Articles published on Monday, November 2, 2009
-held since Tuesday, says was cuffed in mouth The 15-year-old who was tortured by West Demerara police is likely to spend the next six months in the hospital even as the relatives of another detained man have expressed concern for his well-being.
Six employees of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company are now in police custody following the theft of 118 rolls of copper wire from the company’s store in Sophia.
Minister of Human Services & Social Security Priya Manickchand yesterday condemned the “horrific” torture of a 15-year-old murder suspect by policemen at the Leonora Police Station and said she expects the perpetrators will face the full force of the law.
A Corentyne man was shot in the neck on Saturday night by bandits who robbed his home of an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of jewellery.
The PNCR has condemned the torture of a 15-year-old boy and demanded an immediate response from Commissioner of Police Henry Greene on the case.
Rehabilitation work is scheduled to commence on the airstrip at Mahdia in Region Eight during this week at a cost of $23.6 million and is slated to last for three to four weeks.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has published guidelines for members of the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department on several areas that have caused much inconvenience to motorists.
Farmers in West Berbice have called on the research centre at Burma to provide a better quality of seed paddy saying that they are paying a high price for the product but are not getting their money’s worth.
A burnt pump caused the water shortage at the West Demerara Secondary School and the ensuing insanitary conditions but the problem is being rectified, a senior official at the educational institution says.
Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Develop-ment, Kellawan Lall said on Friday that he has accepted the recommendations of the Commissioner of Inquiry, Keith Burrowes that the city Town Clerk, Beulah Williams and Treasurer Roderick Edinboro be removed from their current positions.
In a community where the unemployment rate is over 50% the proprietors of the $15M Seven Sisters/Torrington Sawmill agree that establishing their business at Linden would allow them to cut costs and create jobs.
Residents of a six-apartment building at Lot 101 Hunter Street, West La Penitence which was destroyed by fire late Saturday afternoon have begun to pick up the pieces, with some families temporarily seeking shelter with their relatives while some have started rebuilding structures on the burnt out site.
— Lorgat optimistic of another great ICC event; wants the Caribbean to successfully host next year’s Twenty20 World Cup as tickets officially go on sale from today In the presence of the Caribbean and the world’s finest cricketers, Clive Lloyd, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Garfield Sobers and Joel ‘Big Bird’ Garner just to name a few, the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially launched it’s ticket sales for next year’s Twenty20 World Cup at the outstanding facilities of the Kensington Oval in Barbados Saturday evening.
Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington says that he knows of no plans by the community or its secretariat to license journalists.
A 16-year-old boy, who told the court that he did not know that it was cannabis that a former schoolmate had given him as a birthday gift, was on Friday ordered to pay a fine of $4,000 and also do three weeks of community service when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
By Marlon Munroe Defending champions Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and last year’s runners up Barbados square off in today’s first day/night semi-final at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence in the WICB President’s Cup 50-overs Tournament from 13:30 hours.
…after discovery that they are kin The relatives of a nine-year-old boy who was allegedly assaulted by a female police officer in Linden have decided to put the matter to rest after discovering that they are kin.
Experienced golfer Colin Ming stepped up his game to triumph in the European Union (EU) sponsored Medal Play handicap tournament last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course just three weeks before the Guyana Open championships.
Dear Editor, I agree with those who call for sanctions against the perpetrators of the torture unleashed on a youngster (_Lawyers and human rights body call for sanctions_ (http://www.
-Kelvin Johnson places sixth PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Kenyan distance runner Alfonsi Kibor Yatich made a winning debut at the sixth annual University of the West Indies Sports and Physical Educational Centre (SPEC) International Half-Marathon yesterday.
Dear Editor, I live at Jonestown, Mahaica East Coast, Demerara. It is 1400hrs today Tuesday 27th October, 2009.
The Mayor and City Council has intensified its drainage programme in some sections of the city and plans to start a major desilting exercise in the Bourda ward soon.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chris Gayle has been reappointed captain of the West Indies team after an emphatic vote in his favour and will lead the side to the tour of Australia later this month.
Dear Editor,Perhaps it was the several inches of rain which was dumped over Guyana last Saturday but of course we did not receive such a prediction or report from the Ministry of Agriculture’s weather reporting division.
A 40-year-old farmer who told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson that it was his God-given right to plant cannabis was ordered to pay a fine of $20,000 and serve four years imprisonment when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants to investigate whether any charges can be brought against Andre Agassi following his admission that he lied after taking crystal meth in 1997 and failing a drugs test.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah quit an election run-off yesterday after accusing the government of not meeting his demand for a fair vote, leaving doubts over the legitimacy of the next government.
