Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The UK Guardian is reporting that debut novelist Rahul Bhattacharya has won the £10,000 Ondaatje award for his “brilliant” rendering of the history, people and landscape of Guyana, The Sly Company of People Who Care.

Police today said that two .243 rifles, one a Winchester and the other a Remington, were today found at about 14:20hrs at a Railway Line, Kitty address by police in Division ‘A’ Georgetown.

Police say that at about 18:30 hours on Sunday, five men, three of whom were armed with shotguns and the others with cutlasses robbed a mining camp at 23 Miles Issano of 7 ounces of raw gold, a firearm, a quantity of ammunition, a radio set, an ATV and $100,000.

Police in ‘E&F’ Division say they are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of Clifton Thomas, age 36 years, a labourer of Baramita Settlement, Mazaruni, whose partly decomposed body was found floating in the Konawaruk River, Potaro about 10:00 hrs today.

The family of Nathan Samuel James, who was found dead at Jacklow, Pomeroon River, earlier this month, says there is evidence of an attempt by investigators to cover-up his murder.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A shell-shocked Serena Williams crashed to her earliest defeat at a grand slam when she was beaten 4-6 7-6 6-3 by French darling Virginie Razzano in a pulsating first round showdown at Roland Garros today.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Military intervention to end the crisis in Syria cannot be ruled out if it is backed by the United Nations Security Council, French President Francois Hollande said today.

(Jamaica Observer)  A 15-year-old Ascot High student is dead after a bus which was allegedly being chased by a Transport Authority team overturned in Portmore, St Catherine this morning.

(Jamaica Observer) Consumers of patties, the popular Jamaican delicacy, are hopping mad about the new tax to be imposed on the product come Friday.

(Barbados Nation) Political scientist Peter Wickham has suggested that Barbados’ “sexual immaturity” when it comes to same-sex relations is hindering the country’s progress in its HIV/AIDS fight.

(Barbados Nation)  Government is to extend indefinitely what was to have been a temporary 2.5 per cent hike in the VAT rate when the House of Assembly meets today at 10 a.m.

(Trinidad Express) It is still scandalous squandermania. This was stated yesterday by Government Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal in the face of an e-mail from Calder Hart, former executive chairman of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT), who has denied that a $3 million Tobago house was purchased for him.

(Trinidad Express) Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs said yesterday that in the last two months of 2012 there has been a resurgence of homicides.

MILAN,  (Reuters) – An earthquake struck northern Italy today, killing at least 10 people, damaging buildings and spreading panic among thousands of residents still living in tents after a tremor shook the region just over a week ago, destroying their homes.

(Trinidad Express) Works Minister Jack Warner has no case to answer with respect to allegations of bribery purported to have taken place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Port of Spain on or about May 10, 2011.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippine Senate voted today to remove the country’s top judge for failing to disclose his wealth, a landmark victory for President Benigno Aquino as he pushes a campaign to root out endemic corruption in the Southeast Asian nation.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday reported first crop production falling significantly short of its target and it blamed labour problems and above average rainfall for the poor results even as it appealed for the support of the workers’ unions to arrest the situation.

Sharon Howell, the mother of 10 who was stabbed and hammered mercilessly by her partner on Sunday, had been constantly threatened and relatives believe that plans she was making to return home to Barbados may have motivated the attack.

Yasin Hasim and family, expecting to welcome the newest member next month, are now without a home after fire gutted their house at Felicity, on the East Coast Demerara around noon yesterday.

Story and photo by Marcelle Thomas A horrific smash-up yesterday afternoon involving two Route 42 minibuses, at Coverden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) has left three residents of Kuru-Kururu in critical condition, while several others sustained minor injuries.

The police will be conducting an internal investigation into last Saturday’s fatal shooting of Nidal Watkins even as his relatives say they will be meeting among themselves to discuss a way forward.

Kevin George, the police constable who was shot last Thursday with arrows, chopped in the head and beaten while transporting a suspect to the Monkey Mountain outpost in Region Eight is said to be improving but relatives are upset about his hospital care.

