Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 13, 2008

A pump attendant, who was on trial in the High Court for the rape of an 11-year-old girl nearly three years ago, was freed yesterday after a jury found him not guilty.

Woman charged with abetting accused granted $250,000 bail Bibi Ariefa Manzoor, the woman accused of aiding and abetting murder accused Ramnauth Doobay, after he allegedly murdered businessman Mark Anthony Gill in July, 2005 was released on bail on Monday at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.

A city policeman who allegedly assaulted a man so as to cause him actual bodily harm was yesterday taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) yesterday launched its Banks DIH Sprite Twenty20 cricket competition for first division teams in Berbice which is being sponsored by the beverage giant on the local market to the tune of $806,000.

Mayor Hamilton Green’s 73rd birth anniversary will be marked by a grand Inter-Ward, Street/Village football tournament beginning with four intriguing matches today from 6pm at Thirst Park.

Lance Hinds was returned unopposed as president of Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) when the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers was held at the club’s Ferdinand Pavilion last Friday.

President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association, has made a decision to push back the Bryden’s 2nd division league that was scheduled to start tonight.

Dear Editor, I have noted several misrepresentations in sections of the media regarding the procedures of the meeting between the Hon.

Dear Editor, While I will agree with Mr. Darby, CEO of LIAT on the lack of navigational aids at Timehri, in particular the lack of an Instrument Landing System(ILS) and Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), he is misinformed re the amount of fuel required to do flights from Barbados.

Dear Editor, I appreciate the statements made by Father Rodrigues in relation to communication with the “terrorists.”

ear Editor, The recent news that a skeleton was found in the east coast backlands is cause for concern.

Dear Editor, As we recoil from recent events and extend sympathy to the bereaved, it may be useful to look for some good that could emerge from all that took place.

Dear Editor, On Thursday, the appearance of a government advertisement in Stabroek News inviting farmers from Buxton to a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture seemed to be a sign of hope that things might change.

Dear Editor, Roman Catholic priest Malcolm Rodrigues tells the Stabroek News that it is “time to talk to the terrorists” (Feb 11).

Dear Editor, The miniatures or miniaturised have yielded their products – a cumulative boomerang to the policy of micro-management as practised persistently by the Jagdeo Administration.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) refers to an article published on page 23 of the Sunday February 10, 2008 edition of Kaieteur News under the caption “FPA lashes out at GFC over new regulations”.

Gunmen last evening shot up a vehicle belonging to a Swiss House Cambio manager during a minutes-long assault outside the parking lot at Buddy’s Pool Hall, injuring a security guard in the process and making off with $1.2M.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for a man who they believe may help them with their investigations into the disappearance of 19-year-old Friendship resident, Tenisha Morgan last month.

A Linden man, who the police arrested after they mistook him for `Fineman’ and the ex-husband of Alpha Hotel owner Roseanne Hall, is demanding a public apology from authorities saying he was embarrassed and his family shamed.

Police yesterday morning shot a gunman in Alexander Village after he and an accomplice allegedly robbed a couple in Brickdam.

The security forces took to the skies yesterday conducting air reconnaissance patrols over the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara as part of the ongoing ‘Operation Restore Order.

Jesuit priest and social activist, Fr Malcolm Rodrigues is seeking to have a petition presented to the National Assembly to protest the government’s withdrawal of advertisements from Stabroek News.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has announced that it has increased all pensions that were paid as at December 31, 2007 by five per cent from January 1, 2008.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited and the University of Guyana in another collaborative effort yesterday launched their ‘Career Coach’ programme for final year students from the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The Caribbean Court of Justice was given a big boost by legal lumnaries in the Caribbean and Canada at a symposium organized by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) held last Friday in Castries, St.

There’s an online petition targeting Guyanese at home and abroad to urge President Bharatt Jagdeo to seek assistance from the United Nations (UN) in creating a commission to revamp the country’s justice and security system.

A new building to house the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court was finished one and a half years ago but it has still not been put into use.

A 48-year-old electrical contractor was placed on $420,000 bail on charges of uttering forged currency, possession of forged currency and obtaining money by false pretence when he appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Security Sector Reform Action Plan (SSRAP) is inadequate since it does not address insurgency, domestic terrorism, political violence or urban warfare, the AFC and GAP have reiterated.

On February 4 the Guyana Consulate in Nickerie, Suriname held a brief memorial service for those slain at Lusignan and Buxton on the East Coast.

The Ministry of Agriculture has expanded its flood watch to vulnerable low-lying areas along the coast following the heavy rainfall over the past few days.

Romeo Rockerfeller, the husband of missing hotel owner Roseanne Hall, was brought before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court twice within the past two days on charges of obtaining credit by false pretence, producing a false travel document and uttering a forged document.

Undertakers last night picked up the body of a man found lying on the Garden of Eden public road.

Severe flooding has once again hit parts of the Mahaica and Mahaicony Creeks after three days of intense rainfall and some fed up residents there are ready to leave.

Government is examining the feasibility of developing Guyana as an offshore financial centre (OFC) and has sought the support and input of the Guyana Association of Bankers (GAB).

In yesterday’s Stabroek News report captioned ‘Missing hotelier’s ex-husband held’ it was incorrectly reported that the woman’s ex-husband had been held by police when it was in fact her current husband who was re-arrested following a court appearance.

Tears flowed again in Lusig-nan yesterday during the third Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) community dialogue in the area, as Minister of Human Services Priya Manickchand empathised with residents and Chairman of the ERC Juan Edghill urged them to forgive those who had harmed them.

Two men who allegedly obtained $2,030,000 by fraudulent means from Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited were yesterday placed on $300,000 and $400,000 bail respectively when they were taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Three other inmates of the Georgetown Prison have been isolated as investigations continued into a fight, which broke out in the jail on Monday night, resulting in five inmates being injured.