Daily Archive: Thursday, January 24, 2008

Q: What can the U.S. Embassy do for me, if I, as a U.S.

The accidental discovery of the West Indies by Christopher Columbus set in stage a remarkable number of events allowing for European powers to establish their first overseas empires to reap the wealth first through the mining of gold and later through the establishment of plantation economies.

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A 32-year-old man, who allegedly stole money and jewellery from his girlfriend and squandered it with another woman, was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of simple larceny.

A 49-year-old father of four was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of forgery.

Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday placed two men on $50,000 bail each for allegedly stealing a woman’s cell phone.

A drunk, who stole food items worth $8,000 from a friend’s home, was yesterday fined $20,000 with the alternative of 12 months in prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded a 22-year-old minibus conductor to prison after he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with two gunpoint robberies.

One of the minor pleasures of this year’s US presidential campaigns has been the frequent stumbling of highly-paid and supposedly knowledgeable pundits.

The 15th annual cycling season of National Sports Commission cycling coach Hassan Mohammed will commence on Saturday at the National Park.

The Banks DIH Thirst Park ground will come alive tomorrow night when the final of the West Indian Sports Complex softball cricket competition will be played under lights from 18:30h.

The West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) is preparing to commence its much anticipated 2008 Cricket Season during the second week in February.

Dear Editor, I refer to your report on the erosion of the embankment near the Rupert Craig highway.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Mr George Cave captioned “Promotions of head teachers, deputies have been made” (08.01.21).

Dear Editor, The public and the private sectors of Guyana do not have scope for innovative and highly qualified individuals so I ended up in rice cultivation.

Dear Editor, Apparently businesses continue in their efforts to flout the tax laws and rip off consumers.

Dear Editor, I agree with Mr Beni Sankar that something must be wrong because the rice price locally should not have climbed by so much in the past year.

Dear Editor, I recently noticed that a group of eminent Caribbean personalities are asking for public consultations on the EPA (and other important regional issues) with the EU and are in support of President Jagdeo’s assertions about the bullying tactics used.The

Dear Editor, It seems as though some GT&T C-Point vendors are ignorant of the “Top Up with a $100” promotion that is currently going on.

Dear Editor, Barack Obama is a charismatic, articulate man but I have a feeling that Hillary Clinton will eventually get the nomination.

Dear Editor, Today in England more than 17,000 policemen and women went on a protest march in central London to protest their government’s refusal to honour the arbitration award in relation to their salary increases.

Dear Editor, It has been said that if a frog is dropped into a pot of hot water, it will immediately jump out.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo and the PPP regime seem not to care about the future of our young people…no wonder this nursery school which is located in Roxanne Burnham Gardens is in this condition.

Dear Editor, Barbadians have shown the rest of the Caribbean how to regularly change their government.

Dear Editor, Recently the Human Resources Department (HRD) of GPL met with some staff members and informed them that they (staff members) had monies paid to them in their salaries to which they were not entitled.

Dear Editor, Judging from your Tuesday, January 22 lead article headlined “Weapons issued to senior PNC official not returned – army sources say issuance went beyond 1979,” it seems to me that the serious charges of torture by the army against its own and against civilians have been outmanoeuvred from current headlines by ongoing revelations of the army-issued weapons to the PNC regime ministries, officials and agencies.

Dear Editor, Residents of Cumberland Village in East Canje are once again experiencing a drought, compliments of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

A shoot-out last night between patrolling ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and gunmen in the East Coast village of Buxton left one soldier dead and two persons wounded.

The Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for businessman, Barry Datram, who the US wants extradited to face drug-related charges after he allegedly failed to report to the Commissioner of Police as ordered by the High Court upon his release on bail.

Police say they have upped security arrangements following threats from a man purporting to be the country’s number 1 fugitive, Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins over the disappearance of a pregnant teenager of Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

Embattled former Head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Joseph O’Lall is insisting that he didn’t mislead the Prime Minister in relation to fuel acquisitions for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) which went awry when Guyoil asked to be freed of GPL’s cargo to satisfy its PetroCaribe obligations.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) reiterated yesterday that it has no legal responsibility to get involved in the apportioning of payments for scrutineers among the opposition parliamentary political parties, and said it has acted at all times within its mandate in the matter.

Dubbing themselves the stepchildren of the industry, NAACIE members in Berbice went on strike on Monday at four estates after talks with GuySuCo over an incentive payment broke down.

After almost four years of planning and consultations, Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington on Friday opened the Caricom Competi-tion Commission (CCC) in Suriname.

Two weeks after a man said to be mentally ill and holding a toy gun walked into the Chief Magistrate’s Court while it was in session and instructed everyone to freeze, new security measures have been put in place.

The government has sounded a warning to marriage officers about committing malpractices such as the issuance of licences to females under the age of 16.

The government has pledged to assist in drainage and irrigation (D&I) works in the Lower Pomeroon to help farmers there deal with flooding.

Lima Sands students are set to benefit from two $9M schools recently built in Region Two.

The City Council says it has appointed a Change Team to propose a model that would boost its capacity to fulfil its mandate as restructuring is a major priority on its 2008 agenda.