Daily Archive: Saturday, May 1, 2010

Three men are all feared drowned after the boat they were travelling in sank in stormy waters of the Essequibo River on Thursday.

-denies causing woman’s death The driver of the vehicle involved in the Wednesday morning accident that claimed the life of Kishana DaSilva was yesterday granted $2M bail, after pleading not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

-court hears Two serving members of the Guyana Defence Force were granted $100,000 bail each when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with demanding money by menace.

-dealers In wake of the government’s decision to ban the scrap metal trade, dealers yesterday blamed the upsurge in vandalism for material on poor monitoring to authenticate the source of supplies.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is awaiting word from the Medical Council of Guyana before taking any action against Police Surgeon Dr Mahendra Chand, who was recently censured for professional misconduct in the treatment of a teen boy who was tortured in police custody last year.

The Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Economic Services visited the Skeldon factory on Wednesday and the general consensus was that the modernisation project is moving along and the industry should do well in the future.

Over 80 persons received treatment during at a Guyana International Relief Organisation (GIRO) medical outreach held at Britannia, West Coast Berbice, in Region 5.

The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) in its Labour Day message stated that this Labour Day must be one of deep introspection and one of renewed commitment for justice and fair play.

-Yarde President of the Guyana Public Service Union Patrick Yarde, in his May Day message, stated that national unity is imperative if Guyana is to advance socially, economically and politically.

The La Parafaite/Harmony and Belle West Housing Schemes of the West Bank of Demerara each received a new primary school, which is hoped to relieve the overcrowding that other schools have faced since the opening of the schemes.

Guyanese Bisessar Chakalall passed away last month, after a long career in fisheries management in the Caribbean region.

The Georgetown Public Hospital’s Paediatrics Ward yesterday received a quantity of items donated to the children of the ward from the children of Japan.

The signing of the agreement between the National Parks Commission and the Guyana Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) was done at the Ministry of Labour’s occupational health and safety department in Brickdam and not at the National Park as reported in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News.

A 70-year-old farmer drowned in a trench in the back lands of Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara yesterday, after he fell out of his boat while complaining of dizziness.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said that in light of the international pressures facing the working class, Guyanese workers have a lot to celebrate but urged that they not become complacent.

-PNCR The PNCR is urging workers to be steadfast and to appreciate that there is strength in workers’ unity.

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to misrepresentations of facts I have been seeing in the press in relation to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) security officers charged for allowing a pink suitcase of 24.6 kilos of cocaine to leave CJIA.

-accuses GAWU of taking irrational stand Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir has defended his handling of the dispute between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB& GWU) and the Rusal subsidiary, the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

-AFC The Alliance for Change (AFC) in its message to mark Labour Day has charged the government to show good leadership and governance by acting in the best interests of the people of Guyana who have bestowed that responsibility upon them.

Dear Editor, Permit me to set the record straight in relation to information in the Thursday April 29, 2010 Stabroek News article under the caption ‘CN Sharma carnal knowledge PI to await outcome of motion in High Court.’

-denies connection to anti-Murray campaign Vice Chairman of the PNCR Basil Williams has declined to say whether he is interested in being his party’s presidential candidate at next year’s elections but says he would not criticise any person who wishes to campaign for the leadership of the party.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter submitted by Ruel Johnson and published in the Sunday Stabroek of April 25 under the headline ‘The Guyana Prize for Literature has gone missing.’ 

A West La Penitence woman appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday to answer charges relating to disorderly conduct.

By Marlon Munroe There were a few tense moments when the Caribbean side batted but in the end hosts West Indies romped to an easy 70-run victory over Ireland last evening in their first Group-D match of the ICC World Twenty20 Championships at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

Dear Editor, As a writer concerned mainly with the stylistic quality of written language, I am diverting  from what interests me about literature to comment on Rev Gideon Cecil’s letter ‘Former judges of the Guyana Prize for Literature should not be allow to submit entries,’ on April 29 in Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Tomorrow Mr Clarence Frederick Ellis will be returned to his beloved village, Queenstown, Essequibo, for burial.

A man was remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer a charge of incest.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – It is a boxer’s natural  instinct to enter the ring with the hope of knocking down their opponent, but top fighters know they have to have a strategic plan.

Leader of the Justice For All Party has called for workers to be treated with more respect, suggesting that the increase of salaries paid to workers by the government will achieve this.

Two brothers were each granted $70,000 bail when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday, charged with the larceny of cattle.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – In more ways than one,  flamboyant showman Floyd Mayweather Jr.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Six-times world champion  Floyd Mayweather Jr. will put his unbeaten record on the line  when he faces fellow American Shane Mosley in a non-title  welterweight fight today.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter of April 29, 2010 in SN, which was written by Annan Boodram and captioned, ‘Guyana’s President should be congratulated.’

Dear Editor, In the wake of the current recession that started in September 2008 in the United States and triggered devastating tsunami-like economic waves across the globe, the US government rushed in with emergency financial assistance to many US companies deemed ‘too big to fail.’

By Floyd Christie The Albouystown-Charles-town basketball team advanced to the final of the Mackeson National Super Ward Basketball Champion-ship Thursday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall after defeating Christianburg 74-70.

Dear Editor, I am calling on the trade union leaders of both the GTUC and FITUG to forget their differences and focus on a common approach to defending workers’ rights, as in ‘United we stand, divided we fall.’

