Daily Archive: Thursday, August 5, 2010

One man was shot dead tonight on the Plaisance line top and two others were injured in a robbery.

-had just exited taxi A 42-year-old mother of two was last night killed in an apparent drive-by shooting in front of her North Ruimveldt home.

CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington will be stepping down from his position on December 31, and he has notified the Heads of Government of the Community of his decision, a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat said yesterday.

Damion Carter (no age or address given) was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with stabbing a man to death two years ago.

A $168.9M sluice was yesterday commissioned by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud at De Willem, West Coast Demerara and it is expected to boost the operations of the Guyana Sugar Corporation significantly.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) supports the establishment of the Marriott Hotel in Guyana but believes that more disclosure by the government regarding its involvement in the project would be useful.

-over $200M still owed Payments are beginning to trickle in from the Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) but it still owes farmers more than $200M, General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Jagnarine Singh says.

Yonette Neptune of 3407 Stevedore Housing Scheme is nursing two broken legs in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was the victim of a hit and run on Tuesday.

The twenty-year-old who was shot twice on Monday night remains a patient of the Georgetown Hospital and the police are still looking for the attacker.

The Ministry of Public Works has sought the army’s help to keep trucks off sections of the Linden to Lethem trail as engineers battle the weather to repair areas that were washed away by recent heavy rains.

The artist behind a monument built in memory of the late Dr Walter Rodney, has expressed concern about the future of the memorial.

A 25-year-old man was last night fighting for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed in the chest with scissors by a man he had an argument with.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) on Saturday evening captured the inaugural Ram and McRae award for the firm adjudged to have produced the most outstanding financial report for last year.

A 47-year-old man yesterday morning escaped injury after the fumes within a manhole where he was working made him unconscious.

A 22-year-old woman was granted self bail yesterday when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after being accused of resisting being arrested by a policewoman who she allegedly assaulted.

Guyana’s national male hockey team departs today for the Indoor Pan American Championships in Barquisimeto, Venezuela scheduled to be held from August 9-15.

–  Allen pleased with performance of local cyclists By Floyd Christie Vice President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF), Brian Allen is pleased with the performance of the cycling team that represented Guyana at the just-concluded Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

Guyana’s Powerlifters will begin their quest for individual gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Powerlifting Championships today in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

MICOUD, St Lucia, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago lifted the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 One-Day Trophy yesterday, when they whipped Guyana by five wickets in a game reduced to a Twenty20 affair.

– K Juman Yassin The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has already started planning for the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India between October 3 and 14, according to president K Juman Yassin.

The President’s/Jefford Track & Field Classic received corporate support yesterday when E-Networks delivered the fourth place prize money for the meet that will be held at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden on August 29.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – A magnificent century by Shane Burton fired the Leeward Islands to a massive 149-run victory over the Windward Islands in their final match of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 One-Day Trophy yesterday.

DENNERY, St Lucia, CMC – John Campbell’s belligerent half-century piloted Jamaica to a stirring four-wicket victory over Barbados, as the defending champions finished the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 One-Day Trophy on a high yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – BP Plc said yesterday it  was close to subduing its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and  the White House hailed the “beginning of the end” of efforts to  contain the worst spill in U.S.

-Ron Motilall yesterday recorded the fastest win of the inaugural Challenges of Youth Empowerment Chess Tournament currently underway at the American University of Peace Studies By Tamica Garnett Ron Motilall checkmated Farad Baksh in nine moves yesterday in the first round of the “Challenges of Youth Empowerment” chess tournament held by the Royal Chess Academy (RCA) at the American University of Peace Studies, Sheriff Street.

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Chinese women in Guyana, Margery Kirkpatrick in collaboration with the Chinese Association of Guyana is hosting five days of celebrations titled ‘An Enduring Female Legacy.’

Residents of the new Housing Scheme at Onderneeming, West Coast Berbice say that for the past three years they have been suffering from flooding every time the rice farmers sow their crops.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Stabroek News of Tuesday, August 3, under the caption ‘Police should investigate beating by three-man gang on Essequibo Coast.’

After six hectic rounds Caribbean Scrabble Champion Frederick Collins emerged winner of the Guyana Scrabble Association (GSA) Emancipation Day Open Scrabble tournament played on Monday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. billionaires  pledged yesterday to give at least half their fortunes to  charity as part of a philanthropic campaign by two of the  world’s richest men — Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya was poised to adopt a new  constitution after partial results yesterday showed more than  two-thirds of votes cast in a referendum favoured a law that  could reshape the politics of east Africa’s largest economy.

Dear Editor, The Belle Vue Cane Farmers’ Cooperative Society started as a Bookers Sugar Estates initiative in small cane farming in the very early 1950s.

