Articles published on Monday, July 5, 2010
-constable was shot in head by assistant superintendent Police Constable 20631 Kelvin Shepherd was shot dead by Assistant Superin-tendent of Police, Ivelaw Murray just around 12:55 yesterday morning at the Springlands Police Station after being called out to work while he was off-duty.
A teenager and a man were shot by police yesterday during an operation in East Ruimveldt which they said targeted wanted man `Cobra’ but residents said there was reckless shooting by the law enforcers who have since said that they were fired at and responded.
As he was returning from the Plaisance Market yesterday morning, a 59-year-old man was fatally struck on the Industry Railway Embank-ment Road by a car whose driver was reportedly on his cellular phone at the time.
There have been too many instances where businesses have been found selling expired goods and Minister of Health, Dr.
As investigations continue into the fire which destroyed a significant portion of the business area of Mahdia, residents there are looking forward to plans by the authority to rebuild.
A 21-year-old woman, of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara, yesterday succumbed to injuries which she sustained during an accident on Tuesday last.
The woman who was discovered on the grass embankment of the Kitty seawall, Rupert Craig Highway on Saturday morning with a wound to the neck remained unidentified up to press time yesterday.
Water which has over the past two days flooded parts of the Diamond and Grove Housing Scheme stayed on the land yesterday as the authorities began putting measures in place to alleviate flash flooding in vulnerable areas.
A man was found hanging from a tree in the Banks DIH Housing Scheme area, Georgetown a day after he was last seen.
A special type of bacteria which is able to kill 72 species of mosquito larvae when released into mosquito breeding areas has been introduced by the Ministry of Health to reduce the mosquito population.
-local office declines comment Synergy Holdings Inc., the company contracted to complete the first phase of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHEP) has opened an office in Guyana and is now inviting “well qualified and experienced team members” to join their team.
Human rights and environment groups have called for a radical rethink of the United Nations scheme, known as REDD (Reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) after it emerged that some countries were trying to cheat the system, the UK Observer reported yesterday.
All 16 members of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) renewed their policies for hurricane and earthquake coverage for 2010/2011.
The Guyana Prison Service Poultry Project at the New Amsterdam Prison is being regarded as a timely initiative which gives scope for entrepreneurship while providing training for inmates.
Three police detectives were charged at the New Amsterdam Court yesterday when they appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo charged with failing to attend court to give evidence in various matters.
– with 3-1 whipping of Cuba By Marlon Munroe Brittany Persaud and Ashley and Justina Rodrigues scored once while goalkeeper Tenyka Francique pulled of a spectacular save to propel the Lady Jags football team to a 3-1 win over Cuba on Saturday at the National Stadium at Providence.
By Floyd Christie The coordinators of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) added frosting to an already entertaining tournament when they selected the cream of the crop to face off in the NSBF Junior and Senior All-Star games Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – British actor Dev Patel had a dream start to his film career digging into his Indian heritage to play the lead role in British director Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire.”
By Floyd Christie Defending champion Warren Mc Kay, fresh from beating the field in the recent National Road Race championships, will start as favourites today when the Roraima Bikers Club NAMILCO `Wheat Up’ 70-mile road race takes place on the East Bank Public Road.
NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – Even after a career spanning five decades, jazz legend Herbie Hancock shows no signs of slowing down as he releases a new album of world music with a wide group of collaborators, from sitar player Anoushka Shankar to pop singer Pink.
What is expected to be quite simply the biggest Veterans table tennis tournament to be staged here in recent times gets underway this morning at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor, The Village Council of the Isseneru Amerindian Titled Village situated in the Middle Mazaruni, Region 7, wishes to record on behalf of our 300 plus residents our concern over the delay in the hearing of the appeal case between the Isseneru Village Council and Mr Lalta Narine which is presently in the High Court.
MONTREUX, Switzerland, (Reuters Life!) – Norah Jones charmed the Montreux Jazz Festival, moving nimbly from guitar to keyboard and piano, and blending new songs with crowd favourites from her breakthrough album.
(Cricinfo) The BCCI has voted unanimously to ratify the charges against suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi at its special general body meeting in Mumbai yesterday, and forwarded the case to its disciplinary committee.
