Daily Archive: Monday, July 6, 2009

-pillion riders in hospital The deaths of two motorcyclists in an accident on the Essequibo Coast late Saturday has left the area in shock even as two other persons remain hospitalized at the Suddie Hospital.

Relative: ‘… they tried to finish her off’ Attackers changed bloodied clothing in store Dhanwantie Phulchand, a proprietor in the City Mall who was robbed, chopped and battered on Saturday afternoon, was in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday.

Despite a warning by former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson that they needed to do something urgently about implementing decision, Caricom Heads meeting in Georgetown last week are still to take a concrete decision The communiqué issued late Saturday night contained just one sentence on governance.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne It came as no big surprise when just before 11 pm on Saturday 19-year-old Jenel Cox was crowned Miss Guyana Universe 2009 at the National Cultural Centre,  eclipsing 14 other young women vying for the coveted crown.

-so ‘I can work to support my family’ Money launderer Sabrina Budhram, who earlier this year began serving her year-and-a-day sentence, is asking Judge Edward Korman to place her in a halfway house for the remainder of her sentence so that “I can work to support my family.”

An Air Services aircraft ferrying Caricom delegates, who were in Guyana for the Heads of Government Conference, from Kaieteur Falls to Ogle made an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon at the Baganara Island airstrip after one of the aircraft’s engines failed.

Residents of Mackenzie, Linden are being furnished with a new format electricity bill which would include arrears data as the Linden Electricity Company Inc (LECI) seeks to regularize its system and improve its customer service unit.

The University of Guyana (UG) came in for intense scrutiny on Friday at a Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) forum with head of the private sector, Gerry Gouveia deploring conditions on campus and calling for the institution to be run like a business.

Consequent upon their decision to absorb the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) into the Caricom Secretariat, Caricom Heads meeting in Georgetown last week have named Ambassador Gail Mathurin to head up the new body.

A 21-year-old miner died shortly after a sandbank in the Mazaruni area collapsed last Friday burying him in the pit where he had been working.

A $119M pump was commissioned on Friday at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud.

“She was treated like a criminal,” a Guyanese mother said yesterday as she related the “terrible treatment” her daughter was subjected to by immigration officials last week.

– Ask the players, I don’t know says Dyson By Rawle Toney in Gros-Islet, St Lucia It was the much publicized launch of the International Cricket Council’s Twenty20 World Cup scheduled for the Caribbean next year but the members of Team West Indies seemed to have forgotten about Saturday night’s occasion.

Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma and Dr Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have pledged to maintain the cordial and working relationships between the Commonwealth Secretariat and GECOM towards enhancing the efficient conduct of electoral processes in Guyana and by extension the other Commonwealth member states.

By Rawle Toney in St LuciaThe National Stadium at Providence has been chosen to stage the opening ceremony of next year’s International Cricket Council’s Twenty20 World Cup competition.

The 19-year-old woman, who sustained knife wounds to her right lower abdomen, is in a stable condition.

LONDON, (Reuters) – In the end Andy Roddick, like the  rest of Wimbledon, had no choice but to embrace the greatness of  Roger Federer.

BRIGNOLES, France, (Reuters) – Mark Cavendish made it  clear he is probably untouchable in mass finishes on the Tour de  France this year when he stunned the rest of the field to win  the second stage yesterday.

A 35-year-old woman was slashed on one side of her face last evening after she told her boyfriend that she wanted to end their relationship.

GROS ISLET, St.Lucia, (Reuters) – India won the  one-day series against West Indies 2-1 after yesterday’s fourth and  final match was abandoned due to heavy rain.

Dear Editor, Guyanese of all walks of life are actively participating in the on-going consultations on the draft Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

By Tiadi Blair Kristian Jeffrey and Nicolette Fernandes repeated their performance of yesteryear by defending their respective male and female national Open singles titles in this year’s Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) sponsored championships on Saturday evening at the Georgetown Club’s squash courts.

Dear Editor, I have observed a new identified category of skilled worker coming out of the CARICOM Heads of Government Conference – the Household Domestics.

(BBC) World number two Serena Williams questioned the ranking system after winning Wimbledon to hold three of the four Grand Slam titles.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Mohammad Yousuf celebrated his return to international cricket with a century yesterday to give Pakistan a 50-run lead on the second day of a  delicately balanced first test against Sri Lanka.

