Daily Archive: Monday, February 28, 2011

A Guyanese brother and sister and her boyfriend who faced second-degree murder charges for killing a Guyanese man in Schenectady, New York last year pleaded guilty to a lesser felony today hours before jury selection was set to begin in their trial, according to the Times Union newspaper.

Tiffany Clarke who has been arraigned for murdering her female lover made an appearance before the acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry today.

The man accused of murdering Linden businessman Albert Joseph called `Bolo’ was today remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – West Indies speedster Kemar  Roach conjured up a magical bowling spell to register the first  hat-trick of the 2011 World Cup and spur his team to a 215-run  win over the Netherlands in a Group B match today.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has issued a wanted bulletin for the teenaged murder accused who reportedly walked through the gates of the Georgetown Prisons on Camp Street last Monday.

“There is no, I insist, no breakdown of law and order in Guyana!”

The Medical Council of Guyana has published a notice advising the public that the following doctors are not licensed to practice medicine in Guyana.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hollywood found a new group  of kings lording over movies on Monday, the makers of Oscar  winner “The King’s Speech,” whose heartwarming tale triumphed  over a flashy story of new technology in “The Social Network.”

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – England player Tim Bresnan has  been reprimanded for hitting his stumps in frustration during  Sunday’s tied World Cup match against India in Bangalore, the  International Cricket Council (ICC) said today.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Only one person in the world was  not surprised when England and India shared a 676-run feast at  the World Cup that ended with a heart-stopping tie off the last  ball.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England wicketkeeper Steven  Davies has announced he is gay, saying it was a “massive relief”  to speak openly about his sexuality.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – A devastating opening  spell from left-arm spinner Ray Price spurred Zimbabwe to a  crushing 175-run victory over Canada in their World Cup Group A  match today.

PARAMARIBO – Within two or three years, after an investment of some US$60 million, Suriname will have a hypermodern and ‘green’ sports facility which will serve as the Regional Sports Academy (RSA).

Declaring that it was not a one-man show, freshly minted PNCR presidential candidate David Granger says he will discuss elections strategy with party leader Robert Corbin and warned that corruptly conceived projects will be rolled back under any government led by him.

The decomposed body of a Port Kaituma, North West District (NWD) man was discovered along a trail in Massawini on Saturday, several days after he was reported missing.

Caricom leaders are to attend a two-day retreat here to discuss the way forward for the regional integration movement.

A man was stabbed seven times by another man during an outing yesterday.

Nigel Glen, the nurse who was involved in a vehicular accident at the corner of Camp and Lamaha streets on Saturday afternoon, succumbed to his injuries later that evening.

Bandits broke and entered the Good Faith, Mahaicony home of a 58-year-old widow on Saturday night and escaped with more than $200,000 in cash and jewellery.

The decomposing body of an elderly woman was yesterday morning discovered at her home at Freeman Street, East La Penitence.

It has been six Sundays since her son was reportedly beaten to death in a crowd at the first creek along the Soesdyke/-Linden Highway and relatives have visited police three times in a desperate bid for justice, Indera Ram said.

China presented sport gear valued over $2.4M to the Ministry of Education recently to boost physical education and sport in schools.

President Bharrat Jagdeo charged 51 newly elevated ranks to “safeguard Guyana’s development vision” and to participate in the development process at a ceremony hosted on Thursday at Camp Ayanganna.

Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid-Edmond on Thursday adjourned the Babita Sarjou harassment case to March 18, after the prosecution asked the court for more time to file a statement.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee recently met with newly elected Community Policing Groups (CPGs) to discuss their roles and policies and to encourage them to build on the experiences of former CPG executives.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai told Swan and Wiakabra residents that each person is responsible for the development of their community; advising them to move to areas being regularised and to access  training programmes.

Five students who became pregnant while still attending school have been reintegrated into the school system, acting Chief Schools Welfare Officer Carol Melville said.

A vendor was on Friday placed on $50,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after denying a charge of smoking cannabis.

The Foundation for Community Support (FOCUS) said nine persons won from three age ranges when it hosted its 4th annual Spelling Bee competition earlier this month.

Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding has emphasised the need for the Caribbean Community to address decisively the perception that CARICOM was not working out for its people.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday announced that an immigration officer will be in Barbados from today to March 5 to

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs earlier this month engaged the Rockstone community on issues such as supporting groups that are working for its betterment and crafting its   Community Development Plan (CDP) in order to access a Presidential Grant this year.

A Guyanese man on Friday pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a fellow Guyanese before Schenectady County Judge Karen Drago and will face at least 17 years behind bars Hours earlier, New Yorker Dhanashar “Tony” Persaud confessed in an eight-page sworn statement that he fatally shot Ganesh Ramgoolam on Feb.

