Daily Archive: Monday, April 28, 2008

By Gaulbert Sutherland A 22-year-old man was fatally shot in his back at Holmes Street, Tiger Bay yesterday allegedly by guards attached to the MMC Security Force.

—leaves four persons homeless By Adrian Smith A fire at Skeldon, Upper Corentyne, has left four persons homeless, after destroying a two storey hotel and restaurant as well as a bar belonging to Rovindra Datt.

— says victim Weeks after gunmen invaded their township killing 12 people in a one-hour rampage during which large quantities of gold and guns were stolen, Barticians are still living in fear.

A motorcyclist was killed in a suspected hit and run accident early yesterday morning at Providence.

A month long exhibition of selected African Guyanese art after Philip Moore’s 1763 monument was mounted yesterday at the Museum of African Heritage as part of a continuing effort to raise awareness of the local contributions of African Guyanese.

The National Committee for Art and Craft Producers said copyright legislation should be implemented to protect both local and foreign producers during its first meeting establishing the committee. 

Dear Editor, My sister-in-law, Mrs Lilowtie Sookdeo, attained the age of 60 years on November 20, 2005.

By Kizan Brumell It was an all Berbice final yesterday and Young Warriors proved to Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar that they were the superior team defeating them by 25 runs to become the inaugural champions of the Noble House-sponsored Malteenoes Sports Club Invitational Twenty20 Knockout Tournament.

The bridge at Suddie on the Essequibo Coast featured in a report in our April 14, 2008 edition has almost reached completion, thanks to remedial works undertaken by the Regional Administration Region Two.

Dear Editor, Many of us were at the official launch of Carifesta X.

(Tony Cozier argues that advent of the IPL has thrown the future direction of cricket into confusion) By Tony Cozier In MUMBAI It will become the biggest sport on the planet in 10 years, supplanting even football, Sir Allen Stanford proclaimed last week.

Dear Editor, I notice that my good friend David De Groot contends that during the previous regime only 550 houses were built in its 28 years.

Pit bulls in Guyana Interviews by Zoisa Fraser and photos by Jules Gibson.

After being grounded for more than a year the army’s Bell 412 helicopter finally took to the sky on Saturday, but the Defence Board must decide on its future use, Guyana Defence Force, Chief-of-Staff Gary Best said.

Four years after Anand Goolsarran resigned as Auditor General his successor still has not been confirmed in the post.

Dear Editor, April last year Radika Singh wandered into Bare Root in her unsound mind and was beaten to death by people there.

By Calvin Roberts Like Pakistan the previous day, Malaysia completely dominated Holland sending them to a nine-wicket defeat in their second round clash of the CLICO International Under-15 Cricket Championships at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

‘Slogging up to Calvary’ On Tuesday night, CNN’s Jeff Toobin got it right.

By John Mair In London El Dorado, the prize product of Guyana’s sugar industry was re-launched as a premium rum product at a convivial event at the Guyana High Commission in London on April 24, 2008, Previously, Guyana’s finest took its place on the supermarket shelves with all other rum products but now Demerara Distillers Limited have appointed a new distributor in the UK – Inspiritbrands Limited with many years of experience in marketing rum.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Pakistan beat Americas Development XI in their second round, CLICO International Under-15 Championship league match at Bourda yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to make some observations on the current discussions in your letter columns on who is a good researcher and who is guilty of plagiarism.

By Kizan Brumell A day of exciting events it was as the AmateurAthleticAssociation of Guyana ran off its fourth President’s Invitational Grand Prix meet at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to voice my support of the President’s move to have the Customs Department investigated.

By Anne-Marie Slaughter SHANGHAI — Immediately after taking office last month, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ordered the release of the 60 judges who had been detained by President Pervez Musharraf since November.

The indigenous community, Surama has been chosen by Ricochet, a British independent television company as one of the locations for the filming of an adventure reality-based survivor type contest and TV series, a release from the Guyana Tourism Authority has said.

Two men were remanded on Friday when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on separate charges of felonious wounding.

Aimé Césaire: The passing of the doyen of letters  By Linden Lewis, a Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA.

Police officers on Saturday concluded their three-day conference pledging to work harder to reduce traffic accidents and beat back the threats of criminal violence.

The recently launched consultations by the government on the cost of living are useful insofar as they make a real attempt to gauge from the grass roots the items that produce sticker shock and the structural problems that result in undue price increases.

Dear Editor, Big time contractors, especially those who have a lien on government are taking advantage of the workers.

By Kiev Chesney Hospitality must have been the last thing on the minds the Georgetown (GT ) Pioneers last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when they blew away the Guyana United States Basketball Affiliates (GUBA) Rockers by 21 points in the first exhibition game of their Goodwill Tour.