Articles published on Saturday, December 6, 2008
-President unveils avoided deforestation position President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday unveiled Guyana’s position on avoided deforestation and argued that the REDD mechanism must back compensatory economic alternatives which, based on calculations, could be worth US$580M per annum to this country.
Jewels missing, women held The body of a 41-year-old man, with two gaping wounds to his forehead, was discovered in his Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara home (WCD) yesterday and police have detained three women for questioning as they investigate the murder.
Urge new political culture Former PNCR Vice-Chair-man Vincent Alexander and supporters of his unsuccessful campaign for leadership have withdrawn from the party, while making renewed calls for it to embrace a new political culture.
Three persons from Sand Hills, Berbice River have been taken into custody in connection with the shooting to death of 26-year-old Vivian Walker while police are also hunting for a suspect from Hofwerk.
The Public Utilities Commis-sion (PUC) is advising customers not to pay charges on their water bills that were not approved by the utility commission.
A 20-year-old woman was up to press time receiving treatment for injuries she sustained to her forehead when she was attacked while on her way home last evening.
A chicken farmer was up to press time receiving treatment for a gunshot wound he sustained to his shoulder in his apartment around 7 last evening.
“If your feet aren’t happy, you’re not happy!” Crystal Lewis declared at the formal opening of the Shoe Source store located at Regent Road, Bourda.
The Canadian High Commission recently launched a Cdn$2.4M Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Fund through CIDA to undertake small-scale projects aimed at boosting preparedness.
The political activist who was found dead in his Alexander Village home on Wednesday died as a result of blunt trauma to the head, government pathologist Dr.
GT&T promises its customers a “Christmas Bonanza full of cash, gifts and cool services” through a number of promotions it is hosting this month.
Berbicians will take part in a `Good Manners Walk Race’ on Monday starting at 3:30 pm from the head of the Berbice River Bridge access road at Palmyra, East Canje to the Penguin International Hotel in New Amsterdam.
To say that Ruth Osman could be the next big thing in jazz for this country would not be wrong.
Dear Editor, In the Guyana Chronicle of December 4, Dr Howard Fisher, “a natural physician” representing the Canadian company BioPro Technology, was reported to have held forth on the benefits of using his company’s BioPro Chip to prevent “heating up of the head and brain caused by radiation from the [cellphone] instrument [that] could be the cause of an epidemic of brain tumors within the next 10 years.”
‘Accolades’ The recently concluded Accolade Music Awards… should it not have another name?
-youth accused of snatching chain A man who allegedly snatched a gold chain from a woman was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor,I note, with a tincture of sadness, the letter in SN of December 3, headlined: ‘Why are adults lying to their children about Santa Claus?’
Dear Editor, Docol’s recent announcement of a price reduction for their 20lb cooking gas cylinders as a result of the drop in oil prices on the world market has prompted me to pen this letter.
Christmas beans! Hi Everyone, It’s soon going to be Christmas and did you know that Christmas has its own beans?
Berbice reclaims Inter-County 20/20 title Berbice reclaimed the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Pepsi/Carib Beer Inter-county 20/20 Competition when they defeated Demerara by four wickets at the Providence National Stadium last evening.
-court hears A father of two who allegedly wounded a man and caused him to be hospitalised was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, In April of 2007 at the monthly statutory meeting of the Regional Democratic Council of Region 2 an announcement was made, stating that the Minister of Amerindian Affairs had instructed that the Amerindian Hostel at Supenaam be privatised.
Ramnaresh Sarwan’s perplexing position in the leadership of the West Indies team took another, probably, final twist yesterday.
A father of four who is accused of unlawfully wounding a man was granted $75,000 bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The Cougars Football Club and New Amsterdam United last Sunday made their way into the final of the Berbice Football Association (BFA) organized Guyana Beverage Inc.
Dear Editor, ‘Not rooted in the colonial past’ (SN 5.12.08) cites the conclusions of the late Professor William McCord that only Asian nations have shown progress since independence.
Two men from New Amsterdam who are accused of receiving a stolen car were placed on bail in the sum of $400,000 each when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
With all that has been happening in designing lately, Bartica wanted a piece of the action and got in last weekend when hometown girl Sonia Noel went up and organized a contest for the town’s up and coming designers.
Dear Editor: President Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent decision to rely on the words “concerned in” of Article 188 of the constitution and grant a “free pardon” to treason accused, Mr Phillip Bynoe, is being welcomed by some Guyanese as a magnanimous gesture, but to me it fits a pattern of a head of state who either has no respect for or need of the justice system.
The Skeldon Community Centre ground, East Berbice will be a buzz of activity tomorrow, when the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice runs off its second Day of Sports for the year from 11:00hrs.
Carlos ‘Lucky B’ Williams now has model scout to add to his resume.
Dear Editor, Recently I read a really inspiring and touching book written by a Guyanese.
In the office of the Minister of Sport yesterday, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) handed over the final payment of the gate receipts of the games contested in Guyana for the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007.
The silence has been broken, shattered in fact. The days when the abuse of women was an issue that was whispered about and which people pretended did not happen are fast becoming a thing of the past.
The National Gallery, Castellani House will screen director Billy Wilder’s Classic The Apartment for Classic Tuesdays next week.
