Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 25, 2009

– commissions EDWC projects Government is proceeding with the Hope Canal project and expects to receive the final design in two weeks, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says.

–foul play suspected The search for a missing soldier ended yesterday when his decomposing remains were found in the Cuyuni River, about 11 miles from the army’s Eteringbang border location were he was based.

A 20-year-old excavator operator, attached to Correia and Correia Limited (CCL), was crushed to death yesterday morning while on duty.

A 24-year-old man of 123 East Canefield Canje, Berbice lost his life when the car he was in plunged into a trench around 8.30 pm at Gangaram; the driver who was under the influence of alcohol is in police custody.

Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday ordered that a US national, who initially admitted having cocaine in his luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, and another man at whose home he allegedly stayed, be remanded to prison when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The liquidators for Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) will likely have to request an extension on required court filings which are approaching owing to the continued poor response from debtors.

Justice Winston Patterson yesterday imposed a five-year jail sentence on George Moore, who had confessed to killing an intruder.

Passengers travelling in a speedboat to Bartica were stranded on the Essequibo river for a short while yesterday after the boat encountered engine trouble.

A 22-year-old man, who along with two women allegedly robbed another man of a quantity of cash and a cell phone, was granted bail yesterday in the sum of $70,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A native of the Dominican Republic was sentenced to three years imprisonment yesterday afternoon for the role he played in an assault meted out to hotelier Rahit Ally, on August 1, 2008, at Corriverton, Corentyne.

A 16-year-old boy was granted bail in the sum of $100,000, while a man was remanded to prison when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with breaking and entering another man’s home and stealing a digital camera and a portable DVD player.

In observance of International Education Week (IEW) earlier this month the US Embassy held several outreach sessions at Georgetown and Berbice secondary schools which aimed at sharing information about studying in the US with over 100 students.

The Republic Bank Steel Band Arrangers Workshop concluded with a small closing ceremony yesterday where participants received certificates and special prizes.

The Human Services Ministry recently donated several pieces of equipment to the Home Economics Department of the Mahaicony Secondary School.

A man, who admitted to obtaining a quantity of money from three persons under the pretext that he would give them supervisory and cashier positions at a business he was purportedly opening, was ordered to pay a fine of $25,000 or spend three months in prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Four persons travelling in a minibus yesterday sustained injuries after the bus collided with a RAV 4 jeep on Lamaha Street.

– sentencing deferred The Guyanese man, who was charged in September this year with trafficking in narcotics in New York after excreting 44 pellets of cocaine, has pleaded guilty to the charge.

A stolen car was yesterday discovered abandoned at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara with a punctured wheel and a man has since been arrested.

In a series of lectures at the Mahaicony and Fort Wellington hospitals last week, diabetic patients learnt that while their condition is not curable it can be managed by diet and exercise.

By Femi Harris Centenarian Margaret Hamilton has attributed her longevity to relying daily on God’s strength, healthy eating and exercise, and, as she puts it, “keeping out of the night dew.”

Thirty-eight modern street lights have been installed in Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, at a cost of $11 million, by the Ministry of Public Works and Communication, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

The British High Commission said the Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for the Caribbean and the Commonwealth reinforced the UK’s commitment to the Caribbean during talks with a range of regional representatives.

The outstanding performers at the 2009 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams will be honoured at the Regional Top Awards Presentation Ceremony set for the British Virgin Islands (BVI) next Thursday.

– Looking to score a century for mom West Indies captain Chris Gayle flew back into Brisbane from Kingston yesterday, targeting a hundred for his team and especially for his ill mother, Heazlyn, in the first Test against Australia that starts at the Gabba in Brisbane tomorrow (8pm tonight east Caribbean time).

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has extended the deadline for candidates to register for its June 2010 exams by two weeks, as it continues to iron out kinks in the newly implemented Online Registration System (ORS).

SYDNEY, Australia,  CMC – Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has urged the Caribbean side to fight fire with fire in the upcoming three-Test series starting tonight.

