Articles published on Friday, February 18, 2011
Gordon (Junior) Nedd once beat a manslaughter charge, but the Guyanese man’s long criminal career in Calgary, Canada eventually caught up with him and he was deported back here according to a news report.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said today it had charged seven people with operating a pump-and-dump stock scam in 2006 and 2007 that purported to provide products and services to fight global warming and Guyana’s climate fight was one of those mentioned in press releases put out by the fraudsters.
PNCR member and presidential hopeful, Dr Faith Harding, who was a close friend of the late Mrs Joyce Hoyte, delivering an emotional tribute at the funeral service this afternoon.
Some 16 children were apprehended in Bartica following a major truancy campaign conducted by the Ministry of Education and the Region Seven Department of Education, Schools’ Welfare Unit on Thursday.
Below is a statement issued by the PNCR today on the passing of Joyce Hoyte “Joyce Noreen De Freitas was born on the 30th November, 1934 and grew up in Georgetown, the capital of then British Guiana.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Joint hosts Sri Lanka will be venturing into the unknown in every way despite “home advantage” when they meet Canada in their World Cup opener at Hambantota on Sunday.
FATULLAH, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood finally found some much-needed form as Pakistan were brushed aside by 67 runs in the final warm-up before the Cricket World Cup starts on Saturday.
(De Ware Tijd) — The government is negotiating with the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) for a loan of about US$ 20 million to establish an emergency fund for Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT).
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces fired on protesters today, wounding more than 60, as crackdowns on pro-democracy unrest buffeting the Middle East and North Africa turned increasingly violent.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Millions took to the streets to celebrate the new Egypt today, reminding military rulers to keep their promise of a swift transition to civilian rule after people power swept away autocrat Hosni Mubarak in just 18 days.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Teams at the World Cup appear to have reached a broad consensus that the best way to dismantle a rival batting order is to tie them in tangles, rather than subjecting them to a battery of bouncers.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – An anonymous gambler has struck an 82,000 pounds ($132,300) bet with a London bookmaker on India winning the Cricket World Cup, one of the biggest ever laid in the one-day game.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Wankhede Stadium, venue for the Cricket World Cup final on April 2, has not met fire safety standards, the chief fire officer for Mumbai said today.
Guyanese Russell Defreitas was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment in a New York Court by Judge Dora Irizarry, who before sentencing him said he was proven to be dangerous by his own words.
The burial of former First Lady Mrs Joyce Hoyte will take place today.
Leroy DeAgrella, the husband of Nalini DeAgrella, the woman who leapt to her death off of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) on Monday night, was released from police custody late yesterday afternoon.
Five days after school teacher Nathalie Loncke was murdered in her Norton Street, Georgetown home, police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for her suspected assailant.
US citizen Maxine Cecelia Batts, 64, was yesterday sentenced to a four jail term after changing her plea and admitting to a cocaine trafficking charge.
Justice Winston Patterson yesterday sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to killing his brother to eight years imprisonment.
Three persons have been held by police in connection with an early morning robbery yesterday at the Linden Regional Democratic Council (RDC) office, from where millions were taken.
Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday announced that the way has been cleared for the recruitment of graduate teachers from overseas, particularly for Mathematics and Science subjects.
Blairmont Estate sugar workers, who were on strike over the treatment of a fellow worker injured on the job, have resumed working after a meeting with GuySuCo officials yesterday.
Police are still hunting the man who attacked and stabbed Vanessa Francis on Wednesday night and she remains uneasy while the search continues.
One hundred free Mash costumes are being offered by the Ministry of Tourism to those who would like to participate in its float which is depicting `Flora, Fauna, Culture, Our Pride’ this year.
A police lance corporal accused of obtaining $5,000 from a man in order that his wife would not be prosecuted on a traffic violation was yesterday placed on $40,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
A block maker accused of giving a woman US$4,000 in counterfeit notes was yesterday arraigned on 18 charges related to forgery.
Two persons, including a man who reportedly had an ongoing feud with Rhampattie Ramsundar, are in police custody assisting with investigations into her brutal murder.
Government yesterday signalled that it is moving towards the re-establishment of the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU), which had been in place for the 2006 National and Regional Elections.
Soldiers attached to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) base at Lethem who “assisted” in “rescuing” some stock when fire destroyed Wayka’s Business Complex on Monday night also looted some items, President of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Alfred Ramsaran has alleged.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladeshis cast aside their usual docile and reserved image yesterday and proudly displayed their sporting passion at the gala opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup later in the capital.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s startling first-round exit at the last World Cup is still regarded as one of the greatest shocks in cricket and a fired-up Virender Sehwag wants to make Bangladesh pay for eliminating them four years ago.
Dear Editor, The recent articles in the Sunday Stabroek ‘Business Page’ on how the stock market works in Guyana has given much food for thought.
