Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Former PNCR parliamentarian Abdul Kadir and Guyanese-born Russell Defreitas now face the prospect of  life imprisonment after a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York  yesterday convicted them of planning to blow up the John F.

The mother of murdered police officer, Kelvin Shepherd, is upset over the progress of investigations into his death saying that police have told her nothing since the incident.

Four female employees were attacked by gunmen in the Esso gas station’s mini-mart on Vlissengen Road early yesterday morning.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud encouraged the Buxton community to pursue livelihoods in agriculture as government has made significant investment in ensuring that farmlands are ready for cultivation.

Needy children from around New Amsterdam and residents of the Dharm Shala and the National Psychiatric Hospital at Canje were happy to receive a quantity of items from the Oldendorff Bauxite Company last week.

The Lions Club of Central Demerara has elected Sharon Letlow its first female president in its 42-year history.

-calls for licence review Alcohol abuse is the root cause of many of the domestic violence cases before Berbice Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop and the magistrate is calling for the liquor licence to be adhered to as there are too many rum shops in the country.

-say Sarwan, Seeram, Moore By Tamica Garnett Team Captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan and coach, Ravindranauth Seeram are of the opinion that Guyana’s win at the just-concluded West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Twenty20 Caribbean Championship will play a vital role in emphasising the rise of the state of cricket in Guyana.

-security organization says emergency calls system under discussion Police are yet to charge anyone in connection with the recent murders of two guards although multiple attackers were involved and President of the Guyana Association of Private Security Organizations (GAPSO), Gregory Gaskin says a high speed network to facilitate calls in emergencies has been discussed with the cops.

Condom use during sex in the Caribbean remains unacceptably low in an environment where HIV transmissions are still high, epidemiologist Professor Peter Figueroa says, and he also points out that the sexual habit of multiple partners is fuelling the epidemic in many countries.

– passes FIFA football agent exam Young Guyanese football enthusiast Faizal Khan earlier this year created history by becoming the first person from the Caribbean to secure a pass in the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) football agents’ examination.

Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh charged a new batch of 40 educators to eschew complacency and commit themselves to ensuring that the literacy skills of every child under their watch are boosted.

Junior Niles rode away with the Open category of the sixth annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial cycle road race on Sunday at West Demerara.

By Tamica Garnett The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will send its largest contingent ever to an overseas event after naming 22 participants to attend the Goodwill Games in Suriname from August 13-15.

-Dr Kenrick Hunte Government’s holding of minority shares in the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

A man and woman were arrested after police discovered an unlicensed gun with six matching rounds in a Sophia house on Saturday afternoon.

– GABA league to continue outdoors By Floyd Christie The fork has been dug into the soil and work has commenced on the first phase of the long-awaited Burnham Court rehabilitation project.

Dear Editor, I am sorry that a number of readers have been misled by my column ‘This could not possibly happen here, could it?’

By Carl Parker Cultural exchanges between Lethem and Bon Fim, neighbouring communities on the Guyana/Brazil border, received a shot in the arm with the hosting of two nights of activities on Friday and Saturday night at the Lethem Rodeo Ground.

(Reprinted from World Soccer) The future success of Guyana’s national footballteam may depend on players plying their trade in England When Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago qualified for the World Cup finals in 1998 and 2006 respectively, a new bar was set for Caribbean football; particularly for English-speaking countries such as Guyana, who envisaged emulating those two teams.

Dear Editor, One gets a good feeling when there are announcements, and the realisation, of plans and developments which benefit the people of Guyana. 

A fire which engulfed a high voltage switch left all of Linden without power for hours before the situation could be rectified yesterday.

Sportscope: Our opinion Recently there has been a reasonable amount of success by sports teams and sportsmen and women representing the Golden Arrowhead.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has claimed the top spot of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen from India’s Virender Sehwag.

A section of the gathering at Liverpool, Corentyne on Sunday for Emancipation Day celebrations.

