Five Black Bush men remanded over armed robberies there
Five men were yesterday charged with being involved in the recent armed attack on homes at Black Bush Polder and were refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.
Articles published on Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Five men were yesterday charged with being involved in the recent armed attack on homes at Black Bush Polder and were refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.
Defence counsel representing Swiss House boss and his beauty queen wife yesterday objected to two additional statements which the prosecution intended to serve.
In agreeing with President Jagdeo’s assessment of the 19th Summit of the Rio Group as a “success” and in offering congratulations to the President and his team, in our most recent editorial on the Summit, we were of necessity looking at the big picture.
Guyana’s senior opening batsman Royston Crandon was showered with prizes on Sunday after he was named Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Cri-cketer-of-the-Year at the club’s 17th annual awards ceremony.
Rawle Greene recorded his fastest hand-timed sprint in Guyana in a dominant performance in the men’s 100m event at the Enmore ground on Sunday when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) staged the combined national junior and senior championships.
Dear Editor, A few weeks ago in a letter to your newspaper I alluded to comments made by two late presidents of Guyana about the United States and expressed the hope that our current president would be more restrained than his predecessors in his public comments about the world’s only superpower.
Dear Editor, Mr. Ramdass’s letter captioned “GT&T should have introduced per second billing before ” (07.03.11) echoed the thoughts of all Guyanese when he said GTG&T should have instituted per second billing a long time ago.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “I signed a Letter of Intent with BMW since December 2005 to establish Prestige Motors” (07.023.11) in which it was stated that Prestige Motors, Inc.
Dear Editor, Mr. Mohamed Khan’s letter captioned “Government has seen land distribution as vital” (07.03.11) dealt with the legal side of land distribution and allocation through government’s policies but failed to point out a consistent land-use and development or settlement programme for agricultural or other use of new lands.
Dear Editor, My elderly uncle, who lives in Queenstown, was just told by the city council that he has to remove a few bricks he put on the parapet to prevent big trucks from destroying the grass.
Dear Editor, I share the Minister of Education’s concerns regarding indiscipline and violence in our schools but would urge some restraint with respect to the banning of cell phones in schools.
Dear Editor, The authorities at all levels, national government and municipality, ought to be commended for the effort that is currently being made to clean up the city and its environs and fix the roads.
Dear Editor, I congratulate President Bharrat Jagdeo for having the guts to stand up and denounce the United States of America.
Dear Editor, I have been following closely the debate on “Was he or Wasn’t he a dictator”?
Dear Editor, I refer to letter by Vishok Persaud captioned “I signed a Letter of Intent with BMW since December 2005 to establish Prestige Motors” (07.03.11).
Dear Editor, I was looking at the news on television and I heard the president refer to members of the media as being lazy and taking what people tell them as gospel.
Dear Editor, Misses Amna Ally and Volda Lawrence have rushed to the defence of PNCR Leader, Mr.
Dear Editor, Please permit me another opportunity to lecture to my former lecturer, Mr Vincent Alexander, in his capacity as ‘Leader-in-Waiting’ of the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR).
Dear Editor, I refer to Mrs. Volda Lawrence’s letter captioned “There is a proper forum for party matters to be dealt with” (07.02.09).
Dear Editor, It is always refreshing to read ‘Ian On Sunday’ and his column of Sunday 11-03-2007 is one to behold.
Dear Editor, In a response to a letter writer in the Sunday edition of Stabroek News (03/11/07), GT&T has acknowledged that with its per second billing system in use, it has observed an increase in the number of persons using its cell phones on the network thereby causing congestion.
Dear Editor, I refer to the article captioned “Press body slams President’s verbal assault on media” (SN, March 11, 2007).
Dear Editor, The President now speaks of ‘a newly emerging private sector’.
Now accused of being a primary supplier of cocaine to Trinidad, Barbados, St Maarten and Canada, Guyanese businessman Peter Morgan, who US drug enforcement officials held at Piarco airport on Friday, was refused bail yesterday pending an extradition hearing.
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has begun a campaign aimed at getting children off the streets, reuniting them with their families where possible and working with parents and guardians to ensure that the children have a good home environment.
Armed bandits on Sunday night robbed Banks DIH’s Camp Site Fast Food and Restaurant of an undisclosed amount of money, the police have reported.
President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Sunday that the contract for the approach road to the Berbice Bridge was expected to be signed yesterday and that the bridge is closer to becoming a reality.
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is taking the leading in integrating magistrates in the OECS states into the administrative and judicial structures of the Supreme Court.
As the world recognised International Women’s Day lasr week, a UN agency called on all in society to join the fight in ending violence against women as it is not a responsibility of the state alone.
The constructed fantasy ‘Rainforest Village’ along with four nights of a 90-minute ‘Roots and Rhythms’ show would be among the highlights of a Guyana Gift and Craft Show organised to showcase the Guyanese way of life during Cricket World Cup.
Twenty-year-old Ryan Bynoe, a Youth Challenge Guyana volunteer, is in need of surgery to remove a tumour from his stomach and needs to raise the sum of US$14,000 ($2.8 million) to help to offset the expenses for the surgery in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Smithsonian Institution, which is celebrating 20 years of working in Guyana, last week reviewed the work and many publications of research done here and in other parts of the Guiana Shield.
A documentary about the introduction of the new EU sugar regime and its effect on one micro community–Belle Vue on West Bank Demerara–has aired over the last two weekends on British Television.
he Guyana Women Artists Association (GWAA) is hosting an exhibition in honour of International Women’s Day.
The National Zoological Park will benefit from government’s assistance to enhance and upgrade the facilities following a visit by President Bharrat Jagdeo, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.
The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday re-launched the National Climate Change Committee with an expanded mandate and strengthened management team to deal with Guyana’s preparedness and adaptation to climate change.
The Humanity First Information Technology Centre (HFITC) recently opened its doors in Berbice with the promise to offer free tuition to underprivileged children.
The depositors of Globe Trust Invest-ment Company Limited (GTICL), at the end of the mandatory one-month objections period have not rejected in writing to the reorganisation plan for the company.
There would be three permanent medical centres and four temporary ones staffed with some 50 accredited health workers at the Providence Stadium during the World Cup Cricket (CWC) to deal with any medical emergency.
Habitat for Humanity Chairman Alex Graham recently called on businesses to make building material more affordable for low-income earners.
Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir is overseeing the setting up of an advisory commission on the reasons for the recent strike actions by workers at the Enmore and La Bonne Intention (LBI) sugar estates on February 12 and 13 and the one subsequent to February 28.