Daily Archive: Monday, December 3, 2007

Do you believe that the government’s response to the Venezuelan attack was strong enough?

In the Diaspora (this is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guya-nese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) The issue of development challenges goes beyond economistic interpretations of governments, regional organizations and the World Bank.

Minister of Local Government, Mr Kellawan Lall has declined several invitations from this newspaper to speak about what he is alleged to have done three Sundays ago at a rum shop at Vryheid’s Lust on the East Coast.

Leer Nunes captured the fifth and final stage of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport five stage event but Alonzo Greaves won the overallevent and the first prize of $200,000 when the event climaxed yesterday morning on Homestrectch Avenue.

Yesterday’s final day of the 2007 National Swimming Championships ended as it began with more records falling and lots of exciting races.

Top local men’s first division Club Everest Hikers have booked a place in the final and seem set to win their second title in three years when the curtains came down on the fourth Annual Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A whirlwind unbeaten 40 from middle-order batsman Keiron Pollard helped Trinidad and Tobago defeat Guyana by eight runs at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday to cart off the Cheddi Jagan Memorial Cup.

Dear Editor, I am appalled that none of the women’s rights and child rights groups has condemned President Bharrat Jagdeo for withdrawing the vehicle of his former wife, Ms Varshnie Singh, and discriminating against children.

Dear Editor, Guyana is in an era of lawlessness, the law has been relegated to the dustbin .

Dear Editor, A country seeking greater unity and social harmony cannot hope to do this while it is divided on the all-important questions raised by the application of the law and its impartiality.

Dear Editor, Night falls, the streets of the old cow town are quiet.

Dear Editor, On 30th November around 07:05 am a vehicle came into contact with an electrical pole in the vicinity of Main and Fourth Streets, Patentia, West, West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, Everyone in Guyana knows how the system works for the rich and politically connected as opposed to the poor and working class.

Dear Editor, Each year, during or around fire prevention week and road safety week, there are always major fires and some fatal accidents.

Dear Editor, I wish to support and join with the Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Clement Rohee in his call for the formation of more community policing groups, since he acknowledged that there is a shortage of police officers and there will indeed be positive results in relation to crime with the input of Community Policing Groups.

Dear Editor, Over the past years or so I have had the opportunity of speaking to Mr Joseph O’Lall and of admiring his zeal and dedication to his job.

Dear Editor, I don’t believe in any other Caribbean country we have a civil society structure that is so hypocritical as what we have in Guyana.

As the probe intensifies into a missing AK 47 from Camp Ayanganna, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday announced that it has removed three senior officers from their posts and remanded another eight soldiers into police custody.

The Hydrometeorological Service of the Ministry of Agriculture says that the current level of rainfall is expected to continue for several days and farmers and residents in low-lying areas are being urged to take the necessary precautions.

The three bandits who were shot dead on Friday night during an attempted robbery at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara had been members of the Buxton/Agricola criminal gang but were mainly ‘look-outs’ who provided intelligence to the more hardened gangsters.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) says that to all appearances members of the PPP/C and government are “above the law and their lawless behaviour is condoned by no less a person than President (Bharrat) Jagdeo.”

The army has declined to comment on an attempt by a Captain to evict former army Chief of Staff, Edward Collins on Thursday from Guyana Defence Force headquarters at Camp Ayanganna.

A 29-year-old man died after the bicycle that he was riding collided with a police vehicle driven by a constable at ‘C’ Field Sophia on Saturday evening.

The male dormitory and a library of the Bartica Secondary School were destroyed by fire on Saturday night but fortunately no one was injured and the rest of the school was saved through the efforts of residents who formed a bucket brigade.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is awaiting a conclusive report from the police which would assist in their investigations into the missing aircraft at an airstrip in Anna Regina.

City grocery outlets and vendors at the municipal markets say it is difficult to predict what holiday sales will be like and some are hopeful even though sales remain low.

A number of Caricom leaders are due to meet in Georgetown on Friday to discuss among other things the escalating cost of living due to rising fuel prices and the decline in value in the US dollar.

People’s National Congress Reform member Ernest Elliot last weekend swooped past Regional Chairman Clement Corlette for the post of Region Four party chairman.

The Ministries of Health and Home Affairs and a number of other stakeholder agencies will be stepping up efforts to improve health care for prisoners and staff of penitentiaries, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

A Brazilian woman, Simone Moreira was last night battling for her life and so was Robin Lall, a resident of Albouystown after they were involved in accidents in Georgetown and on the Rupert Craig Highway respectively last evening.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is implementing from today a simplified Customs declaration in an attempt to alleviate the hassle associated with the clearance of barrels at the Customs and Trade Administration.

Traffic Chief of ‘B’ Division, John Daniels informed students from schools across West Berbice last week that out of 37 accidents that occurred in Berbice for this year, there were 43 fatalities with seven being children.

A Memorandum of Understanding to establish a local office of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in Guyana was signed by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud and the Director-General of the FAO, Dr Jacques Diouf when Persaud was in Rome, Italy for an FAO conference recently.

Two new GSM Cell sites have been established by the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) at central Linden and Canal Number One enabling cellular users in those areas to experience improved mobile signals.

President Bharrat Jagdeo last Thursday told the media that he has already started discussion with the Ministry of Finance about cushioning the impact of escalating prices, especially on pensioners and other vulnerable groups.

A 42-year-old man was injured after the motorcycle that he was riding collided with a car on the Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara (ECD) public road yesterday.