Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 2, 2009

-maintains it was case of mistaken identity Wayne Smith, one of the survivors of the Savage Street ambush said that the gunmen’s intention on Sunday morning was to kill and stressed that neither he nor the other occupants of the car could have been the intended targets.

…as Amerindian Heritage Month launched Amerindian heritage month celebrations got off to a lively start yesterday with messages of gratitude to the Amerindian people for their part in shaping a true Guyanese cultural identity and President Bharrat Jagdeo promised $2B worth of access roads in three key regions.

Under growing pressure to come up with answers on the fate of a 10-year-old boy missing in a hit-and-run boat accident, the police yesterday said a suspect was apprehended and later released but they are still pursuing leads into a green boat that he was aboard on the day in question.

-analysis confirms presence of at least six persons Thirteen months after they first took DNA samples, Jamaican forensic experts have requested more samples for four of the miners who were killed and their bodies burnt at Lindo Creek last June, according to a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Police are yet to indicate whether they have managed to locate the city house where Rorhema Dookie, daughter of Kitty businessman Beharry `Natoo’ Dookie, was kept for approximately 24 hours by her abductors last week.

Mediation talks between West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and West Indies Players Association (WIPA) to end the latest impasse between the two organizations concluded yesterday without an agreement being reached.

Veronica Atherley, the 59–year-old newspaper vendor who sustained a gunshot wound to her hip last Saturday after a man opened fire on two robbers and missed his target, was moved to the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital from the Female Surgical Ward after her condition took a turn for the worse.

– Moore to fight Reynaldo Lopez instead Carwyn Holland, co-promoter of the September 26 boxing card dubbed the ‘Caribbean Fury’ yesterday disclosed that Leon Moore, the WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and national bantamweight champion will now face Reynaldo Lopez for the North American Boxing Association (NABA), World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin and Caribbean Bantamweight titles at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said last week that corruption remains an issue at customs which is still reeling from the polar beer scandal from a year ago, and according to him investigations are continuing into the activities of some officers.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The chance to embellish his  unbeaten record will be uppermost in Floyd Mayweather’s mind  when he takes on Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in their hotly  anticipated welterweight fight in Las Vegas this month.

The police are yet to arrest the Haslington resident who stabbed 17-year-old Vanessa Collins even though he has reportedly been seen in his home village walking the streets.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Russian armada of potential  U.S. Open champions nearly lost its kingpin when top seed Dinara  Safina avoided an embarrassment of monumental proportions yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has once again found itself unable to honour its financial commitments as regards payments for its workers and garbage contractors, which will result in refuse not being collected in communities in the city over the coming days.

Aishalton toshao says malaria up It is almost the end of the rainy season in the Deep South Rupununi and there has scarcely been any rain.

Two matches are carded in the John Fernandes second-division men’s hockey competition on Friday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in Queenstown.

– Summerbell, Maloney in battle for drivers’ title After the completion of round two in this year’s Caribbean Motor Racing Champion-ships, Jamaica’s David Summerbell and Barbados’s Mark Maloney are keeping pace for the driver’s championship while Barbados has a commanding lead in the country title.

Dear Editor, Over the past several months there has been intense discussion about the use of the polygraph machine as a lie detector.

A 32-year-old man was on Monday admitted to the male surgical ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing a stab wound to his chest after being involved in an accident with a motorcyclist which developed into road rage.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Commonwealth said yesterday  it had suspended Fiji after the Pacific Island nation failed to  meet a deadline for opening talks on a return to democracy.

Dear Editor, Mr Arif Bulkan has jumped into the deep end of the polygraph pool without realizing there was no water in the pool.

IPSWICH, England, CMC – Trinidadian winger Carlos Edwards will be playing his trade at Ipswich Town after signing a two-year deal at the League Championship yesterday.

Trade unionist Lincoln Lewis was yesterday placed on self-bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s court on a charge of unlawfully picketing with Mark Benschop and Norris Witter outside Police Headquarters, Eve Leary in July.

-one says he was on his way home from cinema By Ayanna Blair Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that two men, who were accused of being accomplices in the theft of bicycles from a King Street store last Tuesday, be remanded to prison when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The second Twenty20 international  between England and Australia in Manchester was abandoned  without a ball being bowled yesterday because of a wet  outfield.

CHIMALTENANGO, Guatemala, (Reuters) – A former  military commissioner became the first person to be convicted  of the forced disappearance of people in Guatemala’s 36-year  civil war on Monday, and was sentenced to 150 years in prison.

Dear Editor, Dr Richard Van West should give it a rest.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Canada’s decision to grant  refugee status to a South African who said he was persecuted  because he is white drew accusations of racism from the  country’s ruling ANC yesterday.

-one admits third case in court Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Monday ordered that two teenage boys, 17 and 13, who had been charged with separate incidents of larceny, be kept in police custody.

Sports Comment The recent success of sister Caricom country Jamaica at this year’s World Athletic Championships which ended recently in Berlin, Germany again brings into question the state of the sport in Guyana.

