Daily Archive: Thursday, January 17, 2008

David Dabydeen is much garlanded within and without his native land — Guyana.

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Introduction In two previous articles, the participation of women in Guyana’s general elections was examined against the background of changing social, political and ideological conditions and the government of Guyana’s international, regional and national commitments to improve the status of women, especially in the areas of political participation and power and decision making.

A 20-year-old chain-snatching accused, who said that the complainant’s jewellery fell off when the man got into a fight with him, was remanded to prison yesterday after he spun his tale in court.

A seaman who failed to purchase building materials with the money given to him for that purpose and instead used it for his own benefit was yesterday given a day to get the money or face jail.

An Albouystown man who allegedly invaded Young’s Bakery on Saffon Street and robbed the proprietrix of a quantity of cash at gunpoint before escaping, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton and was remanded to prison.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.

If campaign rhetoric is anything to go by, the next American president – regardless of which party eventually prevails – will be a deeply religious person.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is not aware of any dispute with Guyana over proceeds from the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) are promising a bigger and better GT&T Cell Link Plus Premier league in 2008 at a new venue.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) will stage the West Indies Sports Complex mini cadet, cadet and junior table tennis tournament from today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, I refer to a news item on page 19 of your edition of January 9, 2008, headed “Parliament staff tasting way through prospective caterers.”

Dear Editor, On the morning of January 15, 2008 I was looking at the Good Morning Show on ABC, when a feature was aired on a man with the name Brad Williams, who has what is termed, ‘superior memory.’

Dear Editor, The passengers who were travelling during the Christmas holiday season from Kumaka Region 1 to Georgetown with the MV Kimbia experienced the time of their lives, when heavy seas caught up with them.

Dear Editor, Before we can make a charge of cruelty to an animal as the Cullen-Bess photograph of the January 13, 2008 issue of the Guyana Chronicle claims to depict, we must know the mass of the horse and the load it was hauling.

Dear Editor, With regards to comments on the distribution of funds for scrutineers of the voter registration process, fair play dictates that the small opposition parties should receive a “fair share” of the $50 million appropriated to the combined opposition.

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Dear Editor, For certain types of police investigation to be successful the investigator must be prepared to do surveillance on the subject or premises, in so doing counter surveillance considerations must be considered.

Dear Editor, The Guyana coastland area, a few miles wide on the eastern side of the continent and a few miles north to south is the main agricultural area producing sugarcane and home of seventy per cent of the country’s population of 800,000 plus.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin believes weapons issued to the ministry of national deve-lopment under the Forbes Burnham-led administration in the 1970s were returned and he is urging the army to verify its records before making public declarations.

After over a month of legal wrangling drug-accused businessman Barry Datram was released on bail yesterday after Justice Jainarayan Singh Jnr ruled in the High Court that his detention was not lawful.

The parents of the 10-year-old boy who was reportedly beaten by Berbice police for stealing have agreed to settle the matter even as a medical report said the child’s body bore “signs of brands inflicted with a flat object”.

The price of rice should drop in the next two months or so when the first crop is ready to be harvested, General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Jagnarine Singh said on Tuesday.

A truth and reconciliation commission to look into the PNC period in office from 1966 to 1992 would not help the current state of affairs but such a commission could examine the period in the 1950s and early 1960s, President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is urging the Integrity Commission to publish the names of those officials who have not been submitting their statements of income and assets but he did not address the state of the body which has not been functioning since its chairman resigned in April 2006.

The Region Five administration says its 2007 projects are 98% complete and $40M was spent on D&I during the year.

A 33-year-old man was airlifted to the Georgetown hospital yesterday from Konawaruk in the Potaro area, after he was shot in the knee during a row with another man.

A female pedal cyclist died after being hit by a minibus at 50 Village, Corentyne on Tuesday while crossing the road.

Synergy Holdings Inc says the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project will yield benefits to Guyana for generations to come and is asking for time to “do it right”.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is seeking the assistance of employers in verifying the Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) of their employees.

The Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) and Andrew Webb Drilling signed a $43.36M contract yesterday for the construction of the Moblissa Water System.

The Eccles/Ramsburg Neigh-bourhood Democratic Coun-cil (NDC) is reactivating its education partnership with parent-teacher associations, businesses and outstanding persons and teachers from the community besides other stakeholders to work along with the schools.

The body of an unidentified man of East Indian descent bearing suspected marks of violence was found among some bushes alongside the public road at Letter T Village, East Coast Demerara.

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) is experiencing difficulties with the timely delivery of mail owing to problems with its fleet of vehicles used to transport the mail, the corporation’s Board Chairman Juan Edghill disclosed on Monday.