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.
One of the lawyers representing city businessman Kevin Jordan, who is charged with four counts of buggery, made a lengthy bail application on Monday citing old cases of a similar nature but when the case was called again yesterday Magistrate Oneidge Walrond-Allicock opted to refuse bail once again.
A Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara man who was reportedly caught by police with an unlicensed firearm, yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to prison.
A US citizen who allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana via the airport by strapping almost one kilo of the illicit drug to her thighs and buttocks yesterday denied the allegation when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A businessman who allegedly used forged bank cheques to obtain almost $3M in industrial, electrical and household items from several businesses yesterday appeared in court on 15 charges and was released on $750,000 by Magistrate Allan Wilson.
President Bharrat Jagdeo set the intellectual tone for the administration’s present posture on piracy in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region.
“Preparations are going great despite the weather situation.”
Those were the words of Clyde Butts, former West Indies off spinner and now manager of the West Indies Under-19 team who are encamped in Guyana as part of their preparations for the upcoming Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia next year.
The Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) annual awards ceremony will tonight be without its featured speaker.
The situation bore the unmistakeable stamp of customary West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) bungling.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has joined with the United Nations Children Educational Fund (UNICEF) in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and it is the third local sporting body to do so.
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.
Members of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) U-17 football squad are requested to report to the National Park this afternoon for a training session.
Dear Editor,
Please permit me to use your column to reply to a letter written by Mr.
Dear Editor,
I write to you with respect to your article carried in the Sunday Stabroek, December 9, 2007 titled: Airlines Looking at Extra Security Measures to Thwart Drug Mules.
Dear Editor,
I refer to Mr. Clarles Sohan’s captioned “BMW cars will need skilled technicians to maintain them (07.12.08).
Dear Editor,
It was reported on Monday 10th that the Minister of Health is calling for blood donors.
Dear Editor,
I read in the newspapers (dated December 10, 2007) with abhorrence that a newly built mandir at Bounty Hall on the Essequibo Coast was broken into and looted by bandits last Thursday night.
Dear Editor,
The Councillors of the Corriverton Town seem to be doing anything that pleases them.
Dear Editor,
The annual Santa parade undertaken by Fogarty’s is a much anticipated event for children.
Dear Editor,
Permit me to respond to the letters of Mr Osafo Modibo.
Dear Editor,
One of the main pillars when Manzoor Nadir campaigned for president in 2006 as The United Force candidate was that he was sure that the Guyana’s fiscal circumstances can support raising workers’ tax threshold to $50,000.
Dear Editor,
Mr Stanley Greaves’ letter captioned “I urge President Jagdeo to release this subvention” (07.12.09) is another reminder of the continued human rights violations and undermining of the authority of parliament that have become a facet of ‘normal’ life in Guyana.
Dear Editor,
As we are about to celebrate ten years since the death of our national poet Martin Carter, we should remember his poems.
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.
Dear Editor,
International Human Rights Day 2007 is the start of the year to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
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.
A forestry worker is dead and two others are in critical condition after the vehicle they were travelling in slammed into the back of an unlit truck parked at the shoulder of the road at Dora on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway last evening.
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.
Armed bandits last evening robbed an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara businessman and shot him in his buttocks in a brazen attack at his home.
The Media Association of Jamaica has sent a tribute to Doreen de Caires who has announced her retirement as the Managing Director of Guyana Publications Inc.,
Sacked state media employee Andrea Bryan, who has received her severance and other benefits from the National Communications Network (NCN), says she is worried about the future of those still in the employ of the entity.
The army yesterday disclosed that further checks by soldiers in the Corentyne area where an illegal airstrip was found unearthed a camp with foodstuff and a generator.
Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary was rated 12th among the 135 secondary schools throughout the country in its performance at the CXC/CSEC 2007 examinations.
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.”
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.
A high-level security conference between Guyana and the US got underway here yesterday with Prime Minister Sam Hinds conceding that the country needs to get on top of threats such as drug trafficking.
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) conducted a training session last week for dealers of used tyres to inform them about some key concerns about quality.
Guyana is not going to agree to the European Union’s contention that this country’s sugar products, or those originating in one Cariforum country and processed or refined in another, are not eligible for preferences in Europe under the rules of origin.
The Ministry of Education on Monday convened a two-day workshop to engage broad stakeholder input in the finalization of a sector policy on HIV/AIDS School, Health and Nutrition (SHN/HIV).
Seven standpipes were recently installed at Bare Root to remedy the water shortage in the area while leaks are being repaired.