Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Articles published on Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Prosecutor in Buddy’s fuel trial asks for more time

The decision as to whether the defendants in the Buddy’s fuel trial should be called upon to lead a defence was delayed yet again yesterday as Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) prosecutor Anil Nandlall sent a message to the court asking for more time to respond to the issues raised in the defence’s submissions.

Grand evasions

President Bharrat Jagdeo set the intellectual tone for the administration’s present posture on piracy in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region.

GSSBA League…

The streaky St. John’s College basketball team participating in the Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Association league (GSSBA) have now earned the respect of all the Georgetown teams after proving they are no pushovers.

Cheddi and Janet Jagan were subjected to harassment by the media over their ideology

Dear Editor, I find Mr Michael Parris letter captioned “PPP’s fight for freedom of expression” (07.12.08) very thought provoking and it helped to stimulate my own views on the two issues he identified while responding to two articles written by Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran on “press freedom” and Ambassador Odeen Ishmael on “PYO struggle for the reduction of voting age to 18” respectively.

Venezuela replies to incursion note

Venezuela’s Ministry of External Relations has responded to Guyana’s diplomatic note in relation to the border incursion and the destruction of two dredges in the Cuyuni River on November 15 and the government here is studying it.

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A 50-year-old Berbice man who was recently detained in connection with the $7.8M robbery of a cambio dealer back in October, appeared yesterday in court charged with the attack and was remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton.

Correction

In his letter captioned “Torture is a peculiar form of disease with a human vector” (07.12.07) Mr Eusi Kwayana omitted the word `not’ in the fourth paragraph which should have read: “Our purpose was to bring this matter formally before a court of justice for redress and relief and bring it in a form that will not allow the Director of Public Prosecutions to withdraw it from the court.”

Gunmen storm Stain-Masters

Two armed bandits yesterday robbed the Stain-Masters (Guyana Limited) company located at Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt of money and also took items from an employee before escaping.