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to the right arm on Sunday night following an argument between his older brother and two men over a vehicular jam-up at Robb and Albert streets.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Virender Sehwag led India’s bold  reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings of 425 with an unbeaten 97 on  the second day of the third and final test yesterday.

Dear Editor, I write in response to the article in the Guyana Review of Thursday, July 29 entitled, ‘External relations live from Washington DC.’

DAIRA DIN PANAH, Pakistan, (Reuters) – After wrecking  Pakistan’s northwest, the worst floods in 80 years swept through  the economically vital Punjab in a catastrophe that has raised  doubts about President Asif Ali Zardari’s fragile leadership.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Mohammad  Yousuf has been granted a visa and will be considered for  selection for the second test against England which starts at  Edgbaston tomorrow, the team said.

Ravi Shankar Ragoonauth’s family is still clinging to hope that he is alive after a body that was found in Surinamese waters turned out to be that of someone else.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England under-19 captain Azeem  Rafiq has been banned from all cricket for one month for  criticising team manager John Abrahams, the England and Wales  Cricket Board said in a statement yesterday.

Venessa Singh of Annandale pleaded not guilty to a simple larceny charge when Magistrate Priya Beharry read it to her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Economic or ethnic discontent may  lie behind an apparently amateurish attack on Iranian President  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s convoy yesterday — if such it was —  rather than any plot by militants or foreign foes to kill him.

Dear Editor, I am writing in relation to my late brother, Carl Nelson Bollers, who was viciously and brutally murdered last Sunday in Sophia while working as a security guard. 

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has proposed a one-day series between his country and Afghanistan as a way to help combat the threat of terrorism.

Dear Editor, On August 1, 2010, my family and I paid homage to Damon at that truly inspiring monument in Essequibo. 

-court told A 19-year-old security guard, who allegedly attempted to join the Guyana Police Force by presenting to it a forged Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Certificate, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

(Trinidad Guardian) Angos-tura Holdings, the CL Financial subsidiary, has declared a loss of TT$1.28 billion for 2008 and is unable to produce its audited results for 2009.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno  Aquino has fired nearly 1,000 officials appointed by his  predecessor during the presidential election period, although  he accepted the appointment of the Supreme Court Chief Justice  in May.

AKRON, Ohio, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods has typically  been the dominant talking point in the build-up to any PGA Tour  event where he competes but amazingly he has been upstaged  ahead of this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

A couple was robbed of jewellery at gunpoint on Tuesday night as they were about to enter their D’urban Street home.

Dear Editor, As we emerge from another Emancipation celebration, it is necessary to ponder the nature or character of the freedom of the average Guyanese, irrespective of race or place of residence.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday struck down a California ban on same-sex marriages as  unconstitutional, handing a key victory to gay rights advocates  in a politically charged decision almost certain to reach the  U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) A man accused of murdering Diane Williams and her eight-year-old son Shaquille escaped the glare of media photographers on Tuesday as police shielded him from the public by transporting him to court in a heavily-tinted unmarked vehicle.

Information on the amounts of activated charcoal which was exported from Guyana by the Omai gold mining company is being compiled by the entity.

Dear Editor, Recently I saw on the front page of one of the dailies, pictures of cattle owners/policemen during the process of impounding cattle.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s unemployment figure is likely higher than what the current data shows, Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams said on Tuesday.

LONDON, (Reuters Life!) – Too shy to read the Kama  Sutra on the train during rush hour?

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Chris Gayle has brushed aside the raging firestorm over his snub as Jamaica skipper and the subsequent calls for him to stand down as West Indies captain.

A window at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court falling apart.

Some National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners in the Rupununi are anxious to know when the NIS plans another visit to the area as they have been unable to access their pensions since February.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Powerful drug cartels are  increasingly using gruesome videos of executions and  interrogations to intimidate their rivals, police and an  already terrified public in Mexico’s vicious drug war.

Jungle house: This has been the state of this house located at the corner of Garnett and De Abreu streets, Newtown, Kitty for the past ten years.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Four-times NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal has signed with the Boston Celtics, the team said yesterday as they look to add experience to their lineup.

A member of the local magistracy has come out against the abuse of alcohol, claiming that it is the root cause of domestic violence, and stating that 100 per cent of the domestic violence cases that come before him in Berbice, where he is based, are related to alcohol.

This instalment examines some of the major Communication issues as it related to interior development in the 19th Century.

(Trinidad Express) A woman fainted and children cried on Tuesday, as their parents desperately tried to salvage their belongings which were ravaged by Monday’s flash flooding.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago thieves broke into my church building and stole all the fans.

Former national champion Norman Madhoo played unbeaten to capture the Open Singles title at Sunday’s Guyana Darts Association/Granny’s Hangout Bar sponsored tournament at Better Hope.

The Linden Fund organization in collaboration with the Overseas Medical Assistance Team is hosting its annual medical mission to Linden and the broader Region 10.