Daily Archive: Thursday, June 25, 2009

-residents nervy The body of the businessman, who was ambushed and killed along the UNAMCO trail on Tuesday, was riddled with bullet holes, with at least three large wounds that appeared to have been fired at close range.

Guyana has instructed its Consulate in Barbados to compile reported cases of early morning raids on the homes of Guyanese resident on the island and to follow-up on the offer made by Prime Minister David Thompson to investigate such allegations.

`Fidel can intimidate and will be crucial to use the bouncers as a strategy.

-lover confesses to murdering her – sources The badly decomposed body of 29-year-old Arifa Muntazali of Number 64 Village, Corentyne has been discovered at Chesney Backdam, Corentyne and a man with whom she shared a relationship has admitted to killing her.

The Indian team under Mahendra Singh Dhoni was reluctant to play against Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup and it showed in their attitude, alleged flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi.

Giftland Office Max, Harris Paints and Western Union Guyana yesterday handed over large sums of cash to S and S promotions for this weekend’s ‘Final Execution’ card at the Cliff Anderson Sports-hall.

-signs point to murder The body found at the back of the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri, on Tuesday has been identified as that of a missing Campbellville man, who, according to relatives, was brutally murdered.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach John Dyson has admitted to the regional team’s rigorous schedule this year but said players needed to prepare themselves properly in order to make it through the itinerary.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) acknowledges the letter written by R.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The Belgian teenager who made  headlines across the globe after claiming a tattoo artist had  drawn 56 stars on her face, rather than the three she asked for,  has admitted she lied.

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the Gay Park, Greater New Amsterdam robbery on Monday evening which left 34-year-old Mohanie Latiff nursing gunshot and chop wounds at the NA Hospital.

The owner of the car which allegedly caused the death of a man at Broad and Ketley streets two weeks ago was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $30,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charges of a breach of insurance and permitting an unlicensed driver.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in Kaieteur News of June 23 titled ‘Act of Deceit?

Dear Editor, It sometimes boggles the mind to understand decisions taken by the Guyana Police Force, and I wonder whether the government sanctioned a recent decision.

LONDON, (Reuters) – People have been making music  for more than 35,000 years, judging by prehistoric bird-bone  flutes excavated in southwest Germany.

Dear Editor, The intrusion of advertisements into live cricket broadcast by the state-owed NCN television station is not a “little problem” as stated by MA Hassan in his letter captioned ‘Ads intrusive during cricket coverage,’ which appeared in your edition of Wednesday, June 24.

The body of a man of Chinese descent was yesterday morning found in a house on America Street.

LUSAKA, (Reuters) – A monkey urinated on Zambian  President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to journalists at a news  conference yesterday.

The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) in association with the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will observe Olympic Day in Guyana with a weightlifting exhibition Saturday in front of the Banks DIH Demico House, Croal Street outlet.

Dear Editor, The recent exchanges between, on the one hand, Speaker of the House Ralph Ramkarran, and Dr David Hinds plus Tacuma Ogunseye on the other hand, draw us into a reflection on the uses of ‘history’ and the way facts fit in with or fail to modify a grander meta-narrative of racism and suffering that in its several versions define how we see our past.

EDITORS’ NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject  to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or  take pictures in Tehran.

Ann Noel, the fifteenth person charged in the Fidelity Polar beer scam was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $95,000 when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– says ‘Reds’ Perreira Despite its obvious benefits which includes generating revenue for cricket development, veteran cricket commentator Joseph `Reds’ Perreira is warning regional authorities of the dangers of too much Twenty20 cricket.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – South Carolina Governor Mark  Sanford tearfully admitted yesterday he had been unfaithful  to his wife, likely ending any chance he might be a Republican  contender for the U.S.

Government is appalled at the discrepancy in airfare structures which persons face for travel to the United States (US) and nearby Caribbean territories compared to those charged in other countries, and has vowed to seek explanations from any airline with such an unfair practice.

Dear Editor, My eyes fell on this blog on the Sunday Stabroek website of June 21, in response to the article ‘Authorities ignore lead that UK expert trained Roger Khan to use spyware’: “Where was Kwayana when all those gas station owners and women and children were being killed by the FREEDUMB FIGHTERS, those innocent ppl didn’t had a voice until RK intervened.

