Articles published on Monday, June 23, 2008
By Nigel Williams Police yesterday confirmed that eight burnt bodies were found at a Lindo Creek mining camp and amid feverish speculation a top military official has denied that the security forces had anything to do with the attack.
By Shabna Ullah The pond that claimed the lives of two children at Vey-Vey, Mahaica had been used by the family for domestic chores.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne and Sara Bharrat The families of some of the men at the Lindo Creek mining camp who are presumed dead harbour faint hopes that their loves ones escaped and are torn by the question of who carried out the brutal attack.
Since the former chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC) resigned two years and two months ago there has been no replacement, and the commission remains in limbo as the three remaining commissioners have not met as a body to deal with issues that should have been brought before it.
Launches ‘children at risk’ project The St. Francis Community Developers (SFCD) of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, held a ceremony earlier this month to commission a new building and to launch its 2008/2009 Family, Youth and Children at Risk (FYCAR) project.
By Shabna Ullah Passengers aboard the MV Makouria and the pontoon, MB Sandaka were stranded on both sides of the Berbice River for about four hours on Saturday as the gantry at New Amsterdam (NA) encountered mechanical problems.
Dear Editor, It was good to see reported in your columns that the National Cane Farming Committee (NCFC) is being re-instituted by the Minister of Agriculture.
Dear Editor, I was horrified to learn of how fifteen-year-old Shelisha Khan was brutally gang raped, bludgeoned and shot after which her body was dumped on the Hope Estate Access Road.
The Special Select Committee examining the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Finance of Terrorism Bill 2007 has invited oral and written submissions from members of the public, as its work gets underway after a year-long lapse.
Sheriff St bandit held A taxi driver was shot and robbed early yesterday morning by a man armed with a gun as he stood next to his vehicle while a businessman was robbed on Sheriff Street but his attacker was captured by alert policemen on patrol.
Dear Editor, I refer to your headline ‘Gold rush could be stymied by EU, US mercury crackdown’ in the Stabroek Business of January 20, 2008 and specifically to the statement by your columnist: “The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) which has spoken out against other environmentally unsound practices in the mining sector has not taken a similarly robust position on the use of mercury in the mining sector.”
Dear Editor, I have learnt, from the People’s Progressive Party that you, at the Stabroek News, have been fomenting racial strife.
Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) 15-Year-Old El Dorado won the Best Rum trophy at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) held in London recently.
Dear Editor, Why senior ministers, the President, opposition assembly members, the press, etc, have not demanded an investigation as to the whereabouts of the spy equipment long ago is a mystery to me. The government
By Calvin Roberts The die was cast and the stage set.
Dear Editor, Yesu Persaud nowadays is very much in the news, and I don’t envy him, for as a true Guyanese he has done a lot of good work for Guyana.
The Justice Reform Programme encompasses the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in an effort to boost its efficiency and strengthen state prosecutions.
The Guyana Securities Council (GSC) has secured a court order mandating the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries (GASCI) to keep the stock exchange open between June 18, 2008 to July 4, 2008.
Dear Editor, Mugabe is being fooled by the army which says it will go back to war if he loses.
By Kiev Chesney President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass yesterday opted to dwell on the `positives’ after the Golden Jaguars were booted out of the 2010 World Cup football competition on a wet day at the National Stadium at Providence.
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When he berated businessman Yesu Persaud at the launching of the Guyana Times on the question of tax concessions for QAII, President Jagdeo argued that the assigning of these concessions was rule-based and according to law.
Two police officers and a fire-fighter were remanded to prison when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Dear Editor, In reference to Freddie Kissoon’s missive ‘What is the present status of NACTA?’
Progressives and Pan-Africanists: Our collective duty to Zimbabwe PART I By Horace Campbell and Eusi Kwayana (Horace Campbell is a Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University.
The Guyana Public Service Union has issued another call for the retirement age for public servants to be raised to at least 60 years old.
