Articles published on Sunday, August 17, 2008
—Joint Services source Smoke was seen somewhere in the vicinity of Lindo Creek where eight miners were killed in early June by at least one law enforcement officer but he never reported it to his colleagues until the night, according to a senior Joint Services source.
More prisoners grilled yesterday As the probe into Friday’s discovery of a loaded gun in the possession of a prisoner in the Camp Street jail continues, more prisoners were being grilled yesterday but prison and security officials remain mum on the matter.
Fence repaired, less vandalism Though the vandalism at the old New Amsterdam Hospital has decreased following the mending of a damaged fence, residents are still fearful that the dilapidated building which poses a fire hazard could collapse at any time.
An unmasked man armed with a knife and a handgun robbed a sales girl of Anew Essentials in the Court Yard Mall yesterday of a quantity of cash, jewellery and a laptop computer before locking the woman in the store and escaping.
Sugar workers of the Providence harvesting gang downed tools early yesterday morning in protest at the use of excessive force by the police against a colleague, who reportedly behaved disorderly while waiting to collect his wages on Friday.
An Enterprise East Coast Demerara teen was last evening admitted as a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was dealt a chop across his neck from a well known ‘troublemaker’ in the area who police were still searching for up to press time last night.
The proprietor of CNS 6, Chandra Naraine Sharma has won $250,000 damages and $40,000 costs in the high court in a libel suit brought against Mr Robert Persaud.
The Ministry of Health has upped its health surveillance in Region One following the deaths of a number of Venezuelan Amerindians from an unknown disease in a province close to Guyana.
The government is preparing a list of regulations which will be circulated to stakeholders in the public transportation sector for their input into formulating general guidelines for the regulation of public transport.
GO-INVEST – Investment and reality Introduction As we conclude the series of columns on the QA II privatisation, we turn our attention to the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST), an entity established in 1994 under the Public Corporations Act 1988 to replace GUYMIDA, an agency with similar objectives closed down soon after the change of government in 1992.
Necessary but dangerous: Non-tariff barriers in action in the EPA Last week I had indicated that this week’s column would illustrate the way in which non-tariff barriers are addressed in the Cariforum-EC, Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Officers of the Joint Services last week spent two days deliberating on a variety of security-related matters which are relevant to their upcoming role during Carifesta X.
Parents of students in Cuba heard Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford confirm yesterday that their children could not come home for the holidays because there were no available flights until October.
Will any record ever go unbroken? It seems impossible that Michael Phelps’s record of winning fourteen Olympic gold medals, with more to come in London in 2012 when he will only be 27, will ever be broken.
A bad week for Obama Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.
Dear Editor, The US Embassy in Guyana should stop accepting applications for Business and Tourist Non-Immigrant Visas if the current processing system is maintained.
The Money Transfer Agencies (Licensing) Bill was the week before last referred to a Special Select Committee for detailed consideration.
Never water fine seed with a can One very important thing we should all remember is that seeds first come from plants, not out of packets, so don’t forget that you can get seed direct from the plant without the expense of paying for them at the garden centre.
Vaccines Well, now that we have, I hope, grasped the concept of immunity, let us have some superficial discussions on vaccines.
Dear Editor, Guyana is not the only country that has to endure electrical storms time and again.
Dear Editor, President, Jagdeo and the PPP have had 16 years to heal the wounds of the past and bring Guyana into the 21st century, free from the racial divisions which have hamstrung the country and its development.
Asthma – An ‘ease your wheeze’ guide A weekly column prepared by Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) What is asthma?
Let the Stabroek Market keep its tradition In the Guyana Telephone Directory 2007 (page 21) under the caption ‘Experience the soul of Guyana’ there is a short description of Stabroek Market.
Dear Editor, I am a resident at Peter’s Hall on the East Bank of Demerara and I pen this letter on behalf of the residents to express our thanks for the prompt response by the Ministry of Agriculture and its agencies to rectify the koker in our area that was damaged.
– Harris retains Ms. Guyana Fitness title Linden’s Mark Perry proved to all and sundry that his win at the inaugural Hugh Ross Classics (HRC) earlier this year was no fluke when he easily won the Mr.
World Junior Championships The World Junior Championships concluded last evening in Gaziantep, Turkey.
Dear Editor, Dr Kenneth King died on July 30 and was cremated on August 13.
By Charles Wilkin The most recent evidence of turmoil at the governance level of West Indies Cricket – the controversy over the rental of offices for the President, the threatened resignation of the Captain, the purported suspension of the CEO, and the dismissal of the Corporate Services Manager- should remind us that the region is still awaiting the decision of the Board on its corporate restructuring.
At the conclusion of a terrific second day the top two countries Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago had extended their lead over Barbados and Guyana respectively in the annual quadrangular Goodwill Swimming Championships at the Castellani Swimming Pool.
One can only wonder about how President Saakashvili of Georgia and his government argued themselves into launching a military attack on the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
Dear Editor,I would like to highlight the condition of the roads that we as citizens here in Linden daily use.
