Daily Archive: Thursday, February 25, 2010

The ND&S Furniture Store and its factory were today gutted by a fire of unknown origin that raged for hours as firefighters were severely hampered by lack of water.

By Zoisa Fraser A hearing-impaired elderly remigrant was bound and smothered to death with a pillow by bandits who carted off several household appliances in a brazen episode that yesterday left the East Bank Demerara community of Peter’s Hall in shock.

A 13-year-old boy of Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice had to be rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital after his father allegedly chopped him on his left shoulder around 2 pm yesterday.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday ordered that a 34-year-old Linden man pay a fine of $8,924,400 and serve four years jail when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for attempting to export a quantity of cocaine to the US in baking powder packets.

A Brazilian man was shot in his face on Monday at Butterfly Backdam in the northwest by a fellow countryman after an argument over money escalated.

By Iana Seales The high-energy soca vibes that are synonymous with Machel Montano were on full display at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground early yesterday morning as the celebrated Trinidadian artiste wrapped up the Mashramani revelry.

A 43-year-old mother of six of Seven Miles Potaro, Essequibo, was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court for allegedly attempting to murder a man by stabbing him to his abdomen.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 13-year-old girl be kept in police custody when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of the murder of a man last year December.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) and the IAST have expedited a pilot project that aims to determine whether used tyres mixed with bitumen and used as a surface treatment for deck plates can increase skid resistance.

Guyana and Kuwait yesterday engaged in a second round of negotiations to finalize an agreement regarding the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion.

– Tendulkar’s double century seals one-day series GWALIOR, India, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar scored  one-day international cricket’s first double century to set up a  153-run win and a series victory for India over South Africa yesterday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Ernest Hilaire has affirmed that West Indies captain Chris Gayle will be available for the One Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe and that there is a simple reason he will not be appearing in Sunday’s Twenty20 clash.

Two Guyana Defence Force soldiers recently returned from earthquake shattered Haiti where they spent three weeks as part of the efforts of the Caribbean Disaster Relief Unit (CDRU) to bring relief to the nation.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran says that an investigation into allegations by AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan that the Parliamentary Hansard of a recent contentious sitting had been tampered with, have proven otherwise.

By Marlon Munroe Umpire Randolph Rose called off the East Bank and Georgetown clash of the Demerara Cricket Board NALICO/NAFICO Under-15 50-over tournament yesterday owing  to the deplorable condition of the sanitary block and the several holes in and around the 15-yard circle at the Providence ground.

Consideration of the 2010 Estimates of Expenditure by the Committee of Supply got underway yesterday in the National Assembly with the Opposition MPs asking testing questions about the $1.6 billion budgeted for the development of the Information and Communication Techno-logy (ICT) sector.

Violence in schools poses serious challenges to the fabric of the country’s education system.

Sport letter Dear Editor, Nicolette Fernandes is without doubt one of the hardest working, most dedicated athletes in our country’s history.

By Rawle Toney Vice-President of the Commonwealth Games Committee (CGC) John Hoskins and his accompanying party arrived in Guyana this morning along with the Queen’s Baton which will be relayed across Guyana over a two-day period, similar to the Olympic Torch relay.

–only son was killed in shoot-out with cops By Shabna Ullah Dorothy Drepaul-Mangrie, 68, whose body was discovered in a trench at Maida Farm, Corentyne earlier this month had reportedly become mentally unstable after her only son, wanted for several murders, had been killed by the police during a shoot-out.

A woman and her four-year-old son sustained lacerations to their faces when the minibus they were travelling in tipped over on its side and skidded on the wet road on Mash Day.

Sprint ace Chaves Ageday has been nominated by the Athletics Association of Guyana to participate in the South American under-23 championships scheduled for Colombia from March 14-30.

Born in controversy, the Alliance For Change – a newish party with oldish faces – has had a difficult infancy One of the most extraordinary spectacles in Guyana’s extraordinary political history was the Alliance For Change’s unforgettable launching ceremony on Saturday October 29, 2005.

Will there ever be an end to the Guyana Prison Service’s problems?

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sports movies too often veer  uneasily between off-field drama and on-pitch action without  portraying either with much conviction.

Forty-nine-year-old Collis Sancho of Grove, East Bank Demerara was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempting to murder a man by stabbing him with a knife.

Orlando Harris died from haemorrhaging and shock due to a gunshot injury to the head.

The near simultaneous announcement of the launch of the GAWU Labour College and the revival of the Critchlow Labour College symbolizes the continuing deep division in the local labour movement The recent announcement by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) regarding the opening of its Labour College next month coincides roughly with the disclosure that the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) which is affiliated to the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) will be seeking to re-open its own doors shortly.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Although he did not speak about  it often, my father regarded bringing Basil D’Oliveira to  England as the single act he was most proud of in his life.

When will Haiti’s travails end? More than two hundred and thirty thousand people perished in the earthquake that erupted in Haiti at 16:53 h on Tuesday January 12.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies cricketers, smarting from their heavy losses on tour of Australia, are due to arrive in Trinidad tonight from London.

CARICOM Chairman Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, says he is confident that forging “a new and dynamic level of strategic partnerships” between developing countries and small vulnerable economies could address the common challenges they faced in what he described as a “turbulent era.”

Can the Union of South American Nations and the South American Defence Council contribute to Guyana’s national security?

Two 17-year-old boys were remanded to prison while a 15-year-old was ordered to be kept in police custody when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 12-year-old girl.

