen from
Helton Lazarus, the man who died in the Stabroek Market grenade explosion, did not have a criminal record and was not known to police, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has said.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq says Pakistan’s World Cup chances have been hampered by the board’s delay in naming a skipper for the tournament.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Third-year guard Mario Chalmers will replace veteran Carlos Arroyo as starting point guard for the Miami Heat, coach Erik Spoelstra said yesterday after he helped the team snap a four-game losing skid.
A source from the Registrar of Friendly Societies says that their accounting specialists will be perusing the documents of the Guyana Cricket Board with a “fine teeth comb”
A miner accused of having in his possession an unlicensed gun and a quantity of unlicensed ammunition was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
Fourteen-year-old Bartica resident Avona Pestano last evening hanged herself on the back fence in her yard.
Work at the landfill has resumed following a fire which broke out on Sunday morning, blanketing the surrounding area with thick, black smoke.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan golfers hailed compatriot Jhonattan Vegas’s PGA Tour win as a big advance for their sport in the baseball-obsessed nation and proof socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s disparagement of golf was misplaced.
The Muslim Youth League of Guyana, the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex and the Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman will be promoting a series of programmes to mark the birth anniversary of the Prophet of Islam Muhammad.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea confirmed their return to form with a ruthless 4-0 win over Bolton Wanderers yesterday to keep a foothold in the Premier League title race.
Dear Editor, On Friday January 21 Demerara Waves carried an online news item captioned, ‘PNCR presidential candidate would head candidates’ list; merging top positions on the cards.’
Dear Editor,It is by no mistake that young people in Guyana have no role model in the spectrum of public service.
Government MPs listen to the debates on the 2011 budget which began yesterday in Parliament.
The commencement of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the attempted murder of Police Constable Rajindra Singh and Police Detective Damintra Intrapaul was yesterday postponed to February 3.
GREENWICH, New York, CMC – Nicolette Fernandes tumbled out in the first qualifying round of the US $37,450 Harrow Greenwich Open over the weekend.
Bhowlaram “Friskie” Deo brought his consistent form of 2010 into the start of this year when he secured victory in the Harris Paints sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.
A man was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $50,000 after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with simple larceny.
Dear Editor, I want your readers to understand the pain that dogs go through when their owners stray them.
Loris Nathoo and Wendell Meusa are the only two unbeaten players after six rounds of the Trophy Stall Chess Tournament at the Keishar’s Sports Club on Sunday.
Dear Editor, I note with great interest that there is some controversy over the perceived future of the two police ranks who were charged in the ‘teen-torture case’ which was recently dismissed in the magistrate’s court.
(BBC) The authorities in Haiti face a critical week or so in deciding who should be involved in the second round of the presidential election.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ernest Hilaire hopes to grow the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship brand value to such a high level that the West Indies Cricket Board will have little trouble being able to find a sponsor for it.
Dear Editor, I am far too removed from the hub of PPP politics and out of the loop for too long to cast judgement and make informed pronouncements.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is seeking prison terms of up to 14 years for administrators and staff of a mental health hospital where 26 patients died of cold last year in a scandal that showed lapses in the tropical island’s lauded health system.
Dear Editor, I write in response to Cary Fraser’s letter in the Stabroek News of January 15 under the caption ‘The PPP has never been able to develop a philosophy for governing a fragmented society.’
By Bernd Debusmann On April 24, 1984, the respected London-based Jane’s Defence Weekly reported that Iran was in the final stages of producing a nuclear bomb that could be ready in two years.
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – A 30-year-old southern Indiana woman shot and killed her three children, set her house on fire, then killed herself, Indiana State Police said yesterday.
AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – West Indies Women will return from their tour of India empty-handed, after another terminal batting decline condemned them to a 15-run defeat in the third and final Twenty20 International against India Women yesterday.
Thumbs up for economic union Former Grenadian Prime Minister Keith Mitchell says the economic union being pursued by member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will benefit the people of the sub-region if it is implemented properly.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Gus Logie acknowledged that to say he has no aspirations to coach West Indies team again may be talking himself out of the job.
We appear once again in one of those familiar and deeply discomfitting periods in which armed bandits demonstrate their ability to strike anywhere and at will.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey yesterday revealed that she had a half-sister that she only found out about late last year, saying the news left her speechless.
By Mustapha Tlili NEW YORK – As I try to grasp the full meaning of the Tunisian Revolution and gauge its future, I am looking at my desk, where I have spread two issues of The New York Times, both featuring Tunisia on their front pages.
Dear Editor, The letter pages and columns of the dailies in Guyana oftentimes make for revealing reading, not so much regarding what is said as much as about who is saying it.
Most amused: Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad (second, right)
Politikles
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru said yesterday it had recognized a Palestinian state, joining a growing number of Latin American countries in making an endorsement the United States has called premature.
