Daily Archive: Saturday, August 14, 2010

-drifted in north west after engine failed The missing fishermen of the vessel ‘Captain Sunil’ were found alive and well yesterday in the North West District area and arrangements were being last evening to reunite them with their families.

-wife recounts terror, escape Bandits who murdered Karia Karia businessman Paul John on Wednesday arrived in the isolated community by boat in search of money and terrorized his wife who eventually trekked two miles along a dam for help.

-low Mathematics pass rate worrying By Tiffny Rhodius and Candace Phillips Eileen Marray of New Amsterdam Multilateral who gained five Grade One passes in five subjects is this year’s top performer at the Carib-bean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), but there was a drop in the overall pass rate and the poor performance in Mathematics was singled out.

-after lack of evidence Shawn Henry, the man charged with the murder of Dharamchand Mangra in the North West District three years ago, was yesterday discharged of the capital offence by Magistrate Alan Wilson due to insufficient evidence.

–survey team The current road safety deficiencies of the four-lane highway along the East Bank Demerara will not be repeated in a proposed four-lane extension from Providence to Grove, according to a representative of the UK firm doing the technical, environmental and economic feasibility study for the project.

The Sophia Artists Group yesterday launched a week long exhibition, titled “the pride of our community,” that will showcase the talent of young artists in the area.

The Ministry of Health signed a $13M contract with VP Construction on Tuesday for the expansion of the Georgetown School of Nursing.

The government yesterday released $40M to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to be used to pay the solid waste contractors.

– Persaud tells Mahaicony farmers Unless the cost of energy is lowered, Guyana will not be “going anywhere”, Agricul-ture Minister, Robert Persaud said yesterday.

– Mayor Green tells ISKF founder and chief instructor By Marlon Munroe Founder and chief instructor of the International Shotakan Karate Federation (ISKF) Teruyuki Okazaki yesterday received the ‘key to the city’ of Georgetown  in the Promenade Gardens.

By Tamica Garnett Jevina Sampson who was nominated for the Singapore Youth Olympic Scholarship has been accepted for the prestigious scholarship offered by the Organizing Committee of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled to begin today in Singapore.

Persons are now getting an opportunity to detect cancer at its initial stage through Cancer Awareness Camps that the Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) has started to conduct around the country.

By Tamica Garnett President of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA), Christopher Ram yesterday delivered words of inspiration to the remaining six tennis players prior to their departure for St Vincent and the Grenadines where they are scheduled to participate in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Championships.

but needs a lot more help Amidst its struggle to maintain and educate an overcrowded school the Lancaster Secondary yesterday welcomed a donation of six computers worth more than half a million dollars.

By Tamica Garnett National cyclists Christopher Holder and Marica Dick with a bronze medal apiece, ensured the Guyana contingent did not come back empty handed from the Fifth Annual Youth Caribbean Cycling Championships held in Aruba on August 7-8.

Justice Winston Patterson has ordered former Commission-er of Lands and Oaths, Mirza Sahadat to pay costs in the sum of $150,000, in relation to a civil action filed against him.

Following his second place finish in the just-concluded Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) trials on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, young racquet wielder Edinho Lewis has been named on the men’s team for this year’s Commonwealth Games in India.

A football player was yesterday accused of wounding at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Guyana recorded their second win of the men’s indoor Pan American hockey championships in Venezuela when they defeated Peru 4-2 in a thrilling encounter in the first game of day four of the championships in Barquisimeto.

Jared Peroune has a love for the piano where he finds his sanctuary.

A man accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $75,000.

A man was yesterday charged with the murder of Uitvlugt fisherman Nandalall Bopat.

Which is more difficult, realising that your love never meant crap and ‘chucking it,’ for want of a better phrase, or concluding that love is worth holding onto regardless of how much it sucks?

Local football referees will attend a training programme tomorrow geared at bringing  officials up to date with the rules of the game and ways of handling infringements.

A man accused of breaking into a store room and stealing a quantity of shoes was on Thursday remanded to prison.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Holder Andy Murray brushed aside  David Nalbandian 6-2 6-2 yesterday to set up a Toronto Masters  semi-final clash with world number one Rafa Nadal.

Hi Everyone, I’m in Guyana. I’ve been here for a week now and the eating at home has been interesting.

A man accused of stealing a washing machine motor was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

KOHLER, Wisconsin,  (Reuters) – American Matt Kuchar made the most of a timely break in the inclement weather to grab the clubhouse lead in the second round of the U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Tyson Gay sent a message to  missing rivals Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell with victory in the  100 metres at the London Diamond League meeting yesterday in a  world leading time of 9.78 seconds.

Disgruntled sugar workers at the LBI Estate called off a brief strike action yesterday following negotiations with GuySuCo and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).

