Articles published on Friday, June 27, 2008
Police Commissioner, Henry Greene yesterday said that all leads are pointing to Rondell Rawlins’ criminal gang as the perpetrators of the slaying of eight miners at a diamond mining camp in the hinterland.
Top Cop sees ‘gross negligence’ High-profile prisoner Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles had a three-hour lead before a manhunt was launched for him on Wednesday after he slipped under a seven-inch space left from a loose board in the Sparendaam lock-ups.
By Zoisa Fraser Heavy rain on Wednesday flooded about 20 homes at Kallicharran Sand Road, Soesdyke, leaving in its wake, dead poultry, damaged household items and water-filled outhouses.
Leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman will press the case for an independent commission of inquiry into the Lindo Creek murders when he meets President Bharrat Jagdeo today to further discuss the issue.
File sent to DPP – Police Police say investigations into the Forshaw Street pit bull mauling are complete and the matter has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is reporting that illicit drug seems to have been contained to less than 5% of the adult population and that globally drug controls appear to be working.
Principal Magistrate Krishndat Persaud has remanded to prison a Berbice man accused of armed robbery and of raping a 19-year-old housewife at Number 73 Village, Corentyne.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) said it is outraged at the murder of eight miners at their camp in Lindo Valley, Berbice River.
The PNCR-1G is calling on the Government to discuss the rising food prices and efforts to mitigate the effects on the Guyanese populace at the level of the Multi-stakeholder Consultations since talks at the parliamentary level will not suffice.
A fire of unknown origin completely ravaged a two-storey Haslington North, East Coast Demerara home yesterday afternoon leaving two families homeless.
Dear Editor, I wish to offer some clarification about a letter published in Kaieteur News, June 25, 2008, written by Mr MA Bacchus where the issue of farmlands at Buxton being bulldozed was raised.
Former President Arthur Chung will be laid to rest on Monday at a state funeral at the National Cultural Centre and a public viewing of the late leader’s body is scheduled for Sunday at the same venue.
Dear Editor, Mr Karan Singh of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) can rant and rave as much as he wants and lecture this nation on the wastage of water, but I am no longer impressed.
Dear Editor I would like to extend my sympathy to the relatives of those slain miners.
The body of the man found on Wednesday at the foreshore of the Kitty seawall was yesterday identified as Ray Bacchus.
Stabroek Business has learnt that new proposed amendments to existing mining regulations will, if implemented, result in dramatic increases in fines for environmentally-linked mining transgressions.
Police man Mark George, 33, was shot on Woolford Avenue last night.
Sheik Mohammed, Thakur slam half centuries Half centuries from former national wicket keeper/batsman Sheik Mohammed and Ramesh Thakur highlighted the latest round of matches of the Guyana Softball Association (GSA) Banks DIH-sponsored 15-overs-a side competition which continued last Sunday.
The Trinidad and Tobago private sector will play a key role in driving the implementation mechanisms being created by the government to support its investment in the refashioning of the country’s agricultural sector in response to the global food crisis.
Dear Editor, Guyana is becoming infamous for massacres. Now there is a holocaust.
Three week ends ago, at the forum held in Georgetown to map out strategies for regional food security, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Agriculture Arnold Piggot outlined the framework for his country’s national agri-business development programme, the twin-island Republic’s envisaged response to the global food crisis.
Dear Editor, With respect to the letter written by Mr Navindo Tinsarran (‘Women don’t respect themselves’ SN 25.6.08), I agree completely with him when he says that the lyrics of many songs played publicly and privately are offensive and degrading to women, and indeed to any human being.
Police are probing an incident in which a businessman was attacked and robbed yesterday at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara at about 3 am by a man who confronted him with a handgun and snatched a bag containing a large sum of foreign currency.
Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) men’s `A’ team surged ahead in the points standing with their ‘B’ side in hot pursuit after the third night of action in the Guyana Hockey Board’s warm up six-a-side indoor tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor, It is only upon reading the recent letters of Vidyanand Persaud and Abu Bakr that I sought out the cartoon which has become the subject of controversy.
