Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Jim Lampley: Welcome back viewers to what must be the longest delay to a championship bout I can recall.

The Managing Director of NP Home Department and the Company Secretary of Muneshwer’s Limited were yesterday slapped with separate charges of failing to provide VAT invoices and were released on their own recognizance by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud sentenced a man to one year’s imprisonment after he admitted to being in possession of a utensil used for smoking cocaine.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Tuesday sentenced a man to one year imprisonment after he admitted to pouncing on a woman and stealing her gold bangle.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez on Monday sentenced a repeat offender to one year imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court to answer to a charge of larceny.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John remanded to prison a man who was recently freed of a murder charge when he appeared before her at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court to answer to the same charge.

A man accused of indecently assaulting a tourist was released on bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Tuesday sentenced a man to three years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny.

Will Corentyne’s coastal and riverine fishermen ever be safe from the scourge of piracy or should they accept it as a permanent occupational hazard?

Founder of the Harpy Eagle Martial Arts Academy, Troy Bobb, copped three World Karate titles during a six-month campaign in the United States, recently.

Guyana’s national football team preparing for the Digicel Cup finals which begins on Friday lost 0-1 to Barbados in a friendly encounter in Trinidad yesterday.

Rose Hall Town Pepsi squeezed into the Carpen’s Plumbing/Spready’s Bakery under-19 final with a three-run victory over long time rivals, Tucber Park at the Area ‘H’ ground last weekend.

Dear Editor, A headmaster whips a 13 year-old child to discipline her and we yell ” stop, in the name of love”.

Dear Editor, I am enclosing a bill from a supermarket to highlight how businessmen are devising ways and means to take advantage of the many misinformed consumers concerning VAT.

Dear Editor, The reaction to the SN Editorial on the Dress Code is really interesting in this 21st century Guyanese society.

Dear Editor, The Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club would like to express its gratitude to Stabroek News for its wonderful coverage of our Christmas 2006 activities in the edition of 2007-01-08.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Agriculture Mr Robert Persaud must ensure that rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast receive their long awaited land titles.

Dear Editor, Our government has an-nounced its plan to legalise casino gambling ahead of the much-anticipated 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Dear Editor, The year seems to have started in confusion since this VAT has descended upon us.

Dear Editor, I see with the implementation of VAT, the business community is coming out to say that the GRA was misleading us about 30 percent C-Tax items only.

Dear Editor, Wasn’t the site at Chateau Margot where the chimney is located supposed to be an historical site?

Dear Editor, At the special forum in New Delhi for People of Indian Origin, the Indian government has responded positively to requests made by the Guyanese contingent and other PIOs.

Dear Ms. Chantalle Smith, I read your column in KN (7th January, 2007).

Dear Editor, Mr Trevor Atkinson in his letter captioned “Barama came in at a time when investment was badly needed and has been in the vanguard of sustainable forest management” (06.12.16) sought to justify the deal with and presence of Barama, by also citing the ‘good deeds’ or ‘fringe benefits’ of the company to the local community.

Dear Editor, The introduction of VAT or Value-Added Tax came like a sudden tsunami upon our nation.

The flare-up over the Value Added Tax (VAT) between the private sector and the GRA subsided somewhat yesterday following a meeting between the two but the Georgetown Chamber also signalled it would seek an urgent audience with the Finance Minister to end the VAT “chaos” and bring relief to consumers.

Two vehicles collided at the junction of Lamaha and Main streets resulting in the death of a pedal cyclist yesterday.

A horse cart operator was killed yesterday afternoon in what appeared to be a tit-for-tat stabbing at his Lamaha Railway Embankment home.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has debunked a front page article in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News entitled “Major shake-up looms in army” and has labelled it as `misleading, sensational and alarmist.’

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Friday sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to break and enter and larceny to five years imprisonment, while two of his alleged accomplices have been granted bail.

A $60M night club opened in Linden last week with the aim of taking a bite out of Cricket World Cup (CWC) and transforming the mining town into party central.

People’s National Congress Reform One Guyana (PNCR-1G) back-bencher James McAllister has submitted a motion to parliament calling on the Government to review its decision to build a floating bridge in Berbice between D’Edward Village and Crab Island and hold off on construction for three months.

The Ministry of Labour last year recovered more than $11M on employees’ behalf following unscheduled checks at workplaces countrywide, which also revealed a number of labour law breaches by employers.

Relatives of an East Coast Demerara cane cutter are baffled as to why he decided to end his life early yesterday morning.

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn said the government is assessing the “costing and variance” related to the execution of the revised Seawall Development Plan for implementation.

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is inviting students to submit applications for consideration of the Grassroots Development Fellowships for Graduate Students.

Phase 11 of the Ogle Airport Development project will benefit from part of a 40.5 million euro European Com-mission (EC) grant to advance the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).

A female vendor selling from a mobile van was on Monday robbed of $55,000 cash at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara by two men who hit her about the body with handguns.

A 40-year-old man was stabbed in the lower abdomen yesterday over a cellular phone he was given to pawn.

The National Library has purchased 16 copies of Dr Gemma Robinson’s book entitled “University of Hunger: Collected Poems and Selected Prose.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John on Thursday ordered a mother who attempted to murder her two children and commit suicide to seek psychiatric treatment when she appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, early Sunday morning robbed a West Ruimveldt resident of a cellular phone and cash as he walked along Cemetery Road.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues on Thursday paid tribute to the late Phillipai, Region Seven mountaineer Isaac Jerry.

Though members continue to vote along party lines on contentious issues parliamentary committees have been forums for political compromise.

A taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint of cash by a man and woman who hired him early Sunday morning to take them to New Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

Volunteers from Partners of the Americas’ Farmer to Farmer programme are expected to review the status of the local cattle industry and to make recommendations for the marketing of its dairy products.