Articles published on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Just over a decade after President Janet Jagan and opposition leader Desmond Hoyte signed the Herdmanston Accord at the northern end of New Garden Street in Georgetown on 17 January 1998, President Bharrat Jagdeo and forty social partners agreed to the Bourda Accord at the Office of the President at the southern end of the same street on 12 March 2008.
Samples from highway corpse for DNA testing Samples have been taken from the remains of a female corpse believed to be that of Roselaine Hall, the hotel owner who went missing two months ago; and police have followed all the procedures to have a DNA test done to identify the body.
Guyana Civil Aviation Autho-rity (GCAA) employees are to begin receiving the promised $18 million payout today after it gained Cabinet’s nod last week.
Cabinet has been paying attention to the entry requirements for prospective students to the University Of Guyana, the mandatory resort to external examiners and the use of peer reviews.
A national economic survey of business establishments is scheduled to begin shortly and Minister of Finance Dr.
A man who was being held in the Diamond Police Station lock-ups is currently a patient of the Georgetown Hospital after he attempted to commit suicide in his prison cell yesterday afternoon by tying his shirt to an iron bar.
As the paddy price row continues, members of a newly-formed farmers’ group have said that the price per bag for top quality paddy should be at least $4,000.
Ramesh Dookhoo is new GMSA president Banks DIH executive Ramesh Dookhoo is the newly-elected President of the Guyana Manufac-turing & Services Association Ltd for 2008-2009.
It was all disappointment for those implicated in the New Building Society (NBS) multi-million dollar fraud case and their relatives when they turned up in court yesterday only to be told that Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin was doing remand work at the Camp Street prison and so the case could not be heard.
-fans miffed at no radio coverage By Miranda La RoseThe Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara is yet to attract a crowd of any magnitude in the current test match between West Indies and Sri Lanka.
Guyanese businessman David Robert Lynch King died yesterday afternoon at the age of 63 in a hospital in Boa Vista, Brazil after he suffered a massive heart attack earlier in the day while shopping.
-over 700 new cases last year Tuberculosis (TB) is the most troublesome public health problem in Guyana at present, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has reiterated, and it could emerge as a major cause of death if progress in the fight is not accelerated.
-to finance small, medium enterprises The Inter-American Invest-ment Corporation yesterday approved a US$2M ($400M) loan to Demerara Bank Limited to launch a programme that will provide Guyanese companies with medium and long term financing in US dollars.
‘Basket to fetch water’ -Better Hope NDC Chair says about money for drains In the wake of last week’s spring tide flooding, Chair-man of the La Bonne Intention/Better Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Thakur Persaud says the rates and taxes collected are insufficient for the amount of work needed like clearing drains.
Dear Editor, In the present unrest in Tibet where the Tibetans are opposing Chinese occupation, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the American Congress said that the situation in Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world.
Dear Editor, It is time for the civil, religious, political societies and the media to publicly and aggressively pursue the following initial steps:
Dear Editor, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Mr.
Dear Editor, The US Department of Agriculture has reported that world supplies of rice have reached a 25-year low.
Dear Editor, The presence of Guyanese all over the U.S amazes me.
Dear Editor, Over the past six months we the residents of the block ‘Y’ South East Cummings Lodge have not received water bills.
Dear Editor, My heart bleeds for the TUC as I watch the government’s treatment of organised labour and the behaviour of some labour leaders.
Dear Editor, There are two reasons for my response to the last letter from Minister Rohee.
Dear Editor, Political discourse in Guyana can be draining-the sometimes meanness, emptiness, foolishness, narrowness and the disrespect for whole communities are a turn off.
Dear Editor, Now, please do not quote me as saying that affirmative action is the solution to our problems, and then call me a Black Nationalist after that.
Coach of the West Indies team, John Dyson, said yesterday he felt his team might be in a good position to go one-up in the two-test series against the visiting Sri Lankan cricketers.
The Den Amstel ground will once more be transformed into a hive of activity today as play in the West Demerara Football Association West Side Cup tournament continues with a double header.
Santos Football Club were crowned champions of the inaugural Supligen U-20 round robin football competition which ended recently.
Once again Guyana’s middle and long distance athletic sensation Alika Morgan did her country proud by copping a silver and bronze medal at the 2008 Carifta Games held last weekend in St.
-athletes heighten preparations Windjammer International Cusine & Comfort Inn is the latest entity to tangibly support the upcoming Hugh Ross Classic Body Building and Fitness competition scheduled for April 20 at the National cultural Centre.
-Sri Lanka sets Windies daunting victory target but homesters make strong reply Sri Lanka set the West Indies a daunting target on the penultimate day of the first Digicel Home series test at the National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.
A recent comment, and an apparently negative decision by the newly-elected Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mr Bruce Golding give pause for thought on the trajectory of the regional integration movement.
-lawyers have two days to respond to AG Justice Jainarayan Singh Jnr yesterday recused himself from the Oliver Hinckson case, sending it back to Chief Justice Ian Chang, after giving Hinckson’s lawyers two days to respond to the Attorney General’s (AG) affidavit in answer to the initial motion.
A 25-year-old machine operator who allegedly murdered a man was yesterday taken before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A minute of silence was observed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday in honour of the 12 people who were slaughtered in the township on February 17.
A 19-year-old teenager who stole a cellular phone worth $25,000 appeared yesterday before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A 28-year-old woman last week appeared in the Bartica Magistrate’s Court charged with the March 11 murder of a bartender.
Cristopher Lane(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.)
