Articles published on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Report recommends Fidelity, CTA officials face chargesThe task force initiated by the President to investigate bribery allegations at the Customs and Trade Admin-istration (CTA) has reportedly made recommendations for officials at Fidelity Invest-ment to face criminal charges for their role in the reported multimillion dollar scam at Customs.
– trade barbs over political mileage, ‘fancy speeches’ Faced with high intensity rainfall comparable to levels that caused the 2005 Great Flood, the government says it is doing all it can to provide relief to inundated low-lying communities.
– Manickchand tables bill The government plans to set up a Childcare and Protection Agency to oversee the creation of care facilities for vulnerable children, supervise homes and closely monitor adoptions.
Rainfall over the past week or so has left parts of the Corentyne flooded, in some areas the water is knee-high and some villagers have lost livestock.
On the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), police have charged two East La Penitence residents with manslaughter over the killing of Ardell Haynes and they are scheduled to make their first court appearance today.
– but Dochfour residents not optimistic The Ministry of Agriculture has dismissed a koker operator owing to negligence in the discharge of his duties and said efforts are being made to have the Hope koker up and running, but Dochfour residents doubt this will get rid of the inches of water flooding their lives with misery and frustration.
Two mining companies have been granted large-scale licences to mine gold in Regions Seven (Cuyuni/ Mazuruni) and Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) and are looking to begin operations in the coming year.
Dear Editor, For almost two decades, the Bedford Methodist School building located at Robb and Bourda Streets, Georgetown, has ceased to be used by the Ministry of Education as a teaching/learning facility.
The decomposing body of a man was found in a house at Friendship, East Coast Demerara last night.
Noelina settling in at the Palms“They treat me wonderful. I can’t complain,” Noelina Prospere-Medor said from her bed at the Palms Geriatric Home on Sunday.
Dear Editor, The deferment of the management shake-up at GuySuCo could well be a blessing if it enables the sugar industry’s stakeholders as well as its critics to analyse soberly why 2008 production was so disappointing.
Dear Editor, Ever since the rainy season started, myself and other rice farmers are suffering, due to the lack of drainage of our rice fields at Better Hope, Essequibo Coast.
Wounds healing, but Rosignol mother can’t forget daughter’s horrible murder The wounds of a Rosignol, West Coast Berbice woman are slowly healing but the horror of watching her daughter being brutally butchered two months ago will remain with her forever.
Dear Editor, To walk, or not to walk? That is the question.
By Tony Cozier in NAPIER THE West Indies faced the inevitable consequences of basically competing with no more than half a team when they entered the decisive last day of the second Test against New Zealand at McLean Park today (overnight east Caribbean time).
Residents of Section K, Campbellville yesterday grilled City Council officials concerning the inches of floodwater currently in their homes.
As persons anxiously await the opening of the Berbice River Bridge, to light vehicular traffic this morning, workers of Dipcon were yesterday adding the finishing touches to make the eastern approach “drivable.”
Dear Editor, Reading the article captioned ‘Expect change in Guysuco management next year’ in the Stabroek News (21.12.08) is a stark reminder that the buck is being passed again in the sugar industry.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Santos Football Clubs made it into the quarter-final round of the 19th annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament after two hard fought battles Sunday evening at the Plaisance Community Centre Ground.
On the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), police have charged two East La Penitence residents with manslaughter over the killing of Ardell Haynes and they are scheduled to make their first court appearance today.
Professor Sir Hillary Beckles said a survey of cricket fans in Barbados found Shivnarine Chanderpaul to be a role model in West Indies cricket which is in decline due to mismanagement and financial motivations rather than love for the game.
Over $4 million was spent to print tickets for the Carifesta X activities, Culture Minister Dr Frank Anthony told members of the National Assembly yesterday.
Dear Editor, No one wants Mr Robert Corbin to fail. Mr Corbin’s failures translate to a failure for the party, its constituents, and the country.
Dear Editor, “Our Caribbean history is replete with examples of persons in high office who have sacrificed their otherwise good reputation… rather than accept that their judgement was faulty, their findings askew.
– looking at partnership with businesses, PM says Government plans to provide electricity to the residents of Mahdia and its environs, but this will not be done immediately.
A thief who chose to grab a cellular phone from Guyana’s international long distance athlete Cleveland Forde saw the error of his ways when the runner chased him down and caught him, the court heard yesterday.
Fitzgerald loses by narrow margin-defending champion Part suffers shock defeatSouth America and the Caribbean’s lone hope at the Ladbrokes.com
How many reports on trafficking in persons does this country need?
