Daily Archive: Saturday, April 2, 2011

A burglar was shot dead by police in the early hours of yesterday after he was alleged to have rushed at an officer with an object in his hands.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni  struck a dramatic six to bring the World Cup to India on  Saturday after Sri Lanka had threatened to ruin their party.

Noting a call by PNCR presidential candidate, David Granger for a judicial enquiry into all aspects of the drug trade, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee this evening said it made no sense and called on Granger for probes of a host of other areas including the killing of Walter Rodney and the 1973 ballot box shootings.

City businessman Godfrey Scipio called ‘Saga’ was on Friday night robbed of jewellery and an undisclosed amount of cash by four gunmen who later engaged police in a shoot-out at Cummings Lodge.

Police have detained two seamen for questioning after their boat captain mysteriously disappeared from the vessel they were in early yesterday morning in the vicinity of the Unity, Mahaica foreshore.

New terms for Guyana’s forests’ deal with Norway have been agreed, with payments from Oslo to decrease should the deforestation level here increase over last year’s level.

Well-known city businessman David Persaud passed away last night at the age of 75.

President Bharrat Jagdeo launched the Educational Television Broadcasting Service (ETBS) yesterday, saying that it will serve to narrow the gaps in providing quality education across the country.

Sexual offence convictions remain considerably low in this country despite reformed laws and problems still persist in policing and prosecution, particularly with evidence gathering.

The PPP will decide on its presidential candidate on Monday but it is still to be determined whether this will be done by secret ballot or an open vote.

Minutes after gunmen in a vehicle discharged several rounds on D’Urban Street, causing the patrons of a nearby bar to panic, they were chased to the Cummings Lodge area where they exchanged gunfire with police.

For over a decade, a miner has been operating on their titled land without their consent and despite numerous complaints to the authorities, no action has been taken, the Toshao of the Amerindian village of Chinese Landing said yesterday.

A two-month-old baby and his five-year-old brother have been placed in the care of the Probation and Social Services of Region 5 after they were found unattended at home yesterday morning.

A Canadian-based Guyanese, who has been renovating his house at Bath Settlement, West Berbice, has disappeared since Tuesday after leaving to transact business in Georgetown.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar stands at the  heart of a real life drama today which would be rejected  as impossibly contrived if suggested to any director in the  flourishing film industry of his native Mumbai.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) is pushing for voting rights ahead of next Saturday’s Ordinary General Meeting of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) but the local governing body has turned down a request for a meeting to discuss the issue.

As a Sophia woman went about a usual evening chore of burning garbage, it exploded, causing her to sustain severe burns about the body.

By Treiston Joseph When Dick Traum was only 24 he was crushed between two cars at a gas station.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Reigning 100 metres girls sprint champion Michelle Lee Ahye will spearhead a strong 66-member Trinidad and Tobago squad at this month’s Games in Montego Bay.

As police continue to grill eight persons held in connection with Thursday’s brazen armed robbery of Guyana Stockfeeds Limited, investigators are looking for the mastermind who they believe has fled to Linden.

An elderly couple was left traumatised after three men invaded a Sophia house early yesterday morning and took a small amount of gold jewellery and cash.

Despite the fact that Guyana’s senior cricket team finished in the cellar of this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) First Class competition, national coach Mark Harper feels that Guyana’s cricket is not a lost cause.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) is eagerly anticipating the start of their nationwide Schools Volleyball Programme and is currently making arrangements with the International Volleyball Federation for launching the programme.

Two Guyana Sugar Cor-poration (GuySuCo) cane harvesters are in police custody following a sting operation, in which they were caught destroying transport punts to be resold as scrap metal.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Brief profiles of the India and Sri Lanka captains in today’s World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium.

Two bandits held a woman at gunpoint and stripped her of her jewellery at Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara on Thursday afternoon.

Reaz Khan, 20, is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he ingested a quantity of telephone cleaner, while being held by police.

ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Test left-hander Brendan Nash was closing in on a century but the in-form Marlon Samuels missed out on one, as Jamaica dominated Trinidad and Tobago on the opening day of their Regional First Class Championship semi-final yesterday.

By Abigail Semple You might have thought you’ve seen it all in the world of fashion designing, but if you haven’t seen Pamela Fox’s collection, then, as the saying goes: ‘you haven’t seen anything yet’; it’s full of sassy pieces in exotic colours, and made from the choicest fabrics.

It only recently struck me how important cricket is to us as a people and what a vital element of survival it is for some; and I couldn’t help but write this piece to share the fever that runs through our office whenever the game is on.

Security guards at the Zoological Park and the Botanical Gardens recently decried their working conditions and said that they work under “severe pressure” because there is a shortage of staff.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Opener Romel Currency fell five short of a deserved century but his innings kept Combined Campuses and Colleges afloat on the opening day of their Regional First Class Championship semi-final against Windward Islands yesterday.

The Georgetown Reading and Research Centre (GRRC) yesterday opened its biggest book sale at Bookland, its new and permanent location.

Hi Everyone, A few weeks ago, I received a request for a recipe for Cheese Pie, “the kind that sells at Salt and Pepper.”

The inaugural Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice sponsored Under-15 League for City teams is set to continue today at the Georgetown Football Association Ground with four more matches. 

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan World Cup captain  Shahid Afridi has withdrawn from next month’s tour to West  Indies, a source at the national cricket board told Reuters on  Thursday.

Regional Health Officer (RHO) of Region Three Dr. Ravindranauth Persaud yesterday said that the medication given to a now hospitalised Cornelia Ida pensioner was not expired and that the woman had been using the same and similar medication for over 15 years.

