Articles published on Monday, August 31, 2009
-attackers hid behind truck on Savage St -neighbourhood also sprayed with gunfire Gunmen early yesterday morning rained bullets on a car in North East La Penitence carrying four men to a mosque, injuring two of them.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says that the Skeldon Bagasse Cogeneration Project (SBCP) will shortly attract funds from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and this will benefit both the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and residents of the Skeldon community.
A 17-year-old girl was yesterday morning stabbed several times by her ex-boyfriend and is now in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
“We don’t know where more to go, we search everywhere already”, Salimoon Rahaman said yesterday.
Newspaper vendor Veronica Atherley, who sustained a gunshot wound to her hip on Saturday afternoon after a licensed firearm holder opened fire on two robbers and missed his target, remains in a stable condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A jilted 22-year-old man of Number 45 Village, Corentyne died at the New Amsterdam Hospital around 5:30 am yesterday after reportedly ingesting a poisonous substance and his ex-lover has since been taken into custody.
-driver apprehended Twelve-year-old Vivekanand Rudradeo, who was the victim of a hit-and-run accident on Saturday morning while he was riding along the Better Hope Public road on the East Coast of Demerara, remains in an unconscious state at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Kei-Shar’s Gift Shoppe recently donated more than $500,000 worth of uniforms and school gear to pupils at the Sophia Primary School.
The recent 19th Delegates Congress of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) passed 14 resolutions including one for compensation from Booker-Tate for its poor management of the East Demerara sugar estates.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it will soon reap the benefits and boost its capacity from a series of training programmes its staff is undertaking through the US Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) under the Guyana Threshold Country Plan Implementation Project (GTCP/IP).
-Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo says Guyana will not have to abandon its plans for developing oil and gas because of the Low Carbon Deve-lopment Strategy (LCDS).
Magistrate Priya Beharry on Friday ordered that a 17-year-old boy be kept in police custody shortly after he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly snatching a woman’s gold band.
-‘lightly rubbed’ other vessel The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) on Saturday said that the MV Kimbia departed Port Georgetown on Friday with the full use of all of its engines.
Lennox O’Dean, the RK’s security guard who was discovered bleeding two Tuesdays ago at Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, died from hemorrhaging due to multiple stab wounds, according to a post-mortem examination.
-but Summerbell leads Caribbean c/shipsBy Rawle Toney in Barbados It was a day filled with some electrifying and exhilarating races at the Bushy Park circuit in Barbados and approximately 20,000 spectators were on hand to witness what turned out to be a day of mixed fortunes for Team Guyana at round two of this year’s Caribbean Motor Racing Championships yesterday.
Everest Cricket Club (ECC) and the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) will contest the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink first-division two-day tournament after both teams finished with the upper hand in their semi-final matches yesterday.
The Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with a number of international organisations to again tackle and eradicate the Carambola Fruit Fly (CFF) (Bactrocera carambolae) which threatens the fruit-producing sector.
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, (Reuters) – Unheralded American Heath Slocum won the Barclays Classic by one stroke yesterday after rolling in a 21-foot putt to save par on the 18th hole and finish ahead of big-name players including Tiger Woods.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese voters swept the opposition to a historic victory in an election yesterday, ousting the long-ruling conservative party and handing the novice Democrats the job of reviving a struggling economy.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) distributed 23 bursary awards to its members’ children who qualified at the National Grade Six Assessment.
The second semi-final of the Power Stout Inter-Market football competition will take place tonight at the Georgetown Football Club ground beginning at 7pm, promoter O’Neil Durant has disclosed.
TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iran’s new judiciary chief has replaced a hardline prosecutor who played a key role in the mass trials of leading reformers arrested over unrest that erupted after the disputed presidential election in June.
The new Tucville sewage receiving station at Turning Point, Tucville has been completed and will serve about 4,000 residents of the Tucville and Stevedore housing areas, besides allowing proper disposal of sewage by residents.
A bus driver, who allegedly used abusive language to a woman after she scolded him for speeding, was on Friday granted bail in the sum of $15, 000, when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif., (Reuters) – A wildfire in the heavily populated Los Angeles foothills threatened 10,000 homes yesterday, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger warned residents to heed evacuation orders for the “out of control” and “very dangerous” blaze.
