Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 24, 2007

It’s time the people have a little sympathy for their president.

Police prosecutor Shellon Daniels on Monday withdrew two charges against two men accused of robbing Pure Diamond of $10 million and instituted a charge which includes another man.

The lone survivor of the trio who allegedly robbed King Solomon Royale Cambio recently was last Friday further remanded to prison for robbing a woman.

Writing her regular column in the Weekend Mirror newspaper of 6-7 October, former president Mrs Janet Jagan stirred the ashes of the smouldering controversy about the fatal fire in which members of the Abraham family were murdered.

Guyana suffered mixed fortunes when the International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Boxing Champion-ships got underway yesterday at the University of Illinois-Chicago, USA with Hendrick Pelswijk winning his bout and Clive Atwell losing.

Four players who were on Guyana’s bronze medal winning team the last time a Caribbean men’s hockey tournament was staged back in 1989 have been named on an 18-man squad to compete in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Caribbean championship billed for next month in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) local organizing committee last Wednesday launched the fifth annual South American 10km Road Classic at Olympic House which will be held on Sunday.

Uitvlugt inflicted a 3-0 beating on Wales to open their 2007 season on a positive note as the West Demerara Football Association Division One Mal Skills league competition got underway at the Wales Community Centre ground on Sunday Oct.

You know what bothers me? Predictions. These days people have been giving me all kinds of predictions both sport and non-sport related.

Alika Morgan and Kelvin Johnson returned to Guyana on Sunday afternoon after they both placed second to Brazilians in the first leg of the South American 10km held last Saturday in Suriname.

Acting president of Guyana Samuel Hinds has paid tribute to the organizers of the just concluded Inter-Guiana Games for the “keenly contested and well organized event, a release from GINA stated.

Former three-time national men’s singles champion Colin France will depart Guyana today for Venezuela where he will compete in the third annual Latin American and Caribbean veteran Masters championships to be held in neighbouring Venezuela.

Dear Editor, Prof. Rory Westmaas in his letter captioned “Moving our capital to a higher location is the only solution” (02.10.22) makes a good case for moving our capital and indeed all the residents of our low lying coast to higher ground.

Dear Editor, I was at the World Cup Games in March and was very impressed with the toilet facilities in the Western stand.

Dear Editor, I have taken up permanent residence at Diamond Housing Scheme two months past.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Emile Mervin captioned “Unlit parked trucks on the highway present a tremendous traffic hazard” (07.10.17).

Dear Editor, Permit me to tell my fellow Guyanese of my concerns with the most generous offer by the government of leasing land at US$5 per acre to our Caricom brothers.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Mr. Robert Persaud for his stand on the forestry fraud including the fines and suspended concessions.

Dear Editor, It is being rumoured that our 4 miles community at Kaituma will be established as an Amerindian reservation, which would be quite a surprise to the majority of residents.

Dear Editor, It is no surprise to me that our democratically elected government has not responded to what was quite a crude ultimatum that was issued by Special Rapporteur, Ignacio Alvarez in his letter of June 13, 2007 addressed to the government.

Dear Editor,I refer to Mr Eustace Harlequinn’s letter captioned “Mr Mc Allister’s behaviour was immature and irresponsible” (07.10.18)and wish to differ with him on some of the issues he posited.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force over the years produced a number of stalwart committed officers and ranks.

Dear Editor, Professor James Watson’s statement that he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours – whereas all the testing says not really” is really the irony of the ages and a sign of the darkness of the world in which he lives.

Dear Editor, An editorial published on Sunday, October 21st, 2007, in The Guyana Chronicle – a state controlled newspaper, is a fitting example of lack of journalistic integrity and the problem inherent in state controlled media, especially in countries which experience regular human rights violations.

A Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) that governs the use of hinterland roads was launched yesterday and the framers hope this will settle conflicts now arising with the use of roads built by loggers.

One of the two men who were allegedly caught during the early morning robbery at Nedd’s Uplift Bakery at Garnett and Middleton streets last Friday, appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Forty-two-year-old Sherwin Hodge, who was confronted and beaten by another man early Saturday morning, died shortly after midday yesterday in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown hospital.

A variety of groups met at the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday and demanded tougher action to halt the road carnage including stiffer penalties for bus drivers and lower tariffs for new tyres.

Students from two Linden schools were adjudged the winners yesterday in the primary and secondary segments of the Ministry of Education’s first ever HIV/AIDS Schools Jingle Competition.

Guyana should legislate for union security, according to Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Bar-buda who declared the Guy-ana Labour Union’s (GLU) 5th Triennial Delegates Conference open on Monday evening at the Tower Hotel.

Bryden and Fernandes said another six lucky shoppers created havoc in the aisles at NS Mattai and Company in the final round of the Breeze Spree like Madness promotion.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is seeking its own chief scrutineer for the upcoming voter registration and it is still a matter to be discussed with the main opposition PNCR.

The Ministry of Public Works and Communication says plans are in train to upgrade the Georgetown speed-boat landing and it is considering the construction of a floating dock to improve passenger safety and comfort.

A United States (US) importer recently reconfirmed his intention to purchase butternut squash from Guyana and expressed an interest in importing other produce in the future.

Former Queen’s College (QC) Head Prefect Kara Duff was admitted to the local bar last week after her petition was accepted by Justice Roxanne George.

The PNCR says that the government has to end its harassment of Stabroek News (SN) and certain TV stations.

he Rupununi Rodeo Arena is set to come alive in the first weekend of November when the region hosts the sixth annual Rupununi Expo.

The Agriculture Ministry in a clarification yesterday said that due to a typographical error the fine payable by Barama Company Limited in respect of the N.Sukul

WWF Guianas yesterday launched the second phase of its regional environmental project entitled Guianas Sus-tainable Natural Resources Management Project and signed four grant agreements in the total amount of $86.14M.

Employees of Citizen’s Bank are assisting police who are investigating a multi-million dollar fraud which occurred last month at the bank.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) was up to yesterday still trying to determine the origin of the 4,000 carats of rough diamonds it seized on Monday from a Belgian firm that was trying to export the gems to Dubai.

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is in custody over the death of a 53-year-old soldier whose body was found in an army barrack at Camp Stephenson on Sunday morning.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world is changing in the United Nations’ favour as more people and governments understand that multilateralism is the only path in an interdependent and globalizing world, so going it alone is not a viable option.

The agriculture ministry on Saturday handed over a boat and engine to Region Two to allow for increased patrols at sea to combat piracy in the Essequibo and Pomeroon fishing areas.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it will be convening its first full National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on November 3.