Daily Archive: Friday, June 11, 2010

The battered remains of a taxi driver attached to the J & N Taxi Service were pulled from a canal at Bramsfield, No.

After spending six years before a Special Parlia-mentary Select Committee, the review report of the recommendations made by the Disciplined Forces Commis-sion, was last evening unanimously passed by the National Assembly, prompting Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to predict the continued modernization of the country’s disciplined services.

On Monday evening, 73-year-old Rudolph Moonsammy was battered to the head and chopped by a drunken employee.

Georgetown has taken note of fresh sanctions instituted by the United Nations (UN) Security Council against Iran, in light of negotiations between the two countries on the mapping of Guyana’s mineral resources.

–by citizenship denial, long court case and deferred judgement Cuban doctor Lazaro Osmin Gonzalez Munoz was denied citizenship here years ago, but his Guyanese wife transmitted a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee and the body has found that the couple’s rights to a fair hearing, among other things were violated.

A man who allegedly knocked down and killed an eight-year-old boy last year has been charged with dangerous driving and as a consequence his driver’s licence has been suspended pending the outcome of the matter.

Three men who were involved in a fight at a Kitty mosque were each granted $70,000 bail yesterday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African excitement  climbed to a crescendo yesterday on the eve of the continent’s  first World Cup but there were reminders of problems that could  spoil their dreams of changing Africa’s image forever.

ROME, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Asafa Powell continued  his flying form by winning the 100 metres at Rome’s Diamond  League meeting in a world leading time of 9.82 seconds yesterday despite a dreadful start.

–vows to raise sector’s profile Bartician Frederick McWilfred was elected president of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) yesterday and he vowed to defend miners’ rights and raise the profile of the sector.

Dear Editor, The killing of 16-year-old Kelvin Anthony Fraser in Patentia comes as another example of the failure of  promised police reform and reflects a disturbingly low point in the way in which the Guyana Police Force carry out their duties of service and protection to citizens of our communities.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday officially launched the Digicel Summer Smash Twenty20 Cricket Tournament in the boardroom of the sponsors and the competition gets underway today with the first of the preliminary matches in the ‘Berbice Free Zone’.

Dear Editor, I write in condemnation of the coordinated attack being waged against Mr Christopher Ram and his children on the liveinguyanablogspot, in the letter columns of the state media, the Guyana Chronicle and a paper friendly to the government.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Test newcomer Shane Shillingford and Sulieman Benn gave West Indies a boost of confidence, and shook South Africa up in the opening Test yesterday at Queen’s Park Oval.

A week has elapsed and there is still no trace of Fabian Gonsalves, a 42-year-old boat builder who was kidnapped from his mother-in-law’s home last Thursday night by two masked men.

Dear Editor, I would like to suggest that retiring Assistant Commis-sioner of Police Paul Slowe be asked to continue to serve this country by being appointed to head, or at least assist in the setting up of an Internal Affairs Division to act in tandem within the Police Complaints Commis-sion to investigate the behaviour of so many of our local policemen who – despite the venom being spewed on him by the authorities – are a disgrace to the force.

As Guyana prepares to host one of the events of the Central American and Caribbean Games for the first time, the local organizing committee headed by Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) President Kit Nascimento is working feverishly towards completing preparations for the CAC rugby  games on July 24-25 at the National Stadium.

Schoolmates of slain schoolboy Kelvin Anthony Fraser moved their protest to the city yesterday, demonstrating close to the Ministry of Home Affairs even as police arrested the driver of the truck that transported them and social activist, Mark Benschop.

Dear Editor, It is time for the Guyana Police Force to come out of its state of denial and admit that there are an alarming number of ranks who do not uphold the law of Guyana.

The decomposed body of a full-term infant was pulled from the Kingston canal yesterday by a sluice attendant.

Production statistics for locally manufactured products published by the Bureau of Statics and included in the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) 2009 ‘Review of the Guyana Economy’ reflect a marginally better performance in the edible goods sub-sector, but a significant decrease in volume in some of the country’s better known commodities between 2008 and 2009 and only a marginal increase in some other well-known products.

Dear Editor, It is unbelievable that NCN will give World Cup football precedence over Test cricket – the national sport where Guyana’s leading sportsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be in action? 

Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes is planning yet another comeback and this time he promises to give a better account of himself with a “brutal” performance in the first match-up.

Dear Editor, It would seem to me that no one is looking into the welfare of the schools’ welfare officers (SWO) in this country.

PSC, Chamber back appeal but demanding better quality of service City Hall’s worsening cash crisis has precipitated an urgent appeal to the business community to pay up outstanding rates and taxes in order to place the municipality in a position to improve the quality of its services to the capital.

–relatives plan 2nd post-mortem The relatives of Damion Lindore, whose cause of death continues to attract speculation, are preparing to finally put him to rest following the release of his corpse from police custody.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of  State Hillary Clinton yesterday promised Caribbean nations  more help in their battle against drug cartels, which many fear  are a growing threat as Mexico’s U.S.-backed

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – If any dope  cheats or tokers are among the footballers taking part in the  World Cup, they will have to get past Dr.

