Daily Archive: Monday, August 9, 2010

A former policeman was brutally hacked about his body and left on a Kildonan, Corentyne street where the body was discovered in a crouching position early yesterday morning.

-were supposed to be on ‘quick trip’ A three-man fishing crew and their vessel remain missing a week after they ventured out to sea on what was supposed to be a quick trip.

Just over a week ago an increase in paddy bug presence was noticed in the Black Bush Polder area and farmers are being warned about a possible infestation, General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj says.

Residents of Bartica were last evening excited to see a new fire tender responding to a blaze at a section of the interior community.

The African Cultural and Development  Association (ACDA) is expanding its Early Childhood education programme with the addition of a Primary One class this September.

-husband charged A woman of Guyanese origin was stabbed to death in Newark, New Jersey last week and her husband has since been charged with the crime.

A 67-year old woman and her granddaughter were yesterday afternoon rushed to a private hospital in the city with burns about their body after another relative threw a pot of ‘boiling’ dhal in their direction.

Almost three months after a review on the unusable new Supenaam stelling was ordered there has been no word from the authorities on the fate of the installation and who is to be held responsible.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon says government has noted the criticisms of the Land Registry in the press and is currently preparing a comprehensive response.

Using his hand to block a chop aimed at his head may have saved the life of a Sophia man when his neighbour of 15 years attacked him with a cutlass following an argument over a beer.

Venessa Fordyce, 28, of Friendship, East Bank Demerara, on Friday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after her siblings accused her of forging her father’s will.

Minister of Human Services & Social Security Priya Manickchand has said that while alcohol plays a role in domestic violence it must not be seen as an excuse to perpetrate violence.

-250 km jungle road would have to be built A proposed logging operation in a biodiversity rich area in the Upper Essequibo will increase access and business opportunities for harvesters and developers of non-timber forest resources but there will be loss of wildlife.

Ninety-four Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) students graduated in various disciplines last Friday as the institution marked its 46th year in existence.

Two men who were attacked with bottles at a wedding house at Tempe Village, West Coast Berbice three Saturday nights ago said that despite their injuries the attackers have still not been charged.

By Tamica Garnett Four promising youths selected to represent Guyana at the World Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled to begin on Friday departed Guyana earlier this morning to begin their two-day journey to Singapore where the games will be held.

-GTTA’s Munroe By Floyd Christie General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe is confident that Guyana’s Adielle Roushevel will be competitive when she represents Guyana in the table tennis segment at the inaugural Youth Olympics Games (YOG) which will be held in Singapore from August 14-26.

Cricket Development Officer of the Guyana Cricket Board Reon King yesterday told Stabroek Sport that the Guyana Twenty20 management team was seeking to have former West Indies cricket coach Roger Harper assist with the training of the national Twenty20 squad.

VANCOUVER, Canada, CMC – Nicolette Fernandes failed in her bid to reach the final of the Sun & Surf Open, when American Latasha Khan knocked her out in the semi-finals, with a straight games victory on Saturday.

A Trinidad Under-17 cricket team arrived in Guyana yesterday for a developmental tour, Guyana Cricket Board Cricket Development Officer Reno King told Stabroek Sport yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Chetram Singh has admited that Guyana has a hard act to follow in the Champions League Twenty20 next month in South Africa.

The body of the man found in the Lower Kara Kara Creek, Linden early Friday was last evening identified as Milton George of Blue Berry Hill, Linden.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago are already looking to the future following their huge disappointment in the recent Caribbean Twenty20 Trophy.

– Hydromet Office The Hydrometeorological Office has predicted that in August the country will experience 40 percent above normal rainfall, so conservancies, koker, sluices and major waterways are being closely monitored across the country.

LUZERN, Switzerland,  CMC – Kerron Stewart finished fifth in the 100 metres on her return from a hamstring injury at European Athletic Association meet yesterday here.

Hit and run victim Yevette Neptune remains in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was admitted last Tuesday.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will commence a two-week training clinic for its under-13, 15 and 17 cricketers today at the club’s Queenstown ground.

