Daily Archive: Thursday, April 7, 2011

Dr Odeen Ishmael CCH was on Tuesday received by His Highness Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait as Guyana‘s first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kuwait.

A Da Silva Street, Newtown, Kitty man was this evening fatally shot at his home following a confrontation with two men.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 0230h today at Wallaba Road, Meadow Brook Gardens, committed on musician Rudy Bishop, 65 years, of $30,000, a quantity of jewellery and some personal documents by two men armed with handguns.

The police are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0215h today at 19th Street, Diamond, EBD, during which gold miner Donald Caiton, 49 years; hairdresser Niomi Singh,19 years; and taxi-driver Mahendra Singh, 29 years, were shot and injured by two men armed with handguns.

Since opening its doors last March, the Princess Casino has seen an average 4,566 clients per month, its manager Philip Svensen says.

The Alliance For Change yesterday expressed concern at what it said was conflicting reports about the preparedness of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the upcoming elections, while warning against attempts to delay funds to the body.

Drilling is complete at the exploratory oil well in the Rupununi and it is being tested to see if oil is present.

As 13-year-old Steven Behar tried to retrieve a ball from the Lamaha Canal, he fell into the black water and was lifeless by the time a woman hauled him out.

Barama will be restarting its Land of Canaan plywood plant next month and it is examining increased productivity.

Scrap metal dealers and workers yesterday protested the resumption of a ban on the trade, which was prompted by the resurgence of vandalism.

The consortium looking at building a mini-oil refinery here still has to do market studies and clarified that the refinery could take between 18 months and three years to establish.

Male victims accounted for 77 percent (all figures rounded) of the 34 lives claimed by murder during the first quarter of this year.

A West Berbice father has been taken into custody for allegedly sexually molesting his 13-year-old son.

The city council tractor driver, who ran over an elderly man on Water Street, has been released by police without charge, leaving the dead man’s family furious.

Mohan Singh’s decomposing remains were yesterday morning found in his Triumph, East Coast Demerara home and while foul play is not suspected, police are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination.

Following a late night meeting on Tuesday, Freddie Kissoon was returned as a columnist for the Kaieteur News, just a day after he was told he would no longer write for the newspaper.

An ex-policeman was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail over causing death by dangerous driving.

After sustained pressure from the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), the executive of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has decided to meet with the 11 affiliates tomorrow at noon at the Federation’s headquarters.

Two men were yesterday placed on $250,000 bail each over the allegation that they had fraudulently obtained four flasks of mercury.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan have axed three senior players from the One-Day International squad announced yesterday to face West Indies in the Caribbean later this month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Jamaican stroke-maker Marlon Samuels has been recalled to the West Indies squad for the first time in three years, after being named yesterday in a 13-man squad for the Twenty20 International against Pakistan later this month.

Less than three weeks after he was ordered to do community service, a 16-year-old student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School was back before Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Christianburg Magistrates’ Court to answer another charge of break and enter and larceny.

Celebrity Times was one of several teams that booked quarter final places on Sunday following the completion of the Super 16 stage of this year’s GT&T 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition at the Everest Sports Club.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) last Monday upheld the local High Court decision in favour of the Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI), ruling that Desiree Alleyne, a director of a defaulting company, repay the Bank $10 million with interest.

Executives of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) yesterday met with Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Frank Anthony at the Sport Ministry’s office, Main Street, in an effort to garner assistance for projects to be launched by the newly-elected LABA executives.

Route 42 (Georgetown/Timehri) mini-bus operators plying the route along the East Bank of Demerara yesterday staged a strike for increased fares, leaving many commuters stranded at the end of the day.

Safeguarding the mangrove replanting drive through community involvement is being seen as one of the successes of the ongoing Guyana Man-grove Restoration Project (GMRP).

Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) honoured 40 of its members on the occasion of the  institution’s 21st Annual Awards Ceremony at the J.C.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the attempted murder of Police Constables Rajindra Singh and Damintra Intrapaul continued yesterday.

Over five months after the promised October reopening, the Colgrain Swimming Pool remains closed, leaving swimmers and coaches baffled about when they can resume training at the facility as the swim season progresses.

Just over a week after he was granted bail on a breaking and entering larceny charge, Devon Nurse was arraigned on two similar charges.

Dear Editor, Last month I wrote a letter in  which I talked about Ralph Ramkarran and Moses Nagamootoo and their prospects in the presidential selection process in the PPP and in your blog section the same day, Mr Ramkarran wrote a blog accusing me of “drinking soup” and insinuating that I was looking out for some kind of hand-out from this government.

National fullbore captain Mahendra Persaud said he was happy with the state of preparation of the National rifle shooting squad ahead of next month’s West Indies Fullbore Championships billed for Antigua/Barbuda.

The Hinterland Youth and Sports Development Association (HYSDA) in collaboration with the Rupununi Athletic Sports Academy (RASA) and the Rising Star Athletic Club will be hosting a Rodeo 10km road race in Rupununi, Region Nine on April 24.

