Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Articles published on Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Rolyn Alexander

Woman hacked to death over text

Mother also chopped A 23-year-old mother of one of PNC Dam, D’ Edward Village, West Berbice was brutally hacked to death around 5 pm yesterday after she objected to a text message her husband had received.

Carjackers strike at Diamond

Vehicle found with different licence plate A Diamond taxi driver endured a terrifying ordeal on Monday night, when his three passengers forced him into the trunk of his car at gunpoint and after driving for some time released him in Albouystown but not before fleeing with his vehicle.

Chabilall Ramsarup

Customs chief urges businessmen to stop offering bribes

Morawhanna outpost to be resuscitated Commissioner of Customs and Trade Administration, Chabilall Ramsarup yesterday said wiping out corruption within the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will require more rigorous surveillance at ports across the country and an end to inducements from the local business community.

Former national under-19 batsman Vishal Singh acknowledges the applause of his teammates after posting his 100  for the Leon Johnson-led Clive Lloyd Super Cats against the Rohan Kanhai Strikers at the Demerara Cricket Club ground yesterday. (Clairmonte Marcus photo)

Vishal Singh strikes

GCB President’s Trophy competition – Left-handed opening batsman Vishal Singh struck a century against Rohan Kanhai Strikers on the first day of their three-day encounter yesterday Vishal Singh’s century along with half centuries from  Homchand Pooran and  Steven Jacobs (59) were the highlight of the first day’s play in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) /President’s Trophy match between the Clive Lloyd Super Cats and the Rohan Kanhai Strikers yesterday.

PPP/C administration not dictatorship, elected or otherwise

Dear Editor,The letter by Mr. Hamilton Green J.P., Mayor,  `This is not a working democracy’ published in the Stabroek News of Saturday, October 11, 2008 launched into an attack on the PPP/C  administration, mentioning numerous matters in an attempt to support his contention, and in which he refers to my letter `A return to democracy, we have come a long way.’

The EPA and regional views on development

We suggested last week, in our editorial on “The EPA and Regional Undercurrents” that the manner in which the discussion on the outcome of the EPA negotiations with Europe had been conducted among governments, could well lead the onlooker to believe that there is a great divide among them on the issue of the appropriate path to economic growth and development and the role of ex ternal assistance in it.

LABA Elite final postponed again

By Rawle Toney Basketball players and fans alike in Linden will have to wait for the final of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Elite knock-out competition which was scheduled for last Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hrd court.