Daily Archive: Saturday, December 22, 2007

For eight years, George W. Bush has managed to incarnate and reinforce all the prejudices and negative stereotypes the world has of the US.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded to prison a Venezuelan national who was captured during a shoot-out with police after allegedly kidnapping a mother and her child.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday granted $250,000 bail to a Yarrowkabra minibus driver accused of causing the death of another man by driving in a dangerous manner.

A 23-year-old woman, who allegedly stabbed her ex-husband to death during a scuffle, was remanded to prison when she appeared at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Christmas in the city is now synonymous with several things. Some are fairly recent traditions at this time of the year, like flooding.

Crisis follows crisis for West Indies cricket with unrelenting frequency and the latest, already formed, has become more pressing four days before the first Test against South Africa here on Boxing Day.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will shortly embark on a comprehensive four-year programme which will include bidding to host a major regional women’s tournament, acquiring its own ground and administrative office and working towards qualifying for the 2009 World Cup Sevens championships in Dubai.

Born November 17, 1982, Albert La Rose has overcome many obstacles during his 10-year rugby career in his quest to become one of, if not the region’s top scrum half.

On Thursday, former West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB) CEO Bruce Aanensen slammed the board saying its many directors were interfering with the management of the game even as the board.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your reports “Former Best Student Boycotts Tain Graduation – after Exams Division mix up” (Sunday Stabroek, December 16, 2007), and “Become critical thinkers, Tain top student tells peers” (Tues.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Charity and share the concern of many who believe that Charity still needs to be monitored, especially the Charity river dam.

Dear Editor, I am an attorney-at-law practicing mainly in the Berbice magisterial district and what I am seeing with regards to the judicial system in this ancient county needs to be addressed in the interest of justice.

Dear Editor, The editorial captioned “Up North” (07.12.20) was an interesting piece on the Canadian experience.

Dear Editor, I purchased a Nokia-112 handset from Digicel (Guyana Stores branch) on the December 11.

ear Editor, Much praise must be showered on the Government spending millions of dollars to upgrade the service at the Suddie Hospital.

Dear Editor, My interest was caught by the title of Evadnie Benfield’s letter: “The entire world is moving in the metric direction, Guyana needs to catch up” (SN 20th December, 2007).

Dear Editor, Jumping into the rough waters of the Berbice River this past week as I travelled on the Motor Vessel Torani seemed to be the best alternative rather than to sit and endure the pungent scent of the washroom facilities.

Dear Editor, Telephone cable that was severed and stolen, was left partially completed.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s Minister of Local Government, Mr Kellawan Lall, has been under the gun of the press, over allegations that he committed several violent criminal acts on November 18, 2007, during an alleged “drunken rum-shop brawl” at a liquor establishment in the village of Vryheid’s Lust.

Dear Editor, The concert by Beenie Man scheduled for December 29 will be a landmark performance.

As reggae’s best-selling living artist, Shaggy took a detour from the mainstream this year.

Some suggested recently that Christmas is the biggest clich

Hi Everyone, Warning! Don’t eat and drive! Yeah, I know that it’s different from the familiar ‘Don’t Drink and Drive’ but I tell you, this should be a label attached to all Christmas black cakes.

Main Big Lime, which Minister of Tourism, Industry & Commerce Manniram Prashad promises will be on rain or shine, is expected to have a new addition in the form of some Christian deejaying that will see at least two international singers giving those who are into Christian reggae a taste of their talent.

The Christmas spirit was shattered yesterday afternoon for a Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) family when a transformer that was being transported on a container truck fell on a Route 43 (Linden) minibus, killing the 41-year-old driver instantly.

The military high command yesterday warned officers that the year ahead would be tough and challenging, and that there needed to be a paradigm shift in the army’s approach to security and a revolution in its culture and professionalism.

A heavily pregnant woman fell into a trench as she fled from three gunmen who stormed her Number Two, Canje home and terrorized and robbed family members of $5M in cash and jewellery.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded drug-accused businessman Barry Datram to prison even as his attorney, Vic Puran argued that the provisional arrest warrant issued for his arrest was null and void.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Commodore Gary Best is concerned that two Buxton men were taken into custody by the joint services without wounds on their bodies but emerged from the lock-ups beaten and bruised, allegedly by the men in uniform.

National footballer Neil Hernandez died as a result of smoke inhalation, according to the post-mortem report yesterday.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport last week celebrated the work of the late National Poet Martin Carter at a reception titled the “Festival of Words” hosted at the Umana Yana.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says four mobile power generating sets imported from the USA are up and running and can provide for the seasonal high demands.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is calling for more a consistent bail policy for persons accused of sexual offences.

A Guyanese woman who was already processed for departure onboard a Caribbean Airlines flight to Barbados was yesterday intercepted with a quantity of cocaine compressed between the pages of books and photo albums.

The PNCR is calling for a thorough investigation into the killing of 22-year-old Ronald Anthony Parris, of Old England, Upper Demerara, allegedly by “elements” of the Guyana Police Force on December 13, 2007.

A taxi-driver accused of sexually assaulting a woman on two occasions will spend Christmas in jail after Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle remanded him when he appeared before her to answer to the charges.