Daily Archive: Friday, February 8, 2008

It’s one of those weeks for me – as the more discerning might easily realise.

Three policemen accused of taking $30,000 as a bribe from a man for not charging his son who was in police custody, were yesterday freed when the complainant said the money was being passed to his son and declined to proceed with the matter Lester Kitt, 29, of 543 South Sophia, Georgetown; Kelvin Mitchell, 27, of 41 Pattensen, Turkeyen; and Ryvan Alleyne, 27, of 165 East Ruimveldt appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with corrupt transaction by a government agent.

A 43-year-old female who wounded her reputed husband with a ketchup bottle was yesterday placed on self-bail when she was charged and taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 41-year-old watch vendor who stole two tins of insecticide from a Water Street store was placed on a year’s bond to keep the peace on Wednesday, when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A pastor and his sister charged with wounding a man were each placed on $100,000 bail on Thursday when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 49-year-old man who allegedly abused his ex-wife in a public place was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, charged with unlawful assault and using threatening behaviour.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton remanded two men to prison on Wednesday, when they appeared before her charged with possession of narcotics.

Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop yesterday dismissed the case against forty persons who were charged for “as-sembling in a public way for disorderly purpose” when it was called at the Fort Wellington Court.

A 54-year-old man who was on Monday remanded to prison over allegedly attempting murder his wife was yesterday granted $200,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The case against three Bolivians who were allegedly found with cocaine last year aboard a minibus that was heading to the city en route from Lethem was dismissed at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for want of prosecution.

US President Harry Truman famously had a plaque on his desk that said “The Buck Stops Here” and he meant it.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) Major General (retd) Joe Singh has expressed the view that the recent commissioning of the company’s new GSM cellular service at Mahdia significantly enhances the prospects for the broader economic development of the interior of Guyana.

Top Brandz Distributors, the sole importer of the popular energy drink Ragaman has moved to scotch rumours that the product suppresses virility in men which the company says originated with competitors who market other energy drinks locally.

Following many months of complaints by the utility companies that thieves were raiding their installations and making off with quantities of metal, wreaking millions of dollars of damage in the process, the government finally decided in 2006 that it would move to bring the problem to an end.

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After the training gaps are identified, they can be incorporated into an accelerated training programme along with the business improvement skills.

Faced with the imminent threat of closure of the scrap metal industry arising out of official charges that metal thieves are destroying millions of dollars worth of telecommunications, water and electricity infrastructure, the Guyana Scrap Metal Dealers Association (GSMDA) is claiming that its commitment to cooperating with the authorities to stamp out metal theft is being frustrated by the mixed signals being sent by the police in instituting charges against offenders..

Scrap metal dealers have told Stabroek Business that they are now “gravely concerned” over the likely future of the industry in the face of “clear indications” that official moves may be afoot to discontinue the trade.

The current probe into the finances of the Georgetown City Council could uncover irregularities that could have “more far-reaching implications,” according to a source close to the municipality.

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In the February 1 issue of the Stabroek Business we reported that Scotia Bank had recorded a record profit of $1.4 bn, for 2007 representing a 33 per cent increase over 2006.

The Organising Committee of the inaugural Hugh Ross Classics and members of the Executive Committee of the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) have ironed out their differences with respect to the staging of the Hugh Ross Classics bodybuilding competition scheduled for April.

Sudesh Ramgopaul of Lot 50 F Sheriff Street, Campbellville, was chosen as one of the eight lucky winners of the Stanford Twenty20 ‘Who Will Ride’ Competition.

Reigning Georgetown Pre-mier League champions Alpha United endured a tough battle to squeeze past Beacons 2-1 while Uprising nipped Flamingo by a similar score as play continued in the Banks Premium Beer Cup 16-team knockout football tournament Wednesday evening at the Tucville Playfield in La Penitence.

President of the Georgetown Basketball Association (GABA), Chris Bowman yesterday launched the Brydens Second Division Basketball league which is set to begin on Wednesday.

Action in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) competitions will resume today with a series of matches that will see the completion of some 2007 competitions.

After a seven-year hiatus from the Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) calendar of events, the National Table Tennis Championships will serve off next Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Fourteen Guyanese nationals are currently playing in the domestic cricket league in Trinidad and Tobago.

Cyclists will get their first taste of road competition this year when the National Sports Commission (NSC) organized Mashramani Road Race takes place on Sunday from the Demerara Harbour Bridge to Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo and back to the starting point for the finish.

Dear Editor, I write to correct a piece of misinformation which appeared in your Wednesday, February 6 edition headlined “Months later, Parliament Security Committees still to begin work”.

Dear Editor, I doubted that this sophiscated, simple and astute politician, and accomplished academic could depart at this time.

Dear Editor, I commend the managements of Digicel and GT&T for their collaborative statement in response to the Lusignan massacre.

Dear Editor, The e-mail from Mr Hunte of the WICB to Mr Ian Bishop printed in Wednesday’s SN is fascinating, less from a cricket point of view and more about the issues of innovative leadership and resource mobilisation in the West Indies.

Dear Editor, It gives me great relief to see that there will be new modernized speedboats operating in the Georgetown/Vreed-en-Hoop stellings and perhaps all over Guyana, where speedboats are operating to carry passengers to different locations.

Dear Editor, The clearing of the bushes in the Buxton backdam will be useless six months from today because the bushes will recover.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my disappointment with English researchers at Newcastle University who recently reported that they have created human embryos carrying genetic material from three different parents.

Dear Editor, The problem with the police force is more one of entrenched attitude and hierarchy than pay and equipment.

Dear Editor, I am heartened by the government’s move to swiftly clear the East Coast Backlands to enhance the security of the area by removing hiding places for criminals who have been using the backlands as a safe haven.

Dear Editor, It is expected that people can generally be inconvenienced by any operation similar to what is currently being undertaken by the Joint Services in the backlands on the East Coast.

Dear Editor, Last Tuesday’s voting in the U.S Presidential contests for the Democratic nomination has divided communities, races, people of all walks of life and families all across the country even among Guyanese-Americans.

Dear Editor, I would like to clarify some of the arguments between the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) and the wood processing industry.

After around 30 minutes of dialogue on recompense for farms hit by the clearing of the backlands, Buxtonians yesterday stormed out of a meeting with Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud after he said that President Bharrat Jagdeo had not branded farmers aback of the village as criminals.

Mon Repos residents during a meeting with members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) yesterday said that they are still living in fear following the massacre of 11 at Lusignan and they were urged to promote harmony and good relations among themselves so that they can overcome it.

In a meeting with Christian leaders from Buxton yesterday on farming concerns, President Bharrat Jagdeo asserted that the vast majority of people living in the village are decent, law-abiding citizens.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) says it has been following up a recent pollution complaint against Guyana Stockfeeds Inc.

Inadequate navigation aids at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport, Timehri has been the major contributor to LIAT’s left luggage woes, the Caribbean carrier’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Darby told the media yesterday.

Police are to issue a wanted bulletin for the ex-husband of Alpha Hotel owner Roseanne Hall who mysteriously disappeared over a week ago as her husband remained in police custody assisting with investigations.

The Joint Services is calling on members of the public, particularly motorists, to cooperate by giving way to them as they traverse the roadway.