The Caribbean Environment and Health Institute (CEHI) is benefiting from the expertise of Hideki Wada, an expert from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), to enhance cooperation in regional solid waste management.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – India and England set alight  the World Cup yesterday after a record-breaking 676 run-feast  ended with a dramatic tie off the last ball.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Davendra Bishoo will replace injured all-rounder Dwayne Bravo in the West Indies squad at the World Cup.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup in DELHI The West Indies resume their World Cup campaign at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here today, appreciably weakened and forced into a change of strategy for the remainder by the loss of the player coach Ottis Gibson calls their “energizer.”

Attorney-at-Law Kim Kyte-John was yesterday elected unopposed as president of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA), when the body held it’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the boardroom of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

Guyana, after claiming first innings points against Barbados, were pressing for an outright win at the end of the third day of their West Indies Cricket Board, Regional four day encounter at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana United Artists (GUA) salutes the United Nations General Assembly declaration of this year, 2011, as the “International Year of Peoples Of African Descent” in recognition of the dynamic contributions made by Africans all over the world.

Dear Editor, Death has ruthlessly plucked my good friend Sharief Khan from this mortal world at the relatively young age of 59 years, but such divine intervention must visit us all at some point in time.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Daren Ganga led a fight-back for Trinidad & Tobago, after Andre Fletcher gathered his third first-class hundred to give Windward Islands first innings points in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Sarkozy is  betting on one of France’s most tested politicians to restore  credibility to French diplomacy at a crucial time for relations  with North Africa and his own popularity ratings.

By Treiston Joseph Aliann Pompey is moving on. Pompey is putting behind her the disappointment she has endured after a medal winning year for Guyana on the athletics circuit and focussing   on upcoming international competitions.

Dear Editor, Guyana would still have a brain drain even if all Guyanese stayed at home because of our political system.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Rebels awaited counter-attack by  Muammar Gaddafi’s forces today, after the Libyan leader  defied calls for him to quit in the hardest-fought of the Arab  world’s wave of uprisings so far.

Dear Editor,I have noticed that my good friend Malcolm Harripaul has fallen for the old personality cult that has contributed to the destruction of Guyana.

Robin Persaud edged home ahead of Walter Grant-Stewart yesterday morning to win the R&R International Limited-sponsored 40-mile cycle road race at West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, At this time of the year we take time off from our routines in both rain and brilliant sunshine, to quite properly celebrate Mash 2011.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI – An online call for anti-government  protests across China yesterday instead brought an emphatic show  of force by police determined to deter any buds of the kind of  unrest that has shaken the Middle East.

(Jamaica Observer) In 2007, two years after its creation, Caribbean Genetics (CARIGEN) burst into the public spotlight with research suggesting that more than 30 per cent of Jamaican men were not the biological fathers of their children.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Jamaica stood on the brink of their second victory for the season, despite Shane Jeffers’ second first-class hundred, and a Leeward Islands second innings fight-back in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed  Ghannouchi resigned yesterday after violent protests over his  ties to the North African state’s toppled former leader,  triggering street celebrations in central Tunis.

Dear Editor,I refer to a letter by Malcolm Harripaul in the KN of February 24, ‘Is the AFC advocating communism and race politics?’ 

CAVE HILL, Barbados,  CMC – Craig Kieswetter raced to his sixth first-class hundred, after England Lions collected first innings points from the Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

This hole on the railway line embankment road passing through the village of Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) was repaired

Noting the billions that have been spent on drainage since the 2005 Great Flood, Thursday’s editorial questioned whether it couldn’t have funded a couple of extra pumps for areas inundated after last Monday’s torrential rains.

This week we asked the man and the woman in the street what they thought of the government’s plan to import Mathematics and Science teachers because of a shortage of teachers in the subject area.

Dear Editor, The outcome of the West Indies-South Africa match is hardly surprising, though viewers had expected more runs would be scored to make the contest interesting.

Politikles

Former national champion Wendell Meusa ruled on the senior side while rising junior chess player Rashad Hussain emerged victorious in the junior category of the Demerara Distillers Limited/Topco Juice Republic Anniversary Rapid Chess Tournament held yesterday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

By Raymond Ramcharitar Raymond Ramcharitar is a Trinidadian journalist. He has written about art and culture for 20 years.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The government last week scrapped its controversial plans to sell the bulk of England’s  publicly owned forests after intense public opposition.

The final year Sociology students of the University of Guyana recently completed a project which involved enhancing the well-being of the elderly.

NASSAU, (Reuters) – China’s ambassador to the  Bahamas hailed the groundbreaking of a $2.6 billion resort  project last week as “another milestone” in the two countries’  relationship and suggested it could herald further Chinese  investment in the island nation.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “The King’s Speech” was  coronated the big winner with four Oscars on Sunday, including  best film and best actor for its star Colin Firth on a night  with few surprises among winners at the top movie awards.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, has announced that the Government will establish a fund to assist Jamaican artistes who have fallen on hard times.