Daily Archive: Saturday, November 24, 2007

Five persons including a 17-year-old boy appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbery under arms and they were all remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton.

A Grade Six primary school pupil accused of committing an act of gross indecency with a six-year-old boy was granted bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A man was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton together with a fine of $100,000 after he admitted having had over 200 grammes of cannabis concealed in his travelling bag when he stopped at the Bartica Police Station for a routine check.

On Thursday most Guyanese in America – or Guyanese Americans, as they should probably be more correctly called – whether ignorant of or ignoring the minor fuss in our letters column about cultural erosion or cross-fertilization and copycat behaviour, would have tucked into their Thanksgiving turkey, with or without cranberry sauce, but certainly with great relish.

Travis Dowlin struck his fifth Inter-County century and second in succession as Demerara (378-7 dec.)

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has created a one-off sponsorship with Clico (Guyana) Limited for their All Stars women’s cricket match set for tomorrow at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground Thomas Lands.

Grace Foods International through its local distributors Geddes Grant Ltd. will sponsor today’s Grace Chips 11-race cycle programme organized by National cycling coach Hassan Mohamed at the inner circuit of the National Park.

Guyanese hockey fans will be exposed to a high level of competition as some of the top players in the Caribbean and North America will be competing in this year’s Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival which gets underway on Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.Several

The Supligen round robin U-20 football competition is set to continue today with three matches at two different venues.

Dear Editor, Thanks for the opportunity to respond to the letter written by Mr Ragnauth captioned “Updated maps of Georgetown are not available” (07.11.20).

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to the story that appeared in Stabroek News (11/22/07) under the caption “Group up in arms over alleged removal of mangroves at Corentyne: businessman, others deny claims.”

Dear Editor, Venezuela’s recent invasion of Guyana’s territory shows a blatant disregard by the Chavez administration for our sovereignty.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article entitled “Professor Seecharan delivers intriguing Rodney Lecture at Warwick” which appeared in the Tuesday, November 20, 2007 edition of the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I refer to “Sense Apoplexed” written by Mr Ian Mc Donald, May 13, 2007 and I quote “the retired man who has given forty years of life and work for Guyana, but saw his pension shrink to a pittance

Dear Editor, In the November 20 edition of the Kaieteur News, columnist Mr Freddie Kissoon wrote a very insightful article concerning the minister who allegedly used his personal weapon during an altercation with another individual on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).

Dear Editor, I received my light bill on November 10 and noted that the payment due date is November 15.

Dear Editor, An unfortunate incident that fortunately took neither life nor limb occurred in the early morning of Tuesday, November 13 on the Linden highway.

Dear Editor, The reason given by ‘C’ Division Commander Mr Leroy Brumell, for the police non-response to a crime scene was pathetic.

Dear Editor, I drove to Georgetown on Thursday November 8, to enjoy a holiday weekend with my relatives, but this was curtailed when I was stopped by a traffic officer on Sunday, about one mile from where I was staying.

Dear Editor, Can’t we just engage in civil discourse in this country?

Dear Editor, November 28 is dedicated Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow Day. On November 30, 2005, by an act of Parliament, Critchlow became Guyana’s second national hero.

Dear Editor, I read with interest, Mr Michael Sinclair’s missive (KN ‘Questionable happenings’ 2007-11-17, SN `The teachers’ union has no collective labour agreement with the ministry’ 2007-11-19) regarding Mr Lance Baptiste.

Guyana Fashion Week (GFW) might have wrapped up in August but the hype is certainly not over, as a few of the local designers turned on the heat in chilly Brooklyn last weekend at a lavish fashion affair.

An interesting discussion arose recently in a little academic circle at the University of Guyana of which we got word and could not resist bringing up.

Hi Everyone, It’s hard work, all that grating, mixing, spooning and folding.