Newcomers Dr. Osmond Mack and Victor Dudnath will be entering Sunday’s Novices and Junior National Powerlifting Champion-ships in Corriverton with the aim of surpassing what they were doing during training.
Dear Editor, I am a disabled (blind) resident of New Diamond Housing Scheme.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – It’s hard to pick a winner between Windward Islands and Guyana in their third round match of the WICB Regional first-class championship, starting today at the Arnos Vale Multi-Purpose Complex, because there are too many similarities.
Dear Editor, I do hope that the recent fire at Lethem, which completely destroyed Wayka’s store, serves as a wake-up call to the regional authorities for the provision of fire-fighting facilities at Lethem.
MANAMA, (Reuters) – Troops took control of Manama yesterday after riot police stormed an anti-government protest camp at dawn and fought demonstrators on the streets, killing four people in Bahrain’s worst violence in decades.
Queen’s College with its contingent of 27 students was able to gather 11 medals from four events when the Barbados Relay ended in that country on Sunday.
A study aimed at confirming the status of the tourism industry as a significant contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could be completed by year end,
SANAA/ADEN, (Reuters) – Four protesters were killed in clashes with police in southern Yemen yesterday as unrest spread and demonstrators called for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s three decades of rule.
Dear Editor, Joyce Noreen Hoyte, who was born on November 30, 1934 and died on February 14, 2011, was a strong, shrewd woman and gracious First Lady, who lived a dignified and humble life.
We do not know enough to pronounce with any authority on the claims made earlier this week by laid off workers at the NPIC Call Centre regarding their conditions of work, though some of those claims bear a striking resemblance to complaints made by employees of call centres in other parts of the world.
(Barbados Nation) Effervescent fast bowler Tino Best has been recalled to the Barbados squad.The
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Dear Editor, During the month of January, I read many opinion articles on the possible winners for Sports Awards for 2010.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Deadly clashes broke out in several towns in Libya yesterday after the opposition called for protests against leader Muammar Gaddafi in a rare show of defiance inspired by uprisings in other Arab states.
President of the GRFU, Kit Nascimento said that in order for the National rugby Sevens team to win games at the IRB Sevens World Series in Las Vegas, United States, more preparation against higher levels of competition is required.
ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s incumbent Laurent Gbagbo decreed yesterday that major banks suspending business in Ivory Coast are to be nationalised, the latest turn in a bitter struggle for political control of the West African state.
Lagging The Guyana Marketing Corpo-ration was rejiggered. The Nation-al Agricultural Research Institute is to be reconfigured.
The pair of Vijay Deo and Carlos Adams came out on top of a field in Wednesday’s Oasis Café-sponsored Pairs Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.
Dear Editor, As a regular reader of Cynthia Nelson’s fine pieces on Guyanese/Caribbean cooking in The Scene in Saturday’s edition of Stabroek, I should not have been surprised at the quality of her book Tastes Like Home.
Local furniture designers Liana Cane has been awarded the prestigious Canadian Design Lines Award at the January 2011 Interior Design Show (IDS11) held in Toronto.
Defending champion, Trophy Stall XI, is slated to defend its title in the GT&T 10/10 softball competition beginning tomorrow following a postponement on account of bad weather.
Dear Editor, Unarguably, the epitome of all cricket events has dawned upon us yet again; it will unfold in the sub-continent in a little more than a day’s time.
The Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GMSA) is seeking to generate local private sector interest in participating in the Third China/Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum scheduled for Trinidad and Tobago later this year.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies have applied to World Cup organisers for Kirk Edwards and Devon Thomas to replace the injured pair of Adrian Barath and Carlton Baugh Jr.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A month before Haiti’s decisive presidential election run-off, the political figure getting all the attention is not a candidate, and he is not even in the country.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Jailed financier Allen Stanford, accused of running a massive Ponzi scheme, filed a $7.2 billion lawsuit accusing federal prosecutors and regulators of depriving him of his constitutional rights.
Dear Editor, It is becoming more difficult to traverse the roadway between Success to Better Hope on the East Coast of Demerara due to heavy traffic build-ups.
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GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 395’s trading results showed consideration of $2,341,227 from 113,163 shares traded in 16 transactions as
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved yesterday a government proposal for just a small hike in the minimum wage, handing President Dilma Rousseff her first major legislative victory.
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Dear Editor, The idea that Indians are voting race because of fear has replaced, in some narrations, one of the politicians’s explanations that was current from the fifties and which had become a standard by the end of the twentieth century.
(Trinidad Express) Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender (GLBT) people in Trinidad and Tobago are calling on the Government to decriminalise homosexuality.
I’d guess that, at the minimum, half of our population is aware of the origins and reasons for the annual festival that is Mashramani.
All across Caricom, within the physical confines of its geopolitical space and beyond, in the diaspora and the broader sphere of cyberspace, tough, painful questions are being asked of those charged with the region’s collective welfare.
National boxing coach Wincel Thomas for the next few months will have a busy schedule working with a group of prospective amateur boxers.
