Daily Archive: Friday, February 22, 2008

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Be patient with me as I avoid “the larger picture”. You know – about National Security Plans, Stakeholder Consultations, Overseas Assistance, Root Causes.

Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin was on Wednesday forced to adjourn the multi-million dollar fraud case involving three former top New Building Society (NBS) managers and four employees to March 25 owing to the non-completion of a related matter in the High Court.

A 52-year-old man was remanded for using threatening language against his mother when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A 39-year-old man was placed on $30,000 bail on a charge of assaulting a female police constable when he was brought before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A couple of weeks ago, in South Korea, the Namdaemun Gate, a 600-year-old building in Seoul, was destroyed in a fire started by an arsonist.

The monetary penalties imposed on a number of delinquent loggers by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) are permissible under existing forestry legislation and fall within the regulations of the Commission and operators in the country’s forestry sector are well aware of those regulations, according to GFC Commissioner James Singh.

An estimated twenty per cent of importers of foods into Guyana are in contravention of the law on account of their non-registration with the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department, a circumstance that raises concern that some of the country’s food imports may, through evasion of vital health and safety standards inspections, pose a threat to the health of consumers.

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Newly appointed Head of Digicel’s marketing operations in Guyana Donovan White has refuted what he described as suggestions that the company’s business interests in the region are short term and that it is simply seeking a “quick score.”

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Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

The privately-run security firm United Associates Security and Domestic Services (UAS&DS) is reportedly on the verge of closure following the reallocation of state sites previously assigned to the company to two other companies.

That’s how the technical director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Jamaal Shabbazz quipped yesterday when asked about the Guyana national team’s preparation for their encounter with the Cuba national team this weekend.

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) yesterday teamed up with coporate giants Banks DIH Ltd.,

Farm Masjid’s Younis Mohammed was the lone batsman to pass the half century mark while Hyde Park from Parika won both their games when action in the Trophy Stall sponsored 15 overs softball tournament continued last Sunday at the Providence and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) grounds respectively.

Digicel, the fastest-growing telecommunications Company in Guyana, and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will continue their partnership today with the start of the Digicel International Friendly Series.

Two of the country’s top junior badminton players, Nicholas Ali and Avian Rodrigues, will oppose each other tomorrow evening in the under-15 final of the Guyana Badminton Association’s (GBA) Mashramani junior singles tournament at the Queen’s College badminton courts.

Dear Editor, Amidst all the negatives that are taking place in our country today, I am happy to report that Linden/Region 10 has scored a great success through collaboration.

Dear Editor, I write to bring to your attention a statement made in your editorial captioned “Mother of all inquiries” (08.02.14) which proffered the view that “attempts to manipulate explanations of both past and present events through suppressing facts and suggesting falsehoods through state owned media have been common practice of both parties in Government.”

Dear Editor, While living in Toronto I donated blood twice a year to the Red Cross, made easy because it was across the street from my office.

Dear Editor, I note with interest that the police have yet to arrest the young man who murdered Dennis Edghill.

Dear Editor, Approximately three weeks after the brutal slaying of our sisters, brothers and children in Lusignan, twelve more people have met the same horrible end in Bartica.

Dear Editor, There are many former senior military and para-military personnel who have left the disciplined services who can be invited by the government to serve their country once again.

Dear Editor, I think Mr Frederick Kissoon is wrong. He said (02/19) that it was “not Father Rodrigues who first advocated the establishment of contact with the gunmen.

Dear Editor, The government is talking about criminal gangs and insurgent elements.

Dear Editor, I am upset how Mr Dennis Edghill my ex-working colleague has lost his life on campus of the University of Guyana.

Dear Editor, There is nothing left to say. Guyana has become a horror film with a series of unpredictable deaths at the hands of a terrorist gang of 20 which seems resourceful in finding new recruits.

Dear Editor, Your February the 14th edition reported that Condoleezza Rice vehemently defended her integrity when asked about 56 false statements she made about weapons of mass destruction that Saddam Hussein never had.

Dear Editor, There seems to be a close race as to which branch of law enforcement, the Police or the Magistracy, most breaks the law by refusing bail to persons entitled to bail and as a result filling the police lock-ups and the prisons with persons who are presumed to be innocent in the eyes of the law.

Dear Editor, While President Bharrat Jagdeo is only now holding meetings to get ideas on how to stop the criminal slaughter of citizens nationwide, the consensus of the sensible majority of Guyanese seems obvious: the immediate capture of this murderous gang is the most pressing of national priorities.

Dear Editor, Events taking place in other countries within the region, especially Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, should serve to guide our actions here in Guyana.

Chaos descended upon the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning when a 19-year-old charged with murdering 11 people at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on January 26 appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A 17-year-old ended up at the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment after the police vehicle he was in crashed into a minibus on the Buxton/Friendship public road around 4 pm yesterday.

Next Monday has been proclaimed a National Day of Mourning in remembrance of the victims of the Bartica killings, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon announced yesterday.

Still in deep shock over his death, relatives of 34-year-old sailor Ronald Gomes, who was killed in the Bartica slaughter on Sunday night, are calling for justice to be done swiftly.

The Sunday Stabroek will carry a full analysis by Ram and McRae of the 2008 budget to be presented in the National Assembly today.

All of the local aircraft accidents between 1996 and 2006 have been investigated, and in some instances, recommendations were made and adhered to by aircraft owners, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) head Zulficar Mohammed said.

Lady Patricia Rose, MD, widow of Guyana’s last Governor General, Sir David Rose, is now writing stories and poetry based on her experiences in Guyana.

The grounding of an Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft by the government earlier this month that spilled over into the courts was necessary because the plane was not certified and was operating illegally, Minister of Public Works and Communication, Robeson Benn said on Wednesday.

Palpable grief floods the Yasseen household at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara where the spirit of a young man kept the family happy and hopeful, and reminded them of what is really important in life.

The four Guysuco Estates in Berbice have been out of operation as the harvesting and burning of sugarcane have been adversely affected by the inclement weather.

The political parties will be studying the government’s security plan between now and Wednesday when they are expected to meet again in a meeting that will also include civil society.

A Bartician currently in police custody may have been initially involved with the gunmen who slaughtered 12 persons in the community on Sunday night.

Rice farmers at Number 43 Village, Corentyne are complaining that their crops have been under threat from flooding after a tube attached to the main drainage canal was blocked to benefit residents at Yakusari.

Travel Span, which is reportedly on the verge of suspending its services to Guyana due to rising fuel prices, is likely to release a press statement on the issue today.

Renowned Guyanese singer Dave Martins of the Trade Winds will be the guest speaker at this year’s function to mark the 38th anniversary of Guyana’s republican status.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says it welcomes the encouraging search for a common position on security by the parliamentary parties and added that in this context there should be “acceptance of an effective, independent civic mechanism to monitor all aspects of the Security Plan.”

The National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) has started a nationwide mapping of HIV-prevention activities to determine whether the current response can cater for all persons.