Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Ricardo Rodrigues who is wanted by the police for questioning in connection with the recent discovery of a cache of arms in Lethem this morning turned himself into police at Eve Leary.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – R&B star Rihanna and rapper Nicki Minaj led nominations for the American Music Awards with four apiece today, edging out stiff competition from pop sensations Justin Bieber and One Direction.

BELLEFONTE, Pa.,  (Reuters) – Serial child molester Jerry Sandusky, a former Pennsylvania State University football coach, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison today for abusing young, at-risk boys for more than a decade.

Four Queens, New York teenagers of Guyanese parentage were killed yesterday when the car they were in – driven by a 17-year-old with only a learner’s permit – ran off a stretch of a Long Island highway and into a tree.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname has made little progress in taxing the informal gold industry the IMF states in its recently issued country report.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Starting November, local fishermen will have to do with less security at sea because the budget for the joint project of the Navy and police to increase patrols in fishing grounds will be depleted by the end of this month.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Moments before he could hit the send button to wish his daughter a happy birthday on Sunday, Coswell Duncan, a music teacher at Tivoli Gardens High School was instead struck by news that Annya Duncan was one of three people killed in a plane crash in Antigua.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad-born Mervyn Malcolm Dymally who rose to become the first black man in the United States to serve in the California Senate and as the State’s lieutenant governor, has died at the age of 86.

(Trinidad Express) The drop in crime in all the hotspots has been achieved without the expenditure associated with the $80 million Stephen Mastrofski plan, the $10 million Major-General Cameron Ross plan or two Canadians (a reference to former commissioner of police Dwayne Gibbs and deputy commissioner Jack Ewatski), National Security Minister Jack Warner boasted yesterday.

Ricardo Ignatius Rodrigues, a one-time associate of convicted drug kingpin Roger Khan, is one of two men wanted by police for questioning about the arms cache, including AK-47 assault rifles and grenades, found last week at Lethem.

Eighteen persons, including five women and three children, have been killed in the last 28 days, in circumstances ranging between police shootings, stabbings and being set on fire.

– had recorded video confession on phone Deodat ‘Simon’ Persaud, 21, who succumbed at the New Amsterdam Hospital after ingesting a poisonous substance, had admitted in a video recording on his phone that he murdered the two Corentyne broom vendors.

– phone evidence refuted his testimony Former E&F Division Com-mander, Senior Superinten-dent Clifton Hicken, will likely be recalled to the stand in the light of the evidence produced to the Linden Commission of Inquiry last week which proved that he was in contact with Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on the day the three Lindeners were fatally shot.

The autopsy that was performed on the remains of Dameon Belgrave revealed that he died of a gunshot wound to the chest that damaged his heart, spine and ribcage, his mother, Donna Sulker, said yesterday.

Hilda Beaton, also known as ‘Priya’, 25, and of Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was charged with the murder of her reputed husband, Sam Lall, when she appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Alex Moore yesterday.

The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) will be seeking help from its Guyanese counterparts in connection with several suspected teller machine fraudsters caught recently.

– whereabouts are known, says Hughes The Guyana Police Force is seeking the aid of the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to find the two local policemen who have fled to evade a murder charge over the fatal shooting teenager Shaquille Grant.

 – seeks refuge in police station As police continued to search for the suspect in the stabbing death of Alberttown mechanic, Brian Assannah, a woman who was being threatened by the man earlier on Sunday, remains at the police station as she fears for her life.

Vanessa Wilson-Johnson, the head teacher of the Mahdia Secondary School, is pleading for renovations to the “unlivable” quarters she was assigned to stay at for the duration of her contract.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Tiffany Peters stating that she was wanted by the police for questioning in relation to forgery and larceny by clerk or servant committed at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

… Guyanese shooters in high spirits After two important team practice sessions over the weekend, Guyana’s rifle shooters are in high spirits ahead of the West Indies full bore championships which open today with the individual competition at the Timehri Rifle Ranges.

– Goolsarran Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has dubbed the award of the US$18.1 million contract for the specialty hospital flawed, saying that Surendra Engineering’s lack of experience should have prevented it from being selected the winner.

An organised team effort from the students of the country’s number one secondary school, Queen’s College (QC) propelled them to the pole position at Zone One’s Inter School Track and Field Championships for North Georgetown District Number 11 yesterday.

– court hears Malcolm Sonaram, a customs broker accused of trying to smuggle cannabis out of the country in pumpkins, was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on a narcotics trafficking charge.

-Hassan Mohamed By Emmerson Campbell This year’s sixth annual ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage road race which will pedal off this Thursday has already attracted more competitors than last year’s event and it promises to be the best one yet.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday extended congratulations to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on his victory at the general elections on Sunday.

A young woman, who was allegedly found with marijuana in a bottle in her home, was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

By Emmerson Campbell When this year’s sixth annual ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage road race pedals off this Thursday, absent will be national cyclist and inaugural winner of the event Alonzo Greaves as well as his Roraima Bikers Club mates.

– couple, teen children arrested A carpenter was beaten unconscious and then had his right eye gouged out in a grisly attack stemming from an ongoing dispute between his teenage son and another boy on Saturday.

WITH one notable, and understandable, exception, the cricket world’s press yesterday welcomed West Indies’ victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC World T20 final in Colombo on Sunday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC-West Indian cricketers Marlon Samuels and spinner Sunil Narine have both recorded rises of 20 places in the latest Reliance ICC T20 player rankings released yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira and coach Sherwin Campbell were both thrilled to hear that the men’s team had won the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament in Sri Lanka on Sunday.

City Hall officers, sent on leave more than three months ago, are yet to receive salaries for the period as a result of their failure to formally ‘hand over’ to persons acting in their positions for the time being.

