BARTICA SPORTS FESTIVAL WILL BE THE BIGGEST EVER
(Guyana Chronicle April 1, 1979)
This year’s Festival of Sports scheduled for the Easter weekend at Bartica is expected to be one of the biggest-ever organised by the Regional Sports Development Council.
One of the big features at the three-day Fiesta will be the Regatta which will be held on Easter Sunday.Already nineteen speed boats from Lanaballi and Beribissiballi areas have been entered.
Competition is expected to be very keen since several of the drivers have participated in the Regatta before.
Along with the Regatta the other interesting event is the swimming.
Eighteen races are listed on the day’s program and several of the country’s top swimmers will be seen in action.
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COUNSEL WANTS LAW TO PERMIT HOMO RELATIONS
(Guyana Chronicle April 4, 1979)
Barrister-at-Law Stanley Moore has said that the criminal law in Guyana should be amended to permit homosexual relations between consenting adults.
He said that the United Kingdom had already amended laws to permit this.
Mr. Moore a lecturer on criminal law at the University of Guyana was at the time making a plea in mitigation before Principal Magistrate Owen Fung-kee-Fung for former Minister of Labour employee Wendell Brotherson who pleaded guilty to committing an act of gross indecency with another male person.
In a plea for leniency the counsel said that it was wrong for the law to seek to suppress the natural sexual urgings of individuals with homosexual tendencies.
He argued that a homosexual was a person who was born with a deformity for which he or she was not responsible and to condemn such a person would be like condemning a person born with a deformed lip palate or limbs.
The lawyer said that he would agree that the law should continue to frown on homosexual acts between adults and children or young persons, adding that to his mind such persons should be dealt with severely.
Brotherson of 50, Princess Street and Phillip Charles of North Ruimveldt who were charged jointly with the offence were both saved prison sentences.
Brotherson was fined $126 and Charles $500 by Magistrate Fung-kee-Fung.
Court Prosecutor Cyril Fredericks stated that on February 7, 1978 police on patrol entered a yard to investigate a report and found the two men committing the act.
The incident occurred around 10 p.m.
The counsel contended that this was not a case where the two men were causing a disturbance in the yard and the Police had to be sent for.
He said that the police went into a yard to chase a man who committed a robbery.
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RUPUNUNI RODEO
(Guyana Chronicle April 1, 1979)
Scores of sporting fans from all over Guyana are expected to travel to the Rupununi area to witness this year’s annual Rodeo which will be held on Saturday April 14.
Already the Rodeo committee has started fund-raising efforts and from the outlook of things the prizes this year will be bigger than 1978.
Eighteen events are carded on the day’s program which includes wild cow milking, calf roping, saddle bronco riding, bullock cart and barrel races.
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“CDE FATSO” CONTEST ROLLING AROUND
(Guyana Chronicle April 7, 1979)
A unique contest that is causing quite a stir in the bauxite town of Linden is the “Cde Fatso Contest” scheduled for Easter Sunday April 15 at 6p.m. at the McKenzie Sports Club Ground.
There are already four contestants: Winnie Evans- representing Dow Auto Works; Joy Garnett-representing Lester’s Bird Palace; Cheryl Williams of McKenzie Garage and Pamela Campbell who will be Cde. Constab.
Three other contestants are expected to enter and the Guyana Defence Force may also send a representative.
The first prize is $300 plus other prizes and the 2nd , 3rd and 4th prizes also carry cash prizes.
Other features include a fashion show, local artistes, coconut (teeth) peeling and music by Rector Schultz and the Music Makers.
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POLICE WARN PARENTS AFTER ANOTHER MYSTERY DEATH
(Guyana Chronicle April 9, 1979)
The police yesterday advised parents and guardians in Greater Georgetown to keep their children off the streets after dark following the discovery of the body of a school boy yesterday morning in a trench at Laing Avenue Housing Scheme.
Nine-year old Egland Blackman’s body was found near a small clump of bush overhanging the trench and about 500 yards away from where the body of Tracey Richardson was found a week ago.
Although the boy’s death might be the result of an accident or misadventure, police have not ruled out the theory that he may have been strangled and thrown into the trench.
A police official said that if this theory proves to be correct then a homicidal maniac was on the loose.
Last week Trancy Richardson was found murdered in the same area after she was sent on an errand.
However the other theory is that Blackman could have been in the company with other children swimming in the trench and that he drowned.
Meanwhile, until the post mortem examination is performed parents especially in the area are advised to keep their children at home after dark.
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HUSBAND WIFE AT GH
(Guyana Chronicle April 9, 1979)
Dr. Shirley Sukdeo of Canje Berbice has returned to Guyana to serve her country after 16 years abroad.
She is accompanied by her husband Dr. Peter Zavodsky an ear nose and throat specialist and they are both attached to the Georgetown Hospital.
An “Old Girl” of Berbice High School and Bishop’s High School, she graduated as an MD in 1969 and then pursued post graduate studies in Internal Medicine and Cardiology .
She has since acquired considerable experience.
Dr. Shirley Sukdeo is among five doctors in her family includng Dr. Fred Sukdeo, economist and Dean at the University of Guyana.
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POLICE RULE OUT FOUL PLAY
(Guyana Chronicle April 18, 1979)
Police have ruled out foul play in the death of nine year old Egland Blackman whose body was found floating in the Laing Avenue trench Friday last.
A police spokesman said that Egland whose body was found 500 yards from where the body of nine-year old Tracey Richardson was found, died from drowning.
Egland and some other boys went fishing when he fell into the trench and drowned.
But the lawmen are definitely working on a murder theory in connection with Richardson whose body was found one day after she was sent to purchase kerosene and did not return. Clifford Stanley can be reached to discuss any of the foregoing articles at cliffantony@gmail.com or cell phone # 657 2043.