Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Today, Alex Griffith (left), the boy who was shot in his mouth by a police officer, received a laptop computer, television set and a DVD player compliments of the Benschop Foundation.

The Ministry of Public Works recently wrapped up the third phase of River Defence Works at Good Success, East Bank of Demerara, a release from the Ministry said today.

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Bryan Hunt and Economic Officer Jeff Barrus spent the week of April 7-12 visiting several communities in Region 9 and Region 10, a release from the US Embassy said today. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Four decades after their debut, the 1970s pioneering New York City new wave and punk group Blondie released their 10th studio album, “Ghosts of Download,” on Tuesday to mark the anniversary.

In relation to the vehicular accident involving the Minister of Finance Dr.

The Progressive Youth Organisation, the youth arm of the PPP/C last evening held a vigil along the seawall for hundreds of Nigerian girls kidnapped in the West African country by the Muslim group Boko Haram.

Answers are expected to be provided in the National Assembly on Thursday on the number and cost of overseas trips made by President Donald Ramotar as well as the benefits to Guyana.

(Jamaica Observer) UNWILLING to sit through another painful performance, patrons embarked on a mass exodus from the LIME Golf Academy in New Kingston at Sunday’s To Mom With Love concert, bringing it to an end after only two songs into headliner Dr Hook’s performance.

(Jamaica Gleaner) LESS THAN a week after articulating his vision for empowering residents of Spanish Town through unity, peace facilitator at the St Catherine capital’s Peace and Justice Centre, Mohan Bunwarrie, has been gunned down.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of two Sylvia Candice Douglas-Mohammed was stabbed a total of 17 times about her head, back, chest and arms by her attacker.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israel’s ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in jail today for taking bribes in a real estate deal, a crime the judge said was akin to treason.

– alleged victims put in protective custody after court orders removal  The Child Care & Protection Agency (CC&PA) and the police have launched an investigation into reports of sexual and physical abuse committed on inmates at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming, following a court order late Friday night which instructed that four alleged victims be removed from the facility.

A weeping Carol Ann Lynch swiftly exited the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning after she was freed a second time from a charge of murdering her husband, Farouk Razac.

Funds for the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) to commence intensive public education exercises on local government elections will not be disbursed until government names a substantive date for the run off of the polls.

 – wife, 9 children homelessA man is currently on the run after he reportedly lit his house on fire following an argument with his wife in Port Kaituma on Mother’s Day, leaving his wife and nine children homeless.

– Ramsammy says 600,000 tonnes is real possibilityWith the first rice crop for this year exceeding 300,000 tonnes, Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy is projecting that this year’s total production could top 600,000 tonnes.

The Deaf Association has announced that Erin Sullivan, a Peace Corps Response Volunteer who will be attached to its offices for one year, will be conducting sign language classes at the IDCE.

– warns of possible cover-up The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday condemned the police force’s failure to charge officers responsible for the shooting of 15-year-old Alex Griffith, calling it “a major set-back” for those hoping the new leadership of the organisation would take a firmer stand against rogue law enforcers.

A member of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is now in custody after a hit and run on Sunday night along the De Kinderen Public Road, West Coast Demerara, left a man dead.

The prosecution and defence in the Sade Stoby murder trial made their closing arguments before Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court when the trial continued yesterday.

Investigations are being conducted into the murder of a 50-year-old man at Blackwater Landing, Potaro, Region Seven.

Former police commissioner Winston Felix has criticised the police force’s handling of the shooting of 15-year-old Alex Griffith by a serving lawman and he says the investigation should have been concluded in no more than one week.

Pledges of support have poured in for eight-year-old, Javier Anderson’s physiotherapy and the prosthetic leg he will need having lost his right leg to bone cancer and his family yesterday expressed gratitude.

-Rifle shooters bag 64 prizes  at WIFSC Guyana’s rifle shooters bagged 64 of the individual prizes up for grabs  at the just concluded West Indies Fullbore Shooting championships (WIFSC) at the Tuckenham Park, ranges in Jamaica.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A West Indies Cricket Board director foresees a difficult time ahead for new Test captain Denesh Ramdin, and says the wicketkeeper/batsman has inherited a “crown of thorns”.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Two weeks after he was banned by the NBA for racist comments, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling broke his silence with a televised apology for his “terrible mistake” while insisting he was “baited” into making the remarks.

The Ministry of Tourism of Guyana and Chilean government yesterday entered into an agreement to aid in the eradication of extreme hunger and poverty in select rural communities in Guyana through the implementation of a US$200,000 collaborative project.

Former National Agricul-ture Research Institute (NARI) Finance Manager Holda Poonai is the new University of Guyana (UG) Bursar.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – Lendl Simmons’ half-century lay the foundation for a successful Mumbai Indians run chase, as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets here yesterday.

Registration for the 32nd annual Independence Three-Stage road race which rolls off in Berbice on Saturday, will close tomorrow.

