Articles published on Saturday, May 17, 2008
Shots fired at WaterChris By Gaulbert Sutherland and Sara Bharrat Gunmen last night attacked the Ministry of Culture, throwing two channa bombs into the compound shortly after blasting off shots at the nearby WaterChris Hotel.
-quizzed on gangs, Waddell, whereabouts during massacres Personal bodyguard to Opposition Leader Robert Corbin, Cyrus Boyce was released on $50,000 station bail yesterday and Corbin, in a letter to Acting Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene expressed concern over the man’s arrest, his interrogation and threats issued to him.
President says use may be extended By Heppilena Ferguson Preliminary results show that some Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) employees have failed their polygraph tests and government is adamant that it will terminate their services, saying it is prepared for any ensuing legal battle.
-Washington defence conference told By Nigel Williams in Washington DC Amid a deterioration of security in the region officials across the Caribbean have been urged to cooperate in the fight against crime.
-environment scoping meeting hears A few persons attended the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public scoping meeting yesterday on the proposed Marriott Hotel project with no major concerns being raised over what is to be a US$52M investment projected to service 3.7M persons in 10 years.
Swerving to avoid a cow on the Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Railway embankment yesterday, this car ended up braced against a light pole.
The British High Commis-sion is expected to deliver further training and equipment to the Guyana Police Force under the Security Sector Reform (SSR) programme and intelligence gathering and rapid reaction capacities have already been boosted.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation has pointed out that the headline in yesterday’s news item carried the incorrect price for a 50kg bag of sugar ex-factory.
The 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) is making the local tourist industry non-competitive with other countries that offer a similar product, such as Brazil, President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG), Renata Chuck-a-Sang has said.
-PPP The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it has not yet activated any mechanism through which it will determine its presidential candidate for the 2011 General Elections and is urging its members and supporters not to be distracted by any kind of speculation in the run-up to its 29th Congress.
The Auditor General’s report for 2006 which should have been presented to the Speaker of the National Assembly on September 30, 2007 has been delayed because of budgetary and staff constraints and will be presented mid-June.
-cite rough seas Many persons have expressed concern about the need for a new vessel to ply the Georgetown-Kumaka route in light of increasingly rough conditions in the open sea at specific times of the year, says Regional Councillor, Region One (Barima/Waini), Michael Hope.
The idea that local toys made out of wood can be fun, educational and tiny works of art is hardly ever entertained, but a quiet little operation called Play and Learn has been churning out incredible things for some time now.
Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen says she has been taken off the bench for almost five years for no credible reason and continues to suffer because of it, and is calling for everything that was taken away from her to be restored.
St Joseph defeats Marian Academy St Joseph High School emerged victorious in the latest round of the Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech competition for fourth formers.
Mothers and Daughters The Supa Stylistics annual Mother and Daughter pageant has become an institution.
Taste the difference By Cynthia Nelson There is nothing like a ripe banana wrapped in its yellow-speckled skin – the tactile sensation of the sweet flesh in your mouth is indescribable.
President Bharrat Jagdeo says although he and leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin have not met for quite a while he is still hoping they will soon continue the “productive” engagement on a number of issues.
It has been several months since it was confirmed that there is asbestos material, which poses a danger to students at the University of Guyana, and the process that would see its eventual removal may begin by the end of next month.
Dear Editor, I refer to your recent coverage of government’s interventions to ease the cost of living burden on Guyanese.
The post-mortem examination conducted on a Skeldon security guard indicated that he died from “cerebral hemorrhage with laceration to the brain and fracture to the skull as a consequence of multiple trauma.”
By Zoisa Fraser The giggles, funny little movements on stage, unforgettable moments of mother and daughter bonding and at times even blunders, sum up last Saturday night, when Supa Stylistics held its 17th annual Mother and Daughter pageant.
Dear Editor, Finally there is a government minister with enough gumption to make a strong decision in the interest of the people, irrespective of the high amount of crticism being levelled at him.
– Woodpecker Products National Junior Squash Championship, 2008 By Calvin Roberts Seventeen-year-old Raphael de Groot continued his dream run whilst Kristian Jeffrey steamrolled his opponents when action in the 2008 Woodpecker Products-sponsored National Junior Squash Championships continued at the Georgetown Club courts Thursday evening.
Three new schools will be built in the Mabaruma sub-region in Region One (Barima/Waini) to cater to the growing school population in the hinterland.
Three National Hardware, Super Centre employees including a teenager yesterday appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robinson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of stealing from the company.
By Calvin Roberts Just over a week ago the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) launched its second-division limited overs competition under the sponsorship of Edward B.
Dear Editor, With reference to the confusion surrounding the sale of Buddy’s – the interest in this property comes from the possibility that it will get a casino licence.
The sentencing of Guyanese Gavin Waaldijk, who has pleaded guilty to attempting to import a large quantity of cocaine into the US, was rescheduled from May 7 to the week of May 26 as his lawyers attempt to secure a lighter sentence upon a claim of duress.
Cabinet has given its no-objections to a number of contracts for rural development including one for the Black Bush Polder Road.
Guyanese superstar Eddy Grant joins Shirley Bassey, Eminem, Leona Lewis, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith as well as a host of other international artistes in concert on June 27 at Hyde Park in London to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday.
The outcome of the daycare worker murder case on Wednesday is reminiscent of another similar matter less than a year ago, as well as several others, which seems to point to a pattern of undue leniency in the court system in matters involving the violent deaths of women and perhaps lethargy by public prosecutors, who, it appears, do anything but prosecute.
Dear Editor, SASOD joins with other organisations and countries (including Cuba and Costa Rica) around the world to commemorate May 17 as International Day Against Homophobia.
-hassar row cited A labourer, charged with axing a man to death at Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder (BBP) was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop at the Albion Court yesterday.
The Everest Cricket Club ground will be a buzz of activity from 17.30 hrs today when national softball champions Scottsburg United of Corriverton and Ganesh Singh and Brothers of Crabwood Creek invade Georgetown to take on two Floodlights XI select squads in two 20-overs-a-side softball matches.
One night of storytelling at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) 25 years ago had an amazing effect on the young men confined to the correctional facility, to such an extent that boys who had never read a book were looking for shade under a tree to sit and read finding hope and solace in the stories.
Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Cecil Kennard will meet with Bartica residents from Friday, May 23rd to Sunday, May 25th to inform them of the PCA’s mandate.
