Daily Archive: Friday, November 28, 2008

Police, pirates in shootout at Cromarty, Corentyne. Three reported dead. (Details tomorrow)

– boyfriend held for questioning The semi-nude and partially decomposed body of a woman was discovered yesterday morning in a trench on Thomas Lands, outside the Malteenos Sports Club Ground.

– was reportedly playing with gun The owner of Timeless Taxi Service of Bath Experiment, West Coast Berbice died during a drinking session at a Chinese restaurant around 2.30 pm yesterday and reports are that he shot himself in the head.

After his father refused to give him $200 to buy drugs, an enraged addict yesterday picked up a cutlass, chopped him about the body and sliced open the top of his head in a chilling crime that rocked Waiakabra, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Two French Guiana natives have been arrested in connection with the execution-style killing of a 29-year-old Guyanese man in that country on Saturday and charges are to be laid shortly.

The US-based Guyanese man who was nabbed in the US in September with cocaine in an ivory-coloured towel and several knitted doilies, has been released on US$100,000 bail and is in talks with the prosecution for a plea bargain, his lawyer has said.

-shareholders in talks to sell The majority shareholders in the Pegasus Hotel are still in negotiations to sell their shares but the hotel has not been sold, a representative of Starman UK Services Company Mark Osborne says.

The tourism ministry recently honoured 12 stakeholders for the integral role they have played in driving the industry at a ceremony hosted at the Guyana International Conference Centre.

Yet another fisherman was the victim of an act of piracy, this time at Corentyne around 4 am yesterday.

Fishing vessel MV Mark Counter 2, which was hijacked on Wednesday was yesterday recovered around 10 am by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard.

Oliver Hinckson has not been detained in the US, the office Hughes, Fields and Stoby Attorneys-at-law said in a letter to this newspaper yesterday, with reference to an article captioned ‘Oliver Hinckson detained in US’ in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News.

Residents of Blairmont and Ithaca who have been without water since last Saturday after the pump encountered problems blocked the road with an old horse-cart as they protested for the service to be restored.

The body that was found in a yard in Alberttown last week Sunday was not Canada-based 58-year-old Shirool Ali as relatives have since indicated that the woman contacted them on Wednesday and indicated that she is alive and well.

Guyana could earn more than US$57M annually in carbon credits as the international community seeks to step up the preservation of rainforests as a means of responding to worsening global environmental conditions, according to a recent World Wildlife Fund report released by its secretariat in Georgetown.

The region four administration says it is fully prepared and has systems in place to combat any flooding which may occur in low-lying areas along the coast during the upcoming December-January rainy season.

Plans in train to modernize supermarket next year The Guyana Police Consumers Cooperative Society expects to offer members of the disciplined services a credit facility of “around $18M” in a broad range of consumer goods over the Christmas holiday period, according to Secretary of the society, Sgt Neville Cadogan.

The “indicators of recession” have already been seen in Guyana, the Alliance For Change (AFC) says and the party is calling on the government to display honesty on the issue while proposing that the Value Added Tax (VAT) be suspended or reduced for 12 months.

By Paul Harris

Dear Editor, It is with great concern and fear for my life and the lives of other commuters who travel the Soesdyke-Linden highway, especially at night, that I pen this letter.

If the portents of the recent World Wildlife Fund Report on carbon credits are anything to go by it would clearly be in Guyana’s interest the undertake a comprehensive rethink of the role of our forests in the country’s development. 

President Bharrat Jagdeo recently facilitated a discussion at the Office of the President on regional and international issues with 30 students from the University of the West Indies’ Mona Campus.

GCB/Pepsi/ Carib 20/20 launchedBy Calvin RobertsA plethora of present and future stars  will be on show this weekend at the Blairmont Community Centre (BCC) ground when the second annual Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Pepsi/Carib beer sponsored Inter-county 20/20 cricket competition bowls off.

Dear Editor, About 17:35 hrs on Friday, November 14, 2008, myself and a male friend visited the Banks DIH Idiho outlet in Brickdam with the intention of purchasing a snack.

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.

Businessman Souvenir Ramdehol will sponsor a USA-based Guyana team to this year’s North American Teams table tennis tournament in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dear Editor, I am the mother of Navin Serrão who was murdered on Thomas Road, Thomas Lands on June 7, 2007.

-brother Vivian set to fight on same card Boxing fans can expect an invasion from the Harris brothers next year with world rated ‘Vicious’ Vivian Harris and his older brother Wayne coming here to give the Guyanese public a clinical performance against their respective opponents.

Dear Editor, About two to three weeks back I read in one of the daily newspapers, that the minibus fares are to drop with immediate effect. 

Three men were arrested after police ranks discovered guns and ammunition in a hire car in a search operation at Aurora on the Essequibo Coast.

Ex-employee, goldsmith charged A former employee of Ricardo Henriques, the US-based businessman who was murdered in Middle Street on Monday night, and a goldsmith, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the man’s murder.

By Andre Griffith A couple of weeks ago, I overheard some students of the University of Guyana discussing the absolute nightmare of registration, standing in line for hours trying to get into courses for the coming year. 

Obama and Fenty – leaders as managers I admit. I concede that I’m dabbling in areas best left to others.

Reduced remittances likely to impact on Christmas spending With Christmas less then a month away businesses in commercial Georgetown are still reluctant to make any concrete predictions as to how retail trading will fare during th         e holiday period.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday placed a senior citizen on $75,000 bail after he allegedly stole over $700,000 worth of items from Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL).

Dear Editor, As a child, so often my mom would mention that her pen-friend had written and sent pictures.

Curtains come down on Sunday By Kizan Brumell This Sunday marks the final evening of contests in the second annual Fruta Conquerors organized Namlico Knockout Football Festival as the final and third place showdown are expected to be played at the Providence National Stadium.

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Shopping for Christmas cards in Fogarty’s yesterday.

5th Caribbean beekeepers conference focuses on enhancing industry’s money-earning capacity Local beekeepers are working with the Ministry of Agriculture to secure closer ties with the apiculture industry in Brazil in order to boost the technical capacity of the local industry, according to local beekeeping expert Linden Stewart.

Rising Stars Janella Jonas and Ricardo Martin of the Rupununi departed Guyana yesterday to attend the International Amateur Athletics Federation’s (IAAF) South American Youth Track and Field Championships in Lima, Peru.

A new collective, the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons With Disabilities, has been set up to lobby for the rights of persons with disabilities.

Even as the world plunges into recession, there is one growth industry that gives no hint of slowing – Obama-watching.

Dear Editor, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”  When I read Mr Bisram’s letter in SN of November 26, captioned ‘Obama should be given a chance to settle in,’ this line from Shakespeare’s Henry IV came to mind.

Even as the world plunges into recession, there is one growth industry that gives no hint of slowing – Obama-watching.

Chris Patten is a former EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chairman of the British Conservative Party, and was the last British Governor of Hong Kong.

Three men who allegedly demanded a sum of money by menace from a man who was said to be stealing electricity were each granted bail in the sum of $85,000 when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.