Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 2, 2007

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world MOSCOW – On October 4, 1957, my father, Nikita Khrushchev, awaited a telephone call.

Defence counsel for beauty queen Carolan Lynch who has been charged with the murder of her husband, Swiss House Cambio boss, yesterday objected to a statement that was to be tendered in evidence by a woman Detective Corporal at the Preliminary Inquiry (PI).

Two motorcycle bandits yesterday made good their escape with some $800,000 after attacking a businessman at Bel Air Park.

A man who allegedly had a firearm and 12 bullets at Kitty was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A mother would get 21 days of “rest” after her son who admitted to assaulting her when he appeared at the Blairmont Court was “put away” for that time.

Magistrate Chandra Sohan placed 15 persons on $15,000 bail each when they appeared before him at the New Amsterdam Court on Friday, charged with fraudulent diversion of electricity.

Colonels in the Guyana Defence Force have had a hard year.

You know what bothers me? The possibility of the Kashif and Shanghai year-end football tournament not being held this year.

Defending champions Alpha United and Camptown secured victories over Santos and the Guyana Defence Force respectively when first round action of the Georgetown Football Association cell Link Plus, Premier League competition continued on Sunday at the Georegtwon Football Club (GFC) ground.

Ramnaresh Sarwan has been appointed skipper of Guyana’s 14-member squad which will contest the preliminary rounds of this year’s KFC regional limited overs championship from October 16 – 22 here.

Continental Cycle Club will honour two of its former members who died tragically last year with three major activities.

Patrick Prashad playing at a seven handicap recorded a gross score of 74 with a net 67 to win last Saturday’s GBTI sponsored Golf tournament at the Lusignan course.

Carol Humphrey and Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan will square off in the ladies’ Open final at Le Meridien Tennis championships later this week following contrasting semi-final wins at Pegasus courts, Kingston, last week-end.

Guyana’s `Deadly’ Denny Dalton is the new World Boxing Emporium (WBE) welterweight champion of the world.

Dear Editor, With reference to the caption in the Sunday Stabroek dated September, 23, 2007 (‘Human rights body presses for restart of coroner’s in-quests’) I wish to inform you that from 2006 to the present 71 inquests were held by magistrates in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I write to share a few comments with you and your readers about your editorial on September 28, captioned ‘Lessons learned.’

Dear Editor, I wish to write regarding an article entitled, ‘Church services raise curtain on Prison Week,’ which was carried in the Guyana Chronicle on Sunday, September 30.

Dear Editor, The history of contemporary Guyana is still to be written and I agree entirely that we should press on in pursuit of the truth, possibly through first-person testimonies of those who suffered or those who were close enough to the many victims and witnessed the traumas of our post-colonial period.

Dear Editor, With all of the scams that are being exposed under this present government, including the forestry/timber scam, there is a more urgent need now for support for the Trotman/AFC Freedom of Information Bill.

Dear Editor, When I heard about the death of one of Guyana’s stalwarts, Ivan Crandon, I was jolted into the reality of how temporary our time on this earth is.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to the letter titled ‘Minister should rethink decision on sixth-form Mathematics entry requirement’ (SN, 29.9.07).

Dear Editor, There is a groundswell on the daily periphery of life in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Frederick Kissoon, in a recent column, lamented the absence of struggle in Guyana today.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Professor Seelochan Beharry in Stabroek News, captioned; ‘UG does not contribute to national debates on any issue,’ dated September 20, 2007.

Dear Editor, One of my hobbies is farming. I learnt to appreciate Agricultural Science to a large extent when I was a student at Ann’s Grove Methodist School (now Ann’s Grove Community High School).

Two MMC Security Force guards were killed and two injured after they were ambushed by eight gunmen, who also hijacked their vehicle, at Sheribana Bridge in the Essequibo yesterday.

Rising expenditure, declining employment levels and an aging population are among the concerns that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will seek to address in 2008, as it moves into a year described as “most challenging”.

The First Crossing, the diary of British surgeon Theophilus Richmond who sailed on the first ship, Hesperus that brought indentured labourers from Calcutta, India to Georgetown was launched last evening at Le Meridien Pegasus.

Police are investigating two accidents that occurred in two different parts of the country taking the lives of two men in the process.

National Insurance Scheme (NIS) General Manager Patrick Martinborough may not renew his contract after it ends in November.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Nine has denied reports that students in the dormitories of the Annai Secondary School are surviving on one meal a day because the money given to the school by the RDC is grossly inadequate.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday called on a group of junior officers to take their oath of office seriously, charging them to have respect for human rights and to remember that they were servants and not masters of the people.

The two men who were held by police late last week in connection with the murder of Sharon Kunick, whose half-naked body was found just off the Stewartville foreshore, West Coast Demerara (WCD), were released yesterday afternoon.

A four-member team of legislators from the Legislative Assembly of the State of Roraima in Brazil have indicated interest in investing in livestock farming, the production of yogurt, and acquiring lands in the Rupununi and intermediate savannahs to pursue these ventures.

The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre recently received a supply of medical items to boost its services, from the Food for the Poor (FFP) organisation.

The PNCR has levelled 11 charges against former Central Executive Committee (CEC) member James McAllister for alleged misconduct committed before, during and after the party’s Congress this year.

Deep within the southern rainforest of Guyana a centuries old culture and a modern way of life meet and mingle in the Wai-Wai community of Masakenari.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says it is alarmed at the increasing number of school-age children being found at the Mandela landfill.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) yesterday launched its website, which will afford persons access to printable benefit forms cutting out the hassle of having to go to the local offices to collect them.

Relatives of a Mahaica taxi-driver whose car was hijacked last Friday are offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the vehicle.

Almost one year since the Region Four administration was sworn in with the two major parties sharing the two top spots, Chairman Clement Corlette has described it as “a very good marriage”.

The Ministry of Health is hosting an eight-day medical outreach programme at geriatric homes across the country to mark International Day of Older Persons.

The 11 heart patients who were in desperate need of over US$17,000 for travel expenses are on their way to India after First Lady Varshanie Singh successfully conducted emergency fundraising drives in Guyana, New York, Canada and the United Kingdom.