Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 4, 2009

A 42-year-old Guyanese man and his five-year-old son have both died after sustaining injuries when a personal jet ski smashed into a Long Island, New York dock on Saturday.

Confessed Guyanese drug trafficker Roger Khan will learn his fate at a sentence hearing scheduled for November 6, months after he pleaded guilty to charges against him that included drug trafficking and witness tampering.

Information flow within the Guyana Police Force received a boost yesterday with the commissioning of a data centre as part of ongoing efforts to modernize the institution.

FedEx Operations Manager in New York Manny Mancuso testified both in direct testimony and under cross-examination yesterday that his company had shipped from Guyana to Robert Simels’s NY office, items listed as documents, Panasonic laptops, Auto Data Recording Device computer base power supply and a flash drive.

Malika Boyd, a 32-year-old butcher, is the new GT&T Cellink Jingle and Song Competition winner.

The woman corporal, who is accused of being negligent by allowing two prisoners held in connection with arson at the Ministry of Health to escape custody, was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $300,000 when she appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Warning that new allegations pointing to a link between government and a confessed drug trafficker pose a threat to national stability, opposition leader Robert Corbin yesterday reached out to the international community seeking support for an international probe.

On August 15, the Land of Many Waters will for the second time see  professional world-rated wrestlers in action at the first ever ‘Guyana Wrestle Mania.’

A man was yesterday placed before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of exporting birds without a lawful permit.

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) yesterday announced that  a four man team will represent Guyana in round two of the Caribbean Race of Champion Series which will held at the Bushy Park Circuit in Barbados on August 30.

A man who allegedly stole a woman’s cell phone was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $100,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The inaugural Al Sport & Tour Promotions and Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Windball Development Programme came to a successful conclusion yesterday at the GTU ground, Woolford Avenue.

The Kashif and Shanghai organized Roraima Bikers Club cycle meet was yesterday given another financial boost when Bakewell came on board to sponsor the event which will be held in Amelia’s Ward, Linden on Sunday.

Inquest finds police liable -justice finally served, says family A jury yesterday found the Guyana Police Force culpable in the death of Ramesh Sawh, who was found hanging in the Enmore Police Station lockups in January 2008.

Daniel Lopes and Jeremy Miller scored wins at the 26th annual Coca Cola International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior tournament which is being played at the St.

The roads, recently damaged by heavy rains in the Rupununi, have been fixed, Chairman of Region Nine, Clarindo Lucas says.

A squad of 18 players was selected to represent Guyana in the Tri-Nation Goodwill football series scheduled for  Suriname from August 5 – 12.

– small city protest was ‘wake-up call’ PNCR Leader Robert Corbin yesterday announced the launch of a national campaign to force the government to account for its alleged involvement with drug trafficker Roger Khan, as the main opposition took to the streets in protest.

Guyoil/Castrol has given a helping hand to the national Shotokan karate team to attend the 8th ISKF/CKC Karate Championships which will be hosted by the St.

The Hogstye-Lancaster Ibo group outdid itself last week with a series of activities it put on to commemorate emancipation, which culminated on Saturday.

A salesman and a porter were yesterday charged with giving false information to the police regarding a robbery and were granted bail when they appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Both Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago will be looking to gain ground on leaders Jamaica when the fourth round of the TCL Group West Indies One-Day Trophy Under-19 tournament bowls off today.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s mother was awarded custody of the singer’s three children yesterday and his ex-wife Debbie Rowe was given visitation, formalizing an arrangement announced last week.

A woman of Cotton Tree Squatting Area was found dead, hanging from a tree in the backdam in the area around midday yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Health has accused certain sections of the media of sensationalizing the revelations made by Selwyn Vaughn during his recent testimony in a New York court.

Bagotstown were crowned  champions of this year’s East Bank Basketball Championships which was held on Sunday last at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, I used to receive a landline service from an antenna which was attached to my neighbour’s house. 

-says Rudolph Mitchell National Race Walking champion Rudolph Mitchell won his 94th consecutive race walk event Sunday and afterwards declared that the victory was nothing more than a stroll in the park for him.

A man who drove his vehicle in a dangerous manner was yesterday fined $50,000 or six months imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban have warned Afghans that possessing pictures of “unrelated women and handsome boys” was against Islamic law and owning “shiny new phones” runs contrary to their religious dignity.

ERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won parliament’s support yesterday for a measure to privatise state land, and another law seen as potentially boosting the ranks of his right-wing ruling coalition.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Australia batted with  grim determination through the final day to earn a draw in the  third Ashes test against England yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana as reported in both the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News of August 1, is on the defensive and is denying purchasing the spy equipment CSM Laptop Model No.

Four armed bandits attacked five workers attached to a contracting company in a camp in the Skeldon backdam about 8 pm on Sunday and robbed them of cash, cell phones and items belonging to the contractor valued $240,000.

Dear Editor, In my opinion, it was a breath of fresh air with the Channel 7 broadcast over the last two weekends of NBC coverage of the 2009 Rome World Swimming Championships.

“Reflection,” an exhibition and sale of arts and crafts from Sophia, will commence this Friday to commemorate the newly formed Sophia Artists Group.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene  scored a brilliant hundred to guide Sri Lanka to a  series-clinching six-wicket victory in the third one-day  international against Pakistan yesterday.

MIAMI (Reuters) – A Continental Airlines Inc plane hit severe turbulence en route from Rio de Janeiro to Houston yesterday and was diverted to Miami, where more than two dozen passengers were treated for injuries.

LONDON, England, CMC – Guyanese squash ace Nicolette Fernandes remains just outside the top 100 in the latest women’s world squash rankings after dipping two places from her position last month.

A 52-year-old woman was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $200,000 when she appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to two counts of forgery.

Dear Editor, Not only Metropolis city has superheroes doubling as reporters; Guyana has its own superman, err, superperson reporter also!

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A scheme directed by an American in Israel in which fake income tax returns were filed on behalf of US prison inmates netted refunds of more than $4 million, prosecutors said yesterday in announcing fraud charges.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Several dozen militant backers of Hugo Chavez yesterday stormed the headquarters of an opposition TV station that the Venezuelan president has threatened to shut down amid his crackdown on private media.

Dear Editor, In recent times various things have given rise to spousal abuse, but one of these is that somewhere in the 1980s, our women began in increasing numbers to seek higher education.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Triumphant Michael Phelps did not  need to rely on hi-tech swimsuit wizardry to reaffirm his worth  at the world aquatics championships.

By Janette Bulkan (This is the fourth in a 10-part series intended to look at some of the issues surrounding Guyana’s bid for funds from the World Bank-administered Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) and from Norway, and for the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.)

Introduction: Over the last few days our nation has been bombarded with information that ultimately will have a negative impact on our economy.

(Jamaica Observer) – Gunmen on Sunday morning shot dead a 56-year-old policeman and injured his son, 25, in the parish of Westmoreland.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday rejected claims that the administration and Dr Leslie Ramsammy had conspired to burn down the Health Ministry saying that there is no evidence to support such “utter rubbish”.

Defending champions Bakewell Topp XX and Amelia’s Ward United became the first two teams to advance to the semi-finals of this year’s Linden Invitational Football tournament after contrasting victories on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

Dear Editor, Greetings on this Emancipation season, but are we really free?

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader endorsed the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a ceremony boycotted by leading moderates in protest at a disputed poll that plunged Iran into its worst crisis since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Dear Editor, As I sit and read Leon J. Suseran’s letter ‘Mid-term crisis’ (SN, August 1), all I can say is there is no hope for Guyana.

Persons who visited the High Courts yesterday morning were greeted by the sight of these volumes stacked outside the building. 

More criticism of planned APD increase The head of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said Monday that the planned increase in the UK’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) will hinder efforts to reduce poverty in developing countries.

Recent pronouncements on human rights in Guyana seem to have collided with the new international doctrine of the state’s ‘Responsibility to Protect.’

The third running of the Annual Guyana Cup is all set to take place on  August 16 at the Rising Sun Turf Club, West Coast Berbice with Nazarudeen Mohammed of the Jumbo Jet Auto Sales and Racing Stables pumping $6.5M in cash and prizes into the event.

LONDON (Reuters) – Dozens of Honduran journalists and human rights activists have been attacked or threatened with violence by both the military and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a press watchdog said yesterday.

A dredge operator was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital for surgery after being chopped several times about the body by a disgruntled employee yesterday in the Omai area (Potaro-Siparuni).

A 30-minute documentary of the 1763 Slave Rebellion, which was led by Coffy will be aired for the first time on national television today.