Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 11, 2014

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Few American stages have produced as many music legends as Harlem’s landmark Apollo Theater, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, and not many people know more about its rich past than its long-time historian Billy Mitchell.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – West Indies suffered a humiliating defeat in the first Test here today, as New Zealand crushed them by 186 runs inside four days at Sabina Park to claim only their second ever win in the Caribbean.

Invitees chatting at last evening’s reception in honour of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II at the Bel Air Gardens residence of the British High Commissioner.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds (right) shaking hands with British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre at a reception last evening at Ayre’s residence in honour of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

A Post Mortem Examination (PME) was today performed on the body of Shelly Persaud of Friendship, EBD, by Pathologist Dr.

At about 0835h. today, police say that a man armed with a handgun entered the Campbellville Post Office, Georgetown, where he held up the Postmaster and Staff and took away $1.3M and escaped on a waiting motor cycle.

At about 0415h. today, police say that personnel from a private security service responded to a report received that persons were stealing GT&T  Cable at Coverden, EBD.

Police today said that the youth who was found with stab wounds on June 09, 2014, along the Ogle Access Road, ECD, and subsequently succumbed at the GPHC, has been identified as Bahker Azeez, 17 years, of Montrose, ECD.

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of Carifta medallist Hakeem Alexander, 16, and his 15-year-old cousin, Tevin Alexander, who were both killed on Monday by police, are maintaining the two teenagers were innocently killed by the same police officers to whom they were attempting to surrender themselves on their knees.

A stain on Guyana’s international standing was how UK High Commissioner Andrew Ayre described the withholding of long-awaited local government elections by the Guyana Government.

A young mother of three was found dead with her head submerged in a bucket of water early yesterday morning and her partner is now in custody in connection with the suspected murder.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is putting systems in place to crack down on smuggled alcoholic beverages and cigarettes.

Despite admissions that he brutalised citizens while he was a member of the House of Israel and later hopscotched between political parties, Joseph Hamilton maintains that he is still fit to represent the people of Guyana in the National Assembly and he believes that Guyanese are compassionate to those who have “bared their soul before them and seek redemption.”

Yesterday afternoon, the police conducted a raid in the Stabroek Market area, George-town, during which some 631 pornographic discs were seized and five men and two women who were engaged in selling the discs were arrested.

By David Papannah A Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion (GuySuCo) guard was found dead on the West Bank of the Canje Creek yesterday morning, a day and a half after he was last seen alive.

A driver is now critical after crashing into a minibus early yesterday morning during the transport of four prisoners.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday reiterated its readiness to hold local government elections once it is called on by government to do so and several of its senior officials explained to stakeholders the system under which the next such elections will be held.

Canadian mining company, Guyana Goldfields Limited had secured a US$185 million loan to finance the construction of its large-scale mining project, the Aurora gold mine on the Cuyuni River and the project is now fully funded.

 By Mario Joseph Toevlugt/Patentia Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) is a classic example of the decay of the local government system – its budget for this year is still to be approved and this has curtailed services to the community for the last six months.

A vendor accused of trafficking in a quantity of cannabis was on Monday remanded to prison when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

President Donald Ramotar has accused Stabroek News of being “political” in its call for Local Government Elections (LGE).

Omesh Chaitram, who was accused of killing a vagrant on Alexander Street, Lacytown in 2012, was yesterday set free after he was found not guilty by a jury.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Half-centuries from veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul and talismanic opener Chris Gayle did little to distract from West Indies struggles, as New Zealand installed themselves as heavy favourites to win the opening Test at Sabina Park.

West Indies U19 opener Shimron Hetmyer says he is shocked over his non-selection for the upcoming Guyana Amazon Warriors training camp but indicated that he is still in good spirits and will continue to work hard at his game for the future.

Dear Editor, It is amazing the way people use your rights without your permission in this country, and you can’t stop them even if you call the police or you go to court.

Paul Rose, accused of shooting a taxi driver in his buttocks, was yesterday remanded to prison after a court heard that he had climbed onto his roof to evade lawmen when they tried to arrest him.

Government-appointed Town Clerk Carol Sooba has said that the hiring of Shawn Hinds as her bodyguard is her “personal choice” and it is not to suggest that “I do not have confidence in the city constabulary.”

Dear Editor, In light of the Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) and recent talks in the blogs and letter columns of the need for the PNC to apologise, please allow us – two relatively young people – to share our experiences growing up under the PNC of Mr Desmond Hoyte.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaican fast bowler Jerome Taylor says he feels honoured to have been recalled to the West Indies squad after an absence of nearly five years.

A Guyanese man is expected to be arraigned tomorrow in the Queens Supreme Court, New York after he was found mentally fit to stand trial on state and federal hate crime charges two years after he was arrested for firebombing a mosque, the New York Daily News has reported.

A Guyana senior men’s volleyball team recently returned home after participating in an international tournament in French Guiana.

Dear Editor,   Mike Persaud has gotten a lot of heat from some Guyanese for hosting Mr David Granger in Richmond Hill, NY.  

The fire that destroyed the home of former PNC parliamentarian Dunstan Barrow last Friday in Linden was the result of arson, says Fire Chief Marlon Gentle.

