Articles published on Saturday, October 17, 2009
US Federal Judge Dora Irizarry yesterday afternoon said that while no sentence imposed on confessed drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan would make right whatever atrocities he had committed, the fact that he would serve time in a US prison meant that justice has been served.
By Cathy Richards A 61-year-old Wismar man, who was returning home from his sister’s Georgetown funeral with a car load of relatives, died last night after the vehicle slammed into the side of a stationary truck without its park lights on.
US authorities have charged 41 lenders, lawyers and others in the real estate industry, including some with Guyanese roots, with participating in mortgage fraud schemes that preyed on New York homeowners facing foreclosure.
-fishing boat captain has different versionBy Tiffny Rhodius The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) yesterday said that its ferry had tried to avoid the fishing vessel, the Regina II, before they collided on Wednesday night off the Pomeroon coast and the captain of the latter recounted the harrowing experience which led to the vessel sinking.
-to be transit point for Brazilian goodsBy Cathy Richards A US$4 million transshipment container terminal at Christianburg, Wismar, Linden, will be the transit point for the passage of goods from Brazil to Guyana for movement into the Caribbean and beyond.
Sugar workers at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) estate continued their strike action yesterday, even as workers on other estates resumed work.
No matter race or religion, all Guyanese should light a diya to symbolize the national motto, One People, One Nation, One Destiny, says C.N.
The PNCR says despite the challenges, citizens should use the occasion of Diwali to renew their hope that good triumphs over evil and to resolve to rid Guyana of the ills plaguing it.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union says that the messages implicit in Diwali are universal and apply to all Guyanese, although not everyone is a Hindu, and need not be.
The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) urges all Guyanese to pay heed to the important messages of Diwali and to resist evil in all its forms.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) is urging the public to celebrate the Festival of Lights and to reflect on the message of the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil.
The PPP is urging Hindus and the nation to use the period of Diwali for introspection and to seek ways to elevate themselves spiritually to acquire wisdom.
The Guyana Divya Jyoti Association float depicting the Goddess Laxhmi last evening.
Elderly Hindus in Berbice recalled that Diwali – the Festival of Lights around the 1970s was celebrated in a more humble manner with persons going to the “seaside to dig mud to make the earthen lamps [diyas].”
After being incarcerated for five years and enduring four Preliminary Inquiries, murder accused Allan Eric Joe walked out of the New Amsterdam Courtroom a free man yesterday after his case was discharged by Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid.
A 50-year-old taxi driver accused of causing the death of a man by dangerous driving was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court.
A 37-year-old labourer accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding another was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The Bath Mandir float at the Dharmic Sabha motorcade on Saturday night.
A 52-year-old tailor accused of receiving four stolen car rims from another was yesterday placed on $40,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A diya being lit on Thursday at the Promenade Gardens. A ceremony for the lighting of the national diya was held there.
Carib Craze: Ansa McAl says it decided to jump on the cellphone craze bandwagon so it has launched a promotion to give away cash, phone credit, free Carib beer and a string of Blackberry phones.
– Kieron Pollard smashed New South Wales bowler Moises Henriques to smithereens yesterday as the red-clothed Trinidad and Tobago side ran riot over New South Wales Blues to book a semi-final slot in the Champions Twenty20 league tournament HYDERABAD, India, CMC – Kieron Pollard produced a scintillating half-century as Trinidad & Tobago unleashed an astonishing performance to beat New South Wales by four wickets yesterday and snatch a semi-final spot in the Twenty20 Champions League.
– puts off retiring as ‘big break’ looms Many years ago as a young man he was a dancer with the Guyana Police Force, and today Guyanese Dheeraj Gayaram is trying to create history by becoming the first West Indian to have a Broadway show.
St. Joseph’s High reclaim athletics titleBy Marlon Munroe St. Joseph’s High School regained supremacy over defending champions Tutorial High School yesterday at the Camp Ayanganna ground in the East Georgetown Inter-Schools track events meet.
From left, CEO of GNIC, Clinton Williams being engaged by Bong W.
You remember a mouth watering portion of rum being placed in front you on the eve of your wedding and then wake up decades later to the fact that even though you remember the glory of it all, you cannot for the life of you remember why or how you got married.
