Daily Archive: Saturday, November 17, 2007

Four men who police reportedly caught in the act of sodomising a girl appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday and Magistrate Oneidge Waldron-Allicock released two of them on bail and remanded the other two.

A 27-year-old trader who allegedly had an unlicensed gun, ammunition, and cocaine and ganja at his hinterland shack when police searched it was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A man who is accused of robbing a girl at gunpoint was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud sentenced a man to four years imprisonment after he admitted to a charge of two counts of robbery under arms when he appeared before him at the Springlands Court on Thursday.

A businessman was sentenced to one year imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of firecrackers when he appeared at the Springlands Court on Thursday before Magistrate Krishendat Persaud.

Pakistan’s dramatic shift towards democracy may unseat President Pervez Musharraf, but he need not worry about the judgement of history – his manipulation of America’s hectoring post 9/11 foreign policy is a lesson for the ages.

North Georgetown claimed the 2007 National School’s Champion of Champions trophy last night when the curtain closed on the 47th annual Cycling, Swimming and Athletic championships at the National Stadium at Providence to conclude very eventful championships.

Fiery fast bowling from Jeremy Gordon (6-35) and a blistering unbeaten 48 from Royston Crandon helped Berbice take control of their Inter-County four-day cricket match against Essequibo at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, yesterday.

The Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice will tomorrow stage the third A.

One half of the business for maybe the biggest clash of two local boxers has been set and the other half is expected to come together in a week’s time.

The Neal and Massy Sports Club has organised a Day of Sports today at Thirst Park the highlight of which, will be a feature 15-over softball cricket match between a Management team and a Rest side.

Fresh off the announcement that President Bharrat Jagdeo would be picking the 750,000 dollar first prize and the incurred Valued Added Tax for the Kashif and Shanghai tournament, the Ministry of Sport has said that it is considering requests from the organizers regarding the ministry’s involvement this year.

Following a sterling performance on the opening day, defending champion Ransford Goodluck will be looking to extend his lead when action resumes on day two of the National Rifle Shooting Championships today at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

The National Closed chess championships will resume today at the Ocean Spray Hotel with two rounds of play each in the senior and junior divisions.

A helmet trick from Guyana’s Stanford Tw-enty/ 20 star Lennox Cush and a belligerent 98 from Chris Barnwell were the highlights of the third round of matches of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi-sponsored Twenty20 first-division competition played yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) wishes to thank the general public for the keen interest it has shown in the Afro-Guyanese consultation, currently underway at the ERC’s Secretariat from November 13 to 16, 2007.

Dear Editor, It is heartening to see that there’s something of a ‘controversy’ ( or at least an attempt at an exchange of views ) about Caribbean literature developing in the ‘letters to the Editor’ section of the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Mr A Singh’s letter captioned “Remembrance Day is a colonial hangover” (07.11.15) has not only insulted our historical and educational systems but also those of the free world.

Dear Editor, Two and a half years ago President Bharrat Jagdeo launched his unconstitutional “search committee” to find a candidate for judicial appointment after a failed attempt to reach agreement with the Leader of the Opposition Mr Robert Corbin on the appointment of a Chancellor.

Dear Editor, Effective representation is the only solution to Guyana’s problems!

Dear Editor, I am in complete agreement with the sentiments expressed in the letter of Diane Lee captioned, “Police should not question children in the presence of alleged abusers”.

Dear Editor, The businessman accused of indecently assaulting the school children has been remanded to prison.

Dear Editor, I laughed as I read the Kaieteur News (13-11-07) article captioned “UNICEF condemns sexual abuse of children”.

Dear Editor, Mr Mike Persaud’s retort to my letter on the PNCR leadership captioned “Mr Burke and others fail to understand the need to develop a genuine multiracial democracy” (07.11.13) reminds me of a story I learnt while attending Hindu Primary School .

Dear Editor, In its editorial on November 8, Trinidad Newsday wrote: “NACTA Got it Right”.

Christopher Goodridge is the type of individual who tries anything that comes to mind and finds some amount of success, but he has spent the last decade of his life following the wrong dreams, until now.

So its Christmas time again and while lots of people, mainly children and young people, can’t wait for the celebration to really start, another lot, adults mainly, are dreading the season as their brains are already calculating the dollars that would be spent during the season.

Hi Everyone, No, I’ve not gone into dairy farming, I’ve just discovered through some very good friends, how easy it is to make Indian cheese or paneer.

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Today all roads will lead to the Guyana Cricket Club (GCC) ground for what is expected to be a pulsating, sizzling concert, aptly called the Inferno Concert.

Local singer Carlos ‘Lucky B’ Williams, who recently decided to take up fashion designing, is looking for a cover girl for what he calls his ‘2008 Stush Clothing Line’ calendar and she will be chosen by the public.

Kala Ustav, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s Festival of Art and one of the most eagerly awaited events on the local Hindu calender will be on at the Dharmic Sanskritik Kendra in Prashad Nagar on November 25.

Persons are invited to submit entries to an essay competition being held in observance of the 60th anniversary of the entry of Dr Cheddi Jagan to parliament by the Cheddi Jagan Research Committee.

Thirty-six members of the Venezuelan military led by a general on Thursday morning invaded Guyana’s land and airspace, blowing up two Guyanese mining dredges in the Cuyuni River and making overflights in two helicopters.

In a significant High Court ruling yesterday, Justice William Ramlal held that no person can hold the office of Chancellor and Chief Justice at the same time, and that the simultaneous holding of both offices is unconstitutional.

hairman of the Board of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Ronald Alli and Head of the Guyana Energy Authority (GEA) Joseph O’Lall have been removed allegedly over the bungling of procurement arrangements for fuel supplies, this newspaper understands.

Several Barbadian business persons are ready to invest in Guyana’s economy, with some alliances almost concrete following an investment seminar held here in September.

Economic conditions, the political system, the state of education in certain communities and religious discrimination were some of the issues raised when the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) held a consultation with the Afro-Guyanese community on Tuesday.

Police yesterday discovered a two-acre marijuana field at Aruka, North West District with over 1,000 plants along with three 16- gauge spent shells and a quantity of marijuana seeds.

The main opposition PNCR has called for the urgent establishment of an industrial court, saying that with yet another imposition of an increase in wages for public servants the unions representing workers have no avenue to seek redress.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) said preliminary findings of an audit on Willems Timber and Trading Company have indicated that the company has breached its operational procedures and penalties will be instituted upon the completion of the investigations.

Over the last week police have made a further 1,648 cases against defaulting motorists as zero tolerance enforcement of traffic laws continues across the country.

December 8 has now been set as the new date for the University of Guyana’s (UG) annual graduation exercise, following the postponement of the ceremony owing to a fall out between the Academic Board and the Council.

Trinidadian Jacqueline Jack was elected as the first-ever female president of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) at its 16th Triennial Delegates Conference earlier this month in St Vincent.

‘Trunkers’ (thieves specializing in stealing from vehicles) yesterday made off with a large amount of money from a vehicle belonging to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) employee after supposedly tracing him from a city bank.

The national programme for the prevention and control of Tuberculosis (TB), a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-funded project has been further boosted with the successful training of 14 new field outreach workers.

The water treatment plant at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) has been experiencing some technical difficulties, which have affected Guyana Water Incorporated customers in the areas from Atlantic Gardens to Industry.

Two vehicles collided at Grove on Thursday night killing a pedestrian and injuring two others who are now patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital.