Frankly Speaking… By A.A. Fenty
Former American Vice-President Al Gore has done his significant bit to heighten our awareness of the clear and present dangers of global warming and climate change generally.
Articles published on Friday, November 9, 2007
Former American Vice-President Al Gore has done his significant bit to heighten our awareness of the clear and present dangers of global warming and climate change generally.
The man who allegedly cut off the head of another for no apparent reason last week appeared on Tuesday in the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court charged with murder.
One day after his release from hospital David Leander called David Zammett and `Biscuit’ was yesterday read a charge of murder for the slaying of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow `Sash’ Sawh and his siblings last year.
Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday fined a Vreed-en-Hoop man $15,000 after he admitted walking into a Digicel outlet and threatening to kill the sales representative if he was not refunded for a phone he had previously purchased there.
Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday sentenced a teenage “goldsmith” who admitted that he conned persons of their jewellery, to two years imprisonment when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.
We are accustomed almost every day now to reading about or seeing on television news of murder and mayhem somewhere in the world.
Stabroek Business has learnt that government has notified the Guyana Scrap Metal Dealers Association (GSMDA) of a decision to re-open the trade in ferrous metals immediately.
Executive Director of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Maureen Paul believes that Guyana’s hosting of next year’s Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) provides the tourist industry with an important opportunity to promote the local tourist industry through the Heritage Tours that allow visitors to experience first hand the cultural diversity of the country.
Earlier this week the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce issued a press statement in which it expressed its concern over the likelihood that businessmen travelling through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport could become enmeshed in set ups associated with what the release suggests is now the prevalent practice of placing illicit drugs and other illegal items in the baggage of innocent passengers.
Lyla Kissoon is an engaging, talkative woman who thrives on recounting her sixty years in business.
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The ability of local nature resorts to secure potentially lucrative agreements with overseas tour operators that could both boost their earnings and increase the number of visitors to Guyana is being hampered by the reluctance of the insurance industry to grant adequate insurance cover to the resorts, according to information reaching Stabroek Business.
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Two cricketers, whose lights illuminated the cricket fields all over the world during their playing days, will tonight get an opportunity to regale cricket fans with details of their exploits when the second annual “Evening of Nostalgia” hosted by the `Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation takes place at the Savannah Suite of Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel.
Defending champions Alpha United, who are in second place in the race for the GFA Cellink Plus Premier League championships will oppose bottom-of-the-table Police this afternoon at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
After weeks and weeks of ‘no comment, we’re in discussions, we’re looking to set up meetings’ and the like, the Kashif and Shanghai Organization has formally announced that this year’s tournament is indeed on and will feature entirely local teams.
Dear Editor, On Wednesday evening at approximately 23:00 hours, my mother arrived home to find her house had been broken and entered by persons unknown, thankfully in her absence.
Dear Editor, It is mighty strange, confusing to say the least, about this protest at Tain.
Dear Editor, Myself and many residents are sincerely grateful for the repairs that were carried out on the sixth street Cummings Lodge and all the remaining streets in Industry Housing Scheme and Ogle.
Dear Editor, Was there really a` massacre’ in Wismar, Linden? This is a question that I have asked myself since I first read Dr Cheddi Jagan’s The West on trial, many years ago.
I read with sadness of little Sade Stoby’s brutal murder. Perhaps one reason for the prevalence of rape is that the official statistics show that there are few convictions.
Dear Editor, The ongoing practice by Justices of the Peace to prepare legal documents for a fee when it is not within their authority to do so is proving inimical to the society and stringent measures need to be taken for them to confine their operations within the ambit of the law.
Dear Editor, In 2003 the government contracted three professors to conduct a manpower audit at the University of Guyana.
Dear Editor, Quoting SN: 07-11-07 reporting Dr Prem Misir: “the decision was taken to renew Dr.
Dear Editor, In any society there must exist basic law and order, in which the rule of law flourishes.
Dear Editor, I have a few questions for the Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority which I take this opportunity to ask via this medium.
Dear Editor, The repressive actions of the security forces in Buxton over the last three months, presumably on the orders of the government leave no doubt that the residents of this village are the victims of collective punishment which is designed to subjugate them once and for all time.
Dear Editor, I really think all those hire cars/minibus drivers protesting in Berbice are having a hard time.
Relatives of six missing East Coast Demerara fishermen were assisted yesterday with an aerial search for their loved ones and two of the families were preparing to check bodies that washed up last week on the Corentyne even as a third corpse was found in the same area during the day.
Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene yesterday said that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) did not torture the two Buxtonians who had levelled accusations against officers, and that the force would meet fire with fire when it encountered gunmen.
Police yesterday said that since drug-indicted businessman, Roger Khan had been captured by the United States, execution-style killings in Guyana have dropped considerably from 43 last year to 12 this year.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday sent the Forest Bill to a special select committee for further consultation after Govern-ment MPs voted down a petition calling for the bill to be withdrawn.
The Editor of the Evening News, Anthony Downes, died suddenly yesterday morning of a suspected heart attack.
The National Assembly last evening approved a motion to allow the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Constitutional Reform to decide how parliament could amend the constitution to increase the number of members on the Police Service Commission (PSC) from five to eight.
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad on Monday launched an overland tour to Kaieteur National Park in support of domestic tourism here.
Due to a shortage of fuel at the Guyoil Company at Heathburn, East Bank Berbice since last Wednesday a number of agricultural operations on the Corentyne have been affected.
The New Building Society (NBS) has approached the courts asking it to deem a requisition document submitted to its chairman by a group of concerned members requesting another Special General Meeting, as one which does not constitute a proper requisition according to the society’s laws.
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says devotees should use the occasion of Deepavali to worship Lakshmi Devi in all her dimensions to strengthen spiritual power which will help them to triumph against all obstacles.
The Alliance for Change (AFC) is urging the public to use the occasion of Diwali to strengthen family ties and social relationships.
Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green said Deepavali provides an opportunity for the public to reflect on its words and deeds and to consider ways to connect goodness and light to the environment.
The Guyana Public Service Union extends felicitations to devotees and all citizens this Diwali and recognises that persons have displayed courage in the face of hardships this year.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it joins the Hindu community in the Diwali celebrations of good over evil and light over darkness.
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says the public should use the Deepavali celebrations to highlight peace and understanding.
President Bharrat Jagdeo said he hopes that citizens will use the occasion of Deepavali to enlighten their lives and devote their energies to developing the country.
The security of citizens has been placed high on the agenda of the Guyana Police Force as it officially launched its 2007 Christmas policing plan which will cover from November 16 to January 16, 2008.
In order to increase debit card usage in Guyana, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited and Demerara Bank Limited have collaborated with the Bank of Guyana to launch the ‘Swipe and Win’ promotion.
The Guyana Public Service Union says that a 24% hike in wages is its starting point for discussions with the government this year.