Hits and Jams promotions has announced the ‘Ultimate Neyo Fan Contest,’ offering someone here the opportunity to compete for the chance to spend an entire day with the R&B superstar on the day of his highly anticipated concert here.

The Jamzone 2010 calendar of events officially gets underway tonight with a chutney super concert that is expected to be so hot the promoters are reportedly considering sprinklers for the event.

The policy regarding life-support machines at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) is a sensitive one according to Medical Director Dr.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Barbados crushed Dominica to record the biggest win of the second round of the WICB Women’s 50-Overs League but Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica reeled off second successive victories to leap to the top of their respective groups.

Sonia Noel decided to kick off the annual Guyana Fashion Weekend in New York this year and as she described it, “It was intimate and upscale.”

Dear Editor, With reference to your article, ‘Demerara River pounds Meadowbank to Little Diamond,’ dated August 12, highlighting a breach in the sea dam at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, the Sea Defence Division responds hereunder.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday urged members of the public to desist from the pre-dawn practice of queuing up outside the Central Immigration and Passport Office as it causes “large unnecessary” build-ups.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday backed construction of a proposed mosque and Muslim  cultural center near the site of the Sept.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricketers  association has slammed a trial shake-up of the domestic one-day game, saying there had been no consultation and that the new format based on split innings was difficult to comprehend.

(Femalefirst) The ‘Stronger’ hitmaker – who has been single since splitting from model Amber Rose earlier this year – dreams of settling down and starting a family, and is now only looking to date women he thinks he could marry.

Dear Editor, There is a book universally called a Pharmacopoeia. In it are listed all known drugs or medications approved by government for use in Guyana.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s gold bonanza has a  dark side, U.N.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African cricket  authorities have set up an independent committee to investigate  large bonuses paid to staff after the Indian Premier League and  International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy last  season.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Dilma Rousseff, the  hand-picked successor of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,  has an 8-point lead over her main rival ahead of October’s  election, a poll showed yesterday, the fourth straight survey  showing her ahead.

Dear Editor, I know Rev Gideon Cecil and based on his letter in Stabroek News, August 10, titled ‘Burnham achieved nothing’ I can clearly state that he writes from a vacuum in respect of our recent history.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Gunmen in Jamaica killed eight  people early yesterday in suspected gang killings on the  Caribbean tourist island, police said.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Opener Upul Tharanga  hit a well-paced 70 to lay the foundations for Sri Lanka’s  three-wicket win over New Zealand in the second match of the  Tri-series yesterday.

(CBS)  Fantasia Barrino is back home in Charlotte, NC, after treatment for an overdose of aspirin and sleeping pills.

The government has approved seven contracts in the agriculture and water sectors and for infrastructural development, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said Tuesday.

SUKKUR, Pakistan – Disease outbreaks pose grave risks to  victims of Pakistan’s worst floods in decades, aid agencies said  yesterday, causing fresh concern about already complicated  relief efforts.

She’s tall, beautiful; her skin glows even in the dark. And she’s got the kind of figure every man would die for. 

DETROIT, Michigan, CMC – Well-known Bahamian heavyweight Sherman “The Tank” Williams will once again step into the ring in November to face former World champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Known as a transnational contract killer who considered the gun his “best friend”, Cedric ‘Doggie’ Murray was on Thursday cut down in a daring daylight gun battle during a police operation at the border of Manchester and Clarendon.

The Ministry of Education is constructing three new schools in Region Three at a total cost of $176.5M.

Dear Editor, After reading, ‘AFC could still be open to broad alliance with PNCR – Carrington,’ (SN, August 12), I will have to say that unless there is more substance than what has so far been reported in the media from the WPA-sponsored ‘Groundings’ public discussion, last Wednesday, we may well have to wait for another Groundings meeting or two before we get a better grasp of how the Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) intend to advance their agenda in the run up to the 2011 elections.

VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Canadian authorities unloaded  a cramped cargo ship yesterday of nearly 500 Tamil asylum  seekers from Sri Lanka whose arrival has sparked a national  debate over the country’s immigration and refugee laws.

Anyone who has recently endured the aggravations of airline travel will appreciate the tensions which erupted on last Monday’s JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh to New York.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund lost  5.4 percent on its investments in the second quarter as its core  holding of BP shares halved in value and other stocks also fell,  Europe’s largest equity investor reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, Much has been said about the uncollected garbage around the city and the unbearable smell that emanates from the rotting waste material ill advisedly stored or buried near the Le Repentir, or dumped in several alleyways around Georgetown.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian medium pacer Munaf  Patel is heading to Sri Lanka to strengthen the team’s depleted  bowling attack for the ongoing tri-series, the Indian cricket  board (BCCI) said on Thursday.

Building capacity: Kiskadee Kids Daycare and Playgroup recently held a capacity building workshop for caregivers, teachers and parents attached to the institution.