Dear Editor, I offer my comments on a section of your news item, ‘KN discontinues Freddie Kissoon column,’ (April 6).

An Amelia’s Ward man was yesterday fined $50,000 for drunk driving.

Fisherman Noel Abrams was yesterday refused bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of fraudulent conversion.

Dear Editor,The authorities need to clean up the environment of Georgetown. 

The Beterverwagting Post Office was on Tuesday evening broken into and the perpetrators escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash, phone cards and a small quantity of stamps.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara launched a heavy attack yesterday on the bunk-er where Laurent Gbagbo is holed up but appeared to have been repelled, a Western military source said.

Brian Tracey, Managing Director of Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) will be looking to upstage other competitors at Saturday’s GBTI sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Dear Editor, The article captioned ‘White Zone offers domestic violence victims refuge’ in the Sunday Stabroek of April 3, is incorrect.

The hard hitting Kurt Bess will have a crack at the newly-commissioned cruiserweight title of Guyana when he fights Barbados-based Guyanese  Cleveland Fraser at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground on April 25.

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya said a UN-mandated British air strike had hit its major Sarir oilfield killing three guards and damaging a pipeline connecting the field to a Mediterranean port.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded a man accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint while she was sitting in her car.

(Barbados Nation) It’s official. Non-nationals can no longer access Government medical treatment facilities in Barbados unless in cases of emergency or a public health threat.

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are trying to broker a deal to have Yemen’s president step down and hand over power, possibly to an interim council of tribal and political leaders, sources told Reuters yesterday.

Former 400 metres Schools National Champion, Philip Drayton is believed to have misled a host of Guyanese athletes via Facebook into thinking that the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will be sending a contingent to the 2011 Southern Games to be staged this weekend at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad.

The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Guyana is seeking to raise awareness of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, as the 50th anniversary of his becoming the first human to journey into outer space nears.

Dear Editor, Throughout history religion has played a dual role. It can be used for evil as seen with slavery and other forms of oppression; or for good as witnessed in the struggles to end oppression and work towards the creation of societies built on equality, and social and economic justice.

(Jamaica Observer) The first shipment of Jamaican green bean coffee was shipped on Tuesday to China, as the Government continues its thrust to diversify the access to Jamaica’s premium brand.

The Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AH&HW) and the Health and Safety Committee of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) hosted three five-day Medical Emergency Response courses in hinterland areas.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday unveiled German Otto Pfister as its new head coach, charged with the responsibility of getting the national side to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ model of development has been cited by a Harvard University professor as one of the best examples in Latin American and Caribbean.

Dear Editor, I am always blown away by the utter differences in Man.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador said yesterday it had expelled the US ambassador to Quito to defend President Rafael Correa’s honour, even though the move could damage relations with its largest trade partner.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Brazilian gunman fatally shot 11 children at a Rio de Janeiro school before killing himself, police said on Thursday, shocking the South American nation that has never seen such an incident before.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Wayne Rooney let his feet do  the talking with a superb first-half goal to give Manchester  United a 1-0 first leg win at Chelsea and tip the balance of the  Champions League quarter-final their way yesterday.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) has extended congratulations to President Bharrat Jagdeo and government on the establishment of the Education Television Broadcasting Service (ETBS).

News that domestic violence survivors are finding temporary refuge at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s first White Zone in Berbice is welcome and the programme as outlined by its Coordinator Nalini Katryan provides a measure of hope.

What happened at Freedom House on Monday to cause Ralph Ramkarran, Gail Teixeira and Clement Rohee to give up their bid to win the Presidential candidacy for the governing People’s Progressive Party?

Much needed help: The Mansook family of Covent Garden, which suffered losses in a fire, recently received a cash donation and other items from the

Introduction The United Nations has designated the year 2011 as International year FOR (not of) People of African Descent.

Politikles

Dear Editor, With respect to the voice who was reported to have made a rather ‘guttered’ response to Mr Yesu Persaud’s utterance regarding political interventions in the management of GuySuCo, one can only come to the conclusion that the respondent was either a rehired retiree, who was out of touch with the realities of the organisation’s decision-making structure, or was much too reluctant to apprehend what managers, and others in the corporation, readily attest to as an ongoing experience – ranging from appointments, promotions, terminations; not to mention, his/her own lauded ‘turnaround’ which seems incapable of ‘turning up’ or ‘forward.’

(Trinidad Express) One Caribbean Media Ltd (OCM), the indigenous pan-Caribbean media company, officially launched its new Caribbean SuperStation (CSS) on Monday.

(Barbados Nation) A suspected gas leak disrupted operations at Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) for three hours yesterday when hundreds of people, including workers, hurriedly evacuated the building.

(Barbados Nation) A major facelift has been performed on the West Indies cricket team.