Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

-calls to police station rang out Following threats and a prior attack, a Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara fireman was early yesterday morning brutally chopped to death by three men in a shocking attack which residents said would not have occurred had police heeded several reports made by the deceased man.

-victim unwilling to proceed Neurologist Dr Walter Ramsahoye and an alleged accomplice were yesterday charged with holding a man against his will and assaulting him after a business deal reportedly worth $10M fell through.

Hours after teaming up with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to commission the Takutu Bridge, President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday officially declared open the new regional hospital for Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) at Lethem.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding (left) presents Guyanese entrepreneur Howard Bulkan with the Pioneers of Prosperity programme’s top award on Friday evening in Jamaica.

-regional chairman Regional Chairman of Region One Fermin Singh has said that his administration had received a letter from residents in the Barama River complaining about the mining activities of at least two dredges, just about a month before the September 5 shooting in the area that left one man dead and another seriously injured.

Thirty-seven children drawn from several primary schools across Linden returned to their classes with renewed enthusiasm to work following a five-week summer programme run by the Linden Fund USA (LFU) in collaboration with Linden Care Foundation (LCF).

Residents of Linden and surrounding communities of Region Ten have started accessing out-patient care at the new $1.8 billion Linden Hospital Complex at Mackenzie.

David Chesney, the KFC security guard charged with killing a mentally ill man who was handcuffed at the restaurant, was granted his freedom yesterday at the High Court.

Coach of the Beepat Scorpions basketball club Vejai Panday said that this year’s All-Star extravaganza  which is set for October 31-November 1 would be the best ever in the event’s seven-year history.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday morning averted what could have been a huge fire at the Guyana Water Incorporated’s (GWI) shelter belt location at Vlissengen Road.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Usain Bolt will be awarded Jamaica’s fourth highest honour – the Order of Jamaica.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that an ex-policeman be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly using a broken glass bottle as a weapon to rob a man of a gold chain, among other items.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Media reports indicate that the International Cricket Council has been putting pressure on the West Indies Cricket Board to send their elite players to the Champions Trophy in South Africa.

– to take steps to regain nation’s trust  – Best GDF Chief-of-Staff Com-modore Gary Best told residents in regions two and seven that despite the horror of some ranks involvement in the death of Dweive Kant Ramdass the army remains committed to the safety and wellbeing of all citizens.

Sheldon Joseph, 30, of Second Alley Wismar, Linden was remanded to prison on Tuesday when he appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court charged with armed robbery.

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall  comes alive tonight as the second knockout round of the Mackeson English/Kashif and Shanghai Futsal Tournament commences with four matches.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Four Jamaican athletes that pleaded guilty to taking illegal substances were banned on Monday for three months and also received a reprimand effective immediately.

Charges yet to be laid, police seeking DPP advice More than a week after newspaper vendor Veronica Atherley succumbed to her injuries after a businessman in pursuit of two men accidentally shot her, charges are yet to be laid.

West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been named in the Demerara squad to contest the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Senior Four-Day competition which bowls off next Tuesday.

A man who allegedly sold cocaine to a policeman and another accused of selling cannabis to another policeman, in separate incidents, were both ordered yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to be remanded to prison.

Twenty-one-year-old Jeffrey Thomas was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of breaking and entering a man’s house and stealing a laptop computer, among other items.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting piled  on the misery for England with a masterful century to help  Australia claim a comfortable four-wicket win and a 5-0 lead in  the one-day series yesterday.

Krystal Sukra and Daniel Lopes were the winners of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) 14-and-under tennis tournament held over the weekend at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel tennis courts.

An Agricola businessman was on Sunday evening robbed of $600,000 and a gold chain was snatched from his wife after they were accosted by two gunmen while operating their shop.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andrew Flintoff has rejected a  central contract from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)  in order to have more control over his career, the all-rounder said yesterday.

The Social Services Ministry and the Region Three RDC on Monday launched the Children Community Care Point Programme which aims at providing service to orphans and vulnerable children.

Saturday’s keenly contested golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club which was sponsored by Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry attracted a large field of 30 players and saw some sparkling golf.

Some 20 East Coast Demerara mandirs are hosting three nights of satsangh on the tarmac at Lusignan in honour of their ancestors and in memory of the victims of the Lusignan massacre.

Dear Editor, On August 29 young Vivekanand Rudradeo was knocked down on the East Coast Public road by a car driven by a hit and run driver who did not stop to render any assistance.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Corporal Aluko Venture is now a certified martial arts instructor after earning his diploma at the Chinese PLA Advanced Institution of Physical Education in Guangzhou, China.

The Region Five Department of Education has launched investigations after seven pupils of the Mahaicony Primary School were taken to hospital on Monday when they mysteriously fell ill while at assembly.

Dear Editor, A United States firm exporting restricted items to a foreign country is not going to place the equipment in the hands of anyone based on a letter which purports to originate from a foreign government.

