Daily Archive: Monday, December 22, 2008

Key koker only now being cleared It was watery misery for a 13th day in Dochfour, East Coast Demerara yesterday and a major cause of the flooding, the silted-up Hope Koker is only now being cleared.

A US judge on Thursday denied a request by narcotics accused Roger Khan to halt discovery proceedings in a case where he and his former lawyers are accused of conspiring to intimidate witnesses until his drug case is disposed of.

A family of five will now have a blue Christmas after a fire on Saturday night destroyed their two-storey home at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara.

-following CJ Chang’s ruling Linden businessman Norman Chapman has welcomed the ruling by Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang on broadcast licensing and says he intends to renew the bid for a radio/tv licence shortly Chapman and former Region 10 Chairman Mortimer Yearwood were the applicants in the case brought against the attorney general alleging infringement of their constitutional right to freedom of expression.

Students of the Itabali Primary School, Mazaruni who were relocated following damage to the building said to have been aggravated by blasting at a nearby quarry, returned to the building last month, after some repairs were executed.

-magistrate’s written decision still being awaited Attorney-at-law Anil Nandlall says that he is still awaiting Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry’s written decision before proceeding with an appeal in the Buddy’s Fuel case.

A new anomaly has been identified from aerial photographs in the area where a US-registered aircraft went missing almost two months ago and a ground crew is making its way to the identified area, according to Vice President, Investor Relations of U3O8 Corp, Nancy Chan-Palmateer.

Another batch of engineers recently graduated from the Ogle Aeronautical Engineer-ing School when it hosted its 10th convocation exercise.

The Replicable Poverty Linkages project recently donated some livestock to the Grove/Diamond housing scheme residents to create employment and boost livelihoods.

Region Six chairman says water has receded Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday conducted an aerial inspection of pivotal drainage infrastructure in regions 5 and 6 and the chairman of the latter says that water has receded from the land and many persons were satisfied with the response they had received.

The Chicago Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) recently awarded DDL gold for its El Dorado three-year-old Cask Aged White Rum.

Dear Editor, There is a rather short and terse notice on the wall of the Guyana Defence Force Sub-Treasury, Base Camp Ayanganna, informing GDF pensioners, that with effect 2009-01-30 pensions will no longer be paid at the said sub-treasury, but at a post office or bank of the pensioners’choice.

A toddler was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after she ingested kerosene oil at her home.

Dear Editor, I write in support of calls to the authorities in Guyana to honour Mr Shivnarine Chanderpaul with the Order of Excellence of Guyana (OE).

The inconsistency, individual indiscipline, general lethargy and lack of leadership that have combined to drag West Indies cricket down to where it presently stands were in embarrassing evidence on the third day of the second Test at McClean Park yesterday.

For the first time, underprivileged children of the Angoy’s Avenue community in New Amsterdam (NA) will be treated to goodies and toys by staff of the NA Town Council today.

Dear Editor, It was the Mahatma who said “We don’t hate the man, we hate the evil in the man.”

A gunman on Wednesday stormed a Vreed-en-Hoop travel service and after holding up a female clerk managed to escape with $800 and a cellular phone.

Just as she did last year, local long distance queen Alika Morgan give back to the needy last Wednesday, when she visited the Red Cross Children Home in D’ Urban Backlands and shared out over $20,000 in gifts.

Whither the real fight against poverty in Guyana? Nigel Westmaas is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York, and was a former WPA executive member By Nigel Westmaas In an article in the Daily Chronicle of September 9, 1917, Rev.

Guysons Engineering on Saturday hosted children of the West Ruimveldt community where it is located, distributing Christmas gifts to them.

Dear Editor, Central government should have taken countrywide control over drainage a long time ago. 

By Rawle Toney The victory Valley Royals and the Wismar Pistons were winners on Saturday last when the Pioneer Constructions/Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) senior club championship at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Hardcourt.

Dear Editor, I was asked on many occasions by African Guyanese subsequent to Mr Vincent Alexander and his comrades going public with their intention to contest for the leadership of the PNCR, to say something on this issue.

“My worship I de pick up by four black clothes police and dey carry me at de back ah de cemetery and beat me mercilessly” Gregory Howes said on Tuesday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station on Saturday held its annual Christmas party for children from the area, a tradition for the past five years.

It is heartening that swiftly upon his return President Jagdeo has once again immersed himself in the details of the flooding in the country.

This week we asked the man/woman in the street what would be the perfect Christmas present?