Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 29, 2008

By Sara Bharrat and Melissa Charles A truck driver, who swerved to avoid colliding with a number of cows last night on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara, ended up smashing into a minibus.

– Rohee cites security concerns Amid a simmering row over his recent show here, Jamaican reggae singer, Rodney ’Bounty Killer’ Price has been banned from entering this country again and his protégé David Brooks called Movado has been blacklisted owing to security concerns, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee announced yesterday.

– grab millions in cash, equipment and catch Pirates attacked and robbed the captains and crewmembers of four fishing boats on Sunday of millions of dollars in outboard engines, gasoline, engine leads and fish glue.

The union representing the two recently sacked Customs officers has written to their employer challenging the action and advising that the two staff members be reinstated immediately pending a meeting between the two parties.

Thirteen Guyanese, including 10 children, left for Delhi, India yesterday for critical medical treatment through a medical mission organised by Three Rivers Kids Foundation of Canada.

An overseas-based Guyanese woman who always dreamt of assisting the less fortunate children in her home country has started to make her dream a reality, with the assistance of many, and will open an orphanage come October at Industry Front, East Coast Demerara.

Investigations are ongoing into the shooting death of 22-year-old Travis Parks, at Tiger Bay allegedly by guards attached to the MMC Security Force on Sunday.

by Oscar Ramjeet The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has a new Chief Justice. 

A seven-year-old heart patient of Betsy Ground, East Canje is another step closer to realizing her dream of living a normal life after the Aditya Kids Trust Fund Foundation (AKTFF) presented her with $100,000 towards her surgery in India.

– as sod turned for new GBTI head office President Bharrat Jagdeo called for a more energetic financial sector, yesterday stating that this was critical to economic growth and capital accumulation in the country.

The World Bank plans to pump another US$60 million to US$70 million in programmes into Guyana over the next three years as it contemplates its new country assistance package.

Dear Editor,    For some time now we knew that Wordsworth McAndrew was not well but being a proud and determined man he bore his condition with great bravery.

Fidelity Investments Incorporated launches its new product, Polar Ice, with an Amplifier Concert on Friday at the National Park.

Dear Editor, I have noticed that there is an alarming tendency of invoking old unproven racist stereotypes in the debate on marginalisation in Guyana.

Over 40 teachers drawn from schools along the East Coast Demerara yesterday began psychosocial and support training, which will enable them to provide this when necessary to their charges.

Saluting the distinguished career of Linda Griffith People like Linda Griffith sometimes never really get their fair share of either recognition or reward for their selfless and unstinting contribution to nation-building; and people like her never seem to stop to measure the magnitude of their contribution against the paucity of the reward.

Members of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Asso-ciation (GASA) are said to be happy with the modification to the plans for the construction of the Olympic-size swimming pool and accompanying facilities at Liliendaal on the East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, So Wordsworth McAndrew has passed away. Mr Paul Harris in the Stabroek News of April 27 assigns to him an appropriate term: A National Treasure.

Ian Gouveia with a 15 handicap scored a net 39 to win last weekend’s Stabroek News’s Full Handicap Stableford Golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf course.

Two Essequibians were yesterday remanded when they were brought before Magi-strate Hazel Octive–Hamilton on charges of possession of firearm and ammunition.

25 years of legal abortions Reprinted from T&T Review, March 3, 2008 By Sanka Price As a politician there are some issues that no matter what decision you make, you are certain to anger a significant segment of the population.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday handed over a $32.2 million Hydraulic Platform and two fire tenders valued $8.1 million to the Guyana Fire Service.

Dear Editor, I couldn’t agree more with the statement by Rakesh Rampertab in his letter captioned “The kick-down-the-door banditry in the eighties was brutal and debilitating” (08/04/27) that with respect to East Indians, “the devastation caused and the extent of the psychological dominance resulting from years of criminal attacks  have unfortunately been ignored or taken for granted at times”. 

Two young men, including a Tactical Services Unit (TSU) rank, were remanded when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on charges relating to illegal possession of firearm and abduction.

