Daily Archive: Monday, May 18, 2009

-cash, jewellery taken A labourer of Chesney Back, Corentyne was shot dead around 7 pm on Saturday by a gunman, part of a gang that robbed two business places and injured one of the owners who is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

-Bodies dumped in river (TRINIDAD EXPRESS) IN A SCENE that bore resemblance to that of a mafia movie, two construction workers were found dead in the Felicity River.

Thirty-nine -year-old Redwin Europe was stabbed to death on Saturday evening by a man with whom he had an argument over $500 at the Wales Community Centre.

Welder killed in Annandale bus smash-up 62-year-old man died after the bus that he was in collided with a truck on the Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara last night.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is working to ensure a smooth transition of the former Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) into  the Caribbean Community Secretariat as a Specialised Department in keeping with a decision at the 20th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Belize in March 2009.

-some opting to return home Reports are being received of Guyanese being “stereotyped” on the “basis of their appearance”, Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Barbados, Norman Faria says.

-Pollydore wins final stage but Greaves takes maiden title Alonzo  `Zo’ Greaves won his maiden National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored Independence three-stage cycle road race yesterday although defending champion Godfrey Pollydore won the final stage of the event.

A broken transom on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) was replaced yesterday as maintenance work on the structure continues.

– Guyanese gain sweet revenge over Trinidadians to retain rifle-shooting c/ships Guyana’s successful rifle shooters are due home today from Trinidad and Tobago where they retained the prestigious West Indies full-bore short range team championship.

-complainant says she fears for her life A 30-year-old carpenter was on Thursday remanded to prison for allegedly using threatening language to the mother of his child when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Lester Alvis stamped his authority on a strong field to win the 10th annual Citizens Bank Medal Play golf tournament in ideal conditions for golf at the Lusignan Course Saturday.

A 20-year-old man charged with assault causing actual bodily harm and threatening language was on Thursday jailed for 18 months when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The process for the renewal of membership to the PNCR has been beset by inefficiencies and delay, according to prospective leadership candidate Dr Richard Van West-Charles, who says they threaten to undermine transparency.

Christopher Franklyn, Colin France and Hewley Griffith will represent Guyana at a four-country Invitational table tennis tournament in French Guiana this week.

Dear Editor, We refer to an article published in your newspaper dated May 9, 2009 captioned ‘Broadcasting committee warns Sharma about “Papillion” and church programme claims’ The publication informs us that Mr Evan Radhay Persaud signed the letter of sanction as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting (ACB).

Dear Editor, Seeing what has been going on over the past few days as regards the entitlement of President Jagdeo when he retires at the age of forty-seven, I thought that it was high time that I let all and sundry know how I am being treated for claiming my entitlement, an infinitesimal pension after serving in the Police Force from 1946 to 1965 without a blemish on my record.

A 36-year-old taxi-driver was shot in his hand as he tried to fight off a bandit at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo on Saturday night.

North Ruimveldt, Charlestown/Albouystown book semi-final berths Defending champions North Ruimveldt along with Charlestown/Albouystown  stepped closer the tournament’s $500,000 first prize after advancing to the semi-finals of the Hits and Jams television (HJTV), Georgetown Amateur Bask- etball association (GABA) and Lens Craft Inter-Ward Basketball tournament.

Dear Editor, I refer to two editorials in your newspaper, one on May 12 (‘Death by dangerous driving’), about road deaths and the other on May 14 (‘A killing time’), about murders.

By Tony Cozier In CHESTER-LE-STREET IT’S the first time since England put them back in at the Queen’s Park Oval and Sabina in the 1968 series in the Caribbean that the West Indies have followed on in successive Tests.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) says more needs to be done to boost the country’s presence in the regional media and among tour operators and travel agencies.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – A Darfur rebel leader accused  of killing African Union peacekeepers in 2007 is expected to  appear before the International Criminal Court today and is  already in The Hague, the ICC said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the Kaieteur News captioned ‘GPHC overwhelmed by suicide’ in the May 13 edition. 

Security in the Bartica area received a boost following the presentation on Saturday by the authorities of vehicles and boats to policing groups.