By Marlon Munroe Eight Dan Chief Instructor of the Guyana Karate College (GKC) Master Frank Woon-A-Tai was the recipient of Georgetown’s Mayor Hamilton Green Award yesterday for his sterling contribution to Martial Arts in Guyana and more particularly Georgetown.

KANPUR, India,  (Reuters) – Indian openers Gautam  Gambhir and Virender Sehwag struck sparkling centuries as India  amassed 417-2 to take a firm grip of the second test against Sri  Lanka after the first day’s play yesterday.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Haunted by 15 years of failure against the World champions, West Indies will seek to overcome their recent history of under-achievement when they face Australia in the opening game of the three-Test series at the Gabba today.

Dear Editor, The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation wishes to respond to a statement made in the Thursday, November 19, 2009 edition of your newspaper with the caption ‘Bel Air man beaten and chopped.’

LONDON, (Reuters) – There are plenty of special effects inside the O2 Arena for the ATP Tour Finals but nothing could match the sight of Roger Federer in full flow as he beat Andy Murray yesterday to guarantee the year-end No.1 ranking.

In a fog: Smoke from the still-burning Mandela Avenue landfill site hanging over La Penitence yesterday.

Dear Editor, Lethem started receiving 24-hour electricity from October and the residents of Lethem thought that they had turned a corner with respect to the electricity woes.

Dear Editor, Taking care of the dead is now a serious problem in the Region # 2 district with the non-functioning of the freezing unit at the mortuary in Suddie.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green Seven-A-Side Inter Club football tournament in commemoration of his 75th birth anniversary continues today at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground from 18:00 hours with the final set of round robin matches.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama vowed yesterday to “finish the job” of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around 30,000 troops next week.

Dear Editor, It was truly most distressing and painful to learn about the extinguishing of a hardworking human life.

VIENNA (Reuters) – Six world powers have drafted a resolution at the UN nuclear watchdog urging Iran to clarify the purpose of its previously secret uranium enrichment site and confirm it has no more hidden atomic work, diplomats said.

It was a day when people turned out in their numbers at the Bourda ground to witness the culmination of what has been a successful tournament organized by the Guyana Softball League (GSL) and played under floodlights in various categories.

MIAMI (Reuters) – It’s a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act.

The Berbice zone of the 2009 Guyana Cricket Board sponsored First Division 3-day cricket competition continued last weekend with the start of one of the scheduled two Group A matches.

Dear Editor, I have been paying particular attention to comments made to my last two letters and cannot understand the anger and the harsh resistance to my suggestions by some persons.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans are scrambling to turn off lights and appliances and children are going door to door reminding them to do just that under a government threat of dreaded blackouts if energy consumption is not reduced through the end of the year.

Jamaica says it won’t default Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, has fended off suggestions that the island might default on its debt repayments.

By Tarron Khemraj Recently I had the chance to listen to a reasonably good speech made by President Jagdeo.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, (Reuters) – Tim Duncan scored 24  points and had 12 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs beat  Milwaukee 112-98 on Monday to end the Bucks’ three game winning  streak.

Dear Editor, I call on the Guyana Cricket Board to immediately investigate the alleged unsportsmanlike conduct which took place in the first division match between New Line Cavaliers and the Demerara Cricket Club which concluded last weekend at the DCC ground.

ZURICH (Reuters) — Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step towards discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and may not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – At least one, and maybe more, of the young girls reported missing under the Ananda Alert system are in St Catherine, working as prostitutes on the Port Henderson strip, better known as ‘Back Road’.

NEW YORK,  CMC – CONCACAF on Monday threw its support behind the powerhouses United States in their bid to host the FIFA World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.

President Obama completed his series of visits to the East with a final visit to South Korea, a country of which the United States has been a protector and patron since the end of the war between the North and the South that ended in stalemate in July of 1953.

Dear Editor, An admission of preposterous dimensions was contained in the ill-prepared dossier of human rights abuses, which was issued in the name of the combined opposition parties, the PNCR, AFC, GAP and WPA.