Two women’s organisations said yesterday that while they welcomed the efforts by government to cushion the increasing prices of food, they still believe the steps taken so far, fall short of what is needed and are convinced that a reduction in VAT could go a far way.

President Bharrat Jagdeo made 5,000 acres of farmland available to Essequibo farmers and urged them to capitalise on the global food shortage by meeting local and regional consumption.

Yes, he did! This is the first of a lecture delivered by Professor Norman Girvan on February 20 at the UWI St.

By Calvin Roberts The various prize winners in the second annual Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Pepsi Inter-Association Under-17 football tournament including defending champions Upper Demerara Football Association received their spoils at a simple presentation ceremony held in the boardroom of the GFF yesterday.

Dear Editor, The two successful protest marches, organised by the main opposition party the PNCR, under the banner “Freedom March against dictatorship” in solidarity with Mr C N Shama and his workers(over the government closure of Ch 6 for 4 months), the rising cost of living, the crime crisis and the bogus charges against Mr Oliver Hinckson – should put to rest any question about  Mr Corbin and his party’s capacity to get their supporters back to street marches after a protracted withdrawal from that form of protest.

Dear Editor, According to Abu Bakr “The discourse on marginalisation needs to elevate itself from statistics” (08.04.70).

The Government of Guyana was gratified at the outcome of the recent special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government on crime and security held in Port-of-Spain which set out to design a regional strategy to stem violent criminality in the Caribbean.

By Calvin Roberts Fourteen-year-old cycling sensation Neil Reece of Flying Ace Cycle Club turned in some creditable performances recently in Trinidad and Tobago at the Beacon Cycling championships which featured the West Indies versus The Rest of the World Cycling Series.

The High Court trial of Junior Barton who killed his reputed wife during an argument a few years ago at Kuru Kururu commenced yesterday before Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes.

Dear Editor,  I am very happy for my fellow Guyanese farmers at Buxton who are benefiting from free land clearing, drainage and irrigation and access works together with compensation on top.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) said drivers of motor vehicles must ensure that the used tyres they purchase comply with the requirements set out in the national standard in order to reduce accidents.

The inaugural Hugh Desmond Hoyte memorial lecture was delivered in Georgetown by Rt.

– lawyers to make written submissions in 14 days The long-running dispute between government and Toolsie Persaud involving land at Liliendaal came up for hearing before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday in a lengthy session.

By Calvin Roberts Thanks to Ansa Mc Al Limited, Sweet16 football now has a new home.

– court hears A man was placed on a total of $195,000 bail yesterday when he appeared on charges of forgery in a US visa scam before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, The public affairs office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would like to compliment the Guyanese media outlets for being careful to distinguish between the 13-million-member international church and a small polygamous sect, which was raided by Texas state officers a few weeks ago.

There were wins for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Pele Football Club respectively when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2008 Cellink Plus-sponsored Premier League competition continued at the Tucville ground on Sunday.

Sixteen officers from the various agriculture entities yesterday started a hydrological training session through a joint ministry, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) initiative.

Allan Fenty reflects on the life and times of one of Guyana’s revered cultural icons.

A man was remanded yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive–Hamilton on a charge of possession of narcotics.

The Federative Republic of Brazil has embarked on one of the most ambitious strategic initiatives in its history.

I thought that our cricketing sentimentalists could at least have been afforded a requiem for Bourda, some dignified tribute to bring closure to those whose sense of cricketing history have left them with a deep understanding of Bourda’s service to test cricket and of what we must now leave behind; there could have been some grand or even less than grand ‘sendoff,’ some occasion for reminiscences and reflections on Bourda’s past glories, its unique place in this region’s cricketing history. 

The junior selectors of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has called 32 players to trials for possible selection to represent Guyana at this year’s regional Under 19 tournament which is scheduled to be held in Barbados.

By Bruce Alberts SAN FRANCISCO – Science provides an invaluable source of guidance to individuals and governments.

Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee yesterday flayed the country’s judicial system saying that it was failing victims of crimes and undermining the hard work of the law enforcement agencies.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr Mohan Singh captioned “Marginalisation requires detailed analysis, it can’t just be asserted” (08.04.20).