Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 31, 2007

How exciting to read that this esteemed newspaper has resorted to a competition in order to keep its front page slogans going!

Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin last week ruled that separate preliminary inquiries (PIs) will be held in each of the four conspiracy-to-defraud charges against the three former top New Building Society (NBS) managers.

A 35-year-old minibus driver who allegedly caused the death of another man by driving in a dangerous manner was granted bail when he appeared at the Providence Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A pattern of low-intensity, non-violent, issue-centred, community-based but boisterous protests has sprung up in certain coastal villages.

Milton Clarke, manager of the two-member Suriname team which participated in Sunday’s fifth annual South American 10k event said yesterday he was satisfied with most aspects of the staging of the Guyana leg of the race, with the exception of the arrangements for water.

Ransford Goodluck with 103 points out of a possible 105 won last Sunday’s Crown Mining Shield when the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) ran off its weekly shoot at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) officially launched its 2007/2008 basketball season yesterday at a press conference held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

You know what bothers me? The Olympics and Guyana’s inability to make any significant mark on this most prestigious athletics meet.

A match winning unbeaten knock of 64 runs by Basil Bedessie piloted Demerara Power Company (DPC) to a convincing nine-wicket win over Neal and Massy Group in their feature 25-over softball cricket match played Monday evening at Thirst Park.

Dear Editor, It is my considered opinion that our judiciary is in a state of crisis and moreso at the highest level, in the Court of Appeal.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the reports in the media on the very eye-catching proposal concerning Guyana’s rainforests made by President Jagdeo at the opening of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting.

Dear Editor: In 1992, the Ontario Chapter of the University of Guyana Guild of Graduates published a book entitled The University of Guyana – Perspectives on the Early History.

Dear Editor, Some observers are taking the AFC to task for not doing more.

Dear Editor, The Food and Drugs Department in Kingston is said to have been sold by the government.

Dear Editor, What are the procedures you have to go through before a liquor shop can be opened?

Dear Editor, I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 18, 2007 in relation to a letter published in your newspaper captioned “Prisoners being transported in a most unorthodox manner”, and wish to advise that this matter is being investigated.

Dear Editor, I acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 12, 2007 and wish to advise that the matter is receiving attention.

Dear Editor, The Government, the PPP, and because of comments he has made, President Jagdeo himself, seem to be drawing unnecessary and self-inflicted criticism upon themselves in the matter of the withdrawal of ads from Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 12, 2007 and wish to advise that the matter is receiving attention.

Dear Editor, My cricket comes first and right after that, it’s football (my favourite local football team is Pele).

Dear Editor, When I returned from work on Wednesday afternoon I was informed by my neighbour that my electricity had been disconnected.

Dear Editor, In my readings of genocides, massacres and other injustices that humans mete out on one another from time to time, I have noticed an interesting and paradoxical phenomenon.

Terror returned to Buxton yesterday as two men were fatally shot and a toddler wounded by a bullet as police and Guyana Defence Force Special Forces ranks raided the village in search of wanted men.

The driver of a Toyota Tacoma and four men narrowly escaped injury yesterday morning after the driver lost control of the vehicle and slammed into the concrete fence outside the Oceanville apartment complex.

Gunmen on Sunday shot and injured two miners and destroyed a shop during a daylight robbery at Eteringbang, close to the Guyana/Venezuela border.

The driver of the minibus which crashed into a parked lumber truck killing ten people three weeks ago in Linden was yesterday charged with ten counts of causing death by dangerous driving, police said in a release last evening.

Residents of Upper Corentyne have had to endure more than one week of constant blackouts and are peeved that the Guyana Power & Light Inc.

US District Judge, Dora L. Irizarry yesterday threw out Guyanese businessman Roger Khan’s motion to have her remove herself from presiding over his drug case stating that his arguments were without merit and adding that she has no reservation whatsoever that she can continue in a “fair and impartial manner.”

Classes at St. Mary’s High were disrupted yesterday after students and teachers refused to work without running water, which had stopped flowing since last week.

The Forest Products Association of Guyana (FPA) is concerned that President Bharrat Jagdeo didn’t consult with members of the group before unveiling his proposal on making Guyana’s forest available towards the fight against climate change.

Climate change is so critical that people have to change their concept of what is realistic and start moving towards cutting emissions drastically and Caribbean scientists need to speak out more on the issue.

President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his address to participants at the ninth PYARG awards said youths have the ability to shape the future of the country and he encouraged them to use the opportunities afforded them through the programme.

The Green Path foundation of Melanie organized a two-day workshop over the weekend to further educate youths in the East Coast community about HIV/AIDS since it was found that some young people weren’t taking the message seriously.

Huge garbage piles lined some streets in Georgetown yesterday as city workers began their sit-in and garbage collectors halted their operations over the non-payment of salaries and outstanding debts.

A new national identification (ID) card was not included in the agreements signed by political parties on June 14, 2007 and so there was no consideration for additional funds, according to Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira but Opposition Leader Robert Corbin has a different view.