Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Dear Editor, I can’t say Happy New Year (too much pressure shopping).

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday sentenced a man, who admitted having in his possession a utensil used for smoking, to one year imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.

A man who allegedly broke into a recently-opened store and stole large amounts of cellular phones and other items amounting to over $5.6 million was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who allegedly obtained $2 million from another man after pretending that he was in a position to purchase crashed cars for him was yesterday granted $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who allegedly wounded another man five months ago causing his death was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Justice BS Roy awarded a $35 million judgement to Bob Dhoray of Harvey’s Electrical and General Store against Komall Lochminarain of the Full Range Record Shop at the January 3 sitting of the Commercial Court.

Four men yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer, separately, to charges of having carnal knowledge of two teenaged girls and a woman.

More of a quaint, 19th century, Victorian heritage site than a national maximum security penitentiary, the Mazaruni Prison has once again become the scene of an escape of some of its desperate inmates.

Technical Director of the national football team Trinidadian Jamal Shabazz has taken full responsibility for Guyana’s 0-2 loss to St.

POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad – Kieron Pollard brightened up another dull day at Guaracara Park yesterday, when he slammed a whirlwind half-century as the second round Carib Beer Series match between Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana finished in a predictable no-decision.

By Edison JeffordFormer captain of the Guyana senior rugby team, Theodore Henry and Claudius Butts assured their local counterparts yesterday that the five Guyanese in the West Indies’ Rugby 16-man squad will make the final 12 for the San Diego tour.

Basketball in Georgetown got a major boost from overseas-based Paul and Patrick Haynes when the ex-Pacesetters brothers donated several items to the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GA-BA) last week.

Football fans desirous of watching the Digicel Caribbean Cup football finals currently underway in the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago can do so on DIRECTV.

Dear Editor, The recent prison breakout at Mazaruni Prison should not come as a surprise to the powers that be as they were fully aware that the prison service does not have the capacity, lacks the human and financial resources to prevent such occurrences.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article headlined “Union leaders trade jabs over unity” which appears in SN, Friday January 12th 2007, and would like to direct a few questions to Mr.

Dear Editor, We the members of the Forest Products Association, refute a statement in Freddie Kissoon’s column in the Kaieteur News of Friday.

Dear Editor, I wish to empathise with Ronald Morgan and all those persons who are incapacitated and confined to their wheelchairs, beds and other dismal domiciles.

Dear Editor, I observed that the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Mr Khurshid Sattaur seems to be responding to all the critics.

Dear Editor, I was in Guyana for the holidays and one of my relatives took me to the GTM Office at Skeldon Berbice to renew his insurance.

Dear Editor, A happy, beautiful and productive 2007 to you and all at Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News article captioned “Govt MP blasts church on opposition to ‘casino’ legislation” (Jan.,

Dear Editor, Discipline, to my mind, is the forerunner to any form of punishment that is a penalty for disregarding a rule of conduct prescribed by a state.

Members of the Joint Services yesterday managed to capture four of the nine prisoners who broke out of the Mazaruni Prison on Friday.

Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President Dr Nanda Gopaul has instructed the Government Information Agency (GINA) to withdraw advertisements from the Stabroek News, in an attack on the free press, this newspaper has said.

As Georgetown and the rest of the coast grapple with the Value Added Tax (VAT), there have been few changes in prices of items sold in the border community of Lethem though businesses are warning consumers of increases in prices soon.

The ICC/CWC Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the Police Traffic Department are to meet Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) in the vicinity of the stadium to hammer out the permit programme which would give access to vehicles moving in and out of nearby communities.

The Archer’s Home yesterday received just over $1.5 million from Esso to help with the building of a new sanitary block and rehabilitating the main building.

A three-day parliamentary training seminar for members of the National Assembly opened yesterday with the objective of making Parliament more responsive to the challenges it faces.

A Friendship resident lost his life on Saturday after being stung by Africanised bees while clearing a patch of land on his farm in the Friendship Backlands, East Bank Demerara.

Police have arrested and held two persons for questioning in relation to the recovery of an unlicensed firearm and another 20 have been arrested in connection with various offences at the weekend.

Guyana’s largest beverage company, Banks DIH Ltd yesterday launched the newest addition to its spirits line, the VXO Extra Old Demerara rum.

The Ministry of Health is spearheading a massive beautification exercise along Brickdam in time for the Cricket World Cup (CWC).