Daily Archive: Saturday, March 15, 2008

Articles published on Saturday, March 15, 2008

GECOM: 39% eligible persons already registered

– exercise on schedule The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday reported that it has already registered 39% of eligible persons and despite setbacks owing to inclement weather and the tragic occurrences at Bartica and Lusignan the commission remains convinced that the exercise would be completed as scheduled.

New body to represent art and craft producers

A new Art and Craft Producers Association was launched last Thursday at a meeting held at the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, and the body is expected to lobby for government and other support, besides sourcing financial assistance for its members.

Richard Ishmael stabbing death trial

‘It didn’t call for this,’ witness recalls victim saying Jacklyn Levius, who died after she was stabbed at Richard Ishmael School in 2005, had said after she was injured: “I didn’t do that lil schoolgirl nothing and look what she do.

Remains found on Linden Highway

Police question hotel owner’s husband again Police questioned the husband of hotel owner Roselaine Hall again yesterday in the light of Thursday afternoon’s discovery of the badly decomposed remains of a woman on the Linden Highway.

Marcyn King to be buried today

Marcyn King, the Rentokil employee and mother of three who was shot and killed while on her way home from work on Monday night, will be laid to rest today even as the police have found no tangible clues as to who her assailant might have been.

GRA ‘disturbed’ at Bakewell price hike

-but bakery points to heavy losses last year The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it is disturbed that Bakewell has upped the price of its bread and rolls by approximately 20 per cent effective Thursday, but the company says eventually other bakeries will have to follow suit given the rise in input costs.

Mocha woman beaten, shot and robbed

-ambushed seconds after closing business The still of the night at Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Deme-rara (EBD) was shattered on Thursday when two armed, masked men attacked a woman seconds after she had locked her business place, battered her with concrete blocks and shot her in the arm before escaping with the bag of money she had.

Hacked to death by lover

What might have been a lover’s quarrel ended tragically yesterday for an 18-year-old when her 22-year-old boyfriend stabbed her countless times about the body in a vicious attack that left her drenched in blood.

‘Fineman’ will be hunted down

-President President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday declared that wanted man Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and his gang members will be hunted down by a unit that was specially set up and he insisted that the same group of men were behind both the Lusignan and Bartica slaughters.

Guyanese author publishes first novel

Guyanese poet and author, James G.D Paul popularly known as Pablo has published his first novel titled, My Poor Dad- a novel that confronts harsh socio-cultural forces that lead to alcohol addiction using his personal experience.

Venue switched for Sri Lanka warm-up match

The much anticipated West Indies vs. Sri Lanka tour that is to be hosted in the Caribbean from the March 22 to April 15, will see the two teams clashing in two Test matches, three One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 match.