Daily Archive: Monday, August 5, 2013

(Trinidad Express) FIVE of the 13 people killed over the emancipation weekend were shot dead as a result of a $2.67 million marijuana deal that may have gone sour, police have said.

The police say they are investigating the murder of watchman Darndey King, 64 years, of Ann’s Grove, ECD, whose body was found in a mining camp at White Water, Konawaruk, on July 30, 2013.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — All 44 athletes in the Jamaican pre-championships training camp in Moscow were tested for drugs after agents from the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) swooped down on the camp earlier today.

At about 0730h today, police say that motor lorry GJJ 7750 and motor car HB 8254, which were travelling in opposite directions, collided on the Land of Canaan Public Road, EBD.

Richard Lord is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Kimberley Houston and Tarif Lord which occurred on July 31, 2013, at Zeelugt Squatting Area, EBE.

At about 1700h yesterday,  police say that Luston  Saul, 31years, of D’ Urban Backlands, Georgetown, was confronted by a man at `D’ Field, Sophia, who shot him to his left thigh and escaped.

President Donald Ramotar managed to garner the most votes to the PPP’s Central Committee but he was closely followed by former President Bharrat Jagdeo while party veteran Dr Frank Anthony retained the third place that he had unexpectedly clinched in 2008 and Anil Nandlall zoomed up the rankings to fourth place.

Coming in the backdrop of the 2011 loss of its parliamentary majority, the PPP yesterday declared that its 30th Congress was a success and the clarion call of delegates is for the PPP/C government to continue to work for higher levels of services to the people.

The mother of 20-year-old Quincy Oliver Sooklall, whose body was pulled from the Demerara River and had visible marks of violence and what appears to be a gaping gunshot to his chest, believes her son was killed by his friends.

Dr. David Hinds says that Local Government Elections is imperative if racial democracy is to be realised in Guyana.

The PPP Congress yesterday declared its opposition to the proposed Local Government Commission describing it as a “parallel” government system and party delegates appeared to support local government elections under current laws.

Economic violence against poor people has a particular impact on Guyanese African women and by extension, the children which some of them raise on their own, says Red Thread co-founder and international coordinator, Andaiye.

The People’s Progressive Party wrapped up its 30th Congress yesterday revealing to delegates that the total cost for the event was just over $30.1 million.

Minister of Local Government Ganga Persaud says that the long-awaited four Local Government Bills will be presented to the National Assembly for their second reading on Wednesday.

Canadian exploration company Sacre-Coeur Minerals (SCM) is producing “some low-cost gold” from its alluvial operation in Guyana, with annual proceeds in the millions of dollars, according to a report by Prime Equity Research.

Three persons including a woman were placed on bail after they denied charges of stealing and receiving a large quantity of insulin from the New Amsterdam Hospital.

A security guard was on Friday refused bail after he was charged with unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

Robin Persaud yesterday powered his way to his fifth win of the season outsprinting fellow national rider Warren ‘40’ McKay in the 10th annual Regan Rodrigues’ memorial 50-mile road race at West Bank Demerara.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment says that it has received numerous complaints from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) that persons are being charged a toll when traversing through Linden en route to the interior locations and says this matter will be pursued.

BK Western Tigers on Saturday defeated Camptown Football Club 3-0 to be crowned Fruta Conquerors U-13 Final Four football champions at the event’s finale which was contested at the Tucville Community Centre  Ground.

All-rounder Andre Russell’s brutal knock, backed up by Vernon Philander’s match-winning spell, allowed the Jamaican Tallawahs to romp to a seven- wicket win over the Antigua Hawksbills in the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Dear Editor, Violence continues to plague El Dorado as men maim and murder innocent children and women whose powerlessness lie in their economic dependency on the men.

Multi-division title holder, Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell (11(6)-0-1) continues to prove to the public that he is more than just hype in the sport of boxing.

Dear Editor, The report on the audit which was conducted by the Audit Department of UG on University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) finances has not been accepted by the Executive Council as yet.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution yesterday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S.