After one week in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Hospital, Drysdale Street, Charlestown, fire survivor, Yolanda Cordis, is still not showing any signs of improvement her cousin said yesterday.

– Chris Bowman Four sessions of try-outs for the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) male Under 20 basketball team took place over the weekend at the National Gymnasium as Guyana prepares for the tournament which is scheduled to take place early next month.

By Neil Barry Jnr. Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Sunday won the 2012 New Building Society limited overs, second division competition in a controversial finish to their game against arch rivals Demerara Cricket Club at Bourda.

-says coach The national junior girls volleyball team will be looking to avenge their two loses at the Inter Guiana Games 2011, and according to the coach Randy Adams, they are primed and ready to do exactly that next month.

Watched by capacity crowd that included West Indies legend Clive Lloyd, Enterprise Busta pulled off a stunning five-wicket win against tournament favourites Lusignan in a thrilling final of the 2011 East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Carib Beer T20 tournament Saturday night.

A post-mortem examination performed on Belle West, Canal Number Two Polder stab victim Imran Mohammed revealed that the teenager died of haemorrhage and shock due to stab wounds to the abdomen.

Jennifer Chu-A-Kong and Shaleni Nauth yesterday received the certificates for the prizes they won at GuyExpo, an overnight stay at Baganara Island Resort and a trip for two to Kaieteur Falls at a ceremony held at Ogle Airport.

Mitzia Farlay has won the $1 million first prize in the Republic Bank’s Deal on Wheels 2012 promotion, the bank said in a press release.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC- President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dr Julian Hunte, says West Indies sensational performance to win the ICC World twenty/20 title was a great gift to supporters all over the world.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article `Uneven progress on Linden agreement’, SN, October 8, 2012. 

Uitvlugt Football Club and BV/Triumph secured victories when the preliminary rounds of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League competition was  played on Sunday.

The Guyana Water Incorpora-ted (GWI) is gearing up to start the Georgetown Sewerage Rehabilitation Pro-gramme, a project that will involve civil works that will affect residents and businesses in several city wards.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) sanctioned Karibee Rice tournament sponsored by Karibee Rice Company got off to a lukewarm start over the weekend with only one of the four games scheduled for the weekend being played.

Dear Editor, Twenty-year-old `Sule‘ Brian Assannah  of Alberttown  “was killed on  Sunday after he attempted to assist  a police officer who was arresting another man” as reported by Stabroek News  on Monday 8 October 2012”.

AUCKLAND , New Zealand,  CMC- Olympic one and two hundred metres champion Usain Bolt says his goal of lowering the 100 metre mark below 9.4 seconds still stands and hints of a possibility of it happening next season.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican officials said yesterday they had arrested a suspected drug cartel leader believed responsible for the murders in 2010 of dozens of migrants and an American who was killed as he jet skied on a lake on the Texas-Mexico border.

Dear Editor, So the Police shot and killed a young man who was seeking to celebrate his birthday in Georgetown outside a fish shop.

King Advertising Limited is extending gratitude to its clients for their support as it celebrates 20 years of service.

Dear Editor, It is with great consternation that I pen this letter condemning the obvious disregard for human life by the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Food and Drug Analyst Department joined 191 anti-counterfeit watchdog agencies in 100 countries in ‘Operation Pangea V’, which targeted the online sale of counterfeit and illegal medicines.

-after $42M extension project The Parika-Salem Secondary School is being extended to accommodate 300 more students, in a $42 million project that is to be completed next April.

MONROVIA  (Reuters) – Nobel prize-winning rights advocate Leymah Gbowee has quit her post in Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s government, criticizing her fellow laureate for corruption and nepotism, her spokesman said yesterday.

SEOUL  (Reuters) – Isolated North Korea has rockets that can hit the US mainland, it said today, two days after South Korea struck a deal with the United States to extend the range of its ballistic missiles.

The Guyana Hydrometeorological Service says it has several plans for institutional strengthening and modernisation, including meeting international standards with regard to the use of ozone depleting substances, as it observes its 47th anniversary.

Dear Editor, According to Presidential Advisor, Gail Teixeira, “October 5th 1992, saw the hosting of the first free and fair general and regional election in Guyana”, she also extolled the virtues of  the PPP/C’s “outstanding democratic leadership that championed the cause of the working class” over the past 20 years of uninterrupted power.

His Girl Friday is today’s Classic Tuesday film, a press release from the National Gallery, Castellani House has said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s strong performance in last week’s debate helped him pull ahead of President Barack Obama, a Pew Research Center poll showed yesterday.

Dear Editor, The realization that corruption is a major hindrance to development is widely held by most international donors, development practitioners and most importantly the citizens of Guyana.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Two scientists who upended fundamental beliefs about biology by demonstrating that every cell in the body has the potential to grow into every other type of cell have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Dear Editor, I had to choose between going to Church and viewing the W.I.

Setting aside the importance of finding out the truth about the circumstances that attended the killing of the three men at Linden during the July 18 protest in the mining town, the ongoing work of the Commission of Enquiry is important for another equally good reason, which is that it brings us – and more particularly the Guyana Police Force – face to face with the principle of accountability as an important tenet of democracy.

LEXINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered a sweeping critique of President Barack Obama’s handling of threats in the Middle East in a foreign policy address in which he tried to present himself as a credible mainstream alternative.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged to deepen his socialist revolution after a comfortable election victory that could extend his divisive leadership of the OPEC nation to two decades.

Dear Editor, There was lots of pre–tournament speculation regarding who will emerge victorious in this year’s Twenty/20 world cup and not surprisingly the West Indies received a plethora of nominations globally owing to the calibre of players and their ability to demolish teams expertly in this format as we have seen from tournaments held around the world.