Articles published on Thursday, April 9, 2009
-after squabble with PNCR Co-Chairman Clinton Collymore has moved to end the local government reform task force discussions, drawing severe criticism from the parliamentary opposition parties who accused him of trying to delay the completion of key reforms before the holding of long-delayed local elections.
The reputed husband of Pamela Mangru appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with her murder and was remanded to prison.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday sentenced a Surinamese drug mule to four years imprisonment and ordered that he also pay a fine, when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
CLICO (Bahamas) was on Tuesday ordered wound up by Justice Cheryl Albury, a move which makes the prospect of CLICO (Guyana) recovering its $6.9 billion (US$ 34 million) even dimmer.
The Commercial Court has recalled its order to dismiss two cases in which Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) sought to have owner of Buddy’s International Hotel Omprakash Shivraj pay some $58 million for the supply of electricity, a GPL press statement yesterday said.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently bestowed the Military Efficiency Medal (MEM) on Brazilian Military Attache Colonel Eudes Carvallho Dos Santos at a farewell luncheon hosted in his honour at the Officer’s Mess.
Athletes confident of retaining title By Rawle Toney Guyana will be defending their athletics title from April 23-26 when they compete in the first leg of the 2009 Inter-Guiana Games in Georgetown.
Former professional golf coach Basil Sukhram was laid to rest yesterday at the Good Hope Cemetery following tributes by relatives and golf colleagues at the Lusignan Golf Club and later at his residence in the East Coast Demerara village.
The National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) says it will embark on a vigorous literacy programme immediately after the National Grade Six Assessment.
A 33-year-old father of two, who allegedly smacked his former reputed wife in the face several times with a length of sugarcane was remanded to prison yesterday, when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
MHS still unbeaten By Rawle Toney Defending champions McKenzie High School (MHS) remain unbeaten and on course to reclaim their title in this year’s Victory Valley Royals Inter-school basketball tournament after making light work of Linden Foundation Secondary (LFS) 53-38 yesterday at the McKenzie Sports Club hard court in Linden.
Top Class outclasses Carib MastersThe National Masters League which got off to a terrific start last week continued on Tuesday evening with a scheduled double header that had Linden’s Top Class defeating Carib Masters while the Santos/Guyana Defence Force (GDF) encounter was called off.
Saying it has continuously demonstrated its unwavering commitment for national unity and reconciliation, the main opposition PNCR yesterday accused President Bharrat Jagdeo of misleading the nation on failures to sustain cooperation, laying the blame at his feet.
A 27-year-old remand prisoner yesterday admitted in court that he had knifed a dog to death, but said that the dog had been turned loose on him and had bitten him; he was further remanded.
East Coast thrash East Bank by 7 wickets By Rawle Toney An all-round performance by the East Coast team saw them beating their East Bank counterparts by seven wickets when play in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter-association Under-19 limited overs competition continued at the Lusignan Community Centre ground yesterday.
-conclusions flawed, consultations inadequate The Federation of Indepen-dent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says the report of the Independent Expert on Minority issues, Gay McDougall is a document that “is objectionable and offensive to all fair-minded Guyanese and divisive in its conclusions,” which are flawed and based on inadequate consultations.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The United States and five other powers invited Iran yesterday to a meeting on its nuclear programme after Washington dropped its opposition to direct talks with Tehran in a major change of policy.
-despite Shivgobin’s all-round performance Skipper Ranole Bourne and national Under-19 left arm spinner Totaram Bishun led Georgetown to a convincing 61 runs victory over West Demerara in their first round clash of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/German’s Restaurant/ W&H Rambarran Under-19 Inter-association tournament yesterday.
NAIROBI/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The crew of a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned freighter hijacked by pirates off Somalia retook control of the ship yesterday but their captain was still being held hostage on a lifeboat, the shipping line and a crew member said.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Russia’s Dinara Safina will replace Serena Williams as world number one in the WTA’s next official rankings, the organisation said yesterday.