Dear Editor, Someone recently wanted to see a certain cricket match on the television so they wrote a letter to one of the newspapers.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Serena Williams will begin the defence of their U.S.
Dear Editor, With reference to Freddie Kissoon’s assertions about the OAS and Vishnu Bisram please note that I contacted the OAS to seek clarification and received the following response: “I have requested information from our officials who attended a peer review meeting on campaign financing in Miami and they assured me that no discussion took place regarding and no reference was made to Mr.
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Dumped Australia opener Phillip Hughes has set up a date with Sachin Tendulkar where he hopes to learn from the Indian stalwart’s experiences following his own Ashes meltdown.
LOS CABOS, Mexico, (Reuters) – Hurricane Jimena blew into a dangerous Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific Coast and was on track to buffet resorts on the Baja California peninsula tomorrow, the U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tried yesterday to overcome opposition by three state governors to a legislative proposal he hopes will make the country a top oil producer and help fight poverty.
BANGALORE, India, (Reuters) – India terminated its first mission to the moon yesterday, a spokesman for the national space agency said, a day after scientists lost all contact with an unmanned spacecraft orbiting the moon.
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Ministry of Health for the `Put it On Road Show’.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Heavy rain forced the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Old Trafford between England and Australia to be abandoned yesterday.
Dear Editor, I am following up on Minister Clement Rohee’s letter (‘From the outset the PPP/C and government made sure that democracy was not reduced to citizen participation only at election time’ SN, August 29) asserting that the late Dr Jagan “principally and painstakingly organized the Guyanese diaspora in the struggle for the restoration of democracy.”
Defending champions the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) retained the Commander-in-Chief Cup when they defeated the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in the final recently at Eve Leary.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted yesterday over corruption scandals that forced him to resign last year.
Dear Editor, Policy guidelines regarding the projected disruption of global food supplies are continually being examined.
ZAGREB, Croatia, CMC – History-making Barbadian sprint hurdler Ryan Brathwaite will be among the headliners at the 59th IAAF Zagreb Grand Prix today where close to 50 IAAF World Championship medallists will converge.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.
In the Diaspora (This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) By Arif Bulkan (Arif Bulkan lectures in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies) In the midst of all the gripping revelations coming out of a Brooklyn courtroom alleging corruption at the highest levels of the government of Guyana, another drama involving corruption has been unfolding locally.
Dear Editor, On Friday, August 28, people from far and near turned up at the passport office in Georgetown to find the place closed and a blackboard with a message written in chalk informing people of the closure.
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, (Reuters) – Kimi Raikkonen won the Belgian Grand Prix for Ferrari’s first success of the season yesterday after Formula One championship leader Jenson Button crashed out on the opening lap.
What the people say about…Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week on What the People Say, young persons in Region Five who recently graduated from the National Training Project for Youth Empowerment, Board of Industrial Training (BIT) commented on the training and what they intend to do now.
So It Go By Dave Martins A recent editorial in the local press lodged a strident complaint about various social deteriorations in Guyana (manners; office practices; driving; family values; morality; etc.)
Dear Editor, Based on the recent picketing of AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan’s office and other media stories aimed at discrediting the AFC, it appears that the PPP has placed the AFC in its crosshairs and views them as a credible threat to their march to re-election in 2011.
(BBC) Sri Lanka completed a 2-0 series win over New Zealand despite a defiant century by Daniel Vettori in Colombo yesterday.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.
In its simplest form, good governance is responsive to the basic, legitimate and essential needs of the governed.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s former environment minister Marina Silva took another big step yesterday toward an expected presidential bid by joining the Green Party, which wants to field her in the 2010 race.
(Jamaica Gleaner) In what is likely to be his most frank admission yet, Prime Minister Golding has conceded that his administration could have made better use of the early period in office.
LONDON, England, CMC – Bahamian sprint veterans Chandra Sturrup and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie will join Jamaican Brigitte Foster-Hylton among top Caribbean names at today’s Aviva British Grand Prix.
Dear Editor, I am always proud of the United States of America for its humanitarian efforts.
