Articles published on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
-spurned lover critical after taking poison A 26-year-old woman was slashed to death yesterday allegedly by the man she once shared a common-law relationship with and who is now in a critical condition after stabbing himself and drinking poison.
Two US citizens were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton when they appeared before her to answer to the charge of trafficking in narcotics.
Charge re-read following attorney’s argument The four soldiers accused of robbing a mining camp at Five Star Back Dam, North West District were yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $100,000 each when they appeared before Magistrate Allen Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Desiree Thomas’ wails were the only greeting at her Lot 7 Prince William Street home yesterday as she mourned the death of her son, Marlon Britton who died yesterday about three hours after being shot in the face.
The Ministry of Health has sent blood samples from two persons for testing overseas to determine whether they have been infected with the H1N1 virus.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Chief Magistrate has been ordered by the island’s top judge to carry on with the extradition proceedings against three men wanted in the United States on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges.
-was seen as more ‘regional-integration friendly’ The previous Barbados administration had sought to host more discussions with the Guyana consulate there about the feelings of Guyanese, Honorary Consul Norman Faria has said.
One hundred and thirty-three titled Amerindian communities have recently completed elections of village councils and Toshaos for the first time under the new 2006 Amerindian Act and from all accounts the process was successful, Minister Pauline Sukhai said yesterday.
-restates liquidation recommendation In a final report to the High Court on the financial status of CLICO (Guyana), Judicial Manager, Maria van Beek has said the company is faced with a severe liquidity crisis and may have to consider disposing of major assets to source the necessary financing.
Eldeus Burke of Linden appeared yesterday before Magistrate Ann McLennan on the indictable charge of felonious wounding following a scuffle that was triggered when the virtual complainant made a remark to a woman about her ‘bow foot’ in the Mackenzie Market.
Fire ravaged a five-bedroom, two-flat property at Dundee, Mahaicony at around 12:45 pm yesterday, leaving four homeless.
The administration of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is in the process of developing a comprehensive programme to respond to substance abuse and other negative social issues.
Stall holder Earl Darrel of Half Mile, Wismar Four Corners was denied bail yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court accused of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
LUXEMBOURG, (Reuters) – European finance ministers agreed yesterday the bloc should hand billions of euros to poor countries to help them fight climate change, but environmentalists said the pledge was too vague.
The two-month-old baby girl, who was born with two additional features to her head, was in a stable condition at the Paediatric Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday.
A 29-year-old fisherman was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge of attempted murder.
A Parika businessman was robbed on Monday night at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara by armed bandits, who escaped after the incident.
A Long Creek toddler died after being hit by a car early yesterday morning.
Queen’s College yesterday emerged winners in the finals of the GBTI Annual Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech Competition held at the bank’s recreational centre.
Faizul Ali, the owner of Yuppies Taxi Service was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $250,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charges of abduction and assault causing actual bodily harm.
A taxi driver was on Monday remanded to prison after appearing at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court charged with unlawful possession of a grenade.
Following Sunday morning’s fuel leak which was noticed on America and Longden streets, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to meet with several stakeholders, including businesses operating in the vicinity of the two city streets, to determine the source of the spill.
Hindus from various organizations in Berbice came out in large numbers to be part of the first ever Berbice Hindu Milan at the Albion Sports Complex Ground recently.
Guyana will soon benefit from assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop and implement a Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFCs) Phase-Out Management Plan.
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha recently certified a batch of 18 pandits who successfully wrote the Balbodha examination, one of whom attained a distinction and 14 first grades.
The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Life Insurance Company Limited (GTM) registered a surplus of $45M for 2008 – down sharply from the $153M the year before.
`The knee is swollen a lot and bruised a lot. So let’s see what happens’ NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Chris Gayle faces a possible non-starter for West Indies’ final group match against Sri Lanka today in the World Twenty20 Championship.
Newly-appointed coach of Guyana’s senior national football team Paul James told Stabroek Sport yesterday that although his side failed to come up with a win at the recently-concluded Parbo Bier Cup in Suriname, he was generally satisfied with their performance.
The National Assembly is continuing to examine the mechanism through which the Parliament Office would begin to employ its own staff.
Twenty-year-old Ryan Paul was on Monday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly chopping off a man’s finger shortly after an argument between them.
-says Idi Lewis Former Caribbean junior boys’ table tennis champion Idi Lewis feels that the Guyana men’s team to this year’s Caribbean championships could bring home the bacon.
