Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Best Political Team in the Media, the WR Political Affairs Unit, is here tonight to give an early report on the race among the presidential nominees for the PPP.

A 43-year-old painter, who beat and robbed an acquaintance after the man told him he had no change to give him in return for a lift on his bicycle, was yesterday refused bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of robbery with violence.

A 53-year-old mother of three who has been accused of stealing over $300,000 in household items and beverages during a one-year period from a house which she was asked to take care of, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle and was remanded to prison.

Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded a 22-year-old man to prison after he was accused of breaking into a business woman’s storage bond and carting off more than $600,000 worth of articles, including electronic items.

Is the killing of a fisherman by a posse of pirates or the killing of a businessman by a gang of bandits, so different from the killing of a suspect by a squad of policemen?

Chief Coach of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Elton Smith said there was no significant development in athletics locally during 2007, and despite the lack of facilities local athletes must share some of the blame for the lack of progress.

To say that the majority of cricket loving fans have been disappointed with the performance of the national senior team would be nothing but an understatement.

A very eventful and exciting second stage of the Digicel Kick Start football Clinic was successfully wrapped up in Haiti last Monday, with local players fiercely going after the six coveted spots to Sunderland AFC’s Academy of Lights.

Dear Editor, The media and opposition elements became frantic when President Bharrat Jagdeo recently expressed concerns over the Court’s ruling on how the scrutineering funds should be distributed.

Dear Editor, If the story is true in the newspapers, its looks like the customs at the post office is making decisions as to what they will do or permit in using cameras in dealing with drug traffic.

Dear Editor, The Cullen Bess-Nelson photo on the front page of a recent Guyana Chronicle depicted extreme cruelty, and the caption went even further noting that “dray operators abuse their animals by having them haul much more weight than they should” The Chronicle says the picture of a lone horse struggling to pull a cart overladen with sacks of cement is “not an unusual sight in Georgetown.”

Dear Editor, The alleged torturing of civilians and soldiers by the GDF needs to be investigated by the United Nations, and those who are responsible must be charged with crimes against humanity.

Dear Editor, There seems to be a furore over the allocation of funds for “scrutineers” in the current house to house registration exercise.

Dear Editor, As a person relatively new in the working environment I will appreciate if you can kindly assist me by providing some labour laws governing overtime and work duration with respect to the following questions: 1.

Dear Editor, It is with some interest I have observed a letter captioned “The issue of torture should be raised internationally” (08.01.13) by Mark Waldron.

Dear Editor, I noticed Gavin Ramnarain’s letter captioned “Many songs are not as good if sung in another language” ( 08.01.11) which is an attempt to justify the proliferation of Indian music, sung in Hindi, on the State’s airwaves in response to Desmond Saul’s letter.

Dear Editor, Mr Osafo Modibo has suggested that the AFC should support a bill in Parliament that will deal with ancestral lands and give respect to Africans’ right to property ownership.

Dear Editor, I take up this matter now since enough time has passed since ACDA had placed its full page “Holocaust Day” advertisements.

Dear Editor, Several views have been expressed about the Order of Liberation bestowed upon the late Dr.

Dear Editor, Over the last month or so, Guyanese have been treated to some terrific editorials that only go to emphasize the critical importance of a free press in a modern democracy.

Dear Editor, I refer to the budget of the Hoyte government of Friday, 1st April, 1989.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced a wide-ranging probe to determine how many weapons were issued to government departments under the late Forbes Burnham-led administration by the security forces and have not been returned.

The police have issued a wanted bulletin for Ashton Anthony in relation to the seizure of firearms and ammunition at Zeskendren drainage canal, Mahaicony on Wednesday last.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday granted a GDF corporal charged with raping two women $175,000 bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.

Four teenagers accused of gang raping a 44-year-old woman shortly after breaking into her Essequibo home, were yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A 12-year-old boy, who said that three police officers slapped, beat and kicked him faced two of them in court yesterday and repeated the allegations.

The City Council on Monday ordered a complete investigation into the operations of its Finance Department and the terms, form and scope of the probe will be crafted immediately with the assistance of the Auditor General’s Office.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee says juveniles are never placed in the same holding facilities as adults at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts nor are they transported to detention centres in the same vehicles as adults.

A $10M generator and electrical panels will be installed by Friday at the Leonora Diagnostic and Treatment Centre to provide a 24-hour supply of electricity to the facility on the West Coast of Demerara.

The education ministry on Wednesday hosted a one-day workshop to review teacher education and training, among other issues, in order to strengthen the Education Strategic Plan.

Drainage and irrigation works estimated at $117M recently undertaken at Western Hog Island, are expected to boost agricultural production and facilitate the cultivation of non-traditional produce.

After a year of promoting behavioural change through a radio serial drama, Merundoi is expanding to take on the status of an independent, non-governmental organization that will continue to focus on HIV/AIDS but also tackle other serious non-health issues.

Researcher and columnist Janette Bulkan believes Guyana must take a more active role in presenting its case with respect to climate change if it wants to be taken seriously on the world stage.

The distribution of funds for party scrutineering activities in the house-to-house registration exercise called for “more intense and better planned engagements” among opposition parties.

The Georgetown Public Hospital said an 11-year-old New Amsterdam boy and a four-year-old boy from Kitty were admitted to its paediatric ward nursing injuries about their bodies.

President Bharrat Jagdeo announced yesterday that a Board of Inquiry has been set up to investigate the allegations of torture made against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran, was elected a Member of the Standing Committee of the Conference of Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers at a recent seminar held in London.

Classes at St Barnabas Special School were disrupted yesterday after four teachers protested the presence of another who they say is too abusive and intolerable to work with.

The strike at the power company has been called off after the union representing the majority of employees and management signed terms of resumption, which should also see discussions between the two on Friday.

Construction of the Marriott-flagged hotel is scheduled to start at month end with the diversion of sewerage lines in the Kingston area where the hotel is to be built, President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.

The government says it may sue the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) if it does not receive the over US$1 million it is owed for staging six Super Eight matches during the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 tournament last year.

As relatives of a ten-year-old boy of Sisters Village, East Berbice prepare to take legal action against a police officer for allegedly beating him for stealing money, senior officers contacted them to “settle the matter”.

The Linden Mayor and Town Council has expressed satisfaction with the recent move by Mackenzie vendors to occupy the newly constructed Mackenzie wharf.

A man, who had been charged with unlawful possession of guns and ammunition last year, denied two counts of forgery of a gun licence when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.