Articles published on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
In three short weeks two heinous crimes in which twenty-four people in communities as distant as Lusignan and Bartica were brutally murdered have focused the nation’s attention on the stark reality of a deeply troubling domestic security situation The administration’s agreement to establish a special select committee on the Disciplined Forces Commission Report in the National Assembly must have been an embarrassing admission of its sloth and weakness.
Finance Ministry still to release Tenders for 1.5m euro second phase of Ogle Airport project The consortium of local aircraft owners who hold a lease agreement with the Government of Guyana for the development of the Ogle Aerodrome has declined to comment on the possible reasons for the protracted delay in the release of funds provided by the European Development Fund (EDF) – and being administered by the Government of Guyana – for the second phase of the modernization of the facility.
The raft of recommendations contained in the recently completed report on the reform of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) can only be effectively implemented if they are energetically supported by the political administration including President Bharrat Jagdeo according to an informed NIS source.
Few phenomena account more for the slow economic growth and the frustrations of normal domestic life in Guyana than our electricity supply system.
Airstrips, navigational aids, security, search and rescue capacity all deficient …Mekdeci The privately-run aviation sector is so concerned about what it says is the lack of qualifications and competence of the serving Flight Inspector at the Guyana Civil Aviation Autho-rity (GCAA) that it offered some months ago to meet the salary costs of a qualified replacement.
By Karen Abrams I have met Captain Gerry Gouevia, the Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways.
By Peter R Ramsaroop Overview Last week I started a short series on critical issues as it relates to our farmers and recommended major improvements in order for them to be able to strategically position themselves to improve their products, marketability and financial results.
GASCI Summary of Financials Session 243
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 243’s trading results showed consideration of $13,489,102 from 398,314 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to session 242 which showed consideration of $3,627,631 from 160,576 shares traded in 24 transactions.
Just when everyone was getting ready to write her off, Big Red’s luck changed.
Were it not for the red carpet arrivals, which is the best appetizer you can ask for on Oscar night, the entire show would have been a drag.
Hi Everyone, When I was growing up, Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – always meant that there was a radical change in diet in our home.
It is not just the restoration of the Theatre Guild building that will ensure the art form stays alive in Guyana, but also the people who keep writing, performing, directing and producing the plays that will be staged there.
St Lucia’s inaugural music awards was held a week ago and Guyana’s Sonia Noel got the nod to outfit MC Charlene Baptiste.
Rain had the final say on the final day of the 2008 Carib Beer fifth round match between Guyana and the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) at the National Stadium, Providence, forcing the umpires to call off the game just after the tea break yesterday.
Guyana’s middle-distance star and records holder, Marian Burnett was knocked from her chance to get to the Women’s 800m final at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships at the meet which ended yesterday in Valencia, Spain.
Anthony Downes completed an outstanding victory in the semifinals of the Banks DIH Plus Energy Open tennis tournament when he defeated Ezra Sue-Ho on Saturday to advance to the finals of the men’s open singles at Le Meridien Lawn tennis courts.
The Maccabees basketball team’s 2-0 record was blemished by the Nets first loss in a 65-62 double overtime game during Sunday evening’s Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s Brydens second division league at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor I probably was one of the first persons to write ( emailed) the Minister of Amerindian Affairs on the idea of a hostel/dormitory for people (Amerindian/Non Amerindian) of the hinterland who are attending technical colleges/teachers’ college/University of Guyana a few years ago.
Dear Editor, Mr. Vishnu Bisram’s reply in his letter captioned “I did not intend to cast aspersions on Dr Jagan” (08.03.07) to Janet Jagan’s accusation against him of gossip was downright pathetic.
Dear Editor, When all the rhetoric, confetti and euphoria (much akin to a circus) of the US Democratic nomination contest is over, the post mortem will reveal whether the US passed the “democracy” test.
Dear Editor, Mr Clive Fredericks’ letter captioned “The original intention of the Hinterland Scholarship Programme was that students live with families in Georgetown”, (08.03.07) is not an opinion shared by all hinterland scholarship awardees, both present and past.
Dear Editor, A few days ago, I stated that we should continue to pen our pain in response to Lusignan and Bartica.
Dear Editor, Perhaps Mr. Paul Kokoski (“Secular humanism loses its capacity to rise to the truth of being” March 3, 2008) doesn’t know it, but in many previous letters to the press I have already refuted the so-called ‘genius’ of that “non-democratic cabal of doddering old ecclesiastical celibates.”
Dear Editor, Michigan and Florida, seeking to share in the influential advantages traditionally enjoyed by early primary States such as New Hampshire and Iowa, moved up the dates of their primaries to January 15 and 29 respectively.
Dear Editor, I must make a correction regarding a letter by Mr Hamilton Green titled “I support atonement Mass for Good Friday”(08.05.07).
