Daily Archive: Thursday, September 12, 2013

Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell today announced the arrest of four persons in connection with the murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg businessman Zulfikar Namdar, which he said appears to be a hit.

Police Commissioner (acting)  Leroy Brumell today said “don’t let us press the panic button yet” in response to the recent upsurge in serious crime.

A Surinamese man, Omar Williams today appeared in court charged with the  murder of former disc jockey Sheldon Cheddie.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s Consulate General in New York has today issued a press release stating that calypso icon Sparrow is alive.

The Guyana Police Force today said it wished to clarify that contrary to reports circulating in some sections of the media, there was no armed attack on any Police Station, nor was any police rank shot and killed during last night.

An elderly Corentyne rice miller was shot dead on Tuesday evening while driving off armed intruders from his home and police held three persons yesterday for questioning.

A Management Audit is to be done by the University of Guyana (UG) as its administrators look to assess and improve the current system.

A one-year-old boy, left at home unsupervised when his mother went to pick up his sister from school, drowned in a drain at Sophia yesterday.

The body of a man who it is suspected committed suicide was yesterday found in a hotel on Norton Street after the woman he was with raised an alarm to the staff that he had tried to strangle her.

The coaching staff has intensified preparations of the national men’s and women’s sevens rugby squads ahead of the two-day  North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Seven’s tournament  which kicks off on November 9 in the Cayman Islands.

The suspect in the execution-style killing of former DJ Sheldon Cheddie has told investigators that he was contracted following a drug-related transaction between the man and other persons.

A monitoring and evaluation forum yesterday heard that 212 roads have been completed under a Caribbean Development Bank-funded programme.

Bronze medallist at last year’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships, Kerwin Clarke was presented with his airfare to compete in this year’s edition from owner of Fitness Express, Jaime McDonald yesterday.

Automotive company Sankars Auto Works in a simple presentation ceremony conducted at their Seaforth Street Campbellville location donated 13 football cleats to Georgetown club Pele FC.

The family of slain Meten-Meer-Zorg businessman Zulfikar Namdar believes that the bandits who carried out the attack on Tuesday that left him dead scouted the area in advance.

A witness yesterday testified that accused murderer Stravo Evans confronted her with a gun and threatened to kill her and her family if she identified him after the fatal shooting of Bascal Johnson on Laing Avenue.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force has received a Million dollars from the Government as it prepares to leave for India for the Champions League which begins next week.

Rondy Jagdeo, the suspect in the murder of Eccles biker Kirk Davis, was recently spotted in neighbouring Suriname and there are reports that he has been making contact with relatives apologizing for his behaviour.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago football chief, Raymond Tim Kee, has praised new head coach Stephen Hart following the country’s performance in the just concluded OSN Cup in Saudi Arabia.

Dennis Rampersaud, charged with failing to return a computer to a woman he is accused of raping, was yesterday refused bail and remanded to prison.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced the regional Under 19 squad to face Bangladesh Under 19 in a seven match One Day Series to be played in Guyana next month.

Two students from Moco Moco, Region Nine have taken their places among the new batch of students enrolled at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) and they will eventually be able to help the “struggling” rice farm in the village.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) yesterday named a 24-man squad for the upcoming Pepsi Senior Inter-County limited overs competition which is scheduled to commence on September 21 with the preliminary matches played at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda Following two trials among three teams led by  Leon Johnson, Steven Jacobs and Christopher Barnwell held on September 5 and 6 at the GCC ground, the selectors further identified 24 cricketers who will go through a fitness test and training, eventually narrowing the current 24 to a possible 14

Led by a crucial half-century from Kevin Ramdeen, Young Warriors Universal DVD found themselves in the finals of the 2013 Berbice Bridge 50-Over Knock-out Competition after defeating Port Mourant Karibee Rice by a nail-biting one wicket in their semi-final contested Sunday.

The Ministry of Home Affairs officially launched the Houses of Justice Project, opening five of them in Region Three on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I must thank Mr Basir for reporting such good news about education at the Essequibo Technical Institute (‘Essequibo Technical Institute is training more than three hundred students,’ SN, Sept 9).

Eighty-five applicants pulled their lot numbers for plots at Zeelugt, Phase Two, East Bank Essequibo when the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) hosted the second One Stop Shop for the year for single parents and low income earners on Monday.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina booked their World Cup ticket with a 5-2 rout of Paraguay on Tuesday, leaving five other countries jockeying for three automatic South American places and one playoff berth.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me a space in your newspaper to bring to the attention of the authorities the plight some of the residents of the Good Hope New Scheme are experiencing.

