Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday said he did not know why the former lawyer of drug trafficker Roger Khan has repeatedly named him in a slew of emails as being the government minister who assisted in Khan being trained in the operation of spy equipment.

An eight-year-old girl of Dakara, Linden- Soesdyke Highway was yesterday afternoon admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing five pellet wounds to her neck after she was shot by an unknown man.

As the search for four fishermen who were expected back from sea on Thursday entered its second day the men’s relatives began fearing the worst after coming up empty-handed.

-deadline could be extended Tempers flared yesterday morning among the scores of persons who gathered at the Licence  Revenue Office (LRO) where operations were halted for several hours due to a power outage.

‘Our investigations have definitively indicated that Fineman and his gang are responsible for the murder of the miners’ – Crime Chief Seelall PersaudThe Guyana Police Force has “definitively” concluded that slain fugitive Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and his marauding gang were responsible for the gruesome killing of the eight miners at Lindo Creek, while relatives, left with only charred remains, still try to find closure one year after.

The guardian of a 16-year-old girl who packed her bags and left her Sophia home last Wednesday is worried and is seeking help in locating her.

Woodlands Hospital has planned a week of activities to celebrate its 40 years of service.

A second man said to be involved in the robbery and murder of Clifford Peters, the chief security officer of Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

— refutes claims, denies Yarrowkabra assault National Director of Com-munity Development Coun-cils (CDCs) Philomena Sahoye-Shury yesterday accused Region Four Chair-man Clement Corlette of making repeated attempts to set up CDCs without her authority.

Sherwin Trotman, a 29-year-old Sophia resident, who was allegedly involved in the attempted murder of one man and armed robbery of another, was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 20-year-old labourer on Friday pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny from the person and was subsequently sentenced to 16 months imprisonment when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Guyana’s squash queen Nicolette Fernandes has moved 11 places up the Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA) World Rankings when the group released their list for June yesterday.

– equipment seized The Guyana Forestry Com-mission (GFC) has issued a cease order to New Line Aqua Farm after it was found illegally operating in forestry concessions within the Canal Number Two area.

‘We will teach you how to fish’ – Warner By Donald Duff in Nassau, Bahamas They might be presidents of different organisations in the administration of football worldwide but when it comes to the development of the sport in the Caribbean, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and president of CONCACAF and CFU Jack Warner are on the same page.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded a 37-year-old man to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of shooting another man in the ankle.

(BBC)  Kevin Pietersen will seek to play a full part in the ICC World Twenty20 for England even though he has not fully recovered from his Achilles problem.

Weary of taxing trips to the capital, pensioners living in Lethem and surrounding communities are calling on the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to establish an office in the area.

GCC and Hikers play to stalemate Hikers and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) battled to a 2-2 draw as play continued in the Farfan and Mendes men’s first division hockey league yesterday at GCC ground, Bourda.

Kurt Christopher Wong, a father of four who stabbed his wife to death in March 2005, was handed a 15-year sentence yesterday.

– Horatio robbed at gunpoint Guyana’s premier long-distance athletes impressed at the recently concluded Toyota 5K Road Race in Tobago claiming three of the top five places in the race, but their celebration was marred by the gunpoint robbery of one of the runners.

A recent meeting between officials from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and representatives from the Surinamese Customs Administration has seen both parties agreeing to several initiatives in an attempt to tackle issues relating to the smuggling of goods and border control.

West Indies Test batsmen Narsingh Deonarine and Sewnarine Chattergoon spurred Albion to victory in the Berbice Division One 50-overs competition over the weekend.

Antoine Gordon and Derrick Hyman walked away with the best lifter awards when the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) staged its annual National Junior Weightlifting Championships on Sunday at the Uitvlugt Community Centre.

Two suspects are expected to be taken before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today to be charged with the murder of RK security guard Simone Coleridge, a senior police source said yesterday.

PARIS (Reuters) – Roger Federer roared and 15,000 fans hollered as the Swiss clung on by his fingertips to his French Open dreams yesternday and avoided joining Rafael Nadal on the Roland Garros scrapheap.

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy said yesterday that mental health is occupying its “priority space” on the national health agenda as efforts to implement an ambitious strategic mental health plan intensify.

St Rose’s High and Marian Academy were the winners last week when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) concluded another round of its Inter-Secondary School Im-promptu Speaking competition.

With the aim of defending their male basketball title, team Guyana have begun their preparation for the second stage of this year’s Inter Guiana Games which will be held in Suriname.

