Articles published on Sunday, May 30, 2010
A 23-year-old woman was found lying on her bedroom floor with 11 stab wounds early Saturday morning and police have since held her reputed husband along with a man suspected of being hired to kill her and a third man who transported the suspected killer.
– pact reached after Jagdeo, Corbin meet Two months after the announcement of a “last ditch” attempt to complete local government reform, the government and the main opposition have said that the parliamentary select committee responsible for the work is “likely” to resume meeting.
– admits there has been termite damage, suggests photos ‘adjusted’ President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh has strongly denied a report in yesterday’s Stabroek News, which said that the recently built cricket hostel at LBI is falling apart.
As serious crimes and gun violence targeting miners in particular continue in the interior regions, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud says that it is difficult to tackle the problem because of the geography of the area, the scattered population and inadequate communications.
Alisha Ousman feels the tourism industry sat quietly by and allowed BK International to openly discuss tearing down Barakara Falls, “no one seemed to care,” she said.
Attorney General Charles Ramson said an unaccountable judiciary with a poor work ethic is a critical factor plaguing the criminal justice system in the country, and that a few simple interventions can be made to start fixing the system.
The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has elected a new executive and Attorney-at-Law Timothy Jonas was named president of the association.
A city businessman and a senior staff member were on Friday afternoon robbed of over $1.8 million by an armed bandit, minutes after returning to their company’s Kingston headquarters after withdrawing money from the bank.
– delinking of commercial arm The current state of the Deeds Registry signals a need for urgent reform, and serious consideration by the relevant authorities for the removal of its commercial arm to a state agency, according to attorney-at-law Leon Rockcliffe.
Home Minister Clement Rohee has professed ignorance of a project to install cameras at police stations to monitor interrogations and prevent torture, which Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett detailed to a Human Rights Council in Geneva recently.
Growing old, I do not miss the rampagings of youth. Let those rest in the memory of other times.
Workers from the City Council were working feverishly yesterday to clear the Meadow Bank canal so as to reduce the flooding which has affected residents since last week.
A bond of the Roma Manufacturing Company went up in flames on Friday; the conflagration said to have been caused by the friction of sparking electrical wires.
The PPP men recently sunk to a new low: they sent two women to do a dirty job.
The People’s Progressive Party has extended congratulations to newly-elected Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her team in the People’s Partnership on their outstanding victory at the polls.
This and previous articles are available at Chrisram.net to which readers can post their comments Introduction Today’s column continues this series on the award of a US$15.4 million contract made by the government to Synergy Holdings Inc.
Thus far my evaluation of the LCDS has highlighted several features of carbon-trading markets, including what are termed the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the workings of climate exchanges.
Monument site upgraded: Except for the piles of matter to the left, which may have been removed from the nearby drain, this upgraded area along Hadfield Street is what an avenue should look like.
By Carwyn Holland The main event on the professional segment of the Friday night Pro-Am Boxing Card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall between national welterweight champion Iwan Azore and spoiler Troy Lewis was expected to be an all out action fight as promised by both boxers at the pre-fight press conference.
There are a number of important things to remember when planting trees.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider, died yesterday from complications of prostate cancer, a friend of the actor said.
Republican Nankumar Singh scored his biggest victory to date in his fledgling amateur career when he defeated national featherweight champion Ray Sandiford Friday night in the fourth edition of the ProAm Boxing cards.
Polluting: A cart man dumping refuse on Sheriff Street just off the Lamaha Canal area yesterday.
Colombia’s opposition candidate, Antanas Mockus, who according to the latest polls has the best chance of becoming his country’s next president, says he will make education, science and technology his government’s top priorities.
Mr Trummel Redmond of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards sent a detailed Scope of the Standard as it now stands.
By Floyd Christie In an effort to rekindle the flame of local volleyball, the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) in Association with the Aracari Resort yesterday launched the Aracari Beach Volleyball Classic at the Aracari Resort, West Coast Demerara.
VENICE, La./HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc said yesterday the complex “top kill” manoeuvre to plug its Gulf of Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to the largest oil spill in US history already in its 40th day.
(Jamaica Observer) Public Defender Earl Witter yesterday made a public appeal for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke to turn himself in to the authorities.
Constipation There are several definitions for constipation. In veterinary terminology one speaks of a chronic impaction of the colon.
City Council workers replacing a section of the fence at the Non-Aligned Monument site yesterday.
As West Indies head coach, the latest in the wheel from which eight have spun off in the past 14 years, Ottis Gibson is more intimately involved with the players on a day-to-day basis than anyone else.
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi’s leader pardoned a gay couple from a 14-year prison term yesterday after a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who applauded the move and urged the country to amend “outdated” laws on homosexuality.
Guyana captured the long range title at the Caribbean Rifle Shooting Championships currently underway in Barbados.
Sir Joaquim Claudino Gonsalves-Sabola, Kt Bach, SC, former Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Solicitor General and Judge of the High Court of Guyana, died on April 4, aged 80.
Literature and the post-independence Guyanese society remains a topic of some interest and significance.
SEOGWIPO, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea and Japan vowed yesterday to stand united against North Korea in a showdown over a sunken ship, raising pressure on China which has been reluctant to join other countries in condemning Pyongyang.
National cricketer and West Indies ODI player Royston Crandon led Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to a crushing nine-wicket victory over arch rivals Young Warriors in the final of the Port Mourant Cricket Club sponsored 20/20 tournament on Wednesday.
-Guyana invited The Bahamas Chess Federation, in collaboration with the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), has invited sixteen Caribbean countries, including Guyana, to participate in the FIDE 2010 Caribbean Sub Zonal Tournament in the Bahamas from June 25 to July 1.
LISBON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands marched in Lisbon yesterday against the government’s austerity measures, with the leader of Portugal’s top union vowing to intensify resistance but stopping short of calling a strike.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Rain and bad light frustrated England on the third day of the first test against Bangladesh at Lord’s yesterday despite some high class fast bowling from Steven Finn.
The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will today be a hive of activity when Richard Mittelholzer also known as “Saddist” stages a 36-team one-day 20/20 domino spectacular.
Within days of Britain’s new coalition government taking office it announced that it would replace its controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) with a per plane tax or duty (PPD).
LONDON (Reuters) – British Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws resigned yesterday after revelations about his parliamentary expenses, in a move seen as an effort to limit damage to the new coalition government.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – On a drizzly spring day in 1993, a blast from a truck bomb in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, flung lottery ticket vendor Jorge Eliecer backward through the window of a savings bank, lacerating his skin.
Last week was not a good week for freedom of expression in this country.
Part 2 By Dr Vineeth Naja, MS (Gen Surgery) MCh (Urology) (Consulting Urologist and Andrologist) This is the second part in our discussion on kidney stones.
The inclement weather has once more forced the postponement of a major competition and this time it is the Coca Cola Senior Football League tournament in Berbice which has been affected.
