Articles published on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
-burnt suspect in custody Bartica grocer Charles Garraway died on Sunday, two days after he was doused with gasoline and then set alight by a group of men in the Oku Backdam, located near the Cuyuni River, in Region 7.
-buried body in backyard septic tank A Bajan man on Sunday confessed to killing his Guyanese wife and burying her body in their backyard, a week after she was reported missing.
Malaysian forestry company Samling Global, which operates Barama Company Limited (BCL), has been cited for “extensive and repeated breaches” here, resulting in its exclusion from Norway’s state pension fund, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds.
A sawmill worker died yesterday after he was electrocuted on the job in Rosignol, Berbice.
Escaping to a recently dug canal for some fun seemed like the perfect Sunday afternoon for a group of Canje boys but their outing ended in tragedy when 12-year-old Michael Cadogan drowned.
-dredges seized 300 persons, including illegal miners were evicted from the Omai area during a campaign last week by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).
Tiger Woods and wife divorce MIAMI, (Reuters) – The world’s No.
Three members of a gang intercepted in the interior over the weekend have confessed to committing three armed robberies on mining camps at Aranka, Cuyuni River and have implicated two others.
The Japan Karate Association/World Federation Guyana on Saturday conducted its third grading examinations for the year at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall which saw 74 students attaining a higher rank.
The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) yesterday said that the decision not to enter into negotiations with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) was because it is already committed to a binding arbitration process which is to be determined shortly.
Two bandits, one armed with a hand gun struck at Wings Taxi Service on High Street yesterday morning and after gun-butting the manager, escaped with cash.
Warren Gilkes was the most valuable player of the night scoring the only goal of the game to allow the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to get past Sunburst Camptown on the opening night of round two of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League tournament at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
The Guyana Lottery Company Limited (GLCL) says it has paid out more than $8B in prize money over its 14 years of operation.
‘I wasn’t going to stop fighting…I fight them until I pass out’ By Sara Bharrat Former Superintendent of Police Rambarran believes that the two men who attacked him at his Waterloo Street, Georgetown home on Saturday “left him for dead” on his living room floor.
By Marlon Munroe The men and women of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will be in action against their counterparts from Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados when the 56th edition of the GPF Track & Field Championships gets underway today at the Eve Leary ground.
Trishwari Ramdhary, 22, who was stabbed on Sunday, remained in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday while her attacker remained on the run.
—To face `Trini’ test this weekend By Marlon Munroe Guyana’s national cricket team’s preparedness for the Airtel Champions League T20 tournament in South Africa next month will come into sharp focus when they play Trinidad & Tobago this weekend at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.
Wins from Richard Chin and Robert MacDavid were not enough to secure a victory over Trinidad and Tobago as the team event of the National Lotteries Authority Caribbean Squash Championships continued in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The Georgetown Public Hospital says it will “employ every effort” to bring to justice relatives of a patient who become abusive to staff.
It was the young stunner from reggae land who walked away with the title of Miss Jamzone International on Sunday night, but there was some disagreement with the choice.
— to run for one week By Tamica Garnett The Junior Hockey Summer Camp held by Hikers Hockey Club commenced yesterday at 9am at the St.
(BBC) Caster Semenya’s coach says the South African athlete is happy to turn her back on negative comments about her.
A businessman who allegedly conspired to commit a felony by forging three immigration entry stamps was placed on $150,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday.
-to face ID parade A former defendant in the 2006 murder of Kaieteur News press men was held last Friday night in connection with an armed robbery that occurred at Eccles Industrial Site a day earlier and he will be placed on an identification parade shortly.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday warned Roger Clemens, his lawyers, prosecutors and possible witnesses against making statements that could sway potential jurors about the charges that he lied to the U.S.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Local Organising Committee chairman, Joyce Bowen has called on the business community to throw their support behind next month’s AIBA World International Women’s Boxing Championships.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Jimena Navarrete, a 22-year-old brunette from Mexico, was named Miss Universe in Las Vegas yesterday.
A US$20,000 grant was signed between Conservation International-Guyana (CI) and the British High Commission on Friday, to support an educational awareness programme on biodiversity and climate change that targets the local population and especially young people.