A special six-week literacy and numeracy training programme for Grade Six students in all primary schools began yesterday.

The race for top individual awards in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), Hits and Jams Television (HJTV) and Lens Craft sponsored inter-ward championships appears to be headed for a photo-finish climax  but one player is standing tall in the tournament with impressive performances.

LONDON, CMC – Tim May has confirmed that Chris Gayle is only one of many international players who feel they will have to choose between their countries and private franchise-based Twenty20 events in the future.

Newly-appointed national captain Howard Lowe says that it’s a joy for him to lead the refurbished Golden Jaguars in Suriname this week as they contest the biennial Parbo Bier Cup tournament against French Guiana, Antigua and the host.

PARIS/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – An Air France plane was believed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean yesterday after hitting stormy weather en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, likely killing all 228 people on board.

Collins, McDonald set for wordy finish Defending champion Fred Collins is set to exchange words with Abigail McDonald in a best-of-five playoff as he seeks to repeat his performance last year in the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) National Cham-pionships.

Dear Editor, I sent mail to Toronto, Canada in the first week of April.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan kidnapped up to 400 students from a military-run college, with teachers and relatives, yesterday as they were travelling in minibuses, police said.

MIAMI (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to be honorary chairman of this year’s Presidents Cup, the PGA Tour said yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday denied media reports the United Nations has covered up a high civilian death toll during the bloody final phase of Sri Lanka’s war against Tamil Tiger rebels.

Dear Editor, I would like to note with gratitude, a deeper level of tolerance and decency by Guyanese in their blogs in the electronic edition of local newspapers.

— but sees light at the end of the tunnelBy Donald Duff in Nassau, BahamasAustin Jack Warner, president of CONCACAF and vice president of FIFA yesterday said he was disappointed that Guyana’s goal project has not yet gotten off the ground but added that he was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Dr McGowan for revisiting the issue of slavery and indentureship (SN, May 28) and Mrs Anna Benjamin for her brilliant editorial in the Sunday Stabroek (‘Hijacking history,’ May 31).

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Concert promoter Live Nation said yesterday it will waive service fees for general admission at hundreds of concerts on sale for a 24-hour stretch this week.

LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Alistair Darling apologized yesterday and agreed to repay 350 pounds ($574) after he became the latest minister to be dragged into a scandal over expenses claimed by members of parliament.

Dear Editor, Before President Jagdeo jumps on his high horse and launches an attack on Prime Minister Thompson for the mistreatment of Guyanese in Barbados, he should put his own house in order.

– in USL Second Division National forward Randolph ‘Black Head’ Jerome is once again in the spotlight as he helped his side, the Pittsburg Riverhounds end their three games drought netting once in their 3-1 win over the Wilmington Hammerheads in the United States second division Soccer League.

(Jamaica Observer) – Fearing that their intervention could have resulted in the loss of innocent lives, police on Sunday stood by and watched as heavily armed thugs from the 100 Lane and Park Lane communities off Red Hills Road in St Andrew traded bullets in a deadly pre-dawn firefight.

Dear Editor, After creating fear and panic in schools in Dakar and at Thiès, the jinniya called Maimouna made a theatrical appearance at Kaolack in Senegal last week.

(Jamaica Observer) – A ministry of health official on Friday emphasised the need to teach children about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from an early age, quoting statistics higlighting the risky sexual behaviour of children under age 14.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Girls can do just as well at math as boys — even at the genius level — if they are given the same opportunities and encouragement, researchers reported yesterday.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) – LeBron James insists the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Eastern Conference finals defeat has not affected his commitment to the team but the league MVP stopped short of revealing his long-term plans.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama has awoken hope for redress of grievances in the hearts of some of the more than a billion Muslims scattered in diverse communities across the globe.

If, as Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon claimed last week “Security Sector Reform will go on with or without the Brits,” why hasn’t it been going on for the last sixteen-and-a-half years that he has been in office?

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Emile Mervin’s letter of June 1, 2009 in the Stabroek News, with the caption ‘It isn’t the President and his supporters who will define his legacy.’

ALP calls for amnesty The opposition Antigua Labour Party has called on the government to declare a six-month amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Fogarty’s presented prizes to winners in its Mother’s Day Promotion and Essay Competition on May 18.

Floodlights XI proved too bright for the GCC team when they competed last Friday in the DDL Ivanoff Vodka sponsored softball match.

A 29-year-old father of one appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday charged with unlawfully assaulting the mother of his child.