Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Popular businessman Roger Hinds was this evening shot two times and robbed of an estimated $10 million, inclusive of gold and diamond jewellery.

Police say that at about 2315h last night, Marlon Ramcharran, 18 years, and Bisnauth Drepaul Singh, 21 years, were imbibing along with three other men at Ramcharran’s home at Tain, Corentyne, when a car drove up and five men exited, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 2105h last night at Savage Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, during which Felix Alleyne, 37 years of Paradise, ECD, was shot and injured.

Police say that Sohan Busjit is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to robbery and murder committed on Delon Collins, a fireman, on 2011-12-24.

Police say that at about 2100h last night, an armed private security guard on duty at a residence at Jamoon Drive, Meadow Brook, Georgetown, saw a man jump over the compound fence and enter the premises.

Grocers at Vryheid Village, West Canje Berbice and at Bel Air Village, West Coast Berbice were last night and today attacked and robbed by bandits.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – A football federation  official was told not to complicate things by wanting to win  games in a tournament organised by jailed match-fixer Wilson Raj  Perumal, according to emails disclosed by FIFA today.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – With frontman David Lee Roth  back on board, American rock group Van Halen released on Monday  their first single and video with the flamboyant frontman in 27  years.

Dr. Moti Lall, a stalwart of the PPP and a former Member of Parliament of that party died last night of a suspected heart attack at his Republic Park, East Bank of Demerara home surrounded by his family.

Here’s a riddle for readers! What do Guyana Football Federation President (on protracted suspension) Colin Klass and ex-President Jagdeo have in common.

(Trinidad Express) Planning Minister Bhoe Tewarie yesterday said he met privately with Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams to discuss the financial difficulties facing CL Financial because he felt executive chairman Lawrence Duprey would not give a “true picture” of what was going on.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs yesterday confirmed the police have not found enough evidence linking 17 men to an alleged assassination plot against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three Government ministers.

(Jamaica Observer) Contractor General Greg Christie has asked the new People’s National Party administration to declare its hand in negotiations with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for completion of the US$600-million North-South Link Highway 2000, and for the consequential granting of a 50-year toll concession to that company is concerned.

(Jamaica Observer) A man who was reportedly caught trying to ship 81 pounds of ganja to Barbados hidden in a metal vault was remanded when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates’ Court last Friday.

The mother of Dr Roger Luncheon has passed away in New York, according to the Government Information Agency.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Mike Brearley, one  of England’s most successful cricket captains, said today that eradicating corruption from the game was probably  impossible but that was no reason to stop trying.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Accusations by former Speaker of Parliament Indra Djwalapersad on drugs transports from Guyana to Suriname will be investigated.

(Barbados Nation) It was as if the football match that ended so abruptly and tragically at Gully Hill in Carrington Village, St Michael, on New Year’s Day had resumed at the Coleridge Street court complex in Bridgetown yesterday.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar  al-Assad today blamed “foreign planning” for a 10-month-old  popular uprising in which thousands of people have been killed  and vowed to strike “terrorists with an iron fist”.

(Barbados Nation) There is a possibility that cocaine passes through Barbados on a weekly basis, says Royal Barbados Police Force Drug Squad investigator Damien Bennett.

The 10th Parliament of Guyana will convene this Thursday, January 12 at 14:00 hrs in the Parliament Chambers, Public Buildings Georgetown.

A team of anti-narcotics agents led by the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday morning unearthed some 50 kilogrammes (110lbs) of compressed marijuana stashed in a quantity of pumpkins destined for Barbados.

The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre yesterday began a year-long slate of activities to commemorate its 45th anniversary.

GGG Councillor Patricia Chase-Green will act as Deputy Mayor while Robert Williams remains hospitalized.

A 60-year-old resident of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice, sustained severe chops about his body when four armed, masked bandits attacked him around 6.30 pm on Sunday and terrorized his daughters.

