Daily Archive: Saturday, March 21, 2009

Aaliyah Ramdeen, the three-year-old who was hospitalized after drinking senna pod tea and an anti-diarrheal tablet on Wednesday, died early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Hijacked car found on Princes St The man who was fatally shot in the head on Sussex Street on Thursday night, was yesterday identified as Keith Bowen, a 30-year-old Vigilance, East Coast Demerara resident and Sheriff Taxi Service driver.

An AWOL soldier was picked up yesterday by men claiming to be soldiers and has since disappeared prompting concerns by his family that he could be in danger and a call for the authorities to move quickly on the case.

(Barbados Nation) The man who stabbed his wife 21 times after suffering years of “horns” and abuse will spend seven years in jail.

Customers and employees of Delta Airlines were yesterday held at gunpoint when two bandits went into its Carmichael Street location demanding cash.

Bandits broke into a store at Cotton Tree Village, West Berbice around 3 am yesterday and stole over $300,000 in cash, phone cards and cycle parts, leaving behind a bag containing a cutting torch and house-breaking implements.

Mistake gifts England first one-dayer England chalked up its first victory in the Digicel 2009 series against  West Indies when they won yesterday’s opening encounter  by one run on the Duckworth/Lewis system at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

A taxi driver who was held at gunpoint and robbed on Wednesday when he stopped to put off a passenger says that the suspect escaped from the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station lock-ups during the wee hours of yesterday.

Tempers flared yesterday morning as several persons who turned up at the Marriage Section of the General Registrar’s Office to tie the knot, were forced to wait hours before an official was there to solemnize their nuptials.

By Rawle Toney Thousands of spectators were visibly dejected yesterday as they exited the Guyana National Stadium at Providence where the West Indies lost by one run to England in the first Digicel One Day International (ODI) via the Duckworth/Lewis (D/L) system.

Stabroek News wishes to make it clear to all that the statements made in its article published in the 14th February, 2009 edition of the newspaper under the headline ‘Re-elected GABA president Khan fears for his life after victory over Ninvalle’ were not intended to mean that Mr Steve Ninvalle was in any way connected to or associated with the threats made against Mr Khan.

Dear Editor, As President of the National Amerindian Deve-lopment Foundation (NADF) I was pleased to find an email dated March 13, 2009 purportedly coming from Mr Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Develop-ment and Humanitarian Aid, inviting the organisation to attend a conference organized by the European Commission in London starting March 30 and concluding on April 30, 2009. My

A twenty-eight-year-old West African man who said that he was escaping tribal wars there when he entered Guyana illegally to join a ‘refugee camp’ here, was ordered to be deported back to West Africa yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Because Darrell Pugsley works behind the scenes he is not that well known outside the industry, and from looking at him one would never guess that he is a master at arranging and mixing music and does this for some of the best local artistes.

Providence Stadium, Geo-rgetown, Guyana:  In honour of Guyanese cricket greats, Guyanese manufacturer Natural Strokes Creations, has created a fantastic line of products called Nostalgia.

By Rawle Toney Minister of Sport, Dr Frank Anthony is critical of persons and businesses who are often unenthusiastic to come to the assistance of sports and its development in Guyana.

Culture Box Someone once said, “Nothing happens unless you first dream”; perhaps not in those exact words, but words to that effect.

A food vendor who allegedly robbed a KFC delivery man of a motorcycle and a quantity of cash was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to bring to the attention of the board of the NIS and the pharmacist that  March 17, on NCN there was a programme of ‘Your Health, The Nation’s Wealth.’

Tastes Like Home Hi Everyone, Gulab Jamoon – that’s what was giving me all the pain in the kitchen two weeks ago.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it will be issuing computer-generated revenue licences from Monday in the first phase of its implementation of the new Licence Revenue Management Information System (LRO/MIS).

By Orin Davidson He came into West Indies cricket as a virtual unknown coach with a few Test caps behind his name.

Dear Editor, The appointment of Charles Corbin, brother of Opposition and PNCR Leader Mr Robert Corbin, to the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom), opens the latter to the accusation of nepotism.

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, (Reuters) – U.S. President  Barack Obama made his warmest offer yet of a fresh start in  relations with Iran, which cautiously welcomed the overture but  said yesterday it was waiting for “practical steps,” not talk.