By Alva Solomon Eleven-year old Cathy stands at the gate, her attention captivated by dancers as they go through their moves, and as she stares, it’s her desire to learn the art of dance if the opportunity is offered.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Another  side of Tiger Woods was unveiled to the golfing world yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe Journeyman Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes will clash with Theophilus King in the main event of the third Guyana Boxing Board of Control/Guyana Amateur Boxing Association ProAm card which begins at 8pm tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Culture Box Darkness with blinding flashes of light, screaming, several not so pleasant smells warring for attention, limited dance floor space and bad service translates to a night of oh-so-wonderful clubbing in GT (Georgetown).

Dear Editor, We live in a world where every country is striving to build a modern business when competition is everywhere, and where speed, reliability and customer care are of great importance.

Dear Editor, The eco-disaster that is unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico as I craft this, is something the Government of Guyana needs to be thinking about, considering their plans to have the crude brought to the surface off shore of Guyana.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French soccer star Franck  Ribery, who is at the centre of a sex scandal, will not face the  investigators before the South African World Cup finals, a  source close to the case said yesterday.

Hi Everyone, Torture. That was how the author who penned a column in Culture Box (Stabroek News, The Scene) a couple of years ago described her feelings as she set about planning her family’s daily menu.

VENICE Louisiana (Reuters) – The US government scrambled yesterday to ward off an environmental disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling wildlife, shellfish beds and beaches.

Dear Editor, I am prompted to follow up Mrs Searwar’s letter (‘Gutters and alley in part of Queenstown need to be cleaned properly’ SN, April 25) since my circumstances are similar.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s journey from dusty  borderland refugee camps to cricket’s global elite will be  completed today when they face the game’s millionaires, India, in the Twenty20 World Cup.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies legend Sir Vivian Richards is delighted that the stadium carrying his name has returned to the International Cricket Council’s schedule.

Guyana music awards warmed a cold night By Iana Seales Call this a dispatch from Seat B315 at the National Cultural Centre (NCC) on Sunday night during the Guyana Artistic Music Awards.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Turkey and Brazil are trying to revive a stalled atomic fuel deal with Iran in an attempt to help the Islamic Republic avoid new UN sanctions over its nuclear programme, Western diplomats said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday 27th I tried calling the GPL Garden of Eden plant to report an electrical problem at Grove on the East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, I am distraught hearing the ridiculous and one-sided comments of persons all over the media about littering.

ROME, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal showed his ruthless  streak to overcome an early test from Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka  in a 6-4 6-1 win yesterday and helped Spain to secure three of  the four semi-final spots at the Rome Masters.

WESTERN BUREAU (Jamaica Gleaner) – The ongoing criminal mayhem in Montego Bay, St James, took another wicked twist on Thursday when a five-year-old girl was shot and killed in Glendevon after thugs opened fire on the vehicle in which she was travelling to school with her father and an elder sister.

Seven young women drawn from Linden and Kwakwani, Berbice River will take to the stage at the Mackenzie Sports Club tonight in their quest to claim the Miss Linden Town Week Queen 2010 title and crown.

BEIJING (Reuters) – China said yesterday one of its diplomats and his family were “harassed and assaulted” in Houston and lodged a complaint with the US State Department.

Dear Editor, In response to Dr Joey’s Jagan’s missive on ‘big tent politics’ in Trinidad and his appeal for it in Guyana among the opposition parties (‘Trinidad’s big tent politics should be instructive to the opposition in Guyana’ SN, April 28), I am not endorsing or opposing it, but just noting some differences as it applies to Guyana and Trinidad.

An ear-shattering scream echoed around the Providence National Stadium when man-of-the-match, Nathan McCullum hoisted a Lasith Malinga delivery over long off for the maximum to give New Zealand victory in the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament yesterday.

Perseverance paid off for Linden’s giant model Shondell Parks who won the confidence of the panel of judges to grab the crown for the Linden Town Week 2010 Big and Bold competition while also walking away with four other special prizes.

MANAGUA (Reuters) – Supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega have fired up protests against opposition efforts to block the leftist’s re-election next year, worrying business leaders and the United States.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai opens the World Expo to the public today, a multi-billion dollar event showcasing China’s booming economy and resurgent national pride, as well as the latest green technology from 189 countries.

The results of last Tuesday’s elections in Suriname have provoked predictable reactions from interested parties.

(Jamaica Observer) – Scrap metal dealers on Wednesday staged a protest at the Riverton City landfill in Kingston over government’s decision to shut down the trade.

The National Gallery presents the film Macunaima, next Monday and on Tuesday a lecture by Brazilian academic and writer, Dr Miguel Nenevé, exploring a common theme in works of Guyanese and Brazilian literature.

Dear Editor, May Day is the day set aside internationally to commemorate our centuries of struggle.

ATHENS – European banks will contribute to a multi-billion euro Greek bailout, Germany said yesterday, as talks to secure European Union and IMF aid to Athens in return for draconian budget cuts edged towards a deal.

Every community, no matter how fractured, has the odd moment of pure consensus, a short interlude where we can all nod our heads in agreement or shake our heads in disbelief.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago have named a weakened 18-man squad for next Wednesday’s friendly international against Chile.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) officials have concluded that the pieces of asbestos-bearing material, which were discovered close to the Lamaha Canal yesterday, would not affect water produced by the company.