Articles published on Monday, April 12, 2010
History was created yesterday when for the first time paediatric open heart surgeries were performed in Guyana at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) by a visiting team of experts from New York through a joint public/private sector venture.
A 37-year-old resident of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, was brutally chopped to death around 10.45 am yesterday; his assailant has been taken into custody and a cutlass suspected to be the murder weapon, retrieved.
-required by Anti-Money Laundering Act Republic Bank (Guyana) yesterday in a notice to its customers said it would be forced to close their accounts if they do not produce proof of their addresses – a new requirement under the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 – by early next month.
Justice, answers and financial assistance are what the relatives of the ill-fated Island Princess crew are seeking almost six months after the attack.
The Mackeson Super Ward Basketball Championships did not disappoint its patrons as it got underway Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with exciting basketball and flaunting cheerleaders.
AUGUSTA, Georgia, (Reuters) – Phil Mickelson birdied four of the last seven holes to win his fourth major title, and a third Green Jacket, by three shots at the U.S.
The Pepsi Hornets’ clinical performances in the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) season opener resulted in championship honours in the Banks DIH 7-a-side Ruby Competition at the National Park yesterday.
President Bharrat Jagdeo in an address at the launch of a campaign against child abuse stated that finding a solution to this problem should not be influenced by foreign circumstances but should be tailored to the Guyanese reality.
The Visually-Impaired Cultural Association (VICAG) was launched on Friday at the National Library.
A man charged with attempting to sell a house lot that he did not own to two different men was remanded to prison on Friday.
Still no word on cause of illness The West Canje, Berbice mother of the three children who were admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital after they took ill suddenly on Wednesday, said doctors were still not finding the cause of their sickness.
BK International Western Tigers and Santos Football Clubs moved on to the quarter-finals of the annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Competition when they comfortably defeated their opponents at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground on Saturday.
There is a “significant” level of illegality in Guyana’s forestry sector though it is lower than in several other major tropical timber producing countries in South America and around the world, according to a study commissioned by Norway’s Ministry of the Environment.
FALMOUTH, Jamaica, CMC – A handy all-round performance from Darren Sammy helped West Indies to a 31-run victory over Ireland in the first of their three Jamaica Cricket Festival Twenty20 matches yesterday.
Keeve Allicock of Harpy Eagle Gym and Nandkumar Singh of Republican fought unbeaten on the opening night of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Novices Championship on Saturday at the National Gymnasium.a
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Saturday said that alcohol abuse is one of the main risk factors for the development of chronic diseases in Guyana and in an effort to battle this issue it is necessary to ensure the availability of comprehensive and reliable data.
Crumbling: Residents were startled yesterday morning when a section of this building’s roof caved in around 9.30.
The police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred around midnight on Saturday on the Meten-Meer-Zorg Public Road, West Coast Demerara, which resulted in the death of 19-year-old pedal cyclist Ramesh Persaud, a resident of the area.
Three batsmen- Jaisindra Sookdeo, Chandi Narine and Jamal Hinckson- registered centuries yesterday as the second round of the Haier Cup second division 40-over tournament continued.
President Bharrat Jagdeo, on behalf of Guyana, has expressed sincere condolences to the people of Poland on the tragic death of their head of state Lech Kaczynki.
Jermine Sutton hammered home a hat-trick of goals as Georgetown crushed Bartica 7-0 in a Group One match of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Inter Sub-Association Under-17 group playoff phase yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
Mumbai Indians 174 for 5 (Tendulkar 89*, Watson 3-37) beat Rajasthan Royals 137 for 8 (Dole 30, Zaheer 2-17) by 37 runs Sahin Tendulkar shored up Mumbai Indians yet again with his fifth half-century of the IPL which all but guaranteed Mumbai a place in the semi-final and took him to the top of the run-charts in the tournament.
Dear Editor, The Clerical & Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) had negotiated a Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) with the previous Pegasus management including a union security clause.