The Ministry of Housing and Water recently distributed over 200 house lots in Region Five when it hosted its ‘One Stop Shop” at the Blairmont Community Centre ground.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Militants attacked a hotel popular with foreigners in the Pakistani city of Peshawar with guns and a truck bomb yesterday, killing five people including a U.N.
The Guyana government has welcomed the vote taken on Wednesday by the 39th General Assembly of the OAS which paves the way for the reintegration of Cuba into the Councils of the Hemisphere.
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – One of Iran’s most senior politicians accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday of lying in a televised presidential election debate and called on the country’s supreme leader to intervene.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal’s Wimbledon defence remained in doubt yesterday after the world number one said he faced a tough two weeks of treatment to overcome knee problems before the grasscourt grand slam.
Dear Editor, A few days ago I was part of a group of Lethem residents who staged a picket protesting the abominable electricity supply.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Monday ordered that a man, who allegedly used a cutlass to rob another man of a cell phone, be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
PARIS, (Reuters) – No Nadal, no excuses! Those are the words that could have haunted Roger Federer for the rest of his life if he had let the French Open crown slip from his grasp on Sunday.
Dear Editor, The SN article of June 8, 2009 captioned ‘GT&T says business plan for cable can’t be finalized yet’ is another narrative of a poor excuse in the litany of GT&T’s excuses for the sad state of high-speed communication in Guy-ana. The
Two men along with a 15-year-old boy who were allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis in their possession were all granted bail in the sum of $25,000 each when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and eight other top U.S.
Dear Editor, Gavin Paul’s death on Saturday afternoon on Robb Street after being shot by a public-spirited citizen evoked a wide range of emotions in most people.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United States transferred the first detainee from Guantanamo Bay yesterday to stand trial in a U.S.
TAUNTON, England, CMC – West Indies Women again gave further proof that bowling will be their strength, but batting will be the key to their success, when they won their second and final warm-up match ahead of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Championship against Sri Lanka Women yesterday.
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Distraught after a failed gender test that led her to attempt suicide, Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan has turned to coaching and transferred her dreams to her new charges.
The Guyana Justices of the Peace (JP) Association discussed its role in crime-fighting and in community-based mediation efforts for perpetrators of minor offences when it met recently with the police commissioner.
LONDON, England, CMC – South Africa yesterday held their nerve to clinch a thrilling one-run victory over New Zealand in the ICC World Twenty20 Championship as both sides advanced to the Super Eights.
Dear Editor, We, the owners and drivers of buses 63 and 50 feel that giving permission for the 63A buses to park and load at Seawall Turn or Palmyra is a breach of the road service licence.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s leftist government has granted political asylum to Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, wanted in Lima on charges he fomented protests against Amazon oil exploration that killed 60 people.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan leg-spinner Shahid Afridi destroyed the Netherlands’ Twenty20 World Cup dreams at Lord’s yesterday with four for 11 from his four overs in the final group B match.
Dear Editor, Well, the 26th edition of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s annual 3-Stage Cycling Derby has come and gone.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Bigger-breasted chickens fattened artificially. New strains of deadly E.
DAKAR, (Reuters) – Brazil is ready to provide its experience and technology free of charge to African nations seeking to improve food production and develop biofuels, its minister for development, industry and trade said yesterday.
Five schools through to semis Monar Educational Institute, St. Sidwell’s, St.
Markers on the East Coast embankment road at Industry being repainted yesterday in preparation for the upcoming Caricom summit in July.
Dear Editor, The shooting death of Gavin Paul, and the relative ‘no big deal’ response by law enforcement is an indication of how lawlessness has become a matter of who is the victim, and most often who is the shooter.
TAIPEI, (Reuters) – A man who tore the wig off a telegenic Taiwan legislator last year was sentenced to five months in jail for depriving the MP of his freedom to look good, a court spokesman said yesterday.
President of the Guyana Netball Association Lawrence `Sparrow’ Griffith says that Guyana will not be represented in that discipline at the inaugural Caribbean Games scheduled for next month in Trinidad and Tobago.
Rudy Rabbinge is a Dutch agriculture expert who until 2007 was a member of the Dutch Senate.
When Tony Blair resigned from office in June 2007, after ten years as British Prime Minister, he had set a record as being the longest-serving British Labour Party prime minister.
Dear Editor, As much as we are at a great disadvantage, I am always in awe learning that the El Dorado sports ambassadors are truly keeping in competition even when the odds are against us.
(Barbados Nation) More crop-over and less commercial content in the music!
