Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Police this evening are investigating two separate armed robberies, one of which claimed the life of a young man.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — A federal court in Manhattan, New York ruled yesterday that drugs trafficking suspect Dino Bouterse will not be released on bail.

The design of the 5th of May monument to commemorate the arrival of the first East Indian immigrants has been chosen and it is to be installed at Palmyra, Corentyne. 

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The wife of actor-director Clint Eastwood has filed for legal separation after 17 years of marriage, her attorney said.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Gabrielle regenerated and bore down on Bermuda today while Tropical Storm Humberto strengthened to the verge of becoming the season’s first Atlantic hurricane, forecasters said.

An overall rise of 6% in serious crimes has been recorded at the end of August 2013 in comparison to the same period in 2012, police said today.

At about 0800h today, police say that the body of Seepaul Beharry, 53 years, was found at Market Street, Grove, EBD, with suspected stab wounds to the throat and abdomen.

(Trinidad Express)  Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) will no longer have the benefit of government-subsidised fuel effective October 1.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Four men were found guilty today of the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi, a crime that shook India to its core and forced Indians to confront the issue of rampant sexual violence in a society undergoing wrenching change.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal crowned his brilliant year by defeating world number one Novak Djokovic to win the U.S.

A 37-year-old DJ was last night gunned down at Turning Point, Tucville by two men on bicycles, one of whom was subsequently held by public-spirited citizens and soundly thrashed.

The Government of Guyana is said to be investigating the circumstances surrounding the visit of a number of Venezuelans and military personnel to Eteringbang on the day the Head of State of that country visited Guyana for talks with President Donald Ramotar.

Trinidadian investors will enjoy the same incentives available to local farmers when they begin cultivating land here, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday during his delivery of that country’s TT$61.3 billion national budget.

Days after police issued a wanted bulletin for murder accused Carolan Lynch after she was spotted working at a local resort, Roraima Airways yesterday said that it did not knowingly employ a fugitive of the law.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association K. Juman Yassin yesterday said that he was hopeful that the athletes who will be participating in the upcoming South American Juniors championships in Lima, Peru, would go on to represent Guyana at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Six days after he was identified as the person who shot and killed local biker Kirk Davis, police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for city businessman Rondy Jagdeo.

A week after the death of Ryan Persaud, who was hit by a stray bullet near his home at Vive la Force, West Bank Demerara, his parents and siblings are living in fear that any of them could be next.

Kashif and Shanghai Co-Director Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major is seeking the intervention of the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) intervention to resolve the issue of the staging of the Kashif and Shanghai and Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer yearend football tournaments.

Seven men are in police custody after two guns including a telescopic rifle with matching ammunition were found in the vehicle they were in at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

President Donald Ramotar has announced intentions to import stone to cover the perceived supply shortage being seen but Managing Director of BK International Brian Tiwari says that the President’s statements are badly informed.

At least seven persons had to be rushed to Georgetown Hospital yesterday afternoon following a collision at the Houston bypass, East Bank Demerara.

By Jeff Trotman Kwakwani resident Charles Thom last week urged the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) to approach foreign governments to raise US$1 million ($200 million) to build a proper 36-mile laterite road between Linden and Ituni.

A magistrate’s advice to four transgendered men—that they were confused and should give their lives to Jesus Christ—did not amount to discrimination on the basis of religion, acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has ruled.

Lower Corentyne on Friday defeated defending champions East Bank/New Amsterdam/Canje Combined on first innings to become the 2013 National Commun-ication Network U15 inter-zone cricket champions of Berbice.

A couple was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry over slashing a young man across his chest with a surgical blade.

The Guyana Police Force said its ranks had to resort to the use of force against 45-year-old Krishna Persaud on Sunday evening after he attacked two of them.

Police last evening were on the hunt for an armed man who robbed a shop in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo after beating the proprietor in the head.

BK Western Tigers defeated Fruta Conquerors 2-0 in the opening fixture of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League Georgetown Zone Playoffs on Sunday at the Tucville Community Centre ground.

A man was yesterday fined $30,000 after he pleaded guilty to having a cutlass and knife in his possession without lawfully authority.

A 19-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates to court answer to three charges against him alleging that he threatened and assaulted the mother of his child.

Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday announced that the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be seeking legal advice since the Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba has refused to give an explanation for slashing several councillors’ allowances.

Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Zulficar Mohammed confirmed yesterday that Fly Jamaica has met all of the Government of Guyana requirements, including the lodgement of the $40 million bond and is ready from the Guyana end to commence operation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Former West Indies cricketer Clyde Butts believes the forthcoming tour of the Caribbean by England and New Zealand will help bolster women’s cricket in the region.

