Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 21, 2007

LONDON – The recent meeting in the Vatican of the “Custodian of The Holy Places,” King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Pope Benedict XVI was a seminal event, particularly as it comes at a time when radical Muslims are decrying the role of “crusaders” in Middle East politics.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally was involved in a vigorous verbal battle last night over the relevance of CRNM in rapidly evolving trade talks.

There is a sad sameness to several recent rape-murders. In two of the most savage, the victims were innocent schoolgirls in small rural villages.

South Georgetown easily defeated North Georgetown by 29 runs in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Republic Bank Right Start cricket competition at the Demerara Cricket Club ground yesterday.

National junior squash player Deje Dias warmed up for the upcoming Canadian and US Open championships by winning the U-17 category and placing fourth in the U-19 division at the Vita Malta Junior Open squash championship in Trinidad and Tobago last week-end.

Dear Editor, Why on earth is the argument about the Abraham family tragedy still going on the Wednesday Rambler asked in a short `editorial’ at the end of his column of Wednesday, November 7, 2007.

Dear Editor, I am very disturbed by the stories I read almost every day about children being molested.

Dear Editor, I agree with Jeremy Gravesande’s letter captioned: “Put aside PR and go back to the constituency system” (02.11.17).

Dear Editor, Osafo Modibo makes useful observations in his letter captioned, “Some AFC leaders seem not to care” (KN 07.11.12).

Dear Editor, How are friends of a patient allowed to break down a door in the public hospital without an arrest to deter similar action?

Dear Editor, The festering problems in the Guyana Labour Union and the management of it by Mr Duncan, its General Secre-tary, are finally coming apart at the seams.

Dear Editor, Rickford Burke in his letter captioned, ‘My main criticism was that the current PNC leadership has no plan’ (07.11.17) says that the PNC is a multi-ethnic party; thinks I am preaching only to the PNC; believes I support what he calls “Indian triumphalism” and most importantly chooses to ignore my main thesis which is that Guyana cannot evolve into a genuine multiracial democracy unless the ethnic parties first transform themselves into genuine multiracial parties.

Dear Editor Before the Government and the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) become too excited about recent nominal fines on serially-offending logging concession holders, may I suggest a review of some facts: The GFC has had an obligation since its 1993 concessions policy to audit loggers at not more than two-year intervals.

Dear Editor, I am flabbergasted at the various manoeuvres that are being made by those seeking to promote themselves to be leader of the PNCR.

The Venezuelan Embassy announced yesterday that it had facilitated “a shipment of 16,000 barrels of gasoline and diesel fuel”, which arrived in the country yesterday following an emergency request from the Government of Guyana.

The Guyana government is expecting a response, either today or tomorrow, from the Venezuelan authorities, on last week’s invasion of Guyana’s territory by the Venezuelan military and the subsequent destruction of two dredges.

A Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo family was on Monday night beaten and robbed by three bandits, one of whom was armed with a gun, and who also attempted to burn down the home.

For the second time in six days, Kissoon’s Furniture Store has suffered losses at the hands of bandits, who yesterday made off with close to $1 million.

A 28-year-old woman, who allegedly stabbed her 23-year-old boyfriend to death early Sunday morning, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of murder.

The expanding mining sector will have access to training on environmental management and improving the standard of living at mining camps when the second phase of the Guyana Environmental Capacity Development (GENCAPD) project begins next month.

Two hundred and fifty-six Region Two farming households will benefit from three sub-projects valued at more than $21 million under a US$1.5M Small Farmers Livelihood Programme (SFLP) funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and executed by the CHF Partners in Rural Development.

The Food and Drug Department says some steroid creams used as skin lightening agents can cause severe disfiguring diseases and other harmful effects on the body.

The increase in the cost of fuel and fertilizers has affected Caribbean sugar producers and the Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) says that in an effort to control this, its board has initiated a collective approach to the procurement of these inputs.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) celebrated 18 years yesterday which means “an entire generation of children has grown to adulthood under its protection” a press release from the United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF) said.

Region One may be earmarked for a port of entry following requests made by prospective investors in the region, who would need docking and shipping facilities to facilitate the progress of their operations, a Government Information Agency (GINA) release has said.

Four persons from the lower Pomeroon were admitted to hospital after the boat in which they were travelling capsized, following a collision with a pontoon around 7 pm on Monday.

A group of grassroots women yesterday held a picketing exercise in front of the Parliament Buildings calling for an end to all forms of violence plaguing the society.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says Justice William Ramlal’s recent ruling that the spirit of the Constitution of Guyana never contemplated that the functions of Chancellor must simultaneously be performed by the same person who is the Chief Justice for any extended time as has happened during the past two years, must be regarded as bold.

The National Commission on Law and Order (NCLO) is calling on the police force to host “public open days” at all stations to foster better relations with civilians.

Police on the West Demerara are probing the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old boy reportedly by an 11-year-old boy.

Magistrate Chandra Sohan sentenced a labourer to four years imprisonment and six strokes after he admitted to a charge of robbery under arms when he appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

A 16-year-old boy accused of having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl was remanded into police custody when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The New Amsterdam Town Day committee began its week of activities for Town Day 2007 on Monday with Spelling Bee competitions involving six primary schools in the town.

Vision Guyana recently updated bank books for the first set of underprivileged children under its Newborn Programme launched in September.

Three days after a government minister opened fire on a man at a night spot on the East Coast Demerara (ECD), police are yet to complete their investigation into the incident.