Guyana should develop a green economy brand, Joseph Williams, Programme Manager – Energy, at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat has suggested.

LONDON, (Reuters) –  Ministers ordered a shake-up of  the non-EU student visa system in a bid to crack down on illegal  migrants yesterday, saying it was prone to abuse, and opened the  biggest removal centre in Europe to speed up deportations.

Dear Editor, I’m appalled at the Jamaica Gleaner in its attempt to instigate Prime Minister Bruce Golding to lead a charge to suspend Suriname from Caricom until another leader replaces Desi Bouterse.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Microfinance and its goal of  helping people escape the poverty trap is starting to draw  mainstream investors who, ethical kudos aside, are lured by its  inherent insulation from global financial trends.

The driver of the motor van in the fatal morning accident at Better Hope on Saturday is recovering in the Georgetown Public Hospital after undergoing a six-hour surgery on both his legs which were broken in the collision.

These boys and their donkey cart were assisting with clearing garbage on Garnett Street yesterday morning.

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are  investigating insider trading in shares of BP Plc, including  whether BP employees profited illegally from its Gulf of Mexico  oil spill, a move that may hurt the energy giant’s efforts to  restore investor confidence.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Paceman James  Anderson, who won the first test for England with match figures  of 11-71 against Pakistan, believes he can be just as effective in the Ashes series in Australia when the ball is not swinging.

Dear Editor, I am fearful that my son, Arnold Gibson called ‘Rawle,’ 36, might succumb to injuries sustained from a beating by a three-member member gang last Thursday night in the fenced compound of a popular night spot called the ‘Hole’ at Good Hope, Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, On the 2010 Olympic Day event organised by the GOA, there was also the meeting of the Gold Striders Athletic event, although this particular meeting wasn’t sanctioned by the AAG for whatever reason, according to media reports.

(Trinidad Express) Joel Pitt was looking forward to marrying his childhood sweetheart this coming Saturday.

While significant progress has been made in overcoming ethnic divisions in the country, there still remains political division, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England named an unchanged 12-man squad yesterday for the second test against Pakistan following their emphatic 354-run victory in the series opener that concluded on Sunday.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud  Ahmadinejad called on U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday to  face him in a televised one-on-one debate to see who has the  best solutions for the world’s problems.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated  323 Haitian migrants yesterday after intercepting them aboard  two overloaded sailboats in Bahamian waters, northwest of  Haiti’s northern coast, a Coast Guard officer said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Maxine Waters yesterday  became the second Democrat in the U.S.

Dear Editor, My late mother, Anne Kennard Drepaul was diagnosed with stomach cancer around June 2008.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Michael Schumacher apologised to  Rubens Barrichello yesterday after almost driving his former  Ferrari team mate into a concrete wall in a 300kph duel at the  Hungarian Grand Prix.

Scores of Muslims from all over the country benefitted from lectures by International Islamic scholars when the Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) hosted its National Convention 2010 two Sundays ago.

– says national TT player Christopher Franklyn National table tennis player Christopher Franklyn said yesterday that the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) needs to restructure its programmes if its players were to compete and win medals at events such as the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Dear Editor, More and more people in Guyana today are waiting to hear from the United States Embassy for their final interviews and paperwork to be completed, so that they can run from these most troubled shores.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – This year’s low-oxygen “dead  zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest ever, about  the size of Massachusetts, and overlaps areas hit by oil from  BP’s broken Macondo well, Louisiana scientists report.

ATLANTA – President Barack Obama vowed yesterday to make  good on his promise to end U.S.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene, at least twice every year at the Guyana Police Force’s Annual Officers’ Conference in February or March and the Force’s Anniversary Awards Ceremony in July, would choose to disclose a few choice statistics on crime to the public.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony on Friday toured the Umana Yana located at High Street and Battery Road, Kingston, to oversee the rehabilitation works being done on the benab, and he said his ministry is pleased with the work,  GINA said in a release.