Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 5, 2008

A 23-year-old man who was allegedly abused by the police because he stole a blanket belonging to the army was yesterday placed on self bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 22-year-old man who allegedly stole a pair of diamond earrings and a gold chain from a woman was yesterday placed on $60,000 bail when he was brought before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Terrence John was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly committing robbery under arms.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison by magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton over the possession of a firearm and six live rounds of ammunition, not being the holders of valid licences.

Forty persons who appeared separately at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with “assembling in a public way for disorderly purpose” were sent on their own bail following arguments by three attorneys.

While the two-and-a-half-year trial of Mr Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj plodded on ever so ponderously before magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Providence court, it was surprising to learn that the chief witness, Mr Joseph O’Lall, had been removed from his post as chief executive officer of the Guyana Energy Agency with effect from December 31 2007.

Contrary to a report published on Sunday, the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GA-BBFF) will not be sanctioning the Hugh Ross Classics scheduled for April 20 at the National Cultural Centre.

Western Tigers hammered a lethargic Thomas United side 5-0 while Pele stormed past University of Guyana (UG) 4-0 in the latest matches of the Banks Premium Beer Cup 16-team knockout football tournament Sunday evening at the Tucville Playfield in La Penitence.

The cream of the country’s top cyclists are expected to face the starter in Saturday’s second annual George “Boy Blue” Cumberbatch Memorial Cycling race programme at the National Park circuit.

Floodlights XI easily defeated Trophy Stall XI by six wickets in their final practice game at the Everest Cricket Club ground Friday night before departing these shores.

Everest Cricket Club and Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) created upsets when the Lifetime Realty sponsored George-town Cricket Association (GCA) Under-15 50-overs cricket competition got underway on Saturday.

Dear Editor, We seem to be back at the days when Dayclean used to complain that “no procession other than a funeral procession” could be held without permission under the Public Order Act.

Dear Editor, We, as concerned Guyanese, realize that it is our duty to speak out unequivocally, against the recent atrocities carried out in Lusignan particularly the slaughter of innocent children in their beds where they lay and the reign of terror that has since descended.

Dear Editor, I write with respect to my letter which you published and titled ” Mr Ramson is a hard core supporter of the PPP and I am not happy with his appointment as an Appeal Court Judge” (08.02.03).

Dear Editor, The President and PPP/C government has to my mind had to make some of the toughest decisions ever in their fifteen years in office, so far.

Dear Editor, In a recent press release, the ruling People’s Progressive Party expressed strong disapproval at the Kaieteur News coverage of the Lusignan incident and hinted that they may register a complaint with the Guyana Press Association.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News’s gruesome and grotesque images of the savage butchery, death and destruction needed to be shown to all Guyana and the world.

Dear Editor, In his letter captioned “Clinton has 232 delegates, Obama 152,” Mr Vishnu Bisram disputed my claim that Obama has amassed more delegates from the four contests (Iowa, New Hamsphere, Nevada, and South Carolina).

Dear Editor, I am dismayed! I continue to be less than impressed by the attempts of the GPF to apprehend crime, given their simplistic approach and the paucity of firm and intelligent action on their part.

Dear Editor, It is time for change. Rebel members of the armed forces loyal to their cause of racial war can still hurt a few Africans and make it look like retaliation for Lusignan.

Dear Editor, The question haunting most people is how? How can a person carry out such a brutish blitz asks a recent newspaper editorial.

Dear Editor, Without reservation, I agree with the general view expressed by Mr Vincent Alexander, long-standing PNC figure, that the discussion over the crime situation must include an examination of the social conditions that gave rise to the gunmen.

Dear Editor, Today is a kind of a national primary election in the US where voters of some 24 states cast ballots for their favourite candidate for President – selecting the nominee for their party.

Dear Editor, The Linden Town Week 2008 is set to reach its highest low.

Dear Editor, I was knocked speechless by the gruesome brutality which was perpetrated on a defenceless village on the East Coast, under the pretence of a war with the police over an abducted teenager.

Under fierce pressure to do something about crime following the massacre of 11 persons, the government yesterday began a massive drive to clear backlands bush from Enmore to BV/Triumph and offer compensation to those affected but Buxton residents were already incensed about the damage they will sustain.

The Buxton/Friendship shop where joint services ranks had been accused of mixing kerosene oil in rice is the very shop from which armed men opened fire on a patrol killing army Corporal Ivor Williams nearly two weeks ago, a Joint Services press release said yesterday.

Leader of the Opposition and PNCR Leader Robert Corbin is calling for an urgent sitting of the National Assembly to discuss a motion he submitted to Parliament Office yesterday condemning the horrific killing of 11 people at Lusignan.

The opposition AFC and GAP are making a number of demands on President Bharrat Jagdeo and the government, including a statement from the President by Friday on a new security plan for the country.

A small team of social workers from the Ministry of Human Services will today visit Lusignan to assess the counselling services that would be needed for the village deeply wounded by the massacre of 11 persons two Saturdays ago.

An online five-semester Master’s degree training programme for nurses is expected to start soon at the University of Guyana with five persons, in collaboration with St Joseph College in Connecticut, USA, and it will be done free of cost.

A 38-year-old labourer was electrocuted early yesterday morning while attempting to connect his neighbours to a GPL power post so that they could all watch the 20/20 cricket series.

The other two phases of the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) will cost in excess of US$60M, says Malcolm Alli, an engineer formerly attached to the project in the seventies.

Guyanese star batsman and Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has dismissed reports that he was in hiding and had left the country for fear of being targeted by criminals after suspicious men were seen in his neighbourhood, and is incensed that these “rumours” are being peddled.

Relatives and friends of Derrick Cort, the motorcyclist who was gunned down in Campbellville last Friday, held an hour-long candle light vigil on Sunday night at the spot where he was killed.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) completed 88, 480 applications for registration in its house-to-house campaign between January 7 and 31.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says it is impossible to overstate the “utter despicability and inhumanity of the cold blooded murder” of five children and six adults at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara which occurred on January 26 this year.

Kowsilla Pardat of Novar, Mahaicony drove off with the Cellink Blue Tundra after winning the GT&T game show yesterday afternoon.