Persons in West Berbice are outraged that although a medical examination proved that an eight-year-old girl was repeated raped, reportedly by a male relative, the suspect has been released.

US Regional Environmental Officer Indran J Amirthanayagam believes that the ordinary person still does not sufficiently understand what REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is, and this must change if they are to contribute to sustainable development in countries like Guyana.

Donna Thomas, whose bloody corpse was found at her D’Urban Street home on Saturday, is believed to have been killed by an abusive partner over the money she collected hours before.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – A sterling, unbeaten half-century from Marlon Samuels failed to brighten the gloom of another defeat as West Indies predictably plunged to a nine-wicket loss to England in the second Test at Trent Bridge here yesterday.

SANTA FE, N.M., (Reuters) – Five-time world boxing champion Johnny Tapia was found dead in his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home at the age of 45, officials said yesterday.

The trial of Office of the President (OP) Press and Publicity Officer Kwame McCoy, who was charged with assault over the gun-butting of Clifton Stewart, saw the final submissions of the prosecution and defence yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Back Circle, Broad Street, Alexander Village and Albouystown each recorded victories in their respective games on Sunday night when the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Exhibition Competition kicked off at the new Albouystown Basketball Court.

Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma is still probing how an allocation of $90 million was spent by the Guyana Police Force during last year’s elections and he is unwilling to give a timetable for completion.

By Emmerson Campbell “Eastman is not a guy everybody can take out, he has experience and is very crafty, but I have something special that not everybody has, the chin checker.”

Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) councillors say they are being “left in the dark” about an invitation for bids for several infrastructural projects which was   advertised in the PPP’s newspaper, the Mirror.

Competition was intense among scores of students who participated in the National Junior Karate Championship on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

While expressing remorse over his recent conduct, Toshao of the Santa Rosa Village Council at Moruca, Richard Cornelius, is working with the 12-member body to develop the community, having placed a recent alcohol-related incident behind him.

Dear Editor, My first meeting with Philip Moore was actually in the 1940s through his carvings which were on show at the League of Coloured Peoples’ Fair held annually in the Promenade Gardens.

Three days of intense competition came to a close on Sunday night when the GCC, female GCC Tigers and Hikers all secured victories in the Bryden and Fernandes Indoor Hockey Tournament at the National Gymnasium.

Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs taught Oklahoma City a lesson in championship poise with a 101-98 win on Sunday that stretched their remarkable win streak to 19 games and earned them a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals.

The condition of the 16-year-old girl who was brutally chopped with a cutlass by her lover at Big Creek Backdam, North West District (NWD) is said to be improving and she was yesterday transferred to the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

Dear Editor, What took place in Kwakwani this past week makes quite clear that politics is raising its ugly head in the government of local communities.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has praised the form of Marlon Samuels following the right-hander’s outstanding batting in the second Test which finished inside four days at Trent Bridge here yesterday.

A labourer was stabbed to death at Wineperu Backdam, Essequibo River last Saturday by a man who has since been hospitalized after being chopped by a bystander.

Dear Editor, In SN letters of May 10 and 22 respectively, Mr Hergash and Ms Bacchus have expressed what I may argue are some conflicting and contradictory perspectives with respect to the historic development of Indian-Guyanese education over the years (‘Indian-Guyanese have been keen on education since the 1920s and 1930s’; ‘The PNC’s policies made education accessible for all’).

Dear Editor, I was enjoying my read of Sunday Stabroek weekly columnist Ian McDonald.

A man was shot and killed by a security guard on Sunday night after he and another were allegedly caught attempting to steal a transformer in the compound of the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) wharf on Lombard Street.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Legendary West Indies captain Sir Vivian Richards has blasted the Caribbean side’s disastrous batting in the second Test at Trent Bridge and has criticised newly recalled wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin saying the player had “deteriorated in such a big way”.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer’s bid for a record 17th major tennis title began with another landmark yesterday, when he won his 233rd match at a grand slam event, equalling the achievement of Jimmy Connors.

