Articles published on Thursday, March 26, 2009
Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Raphael Trotman yesterday said that there is “chatter” that the local government polls could be used to attach a referendum on abolishing terms limits for the president.
Gunmen have struck at another business place on Sheriff Street. On Tuesday evening at about 8:40 pm, two gunmen raided the City Wide Internet café located obliquely opposite the GuyOil Service Station on Sheriff Street at the City Holiday Inn.
The police yesterday issued an arrest warrant for a 22-year-old in connection with the shooting on Main Street last Sunday morning which saw three men injured, one of whom has been taken into custody even as he lies on a hospital bed.
An accident yesterday afternoon involving a minibus and a taxi saw several persons being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital with minor injuries.
Eighteen-year-old Trevor Baird made a desperate attempt to escape threats and to seek a better life but ended up paying the ultimate price when he was gunned down by a fellow countryman in French Guiana on Saturday.
A young man yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics when it was read to him by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A 58-year-old woman was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after being stabbed by a relative.
A robbery under arms accused was yesterday not required to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
President Bharrat Jagdeo and Cyprus President Demetris Christofias have agreed that small countries must join forces and coordinate their actions on global financial matters in order to protect their interests during the current economic crisis.
A 19-year-old labourer of Wales Sugar Estate was yesterday not required to plead to the indictable charge of attempted buggery when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A gunpoint robbery accused was not required to plead to the indictable charge of robbery under arms yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Burns contributed to woman’s death -guesthouse workers turned away GPL crew Beula Browne, 58, the woman who passed away after suffering electrical shock at the Secret Villa Guesthouse, died as a result of cerebral haemorrhage according to a post-mortem performed on her body yesterday.
For about an hour at mid-day in the city yesterday persons could be seen walking, their heads upturned, nose in the air, staring at the sky in awe.
Six-month-old Selena Rambarat who was injured when her mother was attacked by an ex-lover on Monday morning is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Three Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officers and 57 other ranks have been deployed to Trinidad and Tobago to assist with security measures for the Fifth Summit of the Americas set for April 17-19.
Suspected D’Urban St robber held with toy gun Police were yesterday able to apprehend a suspect in an armed robbery which was committed on a Chinese Restaurant.
The body of 33-year-old Dexter Cornelius of Madewini was found yesterday on the roadway at Yarrakabra Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
Following their annual officers’ conference, the police yesterday announced that they will be resuming patrols in the backlands of the East Coast of Demerara, West Demerara and Berbice.
–husband remanded “My Worship, ah fraid fuh meh life,” a battered woman told acting Chief Magistrate repeatedly yesterday; her reputed husband, who was in the dock charged with assault and threatening behaviour was subsequently remanded to prison.
The man at the centre of a ‘vegetables for export’ scheme says that his clients will get back their money but refused to comment further on the issue.
-622 new cases diagnosed in 2008 Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says he is concerned that efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) are still too slow and that this “ancient scourge” can become a public health challenge globally.
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali told Skull and Plastic City residents that his ministry will be using a two-pronged approach when regularising those areas.
Judicial Manager of CLICO (Guyana) Maria van Beek says the company’s dramatic move to the High Court against her came as a surprise because the channels of communication are open, and the company or its lawyers can “easily articulate any request”.
United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues Gay McDougall has identified the scarcity of employment opportunities for women, particularly from Afro-Guyanese and indigenous communities, as a major concern.
Former Guyana and West Indies fast bowler Colin Stuart resigned as the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Technical Development Officer (TDO) with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) last month but was asked to rescind his decision by GCB’s vice-president Bissoondial Singh.
Former national basketball player turned coach Lugard Mohan is downplaying talks about moving on to being Guyana’s next national coach after leading his club Dyna’s Ravens to the Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball title last weekend.