After review, the AFC says its parliamentary actions on the Amaila Falls hydro project were consistent with its commitment to Guyanese and cautioned that the collapse of the deal makes it clear that foreign investors in substantial undertakings now require the approval of all major stakeholders.

National ladies champion Christine Sukhram warmed up for the upcoming Guyana Open golf tournament by winning the season resumption Medal Play Club tournament last weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Parika Public Road vendors say that they are suffering losses as a result of the flooded pavement along the roadway, which they may have to endure at least up to the end of the month.

The policeman fingered an accident on Sunday which claimed the life of a child yesterday denied that he was driving under the influence at the time.

Lawrence Rambarran, who chopped his wife Deborah Anne Allen to death with a cutlass after an argument in 2009, was yesterday sentenced to 19 years imprisonment by Justice James Bovell-Drakes.

Camptown Football Club in collaboration with Ansa McAl through its Stag Beer Brand yesterday launched the inaugural Troy Cook Memorial tournament at the entity’s Beterverwagting boardroom.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) hammered Airbenders 7-1 as the John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd second division hockey league continued on Sunday at the National Stadium, Providence.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – It has been 14 years since Serena Williams won her first U.S.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- Jamaican wicketkeeper batsman Chadwick Walton says he is aiming to achieve consistency in India in an effort to regain his place on the West Indies senior team.

(Trinidad Express) – A severed head has been found on the sidewalk at Nelson Street, east Port of Spain, near a housing development considered one of the most violent areas in the country.

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ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC- Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James has received a cheque valued at EC 100,000 dollars, the first part of EC 500,000 dollars promised to him by the government after his historic feat in London last year.

Dear Editor, There has been a low level of political commitment to halt corruption in Region Two where there are allegations of the illegal sale of transported house lots in Charity New Housing Scheme.

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama said yesterday he saw a possible breakthrough in the crisis with Syria after Russia proposed that its ally Damascus hand over its chemical weapons for destruction, which could avert planned US military strikes.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Off-spinner Ajit Chandila, one of three cricketers named in an Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal, was granted bail by a Delhi court yesterday.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,  (Reuters) – The two women who battled in Sunday’s final of the U.S.

Dear Editor, I have to admit to total agreement with the grand decision by Judge Chang on the cross-dressing case.

OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) – A US adoptive mother accused of starving her 13-year-old Ethiopian-born daughter and locking her outside in the cold, where she died from exposure, was found guilty of homicide yesterday in Washington state.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has tightened control of crossings from the Sinai peninsula and continued assaults on militants after an Islamist group based there said it tried to kill the interior minister in Cairo last week, the state news agency reported yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Mercurial paceman Mitchell Johnson, who has admitted to ‘choking’ in two different test series against England, could be in line for another shot at Ashes redemption if he keeps taking wickets, according to Australia captain Michael Clarke.

Dear Editor,   I am very much annoyed with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq said he was honoured to be invited to the Caribbean to train the current generation of West Indies spinners.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is in doubt for the return Ashes series against England after suffering a stress fracture in his lower back.

St Ann’s Primary was the recipient of a quantity of textbooks yesterday, compliments of Sol Guyana.

  (Jamaica Gleaner) Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell says he will be making a major announcement tomorrow regarding Jamaica’s debt repayment under the PetroCaribe Agreement.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured yesterday when a bus went off a cliff on a hairpin bend in rural Guatemala, tumbling some 200 meters (660 feet) into a river at the bottom of a ravine, officials said.

Slingerz FC defeated Stewartville FC 2-0 when action in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Stag Beer Senior League continued at the Den Amstel ground on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I read Ms. Manbodh’s letter in your newspaper yesterday.  

Dear Editor, I write to urge my fellow Guyanese New Yorkers to vote today which is Primary Election Day in New York City and across most of America, to choose a Democratic candidate for November’s general elections. 

Making their selections: Ministry of Education officials interact with students yesterday during a book distribution exercise at the Ministry of Education, 26 Brickdam.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday he will do everything in his power to prevent Nicaragua’s “expansionist” ambitions over domestic territory and called an international court ruling that gave waters to Nicaragua inapplicable.

Engrossed! Pupils of Starters Nursery School completely absorbed in their storybooks yesterday.

Overwhelming: A member of the public receives a copy of Thor from a Ministry of Education official yesterday at Camp and Regent streets.

Once one is aware of the long-held collective Caribbean Community (Caricom) position on the use of force in the settlement of disputes and disagreements, then last weekend’s statement frowning on the very idea of the use of external force in Syria appears altogether predictable.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The US government tapped into computer networks of companies including Google Inc and Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, according to leaked US documents aired by Globo, Brazil’s biggest television network.

Dear Editor, The struggle against Burnham was not an Indian struggle against Africans but a Guyanese struggle against repression, lack of democracy, rigged elections and a militarized state.