 Dear Editor, On May 16 my letter was published Stabroek News, complaining that an auto dealer has about 100 vehicles parked on the Enmore Blossom Scheme playfield and is preventing children from having use of the field.

AMMAN (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad faces renewed international pressure to end the bloodshed in Syria but, with peace envoy Kofi Annan visiting Damascus, his government blamed Islamist militants for a massacre in which UN observers had implicated his army.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank the writer of the SN editorial, ‘IMCs,’ (May 27), for helping to define President Donald Ramotar’s reference to “village economies,“ which the President uttered during his Independence Day speech.

The trial of murdered Kaneville businessman Barbot Paul, took a turn yesterday as Justice Roxane George, the jury, the prosecution and the defence visited his home at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, to continue the trial, since his wife Latifan, could not offer an explanation that was understandable by the court of how her husband was shot, when she gave evidence on Thursday.

The Jimbo Bridge Road rape and robbery accused walked out of the High Court a free man yesterday after the jury unanimously found him not guilty of both offences.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Top international prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, best known for pursuing war criminals, has been nominated as chief investigator at FIFA, soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body, with a brief to probe match-fixing and corruption.

Dear Editor, When you read the print media or listen to news reports on the TV, you cannot escape noticing the increasing negatives engaged in by the young in our society: robbery, rape, possession of narcotics, break and enter and larceny, murder, dangerous driving etc, etc. 

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating allegations that neighbouring Rwanda is recruiting and training fighters in support of a new armed movement in its troubled eastern borderlands, a government spokesman said yesterday.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been convened and held its first meeting yesterday during which members engaged acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma on issues related to public accounts and their audit.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A Manchester United team, featuring West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara, won the title at the second annual Football Legends Invitational tournament last weekend.

In a night of finals, Kwakwani High School secured a gritty 48-45 win over their all-time rivals, Linden Technical Institute in the Linden Big Ten Conference of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Schools Basketball Tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday evening.

DOHA (Reuters) – At least 19 foreign nationals, including 13 children, were killed in a fire that ripped through an upscale shopping mall in Qatar yesterday, the country’s interior ministry said.

The Mayor and City Council continues to face difficulty in garbage collection, specifically in schools throughout Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News is noticeably biased against those who do not agree with their editorials and political line.  Most

With the technical institutions out of Digicel’s Schools Football Tournament, Brickdam Secondary School is emerging as a serious contender among many of the senior and junior secondary schools vying for the first prize.

Dear Editor, We Guyanese, it seems, are eternally destined to disagree about everything.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister made it into the run-off for Egypt’s presidential election set ablaze his campaign headquarters yesterday, witnesses said, underscoring the divisive outcome of the country’s historic vote.

Guyanese David A Olton has completed all his requirements and is now a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), the Board of Certified Safety Professionals has announced.

Whenever a policeman comes under attack in the line of duty the authorities have a particular obligation to seek to apprehend and bring the perpetrators to justice quickly.

(Trinidad Guardian) Referring indirectly to the appearance of Michael “Sugar Aloes” Osuna at the People’s Partnership rally on May 24, former prime minister Basdeo Panday said: “Indians have lost their culture and self-respect by worshipping calypsonians who abused them for years.”

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden faced accusations of corruption and other wrongdoing long before he was captured by Pakistani intelligence agents and then jailed for 33 years for treason.

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Yasin Hasim with five of his six children in front of the remains of their home at Felicity, East Coast Demerara (Photo by Lakhram Bhagirat)

A father accused of assaulting his stepson after he stole a piece of fish was yesterday sentenced to nine months imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charge in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s presidential candidates yesterday faced the families of people murdered, mutilated, and kidnapped in drug violence in a meeting that was marked by strong condemnations of corrupt police and politicians.

Dear Editor, Recently in the news it was reported that the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago had fallen ill, which led to concerns about the vice-presidency situation in Guyana.

In this week’s Sunday Stabroek we published an article on suicide, in which we quoted Psychologist Dr Faith Harding extensively.

The Inter-Ministry/Corporation seven–a–side football competition continues tonight at the Banks DIH, Thirst Park ground with eight  matches.