Rehabilitation of the facilities at No. 63 Beach is expected to commence this week and refurbishing is to be done to five benabs, three pavilions and the washroom facilities while two changing rooms will also be built.
Dear Editor, Is the Guyana government truly committed to its constitutionally entrenched responsibility to ensure the safety and security of its citizens?
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s attorney general Amos Wako was the senior government official handed a travel ban by Washington last month, the US envoy to Kenya said yesterday.
DOHA, (Reuters) – Ruthless Serena Williams underlined her dominance at the top of women’s tennis yesterday, completing her year in style with a 6-2 7-6 defeat of big sister Venus in the final of the WTA Championships.
“I don’t write poems,” said Stanley Greaves last Thursday, “Poems write me.”
Dear Editor,I am not ashamed to say that the image of the injury to the lower torso of the 14 year old Guyanese youth on the front pages of Kaieteur News caused me to involuntarily weep like a child.
PARIS, (Reuters) – France is proposing a plan to help the world’s poorest countries finance renewable energy projects that it hopes will form part of upcoming climate talks, Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said in an interview yesterday.
Dear Editor, Thank you for recognizing the month of the Elderly by sharing the interviews with us in SN.
The Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 last Thursday displayed a warm spirit in hosting a farewell and inauguration ceremony for its outgoing and incoming Regional Education Officers (REdO).
ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Germany’s Sebastian Vettel led Red Bull to a one-two finish at Abu Dhabi’s stunning new circuit yesterday to bring down the chequered flag on a Formula One season like no other.
Dear Editor,As a mother I was shocked and saddened when I saw the photograph that was published in Kaieteur News of this 14 year old child tortured by the Police at Leonora Police Station.
MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Rookie Brandon Jennings provided a Halloween treat for Milwaukee, hitting 24 points including nine straight in the third quarter, as the Bucks rallied past the Detroit Pistons 96-85 on Saturday.
(BBC) The UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have been told to improve standards of regulation, and find new methods of raising tax.
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) is hosting a series of pujas today to commemorate Kartik Snaan.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The front-runner in Honduras’ presidential race has become a key to resolving a four-month conflict between a president ousted in a coup and the de facto leader who replaced him.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Patrick Manning will tomorrow meet with Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday to discuss crime and constitutional reform among other issues of national importance but which are unlikely to include the woes of the depositors and shareholders of the Hindu Credit Union (HCU).
MARRAKESH, Morocco, (Reuters) – Delegates to climate talks in Copenhagen may not be able to agree even a partial solution to the problem of how to tackle global warming by December, a top international climate change official said.
The body of a miner, said to be in his thirties, is currently awaiting identification at the Lyken’s Funeral home in the city after he was brought out of the interior on Saturday afternoon following an accident at a mining operation.
In The Diaspora Ulele Burnham is a barrister specializing in mental health and discrimination law and practises from chambers in London.
Dear Editor, Towards the end of 2006, and together with a friend and colleague, Sara Abraham (originally from India, but whose work at the time engaged the Caribbean and particularly Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago), I thought about starting a column in the Guyanese newspapers.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Injured Australian all rounder James Hopes will fly home after becoming the latest in the squad to be forced out of the one-day series in India.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – People on the brink of developing diabetes who get a lot of support and encouragement to diet and exercise can turn things around and avoid the disease, US researchers said on Wednesday.
Dear Editor,It is only a beast that would look into the eyes of a terrified child and calculatingly inflict such an horrendous injury that shocks an entire nation. I
Photos and interviews by Tiffny Rhodius This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they have given much thought to where they will be in their old age and whether they might have to stay in a home for the elderly.
(Barbados Nation) Rejecting opposition forecasts, Government is predicting a ten per cent decline in tourist arrivals by year-end.
Various breeds of cattle were on display yesterday at the National Stadium at the Ministry of Agriculture’s AgriFest, an event which was held over the weekend to kick start Agriculture month.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Meb Keflezighi became the first American to win the New York City marathon since 1982 when he took the men’s title in two hours 9 minutes and 15 seconds yesterday.
The old folks of Region Five had a ball on Tuesday when they showcased their talents at an Evening of Culture organized by the Probation & Welfare Department at the regional boardroom, Fort Wellington.
Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the abandonment of the UK Security Sector Reform Programme is the unmistakable signal from the Guyana Government that the course as it relates to security issues is set.
