The March of the Caudillos
LA PAZ – The re-election for unlimited periods that Presidents Hugo Ch
Articles published on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
LA PAZ – The re-election for unlimited periods that Presidents Hugo Ch
An Alberttown resident who allegedly attempted to force a man into his car and then shot at him when he refused to comply, yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with discharging a loaded firearm.
A 24-year-old minibus conductor, who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was refused bail.
A miner who claimed that he bought the two guns that police found when they searched his home for “protection” was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Most citizens of this country want to live in safety and they rely on the state and its law enforcement agencies to protect their lives and property.
Sean Cozier emerged as the best lifter when the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) held its senior championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Sunday night.
The national men and women’s rugby squads for the NAWIRA (North American, West Indies Rugby Association) Sevens championships billed for this weekend in the Bahamas have been named.
Defending champion Ransford Goodluck has taken the lead and won the first trophy on offer after the opening day of competition in the National Rifle Shooting championships Sunday at the Timehri ranges Goodluck dropped just one point and tallied 135 points with 18 V-bulls out of a possible 135 points and 27 V-bulls.
The Guyana Teachers Union’s (GTU) 47th annual schools athletics, cycling and swimming championships get underway this morning amidst concerns not over the weather but of sponsorship.
A double century from Young Warriors all-rounder Paul Wintz, highlighted the final day of the rain-affected third round of matches in the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) Isaac Bissoon first-division competition.
Former national fast bowler Robert `Pacer’ Adonis has been named manager of a 14-member Under-17 squad which will represent Guyana in the quadrangular under-17 cricket competition which begins in Trinidad and Tobago this week-end.
Young Warriors, Blairmont Sports Club, Bermine, Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB), Albion and Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) all registered victories when the second round of matches in the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored national first division Twenty/20 cricket competition continued on Thursday in that area.
Darren Allen won Saturday’s Ride for Life with Christ and Prevent AIDS 50-mile cycle road race from Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara to Mahaicony old road and back.
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will be holding an Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) at the Everest Cricket Club pavilion tomorrow from 17:00hrs (5:00pm) sharp.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Government has reportedly decided to waive the 15% Common External Tariff (CET)on cement imports from outside Caricom.
Dear Editor, Except for Mr. Suseran’s letter captioned “Several daily blackouts in Berbice” (07.11.10) I have not noticed any further coverage of this ‘mess’.
Dear Editor, Nineteen years ago I wrote a play entitled TV Alley and staged it at the National Cultural Centre.
Dear Editor, The facts and circumstances surrounding the escape from lawful custody by Onika King are a bit contorted.
Dear Editor, The restoration of local bus services can go a long way towards alleviating some of the problems associated with the current arrangements.
Dear Editor, I refer to Tajpaul Gainda’s letter captioned “Cummings Lodge road has been repaired” where he claimed that his previous letter (07.10.10)was responsible for the repair of Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge and other roads in Industry and Ogle.
Dear Editor, I work in the vacation planning industry and am privileged to travel extensively to many countries including Guyana.
Dear Editor, Of all the letters that have appeared in response to your Editorial, “A Grouse for Mr.
Dear Editor, The successful production of the recent Musical Show held at the New Providence Stadium should have been seen as a boon to other promotions to use the stadium for similar events.
Dear Editor, A few days ago, I had cause to use the western half of Regent and Camp street pedestrian crossing.
Dear Editor, The Government should be commended for their efforts to crack down on the traffic fatalities.
Dear Editor, The internecine warfare over the leadership of the PNCR – 1G continues with Mr Rickford Burke, former special assistant to the former leader and President of Guyana, the late Mr Hugh Desmond Hoyte, appearing to be one of the contenders in his letter in Sunday Stabroek headed ” The PNC is on the brink of irrelevance, I call on Mr.
The Office of the President (OP) yesterday once again arbitrarily announced an across-the-board pay hike of nine per cent for public service workers, retroactive to January 1 of this year.
A boat, transporting goods and staff attached to Toolsie Persaud Ltd’s (TPL) Anarika location, sank in the Essequibo River early Diwali morning resulting in the death of a 19-year-old man.
The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated is hard pressed to convince its thousands of consumers on both sides of the Berbice River that the spate of unscheduled and disruptive power outages over the past month has been due only to maintenance works and mechanical problems as officially stated.
Domestic violence has shattered the already tragic lives of two young girls leaving their mother dead, their father in jail and their two teenage siblings quibbling over their now uncertain future.
Caribbean indigenous banks seeking to establish relationships with counterparts in the United States will come under heavy scrutiny and a lot will ride on the country of origin’s anti-money laundering performance.
A cook at a mining camp in the North West District was on Sunday knifed to death by another man, police yesterday said in a statement.
In a report headlined `Chief Justice says allegations he is pro-Gov’t unjust, factually incorrect’ in last Sunday’s paper Chief Justice Carl Singh is quoted as saying that the non-support of Opposition Leader Robert Corbin for his nomination as Chancellor has weakened his position and that he considers accusations made by the PNCR leader of him as pro-government unjust and factually incorrect.
Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene clarified yesterday that he was quoted out of context in the Stabroek News as saying that the police had not tortured the two Buxtonians, Victor Jones and Patrick Summer.
A delegation from Trinidad & Tobago is in Guyana for a meeting to examine ways to implement President Bharrat Jagdeo’s initiative to reduce food insecurity and poverty in the region.
Police on Sunday afternoon conducted a search on the premises of a businessman at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River and seized a quantity of cocaine and marijuana as well as an unlicensed .380 Taurus pistol along with 12 matching rounds.
Police yesterday morning in Charlestown shot an alleged thief twice in his back after he and several others reportedly broke into a businessman’s workshop some time between Saturday and yesterday morning and carted away several pieces of mining equipment and other items.
Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Saturday appealed to members of the Prison Visiting Committee (PVC) to pay more attention to their role of highlighting the ills in the prison system and making recommendations for improvements.
Retailers and wholesalers found selling improperly labelled food items especially wheaten flour and powered milk or repackaging them under unsanitary conditions, will be prosecuted and their products seized.
Relatives of the missing Annandale fishermen said they are awaiting word from the Home Affairs Ministry on the exhumation of what could be the remains of their loved ones.
Vendors in the lane where a fire, believed to be of electrical origin destroyed four stalls and damaged two others, were yesterday back at work, but were tightlipped on their losses insisting that it made no sense if they lamented such.