Daily Archive: Thursday, April 17, 2008

Beheaded man found in shallow grave -tenants held By Gaulbert Sutherland The decomposing body of a 54-year-old man, his head severed, was found buried in a shallow grave in his Patentia, West Bank Demerara backyard yesterday and police have detained a couple who were the dead man’s tenants.

-snatch $1.5M By Nigel Williams Gunmen yesterday afternoon killed two Brazilian miners and injured a third during a robbery at a guest house on Regent Street before escaping on a motor bike despite police foot patrols in the city.

– pastor’s wife wounded; owner in custody By Zoisa Fraser A pack of vicious dogs attacked and killed a 53-year-old security guard on the Ogle Airstrip Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) shortly after six yesterday morning, before turning on a Goedverwagting woman.

By Shabna Ullah Sugar workers yesterday continued to protest the cost of living, converging in front of PPP headquarters in New Amsterdam while police fired a round in the air at Canje as several persons were marching to the Rose Hall Estate.

The Agricola  Pump Station was back in operation yesterday after the  Guyana Water Inc.

Dear Editor, The Chief of Staff levelled some serious allegations against the critics of the helicopter strategy being implemented under his command.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by A. Van Rossum captioned “This slogan is an insult to women” (08.04.15).

The PNCR is questioning the legal basis for President Bharrat Jagdeo ordering the 4-month closure of CNS TV Channel 6 and is also contending that  it  is clearly intended to cripple the business operations rather than sanction it for any infringement.

Dear Editor, In perusing your well informed editorial of Saturday April 12, 2008 styled “The blindness of absolute power”, you highlighted individuals and events who/which utilize the “give back” phenomena which seek to raise millions of dollars to help in the fight against poverty, HIV and other areas of concern across the world.

-Wartsila generators bought for US$27.2M The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) hopes to save in excess of $1 billion (US$5M) a year by switching almost all of its generation capacity to heavy fuel oil (HFO)  which will see the installation of new Wartsila generators and the conversion of the old ones to the cheaper fuel by next year.

By Kizan Brumell Guyana’s World renowned bodybuilder Hugh Ross is pleased with the overall preparations leading up to Sunday’s inaugural bodybuilding classic to which he has lent his name.

Government is in the process of repossessing unutilized lands in the intermediate savannahs that were given out to holdings for plantation type agriculture to make them available to others.

Dear Editor, I want to refer to Eric Phillips’s letter of April 12, 2008 in Kaieteur News and Walter Samuels of April 15, 2008, in Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, It is a very good deed that the UK has done by donating the radar guns to the Guyana Police Force to aid in the fight against traffic lawlessness on this country’s roadways.

– Wong gets 3rd Dan  By Calvin Roberts It was third time lucky for Stabroek News’ photographer Lawrence Fanfair who finally got his first Dan (shodan) black belt whilst karate instructor Jeffrey Wong got his third Dan (sandan) when the Guyana Karate College held its first grading examinations at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue on Tuesday.

Amid a boom in international demand, the export commission on the various types of rice has been raised and will take effect from today until the end of the current crop when it will be reviewed, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said yesterday. 

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) will be closed from 1:30 pm to 4 pm today to facilitate the replacement of a broken transom at one of its spans, the entity advised yesterday.

By Donald Duff Dennis La Rose is a free man. Free from a burden he had carried on his broad shoulders and in his heart ever since he left Guyana some 12 years ago.

Dear Editor, They were the two “scoring shots” of the century.

-calls for greater press freedom here and in Bermuda The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) on Tuesday called for greater press freedom in the wake of the temporary closure of CNS Channel Six and the “use of official advertising as a weapon of reprisal against a newspaper” in Bermuda.

Beverage giants pumping over $1.3m By Calvin Roberts The second Guyana National Dominoes Federation (GNDF)/ Banks DIH sponsored nationwide Kazak tournament was launched in the boardroom of the sponsors yesterday to the tune of $1.3m.

Dear Editor,  Having no affiliation with any political party, I was shocked at the decision of the head of state  in suspending the licence of CNS Channel 6. 

AG: President can’t be challenged in court Attorney General Doodnauth Singh says the president of the country cannot be challenged in a court of law.

– court hears A 37-year-old man who stole a gear box worth $10,000 told the court yesterday  he was homeless and was subsequently remanded to prison.

Cornelia Ida were crowned limited overs champions when they defeated  Rangers  in the final of the Barakat Brothers limited overs cricket competition at the Meet-en-Meer-Zorg ground recently.

Dear Editor, A number of letters have been written recently on marginalization.

Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela Dr Odeen Ishmael and a  five-member team from the embassy last weekend in the Venezuelan industrial city of Ciudad Guayana  assisted more than 200 Guyanese in renewing their passports and another 200 in applying  for new and first-time passports.

Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop ordered that a teenager, charged with attempted murder and robbery with aggravation, be placed in custody at the Blairmont Police Station when he appeared before him at the Blairmont Court on Monday.

The agriculture ministry urged hinterland residents to ‘Grow More’ and utilise forestry resources readily available to them at the Monday launch of the campaign in Region Five.

By Kizan Brumell Team Chrysanthemum with 15 points won the 2008 Senior Citizens Bocce tournament when they defeated Buttercup who finished on 12 points in the final held on the lawns of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday.

Dear Editor, If, in the hypothetical Republic of Tuberville in the United Socialist States of Savage the People’s Party, having newly won the first-ever free general elections with a majority massive enough to assure victory at any future elections, yet appoints all its senior workers only on term contracts, ought one to regard as reasonable the action of some of them who refuse employment, giving as their main reason not the lack of security of their personal employment but of seeming hesitancy and fear in the mind of the state for its own security of tenure; action which, in their considered opinion, does not augur well for their families’ futures?

Dear Editor, I am happy that since a few of the pirates were caught some two weeks ago in neighbouring Suriname, the onslaughts on hard working, dedicated fishermen have ceased.

Two journalists yesterday launched a ‘salary fund’ at ScotiaBank aimed at providing a weekly stipend for staff who are now unemployed following the suspension of the CNS Channel Six licence.

A 28-year-old auto sales company employee who allegedly stole a car worth $2.8 million was yesterday placed on a bond to keep the peace for two years when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

GCB Carib Beer/Pepsi 20/20 semi final By Calvin Roberts Leguan  will be facing a Chattergoon attack when they take on Albion Community Centre in the semifinals of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Carib Beer/ Pepsi sponsored national Twenty20 cricket competition at the Albion Sports Complex today from 1400hrs.

Cotton Tree resident Mansoor Ally-Khan has filed a motion to set aside a ruling by the Commissioner of Title and Judge of the Land Court in Berbice, Kumar Doraisami and the matter has been fixed for hearing on April 18.

 The Diamond hospital on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) is said to be functioning effectively and attends to over 100 patients every four hours.

A few days ago, on the fifth Global Day for Darfur British prime minister Gordon Brown said “the eyes of the world are rightly focused on the millions of men, women and children in the region who continue to start each day with the fear of violence, abduction, rape or death.”

The Diamond hospital on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) is said to be functioning effectively and attends to over 100 patients every four hours.

Preparations have started for Guyana’s participation in the Under-20 World Cup football qualifying competition against St.

West Indies – Sri Lanka Test Cricket: A historical perspective (Part IV – Final Instalment) By Winston McGowan This fourth and final instalment of this article will focus on the two Test series between the West Indies and Sri Lanka which immediately preceded the recently concluded tour by Mahela Jayawardena’s team.

Dear Editor, The Olympic torch passing through Europe and America was hampered by protesters demanding China ends its occupation of Tibet.