Daily Archive: Saturday, January 27, 2007

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John granted bail to two men who were charged in separate incidents with indecent assault and indecent exposure when they on Thursday appeared at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on Thursday remanded to prison a man who was found with a quantity of cocaine and cannabis.

A 50-year-old housewife accused of threatening behaviour towards two other women appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was released on bail.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John on Thursday sentenced a man to six months imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to larceny when he appeared before her at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court.

Two men who were arrested at Kurupung Landing, Mazaruni after police allegedly found a quantity of cocaine and ganja in a shop they were in, on Thursday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and were remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A 24-year-old man accused of willingly accepting a stolen car appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A 53-year-old minibus driver appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving and was released on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Fazil Azeez.

A businessman who took four engines from another man by pretending that he had the money to pay for them, made an appearance yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

In her novel Dangerous to Know, English-born best selling writer Barbara Taylor Bradford describes a sixteenth century matriarch who had stipulated that her huge house should always be passed down to a female inheritor.

Cleveland Forde and Nicolette Fernandes landed the prestigious Sportsman and Sportswoman-of-the-Year titles respectively when the National Sports Commission (NSC) panel met yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

THE West Indies and India have taken contrasting courses in the final rehearsal for the World Cup that is the primary purpose of the Pepsi Cup series.

Technical Director of the national football team, Jamaal Shabazz said yesterday he wished he had the power of Jesus, to turn the misfortune of the ‘Golden Jaguars’ into fortune.

Dear Editor, A letter captioned “Illegal Logging in Guyana is worse than admitted by the Guyana Forestry Commission” (07.01.17) is another in a series of letters that seeks to selectively use information in a very manipulative way to serve the agendas of individuals who have launched an attack on the Government and the Commission.

Dear Editor, I am a divorced mother of two teenagers. I earn approximately $29,000.00 per month in a government department.

Dear Editor, There are a number of problems facing residents and workers/commuters of and on the Linden, Georgetown route.

Dear Editor, We, the undersigned residents, do hereby appeal for your urgent assistance in resolving a noise nuisance created by a resident (name given) at Timehri Public Road.

Dear Editor, The recent opening up of the aviation sector in Guyana has led to enormous benefits to the nation as well as to passengers – an increase in airlines coming to Guyana resulting in an increase in revenues to the government, reduced fares to passengers, and a boost to tourism.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in Thursday’s Stabroek News relative to the need for enhanced air traffic control mechanisms at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

Dear Editor, I rebut P. Rampersaud’s argument that “Guyanese returning to Guyana for a visit are usually at a loss for night entertainment.”

Dear Editor, NCN showed a GINA produced programme of the president visiting Buddy’s hotel.

Dear Editor, I would like to touch on the piling up of garbage in the capital city in Georgetown at King Street as seen in the Chronicle of 24 January 2007.

Dear Editor, In Times likes these I am compelled to recall the substance of an epistle by Mr.

Dear Editor, Has the University of Guyana really deteriorated into “Jagan’s night school”?

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Eusi Kwayana captioned “I strongly object to the appointment of Shri Gossai as an adviser on ethnic relations and culture” (07.01.17).

Dear Editor, I refer to your analytical editorial of Friday the 19th January captioned “Beating the alarum” about President Chavez in Venezuela.

Dear Editor, Some months ago Dr. Ralph Gonsalves the St. Vincent Prime Minister suggested that Britain should make reparation for its role in the slave trade.

Dear Editor, I do not know what revenue Stabroek News lost due to the Government’s decision to withdraw all ministry advertisements.

Dear Editor, I read the letter from a reader in London titled “Racist bullying and Political Correctness” in your issue of Wednesday, 24th January.

Dear Editor, It is very important for the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security to expand its services throughout the country, to cope with the many problems of citizens, especially in certain areas, which arose of long neglect by the previous administration.

If there is one thing the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is not synonymous with it is pageants.

He got two standing ovations. He got maximum marks from the judges for one dance.

If you were somewhere near a television on Monday anytime after 3 pm, the launch of two new local videos might have held your attention for a little bit.

This week, The Scene begins a short series on corporal punishment with the objective of looking at alternatives to it.

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Hi Everyone,When last did you have a nice big glass of ice-cold, homemade mauby – the frosty beads of water on the glass from the coldness, the ice twirling in the glass, the heady scent of the ripened bark mixed with clove and cinnamon, the slight froth at the top indicating that it’s been properly brewed?

The Georgetown Reading and Research Centre (GRRC) on Thursday launched a library programme through which children aged 11 years and under, countrywide, can borrow books to read from the centre, free of charge.

‘How you like yuh TV?’ Answer this question today when a new local programme, which explores Guyanese and Caribbean customs and traditions, premieres on television this afternoon.

Shanto ‘King’ Young Bill Rogers has his eyes set on both calypso crowns up for grabs this year and if all goes as planned his piece, “Ah Guyanese Integration” will be next big hit on the local scene.

Except for one, the last of the Soca Monarch wannabes being profiled today are all known in the singing arena to some extent.

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh last night unveiled a list of 40 more zero-rated items including dried blackeye peas, cooking salt, all locally produced uncooked meats including salted fish, sanitary napkins and local river and air transport.

Launching a $1.6B credit facility, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday said rice producers should not squander the funds loaned to them as happened in the past or use the credit facility to re-finance outstanding debts.

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) says the GINA ads cut-off to Stabroek News appears prima facie to be an attempt to stifle free expression and the body along with regional publishers and broadcasters is seeking an early audience with President Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss the matter.

Armed bandits on the prowl at Mc Doom yesterday morning robbed an Eccles money- changer of $3M before hijacking his car and escaping.

Three persons died yesterday as a result of the injuries they sustained after being involved in separate vehicular accidents.

1. Cooking oil 2. Goods when imported by a budget agency named in the schedule to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act 2003 3.

A New Amsterdam resident who was shot around 11:40 pm on Thursday has to undergo surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his jaw.

Stakeholders in the North Rupununi Wetlands project on Tuesday took the first step towards identifying hindrances and coming up with programmes to preserve and sustainably manage the rich ecosystem found there.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Kellawan Lall said the country’s municipalities on Thursday received computers to boost their services.

Guyana would be obtaining half of its petroleum needs or 5,200 barrels per day (bpd) from Venezuela at a concessionary rate under the Petrocaribe agreement from May 1, 2007, Prime Minister Sam Hinds says.

A Werk-en-Rust man appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday charged with stealing 34 pounds of chicken from the Brickdam Police Station where he is employed as a handyman.

Head teachers believe that far too many children are pressured into extra lessons at an early age causing “burn-out” and influencing the high incidence of school dropouts; they want the Education Ministry to take policy action in this respect.

The government and its creditors have reached an “amicable settlement” on the bauxite bonds issue, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Thursday.

President’s Bharrat Jagdeo’s statement that the decision to withdraw all ministry advertisements from the Stabroek News was a business decision is not credible, David de Caires the editor-in-chief of the newspaper said yesterday.

Casinos may be at least six months away and the bill was not sped through parliament to facilitate Buddy’s International Hotel capitalising on Cricket World Cup 2007 but was meant to attract investment by large hotels in the country.

A cell phone technician appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with receiving stolen cell phones and accessories from North Point Imports on King Street earlier this month.

The Guyana Police Force said on Wednesday it retrieved an unexploded grenade that was thrown into an East Bank Demerara yard by unknown persons.