– to meet Brazil or South Africa in final BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – United  States scored their greatest win for almost 60 years by beating  European champions Spain 2-0 yesterday to reach the final of  the Confederations Cup.  

LONDON, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova was heading for  the airport after losing at Wimbledon yesterday while another  former champion Roger Federer sauntered through to the third round in glorious sunshine after a clinical display. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Operators of an unauthorized  New York airport van service that took five French tourists on  a high speed chase in an attempt to evade police were charged  yesterday with unlawful imprisonment.

Persistent rain over the past two days coupled with a higher spring tide has left several villages along the southern coast of Leguan under several inches of water and residents are blaming the contractors who carried out work on the sea defence sometime ago for doing “shoddy” work.

Dear Editor, I’d like to endorse Mr MA Hassan’s letter in SN, dated June 24 (‘Ads too intrusive during NCN cricket coverage’).

Howard Watterton walked out of the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after being freed of a charge of stealing $2.9M in articles, including 500 pennyweights of gold, belonging to Stephen Moore.

Dear Editor, The government in collaboration with the opposition under the astute leadership of Mr Robert Corbin must be commended for their work in ensuring that the commissions as agreed upon at the Stakeholders’ Forum are properly constituted.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Developing countries  had a clear message yesterday for a U.N.

MHS on the road to redemption After taking Linden by storm, the Mackenzie High School (MHS) basketball team is now feasting their eyes on capturing the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) title and according to their coach Quincy Cummings, it would be a form of redemption since they finished fourth in the last installation of the tournament.

By Tiadi Blair Coach of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Gokarn Ramdhani recently obtained his diploma at a training course held in Mexico for qualified sports coaches ‘held’  from June 14 to 20.

-court hears Sherwin Fields, a twenty-seven-year-old minibus conductor of Lot 44, Fourth Street, Alberttown was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $10,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly behaving in a disorderly manner at the Alberttown Police Station.

Dear Editor, We note that Prem Misir with characteristic gusto has put forward the argument that we do not live in dictatorship.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – A bomb killed 61 people yesterday at a market in eastern Baghdad’s volatile Sadr City  slum, police said, six days before U.S.

By Ronald Austin Jnr. After 12 hours of lengthy debates fraught with passionately held political views, the Constitution Amendment Bill No.12 was passed in Parliament on the 11th of September 1976.

(Antigua Sun) – The United States Government has requested that dismissed Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) Administrator and CEO Leroy King be held pending extradition to face charges.

Dear Editor, I commend the letter by Mexico’s Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Sandoval dated June 23, 2009.

 –  ‘Reds’ Perreira Prominent Guyanese and West Indian Sports personality Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira is hoping that the Caribbean would host the best ever International Cricket Council (ICC) Championship Trophy next year …“with all the ICC stringent rules and controls going out of the window.”    

Peter’s Hall businessman Dewan Roshan, who was shot during a robbery at his home two Saturdays ago, succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital around 11:30 pm on Tuesday.

‘Angel’ Deanna ‘took the simplest thing and made it into something special’ Relatives of the three persons who perished in the May 27 boat mishap in the Abary Creek are still finding it hard to cope especially since they witnessed it.

(Trinidad Express) – Another student attending the University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) in Maracas, St Joseph, has contracted Influenza A/H1N1 and the family says it is all the school’s fault for not informing the student body about the first case in a timely manner.

(BBC) Australian tail-enders Brett Lee and Nathan Hauritz fought back against Sussex on day one of the first match of their Ashes tour at Hove.

Summer Travel Installment Eighty – Sixth Q: I am interested in visiting the United States this summer, how do I apply for a U.S.

MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) – The United States and Venezuela will soon reinstate ambassadors expelled in a diplomatic spat last year, a sign of warmer relations between President Hugo Chavez and what he calls the US “empire.”

Dear Editor, The death of the late Shri Prakash Gossai was a great shock to me.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) recently became the latest government agency to sign a ‘smoke-free policy declaration,’ which means that no smoking will be allowed on any of company’s premises, in the compounds, and “for at least a nine metres radius surrounding any entrance or exit,” with the company’s Human Resources Manager pledging that it would live up to the declaration.