Daily Archive: Saturday, January 13, 2007

The trial of several suspects said to be connected with drug-indicted Guyanese businessman Roger Khan resumed this week in a court in Suriname, according to a report from Caribbean Net News in Paramaribo.

A man who allegedly stabbed a horse cart operator twice at his Railway Embankment home resulting in his death was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Preliminary inquiries into several high profile murders have been put off until next month for the prosecution to seek assistance from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said 421 persons were successfully prosecuted for possession of marijuana at a cost of $40,000 each during the period 2005-2006.

A man who admitted to cuffing and kicking his elderly mother after she refused to give him food was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison by Magistrate Krishendat Persaud.

A man who admitted to breaking into a Corentyne nursery school and stealing a number of articles was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison by Magistrate Krishendat Persaud.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez on Wednesday sentenced a repeat-offender who admitted to stealing several items on two separate occasions to three years imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.

It was no child’s play when a 15-year-old boy allegedly robbed two persons at gunpoint of silver jewellery and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.

Justice B.S. Roy is currently hearing a case of a 77-year-old man who has approached the court asking the Ministry of Human Services to show cause why it shouldn’t release his 13-year-old bride.

Last year, the Amerindian People’s Association attempted to have the National Assembly alter the title of the Amerindian Act by using the term ‘Indigenous’ rather than ‘Amerindian.’

Guyana’s Travis Dowlin has been included in the West Indies’ 30-man training squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

“We are ready. I can see the pieces coming together.” Those were the words of Minister responsible for Sport, Dr.

The first day’s play of the Carib Beer Series match between Guyana and defending champions Trinidad and Tobago at Guaracara Park was abandoned yesterday without a ball being bowled.

Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire will celebrate his 52nd birth anniversary tomorrow with a 21-team, one-day dominoes competition, bar-b-que and oldies dance at the Turning Point Sports Club.

General Secretary of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Ivor O’Brien is satisfied with his association’s achievements during the year 2006, but he is a bit disappointed with the performance of the Melbourne Common-wealth Games team.

A fine all-round performance by Stephen Jacobs carried Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to victory over the American Cricket Society (ACS) cricket team from New York, United States of America in the third annual Nizam Hafeez memorial cricket match at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground yesterday.

An exciting four team Twenty20 softball competition will take place tomorrow at the Guyana Softball Complex ground on Carifesta Avenue.

While some of the 2006 national sports awardees will be easy to select, the Sports Coach of the Year award will be a tough one for the panelists who will meet on January 26 to make the decision.

Dear Editor, The participation of Trinidad’s professional side Joe Public, the eventual winner of the 17th edition of the annual Kashif and Shangai Knockout Tournament, had brought a new dimension to local club football, and an extremely high degree of professionalism.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Some rice farmers still waiting for land titles” (07.01.10).

Dear Editor, Casino gambling has been a controversial subject in every English speaking Caribbean country where it has been considered, publicly debated or introduced.

Dear Editor, Vivek Persaud writes in his letter captioned “There is ansolutely no evidence of transfer pricing of timber” (07.01.11) in terms which are eerily reminiscent of the export log industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) at the time of the judicial inquiry (Supreme Court Judge Tos Barnett’s 1987-9 “Commission of Inquiry into Aspects of the Timber Industry in Papua New Guinea”).

Dear Editor, In her response to my letter, Ms Inge Nathoo of the National Parks Commission states that there is no burning of rubbish next to arrival benab at Kaieteur Falls.

Dear Editor, We felt a mixture of joy and emotion for this Hindu icon Shri Prakashji or Guruji as he is commonly called by his ardent followers when he was accepting a proclamation from the Congressmen of the city of New York and best wishes from a number of highly recognized organizations including GOPIO and ICC and well wishers for taking up a mandate he was offered to serve the people of Guyana in the capacity as advisor to the president.

Dear Editor, It was heartening to hear Mr. Robert Corbin’s position on the government’s recent effort to increase ministers’ and parliamentarians’ income (SN 10/1/2007).

Dear Editor, Mr. Clarke’s letter captioned “These international events will test the nation’s character” (07.01.11) is on target when he calls for better standards of behaviour and greater effort from all Guyanese to make the upcoming international events a success and not a black mark on Guyana.

Dear Editor, It seems that the President would enact the law of casino gambling even though all the religious bodies have signaled the woes that will follow this act.

Dear Editor, Is Caricom relevant to Guyana? Has it ever been?

Dear Editor, As I watched Mr. Tony Vieira’s commentary aired Tuesday night (9th January, 2007) my heart sank.

Dear Editor, Thanks to the Georgetown Chamber for publishing the list of items which we will pay more for with VAT..

Dear Editor, The children of any nation are its most prized possession/assets.

Weddings are joyous occasions but there are some aspects of the day that some of us would cut short if it weren’t for that thing called tradition.

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Hi Everyone, The aroma of ‘married-man pork’ (sweet basil) and thyme fills the kitchen as I lift the lid of the steamer.

When Le Classique Dance Company held its production, Alley Cats, a few months ago the choreography was excellent and the dancers were good but Leslyn Lashley was better than good.

You won’t find many 16-year-olds attending Guyana’s highest learning institution, but Miss Guyana Talented Teen 2006 believes starting advanced studies young could open many doors for her in the future.

On February 3, Guyanese and more particularly Linden party fans are going to witness the first instalment of this year’s Carib Soca Monarch competition and it’s bound to have a few surprises.

Nine prisoners broke out from the high security Mazaruni Prison yesterday and four members of a joint services search party were later shot during a confrontation with the inmates.

A New Amsterdam store owner has let three of his staff go as a result of reduced sales in the aftermath of the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT).

A speeding mini-bus yesterday plunged into a canal at Harlem, West Coast Demerara when its right rear wheel flew off, leaving one passenger seriously hurt and several others nursing injuries.

From Monday, Stabroek News will be carrying a VAT corner where questions relating to the implementation of the new tax will be answered by Ram and McRae.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) is yet to decide whether it will embark on preparations for the local government polls before establishing a new voters’ list.

The Guyana Fire Service suspects arson in the case of the mysterious fire which gutted the Guyana Elections Commission secretariat building on September 9 last year.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) yesterday expressed deep concern over the VAT-led increase in prices and pointed to suggestions to ease the problem but Com-missioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur says he is not prepared to support these including one to lower the 16% rate.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur says the statements that the main opposition PNCR-1G made regarding the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) are careless and ill-informed.

A Hubu, East Bank Essequibo farmer is calling on the police to take action against the owners of a number of vicious dogs that roam the backlands and attack his herd.

Captain Wiegand Holger of bauxite company Oldendorff Carriers said he was “very happy” to assist in the rescue of the MV Telltale N0 1’s 11 crew members after the vessel sunk in the Berbice River on Wednesday morning.

The Guyana Police Force has reiterated that women are becoming popular decoys in the commission of robberies after another woman was involved in the hijacking of a car from a taxi-driver.

Agriculture Ministers and other representatives involved in the sugar industry from Jamaica, Belize, Barbados and Belgium were taken on a visit yesterday to the construction site of the modern Skeldon sugar factory by Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud.

The Ministry of Human Services says it will be providing assistance to 103-year-old Gaitree Kowsilla.

Guyana and other sugar producers in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping are still to receive the 40 million euros from the European Union to cushion the effects of the price cut in sugar on the European market.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has presented an Order to revoke a controversial proviso that would have blocked salary increases for parliamentarians who did not give their written consent to them.

The government has donated a service pick-up to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to boost its capacity to enforce the city’s by-laws.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee says that former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has thus far not been hired or contracted as a consultant in relation to law enforcement here.