By Gary Tim The bands of brothers … make that, ball weaving brothers; or rather soccer siblings … are growing.

Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs) told a UNICEF meeting that child labour, sexual exploitation and violence including incest were among its major challenges in protecting children and that it had limited capacity to respond to the needs of those in particularly vulnerable situations.

Dear Editor, A friend and myself were reflecting on the recent criminal happenings in Guyana, and one occurrence that came to mind was the rape of a nurse at the Wismar Hospital.

Dear Editor, It is with great disgust and frustration that I write seeking your assistance.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Hundreds of people in the  United States are under investigation for financial scams, many  involving Ponzi schemes, a U.S.

Designer Sonia Noel and her team of fashion enthusiasts are going green this year, focusing on the environment and injecting a concern in her scheduled collections, as well as upcoming projects because “the time has come to think green”.

-four-day matches reduced to three day affairs BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – All three matches in the 11th round of the West Indies Cricket Board’s regional four-day competition will begin today, officials confirmed yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council says it aims to reduce the amount of litter in school compounds by 30% over six months with the start of its school anti-littering programme recently.

A UK-based Guyanese family has donated a “standard pavilion type clock” to the Providence stadium just in time for the cricket One Day International matches.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Charles Sohan’s letter in the Stabroek News of March 19 (‘The priorities on Leguan are road improvement, potable water and a reliable electricity supply’) in reponse to my letter carried in the same publication of March 16.

Think edgy, different and outrageously good and the picture of what Classique Dance Company hopes to project on stage at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) next weekend begins to frame.

ANTANANARIVO, (Reuters) – The African Union  suspended Madagascar yesterday and the United States said it  planned to halt all but emergency aid, increasing pressure after  the opposition took power with the support of the army.

(Barbados Nation) The Nation group of companies yesterday terminated 23 members of staff.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Success in England’s five-match  one-day series against West Indies is crucial to interim coach  Andy Flower’s chances of being given the role on a full time  basis, former coach Duncan Fletcher said on Friday.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Sachin  Tendulkar scored 160 for his 42nd test century to guide India to a dominant position at the end of the third day of the first test against New Zealand at Seddon Park yesterday.

NEW YORK/BERLIN, (Reuters) – Red ink is rising to  record levels in the United States as bailout costs mount,  budget experts warned yesterday, while Europe sought to expand  funding to fight the burgeoning world financial crisis.

Dear Editor, Is it true that land behind the Caricom Secretariat has been sold to Giftland Office Max?

After years of shifting between Guyana, Suriname and his native Jamaica, singer Little African is heading back home to get serious with his music and take it to another level, but he is going out with a farewell album launch.

The new Skeldon sugar factory has finally achieved its uninterrupted 72-hour trial run and has started to produce sugar of export quality but parliamentary Economic Services Committee member, Anthony Vieira is concerned about its cane supply and level of utilisation.

(Barbados Nation) – Don’t panic! This is the advice Prime Minister David Thompson gave countrymen yesterday, as he spoke in the House of Assembly during debate of the 2009-2010 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Ashwell Prince and Jacques  Kallis scored centuries to help South Africa move into a strong  position on the second day of the third test against Australia yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two Colombians have been  charged with conspiring to import 1,000 kgs (220 pounds) of  cocaine into the United States on behalf of leftist FARC  rebels, the U.S.

Opposition challenges election results The main opposition Antigua Labour Party says it’s going ahead with challenging the outcome of the results in four constituencies from the general elections on March 12.

Big upgrade for Kitty, Liliendaal pump stations The contract to provide consultancy services for the design of the much debated Hope Conservancy Relief Channel was awarded on Thursday to Cemco/ SRKN’gineering in association with the UK-based Mott MacDonald company.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Sir Richard Branson would seem an unlikely pair, but what they have in common is a passion for addressing global problems and this comes across as they appear next Tuesday on Iconoclasts.

Dear Editor, On March 18, 2009, The United Nations, 66 countries of the 192 member states, affirmed the UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Although politics has always been the art of the possible, one of the sadder aspects of modern life has been the gradual narrowing of our ambitions for public policy, a resignation to the idea that governments can only do so much to help their citizens.