Amelia’s Ward Front in must-win situation– Silver City/Valley and Silver Town/Scheme advance to semis Action in the Linden zone of the Ministry of Sport Inter-ward Basketball Tournament will certainly heat up from this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court with another double header.

Roy Pearce of Nottinghamshire, Linden had three charges against him dropped last week when he appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Felipe Calderon could struggle to win congressional approval of his nominee for attorney general, further hindering his army-led war against powerful drug cartels.

Dear Editor, Sometimes one cannot resist laughing when the actions of certain individuals are in the news.

Local furniture giants Courts will sponsor this weekend’s Medal Play golf tournament to be played over two days Saturday and Sunday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

The Muslim organisations said world renowned qaseeda singer Jameer Hoosein will be the special guest at the sixth annual Eid Fest programme.

Dear Editor, Last Sunday afternoon at around 4.30 I was driving west along Carifesta Avenue, when I heard the approaching sounds of a siren and almost instantaneously was overtaken by four speeding presidential vehicles including the one bearing the presidential crest.

Five men who entered Guyana illegally were yesterday ordered to pay a fine or spend 12 months in prison when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Floodlight hockey returns to Thirst Park this evening in the Annual Banks DIH sponsored 11-a-side Night Hockey championships for both men’s and women’s teams.

QUITO (Reuters) – With tensions running high over a US military pact with Colombia and Venezuela’s plan to buy $2 billion in Russian weapons, South American defence officials met yesterday to try to avoid an arms crisis.

LORDSTOWN, Ohio (Reuters) – President Barack Obama promised struggling autoworkers yesterday he was committed to rebuilding a thriving US auto industry and said the world’s largest economy was on the mend.

Dear Editor, First I must compliment the coaches who are preparing the male and female Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) team.

The final match of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Republic Bank under-17 inter zone cricket tournament is set for today at the Albion Community Centre ground.

Minister in the Ministry of Education Dr Desrey Fox (left) examining some Amerindian artifacts yesterday afternoon at the Walter Roth Museum when ‘Glimpses of Amazonia’  a display in celebration of Amerindian Heritage Month opened.

– Consumers Association says The Guyana Consumers Association said it has received a number of complaints that the high price of local meat and meat products are owing to the high prices demanded for stockfeed.

(Jamaica Observer) – The Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica’s (BNS’) Information Technology (IT) Centre has been implicated in what the police have described as the identity theft of the bank’s former president and chief executive officer William ‘Bill’ Clarke with whom it has been involved in a bitter legal battle.

Dear Editor, It’s nice to hear that Mr Stanley Ming and other former Reform members will seek to engage the Guyanese people, and based on feedback will determine whether and how they would re-engage in active political life.

Development Watch Introductory remarks It took sixteen years for the Guyana government to propose a unified development policy framework – LCDS – which the public could view and scrutinise as a way forward. 

South American unity! Sunshine, born in Guyana to Brazilian parents and resident in Lethem, displays his spirit of unity at the commissioning ceremony of the Takutu River Bridge on Monday by waving both the Guyanese and Brazilian flags.

The student, whose record of indiscipline saw teachers at the Bishops’ High School sitting out from classes last Tuesday, has since been expelled from the school.

Sixty-six less fortunate Lower Corentyne Students received $300,000 worth of educational materials from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and other groups at the second presentation ceremony of the Patricia Moniz Memorial Educational Trust Fund.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even more US troops will likely be needed in Afghanistan beyond the 68,000 who will have deployed there by the end of this year, the top US military officer said yesterday.

Last week an incident took place far from us in the Caribbean, which would have been of deep interest to some Caribbean states, though of minimal concern to others.

Dear Editor, The truth hurts. My recent letter ‘It’s a moral imperative that these two imbalances be addressed,’ published in Kaieteur News of Sunday, September 13  (and not by the Stabroek News) have brought some of the main defenders of executive lawlessness and constitutional illegalities out of their hiding places.

The Guyana Chess Feder-ation’s national qualification tournament for selection to the national championships starts on Saturday at Kei Shar’s Sports Club on Hadfield Street.

– Harold James is Professor of history and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Professor of history at the European University Institute, Florence.

(Trinidad Express) – Attorney General John Jeremie on Monday hit back hard, taking serious issue with the decision of Justice Rajendra Narine to have investigated, allegations that Prime Minister Patrick Manning promised Yasin Abu Bakr that his government would not seize Jamaat property, in exchange for assistance to the PNM in the 2002 election campaign.

Ernest Ford (second, left) who won the first consolation prize of a digital camera in the Republic Bank Visa Travel Money (VTM) ‘JetAway’ promotion, collects his prize from Officer-in-Charge – Foreign Business Mala Persaud, while Marketing Officer Products and Services Alison Barkie (left) and Manager Water Street Operations Jadoonauth Persaud (right) look on.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson granted a man bail on Friday when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing a generator belonging to another man.

BEIJING – China unveiled data yesterday that showed tyre exports to the United States fell in the first half of 2009, saying the numbers undercut Washington’s accusations China had breached rules by flooding the US market.