Articles published on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Evidence gathered at Lindo Creek, where the burned bodies of eight miners were discovered on Saturday, suggested that men had been badly beaten before they were killed as two hammers, one of them bloodied, were found close to the burnt remains.
Guyana’s first president, Raymond Arthur Chung, OE, died at his Bel Air Springs home yesterday at 12.45 pm from multiple medical complications, his wife Mrs Doreen Chung said.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne The last thing 17-year-old Nigel Torres’s mother remembers about him was his request for a bed sheet to take to his mining job at Lindo Creek, Berbice River.
By Miranda La Rose The match between Guyana and Suriname in the CONCACAF qualifying round of the FIFA 2010 World Cup at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday afternoon saw what was arguably the largest crowd – some 10,000 – at that venue since it was opened to the public for a major sporting event on March 28, 2007.
Dear Editor, I read in KN last Sunday (22.6.08) an article by Adam Harris captioned ‘When fathers condemn their sons to criminality,’ and while I agree with his main point about fathers abandoning their responsibility to their children, I reflected that these children also spend about 8-10 hours at school, Monday to Friday, so we must ask about that forming environment and whether it is one for good or evil.
Fifteen young single parent women were on Friday awarded certificates for completing a cake-decorating course sponsored by the Mark Benschop Foundation.
Dear Editor, The news of teenagers’ involvement in crime is a microcosm of a bigger problem.
Tourism and Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad has urged the management committee overseeing the upgrading of the Number 63 beach to complete the project in time to coincide with the completion of the Berbice River Bridge.
Police are on the hunt for two men who committed a daring midmorning robbery on Somwaru’s Travel Service Limited on North Road, escaping with some US$14,000 after gun-butting an employee and a security guard.
Dear Editor, You know a good TV personality when you see one.
A circuit breaker that was damaged during construction work at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday morning resulted in the power to the medical institution’s buildings being disconnected for some 30 minutes to effect repairs.
Dear Editor, Out of every bad situation cometh something good. In the 1960s, while China was engulfed in a deadly famine, India was edging by with hand-to-mouth imports.
Gwendoline Cyrus of 54 First Avenue, Bartica is celebrating her 100th birth anniversary today.
Dear Editor, That conditions in Guyana are symptomatic of the minds of its political and social leaders is obvious to any observer.
Dear Editor, When President Hugo Chavez referred to President George W Bush as the ‘devil,’ I felt somewhat annoyed that one president would refer to another one that was elected in this way.
A broken pole caused by high wind and the tripping of a power line were responsible for power shortages experienced by several Georgetown areas over the weekend, according to a release from the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated.
– union and gov’t must collaborate, consultant says The GPSU has completed an internal survey which has culminated in an Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building plan aimed at dealing with deficiencies within the union and enhancing its capacity to represent members.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Freddie Kissoon (SN 16.6.08) attacking me personally – my reputation, professionalism, and integrity as a pollster.
A brilliant display of domino playing from Ganesh Sankar and Marvin Thom led the Braves to the Banks DIH-sponsored nationwide Kazak Dominoes Competition at the Banks DIH Sports Club this past Sunday.
Region Three farmers last week received equipment geared to control weeds and pests, under the Small Farmers’ Livelihood Programme funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
In order to comply effectively with the minimum operational standards recently launched by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security many orphanages said they would need more money.
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by J Kadaru (SN 22.6.08) captioned ‘There should be a moral education programme in schools.’
Several Amerindian communities are benefitting from the KfW Small Grants project implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency with support from the GFA Consultancy Group of Germany.
Dear Editor, I wish to refer to an article in Sunday Stabroek, May 18, 2008, written by one of our own intellectual geniuses, Dr Ian McDonald, with the caption ‘Uttering nonsense.’
Two more men were yesterday remanded when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with harbouring wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and members of his gang and robbery under arms.
By Calvin Roberts Captain of the Golden Jaguars football team Charles ‘Lilly’ Pollard said the team did not stick to its game plan in their return game of the CONCACAF Zone of the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Sunday.
– Nicolette to compete in men’s category By Kiev Chesney International squash sensation Nicolette Fernandes will be making a courageous return to the game tonight at the Georgetown Club to compete in the men’s category of the Guyana Squash Association’s Senior National Championships.
Dear Editor, Two bits of news I received within hours caused me to ponder on the question of exiles.
After nearly a decade of dangerous descent into disorder, drug-gang warfare and criminal violence, has Guyana started to move back onto the high road to public safety, security and stability?
A 24-year-old man was yesterday remanded by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton when he appeared before her on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose trafficking.