The sense of contempt and disregard which large sections of the citizenry usually express in response to any reference whatsoever to the Georgetown City Council reflects that feeling of total and complete frustration over its abject failure to come even remotely close to delivering to the capital those services which it is mandated to do.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Former World Cup winners  Patrick Vieira and Geoff Hurst have picked Spain as their team  to win the tournament being hosted for the first time on African  soil.

Dear Editor, Can we turn our attention away from the slow death of the old New Amsterdam Hospital to the human beings who have literally been tearing the thing down?

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. government scientists yesterday doubled their estimate of the amount of oil gushing  out of a ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well as British energy  giant BP scrambled to stem the leak.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News (June 9) under the caption ‘Commuters face chaotic traffic situation… no proper police supervision.’

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau  of Investigation has opened a probe into a security breach of  Apple Inc’s iPad that exposed personal information of AT&T Inc  customers, including those of several high-ranking government  officials.

With $2.1m worth of fertilizer lost when his truck went overboard at the Adventure stelling on Tuesday, John Walcott is wondering who will compensate him for his loss.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp  Blatter called for an end to racism and discrimination in soccer  on the eve of the first World Cup finals to be held in Africa at  FIFA’s 60th annual Congress yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to convey my sincere condolences to the family, relatives and friends of the late Kelvin Fraser, the Patentia Secondary School student who was gunned down by police just as he was beginning to enjoy the taste of adolescence.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber  killed at least 40 people, a quarter of them children, and  wounded 77 others at a wedding party in insurgency-plagued  southern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi’s hopes of being  crowned the best player at the World Cup could be dashed by the  exhaustion of a taxing European season, according to the man  responsible for keeping the team in shape.

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice-President of the Lending Services Division.

BONN, Germany,  (Reuters) – Negotiators from 185  nations end two weeks of talks on a new climate treaty today  with a new blueprint for a pact that omits the most draconian  options for greenhouse gas cuts by 2050.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Lukas Podolski promised yesterday to put his poor club form behind him and return to the  scoring exploits that helped Germany reach the World Cup  semi-finals four years ago.

Jacquelyn Hamer is a retired Guyanese diplomat and a Director of the skills training organization Visions of Excellence.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article, ‘Ministry condemns Slowe,’ which appeared in the Stabroek News of June 9.

A former cashier of Survival Supermarket was placed on $80,000 bail when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with seven counts of embezzlement, with sums varying from $2,200 to $200,  and totalling $30,900.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Everyone seems to have a reason  why Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher gets overlooked as  one the NBA’s elite guards.

Dear Editor, In response to Mr Bisram’s letter this week (‘Several aspects of the NACTA poll were spot on’ SN, June 8) when he states that it is indeed I who got it all wrong, I would just like to state that all the nonsense he places before the public is just camouflage for his failure as a pollster.

An investor laments the decline of the Linden economy as Nicosia Smith takes the pulse of a depressed communityStakeholders agree that the debilitated Linden economy is in dire need of a significant infusion of investment.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A farmer in Brazil is  accused of holding his daughter captive for more than 15 years  and fathering seven children with her, at least one of whom he  also raped, police said yesterday.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Suspected gang members  dumped four human heads in front of Guatemala’s Congress and  other spots in the capital along with messages warning the  government to halt its crackdown on organized crime.

A mechanic who allegedly stripped his client’s car of its parts and converted money given to him was granted $125,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, I have never been so touched as I looked and listened to the grieving mother of the slain schoolboy (Kelvin) as she wept uncontrollably on the TV newscast whilst speaking of the shooting incident and what she knew of her son.

Jamaica is counting the economic cost of the damage done to its already vulnerable economy, not least its crucial tourism sector, following several days of intense violence linked to efforts by the government to comply with a request by the United States government for the extradition of alleged drug kingpin Christopher “Dudus” Coke.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – FIFA made a profit of $196  million in 2009 and has equity of over $1 billion thanks mainly  to massive and still growing income from the sale of TV rights,  soccer’s governing body said yesterday.

– On Real Heroes and Martyrs It would be noted that I chose the word “using”, instead of merely “reading” in my easily-proven contention that our newspapers are more than just read. 

Last Monday, the Israeli navy shot and killed four Palestinians wearing diving gear, who Israeli officials said were planning a terrorist attack off the Gaza coast.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 359’s trading results showed consideration of $959,830 from 77,450 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 358 which showed consideration of $4,897,893 from 344,824 shares traded in 17 transactions. 

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez  ended six months of national electricity rationing yesterday in a  move likely to boost his popularity ahead of legislative elections  in September.

IRENE, South Africa, (Reuters) – England manager  Fabio Capello has drilled home the message to his team that  set-pieces can be the difference between winning and losing at  the World Cup and the United States have clearly taken note.

Dear Editor, I was not sure that I heard correctly that schools will no longer promote students who have failed an examination.

A man who allegedly assaulted a florist with his belt was refused bail on Wednesday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with the offence.