Kings XI Punjab 112 for 3 (Jayawardene 38, Collingwood 2-19) beat Delhi Daredevils 111 (Irfan 3-24, Chawla 2-16) by seven wickets The Feroz Shah Kotla track was back to its Champions League shenanigans, and Kings XI Punjab, having seen Delhi Daredevils fail to read its nature soon enough, kept their heads in what seemed a meagre chase on paper, also keeping alive their remotest of outside chance to make it to the semis.
Dear Editor, Recently, there has been much talk about choosing a possible successor to President Jagdeo.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Merissa Aguilleira hopes to use the unpredictable nature of Twenty20s to spur West Indies Women to an upset victory in the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup next month in the Caribbean.
Dear Editor, According to Pandit Chrishna Persaud’s letter captioned, ‘GECOM administers elections but has no legal authority to decide if and when they are held,’ (SN, April 10), many of the points documented in my letter (‘Did GECOM jump the gun and say it was ready for local government polls?’
SUNRISE, Florida, CMC – Unbeaten Andre Berto put the brakes on Carlos Quintana in the eighth round to recapture the World Boxing Council welterweight title on Saturday at the Bank Atlantic Center here.
DENVER, (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs turned up the defensive pressure to beat the Denver Nuggets 104-85 on Saturday night, giving them a chance of avoiding the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.
Dear Editor, I refer to Abu Bakr’s letter in SN, dated April 7, captioned ‘The term “intersex” has replaced the old hermaphroditism.’
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s coffin returned home to a stunned nation yesterday, a day after he and much of the country’s political and military elite perished in a plane crash in Russia.
(This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) Melanie Newton is a Barbadian and Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto.
ROME (Reuters) – The powerful head of Italy’s bishops, responding to mounting pressure on the Vatican, said yesterday those in the Church who mishandled, minimised and covered up sexual abuse of children should be dismissed.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday that efforts by al Qaeda to acquire atomic weapons posed the biggest security threat, and world leaders meeting this week must act with urgency to combat this danger.
Why do you think Guyanese do so well in all these countries to which we migrate? We
Boxing became the latest sport in Berbice to benefit from the assistance of Guyana’s leading Youth and Sports Club, Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) when they handed over $300,000 worth of equipment to the Central Boxing Gym.
Dear Editor, I hold the view that coincidence is not a concept to be entirely trusted.
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – Confusion, delays and charges of fraud marked the start of Sudan’s first multi-party elections in a quarter-century, a vote that will test the fragile unity of Africa’s biggest country.
Ministry of Health personnel briefing members of the public yesterday on basic life support procedures and practices during yesterday’s Health Fair in Brickdam.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The death toll from mudslides and flooding in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state has risen to 224, its fire department said yesterday, about a week after heavy rains began pounding the coastal region.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United suffered a third major blow in eight days yesterday when a 0-0 draw at Blackburn Rovers damaged their hopes of claiming a fourth consecutive Premier League title.
Dear Editor, When I read in SN of March 31, about four armed bandits robbing a Digicel outlet in the East Coast village of Mon Repos and then being arrested, I decided to write.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Suspected drug hitmen killed nine people in Tegucigalpa in one of the deadliest attacks in Honduras since Mexican drug kingpins escalated their war over smuggling routes, police said yesterday.
Dear Editor, I do hope I am not too late in complimenting the Guyana Revenue Authority for surpassing the 2009 revenue collection estimates of $86.4B, which is a 10% increase over last year’s collection.
What the people say about… The police in Berbice have stepped up their campaigns against drunk driving in an effort to curb road accidents, and have arrested and charged 36 drivers over the Easter weekend using the breathalyzer.
On Thursday evening as he pondered his problems under a shed near his Mon Repos business place, a gunman walked up to 41-year-old Rajendra Sonilal and mercilessly pumped four bullets into him.
A patron listens attentively to a health worker during yesterday’s Health Fair in Brickdam.
EL PASO, Texas, CMC – Churandy Martina set a World-leading time, and won the men’s 100 metres at the University of Texas El Paso Invitational on Saturday at Kidd Field.
LONDON (Reuters) – British author and atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins will try to have Pope Benedict arrested to face questions over the Catholic church’s child abuse scandal when he visits Britain later this year, one of his lawyers said yesterday.