In a report in yesterday’s edition, the New York Times said that scores of Guyanese, if not more, face financial ruin because of loans brokered by real estate magnate Ed Ahmad who has been charged over a US$50 million mortgage fraud.

Attorney-at-Law James Bond dismissed reports of him recently assaulting a barber and stated that the issue was nothing but a “gross misunderstanding”.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday denied claims by a patient that her baby died in childbirth, because she had to wait more than three hours for caesarian surgery, even as one of the child’s hands dangled from her vagina, asserting instead that the baby was dead before the woman was admitted to hospital.

A senior Antiguan attorney has said that it was improper for the police to publicly declare Sir Ronald Sanders a person of interest in the IHI debt settlement scandal even as Sanders has said he will take legal action.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Leon Johnson marked his debut in the shortest version of the game yesterday, with a vital, unbeaten 37, helping Guyana overcome the mambo-jambo that almost kept them out of this Caribbean Twenty20 tournament, and leading them to a five-wicket victory over Leeward Islands.

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Under 20 footballers secured their first win of the CFU final round of  World Cup qualifiers with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Guyana at the Pedro Marrero National Stadium in Cuba  yesterday.

Two hundred and twenty-six cases are set to be heard during the Demerara Assizes sessions which open today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Tony Harford said the financial affairs of the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation are perfectly in order.

A father of four was yesterday charged with assaulting his wife, whom he allegedly tied with a rope and dragged up the stairs in their home before taking a cutlass to her.

The 22-year-old woman who made a human torch of herself because of an apparent argument with her 52-year-old lover, died last Wednesday and was laid to rest yesterday at the Golden Grove Cemetery, East Coast Demerara.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The London Olympics countdown entered its final 200 days yesterday with government and organisers talking up the legacy Britain can look forward to long after the last medal has been won and the show is over.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Spinners Shane Shillingford and Garey Mathurin shared five wickets to lead Windward Islands to a stunning 11-run victory over reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday.

Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) yesterday paid out reimbursements related to several dozen Essequibo Coast residents at its Adventure offices after it recently sold them tainted fuel.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry sentenced a 21-year-old British national who ingested cocaine for the purpose of trafficking to four years jail and fined him $30,000 after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian top order batsman Shaun Marsh was unable to fulfill a media engagement ahead of the third test against India in Perth because of illness yesterday.

(Reuters) – Dwight Howard failed to produce his usual magic but Orlando did enough to defeat Sacramento 104-97 on Sunday and hand new Kings coach Keith Smart his first loss.

President Donald Ramotar and Education minister Priya Manickchand joined relatives and friends of Cecelia Rebecca Tappin to celebrate her 100 birthday on Sunday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko says he is preparing for next month’s title bout with Britain’s Dereck Chisora as if it were his last.

The Mayor and City Council says rates for the first quarter of the year are due on February 1.

Half a torso, from the waist to the knees, of an unidentified person, was last evening fished out of a mudflat near the koker at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

Former national chess player Tony Hanoman with a FIDE rating of 1932, on Sunday won the male Open category of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Apex Insurance Brokers-sponsored one day, rapid chess tournament at the Kei-Shars Sports Club.

The external team that was invited to assist with investigations into the rape allegation against Police Commissioner Henry Greene arrived last week and has so far taken a statement from the complainant.

The traffic lights at Robb and Camp streets will be operable in about a month’s time, according to Leon Goring of the Ministry of Public Works.

LONDON (Reuters) – With a familiar stroke of the right boot guiding the ball into the net, a celebratory hug with Arsene Wenger and pandemonium amongst ecstatic Arsenal fans, it was as if record goalscorer Thierry Henry had never left North London  last  night.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial on Thursday January 5, 2012, ‘A matter of trust‘ has given much food for thought in this new dispensation at a most critical juncture in Guyana’s political history.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the statement by Ms Gail Teixeira that a lack of education possibly contributed to the death of Karen Badal, mother of two, from a botched abortion (‘Lack of education could be cause of women seeking pregnancy terminations from uncertified doctors, Teixeira says’ Sunday Stabroek, January 8).