Bids were opened on Tuesday at the national tender board for the docking and rehabilitation of the vessel MV Makouria with the procuring entity being the Transport and Harbours Department.

The Trinity Grid Holdings (THG) Pacesetters Inter-Ward Basketball Tournament was given a much needed boost as Giftland Office Max donated an undisclosed sum towards the running of the event at a simple presentation at the entity’s Water Street location.

National coach, Hassan Mohamed, will resume his cycling calendar on Saturday at the National Park with the staging of the 13th annual Degree 11-race programme.

 Dear Editor, As elsewhere perceptions ought not to be ignored, as human history is replete with the consequences.

(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s new iPhones got panned by Wall Street yesterday as investors decried one model for being too costly for emerging markets such as China, and dismissed the other model as lacking enough game-changing features.

The accused in the theft of an iPhone was yesterday remanded to prison after she was unable to supply a current address to a city court.

GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Diplomatic efforts to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control intensified yesterday while U.N.

Dear Editor, Prompt decisive police work would solve many a seemingly unsolvable crime.

The Petra Organization in collaboration with Courts Guyana Incorporated and Banks DIH Limited officially launched the fourth Courts Pee Wee U11 football tournament at the entity’s Main Street Office yesterday.

An electrician was yesterday charged with assaulting his common-law wife. Ryan Shepherd, a father of three of 43 Palm Street, Werk-en-Rust, pleaded not guilty to cuffing Hollis Gillis to the left side of her face, causing it to be bruised and swollen.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government has issued a stern warning to Jamaicans not to engage in xenophobic discussions, which could affect the decision by the Chinese to invest in the country.

Dear Editor, The rationing of electricity by Mahdia Power and Light (MPL) is causing lots of discomfort and suffering for the residents here.

Mark Angel was yesterday denied bail after he was charged with trafficking marijuana, which was allegedly found on him during a police stop and search in the city.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal started playing with balls before he could walk and in his formative years liked soccer just as much as tennis, his grandmother Isabel Homar told Spanish radio yesterday.

Dear Editor, The quality of political leadership being delivered to this society from some quarters has to stop and the people are called to take action.

ROME, (Reuters) – Disused church buildings should be used to house refugees, who must be embraced rather than feared, Pope Francis told asylum seekers in Rome on Tuesday, underlining his papacy’s emphasis on the poor and the plight of immigrants.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House tried yesterday to smooth over a diplomatic row with Brazil, pledging to address concerns caused by reports that the United States had spied on President Dilma Rousseff and hacked into the computer networks of state-run oil company Petrobras.

(Reuters) – Former England seam bowler Matthew Hoggard announced he will retire from cricket after making his final first class appearance for Leicestershire next week.

(Trinidad Express) When food prices rise, do not blame farmers, blame the government for not putting proper measures in place to keep food prices down.

Pass by at your peril: This utility pole at Montrose, East Coast Demerara has been in this condition for two weeks.

A man was on Tuesday remanded to prison after being arraigned on charges of robbery, disorderly behaviour and multiple counts of assault, including attacking a police officer.

Scouring: Sewers being cleared in Cooper Street, Albouystown by S. Jagmohan Construction Services.

Dear Editor, A friend sent me the the Stabroek News of August 22, 2013 which had an ample report of the Buxton event  of August 20 in which so many large-hearted citizens and organisations said whatever  good they could find to say in my favour.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A World Bank team that conducted a review of Jamaica’s legislature has concluded that the Parliament’s infrastructure is woefully inadequate and significantly undermines the work of members of parliament (MPs), committees, and parliamentary staff.

In the aftermath of the bloody February 23, 2002, prison break this country was caught in the throes of a crime spree that had up to that point been unprecedented.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors want to block the permit for a massive gold mine planned by Belo Sun Mining Corp on the Xingu River in the Amazon, arguing that the Canadian company has failed to study the impact on local Indian communities, the prosecutors’ office said on Wednesday.

A city man was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to stealing a car engine.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Guyana is the locale for the first leg of a yachting rally that took off from Trinidad and Tobago and will end in French Guiana.

(Reuters) – Steady rain forced the umpires to call off  yesterday’s third one-day international between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham after only 15.1 overs.