Man found not guilty of manslaughter in scuffle death
Justice James Bovell-Drakes last week set a man free after a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter at a High Court trial.
Articles published on Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Justice James Bovell-Drakes last week set a man free after a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter at a High Court trial.
Royston Alfred who was on trial in the High Court for killing his partner three years ago on D’Urban Street was convicted of murder last week and sentenced to death by Justice Claudette La Bennett.
Nearly two years after his ex-wife’s burnt body was found in a cemetery behind their Mocha home Lloyd McCleoud is on trial in the High Court for murder.
Robbery under arms accused Shawn Barrow will face another trial at the next sitting of the High Court in Demerara after a jury last week failed to reach a verdict.
Black History Month-which used to mean little more than patronising publicity about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King-has taken on new life in America this year.
They are the defending KFC Cup One-day champions. They also won the inaugural Stanford Twenty20 cricket competition beating none other than Trinidad and Tobago in the finals last year.
Point guard Steffon ‘Penny’ Henry and centre Horace Hodges came into Courts Pacesetters’ starting lineup Sunday night to help the Georgetown number one seeded team get past East Coast at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
It would be regrettable if Marlon Samuels is excluded from the West Indies squad for next month’s Cricket World Cup on account of the allegation that he leaked team information to an Indian bookmaker during the recently concluded ODI series in India.
The Ministry of Education/ National Sports Commission/Guyana Cricket Board, Georgetown Secondary Schools competition is scheduled to be played at four venues today from 10am.
History was created on Saturday when members of the Continental Cycle Club unanimously elected a female president for the club.
Dear Editor, Not so long ago the Government of Guyana, at the behest of donor agencies, passed the Fiscal and Financial Management Accountability Act, the aim of which was to foster and sustain accountability and transparency in the use of government funds.
Dear Editor, I believe it is imperative that the public be aware of the frustrations encountered by importers of zero-rated items.
Dear Editor, (We were previously mistaken in thinking that the Digicel ‘Experience’ concert is part of Mashramani celebrations) The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrim-ination calls on Digicel to ensure that the homophobia of the Jamaican group T.O.K
Dear Editor, Thanks for reprinting the article by Tony Best of the Barbados Nation in our embattled newspaper.
Dear Editor, Working for a business entity where my direct responsibility is for advertising and promoting the products sold by this entity, I discovered in the year 2002, that media houses and advertising agencies could not provide any factual details on how many persons read/watch their newspaper or TV station.
Dear Editor, I hope the withdrawal of government ads would not adversely impact on the existence of SN although it is difficult for one not to recognize the serious effects the withdrawal of ads would have on the paper.
Dear Editor, I had deliberately refrained from writing on the ongoing controversy over the Bharrat Jagdeo government’s decision to withhold ads from Stabroek News because I felt that this decision was such a profound attack on the freedom of the press and democracy in Guyana that it was bound to create new contradictions in the body politic of the nation.
Dear Editor, It’s as if I am ‘touched’ with the gift of prophecy.
Dear Editor, The Caribbean diaspora can play an important role in assisting the countries of their birth.
Dear Editor, During last week I received quite a few telephone calls from Americans seeking ‘my take’ on the Stabroek News ads withdrawal issue.
Dear President Jagdeo, I find it ironic and disturbing that an international media campaign has started to damage your good name.
A new study here has found that HIV prevalence among people who use illicit drugs is “alarmingly high”, highlighting a strong correlation between HIV and substance abuse.
A Non Pareil family was last evening assaulted and left traumatized by three armed men who invaded a shop they operated at their home and then escaped with an undisclosed amount in cash, jewellery, cellular phones and household articles.
Police yesterday morning discovered the partly decomposed and buried body of a woman in a burnt-out coal pit at the back of the Wisroc Housing Scheme in Linden.
Representatives of the regional media yesterday met President Bharrat Jagdeo in St Vincent and expressed concern over the potential of the withdrawal of government advertisements from Stabroek News to escalate and also expressed a willingness to work with his government to resolve the dispute.
After years of working under poor conditions and numerous letters to the authorities regarding the situation, students, their parents and staff of the L’Aventure Secondary School located on the West Bank Demerara yesterday locked the gates of the school to protest its deplorable state.
In a commentary on Sunday in the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, senior journalist Irene Medina warned that “it is always a dangerous precedent when a government decides to use its power to stifle the free voice of the press, as is happening in Guyana today.”
Former president Janet Jagan is entitled to her opinion as a private citizen, President Bharrat Jagdeo said in response to her views calling for a reversal of the government’s withdrawal of advertisements from the Stabroek News.
The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) says though it continues to render assistance to persons in need, the constant use of scarce resources for disasters which are deliberate or caused by irresponsible behaviour limits its capacity to respond when natural disasters occur.
The Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS) is urging the public to give blood as a pre-Valentine show of love during their blood drive.
The St Rose’s High School is hosting its annual garden party to raise funds to enhance its co-curricular and physical facilities.
Housing and Water Minister Harry Narine Nawbatt yesterday said that Severn Trent Water Incorporated’s (STWI) contract to manage the country’s water sector was terminated because of its failure to achieve specific targets.
An East Coast Demerara (ECD) businessman was yesterday robbed of cash by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.
In an effort to beat the troublesome 911 telephone system, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company in collaboration with the Police Force will soon launch an emergency short messaging service, which would allow citizens to report crimes via text messages.
Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday granted bail to a minor while three persons were remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Lindeners can reach more people on their mobile phones now that new cellular services provider Digicel has constructed three state-of-the-art base stations in the mining town.
Cancer jumped within the last seven years from being the fourth leading cause of death in Guyana to the third with breast cancer leading the number of cases recorded within this period.
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington has expressed profound sadness on the passing of Angela King, a distinguished Jamaican who was a former UN Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women.