Dear Editor, These politicians have no stated vision or objective, no viable plan or direction.
Dear Editor, I read recently about the awarding of guard contracts for government sites to Strategic Action Security Service and R.K.
Dear Editor, The 2008 budget is out. What is government’s plan for the creation of new jobs annually for youths who complete high school and graduates of UG.
Dear Editor, Senator Obama is, in my view, part of a black tragedy in the twenty-first century.
Dear Editor, If the Stabroek News is genuinely desirous of resolving the standoff between itself and the government, it should stop wasting time by trying to publicize the already over-ventilated issue and be man enough to withdraw its original absurd assertion that the government is guilty of suppressing press freedom.
Dear Editor, I am asking the central government, regional government and the village council, since none seems to know who is responsible, when will the roads in Eccles BB section be repaired?
Dear Editor, I refer to M Abraham’s letter captioned “Many hinterland students were unhappy with their guardians” (08-03-09).
Dear Editor, The recent decision of Caribbean leaders to help Guyana in the fight against crime is all nonsense.
Dear Editor, Today’s newspapers carried concerns about the likelihood of Local Government Elections not taking place this year – that according to the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon there is difficulty relating to the National Registration Centre.
Dear Editor, It is distressing to me that despite accessibility to the Internet, the issues of global warming and climate change have evoked so little serious response from Guyanese to date.
Dear Editor, There has recently, because of our troubled times, been an increase of persons arrested by the police and/or members of the Guyana Defence Force.
Samantha Power, a senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, recently made the headlines when the Scotsman newspaper quoted her saying that Senator Clinton is “a monster .
Reminiscences of the massive swamping in 2005 gripped lower East Coast Demerara residents and many in the city yesterday, as the rain fell incessantly for most of the day; showers are expected to continue until tomorrow.
– also wanted in CanadaGuyanese born Mohamed Kamaludeen is to be arraigned in Reno, Nevada, USA this week for the August 2007 murder of University of Nevada Professor Judy Calder.
– Caricom heads Caricom Heads of Government (HoGs) believe it is critical for a new United Nations (UN) Good Officer to be appointed as soon as possible to help find a solution to the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.
A 40-year-old woman was shot in her right leg last night, reportedly during a robbery at her Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara home.
“Knowledge is the health of the flesh, but ignorance is the sickness thereof,” is the theme under which the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Rastafari Council (GRC) yesterday hosted a conference to discuss a range of health issues.
President Bharrat Jagdeo is calling for the development of infrastructure that could achieve regional energy integration and security.
Caricom Heads who met in The Bahamas over the weekend have paid tribute to Cuban leader Fidel Castro who recently relinquished the presidency of the Caribbean state after 49 years at the helm.
-Seven weeks later only one person charged over 23 Lusignan, Bartica murders In the aftermath of two bloody massacres that claimed the lives of 23 people here and other challenges in the region, Caricom is convening a special summit on security for next month in Trinidad.
A 35-year-old man was remanded when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on a charge of robbery under arms in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The National Assembly last evening approved the 2008 budget estimates in the amount of $119 billion after three days of gruelling examinations of the provisions by the Opposition parties, and five days of debate with rich contributions from both sides.
A man and a woman have been arrested and are in police custody after ranks at a roadblock at Craig, East Bank Demerara on Saturday night stopped and searched a minibus en route from Linden to Georgetown and found a bag containing 1.3 kilograms of marijuana.
Caricom Heads have agreed to devote one day to a special session on tourism during their 29th annual Conference of Heads of Government to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in July.
– Jagdeo There can no longer be any denial of the threats of climate change since abundant scientific evidence now exists confirming the reality of global warming, President Bharrat Jagdeo said in his Commonwealth Day message yesterday.
A 39-year-old man who verbally abused his wife and son in a public place was yesterday given two consecutive 12-month sentences when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) is calling on the public to support a plea from Buxton for help for their farmers and children.
– Rohee Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said yesterday that community policing groups (CPGs) are not be expected to get into physical confrontations with criminals but to assist in maintaining the peace in communities and with getting information that law enforcement agencies could use.
Caricom nationals should not be required to acquire skills certificates in both their country of origin and the member state where they expect to work.
Mashramani 2008 was a resounding success despite the tragedies the country faced in the run-up to February 23, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony said.
Republic Bank (Guyana) recently made a number of new appointments that will boost its services.
The Board of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) will meet today to decide its next move following a sick-out staged by staff last week in response to a freeze on payments they were promised.
Ex-army officers Oliver Hinckson and Dorian Massay will appear in court today and attorneys for Hinckson are to file a motion on his behalf.
A 36-year-old man who allegedly stole a water pump worth $131,000 belonging to the Ministry of Home Affairs was yesterday taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.Rajendra
Samantha Power, a senior foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, recently made the headlines when the Scotsman newspaper quoted her saying that Senator Clinton is “a monster .
