Daily Archive: Monday, June 2, 2014

Amid several high profile cases where police have been accused of torture, law enforcers have another case confronting them.

At about 1330h today police say that Paul Gonsalves, 21 years, of Pomeroon, Essequibo River, was in a motor vehicle travelling along the Public Road at Greenwich, East Bank Essequibo when the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a utility pole.

In a coordinated effort to further strengthen the delivery of Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) within the Guyanese school system, the Ministry of Education (MOE) in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), CARICOM and a number of other stakeholders, are meeting for two days to review Guyana’s HFLE programme.

The police say are investigating the murder of Edward Williams, 58 years, of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, which occurred during yesterday at Anna Regina Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0515h.

A Rubis gas station employee was robbed on his way to make a deposit at Demarara Bank this morning.

(Barbados Nation) The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has refused to confirm or deny if it has been eavesdropping on Barbadian cellphone calls.

(Reuters) – Comic actress Ann B. Davis, who played the devoted housekeeper Alice on the television sitcom “The Brady Bunch” and won two Emmy awards as the forever-single secretary Schultzy on “The Bob Cummings Show,” died on Sunday at age 88.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s King Juan Carlos said today he would abdicate in favour of his more popular son Prince Felipe in an apparent bid to revive the scandal-hit monarchy at a time of economic hardship and growing discontent with the wider political elite.

(Trinidad Express) A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy and his 15-year-old brother, both believed to be instrumental in seve­ral robberies in the Port of Spain area, were yesterday killed when gunmen entered their family’s home, forced them to lie down and shot each one in the head.

After a dramatic week of searching, sleepless nights, frustration and tears, the baby boy who was abducted at the Port Mourant market two Saturdays ago, was yesterday found by the police and reunited with his family.

It is hoped that the arrogance and contempt assumed by the WICB as it purports to give directions to a sovereign Government of a CARICOM member state is noted’   The Guyana Government yesterday slammed the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) decision to remove the scheduled third cricket test match between the West Indies and New Zealand from the Providence National Stadium because of the passage of a bill which seeks to regularize cricket administration in the country and questioned whose interests the WICB was really representing.

A thirty-eight-year-old handyman died on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway early yesterday morning after he was hit by a Toyota Tundra.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Sunil Narine’s Kolkata Knight Riders won their second Indian Premier League title when they beat Kings XI Punjab by three wickets in a thrilling, high-scoring final here yesterday.

Electricity is being rationed in Lethem with the authorities now fixing a bridge on the Linden-Lethem trail that caved-in over a week ago, limiting fuel supplies.

A security guard was last evening shot twice in Sophia and robbed of his $3000 cell phone which gunmen apparently thought was a wad of cash in his pocket.

Four persons were hospitalised last evening and their vehicles badly damaged in two accidents which occurred in and around the capital city.

Five children who reported abuse by a man at Bartica have begun to receive counselling through an intervention by the Guyana Women Miners Organisa-tion (GWMO), which took psychologist Dr Faith Harding and a team to the community on Saturday.

David Mohamad was elected president of the Lusignan Golf Club at its annual general meeting at the club house on Saturday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite is likely to be called up to the West Indies squad as cover for Chris Gayle, as injury worries persists over the talismanic left-hander.

The Bishops High blew-out Charlestown Secondary 52-33 in their U19 matchup when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Conference championships continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

A family of Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice is grieving the loss of their dog which was shot dead by a man after the dog killed his goat last Thursday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Roger Federer suffered his earliest defeat at the French Open for a decade yesterday when he lost to Latvian Ernests Gulbis in the fourth round but Novak Djokovic made light work of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the quarter-finals in a flash.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Government interference in the running of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has forced the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to scrap the National Stadium at Providence as the venue for the third Test against New Zealand later this month.

The Angoy’s Avenue Health Centre (AAHC) located in Smythfield, New Amsterdam recently hosted its first Health Centre Day and it was disclosed that the facility is severely underutilized.

