Daily Archive: Monday, April 2, 2007

Dear Editor, Help & Shelter condemns the horrific assault on the family whose members were robbed, stripped and physically and sexually assaulted outside a Sheriff Street night club on Monday 26 March 2007.

Dear Editor, I did not mean to spank you in my last letter; however I thank you for the more balanced reporting of the recent fire in Georgetown that occurred on Friday March 23, 2007 at Sir Chandra’s home.

Dear Editor, I write in reference to Robin Williams’s letter captioned “Mr Bisram does not acknowledge his political affiliation” (07.03.28).

Dear Editor, I refer to Osafo Modibo’s letter captioned ‘The PPP were not genuinely committed to power-sharing’ (07.03.16).

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter “We should not be asked to pay VAT on services supplied when we haven’t collected from our clients” (07.03.28) by Roshan Khan.

Dear Editor, In a recent letter captioned ‘Protect the children of Guyana from predators’ (KN 07.01.13) I had written: “The children of any nation are its most prized possessions/assets.

Four persons have been taken into custody following the $8.2M robbery in New Amsterdam early on Saturday during which the Postmaster of the Nigg Post Office was shot.

The ICC CWC West Indies Inc 2007 has commissioned the University of the West Indies (UWI) to measure the Caribbean region’s performance in the hosting the ICC CWC 2007 tournament and it is expected that host venues would also conduct evaluations of their performances as well.

Veteran journalist Charles de Florimonte yesterday passed away at his Subryanville home, one month after he was diagnosed with lung cancer, his relatives said.

Two murals by renowned Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri were covered in order to accommodate a new roof which is designed to prevent water from leaking into the immigration department, according to management and technical experts.

Bernard Kerik, recently hired as a security advisor for President Bharrat Jagdeo, is likely to be charged with several felonies in the US, including tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wiretapping.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a gun yesterday morning robbed a Chinese restaurant at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) of an undisclosed sum of money before escaping in a car.

An elderly couple who appeared to be visitors were choked and robbed on Saturday night at the corner of Alexander and Regent Streets by two men who had accomplices lurking nearby.

It is not the police but members of the Scout Association of Guyana who have been managing the car park at Pro-vidence, East Bank Demerara for the Super Eight matches.

An 11.45 am Liat flight bound for Barbados was grounded at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) as a result of a hydraulic leak, forcing stranded passengers to wait until after 8 pm for another flight.

Demerara Tobacco Company Limited reported a net profit after tax of $651 million compared to $572.8 million in 2005, while declaring a dividend of $27.75 per share at its 73rd Annual General Meeting last week at Hotel Tower.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday announced that they were attempting to contact the alleged perpetrators who beat, robbed and indecently assaulted a group of five persons last week Monday morning in front of the Sheriff Night Club on Sheriff Street, but their efforts so far have proved futile.

Two men were held on Saturday in connection with the recent robbery at the Buddy’s International office on Brickdam.

Guyana will sign on to the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has said.

Armed robbers made off with $1.8M in cash after an ambush in the city on Friday.