Daily Archive: Monday, November 26, 2007

Rhoda Reddock is Professor and head of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, St.,

Russia’s Duma elections this December are almost certain to cement the power of forces loyal to Vladimir Putin.

Do you have pets? Why/why not? We asked several persons in the street this question and these were their responses: Benjamin Dufu, computer technician ‘Yes, I have a dog and it’s about five to six months old.

Months after a trafficking in narcotics charge was dismissed against him, a 16-year-old boy is back in court for a similar offence.

The convictions secured against two of the accused in the cocaine in fish glue case constitute a small but important victory in the struggle against the drug trade.

Defending champions Berbice easily retained their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter County title yesterday when rain washed out the final day of their clash against Demerara at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary.

Pepsi Sonics became the first team to exit the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association super eight knockout competition when they were sent packing by an experienced Nets squad after an intense battle Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Berbice leg of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored Twenty20 competition continued last Friday with six matches played in the two zones with the highlight being the innings of Sasenarine Sukhdeo (78), Keith Fraser (73), Peter Grimes (70), Anthony D’Andrade (67) and Farouk Hussain (62*).

Dear Editor, Under new legislation mooted by the police and put in place by the Minister of Home Affairs, before you can purchase a Provisional Drivers Licence, the following has to be achieved: 1.

Dear Editor, The nameless minister involved in the shooting incident is still on the job and is likely still in possession of the firearm.

Dear Editor, Ms King’s alleged killer has emerged from hiding and was shot, thank God not fatally.

Dear Editor, I am pleased to have read that Magistrate Ann Marie Smith of St Lucia has jailed the mother of a rape victim for doing nothing about her daughter’s complaint that she was raped, even though the mother knew about it.

Dear Editor, Berbicians cannot wait for the completion of the bridge.

Dear Editor, The issue of this gun-toting Minister of Government terrorising people in public is a matter of grave concern to any citizen who believes in law and order.

Dear Editor, I am sorely disappointed by the happenings at Berbice High School.

Dear Editor, With shock, I continue to read of the brouhaha in the Guyana Labour Union.

Dear Editor, The Ministers of Education and Finance are back in the country and presumably at their desks.

Dear Editor, Whenever I get the opportunity, I watch CN Sharma’s Voice of the People programme on his television station, CNS Channel 6.

Dear Editor, In one of the early election campaigns, the PPP under the leadership of Dr CB Jagan came to the Providence Cricket Ground located in Islington, East Bank, Berbice.

Dear Editor, On the NCN radio breakfast show of November 19, 2007, the two hosts were discussing corporal punishment.

Dear Editor, Having been warned several times what could be our fearsome future due to climate change a deafening silence and a rush of inactivity would be a reasonable description of the state of affairs.

The incident involving a government minister who allegedly assaulted a man at an East Coast drinking spot and later fired his gun outside on the road has been settled out of court and the minister has apologized through an intermediary, according to Joseph Doodnauth, the teenager at the centre of the case.

Six thousand machine-readable passports have been issued by the Immigration Department of the Guyana Police Force since they were introduced in August.

The body of a 32-year-old fisherman was yesterday morning discovered lying on the Wales, West Bank Demerara Public Road and it is suspected that he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

The half-yearly review on the performance of this year’s $100 billion National Budget will be presented to the National Assembly this Thursday, Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Roger Luncheon said on Friday.

A six-year-old girl was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Saturday evening suffering from burns to the lower part of her body which she sustained from a pot of boiling water.

Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Robert Williams on Friday called on the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to commission an audit of the economic, political, cultural, educational, social and other spheres in the city to determine the “realities,” a request which ERC Chairman Bishop Juan Edghill promised to raise with the body’s commissioners.

Five women farmers in Region One Barima/Waini, who have recently taken part in a conference on organic farming, are now ready to put some of what they have learnt to the test and seek certification as organic producers, despite the fact that this would mean breaking ties with centuries old practices such as slash and burn.

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is working on a national strategy for road safety which will make it an obligation for all stakeholders to assist in keeping the country’s roadways safe.