Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday fined a labourer $10,000 with an alternative of three months imprisonment after he admitted to having a quantity of narcotics in his possession.

A 32-year-old man of Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of raping a 14-year-old girl.

A Zeelugt resident appeared in court yesterday after ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) searched his home and reportedly found a quantity of cocaine and marijuana.

A second person is before the court accused of breaking into North Point Imports on King Street earlier this month and carting off with over $5M in appliances, cash, cell phones and accessories.

The two-week-long High Court trial of Nandkumar Singh who was accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her partner ended yesterday when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty of murder on both counts but guilty of manslaughter.

A father and his daughter yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after a quantity of cannabis was allegedly found at the stall they operate near Salt and Pepper Restaurant on Longden Street.

Justice Rishi Persaud sentenced a man to 15 years imprisonment yesterday for the ice pick stabbing death of another man during Mashramani celebrations in 2002.

The US-bound passenger who attempted to smuggle 11 protected birds out of Guyana changed his plea from not guilty to guilty yesterday and was fined $70,000 by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

The trial of an Orealla man charged with raping and sodomising a 12-year-old girl opened at the Berbice Assizes yesterday before Justice Rishi Persaud.

Religious and political protestors last week must have been so consumed by the controversy over the coming of casino gambling and by complaints about the confusing introduction of the value added tax that few found of them time to contemplate the worsening plight of this country’s girl children.

Outplayed by Guyana on the opening day when they were dismissed for 187 and failed to take a wicket as Guyana closed on 67-0, the Leeward Islands fought back doggedly yesterday to concede a slim first innings lead of only eight runs then reached 149 runs for the loss of three second innings wickets at the close.

HIS recent returns have been encouraging, epitomized by his Man-of-the-Match performance in the West Indies’ victory over India in the third Pepsi Series Cup ODI match in Chennai on Saturday night.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Big Guyanese boxer Gwendolyn O’Neil gets a second opportunity this weekend to fight the world’s leading women’s boxer Laila Ali, daughter of heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

Neil Reece won the Brother Tulshi Memorial 20-Mile BMX Cycle Road Race organized by Flying Ace Cycle Club for Berbice cyclists recently.

ONCE rightly regarded as the West Indies’ next run-scoring wicket-keeper, and even spoken of as a potential captain, Denesh Ramdin is fighting for form and his place in the team.

A national five-year sports plan will soon be established and will aid in the utilization of sports as a tool for national development.

Marlon `Fishy’ Williams returned one hour, 25 minutes, 35 seconds in winning the feature 35-lap event of the Ricks and Sari Agro Industries sponsored 11-race cycle programme at the National Park on Saturday.

Dear Editor, I welcome the letter captioned “The Forestry Commission has had an effective log tracking system for seven years” (07.01.22).

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr. Jason Hinds captioned “There have been many improvements at the airport” (07.01.27).

Dear Editor, One year ago, January 30, 2006, my beloved partner, journalist and advocate, Ronald Waddell was gunned down as he entered his car parked outside our home.

Dear Editor, Once upon a time in Guyana people intermingled with animals mostly domestic dogs and cats that became part of the family.

Dear Editor, I am moved to write against an unwarranted and unsubstantiated attack from GINA (press release) on eminent Guyanese journalist Rickey Singh.

Dear Editor, It was rather unfortunate that Internet services were not among the most recent zero- rated items approved by the government.

Dear Editor, The press on Monday reported on the effort by the Guyana Marketing Company (GMC) to sell zero-rated and exempt products in light of price increases seen with the introduction of VAT.

Dear Editor, While one must agree with Parvati Persaud-Edwards’s aspiration to reach the realms of humanity of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi- (her letter “Shri Prakash Gossai can make a contribution” [07.01.25]) two weaknesses in her argumentation should be noticed.

Dear Editor, The government has continued to state that with the introduction of VAT, prices of zero-rated products should come down.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says he is dissatisfied with the conditions under which some members of the Guyana Police Force are working, and added that while the government is in no position to enhance remuneration some effort will be made to improve their situation.

Veteran journalist and Stabroek News columnist Cecil Griffith died last evening at the St.

Three armed, masked gunmen raided a home at Gangaram, East Canje around 8.40 pm on Sunday and made off with a small quantity of cash and jewellery after terrorizing occupants.

Five of the Mazaruni prison escapees appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with escaping from lawful custody.

With the commissioning of its new $53 million warehousing facility at Strand, New Amsterdam, Geddes Grant (GG) will no longer find it difficult to provide a wide range of products to its Berbice customers.

Yesterday, even as some city businesses were complying fully with the new list of Value Added Tax (VAT) zero-rated items, others lagged behind.

Students and teachers of the Lachmansingh Primary School had to scamper for cover during last week when they were attacked by bees that are nested in a tyre between clumps of bushes on the school’s fence.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday held discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and RUSAL owner Oleg Deripaska at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russian news agency Itar-Tass said.

A baby boy was yesterday burned to death at his Leguan, Essequibo River home.

Six of the persons involved in the two-car, East Bank Demerara accident, which claimed the life of a 64-year-old woman on Sunday evening, are in the hospital receiving treatment.

In an article in yesterday’s Chronicle headlined “Abuse of press freedom – responsible reporting lacking” Dr Prem Misir stated that the Stabroek News’s limited circulation and limited reach drove the Government Information Agency (GINA) to withdraw the placement of advertisements from that newspaper.

US authorities have refused Guyanese drug accused businessman Roger Khan’s request for a laptop computer stating that it would be a potential security breach at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC).

A new Chinese company in Guyana intends to focus on ‘finished’ lumber and is investing US$4.5M in a wood-processing plant to process logs cut from the Jaling concession.

Twelve persons won prizes in the Dorado Speed Swim Club raffle which was drawn at the Colgrain Poolside on Sunday.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said the agreement for the US$20 million Inter-American Development Bank loan would be signed this week, paving the way for the implementation of the citizens’ security programme, which includes the reform of the police force.