Daily Archive: Thursday, October 11, 2007

The second article continues to document the history and unique stories behind the construction and selection of designs for some of the nation’s commemorative monuments.

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A police constable on Tuesday testified as the first witness at the preliminary inquiry (PI) for Ashanti Shultz who is accused of murdering a hospital porter during a shooting on Main Street.

The $70 million liquor bust trial on Tuesday commenced before Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry with the testimony of a bus driver who transported some of the goods.

A woman who allegedly chopped the father of her child with a cutlass about his head and body was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle despite the victim’s refusal to pursue the matter.

A taxi driver and a carpenter who allegedly had a gun along with ammunition in the glove compartment of a car were yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A youth who was allegedly found with a quantity of local and foreign counterfeit money and said he was set up was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

The recently released UN-HABITAT publication – Enhancing Urban Safety and Security: Global Report on Human Settlements 2007 – should remind governments around the world of some inconvenient truths which they already know but would like to ignore.

A surprising twist of events left National junior sprinter Kevin Haynes out of the male U- 20 100m of this year’s National Secondary schools Championships after he failed to qualify in yesterday’s Champion of Champions athletics meet held at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

A masterful knock of 114 off 139 balls from former Guyana and West Indies Under-19 batsman Gajanand Singh, was not good enough to prevent Lennox Cush’s XI from going down to the Guyana KFC squad by 37 runs in a practice game at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

An all-round effort from captain Rawl Lewis enabled the Windward Islands to defeat a Rest Team by 120 runs in a specially arranged practice game at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground yesterday.

National all-rounder Lennox Cush has been selected to lead a Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) XI against the Windward Islands in a 50- over-a-side practice game tomorrow at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground Bourda.

You know what bothers me? The rift between the Georgetown Amateur Basket-ball Association (GABA) and the majority of clubs that make up its constituency.

As part of its continued efforts to have all eligible cricketers in Georgetown partake in the game if they so desire, the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) in collaboration with Steve’s Jewellery World launched its Over-40 cricket competition at the Demerara Cricket Club pavilion on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Thank you for affording me the opportunity to respond to a letter from Martin Cheong captioned “What criteria are used to determine the size of Amerindian grants?”

Dear Editor, It is with a heavy heart that I write these few lines.

Dear Editor, I feel persuaded to write to say thank you to Mr Deryck Bernard for shedding further light on the facts surrounding the tabling of a Freedom of Information Bill by the PNCR.

Dear Editor, In Miranda La Rose’s article headlined, “PNCR levels 11 misconduct charges against Mc Allister” (SN 07-10-02) it was stated that “The final charge was that at a meeting held at the party’s regional office in Region Three (West Demerara/Essequibo Islands) on August 14 where Corbin along with ‘Officers of that Region’ and party functionaries met to discuss the proposed house-to-house registration, McAllister ‘refused to stand for the recital of the party’s prayer and the National Pledge; remaining seated while others stood; thus displaying disrespect’ for the prayer, pledge, and Corbin.”

Dear Editor, Your editorial ‘Youth clubs’ of Thursday Oct. 4 2007, was timely and welcome.

Dear Editor, I just read Mr Corbin’s letter captioned “I have never discussed with President Jagdeo the issue of a third term” (07.10.09).

Dear Editor, I would like to express my dissatisfaction with the relevant authorities who are responsible for an unauthorized furniture manufacturer that is operating at Lusignan West, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Mr Daniel Fraser, Regional Information Officer of Region 8 captioned “This road has existed for decades” (07.10.10).

Dear Editor, I thought Ms. Naicelis Williams’ letter captioned “Women are regularly subjected to vulgar remarks and obscene suggestions” (07.10.07)was fairly straightforward and understood it to be about the negative effects men’s sexual comments have on the women in our country.

Dear Editor, President’s College has been without a stable water supply for two months because of a well failure and nothing was done to rectify this gruelling situation, although the Ministry of Education was fully aware of the dilemma.

Dear Editor, I am in Trinidad to conduct tracking polls relating to the country’s November 5 general elections.

Dear Editor, Reading Oppenheimer’s Latin View column in the Stabroek News of October 5 made me stop to think.

Dear Editor, On behalf of all Essequibians I congratulate His Excellency President Bharrat Jagdeo for taking the bold step of going to the UN tribunal on the law of the Sea to resolve the Guyana – Suriname border dispute.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Michael Lester Hackett’s letter captioned “Although religion and violence often occur together the former is not the real cause of the latter,” (07.10.09).

Dear Editor, I recently noticed a promotion for the music festival organized by GT Entertainment which will include Buju Banton as one of several entertainers, though I use this term lightly.

At least ten people died and a number of others were injured following a horrific accident last night in Linden when a ’round the town’ bus slammed into a parked logging truck at Amelia’s Ward as it was ascending a hill.

A fire in Laing Avenue last night left at least 25 people homeless and incalculable losses after ravaging a range building with 12 apartments in it.

A fight which erupted among speedboat owners in Suriname on Tuesday afternoon forced another closure of the backtrack Corentyne crossing, a day after it was reopened and scores of passengers were again left stranded.

Arrangements for the construction of a five-star hotel under the Marriott brand are expected to be concluded by yearend when details of the investors and other arrangements would be revealed, President Bharrat Jagdeo said.

For the first time ever the Guyana Fire Service is hosting the 4th Biennial Conference of the Caribbean Association of Fire Fighters (CAFF).

Frustrated with the black tank water system that has serviced their community for several months now, De Kinderen residents blocked the public road yesterday demanding a better service from the water authority.

Arrangements for the construction of a five-star hotel under the Marriott brand are expected to be concluded by yearend when details of the investors and other arrangements would be revealed, President Bharrat Jagdeo said.

The President of the Association of Caribbean Media (ACM), Dale Enoch, is to meet with hemispheric press freedom organisations in Uruguay to discuss the continuing state advertising boycott of Stabroek News.

The concerned group of New Building Society (NBS) members is adamant that many of its questions remain unanswered and it is now preparing another requisition document asking the board to hold another Special General Meeting.

The Region Three education department is calling on teachers to exercise closer supervision in their classrooms so that instruction can be done in a timely manner.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday announced that it would be moving to regularize construction sites where large volumes of treated water are being used and not accounted for through the company’s metering and regulation systems.