-Fired up Nadal whips Berdych to reclaim Wimbledon crown LONDON, (Reuters) – So eager was Rafael Nadal to reclaim his Wimbledon title yesterday that he entered Centre Court with his racket already cocked in his left hand and the unwitting Czech Tomas Berdych lined up in his sights.
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to an article in SN dated June 27, captioned “Gov’t to press for prosecution of delinquent co-op managers.’
WARSAW, (Reuters) – Moderate conservative Bronislaw Komorowski won Poland’s presidential election yesterday after a cliffhanger vote that saw his right-wing rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski perform much better than expected.
(BBC) Ravi Bopara struck a sparkling 168 as England Lions reached the tri-series final with their third win out of three, a 124-run rout of West Indies A yesterday.
Dear Editor, I was on a recent bereavement trip to Guyana and had a very unpleasant experience at the Republic Bank located at Vreed-en-Hoop.
(Trinidad Express) The price for the state-funded rescue of the troubled CL Financial Group has just been ratcheted up to the seven-figure mark by separate lawsuits filed by two state-owned heavyweights against Clico Invest-ment Bank (CIB) which has been put into liquidation by the Central Bank.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s main opposition party looked set to sweep elections for state governors, mayors and local deputies across a third of the country yesterday, setting the stage for its push for the presidency in 2012.
…shareholders in a quandary (Trinidad Guardian) CEO of CL Financial Marlon Holder has presented a five-year plan to its shareholders to turn around the financially strapped company.
LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies pinch hitter Kieron Pollard failed with the bat but got two wickets for Somerset to help them to a comprehensive 79-run victory over Middlesex in the Friends Provident Twenty20 tournament yesterday.
Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, the Agricola Post Office was robbed and to date it has not reopened or communicated when that would be done.
By Harry Hergash, a graduate of the University of Guyana, taught at the Annandale Government Secondary from 1964 to 1969.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shi’ite Islam’s highest religious authorities and an early mentor of the militant group Hezbollah, died in a Beirut hospital yesterday.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s football federation (NFF) yesterday overhauled its leadership and apologised for the poor state of its national team in a last-minute bid to reverse a directive suspending it from international matches.
KABUL, (Reuters) – The nine-year war in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage, U.S.
Past President of the Rotary Club of George-town Affeeze Khan was named Rotarian-of-the-Year when the club held its installation ceremony for 2009-2010 at the Pegasus Hotel recently.
Magda Pollard (left) was awarded life membership by the Association of Former Members of the Guyana Police Force at the opening ceremony of the association’s building on Cowan Street on Saturday.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadorean authorities have discovered a 30-meter (98 foot)-long submarine being built near the country’s Pacific Coast designed to carry drugs toward the United States.
I often hear the question, “The songs you write: where do you get all these ideas?”
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Alessandro Petacchi used patience and experience to get through a crash-filled first stage of the Tour de France and snatch his first sprint victory on the race for seven years.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Two French junior ministers resigned yesterday over spending scandals, a move likely to embarrass President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular government at a time when it is preaching sobriety and austerity.
Dear Editor, As much as the World Cup Soccer and Wimbledon have me busy, I have to admit that I was in awe to read the dailies that the “Lady Jaguars” have qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup later in the year in Havana, Cuba.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud presented a number of tools to South Sophia residents to encourage them to pursue farming, when he met with them on Wednesday to discuss issues affecting them.
Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules GibsonA Hoppie, self employed My daughter attends the National School of Dance so I bring her here.
The denunciation on June 28th by the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) of the gay and lesbian film festival put on by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) might have passed without much notice had it not been for two facts.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela on Saturday accused a Salvadorean arrested while trying to enter the country this week of plotting attacks to disrupt legislative elections due to be held on September 26.
Dear Editor, “How can they borrow to pay some privileged elite and not pay the ordinary employees?”
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods completed a frustrating week with a pedestrian one-over-par 71 in the final round at the AT&T National yesterday.
Pastor Oslen Small (left) was on Saturday awarded with life membership by the Association of Former Members of the Guyana Police Force.
BAGHDAD – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Iraqi leaders yesterday to press ahead and form a government after four months of post-election deadlock but said neither Washington nor anyone else should dictate to them.
