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• Article on Valerie Hart was distasteful

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  While I am sympathetic to Ms McAlmont’s clearly-implied agenda in ‘History this week’(‘Valerie Hart: The Woman at the Heart of the Rupununi Uprising,’ SN 1.1.09) I find it distasteful that the 40th anniversary of …

• Golden Grove should not have been under water

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 7 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  I am totally fed-up with the serious drainage situation in Golden Grove Village on the East Coast of Demerara. After the last great flood in 2005, the relevant authorities promised to repair all kokers …

• Mr Corbin is not serious about shared governance

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Supporters of the PNC need to be more worried than comforted by Mr Robert Corbin’s new interest in shared governance. Amidst the clamouring for him to go this is a cunning move to hold …

• NAACIE congratulates Commissioner Greene

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 0 Comments

  
  

  The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) has extended congratulations to police commissioner Henry Greene on his appointment.
  In a press release NAACIE said Greene’s confirmation as commissioner is “important, in keeping with …

• West Indies Rugby team in…

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

  
  

  Shock win
  They had promised before leaving these shores to participate in XX edition of the Punta Del Este International Seven-a-side rugby tournament that they could translate good performances into wins.
  Yesterday, the West Indies Rugby team …

• The people’s support for shared governance is of paramount importance if it is to succeed

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 8 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  Mr Emile Mervin’s letter which was published in the Kaieteur News on December 25, 2008, is a welcome and instructive intervention in the renewed public debate on the issue of shared governance in Guyana. …

• Boxing Day thief slapped with three years jail

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 3 Comments

  
  

  Two men were each sentenced to three years imprisonment when they appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on various charges including possession of drugs for trafficking on Monday.
  Lallbachan Sookdeo called ‘Smuggle’ of Parika, East Bank …

• Ask the Consul

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 0 Comments

  
  

  American Citizen Services
  Installment 73
  Q: I am a U.S. citizen but do not have a U.S. passport and need to travel.  What should I do?
  U.S. law requires that U.S. citizens enter and leave the United States …

• This is the first time the TUC is without a political partner

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 4 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  By now even Stevie Wonder can see the government’s commitment to destroy the Guyana Trades Union Congress (TUC). The angst with the TUC dates back to the 1963 eighty-day strike. Dr Cheddi Jagan …

• Accused of receiving TV from $2.6M robbery

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 2 Comments

  
  

  A father of five who allegedly received a stolen television from a man was granted bail on Friday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
  Thirty-one-year-old Collin Hooper of …

• The PNC membership has strong allegiance to the leader

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 5 Comments

  
  

  Dear Editor,
  It appears that the PNC is again headed for yet another leader showdown. In a number of articles in the New York based newspaper, Caribbean Impact, I noticed Van West Charles, son-in-law of the …

• Asked for cigarette, then snatched money bag

  By Staff | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 3 Comments

  
  

  – court hears
  “When he pick up meh money-bag … I run behind he foh it” stated Alicia James who says she had $25,000 in cash and a canvas bag stolen from her stall by Glenn …

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