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After weeks of boastful talk and much pump and hype, the highly anticipated Inferno Concert held last Saturday was not even close to being labelled the ‘hottest concert of the year,’ as there was a lack of exhilarating local performances and other ingredients necessary to pull off a good show.

Nine young ladies will be facing off tonight at the Starlite Drive-In Cinema, Montrose, East Coast Demerara, for the coveted Miss India Guyana crown.

A one-man exhibition of mosaic art on wall hangings and table tops, themed ‘It’s all about Music and Light,’ is currently on at the Hadfield Gallery on Hadfield Street, Georgetown.

“What’s in a name?” Time-worn though the Bard’s question may be, it nevertheless remains a reasonable one.

Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs yesterday jailed a city businessman for ten years and imposed a whopping $254 million in fines, after she found him guilty of two counts of possession of over $84 million worth of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon says the recent High Court ruling has highlighted, in some ways, unintended consequences of the constitutional reform process of 2001, pointing out that timely promotions and appointments regarding the police and judicial service commissions may be threatened.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Roger Luncheon yesterday said Cabinet would only discuss the shooting incident involving a government minister if it were introduced by that minister himself, or by Home Minister Clement Rohee.

The ongoing Ministry of Human Services’ consultations on sexual violence should be seen as the start of a national conversation, which should continue even after the Act is passed, Minister Priya Manickchand said yesterday.

Our culture, which reinforces male dominance and absolves men of childcare, is as much to blame for the continued and escalating violence against women as are historical and social factors, University of Guyana Women and Gender Studies lecturer Evette Burke-Douglas said.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said that the power situation is being remedied with efforts to return malfunctioning equipment to serviceability and securing the necessary emergency freighting of fuel from suppliers.

The filing of Value-Added Tax (VAT) returns on the due dates have decreased by 14 per cent to 16 per cent, for the first quarter of the year and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is calling for “prompt” filing of returns to avoid penalties.

Armed bandits yesterday afternoon attacked and robbed an Eccles, East Bank Demerara man of $500,000 and also hijacked his car which was later found abandoned on the Mocha Arcadia Public Road.

The Ministry of Health is on high alert for any respiratory virus with the potential to cause an outbreak and it has intensified surveillance of all acute respiratory illnesses (ARI).

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) said it expects no less than a nine per cent pay increase for workers at the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL).

The Women’s Progressive Organization (WPO) is hosting its 15th Triennial Congress at the Bath Primary School today and tomorrow with a view to identifying a framework to guide its programme of activities for the next three years.

Solidarity Platform continues to support the dismissed Republic Bank (Guyana) workers’ efforts to clear their names and joined them in their thirtieth picketing exercise outside the bank’s New Market Street office yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force has managed to charge over 6,000 defaulting drivers since the launching of Traffic Department’s ‘Operation Safeway’ campaign.

Sohan Jaikaran Poonai left the Hugh Wooding Law School as its best graduating student for 2007.

Dear Editor, I refer to your report that the Georgetown City Council is operating on a $2 billion deficit, and to eliminate this deficit, the council needs to raise more taxes from various avenues.

The Home Affairs Minister has called for the formation of more Community Policing Groups (CPGs), while acknowledging that there is a shortage of police officers, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Police have launched an investigation into an alleged robbery by ‘trunkers’ committed on a West Coast Demerara businessman outside a police station.

Two proposed changes to the Venezuelan constitution are major dangers to freedom of expression and private property, an Inter-America Press Association (IAPA) delegation to Venezuela found.

Representatives of the Chinese National Fisheries Corporation (CNFC) on Thursday met Prime Minister Sam Hinds to discuss the possibilities of partnership between the two countries’ fisheries sector.

To date 127 non-governmental, civil society and religious organisations have called for major reforms to the Sexual Offences Act.

Britain needs to review its policy in relation to criminal deportees to Caribbean terrorities as regional police forces are not capable of responding to the sophisticated methods utilized by them, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

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Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette says he has no intention of emulating the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) though he thinks engaging the council would set the best possible standard in the region.