Handyman Dan Kumar Narine of Kingston pleaded not guilty on Friday to the charge of simple larceny at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

ROHRI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistani navy boats sped  across miles of flood waters yesterday as the military took a  lead role in rescuing survivors from a devastating disaster that  has killed 1,600 people and left two million homeless.

The five-day Enmore Youth Camp which catered for 41 students between the ages of 12 and 17 years concluded last Friday with an interactive session during a visit by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel  Santos and Venzuelan President Hugo Chavez will meet for talks  in Colombia tomorrow to try to end a diplomatic dispute,  Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said yesterday.

Food For The Poor (Guyana) Inc on Tuesday handed over computer training systems to four local organisations to aid their information technology (IT) literacy.

– former national swimmer Yannick Roberts tells Goodwill Swimmers Former national swimmer Yannick Roberts is encouraging the swimmers on the Guyana team for the upcoming 16th annual Goodwill Swimming championships to do their best.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Mudslides engulfed a town in  northwest China yesterday, killing at least 127 people and  leaving nearly 1,300 residents missing as rescue teams dug out  crushed homes and tried to blast away debris clogging a river.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The recent decision by Jamaica’s selectors to ignore West Indies captain Chris Gayle for the captaincy of the national team could have caused a split in the side.

Khemraj Singh the man who was seriously injured in an early morning fatal crash two Saturdays ago is anxious about his family’s welfare as he remains an in-patient at the Georgetown Hospital nursing two broken legs.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Police investigators in Mandeville, Manchester, on Saturday waded through conflicting information surrounding the murder of former Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Neil McGill.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Newly nominated U.S. ambassador  Larry Palmer will not be allowed to take up his post in Caracas  after criticizing Venezuela’s socialist government, President  Hugo Chavez said yesterday.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England bowler Stuart Broad has been charged and may be facing a ban for throwing the ball at Pakistan debutant Zulqarnain Haider in the second test yesterday.

Dear Editor,I saw a letter from Mr Roshan Khan, extolling the virtues of Buxtonians in general and I thank him for the encomiums.

(Trinidad Express) “Is this the way we have to leave this world?”

Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they think men should be granted paternity leave.

(Jamaica Observer) Bruce Golding- led administration is examining the feasibility of a gun amnesty as part of its drive to rid the streets of illegal weapons.

Dear Editor, Guyanese do not seem to realize they are being conned into voting for the government with materialistic things.

BASRA, Iraq, (Reuters) – The explosion of a power  generator, possibly triggered by a bomb, at a busy market in  Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra on Saturday killed dozens of  people and wounded scores more, morgue and security sources  said.

AKRON, Ohio, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods will go into next  week’s PGA Championship with his game in total disarray and the  emotional state of his mind highly questionable after a  career-worst performance at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

(Trinidad Express) A St Augustine businesswoman turned the tables on two armed robbers after she drew her licensed pump action shotgun and opened fire on the suspects at her mini-mart on Friday.

Dear Editor, The evolving recognition of the need for coalition building within and among the political opposition in Guyana is welcome.

Rain continues to wreak havoc with the local golf season forcing the postponement of yet another tournament.

The  drain at Danjou Road at Wismar, Linden which collapsed less than three weeks after completion.

In The Diaspora Terry Roopnaraine is a Guyanese social anthropologist with research interests in Amazonian ethnology.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguayan President Fernando  Lugo has a second lymphoma nodule in his chest, doctors said on  Saturday, a day after revealing he had cancer.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In just over 10 years, members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) fatally shot more than 2,000 civilians in alleged shoot-outs and other confrontations.

KABUL, (Reuters) – An international Christian aid  group denied yesterday Taliban accusations that its team of  foreign medical workers killed in Afghanistan’s remote northeast  had been proselytising.

As harbingers of the fast approaching electoral season there were two noteworthy developments in recent weeks.

No hope: This is the state of the main road at Hope, East Coast Demerara.

In a recent column, where I referred to some of the differences between living in Guyana and living outside, space limitations prevented me from mentioning an importance difference – marketing.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Debutant Zulqarnain  Haider scored a courageous 88 to frustrate England’s bid to win  inside three days against Pakistan in the second test at Edgbaston yesterday.

Dear Editor, I recently saw the Freddie Kissoon Column (August 6, 2010).