The gaming authority to oversee the functioning of casinos is currently in the making, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.
– coach Evans By Calvin Roberts “I need to see the batsmen stand up and be counted.”
(Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.
Persons addicted to illicit narcotics, alcohol and prescription drugs will soon have free access to treatment with the opening yesterday of the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit in the compound of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
Dear Editor, Having read P Harris’s letter in Stabroek News (‘Why can’t we?’
The managers of Neal and Massy Guyana Group, Banks of Guyana and Republic Bank Ltd.
By Karen Abrams Is the era of cheap food over? Strike one resulted in higher food prices due to rising oil prices, strike two resulted in yet higher food prices as many brilliant economic minds in the US encouraged corn ethanol production to combat steady rising oil prices, strike three continues to play out as Iowa; America’s breadbasket state, responsible for 18% of the nation’s corn production struggles to rebound from the recent disastrous floods.
By Kiev Chesney With 13 years of rugby already under his belt, the newest addition to the Guyana under-19 rugby squad, Rupert Giles, will certainly be an asset to Guyana’s team at next month’s North American and West Indian Rugby Association (NAWIRA) International Rugby Board (IRB) Junior World Trophy qualifiers in Barbados.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to express my heartfelt condolences to the relatives and friends of the Lindo Creek victims.
Guysuco has declared sugar production for the first crop of 2008 at 103,267 tonnes, and workers at every location have qualified for the equivalent of between one and six days’ pay under the Weekly Production Incentive Scheme.
-Fernandes disposes of first male opponent Joe Mekdeci became the first male to exit the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Guyana Telephone & Telegraph-sponsored senior national championships by the delicate but deadly hands of the lone female in this year’s men’s category, Nicolette Fernandes on Wednesday night at the Georgetown Club.
El Nino danger floated The Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation was founded in 1963 to promote research and to foster the exchange of ideas among biologists working in the tropics.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has urged Canadian exploration outfit CGX Energy Inc to quickly go through its 3D seismic survey and commence drilling since that is the only way to tell whether or not petroleum – in commercial quantities – is below the surface.
A 29-year-old man who allegedly stole a length of PVC pipe belonging to the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) was placed on self-bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
All vehicles passing the Madewini Police Station on the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway are subject to a security checkpoint set up by members of the joint services.
-and those wretched blighted B’s By A.A. Fenty So what’s this about today?
Dear Editor, A recent writer called for a multi-dimensional approach to our unemployment problems including a new national service focusing on vocational/skills training, especially in agriculture.
A man who was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Wednesday sustained several stab wounds to his chest and abdomen.
By Chris Patten This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.
Dear Editor, I am moved by Vishnu Bisram’s tribute to Yesu Persaud (‘Public rebuke does not motivate people to do positive things,’ SN 21.6.08) to comment on the recent outburst by President Jagdeo toward this outstanding son of the soil who has made such a significant contribution to Guyana.
Born in Barbados to a Guyanese father (economist, Dr Vishnu Persaud) and a Trinidadian mother (novelist, Lakshmi Persaud), educated in the United Kingdom, where he has distinguished himself as a practising psychiatrist, academic and media star, Dr Raj Persaud has achieved more than most of us could ever dream of attaining in his 45 years.
‘I am mentally and physically prepared for the defence of my middleweight title against whoever it is, whether it is Eastman or Raul Frank or whoever they put in front of me’By Calvin Roberts The Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s (GBBC) Judgement Day card is fast approaching and `Deadly’ Denny Dalton is mentally and physically prepared for the defence of his national middleweight title against Howard Eastman, the boxer told this newspaper yesterday.
Outside Splashmins Fun Resort on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway was flooded due to heavy rainfall in the area over the past few days.
The New Essentials accessories store in one of several small businesses that have found their way to the Courtyard Mall, a popular incubator for urban commercial enterprises.
