Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

– women bled to death, PM finds The post-mortem examinations on the remains of the two women who were brutally murdered at Smythfield, New Amsterdam early Sunday morning proved that they died from shock and haemorrhage due to stab wounds.

(Antigua Sun) – “Take your SBA and leave,” were the last words that a Guyanese father heard before he was led away to a waiting bus to be trans- ported to Her Majesty’s Prison where he will spend the next 20 years.

-Working class faces stagnation and starvation, Williams says -Stop griping! Rohee tells opposition In the midst of a global economic crisis, the administration has unveiled a budget that excluded a firewall to protect the local economy, with no shelter for the working class, PNCR-1G member Basil Williams said yesterday.

Saucy temptress Shellon ‘Shelly G’ Garraway captured this year’s Carib Soca Monarch crown, proving to be too hot to handle for the watered-down competition.

Sherrian Allen, the Port Kaituma teenager who was chopped across the face by her stepfather before he hacked her mother to death, may lose the use of her left eye, relatives said yesterday.

– business sector involved, Prashads rebuts Chairman of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday criticized the government for failing to consult with stakeholders before it compiled the 2009 Budget, which he dismissed as “fluff”.

– seek help, Manickchand urges victims In less than two weeks, four women have lost their lives as a result of domestic violence and Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand says victims of abusive relationships need to seek help before it escalates to a fatal stage.

Dear Editor, A great comrade has fallen having lived a full life.

Minibus owners and operators now have until March 15, to remove drawings and slogans from their vehicles.

Dear Editor,The Antigua fiasco is indeed proof positive that the West Indies Cricket Board is the problem in West Indies cricket.

Dear Editor, I join other Guyanese who mourn the passing of Dr Josh Ramsammy and extend my sympathies to his family.

Led by resilient half centuries from Leon Johnson (58) and Narsingh Deonarine (51 not out), Guyana   avoided a fifth successive defeat when they held leaders Jamaica to a tame draw in their sixth round match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport says it has not authorized anyone to solicit contributions for the 2009 Mashramani events.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has acknowledged that the lack of water in nearby hydrants hampered fire-fighters battling the blaze that claimed the lives of four persons at New Amsterdam last month.

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News of Sunday, February 15, it was reported that the Chutney competition is without a sponsor, and that the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport might have rejected a sponsor because they did not want the event to turn into a “rum drinking event.”

From Tony Cozier in Antigua The embodiment of the fearsome fast bowling on which the reputation of West Indies cricket is largely founded has been all around the Antigua Recreation Ground over the first two days of the shifted Test.

Prosecution witness cross-examined The New Building Society (NBS) multi-million dollar fraud case continued last Friday before Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin with the cross-examination of an audit supervisor.

– says ‘Piggy’ Griffith “I will be walking with my notepad and pen but who will be using it, certainly not me.

A post-mortem examination (PME) performed on the badly decomposed remains of a body found at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice Saturday proved to be inconclusive and relatives of a 33-year-old Bath Settlement man, who had identified it as him by the clothing, were able to get possession for burial.

Dear Editor, First of all I am not a fan of the Guyana Chronicle, but I do access it primarily for its leading news headlines and to see what pictures it has as I am a collector of current pictures of my beloved Guyana, though I gave up my residence long ago and resettled comfortably here.

Dear Editor, The February 12 edition of Kaieteur News carried a letter headlined, ‘Time to tackle the filthy state of Georgetown,’ written by Mr T Pemberton.

Nalico/Nafico yesterday continued its support of youth cricket by sponsoring the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-15 inter association competition for the third straight year.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a farmer who was allegedly found cultivating several cannabis sativa plants and having a quantity of the narcotics in his possession.

There continues to be a vast improvement in the supply of vegetables and prices have stabilized at the city markets, mainly as a result of improved weather conditions.

A security guard who allegedly stabbed his son-in-law several times in his back and abdomen was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Georgetown selectors yesterday named a 14- member squad to participate in the Nalico/Nafico round-robin competition which starts on Thursday.

Dear Editor, With the recent air traffic controllers’ (ATCs) saga, it was reported in the Kaieteur News  on February 5, 2009, that advertisements to fill the vacancies of these sacked professionals were being advertised regionally.

“We have never charged out consumers VAT on their electricity bill and we don’t ever intend to,” Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Linden Utility Services Co-op Society Ltd (LUSCSL) Valarie Adams said, as she led residents of Wismar on a peaceful protest through the streets of Linden.

Dear Editor, Superstitious folk associate Friday the 13th with bad luck, and they must be convinced after Friday’s debacle at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground where the 2nd Test in the series against England was abandoned due to a dangerous outfield. 

ACP/EU Parliamentary officials will focus on the Cariforum/ European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), regional integration and the EU regional strategy paper for the Caribbean when they meet here from February 25-27 at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) Liliendaal.

A 44-year-old man who broke into the storeroom of his employer and stole a quantity of items was sentenced to two years imprisonment when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

By Rawle Toney President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federa-tion (GABF) retired Col.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Christopher Ram’s letter of February 14, 2009 in the Stabroek News, with the caption ‘Dr Misir should respond to the issues.’

By Rawle Toney Courts Pacesetters Basketball Club added another piece of silverware to its collection when they clinched the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Kevin Worrell/Lens Craft third division league title by beating Bounty Colts last Saturday at the Burnham Basketball Court.

The 30-year-old man of North Sophia who was shot in front of the Imperial Chinese Restaurant on Sheriff Street on Sunday is still in a critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A man who was allegedly caught having sexual intercourse with a calf was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, With reference to the Stabroek News report its Sunday, February 15 edition, headlined, ‘Cross-dressing case points to “selective discrimination” – law should be repealed, SASOD says,’ acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson’s general perspective is being roundly supported by those who appreciate the overwhelming evidence.

Lowe and Bryan prove too strong for competition Trenace Lowe and Nigel Bryan made their presence felt in this year’s annual National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored Mashramani  table tennis tournament making a clean sweep of their respective categories when the event continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday.

A taxi driver is counting his lucky stars for surviving a knife attack, but the four men who hired him and later injured him in the neck with a knife, dumped him out of his car before driving away with it.

A shopkeeper who allegedly forged a date on an immigration travel document was granted bail yesterday when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Mid-afternoon plunge: This ambulance plunged nose first into the canal at Lamaha and Albert streets yesterday afternoon after a speeding minibus slammed into it.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the Oliver Hinckson advocating a terrorist act matter has been adjourned to February 27.

Fania Oz-Salzberger is Professor and Chair of Modern Israel Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the Posen Research Forum for Political Thought at the Faculty of Law, Univeristy of Haifa, Israel.

Kashif and Shanghai Organ-isation yesterday announced the cancellation of its Mash Jump Up concert, which was to feature Barbadian soca queen Alison Hinds, “on account of irreversible difficulties arising out of venue-related miscommunication.”

No one was surprised last week when several members of the Guyana Police Force Tactical Service Unit were arraigned before the Chief Magistrate on charges of bribery and demanding money with menace.

The BK International Western Tigers football team defeated Flamingo 3-1 on Sunday at the Tucville Ground to capture the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Banks Beer first division title and the sum of $150,000.

Welcome: Canada’s Minister of State for the Americas, Peter Kent, who is in Guyana on a two-day visit, yesterday visited President Bharrat Jagdeo at State House.

Dear Editor,After Friday’s farce at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua with the abandonment of the second Test, there must be absolutely no hesitation by the West Indies Board of Control (WICB) in firing Dr Donald Peters, the CEO, and Dr Julian Hunte, the President, as well as all members of the senior management at the WICB.