Dear Editor, Exactly one month after the mark of the 170th anniversary of the purchase of Buxton, formerly named Plantation New Orange Nassau, I was disheartened to read and listen to some of the sentiments expatiated by some political leaders exercising their constitutionally protected and recognised freedom of expression.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Arjun Atwal’s PGA Tour triumph shone as a beacon on an otherwise dark Sunday for Indian sports, fuelling the world’s second most populous country’s hopes of celebrating a maiden major victory in the not too distant future.
RIYADH, (Reuters) – A move by Saudi Arabia to allow only clerics approved by King Abdullah to issue religious edicts is a signal that the absolute monarchy wants to rein in a conservative clergy that has sometimes stood in the way of political reforms.
The Guyana Police Force will be employing the use of wheel clamps as part of its enforcement against motor vehicles that are badly parked, left in dangerous positions or fail to conform to road signs.
Dear Editor, It would be remiss of me not to recognize the sterling performances of Ms Eileen Marray and all the other students who obtained excellent grades at the CAPE sittings of 2010.
Food For The Poor (Guyana) Inc. Plaisance Committee recently held a public distribution activity for the benefit of over 50 cane and cash crop farmers from several East Coast Demerara communities.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have appointed former skipper Greg Chappell as its first full-time national selector following criticism of the selection panel’s part-time devotion to their roles.
Dear Editor, Last week, the GNBS released information on noise standards (SN, August 19) for various categories, including residential and recreational receptors.
MANILA, (Reuters) – Philippine police shot dead a sacked former policeman as they stormed a bus on which he was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in central Manila yesterday, and the government said eight hostages were killed.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. district court issued a preliminary injunction yesterday stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, in a slap to the Obama administration’s new guidelines on the sensitive issue.
Dear Editor, The construction of the Supenaam ferry stelling that was in the making for more than twenty years, has finally become a reality.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – National all-rounder Samuel Badree was named Cricketer-of-the-Year following the end of the National Premier Cricket League here recently.
Two men who allegedly broke into a Ruimveldt church and stole a quantity of musical equipment were each placed on $250,000 bail by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday.
An early morning accident at Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara has left an unidentified pedestrian dead.
Dear Editor, As the hoopla over the President’s ‘Bux-con’ visit (‘Buxtonians divided over President’s visit,’ SN, August 22) swirls and then fades, it is time for the people of Buxton and elsewhere to start asking serious questions about the government’s infatuation with secrecy when dealing with the people’s finances.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Akil Greenidge slammed an entertaining century to fire Barbados to a massive 164-run victory over Antigua and Barbuda in their opening match of the St Kitts and Nevis Under-13 tournament here Sunday.
KINSHASA, (Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo gang-raped almost 200 women during a four-day seizure of a town, aid groups said.
Dear Editor, In Arthur Schlesinger words, “a great injustice was done to Cheddi Jagan.”
The Aditya Kids Trust Foundation presented a library of books to the Kuru Kuru Training and Resource Centre on Wednesday.
(BBC) Audley Harrison has demanded that World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye signs to fight him in November.
HONG KONG, (Reuters Life!) – Researchers in Japan have created a highly accurate sensor that can detect smells and gases using genetically engineered frog eggs.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The People’s National Party (PNP) was on Monday night placed on election alert by its president, Portia Simpson Miller, who suggested that the Sunday Gleaner bombshell, revealing that the Jamaican Government had, in fact, been in bed with a United States law firm, might force the prime minister to quit.
Community Action Specialist Ms Rosanne Purnwasie faces a huge challenge. She is responsible for implementing the Community Action Component of the Citizens’ Security Programme which was re-launched earlier this year by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
COPIAPO, Chile, (Reuters) – Chilean miners who survived 18 days after a cave-in received hydration gel and medication through a narrow drill hole yesterday, but officials said it could be months before the men are freed.
Dear Editor, Burnham banned a lot of food items that affected the dietary choices of many Guyanese.
MADRID/OUGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – Two Spanish aid workers held by al Qaeda’s North African wing returned to Barcelona after being freed yesterday, ending a kidnapping that lasted nearly nine months.
NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – The folks at Gleason’s Gym like to say that boxing is the art of not getting hit.
