Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Jim Lampley: Welcome to HBO Boxing and we are back in Guyana.

A youth who killed another in February, 2005 following an argument was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment last week when his case was called in the High Court.

A woman who allegedly abducted the baby of teenaged girl five days ago after she took her to purchase baby clothes was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who allegedly escaped from police custody while on a robbery under arms charge and was captured at the Main Big Lime was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

The execution of Saddam Hussein and the death of General Pinochet invite comparison.

Kashif and Shanghai co-director Kashif Mohammed said yesterday that including Trinidad’s club football team Joe Public, winners of the 2006 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament, had raised the tournament to a higher standard than in previous years.

Twelve members of the Guyana national cricket team left for Grenada yesterday to prepare to battle the Windward Islands from tomorrow in the Carib Beer and KFC regional cricket competitions.

Dear Editor, A very tall, rotten, termite-infested electricity pole at 141 Middle Road, La Penitence can fall at any moment.

Dear Editor What has become of the Guyana Literature Prize Awards for 2006?

Dear Editor, I read with interest in your newspaper the story on the teenager whose baby was stolen and later recovered.

Dear Editor, I am moved to expose the farcical nature of the elections of the Water Users Association for Canals Number One and Two.

Dear Editor, Every now and then one comes across something which proves of invaluable help.

Dear Editor, The first paragraph of my friend Mr Suresh Ramkellawan’s letter captioned “I was surprised at the president’s aggressive behaviour” (07.01.01) read “I could not believe I was seeing and hearing right.

Dear Editor, The United Nations voted overwhelmingly for America to lift the trade embargo it had imposed on Cuba since the revolution brought Fidel Castro to power.

Dear Editor, We at City Hall would like to express thanks and appreciation to all those, property-owners, who paid their rates to the City.

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to your attention your front- page observation with photos of out of service public telephones in the Vreed-en-Hoop area (SN 21/11/2006).

Dear Editor, Mr. Hackett’s letter reports that Taiwan has banned corporal punishment in schools.

Dear Editor, I have read the document on Casino gaming put out by the Roman Catholic Church.

Dear Editor, It was shocking to read ‘Ian on Sunday’ in the Stabroek News of 31 December, 2006 in which Dr Ian McDonald espoused the joys of moderate drinking.

Dear Editor, In her letter captioned “Some of Guyana’s timber is now gaining international recognition”, (06.12.30).

Dear Editor, As will be seen, the implications are enormous! The arguments on “Corporal Punishment” used by the Committee on the Rights of the Child have been exposed for what they are: an ingenuous, emotional device aimed at misleading our politicians.

Dear Editor, The national election is over. I must congratulate the winning party.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday remanded into police custody 13 boys who allegedly broke into and robbed a man’s store of articles worth millions.

A 33-year-old man died one day after he was hit on the head with a piece of wood which had nails on it.

The 66-year-old father of now dead wanted man Neil Bovell appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a rape charge and was remanded to police custody.

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Commissioner of Forests James Singh is maintaining that a shipment of logs which left Guyana in December on the vessel ‘Rong Cheng’ met all of the regulatory body’s requirements for export and that the body is not under any obligation to provide requested details.

Sad looking faces are what greet you when you enter the Matero clinic in the capital of Zambia, Lusaka and a feeling of depression hits you with such a powerful force, it is overwhelming.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has launched an investigation into reports by passengers of swaying and a dive by a Travel Span plane during a recent incoming flight.

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin says this year must mark a decisive shift towards national unity and warned the government against the notion that it alone can bring progress to what he described as “this troubled country of ours”.

The corporate community in the country and in the region has until January 14 to buy tickets in bulk under the corporate package, the ICC CWC Local Organising Committee (LOC) Finance Manager Chateram Ramdihal says.

The VAT changeover on Monday has seen a range of improper practices by businesses leading to consumers complaining about an across-the-board 16% hike in the cost of living but the government has hailed the transition as a relatively smooth one.

Now that the Value Added Tax (VAT) is here consumers yesterday faced increased prices in the snack bar, the variety store and the supermarket without being sure that the prices reflected the removal of the consumption tax.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says that the businesses that remain errant in relation to the Value Added Tax (VAT) will have their names published in the press so that consumers can shun them.