Fazil Haniff aka ‘That’s it’ defeated 34 other golfers to emerge victorious in Crown Mining’s inaugural golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf Course (LGC) on Saturday.

Dear Editor, I am writing about the land-filled road at the Eccles dumpsite.

Dear Editor, I am glad you are advertising for a proofreader.

LILLE, France, CMC- Head coach Winfried Schaefer says Jamaica’s humiliating 8-nil loss to World Cup bound France exposes the Reggae Boyz’s unpreparedness to compete with regular participants on football’s biggest stage.

Defence witness Joy Anne Rowley, testifying yesterday in the trial of her son Roger Pilgrim, who is accused of killing his neighbour in A’ Field Sophia in 2011, said the victim had been chasing her son with a chain before he retaliated by stabbing the man.

A woman was yesterday brought to a city court to answer an assault charge that she cuffed her common law partner after an argument over the attendance of their child at school got heated.

Dear Editor, I have been following the general coverage, including that of your newspaper, relating to the cricket impasse and the ultimate removal of the third Test match scheduled for Guyana later this month between the West Indies Cricket Team and New Zealand.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) President Nigel Hinds said while funds for the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships have been trickling in he is still confident that the federation can send both a men’s and women’s team to the tournament.

MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – An al Qaeda splinter group seized control of the Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, putting security forces to flight in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi’ite-led Baghdad government.

A Kitty resident, struck down by a car while he was making his way to a shop last Saturday, is now hospitalised with a fractured back, broken rib and broken left foot.

Dear Editor, Every passing day, I read the news of our leaders’ failure to compromise for the good of our nation; I read column upon column of bitterness and divisiveness; I read discourses that involve ‘cuss outs’ which are not based on reasoned logical debates; and I read of the opinions of our older leaders who operate as if only they have all the solutions for Guyana.

National senior champion Wendell Meusa last Sunday won six of seven matches to win the ECI-sponsored one day rapid chess tournament held at the Company’s Sports Club, Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

Fast-bowler Talim Inshan’s 10-wicket haul last Sunday steered Blairmont Community Centre to an innings and 53-run win over Achievers enabling them to reach the quarter finals of the 2014 Tenelec Inc Under-15 club cricket competition in Berbice.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia lost to a Tea Party challenger yesterday in a stunning Republican primary upset that sent shockwaves through Congress and gave the conservative movement a landmark victory.

(Trinidad Express) Hakeem Alexander, 16, who last year brought home a bronze medal for this country at the Carifta Games held in the Bahamas, and his 15-year-old cousin, schoolboy Tevin Alexander, were shot dead on Monday by police.

Dear Editor, “Not every reader is a leader, but every leader must be a reader” -Harry Truman.

A woman yesterday appeared in a city court on a charge that she wounded her former stepfather.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has begun exploratory peace talks with leftist ELN rebels, he said on Tuesday, just days before voters go to the polls in one of the tightest presidential election battles in decades.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in KN dated June 1 on drainage pumps and I would like to enquire from the Ministry of Agriculture whatever happened to the 40 odd pumps with discharge pipes outlets purchased in 1974 by the Hydraulics Division?

A half-century from Parmeshwar Chatterpaul steered No 70. Young Stars to the quarter final of the 2014 Elizabeth Styles Under-19 one-day competition after they defeated Skeldon Community Center by 153 runs last weekend.

(Jamaica Observer) Eight months after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that Jamaican Shanique Myrie be awarded damages for an illegal cavity search, detention in a dank room in the Grantley Adams Airport, and subsequent deportation, she is yet to collect a cent.

Guests at the reception last night hosted by British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre in honour of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Notorious Spanish Town gangster Tesha Miller has been sentenced in the United States for illegal entry, OBSERVER ONLINE has learnt.

Contributed by Dr. Thomas B. Singh, Lecturer in Economics, University of Guyana Though churches, temples, mosques and NGOs abound in Guyana, we think little about matters of morality.

TROUTDALE, Ore., (Reuters) – A gunman walked into an Oregon high school gym with a rifle and shot a student to death yesterday before he was found dead in a bathroom stall, in the third outbreak of gun violence to shake a U.S.

Former commanding general of the Egyptian army Abdel Fatah el-Sisi was sworn in as President of Egypt this week following what were described as presidential elections last week.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations to the Team Guyana (Queen Street Tiger Bay) for their stellar performance at this year’s Guinness Caribbean Street Football Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.

Herstelling FC led by a Seon Alfred hat trick on either side of half time, overcame Kuru Kururu Warriors 4-3 when the second round of the Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) division league started on Sunday.

The Leader of the PNC and Opposition in the National Assembly, Brigadier David Granger, spent time during Guyana’s last independence anniversary meeting essentially PPP supporters in the largely Indo-Guyanese enclave in Queens, New York.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony (centre) and Omar Khan (right), Operations Manager, CPL OPCO during the signing of the Host Venue Agreement yesterday, confirming Guyana’s hosting of its leg of the 2014 CPL T20 tournament in the presence of Permanent Secretary, Alfred King.