Daily Archive: Monday, August 11, 2008

More than six months after the January 26 massacre at Lusignan and the pointing of the finger of blame at Guyana’s most wanted Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins, numerous questions remain to be answered by the police and the government while the searing statistic of 31 people slaughtered in three separate attacks continues to haunt.

Prisoner, Shawn Yhap, who escaped almost one week ago, was recaptured by the police yesterday afternoon at LBI, East Coast Demerara.

Vendors who operated a daily market at the Rosignol Railway embankment were forcibly removed during a demolition exercise that started around 6:30 am on Saturday after ignoring notices to relocate to a new $60M structure nearby.

Interpol has issued a wanted bulletin for 42-year-old Sean Lopes said to have Guyanese as well as Dutch nationality for alleged kidnapping and other crimes involving the use of weapons and explosives.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars advanced to the next round of the Digicel Caribbean Championships, following a 1-1 draw with Suriname in their crucial group `B’ match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last night in front of a fair amount of home support.

The Shankland’s Resort has been put up for sale. According to an advertisement on a website the asking price is US$800,000.

Dear Editor, Recently, President Jagdeo along with a few other members of the Government have sought to associate criticism and dissent by general members of the public to that of the modus operandi of the PNC/R, thus branding any and everyone who dares speak out against nefarious governance practiced by the Government and the consequential socioeconomic maladies for Guyana.

Guyana’s  Golden Jaguars managed to pull off a come-from-behind draw in the final match of Group `B’ of the Digicel Caribbean Champ-ionships at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last night to advance as  Group `B’ winners for the next round of matches scheduled for Trinidad in September.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Ivelaw Whittaker, , the PRO of the Guyana Police Force’s letter captioned “Robbery was properly investigated by the police” (08.08.08).

A two-storey house in the Best Squatting Area, West Coast Demerara was destroyed by a fire yesterday which is suspected to have been started by children who were playing with matches.

A retired headmaster and his family were left homeless yesterday morning after their two-storey Affiance, Essequibo Coast home was destroyed by a fire of unknown origins.

Dear Editor, Navindo Tinsarran, in his response to my letter on noise nuisance, is understandably defensive of the church, and I respect his/her stance.

Patrick Prashad won the El Dorado Rum Stableford Golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Dear Editor, Respect seems to be the key word in the ongoing saga of the President Bharrat Jagdeo/Gordon Moseley war of words.

Alonzo Greaves won the “Wheat Up” 65-mile cycle road race from Agricola to Loo Creek on the Soesdyke Linden Highway and back yesterday.

An accident on Saturday night on the Corentyne killed a woman and left her cousin injured.

Dear Editor, All of your concerns regarding “China’s Olympic Debut” (SN Aug 9) are legitimate and should not be swept under the carpet even as the world focuses more on the Olympics which celebrate competition and athletic achievement rather than on China’s human rights record.

The Slingers Family Entertainment group on Friday donated $100,000 to the newly-founded Royals Basketball Club of New Amsterdam.

A $2M fund is to be opened to assist agriculture students who have sound agri-business plans, Minister Robert Persaud said at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) graduation exercise on Friday where eighty-three students graduated.

By Calvin Roberts Pouderoyen Football Club and Rosignol United advanced to the quarter-finals of the Alpha United Football Club organized $2.2m Carifesta Football tournament when they defeated BV/ Triumph United and Bakewell Buxton United respectively at the Plaisance Community Centre ground Saturday night.

Through an initiative of Guyana’s Ambassador to Washington, Bayney Karran and the Food for the Poor organization, literacy and numeracy got a boost here with the presentation of over five million books to the Ministry of Education.

Dear Editor, From time to time, many of us have suffered the scourge of noise pollution from high-decibel sound sources.

Dear Editor, In a letter  captioned “Marxism/Leninism should go from the PPP constitution” (08.08.08) Baldeo Persaud stated  “The congress of the ruling PPP should have moved to delete from the party constitution  the ideology of Marxism/Leninism.

Marking the first Anniversary of the disappearance of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine Alissa Trotz is Director of Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto, and is a member of Red Thread in GuyanaTomorrow, August 12th marks the first anniversary of the disappearance of human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Haitian political activist kidnapped for his active and tireless commitment to a democratic and sovereign Haiti.

By Kiev Chesney Niall Roberts, Guyana’s youngest and only locally-based participant at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games currently underway in China is set to compete on Thursday at 6:33pm (Beijing time) in the men’s 50 metre freestyle event.

Kwakwani residents say transporting basic commodities like cooking gas and kerosene is being hampered by the deplorable state of the Kwakwani to Linden road and they are being forced to pay 100% more to be transported out of the community.

Since the Auditor General is the auditing czar for all ministries, departments and regions, what he has to say in his annual report should be followed as closely by citizens as Greenspan’s words of wisdom were by Wall Street.

No music on buses Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah Music has been banned from public transportation by a law recently passed in Parliament.

President Bharrat Jagdeo last Friday allocated an additional $15M to the Georgetown municipality to continue its clean-up and beautification of the city for CARIFESTA X following a meeting with Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn and officials of the  City Council.

Christopher Barnwell continued his good form with the bat, making an entertaining 99 as Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) defeated Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by 89 runs at the DCC ground Queenstown in a specially-organized ‘Old School’ limited overs cricket match on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Over the past few months there has been much ado over the purchase of the Guyana Defence Force Bell 206B III Helicopters, ado which I believe is certainly justified.