Articles published on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
– Indian, Chinese investors on board Several tax holidays and concessions have been extended to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) covering the five different ventures it will undertake at the Sanata Textile complex.
The excise tax on gasoline has been reduced to seven percent, down from 17 percent, following intervention from government to cushion the impact of spiraling fuel prices, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced yesterday.
A suspect in the murder of George Barton and wounding of his teenage daughter Anika at Laing Avenue in March was apprehended early yesterday afternoon, a high-ranking police official has confirmed.
The Joint Services at the weekend unearthed and destroyed large fields of cannabis sativa plants at Coomacka, New England and Wisroc in Region Ten (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) an operation in which one of the recently acquired Bell 206 helicopters executed reconnaissance and vectoring tasks.
The People’s Progressive Party extends sympathy to the governments and peoples of China and Myanmar who have lost relatives and are suffering from the effects of two devastating natural disasters.
Diamond businessman Ganga Persaud who was found bound and dead in his car trunk died from strangulation, a post-mortem examination revealed yesterday.
Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy assumed the presidency of the 61st World Health Assembly, when it opened at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday.
Victim’s mother frustrated at sloth in probe Over three weeks after the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old minibus conductor allegedly by guards attached to the MMC Security Force, the mother of the dead youth said nothing has been heard about the matter and she wants justice to be done.
Dear Editor, I agree with Carl Veecock: Donald Drayton’s piece on Albouystown was indeed a “good write,” and my husband and I both enjoyed reading it, though we wondered whether some of the people named might be sensitive about their origins being mentioned.
Police have taken into custody the driver of the minibus who reversed the vehicle and unknowingly crushed one-year-old Ryan Hemachand.
Dear Editor, PPP General Secretary, Mr Donald Ramotar, in his letter, ‘A Goebbels culture held aloft by the opposition,’ (KN, 18.5.08), would have many of us believe that, compared with the AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan and others who have accused the Jagdeo regime of abusing the so-called ‘Burnham constitution,’ he is telling the truth that President Bharrat Jagdeo basically enjoys similar protections to those of certain other democracies.
Police are conducting investigations into a fire of unknown origin which completely destroyed a wooden building at Friendship, East Coast Demerara, leaving the charred remains of retired headmistress Dolly Trim on Sunday night.
Dear Editor, I find it shocking that special prosecutors were ap-pointed in many cases before the Magistrate’s Court, yet there is no word on an outstanding application from the Roman Catholic Church for a special prosecutor for the insurance fraud case concerning the Sacred Heart Church.
Police have detained a Venezuelan national in whose possession an unlicensed weapon was found on Saturday last.
– ministry formulating rules The Ministry of Education said there are no rules in place at present regarding a head teacher or a Parent Teacher’s Association (PTA) asking parents to provide furniture for their children.
Dear Editor, With reference to my letter ‘Construction and squatting taking place on government reserves in parts of Corentyne’ (SN, 12.5.08), I apologize for inadvertently mentioning that people are squatting and erecting buildings on “government reserves.”
A 51-year-old father of five who allegedly caused the death of a man by driving dangerously was placed on $500,000 bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Guyana’s first president, 90-year-old Arthur Chung was released from the Georgetown Hospital on Sunday after spending one week at the institution.
Dear Editor, The protest on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in which thousands participated, was a peaceful exercise from the start to the end.
Another former employee of Sol Guyana Incorporated, who allegedly stole over $11 million worth of fuel from the company, appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, While we learn from our own and other people’s experience, mankind is gifted by nature with an instinctive sense of self-preservation.
The Carolan Lynch firearm and ammunition matter continued last Friday before Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court with testimony from police inspector Cassandra Anthony.
A former police constable was yesterday remanded when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on charges of obtaining by false pretence.
Birding tourism has brought Guyana to the forefront as a destination for tour operator Natu-ralist Journeys, biologist Narca Moore-Craig said following a visit here in March.
Dear Editor, As we are in the count-down stages to the Summer Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China, an educational campaign would be a good move by all the newspapers to enlighten the public about the history of the games and the level to which they have now moved.
Gold for Jonas, silver for Morgan By Donald Duff Rising star Jenella Jonas justified the faith of her sponsors TCL Cement Limited by snatching a gold medal in the 800m U-17 girls’ division at the just concluded Hampton Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said it is not responsible for street lighting and persons who wish to have this infrastructure installed in their community should apply to the Lighting Authority.
A 49-year-old man was remanded when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on a charge of assaulting a blind man.
By Calvin Roberts Sunburst Camptown Football Club overcame an ambitious Uprising unit while Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United conquered Fruta Conquerors when action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) GT&T Cellink Plus sponsored Premier League continued at the Tucville ground on Sunday night.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Joel Simpson et al (SN, 17.5.08) advocating “anti-homophobia” training and would appreciate the opportunity to rebut.
At the end of another long week of negative American politics, Oscar Wilde’s epigram that “a man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies” has rarely seemed wiser.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) along with the police force is to come up with an amicable solution to the congestion of vendors around the city, especially in the Stabroek area.
Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Olge on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Jermaine Conway who has been charged with the March 3 murder of Sherwin Jansen.
By Calvin Roberts The Plaisance Community Centre Ground will certainly be a buzz of activity tonight when the semi-finals of the Ansa Mc Al-sponsored Bakewell Buxton United Football Club organized Sweet 16 competition kicks off from 7pm.
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Dear Editor, In a GINA release entitled ‘Everything will not be alright if we don’t struggle for it,’ (Guyana Chronicle, 3.3.08) President Jagdeo, while addressing a large audience at Babu John, Port Mourant on March 2, 2008, was reported to have posed a very important question during his presentation: “What is our ideal today?
