Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Dr Luncheon scratched his head. What was going on? His 40-year experiment to create the ultimate political machine was going seriously awry.

A taxi driver accused of robbing a woman at knifepoint of her gold jewellery was yesterday granted $40,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 29-year-old fisherman who allegedly tried to murder his cousin was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Two men accused of having carnal knowledge of a teenaged girl and a woman at their home were yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The mini-bus driver charged with hitting down and dumping the body of an elderly man last year appeared yesterday on another charge stemming from the same incident and was granted an additional $20,000 bail.

A man who allegedly had cannabis in his home was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Is the Government of Guyana a courageous but luckless crusader against narco-trafficking or has it been afflicted by chronic narcosis while cunning criminals contravene the law with impunity because they invest millions of dollars in the economy?

Affiliates of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) last Saturday elected a new executive to serve for the new term, but the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has not yet accorded its recognition to the newly-elected executives.

A quick-fire innings of 69 from Imran Latif and a five-wicket haul from Trinson Carmichael, propelled Berbice to a 69-run victory over Essequibo in the Castrol inter-county under-15, two-day cricket competition which ended yesterday at the Police Sports Complex ground.

Courts Pacesetters’ championship trio: Royston Siland, Stephon Gillis and Naylon Loncke will spearhead a well-balanced and talented Georgetown line-up in the upcoming inter-association best-of-three basketball tour-nament.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony is expected to declare open the 6th Annual Linwest Games slated for the Mackenzie Sports Club ground on March 18, beginning at 10am.

The Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) will be staging a Bartica 2007 International Race Walk on March 18 from 6:30am to mark the beginning of their series of international race walk events this year.

Dear Editor, Today I have read in your newspaper of the unfortunate child who was first knocked unconscious by a speeding motor cycle then crushed by a car and ultimately decapitated by a speeding minibus.

Dear Editor, In his letter captioned “If Alexander and Norton are the PNC’s next leaders, their message and mission must change now” (KN 07.02.28) Mr Emile Mervin mentioned that Mr Robert Corbin lacks what it takes to lead the PNC at this time.

Dear Editor, We have witnessed the passing of the budget, the Rio Summit , and soon we will be witnessing world cup cricket, but I want to draw to the attention of the President, the Home Affairs Minister and those in authority a matter that has been frequently reported on in the newspapers and other media.

Dear Editor, The criminal case against the Chief Justice in Trinidad and Tobago is turning out to be an embarrassment against the government and an abuse of legal process.

Dear Editor, Judging the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, who insulted the Guyanese President by not attending the just concluded X1X meeting of the Rio Summit, from all the speeches he has made the past seven years, he certainly finds the American President, George Bush an imperialist leader.

Dear Editor, The latest statistics show that the centre of Christianity, which began in Jerusalem, is now somewhere in the heart of Africa.

Dear Editor, I agree with Mr Brynmor Pollard when he said that parliamentarians are reading their speeches in the parliament.

Dear Editor, Mr. Dev, in his continuation of our dialogue, has so far refused to accept the multi-racial integration solution of a western polity, combined with meditative and reflective approaches by each race consistent with their religious and cultural traditions.

Two persons were hospitalized after a large gang of heavily armed bandits stormed Lesbeholden South, Black Bush Polder area on Monday wreaking havoc and robbing four families and the police last night reported that a “special team” has been dispatched to the area.

A policeman accused of shooting a barber four times a week ago outside a nightspot was yesterday charged with murder and refused bail at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

An email alleging mistreatment by a Judge of an Amerindian woman in her court fight for her son will see Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues being summoned to state whether or not she was the author of the electronic missive.

Top cricketers are to feature in a series of public service announcements (PSA) highlighting the plight of children and young people living with and affected by HIV.

Commissioner Hema Khan of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise Tax Department, in a press release yesterday, extended the VAT return deadline for January to Friday, waiving some penalties up to Friday but not all.

The bloated body suspected to be that of the fisherman missing in last Friday’s trawler mishap was yesterday discovered at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara.

Law enforcement abuses remain at the top of the country’s human rights violations.

The Canadian government yesterday presented to Guyana an Itemiser 111, and is hosting sessions to train Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers and those from other law enforcement agencies on how to use the equipment.

The police have detained three drivers said to be involved in Monday night’s accident on the East Bank Public Road at Diamond, which claimed the life of ten-year-old Trevor Alstrom.

Castellani House is commemorating International Women’s Day with a screening of Indian-Canadian filmmaker, Deepa Mehta’s Water.

Director of Go-Invest Geoffrey Da Silva yesterday reiterated in a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release that to date no licence has been granted by government for casino gambling at Buddy’s International Hotel.