Dear Editor, If one is to take a casual look around Guyana one will notice that we have two versions of traffic signs requiring us to stop.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Adam Voges has been added to  Australia’s one-day squad on tour in England to replace injured  wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.

The GNBS is advising consumers to purchase cellular phones from dealers it has registered in order to ensure that they receive quality products for their money.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The annual rate of destruction  of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest has fallen 46 percent to its  lowest level in over two decades due partly to increased police  patrols, Environment Minister Carlos Minc said yesterday.

Guyana’s golfers excelled at the RBTT sponsored Suriname Open Golf championships securing some of the top prizes up for grabs at the two-day event staged recently in Parimaribo.

Dear Editor, There is an issue with the Supenaam stelling and the pontoon ramp.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An investigation is now under way at the GraceKennedy-owned First Global Bank after the discovery of trading irregularities at the institution that have resulted in predicted bond-trading losses of approximately US$19 million (J$1.68 billion).

Dear Editor, I join with the President and all who express disbelief and horror at the murder of Dweive Kant Ramdass.

Tony Simon won the feature event at the 16th annual Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Diamond Mineral Water, cycle road race on Sunday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Kingston strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if he is extradited and convicted by United States authorities.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Celebrity fashion designer  Anand Jon was sentenced to a minimum of 59 years in prison on  Monday for sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14,  the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.

(Trinidad Express) “I will do it again.” These were the words of Diane Baptiste yesterday, after she received a national award for gallantry for fighting off a gunman in defence of her daughters.

The leaders, membership and friends of a US Pentecostal church recently made a sizeable donation to the Linden Hospital Complex and a number of churches in Linden.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana will have to pay the local subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) two-thirds of their legal costs in a case the company brought about imports of cement being allowed into the country from non-Caricom sources without the Common External Tariff (CET) being applied.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Fans could face 17-hour  round trips to see one match at the World Cup next year under a  plan aimed at overcoming accommodation problems while combining  soccer with safari and beach holidays.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is likely to lose a  lucrative European Union trade concession for its top export,  garments, based on the initial findings of an EU probe into its  human rights record, a senior government official said.

SUDBURY, Ontario,  (Reuters) – Canada’s main  opposition Liberal Party yesterday vowed to bring down the  minority Conservative government, leaving the fate of Prime  Minister Stephen Harper in the hands of other parties.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has received the first allocation of money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the special drawing rights (SDRs).

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai on Monday handed over a John Deere tractor to the people of Karrau Village, Region Seven to boost their income-generating capacity.

– Sprint ace confirmed for Thessaloniki and Daegu MONTE-CARLO, CMC – Jamaica’s phenomenal World and Olympic sprint champion  Usain Bolt has confirmed he will be racing at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Greece and the Daegu Pre-Championship Meeting in South Korea this month.

Dear Editor, The image of the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has been seriously damaged by the worst electoral fraud in its history, according to a former challenger to party leader, Robert Corbin.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ tourism industry is in line for more developmental aid from the Organisation of American States (OAS).

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda has appointed  an experienced banker to head the tiny Caribbean nation’s  financial regulatory body, replacing Leroy King, who faces U.S. 

-family unhappy with police probe The octogenarian murdered last week in her La Grange, West Bank Demerara home was laid to rest yesterday.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Malaysian badminton’s bright  young things are proving to be something of a flop and the  country may need to fall back on some old faces if they are to  challenge for the world men’s team championships.

Dear Editor, The authority of the Region 8 administration should be extended to facilitate mediation in land disputes (in Mahdia, etc) on order to resolve issues in some measure, until the arrival of the Land and Surveys officials to deal with these matters. 

Development Watch Part 2 By Tarron Khemraj Introduction Last week’s column argued that the stage for nationalisation was set by the early 1950s owing to the Marxist-Leninist ideological orientation of the Jagan-led nationalist movement. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Private contractors hired by  the U.S. government have jeopardized security at the American  embassy in Kabul with lewd, drunken conduct and an understaffed  guard force at a time of rising violence in the Afghan capital,  a watchdog group said yesterday.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has challenged miners to operate with the environment in mind as the mining sector moves forward.

Context is everything.  In social relations, a statement uttered in times of calm and good relations among groups of people may be taken as harmless and allowed to pass.

– Robert A. Gatenby is Chairman of Radiology and Integrated Mathematical Oncology at the H.

LONDON, England, CMC – Jamaica’s new world sprint hurdles champion Brigitte Foster-Hylton sustained her winning form with a fine victory at the IAAF Aviva British Grand Prix on Monday Running into a head-wind, the veteran Foster-Hylton clocked 12.88 seconds to defeat Canadian Perdita Felicien (12.95) for the only CARICOM win during the meet at Gateshead’s International Stadium.

(Jamaica Observer) Superintendent Harry ‘Bungles’ Daley on Monday denied that he had an arrangement to collect payment from a St Catherine businessman in return for protection, as he took the witness stand to start his defence during his corruption trial.

Whew! First day of the new school term is over. Students of the Bel Air Primary yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr Juman-Yassin’s last letter published by Stabroek News on August 27 under the caption, ‘Magistrates are bound to follow the decision in State v Webber until it is overruled by a higher court.’