So  It Go By Dave MartinsIn modern regional travel, between the normal back-and-forth and the travelers from the diaspora, Guyanese can be found any day of the week crisscrossing the airports of the Caribbean, and it’s not always a picnic. 

Dear Editor, There is much talk about Caribbean integration and even more talk about illegal immigrants of Caribbean origin in Caribbean countries.

In the Diaspora(This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana an the Caribbean)Alissa Trotz is the Editor of the weekly In the Diaspora Column I woke up early yesterday to check Caricom’s website for the Communique coming out of the recently concluded 30th Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government in Guyana.

Steve Harmison has failed to make the 13-man England squad for the first Ashes Test against Australia, which starts in Cardiff on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Not so long ago I wrote a letter based on one I had seen written by Barrington Braithwaite on how Michael Jules aka ‘Porridge Man’ was executed by ranks of the Guyana Police Force.

Below are the fixtures for the TCL Group-sponsored West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 Challenge to be played in Jamaica: TCL Group Three-day Cup Tournament Round 1 – July 9 to 11 Barbados vs Windward Islands at Chedwin Park Guyana vs Leeward Islands at Up Park Camp Trinidad and Tobago vs Jamaica at Kensington Round 2 – July 13 to 15 Guyana vs Jamaica at Sabina Park Barbados vs Leeward Islands at Eleston Road Windward Islands vs Trinidad and Tobago at Jamaica Broilers Grounds Round 3 – July 17 to 19 Leeward Islands vs Jamaica at Melbourne Trinidad and Tobago vs Barbados at Up Park Camp Guyana vs Windward Islands at Chedwin Park Round 4 – July 21 to 23 Jamaica vs Windward Islands at Jamaica Broilers Ground Trinidad and Tobago vs Leeward Islands at Sabina Park Guyana vs Barbados at Jamalco Round 5 – July 25 to 27 Jamaica vs Barbados at Kensington Trinidad and Tobago vs Guyana at Eleston Road Leeward Islands vs Windward Islands at Melbourne TCL Group One-Day Trophy Round 1 – July 30 Windward Islands vs Barbados at Kensington Leeward Islands vs Guyana at Chedwin Park Jamaica vs Trinidad and Tobago at Up Park Camp Round 2 – August 1 Jamaica vs Leeward Islands at Jamalco Barbados vs Trinidad and Tobago at Mekbourne Windward Islands vs Guyana at Eleston Road Round 3 – August 2 Windward Islands vs Jamaica at Up Park Camp Leeward Islands vs Trinidad and Tobago at Kensington Barbados vs Guyana at Chedwin Park Round 4 – August 4 Jamaica vs Guyana at Melbourne Leeward Islands vs Barbados at Jamaica Broilers Ground Trinidad and Tobago vs Windward Islands at Sabina Park Round 5 – August 5 Barbados vs Jamaica at Sabina Park Guyana vs Trinidad and Tobago at Eleston Road Leeward Islands vs Windward Islands at Up Park Camp

Dear Editor, I would like the authorities of the National Park to take a proactive approach with regard to vehicles and cycles that drive around the park between 15:00hrs and 16:00hrs.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A jetlagged Pete Sampras paid a  surprise first visit to Wimbledon for seven years yesterday to  watch Roger Federer overtake his record for grand slam wins, and  then hailed the Swiss as the game’s best-ever player.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Ousted Honduran President  Manuel Zelaya turned back from an attempted return home yesterday after soldiers clashed with his supporters as he tried  to land, fuelling tensions over the coup that toppled him.

Dear Editor, For anyone who has seen singer Sarah Mclaughlin’s video in support of the BC SPCA (British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) End-Animal-Cruelty campaign with her song Angel knows that cruelty to animals is a worldwide problem.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Felipe  Calderon’s National Action Party was headed for defeat at  mid-term elections for Congress yesterday, according to an exit  poll broadcast by the Televisa network.

There is no gainsaying the wisdom of the house lots programme instituted by the 1992 government of Dr Cheddi Jagan.

Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah This week on What the People Say we asked persons, ‘What does Caricom mean to you?’

SOFIA, (Reuters) – The International Basketball  Federation (FIBA) have ordered Bulgarian champions Lukoil  Academic to pay two former players nearly $285,000 in unpaid  salaries and lawsuit expenses, the club said.