The weigh in for the inaugural Friday Nights fights is set for 8pm tonight at the Chemical Corner, Location Two, Berbice Car Park.

Guiana and Local Government: The Village Movement Guyana Review reprints this essay by Allan Young that was first published in One People, One Nation One Destiny: Selections from Guianese History and Culture Week, 1958.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Nike , the world’s  largest sporting goods maker, will extend its lead in sales of  soccer-related products over rival Adidas helped by  new launches and a marketing blitz at this summer’s FIFA World  Cup, its chief executive told Reuters yesterday.

An aluminum speedboat valued at $300,000 belonging to the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary/Agricultural-Development-Authority (MMA/ADA) has reportedly been missing for two weeks now and a worker who lives at Gordon Table in the Mahaicony Creek was taken into custody.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia,  (Reuters) – China and India’s  hesitation to back formally a Copenhagen climate agreement could  jeopardise $30 billion in climate aid to the developing world, a  senior European Union official said yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) – Barbadians who have received an income tax return cheque from the Department of Inland Revenue are being urged not to be too quick to cash it.

Last weekend’s staging of The Theatre Company’s Link Show 26 and MORI J’VON’s Comedy Jam 26 provided a feast of entertainment to local theatre goers By Arnon Adams There was the slightest hint of rivalry between The Theatre Company & Gems Theatre Productions and MORI J’VON Comedy Jam prior to the start of a well-supported Mashramani weekend of theatre as the respective Producers, Gem Madhoo-Nascimento and Ron Morrison strove for market share amongst what is still a relatively small local theatre-going audience.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Dubai is hunting for at least 26  people over the killing of a Hamas commander in a Dubai hotel in  a suspected Israeli operation that has caused a diplomatic  furore.

Dear Editor, The alarm bell has sounded that the likelihood of continuous flooding of our coastland has reached a crisis point.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Young batsman Horace Miller was drafted Tuesday into Jamaica’s squad for their must-win match against Trinidad and Tobago in the final round of the WICB Regional first-class championship this weekend.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro has expressed regret about the hunger strike death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo and said he was not tortured or executed because neither practice exists in Cuba, according to a state-run website.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The human rights wing of the  Organization of American States criticized the concentration of  power and the curbing of civil liberties in Venezuela under the  leftist government of President Hugo Chavez.

Review of Clem Seecharan From Ranji to Rohan: Cricket and Indian Identity in Colonial Guyana 1890s-1960s Hertford, Hansib Publications, 2009 pp.

Dear Editor, I Rudolph Greene, ex-police corporal No 10264, had a matter concluded in the Court of Appeal by Justice Ramson, now Attorney General, Justice Roy and Madam Justice Cummings-Edwards in my favour.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, (Reuters) – Jason  Richardson’s last-second basket completed a stunning Phoenix  comeback as the Suns rallied from 10 points down in the final  minutes to beat Oklahoma City Thunder 104-102 on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda apologized to U.S.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant returned  to the court in spectacular fashion, making a game-winning  three-pointer to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 99-98 victory  over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday.

This index refers to all articles published in the Guyana Review in 2009, listed by month.

Dear Editor, One wonders how Mr Sasenarine Singh (‘No one party can be trusted to plan for the people’s future…’ SN, February 21) proposes that we have a hung parliament when as he himself acknowledges the PPP is capable of bringing out the masses.

LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivians who arrive at work on time could get a punctuality bonus as part of a labour reform that aims to break the national habit of arriving late for everything from dates to business meetings.

President Bharrat Jagdeo recently accepted Letters of Credence from Aart Jacobi, the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Guyana, at a simple ceremony hosted at State House.

Two men were on Monday placed on $100,000 bail each by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when they appeared in court accused of breaking and entering a shop at Mahdia and stealing a quantity of items worth $129,000.

History This Week –  No. 8/2010 By Tota C. Mangar February, 2010 marks the 71st anniversary of the 1939 Leonora Strike and Riot.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Paul Pierce sat out Boston’s  110-106 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday due to an  injured right thumb, the Celtics reported on their website  (www.nba.com/celtics/).

Guyana would do well to contemplate the rich rewards that Jamaica continues to reap from its investment in athletics at the schools’ level Jamaican track and field athletics has now far surpassed West Indies cricket as the Caribbean’s best-known and most globally marketable ‘product’ and recently, the Senegalese President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack recommended that the Caribbean Community member state’s focus on sport at the junior level provides an example which both we in the region and the rest of the world should follow.

A few days prior to Tuesday’s Mashramani Day Float Parade, sanitization workers were out in their numbers.

UN report: drugtrafficking security threat A new report from a UN watchdog says that drug trafficking has become a major security threat in Central America and the Caribbean, and is contributing to increasing drug abuse and homicides linked to organised crime.

MILAN, (Reuters) – A Milan court convicted three  Google Inc executives yesterday for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with autism by letting a video of him being  bullied be posted on the site in 2006.

Dear Editor, In response to your February 23 news item, ‘Cabinet shake-up looms,’ with the strap line ‘- to shoo-in Ramotar as PPP candidate,’ let me say that, assuming this revelation from your inside source holds some element of truth, I am utterly disgusted with the PPP, which continues to think that it can simply foist any one of its so-called leaders on the nation, as if there is some sense of political entitlement for such party leaders to run the country. 

A huge fire broke out at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara at 11.40 pm yesterday and at press time three buildings were engulfed and the fire service was desperately trying to save a fourth.