Daily Archive: Thursday, March 6, 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.

This article examines the main provisions of the 1833 Abolition Act and the British Guiana Ordinances stemming from this Act and argues that the rules of the apprenticeship experiment and the record keeping and legality strategies contained therein were hinged on physical coercion, punishment and social and economic control to ultimately ensure the survival of the plantation economy and its attendant society in the post slavery period.

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A Nigerian national was remanded on a charge of escaping from lawful custody and fined $30,000 for illegal entry into Guyana when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A 27-year-old man who allegedly grabbed a schoolgirl’s crotch after she refused to dance with him on Mashramani Day was yesterday taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Two men were remanded on Tuesday when they faced Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on charges of robbery under arms, unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition.

A 22-year-old-man was placed on $150,000 bail yesterday when he appeared on charges of attempted murder and possession of stolen property before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

An East La Penitence man was remanded on a charge of robbery under arms when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A 36-year-old man was remanded on Tuesday when he appeared before Magi-strate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of robbery under arms.

A recent report by the US-based Pew Center on the States estimates that more than one percent of America’s adult population is currently in prison.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s football technical director Jamal Shabazz is pressing for more quality international friendlies for the national side as they prepare for crucial World Cup qualifiers later his year.

Looking towards a creditable improvement on the team’s dismal showing last year when it failed to win a match in the regional Clico Under-15 tournament, the national junior selectors have named a 14-man squad to participate in this year’s competition that is slated for Dominica from March 17-23.

This is the second and final instalment of the top 10 Guyanese boxers of all time as selected by International Boxing Federation (IBF) referee Eion Jardine.

The deadly combination of Gilbert Barckoy and Lealon Leacock enjoyed a commanding two-set victory against Dax Hutson and Schelte Van Dyke to advance to the semi-finals of the men’s open doubles of the Banks DIH Plus Energy Open lawn tennis tournament last Tuesday at Le Meridien Pegasus lawn tennis courts.

National senior coach Timothy McIntosh was elected President of the Guyana Hockey board at the Board’s Annual General Meeting held last Saturday at the Georgetown Cricket Club.

Team Digicel, captured last Sunday’s Digicel sponsored Paint Ball shooting competition organized by the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) at the Guyana Scouts Association ground, Woolford Avenue.

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club Phagwah race meet which was scheduled to be held on March 2 will now run off on March 16 at the club’s Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice race track.

Dolphin Secondary were crowned Georgetown champions of the Guyana Crickey Board (GCB) sponsored Inter-Secondary Schools Under-19 female 20/20 cricket competition, when they defeated Tutorial High School by nine runs in the final at the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO)ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am alarmed at government’s lack of response to the financial needs of the Critch-low Labour College.

Dear Editor, The roads in the Herstelling New Scheme were constructed to the tune of $55 million.

Dear Editor, I was following the story regarding the mysterious illness that is affecting the school children at Silvertown Secondary School and I understand that the doctors are not finding any medical concerns surrounding this mysterious illness.

Dear Editor, For well over a decade our news media have been omitting to mention any description of alleged attackers, whether they be in robberies, killings, etc.

Dear Editor, It was refreshing news that our neighbours in Caricom are getting together to help a brother in distress.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned “The PNC/R should produce evidence of corruption” (08.03.02).

Dear Editor, Hours after the Lusignan massacre major international media relays, including the BBC were reporting on this barbaric act.

Dear Editor, A few nights ago, one of the major television stations aired a news item comprising a group of scrutineers, who claimed that they had been underpaid.

Dear Editor, I read in your March 1, 2008 edition that there was no provision for the subvention to the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) in the 2008 budget.

Dear Editor, Last year the government went on an exercise claiming to fix the National Insurance Scheme(NIS).

Dear Editor, Please permit me to inform the residents of Region Seven moreso Bartica the situation of the Budget Allocations.

Dear Editor, We the residents of Mahdia wish to express our profound gratitude to Digicel for having shown their concern and erected a cellular site in our community.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Bisram’s letter captioned, “Elderly Guyanese say they preferred colonial rule” (08.03.04).

Dear Editor, I had grown accustomed to Mr. Vishnu Bisram’s “ball by ball” commentary on the US Presidential campaign, but he has recently turned his attention to other topics at a time when the race for the Democratic candidate is at its climax.

Dear Editor, I refer to Vishnu Bisram’s letter captioned “Left Wing Governments are not free of corruption” (08/03/03).

Dear Editor, It is with great concern that I note the shift from the original concept of having a radio channel primarily dedicated to music for the listening public in Guyana.

Police descended on a home at Meadowbrook and arrested ex-army officers, Oliver Hinckson and Dorian Massay during an early morning operation yesterday.

More than two weeks after the massacre at Bartica that left twelve dead, the Joint Services now have the first tangible bit of evidence that the gang escaped via Region 10 – a shotgun stolen from a businessman.

A 44-year-old Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD) man was on Tuesday evening chopped to death, reportedly by a drunken acquaintance and police have detained several persons as investigations continue.

Suriname authorities yesterday handed over murder suspect Odinga Greene to local authorities after nearly two years of him eluding the Guyana police.

Post-mortem results on the remains of Scottish Project Trust teacher, Pamela McCarroll, 18, who was attached to the St.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) is to decide whether to extend the deadline for a third time for a South American company to provide the required documentation in its bid to control the troubled Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL); or to move ahead with its liquidation.

Government is to make a total sum of $300M available for the payment of scrutineers involved in the ongoing national house-to-house registration, topping up the originally allocated sum of $100M.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues has chided the opposition for referring to government’s assistance in the form of transportation, machinery and equipment to Amerindian communities as handouts, declaring that they are much needed items for the development process.

The state pension system has improved tremendously, ac-cording to the Human Ser-vices Minister.

The Guyanese and US governments are exploring new ways of cooperation in agriculture and support for the development of an agro-energy/bio-fuels sector here.

The preliminary hearings into the 1982 murder of 15 government critics in Suriname was postponed last Friday by a military court until April 4 when the bench will rule whether the trial should continue.

Two members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were yesterday admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after a GDF vehicle transporting approximately nine soldiers turned over while travelling along the East Coast Demerara (ECD) public road.

The president of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, Pandit Reepu Daman Persaud says Shiva Ratri is a profound spiritual event and the day consecrated for the worship of Bhagwan Shiva.

Patentia Secondary School celebrated success in the last Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams at its Ninth Annual Graduation and Prize giving Ceremony held on Thursday.

Parika churches held an “open air” prayer meeting on Monday evening to support the relatives and friends of victims of the Lusignan and Bartica massacres.

EcoVentures Travel, a US tour operator that specialises in wildlife trips to Africa, Central and South America says there is great potential for birding in Guyana as some of the species that are hard to find on the continent are abundant here.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it will be keeping a sharp eye out to ensure that the VAT on newly zero-rated items is removed and it flayed a decision by the flour company to immediately increase it price by the same 16%.