Articles published on Thursday, July 17, 2008
By Heppilena Ferguson A post-mortem examination has revealed that the prisoner who was allegedly beaten at the Camp Street jail last week died as a result of a blood clot in the lungs due to burns about the back and a fractured left arm.
The London Metropolitan Police Service has, over the past weeks, been training trainers among the officers of the Guyana Police Force Tactical Services Unit (TSU) in rapid response tactics and techniques.
A 19-year-old money-changer is thankful to be alive after one of two gunmen shot him in the abdomen yesterday morning before they escaped with the $300,000 in local and foreign currency that he had in his pants pocket.
Police say ‘Skinny’ was target Wanted man Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, who escaped from the Sparendaam Police Station late last month, was the target of the police operation aback of North Ruimveldt late Tuesday night, according to Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene.
GPA stages walkout from ministry briefing The Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday took its first action against the banning of Capitol News reporter Gordon Moseley by questioning UNESCO Consultant Alton Grizzle about it before walking out of an assignment at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Shot driver says he was determined to save his life, passengersBy Zoisa Fraser The diver of the pick-up that came under heavy gunfire while leaving the Ogle aerodrome on Tuesday says it was the determination to save his life and those of his four passengers that made him drive to safety despite a gunshot wound.
Cops came under fire responding to robbery plot report – source Late Tuesday night when joint services ranks opened fire on supposed gunmen reportedly hiding in the cane-fields aback of North Ruimveldt, they were really responding to a report of a robbery plot and when they arrived they came under heavy gunfire from two men in a car, a senior police source said yesterday.
Maintains that 16% due to computation error Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram is calling on the Government to reduce the rate of the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 16% to 12%, arguing that the current rate was higher than it should have been because of a computation error.
No suspect held as yet The bloated and decomposing body of an Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara (ECD) woman was on Tuesday discovered lying on the floor of her two-storey home.
-CARICOM Advisor tells Miami food conference ‘…when in 2005, Heads of Government agreed with the lead Head of Government for Agriculture (Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo) that the immediate focus on agriculture should be addressing the key binding constraints to agriculture production and export, it is instructive to note that these constraints identified were almost the same as they were decades before’ A CARICOM Advisor has said that while the Community has given regional focus to financing constraints to transforming Caribbean agriculture, these initiatives are only as good as governments are able to provide the enabling environment for attracting the requisite investment.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne Private investigator Robert Gates feels that the police “vindictively” issued a wanted bulletin for him because he was very critical about their intelligence gathering capacity, among other things, on a local television programme.
The building housing the Croal Street offices of attorneys Mark Waldron, Ronald Burch-Smith and Sandra Kertzious was extensively damaged early yesterday morning by a fire that is suspected to have originated in an adjoining apartment.
Dear Editor, I recently visited Guyana and met a few lawyers from the region currently attending a three-month course in legislative drafting funded by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Dear Editor, In response to your article published on July 11, 2008 under the caption, ‘Held over forgery of attorney’s signature,’ the article stated that the Berbice Land Registry employee was arrested and placed on “self bail.”
-Miami symposium hears A Miami symposium was yesterday told that palm trees are under threat from the Red Palm Mite that has taken root in the Caribbean Basin and has already caused a 70% reduction in coconut yield.
Dear Editor, GWI wishes to respond to Mr N Jodhan’s letter captioned ‘Why is water cut off so early on the East Coast?’
Dear Editor, I am a resident of Great Diamond Housing Scheme.
Dear Editor, It is unbelievable that the Government Information Agency (GINA) has suspended a reporter from covering the President at his office and at State House.
Misuse of the reserve by irresponsible individuals is weakening sea and river defence structures, says Chief Sea and River Defence Officer Agnes Dalrymple.
Dear Editor, I have been in Guyana conducting a survey on matters pertaining to the PPP Congress and other current issues.
The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) yesterday received $100,000 from Gaskin and Jackson Jewellers for the sponsorship of the National Open Boxing Championships which gets underway on Sunday .
The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) elected a new Executive Committee at its AGM held on Friday.
By Calvin Roberts @ Cable and Wireless/BET GroundWildey, St. MichaelBarbados Compliments of: Ansa Mc Al Limited, Cummings Electrical, Lifetime Realty, P&P Insurance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited As was the case on the first day where the entire pre-lunch session was lost, rain again had the final say on the final day of the third round fixture in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL-sponsored 2008 Regional Under-19 match between Guyana and Barbados at the Cable and Wireless/BET ground, Wildey yesterday.
Dear Editor, Many debates have been held as to which subject is the most important and which will play the most significant role in our lives.
After years of trying, suddenly achieving success brings a sense of accomplishment and pride.
The Oasis Too Café on South Road will be the venue for what the Guyana Chess Association(GCA) calls ‘the biggest tournament of the year’.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded two Linden men accused of having a quantity of narcotics in their possession.
Dear Editor, Once again, we were left completely disappointed with the more than usual rhetoric from the last G8 Summit in Okkaido, Japan a few days ago.
Torture, and its attendant euphemisms (‘stress positions,’ ‘sleep deprivation,’ ‘waterboarding,’ ‘enhanced coercive interrogation’), is back in the news.
Remembering the glory days of West Indies cricket (Part 1)By Winston McGowan The West Indies recently completed the international phase of this year’s Carib-bean cricket season.
Dear Editor, A good friend and colleague, Tajpaul Gainda died last Sunday, July 13, 2008, at the Georgetown Hospital.
The Humanitarian Mission of the New Jersey Arya Samaj in collaboration with Food for the Poor has launched a youth empowerment programme in Region Six to provide skills in various technical capacities.
Two men, who allegedly broke and entered an apartment building and carted off almost $600,000 in booty, were both remanded to prison when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Three weeks of meetings between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and principal sponsors Digicel have failed to produce a resolution to the sponsorship dispute over the Stanford 20/20 for 20 All Star Game on November 1.
