Daily Archive: Sunday, January 27, 2008

On May 12 last year the Government Informa-tion Agency (GINA) issued a press release on Presi-dent Jagdeo’s address to “hundreds of youths” at the 50th anniversary of Guysuco’s training centre at Port Mourant.

Dear Editor, The acting Commissioner of Police is responding to a letter written by VV Puran, Attorney-at-Law, under the caption “Dataram has not breached judge’s order” (GC 08.01.25) In the letter VV Puran says that Mr Dataram has not breached the Order of his Honour Justice Jainarayan Singh and that the Commissioner of Police should read and understand the Order made by the Court.

Dear Editor, Your editorials “Primary Colours” (SN 11/01/08) and “The Party Faithful” (SN 17/01/08) are excellent synopses of the American Presidential contests for the two major parties to choose a candidate for the November elections.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of the Honourable Director of Public Prosecutions (Ag) captioned “Justice Jainarayan Singh had no jurisdiction to determine the validity of the provisional arrest warrant” (08.01.22) set out in the letter pages of the Chronicle of Monday January 21, 2008.

Dear Editor, I thank you for offering me the opportunity of responding to the already published letter captioned “Our father did not give this property to the PNC” (08.01.21) allegedly from family members of the late Mr David Singh.

Dear Editor, Now that the US judge has spoken, the Guyana Government should make a formal objection against (1) 17 new charges brought by the US against Mr.

Gardening in the tropics, including gardening in Guyana, often gets quick results that would take several seasons to achieve in a temperate country.

When babies are born until they are around 7 years old, the brain is developing and improving the visual pathways between the eye and the visual cortex of the brain to give us sharp vision.

Change is inevitable and consumers should be prepared to accept the changes as they come.

Umbilical hernia This is also called the navel hernia. We had already defined a hernia as a displacement of an organ or a part of an organ so that it protrudes through the walls of its containing cavity.

According to a recent news item (circulated by Reuters) in January 2008 academics in Germany believe they have “solved the centuries old mystery behind the identity of the Mona Lisa in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous portrait.”

Destiny perhaps, determined that some element of the great game of chess should feature significantly in the expiration of Bobby Fischer – Fischer, that iconoclastic self-taught genius who singlehandedly challenged the establishment and broke the powerful Soviet stranglehold on chess.

This is Game Six in the Fischer-Spassky match of 1972 in Iceland.

Introduction Following the Business Page article in Sunday Stabroek (13.1.08), which criticised the way the Private Sector Commission advocates on behalf of its members, the commission reacted by a clarifying press statement, without reference to the article and in a measured tone.

I do not like what happened in the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement.

Until about a week ago I had never heard of carbon border taxes.

In setting the stage last week for a critical evaluation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and CARIFORUM (Caricom plus the Dominican Republic) I presented a schedule listing 15 “contentious planks,” on which the agreement is premised.

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Several hours after the bloody assault on Lusignan, which left 11 people dead and four injured (see story and photos on page 16), East Coast residents spanning over six villages erupted into an uncontrollable rage, burning debris and clashing with Cabinet ministers in a prolonged protest that continued throughout the day yesterday.

It is hard for Guyanese to wrap their minds around the notion that a large number of heavily armed men could gun down eleven defenceless human beings in cold blood.

Hundreds of protesting residents from Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, yesterday afternoon voiced their frustrations in uninhibited fashion to President Bharrat Jagdeo in a stormy meeting which lasted for almost an hour, and at the end many were still dissatisfied with the government and the law enforcers’ response to yesterday’s massacre.

A house was completely burnt and a hotel saved from destruction following a fire which left millions of dollars worth of damage and four persons homeless in Pere Street, Kitty just before 10 last night.

Awakened from his bed by the sound of gunshots, which sounded too close to home, Lusignan resident Nazir Mohamed scrambled to seek shelter along with his family of four yesterday but was shot while still on his bed.

A large gang of gunmen early this morning slaughtered eleven people, including five children in a macabre, 20-minute carnage at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara during which the sole intent of the attackers was to kill.

Police yesterday offered a $30 million reward for the capture of Rondell Rawlins called ‘Fineman’ of Buxton, East Coast Demerara and Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

President Bharrat Jagdeo this morning said that the security forces will soon get in line and instructions had been given for them to do whatever it took to dominate the criminals.

The Roman Catholic Church has joined with others in strongly condemning the killings in Lusignan yesterday and has extended its condolences to the families of the victims.

Exactly one year after the government rushed through an amendment to legalise casino gambling, despite strong opposition from the parliamentary opposition and the religious community, it is to still to formulate regulations for the functioning of a gaming authority and operationalising of casinos.

The GPA has suspended its call for a boycott of coverage of government events, although it has received many positive inquiries from both the State-owned media and private media personnel.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin has expressed shock and dismay at the tragedy which occurred at Lusignan early yesterday morning and called on all citizens not to allow themselves to be drawn into racial conflict and confrontation.

The answer to the security dilemma the country is currently facing must come from a collective and collaborative approach of the political and other civilian leaders who would give the security forces the means to discharge their mandate confidently, AFC and GAP-ROAR said.

The murderous attack on residents of Lusignan by criminals was intended to spread terror on the East Coast Demerara and in the country in general but Guyanese must be careful that it does not succeed because it could be exploited by criminals and others to spread ethnic tensions.

Police ballistics experts say they are still conducting tests on the two PNC-era weapons that were found abandoned in a boat at Mahaicony, West Coast Berbice three weeks ago, but according to a police source so far there has been nothing to link the guns to any previous crime.

City Mayor Hamilton Green is calling on religious, civil and political leaders to create conditions that would avoid such happenings as the Lusignan massacre and bequeath on children a harmonious society of tolerance, justice and decency supported by high moral and spiritual values.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) in condemning the wanton slaughter of so many innocent persons, including infants at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara during the early morning hours of yesterday, called on the government to immediately find the source of the slaughter and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Four major donors and members of the diplomatic community are urging Guyanese to refrain from any action that could inflame the volatile situation on the East Coast Demerara in the aftermath of the massacre of 11 people by gunmen early yesterday morning.

The Indian Arrival Commit-tee (IAC) said it was horrified at the senseless, wanton and brutal slaughter of 11 innocent persons.