Articles published on Monday, January 19, 2009
-as massacre anniversary looms Tract ‘A’ Lusignan seems to have regained the serenity lost when a band of gunmen invaded in the wee hours of January 26 last year and gunned down 11 villagers in depraved violence and though deep grief and fear still abound there is a prevailing sense that life must go on.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday announced that $95M in relief is to be distributed across the country to those affected by the recent flood.
Infertile couples here are now being offered the opportunity to have children through artificial insemination, better known as In vitro fertilisation (IVF), through the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital.
Realising that the walls were closing in on those involved in stealing two huge Guyana Power & Light (GPL) transformers, the receiver of the second one decided that the best thing to do was to dump it on Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt.
Nearly a year after the Lusignan massacre, the criminal justice system is no closer to providing answers than on the day the 11 persons were murdered.
–over lack of consensus A motion seeking state intervention to improve the conditions at the National Psychiatric Hospital was withdrawn from the house on Thursday night, after the two major parties failed to reach a consensus.
In the four years that GHARP has supported Guyana’s national HIV programmes there have been consistent improvements in various areas, and NGOs across the country have managed to carve out niches.
The PNCR said on Friday that it has become the habit of President Bharrat Jagdeo to leave these shores without informing the Guyanese people in a timely manner that he is proceeding on government business.
Persons seeking treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday were inconvenienced after power to the complex was turned off.
Floodwater which had caused Ann’s Grove residents discomfort for weeks has left in its wake noxious mud, damaged homes and non-existent gardens but residents were still in good spirits when Stabroek News visited the community yesterday afternoon.
– reforestation project in Haiti on the cards Finland is looking at the Caribbean with interest and has plans to bring technical and financial resources to a reforestation project in Haiti where forest cover has diminished considerably, Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Luis Fernando Andrade Falla said on Friday.
Cheryl Sampson, the National Chairperson of the National Congress of Women (NCW), was on Thursday sworn in as a new member of the National Assembly.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson granted $65,000 bail last week to two persons accused of assaulting an MTV court reporter.
Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Persid Edmond refused bail to a farmer accused of simple larceny and armed robbery when he appeared at the New Amsterdam court to answer to the charges.
Dear Editor, In yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek `Fidelity report still to be tabled in Parliament’ you report Office of the President Spokesman Mr.
A 20-year-old University of Guyana (UG) student is in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being involved in an accident on the Corentyne on Saturday evening.
Dear Editor, Why do we Guyanese seem unable to recognise that we do not own public offices?
Traffic cow: This cow sat in the middle of the East Coast Demerara Public Road yesterday afternoon forcing many motorists to slow down and manoeuvre around it.
-malicious damage accused tells court Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson remanded to prison a man accused of breaking a glass door valued $100,000 after he told the court “I do wah I do because I get reasons to do it.”
By Calvin Roberts @3W’s Oval Compliments of Caribbean Airlines, GT&T, Igloo Ice Cream, Oasis Water, Papi’s Supermarket and Noble House Seafoods A resilient 105 from Nikolai Parris placed the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) teams in the driver’s seat at the end of the third day against Guyana at the 3W’s Oval, Cave Hill, Barbados yesterday.
Dear Editor, I wish to publicly congratulate Mr Winston Murray, MP for his demonstration of strong leadership, character, strength and wisdom while he served in the capacity of Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR).
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Thursday granted Oliver Hinckson a $200,000 bail reduction after his attorneys submitted that he had various financial commitments to meet.
Asks Orin Davidson The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports has been making a big splash about the money it says it spent on sports in 2008.
Dear Editor, Four times British Prime Minister William Gladstone said, “Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead.
A pressman who allegedly stole a quantity of daily newspapers from Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) was granted bail on Friday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) was Friday evening presented with the Pepsi Cup and a cheque for $100,000 from Demerara Distilleries Limited (DDL) for their nail-biting win in the Pepsi-sponsored, first-division 40-overs-a-side competition.
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Andaiye et al (SN 14.1.09) captioned ‘Israeli action in Gaza is a war crime,’ and would point out that it is hopelessly inadequate as to its treatment of the opposing view.
A 31-year-old man who allegedly fractured another man’s nose was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
– Blackmore new general secretary Former national sprinter Colin Boyce was yesterday elected president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) when the governing body of track and field held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the YMCA annexe.
Interviews by Sara Bharrat and photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man/woman on the street about their dream place to travel.
Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Persid Edmond sentenced a man to six months jail for hitting a 12-year-old girl in the head.
Dear Editor, I was stunned and angry this midday (Jan 16) when I heard Condoleezza Rice say that Hamas came to power 18 months ago in a violent coup.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will take place on February 1 from 11:00 am at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club.
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited recently presented awards to two outstanding University of Guyana students from the recent graduating class.
A 20-year-old woman, who allegedly broke and entered the dwelling of another woman and stole a portable DVD player among other items, was remanded to prison on Friday when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, Engineer Malcom Ali’s letter dealing with the proposal for the Hope Canal, a major mistake planned by the government, is of vital importance to all citizens.
Rethinking Inter-American RelationsBy Cary Fraser Cary Fraser teaches African and African American Studies and History at Penn State University We will return to the final installation of Wazir Mohammed’s series on rice and globalization next week.
If the election of a new mayor and deputy mayor of Georgetown will fundamentally improve the stewardship of the capital city and propel it into the trajectory of modern governance we say let it be held this minute.