A 13-member team of cardiologists from the Cardiac Transplant unit of the University of Calgary arrived in Guyana on May 4 to perform echocardiography at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(Reuters) – Indiana’s Paul George compiled a playoff career-high 39 points and added 12 rebounds as the Pacers edged Washington 95-92 to take a 3-1 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final series on Sunday.

What should have been a celebration of his friend’s nuptials became a bloody affair for Donald Grovesnor, when he was chopped by another guest with a cutlass on Sunday night.

Centuries from opener Sewnarine Chattergoon and all-rounder Veerapen Permaul spearheaded Albion Community Center to a huge 112-run victory over Port Mourant in their semi-final of the 2013 Ramcharitar Construction Service First division 50 overs knock out competition in Berbice.

Two couples yesterday each opted to seek the help of a probation officer to resolve their differences instead of pursuing assault charges.

Five weeks after the case file into Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh’s car accident on Republic night was returned to the police, officers in charge of the file have stated that it is yet to be reviewed.

Dear Editor, There seems to be an unnecessary haze on the authority of the Mayor and /or the Council to call an extraordinary meeting.

DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine called yesterday for their region to become part of Russia, the day after staging a referendum on self-rule, although Moscow stopped short of endorsing their bid for annexation.

(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers rallied for a wild 101-99 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday to even their best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final at 2-2.

City Hall shenanigans continued yesterday with a Town Clerk standoff and at least two verbal altercations and came to a head with a bomb scare which forced the evacuation of the building.

Dear Editor, I know Walter Rodney was killed. I don’t know who killed him, because I personally have no evidence.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has deployed manned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria and is sharing satellite imagery with the Nigerian government to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents, a senior Obama administration official said yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan doctor and scientist Jacinto Convit, renowned for his development of a leprosy vaccine and a lifetime spent helping the poor, died yesterday at the age of 100.

Dear Editor, It seems as if the tradition of the noble profession is being “watered down”.

(Reuters) – Mike Brown was fired as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for a second time yesterday after the team finished 10th in the Eastern Conference and missed the National Basketball Association playoffs.

– among five ‘new generation’ subjects Agricultural Science, one of the five ‘new generation’ Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) subjects, was launched here yesterday at the Theatre Guild.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius has an anxiety disorder brought on by an unstable childhood and the “traumatic assault” of having his lower legs amputated as a baby, a psychologist told the court hearing the South African track star’s murder trial yesterday.

Dear Editor, Sase Singh’s letter, `Modi appears as the man who will finally unleash the true potential of India’ (SN 10-05-14) indicates that the letter writer knows very little of the history, social structure and politics of India.

MIAMI, United States, CMC – Continental governing body, CONCACAF, announced yesterday it has penned a cooperation agreement with international crime agency, INTERPOL, aimed at tackling the scourge of match-fixing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new head of the National Security Agency vowed yesterday to lead the embattled spy agency with greater transparency as it balances individual rights against the rising risk of a destructive cyber attack against the United States.

Town Clerks in tandem: Government appointed acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba blocks City Council appointed acting Town Clerk Royston King as a statutory meeting was about to begin yesterday. 

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conser-vative party took the lead in two opinion polls ahead of European elections, the first time it has led the opposition Labour party in a national opinion poll for more than two years.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Neymar has almost recovered from a foot injury and hopes to play in Saturday’s Spanish league decider against Atletico Madrid, the Brazilian said in an internet chat with fans yesterday.

Essequibo police are hunting for a Three Friends, Essequibo Coast man who allegedly shot at his estranged reputed wife during an argument, causing a bullet to graze the side of her head.

Dear Editor, I sincerely hope that I will be forgiven for taking another opportunity to provide some more pre-history to Joycelyn Williams’ article on `Gender Governance and the Nation’s business’ in Stabroek Business, May 9, 2014.

Dear Editor, In relation to the current catastrophe facing our cities and municipalities across the country, and in particular the one in Georgetown, we hear and see prescriptions being applied to the sick patient that include a combination of informal recommendations and formal policy approaches by citizens, interests groups and political policy makers.

The ‘B’ Division Fire Department of the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service has adopted a proactive approach to fire fighting that is, fighting fires before they occur.

MONTERREY (Reuters) – Mexican magnate Lorenzo Zam-brano, who turned Cemex into one of the world’s biggest cement makers but also nearly brought it crashing down, died yesterday aged 70.

Animal rights activist Syeada Manbodh, together with the Natural Resources Ministry, the Protected Areas Commission and a group of 11 volunteers on Sunday cleaned the manatee pond and its immediate environs, at the Zoological Gardens.

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) has selected 28 players for a practice match to be played on Sunday at the Better Hope Community Centre, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Over the last weekend a female secondary school teacher confided in this newspaper that she had become aware of what she suspected was an organized drug-peddling practice by some students at the school where she teaches.