Kennard’s Memorial Cricket Club,  of Bush Lot Farm,  Corentyne,  became the first team to reach the last 16  of the 2011 New Building Society second division limited overs competition in Berbice after winning their last preliminary round match of Zone K.

A suspected robber who was allegedly nabbed with drugs was remanded to prison yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dear Editor, I note, with some confusion, a letter from Mr Elton McRae, in the January 6 edition of KN, referring to an extrusion process developed by the IAST in 2007-2008. 

The Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) yesterday said that by this weekend it will release its official report on last November’s general elections.

There were wins for Vasco and Top 25, a draw for Cool Runnings and Eagles while the Development Team gained a walk over from Blue Berry Hill when the Guyana Beach Football Association (GBFA)’s Banks DIH Beach Cup League commenced on Sunday  at the Christianburg Ground, Linden.

TEHRAN/VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has begun enriching uranium deep inside a mountain and sentenced an American to death for spying, angering the West and undermining hopes that diplomacy could avert further sanctions or war.

(Reuters) – England pace bowler Tim Bresnan has been ruled out of England’s three-test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates after failing to recover from an elbow injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In a letter captioned ‘The election results provide a great opportunity for the parties to work together in the national interest‘ in the Stabroek News of December 30, 2011, I wrote, “For APNU, Mr Granger (Leader of APNU) needs to quickly assert his leadership and keep his members in line.”

Police have arrested a man following an early morning robbery and kidnapping at Bent Street, Georgetown yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that two of the four Emergency 911 lines at the

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, locked in a violent struggle against a wave of unrest, is to make a speech today on “the internal issue and international and regional developments”, state media said.

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will be embarking on a number of new endeavors while continuing to build on the foundation it created in 2011.

Dear Editor, In an article in the Stabroek News dated Friday, December 30, 2011 and captioned ‘Granger says Nagamootoo not the best person for Speaker,’ Mr Granger stated his reason for not wanting Moses.

BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha died yesterday in a Paris hospital, his office said, raising fears of a fresh power struggle in the chaotic West African state.

Dear Editor, The selection of a speaker is taking longer than we would have thought which is due to a combination of factors that are a characteristic feature of Guyanese politics.

The University of Guyana is currently preparing to send a team of athletes to the 2011 Barbados Relay Fair on February 11.

A 17-year-old resident of St Lust, Berbice River died on Sunday after he was pinned by a tractor.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend after border control agents found what they said was a small amount of marijuana on his tour bus.

Dear Editor, Looking at the dismal performance of the Indian cricket team in England and now Australia I want to believe Australia gave India this World Cup to make them feel good.

(Reuters) – England captain Andrew Strauss said the side would be “better for these three days” after labouring to a three-wicket victory over the ICC Combined Associate and Affiliate XI yesterday.

An elderly female Guyanese died from smoke inhalation in a fire in the Woodhaven section of Queens on Friday.

Director of Sports Neil Kumar said Cabinet has sanctioned the functioning of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and it has been implementing the Sports Policy for some time now.

Politikles

Happy Birthday to you! A beaming Vishma Chand, who attends the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, celebrated her

Dear Editor, 2012, the year of the 30th (XXX) Olympiad in London is expected to be one with some stunning performances from athletes globally.

A matter of mere hours after the close of poll following Jamaica’s December 29 general elections, Portia Simpson-Miller, perhaps surprisingly, only one of four women ever to be elected head of government in the Commonwealth Caribbean, had delivered her victory speech; outgoing Prime Minister Andrew Holness had conceded defeat, his two-month tenure as the country’s youngest ever prime minister having been the shortest ever.

(Jamaica Observer) Despite strident objection in the past, the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) now seems set to support plans by the Portia Simpson Miller administration to end Jamaica’s relationship with the United Kingdom-based Privy Council.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s navy captured a leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Raul Fernandez, President Felipe Calderon said yesterday via his Twitter account.