Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world As the future of both Pakistan and its president, Pervez Musharraf, wallow in uncertainty in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, parallels are being drawn to the 1979 fall of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

A man, who was accused of throwing pepper sauce in a woman’s face, was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail, when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A pensioner and a coconut vendor who were involved in an altercation last week were yesterday placed on $50,000 and $35,000 bail respectively when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded a 28-year-old female on a charge of possession of 120 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

A 16-year-old schoolboy appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on a charge of simple larceny at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday and was placed on $20,000 bail.

A 35-year-old woman accused of stealing $39,000 in items from her sister with whom she shared a house, was refused bail yesterday when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of simple larceny.

The taxi driver accused of driving the getaway car used in the $60M robbery of an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara businessman last month was on Monday granted $10M bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle when he made his second court appearance.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Monday released a 24-year-old market porter on $30,000 bail after he denied snatching a gold chain and stealing a t-shirt, when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

As with elections in other countries of the Region, it is natural that the question should be asked as to whether, with the change of government in Barbados, there will be any change in the attitude of the new Democratic Labour Party administration to the regional integration movement.

The Guyana Beverages Incorporated yesterday donated $500,000 to the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) specifically to aid in the erection of a football stand at the Tucville Community Centre ground.

The 2008 CONCACAF FUTSAL championship Caribbean Qualifying Tournament which will be held in Guyana at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will see Guyana taking on St.

Footballers in the capital city and its surroundings can look eagerly forward to the new month when two tournaments, Mayor Hamilton Green’s 73rd birth anniversary football tournament and the annual Mayor’s Cup invitational tournament are scheduled to commence.

The inaugural Banks Premium Beer 16-team knockout tournament billed to kick off this evening has been rescheduled to February 1 due to the current soggy state of the Tucville ground.

Brothers Oliver and Dave Young stamped their authority over their local counterparts, while Bobby Rasul scored his first win when the Japarts/Banks DIH-sponsored Red Earth Riders Grass track/Motocross race meet was held recently at the Karrow race track, Bartica.

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federa-tion (GABF) retired Col. Godwin McPherson has disclosed that the newly trained coaches will be utilized in the federation’s planned rural development programme.

The Orca Speed Swim Club in collaboration with the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will host an inter-club meet on Saturday at the Colgrain Pool, Camp Street.

Following the staging of several competitions last year, the Oasis Caf

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Carlton Beckles, the Secretary of the Bartica Football Association captioned “Any efforts to develop football have been stymied” (08.01.19).

Dear Editor, I refer to a report in your sports pages (08.01.16), headlined “Not much progress in local athletics last year – Chief Coach of AAG-Athletes must share some blame”, by Kiev Chesney.”

Dear Editor, I don’t know whether I am perplexed, baffled or confused, over the inaction of those concerned with the death of two persons and the injury of others as a consequence of a transformer falling off a moving vehicle and hitting a minibus.

Dear Editor, The Cinderella type plea of the relatives of ex-Minister David A Singh in their letter captioned “Our father did not give this property to the PNC” (08.01.20) revives another episode in the history of the PNC which needs exposure.

Dear Editor, In honour of the great Martin Luther King Jr.

Dear Editor, In early 2004 I wrote to GPL requesting disconnection since I was leaving the country.

Dear Editor, I made a dating error in my letter captioned “While some inflated the votes cast some inflated the votes registered” (08.01.19).

Dear Editor, You may be aware that a duty and tax free shop was opened recently at the Ferry Crossing at Moleson Creek.

Dear Editor, The Chess world has lost an icon with the death of Bobby Fisher who became famous as a Grandmaster at age fifteen.

Dear Editor, On Thursday January 3, 2008 the suitcases for a passenger travelling on Travelspan flight #TS53 bound for JFK was checked in at 7:30 am.

Dear Editor, As we face the future, it is clear that our walk forward will be burdened with the baggage of certain counter productive practices in which we have been engaged in the past.

Dear Editor, Almost 40 years ago on 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated for standing up for Africans in the USA.

Former Prime Minister under the Forbes Burnham-led PNC administration, Hamilton Green says that he has no knowledge of the movement of weapons from the army to government ministries in the 1970s.

As the unemployment rate in Linden climbs, the Region Ten RDC said it is concerned that contractors are bringing both skilled and unskilled workers into the town to work on projects they have been awarded in the area.

Justice Brassington Reynolds quashed the High Court indictment of two men yesterday, nearly 12 years after they were charged and committed to stand trial over an arms find at Mahaicony, ruling that their committal in the lower court was a nullity.

The police in Linden are investigating an armed robbery committed on a Chinese restaurant on Monday night by three men who escaped with $50,000 and a motor vehicle.

Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack weighing-in on the saga surrounding businessman Barry Datram, said Justice Jainarayan Singh Jr had no jurisdiction to determine the validity of the provisional arrest warrants issued for the man and his three decisions could therefore be considered an abuse of the court’s process.

Groundstar Resources Limited is still hopeful that another company will partner with it for oil exploration and drilling in the Takutu Basin and by July their plans should be firmly on the table, according to a source in the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).

The Caribbean Public Procurement Institute says it will bring together some of the world’s leading faculty when its hosts a two-day conference in March.

Guyanese are increasingly educating themselves about alternative sources of energy, representatives of two local companies that operate in the sector have said.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) said it worked continuously in 2007 to promote standardisation and quality systems countrywide and did over 2,000 inspections which ended in the destruction of 2,229 used tyres.

The Fourth Joint Meeting of the Caricom Standing Committee of Immigration and Customs deliberated further on the current border security initiatives to determine the next steps in the programme for regional immigration and customs for 2008-2009.

Belizeans go to the polls on February 7 and a keen battle is expected between the incumbent People’s United Party (PUP) under the leadership of Prime Minister, Said Musa who will seek to return to office for the third consecutive time, and Dean Barrow’s United Democratic Party (UDP) During the past 13 months general elections were held in several Caribbean countries and in most, the electorates have decided for a change.

The majority of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAS) who are benefiting from the Food Bank Initiative under the National AIDS Pro-gramme (NAP) are unemployed, with the second largest number being single parents.

Six persons were deported from Suriname, French Guiana and the United States between January 3 and January 10 after committing various crimes in those countries.

A 47-year-old woman was chopped in the head by a cutlass-wielding man, who was shortly after captured by public-spirited citizens following a chase at Lamaha Park yesterday.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is calling for the immediate reinstatement of the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) subvention which was approved by Parliament, and condemns as “unacceptable” what it calls the government’s “spurious reasons” for its withdrawal given several weeks ago by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon.

An Inter-Agency Committee tasked with managing security at the CJIA yesterday hosted its inaugural meeting.

A film about the advances of renewable technologies is being aired at the Renewable Energy Exhibition at the Umana Yana.

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