HYDERABAD, India, CMC – Pacer Cornelius de Villiers delivered a tournament-best four-wicket haul and propelled South Africa’s Eagles to a five-wicket win over Somerset in their Champions League Twenty20 Super 8 match yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Billionaire hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and executives from some of the most prestigious U.S.
Dear Editor, One of the very important social trends which the media as a whole has failed to focus on is the issue of squatting.
According to Hindu tradition, Rama subsisted on the Jamun fruit in the forest for 14 years during his exile from Ayodhya.
PAARL, South Africa, CMC – Teenaged opener Stafanie Taylor stroked a maiden One-Day International century to propel West Indies to a convincing five-wicket win over South Africa in their opening clash of the four-match series yesterday.
Local speedsters ready to bring home the glory By Rawle Toney in Suriname Guyana’s cycling team will defend their title today when they contest the team trial in the 2009 Inter Guiana Games (IGG) in Suriname.
HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC said it would boycott the country’s power-sharing government until sticking points have been resolved and a political deal is reached, sparking the biggest crisis since the administration was formed nine months ago.
Dear Editor, In response to Mr. Joel Ramdeen’s letter appearing in the Stabroek News dated October 3, 2009, please be advised that Claims for Sickness Benefit were submitted for the Insured Person as stated.
King of Drums, a new film written and directed by Bonny Alves and produced by Bonny Alves and Charmaine Blackman, premièred in the town of Linden at the Barrow’s Restaurant and Lounge last night.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Iranian bloggers won a major press award yesterday for their efforts to cover the Islamic Republic’s disputed presidential election.
Dear Editor, I could not help noticing on your front page (SN Oct 16) our president lighting the diya.
By Marlon Munroe The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) launched the Guyana leg of the 7th South American 10k Road Classic at Olympic House on High Street, Kingston yesterday.
By Pandit Suresh Sugrim, NJASM, Inc. Humanitarian Mission Pandit Suresh Sugrim extends love and greetings to every human hearts as we celebrate the festival of Light (Deepavali) and asks at this time we renew the commitment to think of all those less fortunate individuals especially the children and seniors.
NEW DELHI/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – India softened climate demands on Friday, helping bridge a rich-poor divide, but said a global deal may miss a December deadline by a few months.
Steven Jacobs’ XI defeated Assad Fudadin’s XI by six wickets with a ball to spare in the first simulation match aimed at preparing the Guyana team for the WICB President’s Cup tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground yesterday.
LONDON (Reuters) – A man has been charged with assault and detained for psychiatric assessment after an attack on British singer Leona Lewis in a London bookshop, police said on Thursday.
(BBC) Just how much freedom is allowed on the Internet has been tested in a court case in Dominica, in which a former beauty queen contestant has been awarded substantial damages.
Dear Editor, The current crisis in the sugar industry really mirrors the low level of competence, responsibility and care towards the welfare of all sugar workers by this government.
By Dr. Latchman P Kissoon The festival of Diwali has been celebrated for ages and grows in attraction by the year.
Dear Editor, I have noted a report in the KN edition of Thursday 15th October 2009 under the caption `Manickchand’s statement is terrifying- AFC leader.’
Forty years ago, commenting on the contradictions of US foreign policy in Vietnam, Norman Mailer observed that “Bombing a country at the same time you are offering it aid is as morally repulsive as beating up a kid in an alley and stopping to ask for a kiss.”
Western Tigers and Alpha United in final showdown tonight The thirteen and final day of the Mackeson English/ Kashif and Shanghai Futsal Competition wraps up tonight with a triple header that has BK International Western Tigers going head to head with Alpha United in a battle for top honours at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The Youth Department of the Heavenly Light World Outreach Fellowship known as ‘Edge’ will be holding its annual and Day of Sports for churches across Guyana today.
(Barbados Nation) Government is proposing a massive increase in the penalty for breaking immigration laws, from the current Bds$5,000 to a maximum of Bds$50,000.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistani warplanes and artillery pounded a Taliban stronghold yesterday, as a suicide bomber killed 12 people in the city of Peshawar in the latest in a bloody wave of militant attacks.