LOS ANGELES – The approval of fresh sanctions on Iran marks the third time that the United Nations Security Council has been galvanised to stem the Islamic Republic’s feared uranium enrichment efforts.
A 36-year-old man who allegedly stole a water pump worth $131,000 belonging to the Ministry of Home Affairs was yesterday taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Guyana’s middle-distance star and records holder, Marian Burnett was knocked from her chance to get to the Women’s 800m final at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships at the meet which ended yesterday in Valencia, Spain.
Rain had the final say on the final day of the 2008 Carib Beer fifth round match between Guyana and the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) at the National Stadium, Providence, forcing the umpires to call off the game just after the tea break yesterday.
Anthony Downes completed an outstanding victory in the semifinals of the Banks DIH Plus Energy Open tennis tournament when he defeated Ezra Sue-Ho on Saturday to advance to the finals of the men’s open singles at Le Meridien Lawn tennis courts.
The Maccabees basketball team’s 2-0 record was blemished by the Nets first loss in a 65-62 double overtime game during Sunday evening’s Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s Brydens second division league at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor, There has recently, because of our troubled times, been an increase of persons arrested by the police and/or members of the Guyana Defence Force.
Dear Editor, It is distressing to me that despite accessibility to the Internet, the issues of global warming and climate change have evoked so little serious response from Guyanese to date.
Dear Editor, Today’s newspapers carried concerns about the likelihood of Local Government Elections not taking place this year – that according to the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon there is difficulty relating to the National Registration Centre.
Dear Editor, The recent decision of Caribbean leaders to help Guyana in the fight against crime is all nonsense.
Dear Editor, I refer to M Abraham’s letter captioned “Many hinterland students were unhappy with their guardians” (08-03-09).
Dear Editor, I am asking the central government, regional government and the village council, since none seems to know who is responsible, when will the roads in Eccles BB section be repaired?
Dear Editor, If the Stabroek News is genuinely desirous of resolving the standoff between itself and the government, it should stop wasting time by trying to publicize the already over-ventilated issue and be man enough to withdraw its original absurd assertion that the government is guilty of suppressing press freedom.
Dear Editor, Senator Obama is, in my view, part of a black tragedy in the twenty-first century.
The sister of wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins was shot dead on her way home from work after sundown yesterday, a stone’s throw from her D’Anrade Street, Newtown, Kitty home.
Reminiscences of the massive swamping in 2005 gripped lower East Coast Demerara residents and many in the city yesterday, as the rain fell incessantly for most of the day; showers are expected to continue until tomorrow.
Guyanese born Mohamed Kamaludeen is to be arraigned in Reno, Nevada, USA this week for the August 2007 murder of University of Nevada Professor Judy Calder.
A 40-year-old woman was shot in her right leg last night, reportedly during a robbery at her Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara home.
Caricom Heads of Government (HoGs) believe it is critical for a new United Nations (UN) Good Officer to be appointed as soon as possible to help find a solution to the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.
Ex-army officers Oliver Hinckson and Dorian Massay will appear in court today and attorneys for Hinckson are to file a motion on his behalf.
The Board of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) will meet today to decide its next move following a sick-out staged by staff last week in response to a freeze on payments they were promised.
Republic Bank (Guyana) recently made a number of new appointments that will boost its services.
Mashramani 2008 was a resounding success despite the tragedies the country faced in the run-up to February 23, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony said.
Caricom nationals should not be required to acquire skills certificates in both their country of origin and the member state where they expect to work.
Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said yesterday that community policing groups (CPGs) are not be expected to get into physical confrontations with criminals but to assist in maintaining the peace in communities and with getting information that law enforcement agencies could use.
The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) is calling on the public to support a plea from Buxton for help for their farmers and children.
A 39-year-old man who verbally abused his wife and son in a public place was yesterday given two consecutive 12-month sentences when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
There can no longer be any denial of the threats of climate change since abundant scientific evidence now exists confirming the reality of global warming, President Bharrat Jagdeo said in his Commonwealth Day message yesterday.
Caricom Heads have agreed to devote one day to a special session on tourism during their 29th annual Conference of Heads of Government to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in July.
A man and a woman have been arrested and are in police custody after ranks at a roadblock at Craig, East Bank Demerara on Saturday night stopped and searched a minibus en route from Linden to Georgetown and found a bag containing 1.3 kilograms of marijuana.
The National Assembly last evening approved the 2008 budget estimates in the amount of $119 billion after three days of gruelling examinations of the provisions by the Opposition parties, and five days of debate with rich contributions from both sides.
A 35-year-old man was remanded when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on a charge of robbery under arms in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The sister of wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins was shot dead on her way home from work after sundown yesterday, a stone’s throw from her D’Anrade Street, Newtown, Kitty home.