The International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP) formally launched in Guyana on Friday to continue its efforts to help West Papua to “exercise peacefully their fundamental human rights and the freedoms guaranteed by international law.”
ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s football guru Jack Warner will continue as a vice-president of the sport’s world governing body FIFA after being nominated unopposed for another four-year term.
BONN, Germany, (Reuters) – Developing nations said yesterday they were angry that 11 days of U.N.
The Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) information technology department received a boost yesterday with the presentation of a quantity of computers donated by the overseas-based Association of Ex-Presidential Guards and Immigration Officers (APGI).
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Colombian Francisco Maturana resigned yesterday as Trinidad and Tobago’s national head coach on the back of poor results in their World Cup qualifying football matches.
–accused had carried drug ‘under duress’ Nigel Enmore, the US-based Guyanese man who was nabbed in the US last September with cocaine in an ivory-coloured towel and several knitted doilies, had the charges against him dismissed against last week as he proved he had trafficked in the drugs under duress.
Residents of Area Q, Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara have expressed concern about the future of the playground in their community.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. researchers said yesterday they had designed a new kind of malaria drug that kills the parasite that causes the disease and keeps it from becoming resistant to the drug.
LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Two goals by defender Branislav Ivanovic and another from Didier Drogba completed a stunning Chelsea comeback for a 3-1 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League yesterday.
Dear Editor, Mr M. Bacchus wrote a letter in the April 5 edition of your newspaper captioned ‘Ministry of Home Affairs attack on the courts unjustified.’
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is urging vendors, retailers and shopkeepers to safeguard themselves from fraud by ensuring that they check for its officers’ identification cards (ID) before allowing them to conduct inspections.
Dear Editor, As the dust settles after the loss of an enduring and prominent person, who made Guyana not only her home but her life − Mrs Janet Jagan OE − it is useful to recall the stirring plea made by her son Joey, that is, a hope that her passing will allow the party leaders she worked with for three generations, to ponder and to effectuate meaningful change.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago’s Stephen Ames will head to the historic Augusta National today to contest his fifth Masters, still searching for a top-10 finish in the prestigious tournament.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Commission yesterday unveiled plans to accelerate aid to developing countries hit hard by the economic crisis, warning that failure to act could pose a threat to global stability.
Dear Editor, I must commend the Guyana Revenue Authority for the progress it has made to update its system relative to the issuance of revenue licences.
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – India’s third successive test series victory since defeating top-ranked Australia in November has triggered a debate in the cricket-mad nation as to whether the team is the country’s best yet.
NOVA ESPERANCA DO PIRIA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Environmental police in Brazil seized the equivalent of 300 truckloads of wood in a major raid on illegal loggers, the government said yesterday, the latest effort to curb destruction of the Amazon rain forest.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has made good on its commitment to erect tax advisory booths at well-known city establishments to assist taxpayers with completing their tax returns.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Banks and cellphone companies have a long way to go to persuade U.S.
The GRA says motor vehicle owners should be experiencing improved service when obtaining their road licences as it has made adjustments to the Licence Revenue Office Management Information System.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Houston’s Yao Ming won a showdown of top-flight centers with Orlando’s Dwight Howard on Tuesday to guide the Rockets to a 93-83 home victory.
Even as the global financial crisis began to brew last year, donors in developed countries were delving deep into their collective pockets and doling out aid at unprecedented levels.
Dear Editor, As a person who strongly opposes abortion, I have a deep respect for single parents.
(Part Two) By Clyde W. Thierens The high wages received by freed Africans immediately after Emancipation also helped to stimulate the rapid growth of a Black peasantry in British Guiana and Trinidad.
(Trinidad Express) – Paul Hubert Bristol’s rage at his ex-girlfriend was apparently so intense that it endured the process of a trip from Trinidad to England, where she lived, and where he went to allegedly stab her to death.