Resurgent former national darts champion Norman Madhoo will wing out today for the United States where he will be taking part in the 23rd Annual Virginia Beach Darts Classics.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has saluted West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul for his latest accolades, including being given Guyana’s third highest national honour.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Twenty years ago they split. Ten years ago they took each other to court over royalties.
Under the guidance of national female coach Phillip Fernandes the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) will begin their preparation today for the 2009 Caribbean Hockey Cup which will be held in Kingston, Jamaica from June 22-29.
Vice-president and president of the Guyana and Demerara Cricket Boards respectively Bissoondial Singh was re-elected to the stewardship of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) late last month.
RIYADH, (Reuters) – Islamic Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, has no need for women members of parliament or elections, a senior prince said in remarks published yesterday.
The 2009 Victory Valley Royals Inter-School Basketball Champion-ship which is scheduled to start tomorrow in Linden has received a significant boost to its growing list of individual awards with the donation of two pairs of Nike sneakers that will go to the two most valuable players of the finals.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reu-ters) – The United Nations is urging 20 of the world’s most powerful economies to support a $1 trillion stimulus plan for developing countries when the 20 meet in London next month, U.N.
The Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) last Sunday held its 2008 senior karate championship at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
Dear Editor, My heart breaks for Bibi Rafzia Gafoor and her two little girls, Afiena, 5 and Aaliya 3.
STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – A man who has fought for almost four decades to improve sanitation in India’s slums and villages was awarded the 2009 Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday.
(Jamaica Observer) – Gunmen went on a murder spree in the Corporate Area and St Catherine on Tuesday, killing seven persons in an almost 15-hour span.
According to race organizer Colin Elcock, all systems are in place for Sunday’s Banks DIH Limited sponsored race meet at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club where over $2M in prizes will be up for grabs.
Dear Editor, December 23, 2009 will mark the seventh anniversary of Desmond Hoyte’s passing.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – AIG executives in Europe are adamant they should not have to return their controversial bonuses and some feel that pressure on them to do so may amount to blackmail, according to a company employee and internal emails.
Guyanese single test centurions (Part 1) By Winston McGowan The most satisfying achievement of Test cricketers worldwide is arguably the scoring of their maiden Test century.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that an “insatiable” appetite in the United States for illegal drugs was to blame for much of the violence plaguing Mexico.
Dear Editor, I wish to thank your newspaper immensely for highlighting the prevalence of noise and its devastating effect on citizens.
Uprising’s Devon Alfred scored five goals as Beacon United was swamped 11-0 on Sunday at the Tucville Playfield in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Coca Cola Under-15 round robin knockout competition.
PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued a Pennsylvania prosecutor yesterday over his threats to charge three teenage girls with child pornography for allowing themselves to be photographed partly clothed with cellphone cameras.
Unofficial Visa Information Installment Eighty Many advertisements in print and the Internet feature images of President Obama with claims of helping the public reach the American dream through obtaining a visa to the United States.
(Trinidad Express) – Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert is investigating an alleged plot to kidnap one of the daughters of Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday.
Action on the local cricket scene following the visiting West Indies and England cricket teams encounter for the first two limited overs matches at the Guyana National Stadium last weekend will resume in the first and second division competition of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA).
Beware of organised crime Caribbean academic Mark Figueroa has sounded a warning against the emergence of organised crime.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany’s cabinet agreed yesterday on a law authorising the blocking of Internet pages containing child pornography to make it harder for criminals to profit from distributing the material.
Dear Editor, A lot of concern has been expressed about the health of financial institutions in Guyana consequent upon the problems with CL Financial and its associated companies, including CLICO in various territories.
The car at the centre of this photo collided with a Tapir (right) on the West Coast Berbice public road in the vicinity of No.60 village on Monday.
The shocking news that two young children had died after being dosed with senna pods’ tea, followed by some sort of herbal tea and then an anti-diarrhoeal has revealed the continuing laxity with which drugs are administered, the lack of standards governing their importation and sale as well as the lack of technical ability to seriously investigate such a case.
