Articles published on Saturday, July 5, 2008
With the US having turned down a request for forensics help and amid mounting pressure for clear answers on the Lindo Creek mass killing, the government last night announced that arrangements have been made within Caricom and with others for a forensic/pathology team to visit.
Two men who were in a car died on Thursday night in Essequibo when one of them lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the tray of a motor lorry that was parked off the roadway, and caught afire.
Caricom Heads of Government who met in Antigua this week have condemned the recent elections in Zimbabwe as undemocratic and called on the African Union (AU) to enable a negotiated outcome.
-case set for Friday Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday heard the state’s case against ex-army officer Oliver Hinckson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and the accused again appealed for bail citing health concerns from being in a confined cell.
US presses for evidence of uncharged crimes to be admitted Says co-operating witness will testify that hit placed on Devendra Persaud Drug accused Roger Khan and another Guyanese man, who is wanted by the US and is now on the run, threatened family members of Devendra Persaud and Khan’s phantom group put a hit on Persaud when they discovered that he had a ledger on the drug business with their names in it, US prosecutors say.
The Ethnic Relations Com-mission (ERC) has disagreed with contentions raised by the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) about a Sunday Stabroek cartoon and says that the drawing has actually brought to the fore a debate that may have a positive impact.
The PNCR says it submitted the joint opposition parliamentary parties’ petition to Caricom Chairman and Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and Secretary-General Edwin Carrington but as of yesterday there was no indication if the issues raised therein had been discussed.
Residents of Lusignan railway embankment have been left to deal with the stench of garbage after persons on Thursday dumped refuse in the vicinity of their neighbourhood.
After much anticipation GT&T launched its new line of cellular phones, ‘The Bird’ with much pomp and ceremony yesterday.
Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie said his country is ready to work with Guyana to boost friendly relations between the armed forces.
-intruder captured on film The Ministry of Agriculture says it has lost electronic gear from two break-ins that have occurred one month apart at its Regent Street and Vlissengen Road office.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne To master the art of make-up, especially in this part of the world, takes a lot of talent and hard work and those are the two qualities that Paulla De Souza has making her one of the most sought-after make-up artists in the Caribbean.
The body of a 26-year-old man was discovered early yesterday morning on the roadway at Moblissa, Linden Highway, a short distance from his home and a man has since been detained for questioning.
If it feels good, wear it What is it about hair extensions, braids and wigs that makes some people so rattled they can’t seem to get their heads around the idea that women love them?
Hi Everyone, “Those who eat the Cascadura will, the native legend says, wheresoever they may wander end in Trinidad their days,” Johnson and the Cascadura (Selvon, 1957).
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best charged graduates from the Basic Recruitment Course to take particular care to be patriotic and to protect national values and interests.
Dear Editor, I write with reference to a letter appearing in your edition of July 2, 2008 captioned ‘Illegal operators bring international calls using Digicel and GT&T networks’ and the included response from an officer of GT&T.
-Minister Ramsaran Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran told regional health officers and other participants at the first bi-annual regional health conference on Wednes-day that the ministry will be building managerial capacity to support the significant health sector improvements now taking place.
Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to an article in your edition of Sunday, June 29, 2008.
Dear Editor, Minister for Forestry Robert Persaud was quoted in the Guyana Chronicle on April 23, 2007, as banning the export of unprocessed logs by Bai Shan Lin (‘Bai Shan Lin’s request to export logs denied’).
The raging dance buffs at Classique have cooked up what they say is another hot show and in case anyone is wondering what’s on the menu, don’t ask just show up with an appetite for entertainment.
Dear Editor, I support the country’s Value Added Tax (VAT) vis-à-vis an income tax alternative because to the extent a tax is seen as a penalty, then VAT penalizes consumption while income tax impacts production thereby making the latter less competitive in an increasingly competitive world.
Kemran Ramnarayan has been crafting all manner of things out of leather for the last 25 years drawing quiet recognition and shying away from much attention but he is changing all that now all because of a mirror.
Dear Editor, It rained a lot that night and the following Sunday morning animal lover, Paul Gonsalves, took his dog for a walk on Eping Ave.
Local designer, Michelle Cole, will be in attendance at this year’s, July 25 Fashion Has No Borders (FHB) premiere event slated for the Palais Royal Ballroom, Toronto, during which she will showcase some of her work.
The Christ Church Old Students Association (CCOSA) on Saturday elected its Executive Board for 2008-2009.
Dear Editor, In a city bereft of traffic signage the NO PARKING sign is outstanding in Georgetown, though not in an upright position, but rather because it can be observed by the motorist usually when it is too late or too close, to just about everywhere one has to transact business.
When former world contender Howard Eastman and current national middleweight champion “Deadly” Denny Dalton clash this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall there will be more at stake than the national middleweight crown.
On July 17, a youth designer will be chosen from a pool of seven students, who have endured weeks of competing while managing to avoid elimination, when the final stage of Cole Facts 2 is taken to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Government recently bought six ambulances to boost emergency services in the health care system.
The DL Chronicles will kick off the pre-Carifesta X SASOD ‘Saturday Nite Movies and Limes’ at Sidewalk Café starting next Saturday.
Banks DIH Ltd., one of the main sponsors of today’s Judgment Day Professional Boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday presented the sponsorship cheque to the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) at Thirst Park.
Dear Editor, Dr Randy Persaud’s satirical letter, ‘The PPP leaders should take the disillusionment in the diaspora seriously,’ (SN July 3) that both poked fun at the government and pointed factually at what is happening in the diaspora, perhaps more so in New York City where several thousand Guyanese reside, has to be widely known to the PPP leaders.
Thirty-nine students from 15 high and secondary schools within the city on Monday started a one-month work study attachment at the Guyana Police Force.
Dear Editor, Perhaps Pastor Daniel Singh can tell us why Barack Obama is ‘African American’ and not just ‘American’ (‘In the country of his birth Obama is African-American,’ SN July 1).
By Calvin Roberts Kensington Oval Compliments of Ansa McAl Limited, Hanes Guyana Limited, Cellular Planet, P&P Insurance and Cummings Electrical.
When 147 Heads of State and Government met at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000 and signed a declaration vowing to meet eight set goals in 15 years, no one could have foreseen that today, at just past the halfway mark, forces – both natural and man-made – would have conspired to make achieving those targets much more difficult than they seemed back then.
Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir says the country’s workforce continues to be boosted by contributions from groups such as the Guyana Association of Administrative Professionals (GAAP).
Sidewalk Cafe screens one of the early films made in Guyana – the musical comedy If Wishes Were Horses on Tuesday.