A Guyana women’s cricket team led by June Ogle will today oppose Dominica when the West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional Super50 tournament bowls off in St George’s Grenada.

Dear Editor, As the nation observes the 175th anniversary since the African community was emancipated from chattel slavery, there continue to be yearly, monthly and daily analyses and evaluations of the affairs of the African community and the path this group has travelled.

Number one see and defending champion Anthony Downes retained his men’s singles Open title as he defeated number two seed Leyland Leacock 6-4 7-5 in straight sets as the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open lawn tennis tournament concluded at the company’s Recreational Club in Bel-Air Park on Saturday.

Dear Editor,   With reference to the Ministry of Home Affairs/ Guyana Prison Service advertisement for a Plant Maintenance Supervisor in the Sunday Chronicle ‘Pepperpot’ of July 28,2013, the ministry’s principal personnel officer should be asked to explain the deliberate distortion of the Public Service salary scales.

Dear Editor, The High Dam Community Health Centre, was an Independence project for which I received a 1966 Independence Medal.

Dear Editor,   The violence against our women seems unending and no one seems to have a solution for even reducing it; this gruesome abuse has reached proportions that confounds the authorities.

(Trinidad Express) Political leaders have agreed to President Anthony Carmona’s call to bite the bullet of campaign financing reform.

By Stephanie Leitch   Stephanie Leitch is an independent gender and equality advocate and a postgraduate student at the Institute of Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, St.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Rain frustrated Australia’s bid to win the third test against England at Old Trafford yesterday and keep alive their slender hopes of regaining the Ashes.

Coconut business in Festival City: Andy Moore peeling husks off of dried coconuts.

AKRON, Ohio,  (Reuters) – Tiger Woods eased to a seven-shot victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational  yesterday, earning his 79th win on the PGA Tour and sounding an ominous warning to his rivals ahead of next week’s PGA Championship.

(Jamaica Observer) Desmond McKenzie’s West Kingston Constituency organisation is offering a J$300,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of persons responsible for the killing of an 11-year-old girl on Thursday.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday July 31, 2013 at about 20:30hrs I entered the Rubis Service Station on Vlissengen Road.

Last week, we began a discussion of the Amaila Hydropower Project in the light of the National Assembly’s rejection of: (a) the proposed amendment to the Hydro Electric Act mainly to protect the surrounding areas; and (b) the motion to lift the ceiling for Government’s guarantee of loans to public corporations and companies.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-installed government said yesterday it would give mediation a chance to resolve the crisis brought on by the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, but warned that time was limited.

RABAT,  (Reuters) – Morocco’s king yesterday revoked his pardon of a Spanish paedophile, after hundreds rioted in front of parliament on Friday to protest the decision.

For a government that has never been shy of railroading laws and big-ticket projects through Parliament and other places, it was passing strange that in recent months the Ramotar administration seemed more solicitous of the opposition’s views on a clutch of important issues.

HUIZHOU, China, (Reuters) – Chinese bloggers trying to expose corruption say they are coming under increasing physical and verbal attack over their reports, in what anti-graft activists describe as another blow to efforts to make Chinese officials more accountable.

Interviews and photos by Jeff Trotman The community of Coomacka, seven miles south of Mackenzie on the Demerara River recently had a CDC installed after some amount of controversy.

Dear Editor,   The outcome of last Monday’s by-election in racially polarized Trinidad shows that “performance and service” to constituents can beat “tribalism”. 

We’re on the road too: A woman and a child strapped on her motorized wheel chair moving along Independence Boulevard on Saturday.

(Reuters) – South Africa clinched the three-match Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka following their 22-run victory in the second game at Hambantota yesterday.

Don’t cramp my style: Dad, you’re blocking my rearview mirrors, this toddler could have been saying.

(Trinidad Express) NATIONAL Security Minister Emmanuel George yesterday called an emergency meeting with the heads of the country’s protective services in the wake of a dozen murders being committed in less than 72 hours.