Daily Archive: Thursday, December 13, 2007

Martin Carter died ten years ago today. Over the years Stabroek News commemorates the anniversary.

Introduction Over the past six decades, excluding the 1978 Referendum, there have been 13 general elections in Guyana.

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With the Iowa caucus barely a fortnight away, the current front-runners in this year’s US presidential campaigns make an unlikely pair.

Cricket aficionados and general sports enthusiasts will be heartened by the news that the West Indies tour of South Africa will be televised live by the National Communica-tions Network (NCN).

It’s the season of giving and Andrew Budhan, a US-based Guyanese and proprietor of Universal Sports store located in Fifth Street, Alberttown, yesterday made his generous offer to three young and talented sports personalities here.

The top performers in the just concluded Namilco knockout football Festival will be honoured at a presentation ceremony at National Milling Company (Namilco), head office at Agricola, today.

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club has once again come to the fore front of local horse racing with an organized Boxing Day meet at the club’s track, Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

Dear Editor, A letter from Mr Reginald Forde captioned “I have the skills and equipment to service BMWs” (07.12.12) suggests that the gentleman’s efforts as an investor in Guyana are being frustrated because of governmental ‘red tape’.

Dear Editor, I would like to recommend to members of Regional Development Councils and their counterparts in Local Government Councils that henceforth, in meetings with the individual responsible for that ministry they follow the following suggestions: (1) Always wear your bullet-proof jacket (2) Say or do nothing to cause him to get angry (3) Stay as close as possible to the quickest areas of escape just in case things don’t go right (4) Never forget that whatever he does, he will not be disciplined by the top brass or the enforcers of the law.

Dear Editor, With reference to your letter of 2007-09-20 which was addressed to Commander ‘G’ Division, enclosing a letter from Mr Mohamed Khan captioned “Noise nuisance has been fully investigated”, I wish to advise that the police mounted an investigation into the complaint by Mohamed Khan.

Dear Editor, I refer to the report headlined ‘ Carnal knowledge accused granted $200,000 bail – ordered not to go within 300 yards of VC’ (Stabroek News, Tuesday, December 4, 2007) Magistrate Geeta Chandan should not give bail at all to a 30-year-old man accused of having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl.

Dear Editor, I read an article in your newspaper dated 07-12-04 about a cop sent on self bail on a cycle theft charge.

Dear Editor, The executive members of the GTUC are soon to meet and decide whether to appoint a new general secretary or approve Lincoln Lewis’s request for a 4 year leave of absence.

Dear Editor, A senior PPP/C party supervisor and M.P. of Region 2 is another trigger happy cowboy.

Dear Editor, The Camp Street Prison was built to accommodate just around five hundred human beings, today it has almost thirteen hundred of them.

Dear Editor, Permit me to wish Doreen de Caires a thousand hopes for success as she rides off into the opulent sunset of her career.

Dear Editor, In another reported incident of Islamic extremism, a Toronto newspaper on Tuesday says that a Canadian Muslim teenager was killed by her father over her refusal to wear a hijab, the traditional Muslim head cover.

Dear Editor, I acknowledge Mr Bert Carter’s eloquent reply (DC 07.12.11) to my letter in the Kaieteur News in which I outlined my points of concern regarding the Berbice River Bridge.

Dear Editor, I wish to extend words of congratulations to Mr Ernest Elliot and Mr Mervin Williams on their election to the office of PNCR Regional Chairmen Region Four (4) and Three (3) respectively.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the decision of Justice Ramlal and the observations of Mr KA Juman-Yassin (07.11.20) I have a few questions on the whole issue of the Chief Justice Carl Singh acting as Chancellor:- Since his appointment as acting Chancellor was unconstitutional what effect would this have on any action/decision, administrative or otherwise he made during the period?

Dear Editor, Everyone that I have spoken to about trigger happy Minister Kellawan Lall says the same thing: at his age, Minister Lall should be a happily married family man instead of a gray-haired paramour fighting a teenager in a rum shop over a woman.

Ten-megawatt generators will be in Guyana by Sunday to boost the shaky electricity supply for the holidays but the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) still faces an “unsustainable financial position.”

Amid financial and generating turmoil at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday announced the approval of a US$12M ($2.4B) loan for the power sector which aims at sustainable reduction of electricity losses among other things.

Amidst an outpouring of grief Pastor Ian David who was shot execution style in his Hadfield Street church one week ago was laid to rest yesterday but not before a scathing attack by Bishop Juan Edghill on the police investigation.

A representative of the United States embassy on Tuesday interviewed Barry Datram, the Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara businessman after what police say is the drug-related kidnapping of his wife and daughter by two Venezuelans, one of whom was shot dead by police last Saturday.

Fire last night destroyed a Lamaha Street embankment house located just behind the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A man is in police custody following the brazen robbery by a gang of heavily armed bandits who shot an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara businessman and robbed him of an undisclosed sum at his home on Tuesday evening.

Pirates attacked the captain and five crew members of a fishing vessel in Suriname waters around 6 pm on Sunday and carted off over $1M worth of fish even as a gang of sea bandits was busted in that country last week.

Residents’ fears of being flooded again in the Mahaica Creek have increased as the water level started to rise four days ago during heavy rainfall.

Venezuela has expressed regrets about the incursion into Guyana’s territory on November 15, 2007 and assured that the incident had no political motive on the part of the Venezuelan government.

Some local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are adamant that there are serious violations taking place in the country which defy the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

The Mayor and City Council is reminding all persons who intend to slaughter cows for the Eid-ul-Adha celebrations that the meat must be examined and certified by the officers of the Municipal Abattoir since it would be distributed to the public.