Daily Archive: Thursday, July 31, 2008

Articles published on Thursday, July 31, 2008

Nolan Noble

Prisoner died of blunt trauma -relative

By Zoisa Fraser A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the remains of Nolan Noble, the Camp Street prisoner who was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital on Saturday, showed that he died from blunt force trauma to the head, a relative said last evening.

Timehri airport back in operation

Runway lights and the Air Traffic Control Tower at the CJIA, Timehri were up and running late Tuesday night after shutting down for a few hours after lightning and thunderstorms hit a transformer and the stand-by generator developed radiator problems.

DPP Chambers to decide on Unity shooter

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will soon decide if any charges will be laid against the Unity ice factory owner who created havoc in the Mahaica community last Tuesday when in a fit of rage, he discharged several rounds from his licensed firearm at his neighbour’s house.

Farmer shot at Kamuni Creek

A farmer is nursing a wound to his hand after being shot at Kamuni Creek, Upper Demerara River during an argument over land and up to press time last evening police were still looking for the assailant.

Beijing Bound

– Guyana’s Olympic Ambassador Geron Williams is excited about the Beijing By Ravendra Kishore Happy and excited was how Geron Williams expressed himself after being identified as one of two youngsters who  will be Guyana’s ambassadors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Gayle quits captaincy

-says report Chris Gayle has sent in his letter of resignation to the West Indies board president Donald Peters, according to reports in the Caribbean media.

Wakenaam house burning

Captain gets 18 months jail for assaulting wife Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle sentenced a barge captain to 18 months imprisonment for assaulting his wife; while he will be tried on charges that he assaulted his step-daughter and set his wife’s house afire after he pleaded not guilty to those offences.

Hail the Tiger!

Dear Editor, Many will wish to celebrate Guyanese and West Indian batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s achievement for reaching the pinnacle of Test cricket by becoming the first Guyanese batsman to be ranked ICC number one in Test cricket.

The end of the end of poverty

After seven years of analysis and fine-tuning, nine quarrelsome days was all it took for the main actors at the World Trade Organisation’s Doha talks to realise that they couldn’t, after all, make a deal.

History this week N0. 31/2008

The impact of abolition and apprenticeship on female slaves and apprentices (Part 1) By Cecilia  McAlmont Introduction Nearly eighteen months ago, in March 2007, Guyana and the rest of the English speaking Caribbean commemorated the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the Trade in Captured Africans.