Articles published on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
-two others wounded in confrontation with police A Robb Street man who was shot three times by the police yesterday when he and others were caught stealing cycles from the Crescent Cycle Store, succumbed hours later while undergoing emergency surgery.
The body of a Sophia woman was discovered last evening in the canal just behind the Botanical Gardens.
Judge Dora Irizarry yesterday ruled that confessed drug trafficker Roger Khan will now be sentenced on October 16 in her New York court.
By Ayanna Blair Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday granted Mahendranauth Singh, the 21-year-old man, who is accused of causing the deaths of two Tuschen cousins two Sundays ago, bail in the sum of $1.1M when he appeared before her at the Leonora Court.
-have video tape of green paint on broken boat Relatives of the two men who died in the Essequibo River accident on August 11 which also left a 10-year-old boy missing are convinced that foul play was involved and one of them has a video tape of green paint on the shattered boat which could lead back to the coast guard.
A Georgetown resident fears for his life and those of his family after being attacked by “channa-bomb throwers” several times this year.
Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday granted a pastor, who is accused of indecently assaulting a women, bail in the sum of $75,000 when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The Ministry of Health will now be conducting inspections without notice at health care facilities in light of the recent dumping of medical waste at Camp Street.
Recently elected PNCR Georgetown Chairperson, Volda Lawrence headed a picket outside Freedom House yesterday afternoon in a continued bid to press for an international i3 nvestigation into the alleged links between the Guyana government and confessed drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan.
The Money Transfer Agencies (Licensing) Act will be put into operation on October 1.
The Ministry of Health on Monday donated bicycles to 13 junior medical personnel from China attached to the Linden hospital.
The Guyana Red Cross Society and Lethem and St Ignatius residents recently installed 74 traffic signs in the two communities.
City Mayor Hamilton Green’s accession to the hierarchy of the main opposition People’s National Congress following years out of the inner circle is an indication the party is one capable of reconciliation, leader Robert Corbin has asserted.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two former West Indies players – currently nestled in rewarding coaching positions – are the front-runners to become the new coach of the West Indies team.
…after cadet tourneyAfter placing third overall in the fourth Caribbean Cadet Table Tennis tournament, the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) wants to pursue a development programme to get on par with the top Caribbean countries.
…at 55th annual police force athletics The 55th Annual Guyana Police Force Athletics Championships began yesterday at the Eve Leary Sports Ground kicking off with the sprints and jumps.
-to play Ravens on Friday As expected, Eagles were no match for Courts Pacesetters as the defending champions made light work of them 69-55 to advance to the semi-finals of this year’s Brusche’s Basketball Classic where they will play Dyna’s Ravens.
President of GAWU, Komal Chand said the new Skeldon factory has an enormous capacity to increase efficiency in the sugar industry but he contended that serious attention was not paid to adequate cane cultivation to coincide with full operations at the estate.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An official from football’s world governing body, FIFA, is scheduled to arrive here today to investigate the ongoing turmoil plaguing the Grenada Football Association.
Sir Shridath Ramphal says a reference he made about ethnic cleansing in a speech in Trinidad on June 25th was in relation to a June 17th editorial in the Barbados Nation newspaper and not about Barbados or any other country in the Caribbean.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s 14-year domination of international cricket is officially over after they failed in their attempt at a smooth succession plan.
The man accused of murdering 28-year-old Martin Daniels at Wanakai, North West District was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Magistrate Priya Beharry granted bail to three men who allegedly stole several speakers and other musical appliances, property of Fusion Sound System, and another man who reportedly received some of the stolen items, when they appeared before her on Monday at the Georgetown Court.
New look for the ferry crossing from Georgetown to Vreed-en-Hoop. “We got shade now” said a passenger yesterday.
Dear Editor, I recently visited the Pomeroon and was shocked to see the way garbage is being dumped at the wharf in Charity.
Dear Editor, I have been following the online discussions on the LCDS and trying to learn as much as possible about the process involved in developing this strategy.
Dear Editor, As a Lindener, and more so as a citizen who is equally concerned with safety on our roads, I need to add my two bits on the issue of the billboards that were torn down along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, Region 10, and more particularly those approaching the turn at Millie’s Hide-out into Linden proper.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Disgraced R&B star Chris Brown was sentenced to five years’ probation and 180 days of community labour yesterday for beating up his then-girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna.
Dear Editor, Many diehard PPP supporters will not see the necessity for transparency of any sort in delivering sensitive data dealing with the politics of Guyana.
(BBC) The Belize government has nationalised the country’s leading telecommunications company, Belize Telemedia.
KABUL, (Reuters) – With early results yesterday showing Afghanistan’s presidential race neck-and-neck, a massive truck bomb that killed 40 civilians and wounded 60 in Kandahar showed the scale of problems facing the eventual winner.
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – A prosecutor demanded yesterday “maximum punishment” for a senior reformer accused of acting against national security, a crime which can carry the death sentence, in Iran’s fourth mass trial of moderates since a disputed election.
Dear Editor, After every FIFA World Cup and Summer Olympics I keep fantasising about a West Indian World Cup and Olympic team.
The British political system has been thrown into turmoil by the decision of the Scottish Minister of Justice to release the Libyan Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, convicted of the bombing of the Pan Am aircraft in 1999 with 270 persons on board, over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Dear Editor, With respect to my queries on Mr Tarron Khemraj’s economic analysis of President Jagdeo’s tenure (SN, August 12; 19), I have not submitted any individual response to my critics on the SN blog.
Development Watch Introduction The Stabroek News recently reported that Guysuco recorded a $4.1 billion loss last year (SN Aug 5, 2009).
OAK BLUFFS, Massachusetts – U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Ben Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman yesterday, aiming for continuity at a time when the U.S.
DUBLIN, (Reuters) – The developing world sees only 5 percent of the world’s spending on cancer treatment, despite accounting for around half of new cases and nearly two-thirds of cancer deaths, a report published on Monday said.
