Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Articles published on Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Air sickness

As with its state of unreadiness at the onset of the catastrophic flood of 2005, the Civil Defence Commission’s capacity to cope with an aviation calamity in this country is practically non-existent.

Guyana crashes to heavy defeat

Compliments of GT&T, P&P Insurance Brokers, Lifetime Real Estate, Camille’s Enterprise, Trophy Stall, RHTY&SC and Demerara Power Company Barbados romped to their second consecutive outright win in the 2008 regional Carib Beer Series competition by inflicting an innings and 57 runs defeet over Guyana at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, yesterday.

Unequal justice

Dear Editor, Isn’t it ironic that the accountant at Parliament is fired for the loss of Minister Manniram Prashad’s October $321,000 salary but senior government officials, contractors and friends of the government are allowed to keep their jobs, promoted and given more contracts though millions of dollars were lost in scams, corruption and bad projects?

Court security to be boosted

Plans are being made to improve security at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after an allegedly mentally ill man holding a toy gun ran into the Chief Magistrate’s Court while it was in session and instructed everyone to “freeze”.

Kaieteur News killings PI

After being threatened with a dismissal, the prosecution in the 2006 Kaieteur News killings case, which is being heard in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, yesterday called a witness but he only had less than five minutes of evidence to give before the matter was adjourned.