Subverting protocol, Minister of Local Government Norman Whittaker dispatched a letter to the staff of the Georgetown Municipality inviting them to discuss the way forward in a bid to divide and rule, Mayor Hamilton Green said on Friday.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Indian batting star Gautam Gambhir has backed Sunil Narine’s decision to remain with Kolkata Knight Riders for the Indian Premier League final, instead of returning to the Caribbean for the ongoing West Indies training camp.

(Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs dug deep to score a thrilling 112-107 overtime victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday to advance to the NBA Finals and a championship rematch against the Miami Heat.

The Caribbean Develop-ment Bank (CDB) is in the process of developing its 2015-2019 Strategic Plan with broad-based focus being placed on economic development with minimal environmental impact and increased private sector participation.

Guyanese businesses were on Thursday urged to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the eighth Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) to be held in Trinidad in October, where innovation and competitiveness will take centre stage.

Fifa is facing fresh allegations of corruption over its controversial decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

Dexter George and Tevin Imlach scored half centuries for Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) on the first day of their rain affected match against the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition on Saturday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – In a foreign policy address this week, U.S.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba opened its first wholesale market for farmers in decades yesterday, an experiment limited to agricultural supplies in one area and the latest market-oriented reform for the communist-run island.

Dear Editor, That thirty-four years after the assassination of Walter Rodney, Ruel Johnson had cause to pen the letter ‘Abominable silence from important sections of society on shooting of 15-year-old boy by policeman’ (SN, May 12) is a sad reflection on our state of affairs, and more so on those in authority and those who have influence.

A teen boy was on Friday placed before a city court to answer a charge that he robbed a man of $400,000 in cash and raw gold.

Dear Editor, Someone was good enough to bring to the attention of the undersigned, a commentary by one Satiricus (hitherto unknown) in the Guyana Times of Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Santos FC and the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) played to a 1-1 stalemate when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) U17 league continued yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Over 60 West Berbice women were screened for cervical and breast cancer when the Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) in collaboration with the Anamayah Memorial Hospital (AMH) provided free testing and awareness.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chosen a daring former spy with years of experience in dealing with Pakistan as his national security adviser, a move officials say signals a more muscular approach to New Delhi’s traditional enemy.

(Trinidad Express) Indentured immigrant, 110-year-old Sogaree Jattan, died at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex on Saturday.

By Kala Ramnath, Ph.D Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, Kala Ramnath is a disability rights/Autism Education advocate For the average Caribbean parent of a child with a developmental disability looking to help them achieve their greatest potential, the prospects have never been exactly bountiful.

SEBASTIAN, Fla., (Reuters) – The man believed to be the first American suicide bomber in Syria was born in Florida and loved to play basketball.

A young man who calls himself the Amazing Zebulan performing for the children of Independence Boulevard on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Following a report in KN on the unassented local government bill, there was an exchange of correspondence in the letter columns of SN and KN between the Attorney General and Mr Vincent Alexander.

Interviews and photos by Kenesha Fraser As the scourge of domestic violence (DV) continues throughout Guyana, this week, we asked men and women along the Essequibo Coast whether they felt enough was being done to help victims of DV and whether they knew where they could send victims for assistance.

On May 20, 18 workers of Qualfon’s Call Centre at Goedverwagting had to be rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in various states of consciousness and some of them in hysterics.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. politicians questioned whether the deal that freed Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban militants amounted to a negotiation with terrorists as the U.S.

So the inevitable has happened. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) met in Miami last week to review individual countries’ efforts to deal with anti-money laundering and countering of terrorist financing.

Politikles

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) under-17 match between East Bank and East Coast that was set

Dear Editor, Although it does not require further elucidation, my name is Mark Anthony Benschop, and I am campaigning to become the next Mayor of the capital city of Georgetown.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – An imprisoned former Caracas police commissioner at the center of stalled political talks between Venezuela’s government and opposition ended a hunger strike yesterday after demands for his release due to frail health were rejected.