The Scene Cartoon

Winners of the US Embassy’s ‘Guyana is Gorgeous Photography Competition’ were yesterday presented with awards for their work as the National Museum and the Embassy co-hosted an art display promoting nature photography that encourages tourism.

Jamzone 2011 promises to be bigger and better and the promoters will be hosting not one but two pageants this year.

Dear Editor, As a citizen I am most concerned about the travesty reported to have been recently perpetrated by the Councillors of Georgetown – at once reflecting an embarrassing display of ignorance of the very statute – Cap 28:01 – by which they should govern, and be governed.

Two labourers, who pleaded guilty in separate larceny cases, were yesterday each sentenced to a three year jail term by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Quest for the new Miss Guyana Universe is on again, and applicants are being invited to take the stage to compete for the winning crown some time in July.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghans protesting the burning of a Koran by an obscure US pastor over-ran a UN compound yesterday and killed at least seven international staff in the deadliest-ever attack on the United Nations in Afghanistan.

A man accused of stealing a quantity of items belonging to another was yesterday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

Dear Editor, Your issue of March 30, 2011 reported that the man who allegedly stabbed Vanessa Francis is yet to be charged by the police.

The inaugural Guinness Greatest of the Street Linden Futsal Competition was officially launched yesterday in a simple yet significant ceremony in the board room of the LEAP Building in Linden and kicks off at 6pm tomorrow at the Wisroc Bus Park.

Dear Editor, I have been following your coverage of the alleged mistreatment of several Jamaican nationals by immigration authorities in Barbados and have noted that the Caricom Secretariat has been silent on this issue.

TRIPOLI/AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s government scorned rebel conditions for a nationwide ceasefire, and there was no sign of international diplomatic efforts cooling the Libyan conflict.

A man who admitted that he lashed another with a cutlass and then placed the weapon to his neck was yesterday imprisoned for 14 days by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Cricket competitions under the aegis of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will take place this week end at several venues with arch rivals Demerara Cricket Club and the Georgetown Cricket Club meeting in a key first division fixture fixture.

International gospel recording artiste William Mc Dowell and his band will be headlining a concert this evening at the National Park.

Ghanaian actor Majid Michel has admitted that he faces regular temptations to cheat on his wife but said he has remained faithful to his wife.

Dear Editor, On Friday, March 11, Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary in Office of the President, Dr Nanda Gopaul, crashed his car into another vehicle parked on Carifesta Avenue, badly damaging the parked vehicle and injuring a passenger who was reportedly about to enter the parked vehicle.

By Treiston Joseph Funding could be the only problem for the eight-man contingent of six athletes and two officials selected by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) for the prestigious Carifta Games to be hosted by Jamaica from April 23-25.

Eight criminal matters were completed in the January 2011 Criminal Assizes that came to an end on March 31, according to a press release from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Newly appointed US special envoy Princeton Lyman will depart today for meetings in Ethiopia and Sudan on the transition of South Sudan to independence in July, the State Department said.

Vernon Paddy, the Guyanese man who had pleaded guilty to a vicious attack on his wife with a 14-inch hammer in May of last year, was sentenced to eight years in prison by Justice Indra Hariprashad-Charles in a British Virgin Island (BVI) court.

Four persons were injured last evening after the vehicle they were travelling in careened off the East Bank Demerara highway, cleared a trench and landed in the compound of a mosque at McDoom.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to an article in the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Gov’t has substantially failed to implement forest saving agreement with Norway, say civil society members…’ in its issue of  March 28; and one in the Kaieteur News of the same date under the caption ‘Group wants Norway to delay payment to Guyana.’

Safari bound

GRAMMY MUSEUM, LA Reuters – Kenny Rogers is either the most self-deprecating star in showbiz, or he’s a much better actor than he lets on his multitude of Gambler TV movies.

Following closely on the heels of a table tennis coaching clinic conducted by Ray `Copter’ Anderson in Bartica, a second clinic for students in the area, coordinated by Simona Broomes and held at the Modern Hotel will end today.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Fierce fighting spread across Abidjan yesterday as troops loyal to Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo fended off attacks by forces supporting Alassane Ouattara’s rival claim to the presidency.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff is among the most popular presidents in Brazil’s recent history based on their approval ratings three months into office, an opinion poll showed yesterday.

David Patterson was Thursday night elected president of the Georgetown Dominoes Association when that body held its Annual General Meeting at the New Spot Seven building, East La Penitence.

For going the extra mile

Only 2% of 24,329 samples taken in 2010 showed significant adulteration – a sign of smuggled fuel – the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka today, is a day which will stand still for both countries as fans take their cricket very seriously, more so in India.

CULLY, Switzerland (Reuters) – American jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding showcased her Grammy-winning talent for enthusiastic Swiss jazz lovers at the start of a European tour that will also take her to Italy, France, Britain and Spain.

Politikles

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Internet business networking service LinkedIn allowed users to connect with Ernest Hemingway.

The bewildering pace at which information technology is evolving has begun to affect old fashioned politics with unsettling speed.

BREGA, Libya, (Reuters) – A Western coalition air  strike hit a group of rebels on the eastern outskirts of Brega  late yesterday, killing at least 10 of them, rebel fighters at  the scene said today.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – At least five  people have been killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar,  on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran  by an obscure U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Economic Development Board is an important initiative in the restructuring of the economy of T&T says Mary King, Minister of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs.

(Barbados Nation) Bring in “credible” foreign independent investigators to find out what really happened at Grantley Adams International Airport with the Jamaican woman Shanique Myrie.