-Windies drowning at Riverside despite Sarwan’s superb ton CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, CMC – Badly missing the tenacity that helped them win the Wisden Trophy in the Caribbean two months ago, West Indies were forced to follow on during yesterday’s fourth day of the second and final Test and were staring defeat in the face after losing three top-order batsmen in their second innings.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s first sexually explicit  theme park was torn down before it even started, after an  outcry from officials, a Chinese newspaper reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, On Thursday, May 14 the Guyana Chronicle published a letter from Mr Khemrak Sancharra, in which he wrote in support of noise at the Starlite.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba  offered a glimmer of hope last month that they might be ready  to end years of hostility, but neither side has moved much  since then to widen that window of opportunity.

POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad, CMC – An awesome display of power hitting by West Indies player Keiron Pollard took Queen’s Park CC a 37-run victory over Preysal Saturday night and booked a place for them in the final against Merryboys.

A 58-year-old construction worker is nursing chop wounds to his right hand and other parts of his body after he was attacked yesterday morning in Kingston.

Dear Editor, Press freedom seems to be the term of the moment. 

-Guyana Court of Appeal had turned down application The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently granted special leave to LOP Investments to appeal a case which pertains to the validity of debentures relative to Roman Dutch law provisions after a request before the Guyana Court of Appeal (GCA) for leave to appeal to the CCJ had been turned down.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Roger Federer inflicted a rare claycourt defeat on his great rival Rafael Nadal yesterday when he stunned the world number one 6-4 6-4 in the Madrid Open final to win his first title of the season.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The pain of 47-year-old Brigitte Smith is poignant as she revealed to The Sunday Gleaner how her now 72-year-old father allegedly raped her from as early as age four.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The box office gods frowned  on the new Tom Hanks religious thriller “Angels & Demons,”  which was the top film worldwide at the weekend, but fell far  short of its much-hyped predecessor “The Da Vinci Code.”

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt skimmed over a rain-soaked temporary track to set a world 150 metres best in a street race yesterday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s relentless military  offensive drove the Tamil Tiger separatists yesterday to admit  defeat in a quarter-century conflict seen as one of the world’s  most intractable wars.

Internationally renowned Guyanese musician Dave Martins committed to further promoting Guyana on the international scene, when he paid a courtesy call on Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad recently.

(BBC) The man spearheading a closer union of the Eastern Caribbean has taken another dig at what might be regarded as its parent.

Dear Editor, In my letter in the SN dated May 13, captioned ‘Why are we arguing at this time about who suffered more?’

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Yuvraj  Singh claimed his second hat-trick in the Indian Premier League  yesterday as the Kings XI Punjab beat the Deccan Chargers by one run at the Wanderers.

Protest action on Wednesday by temporary field workers attached to the Guysuco, Albion Estate in Berbice have resulted in them retaining their jobs during the out-of-crop season which started on Monday.

(Jamaica Observer) The one-day trip to Cuba last Thursday that ended in a swirl of controversy involving former prime minister P J Patterson was a proactive attempt by telecoms giant Digicel to secure a phone service carrier contract between Jamaica and Cuba, the Sunday Observer has learnt.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s third  main party yesterday called for the House of Commons’ Speaker to  step down and said parliament may need to be dissolved in the  wake of an expenses scandal that has shaken its reputation.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate my son Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge PhD, (who we affectionately refer to as our professional scholar) on the completion of his doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Durham in the UK. 

By Sara Bharrat with photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man/woman in the street whether they thought test cricket is going to die because of Twenty 20 cricket.

Pundits have suggested that the riveting revelations in the UK over the last two weeks about the unconscionable expenses claimed by MPs of all political persuasions seem more applicable to the backwaters of the Third World or assemblies in emerging democracies.

Curacao votes to accept Dutch conditions for ‘country status’ Voters in Curacao have chosen to accept the conditions under which the island will form a new constitutional relationship with Holland.

Challenging Canada in Haiti: People to People Solidarity By Kabir Joshi-Vijayan Kabir is a 15-year old Toronto high school student who has been a coordinating member of the Toronto Haiti Action Committee and Canada Haiti Action Network for almost five years. 

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The top-seeded Los Angeles  Lakers finally saw off the under-strength Houston Rockets by  crushing their opponents 89-70 yesterday to advance to the Western Conference final.

Dear Editor, After his most recent visit to the Middle East, Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo has renewed efforts to establish closer ties with and establish a diplomatic presence in the region. 

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, (Reuters) – President Barack  Obama urged both sides in the abortion debate yesterday to  pursue a “fair-minded” discussion as he sought to quell a  firestorm over his invitation to speak at Notre Dame, a premier  U.S.

Two of Guyana’s abstract works on combating HIV/AIDS have been chosen to be showcased at the 2009 implementers meeting in Namibia.