Articles published on Saturday, October 25, 2008
Driver shot, passengers robbed Heavily armed bandits struck on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway last night, shooting the driver and a female passenger of a mini-bus that was heading to Lethem and robbing the travellers of cash and jewellery before escaping.
“If it wasn’t an act of aggression then what kind of action was it?”
Some 200 troops of the British Army Parachute Regiment will be conducting infantry training here in the coming weeks, a release from the British High Commission stated.
The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) along with the Ministries of Agriculture and Public Works yesterday launched an experimental road project using kilned clays in Better Hope, ECD.
The 14-year-old boy who was catapulted into the Pomeroon River on Wednesday after another boat collided with the one he and his relatives were in regained consciousness yesterday morning in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the sale of Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel has been reportedly executed, although the government has complained that no share transfer has been approved by the hotel’s board.
Amanda Anthony, a double amputee all her life and a mother of two will receive a new home in another six weeks as part of a charitable initiative by the Lions Club of East Demerara in collaboration with the Human Services Ministry and other donor agencies.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday successfully defended their title against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Guyana Fire Service (GFS) and the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), when the annual Inter-Services Athletics Championships culminated at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve – Leary yesterday.
A man was shot in the foot on Thursday at Aranka, Baramita, North West District after he attacked the police with a cutlass when they went to arrest him for disorderly behaviour.
Let the battle begin – Linden & Georgetown ready for the showdown By Rawle Toney For the next two nights commencing from tonight, all roads will be leading to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), where the hosting of the sixth annual Supligen All-Star Weekend will take place with the usual Linden/Georgetown rivalry.
The Fort Wellington Magis-trate’s Court was finally opened yesterday with Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag) Carl Singh charging the magistrate, lawyers and staff to ensure that it functions effectively.
-post-mortem Police said yesterday that a post-mortem performed on James Nelson who was discovered dead in the Brickdam Police Station on Monday, revealed that he died as a result of haemorrhage and shock due to multiple injuries.
National Under-19 captain Eugene La Fleur will lead Bermine in their replayed fixture against Young Warriors in the Berbice zone final of the nationwide Neal and Massy first division 40 overs -aside cricket competition, at the Cumberland cricket ground in Canje today.
Overheard in a beauty salon I do not know the women.
The Linden Utilities Ser-vices Co-op Society Limited (LUSCSL) is investigating the death of footballer Troy `Kang’ Richards, who was electrocuted on Thursday night.
With nothing but qualifying for the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) Sevens Rugby World Cup on their mind, Guyana’s male and female Sevens team departed these shores Thursday morning to compete in the North American and West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Sevens World Cup qualifiers from October 25th-26th in the Bahamas.
A Guyana Defence Force Private has received a citation for his honesty and integrity after he discovered and returned to the GDF an army weapon which had been issued to Captain Ansel Semple who was killed in a recent road accident.
One man’s Poison is another man’s Feast Hi Everyone, “Try and don’t poison the people.”
By Calvin Roberts Blairmont Community Centre’s Daniel Bourne grabbed 5-17 to not only steal the spotlight, but also steer his team to a comfortable 10 wicket victory over Sun Down when action in the West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA)/ Regency Suites/ Buddy’s Hotel sponsored Under-23 second division competition was played last weekend.
Cookbook cocaine trafficker gets four years A twenty-eight-year-old man who was found with a quantity of cocaine concealed in the covers of a cookbook and a photo album in his suitcase at the Timehri airport was jailed for four years and ordered to pay a fine of $3M when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.
Dear Editor, Anyone who happens to pass near to the Takutu Bridge on the Guyana side, will see a hive of construction activity ongoing.
– ‘Big John’ going for all national recordsBy Ravendra Kishore The stage is all set for the 2008 Guyana Amateur Power Lifting Federation (GAPLF) senior national championships from 10:30hrs at the Banks DIH Limited Thirst Park sports club, where John ‘Big John’ Edwards will be looking to smash any national record in the super heavyweight division.
The InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF) last week presented awards in its fifth InterAmerican Journalism Contest on the Tobacco Epidemic in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Dear Editor, The massive financial meltdown − extraction of capital in the US financial industry, now requiring capital injection has at least two important lessons for new regulations, namely increasing financial middle companies own-capital injection in proportion to increased risk taken and re-regulating the capital requirements for derivative traders.
A twenty-seven-year-old man who allegedly stole $1M from a woman was granted bail yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
If there is a show worth chunking out some cash for in this current climate of economic uncertainties it is Mike Fung’s ‘Sparrow meets the Dragonaires’, set for next Saturday; two musical giants coming together on a single night.
Former MP Jerome Khan was recently admitted to the Guyana Bar.
The executives of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) have expressed their dissatisfaction at the selection policies of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), when it came to the selection of the 42 players now 48, who are presently participating in the GCB/ President’s Cup competition.
Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin was forced on Tuesday to adjourn the preliminary inquiry into the New Building Society (NBS) fraud to November 4 when it is expected that evidence will be taken after months of delays.
The Accolade hype is intensifying according to the promotional team organizing the show, and with just over a month to go the countdown has begun.
Dear Editor,My father was fond of saying “Wonders never cease, but daily increase.”
– play set for Diwali Day The Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) will on Tuesday (Diwali Day) bowl off the Ansa McAl-sponsored Sixes competition featuring nine first-class teams, including two from Berbice.
Dear Editor, With only eleven days left for the US presidential election, Democratic Party candidate, 47-year-old Senator Barack Obama, continues to enjoy a significant lead over Republican Party candidate, 72-year-old Senator John McCain in opinion polls across the country.
Labour minister Manzoor Nadir charged the graduates of the Isa Islamic School to further their education and continue to be productive citizens in his address at the graduation ceremony hosted recently.
Jorge G. Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico (2000-2003), is a Global Distinguished Pro-fessor of Politics and Latin American Studies at New York University.
The Rose Hall Town Bakewell second division team has continued its impressive run in the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/ New Building Society (NBS)-sponsored second division tournament when they defeated Port Mourant by five wickets in their latest fixture.
A man who is accused of unlawfully wounding his ex-girlfriend and a man was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
In our editorial last week (‘Return of the Prince of Darkness’), we mentioned that the UK’s new Secretary of Business, Peter Mandelson – or Lord Mandelson as he is now known – was already attracting unwelcome attention for having been entertained on a Russian oligarch’s yacht in August, while still European Union Trade Commissioner.
Instant vintage – The old sound of new soul For years, soul music has been flirting with the past.
