Daily Archive: Monday, February 11, 2008

A new building to house the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court was established one and a half years ago but it still has not been put into use.

(This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) David Thompson’s ascent to Prime Minister in Barbados on January 15th is a significant milestone in Caribbean politics because he is the first of a new generation of Caribbean leaders who were born in the 1960s.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world VANCOUVER – Despite the growing importance of science in the modern world, science education remains a remote and minor issue for most people.

It goes without saying that there is a need for the government and the Joint Services to be supported across the board as they try to deal with the crisis brutally carved by the fusillade of the Lusignan killers.

Niall Roberts of the Dorado Swim Club completed 200 lengths (4.752km) of the Colgrain Pool yesterday morning at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s Swim-A-Thon.

Twenty-four goals were scored in the match between pre-tournament favourites Everest Hikers “A” and Police in which Hikers crushed their opponents 21-3 in what local hockey pundits believe is a national indoor record for the highest goals in a match on Saturday the penultimate night of the GT&T sponsored National Indoor Hockey championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Once again, Alonzo Greaves proved to all and sundry that he is the man to beat when he outsprinted his competitors to win the feature event of the George ‘Boy Blue’ Cumberbatch second annual memorial cycle race around the inner circuit of the National Park on Saturday.

National junior road race champion 15-year-old Christopher Holder outsprinted his more senior partners in Junior Niles and Leer Nunes to win the first road race of the 2008 season.

Former vice- president of the Guyana Amateur Bodybuild-ing and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) Frank Tucker and Fiona Harris were yesterday unanimously elected president and treasurer of that organization when it held its annual general meeting (AGM) at Olympic House, Church and Peter Rose Streets.

Sunburst Camptown Football Club and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are the last two teams to book their places in the quarter-finals of the inaugural Banks Premium Beer Cup 16-team knockout tournament following the final two preliminary matches Saturday evening at Tucville Playfield in La Penitence.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) will begin its tournament season today when the ninth annual Bounty Farm sponsored Mash Handicap Squash Tournament gets underway at the Georgetown Club’s squash courts.

Guyanese and former NBA player Rawle Marshall is currently playing with the BC Hemofarm Stada (Serbia) in the European Basketball League.

The Amateur Athletics Association of Guyana is to set a new date for the staging of the National Club Relay championships, according to one of the organizers.

Dear Editor, I have been to the G.R.A. office in the General Post Office Corporation (GPOC) building three times in an effort to get my TIN number.

Dear Editor, On Friday 2008 -01- 11, twenty-two speed humps were placed on Independence Street La Grange, West Bank Demerara by individuals employed by the Region Three Administration or the Ministry of Works.

Dear Editor, In her letter captioned “We should open our doors to immigrants to overcome our racial divide” (08.02.07) Joycelyn Williams suggested that Guyana import a third neutral population that can dilute the racial focus of our two parties that affects development.There

Dear Editor, In March 2006 the Bartica Market was broken down and the vendors were located on First Avenue between 6th and 9th Street.

Dear Editor, We are forming a Victims’ Rights Association (VRA) to stand with victims of criminal acts and struggle for the speedy implementation of hanging once the accused is tried by a court of law and found guilty and the appeal process confirms guilt.

Dear Editor, It is said that prevention is better than cure.

Dear Editor, It gives me great pain to read that two police officers are being transferred for improper response to the Lusignan massacre.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness that I learnt of the gruesome killings of the 11 innocent adults and children of Lusignan and the young soldier who was killed in Buxton.

Dear Editor, My name is Sabitri Prashad nee Jaikarran, and I currently live in Virginia.

Dear Editor, First I want to add my condolences to the family and friends of Cpl Williams and those of the other eleven persons killed in the massacre in Lusignan.

Police may have to turn to DNA testing to identify the remains of a man found in a swamp aback of Buxton on Saturday morning as relatives of a missing man were unable to identify him yesterday.

Jesuit priest Father Malcolm Rodrigues is suggesting that the government and joint opposition talk directly with the criminal/terrorist group roaming the backlands of Buxton or those connected with the group to find out exactly their problem so as to lessen violence and its repercussions.

The Ministry of Agriculture has issued an advisory to farmers stating that following several interactions, the Joint Services’ clearing of the backlands will minimize its impact on agricultural activities.

An East Bank Demerara cambio dealer is nursing gun wounds about his body after being attacked by a man outside a bar in Kitty on Saturday night.

Residents of West Berbice who were affected by flooding following three days of intense rainfall yesterday called for better drainage and for the recently rehabilitated pumps at Trafalgar to be put into full operation.

While welcoming the cleaning of bush from the backlands of Buxton, some residents of Lusignan feel that more can be done to capture the January 26 massacre criminals.

No plans are afoot in the near future for the decentralization of the passport issuance system even as hundreds throng the central passport office on a daily basis from early as 4 am.

In the wake of the Lusignan massacre, Cabinet has approved $50 million to purchase items that will aid Community Policing Groups (CPGs) in ‘C’ division (East Coast Demerara) in their support of the fight against crime.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is opposed to efforts for the creation of another plan for the security sector and has insisted that the implementation of the Security Sector Action Plan with a heightened focus on meeting targets is needed.

As investigations continue into the over $1M robbery of a pastor’s family at Patentia, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Thursday night, police have not yet held anyone.

Relatives of Michael Dunn, one of the soldiers allegedly tortured by his colleagues over a missing AK-47 rifle said that they were visited twice at their George-town home last week by a contingent of army ranks who used threatening language and verbally abused them.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Thursday urged students not to experiment with drugs and alcohol since this could lead to a lifelong dependency.

The Ministry of Public Works on Friday received two twin submersible pumps and floats from Canadian company, IAMGOLD.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) has served notice to a private investor who has been illegally occupying land in Cane Grove, Mahaica.

Several communities in Region Six, East Berbice, Corentyne are to benefit from fast drainage relief, according to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release.