Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Dear Editor, I am so happy that Gerry Gouveia is bringing the helicopter issue to the forefront.

Dear Editor, While not attempting to join the healthy verbal exchange between a senior member of the government and a senior aviator on the suitability of the Bell 206 helicopters just bought by the administration, I wish to point out the principal strengths and weaknesses of the decision as a learning point as we move forward.

– crime chief Amid growing fears about the fate of the owner of Jiffi Lubes seven days after he went missing, Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud, yesterday said that the police have arrested one man and have received information that Farouk Kalamadeen was abducted.

A 21-year-old bakery assistant of Number 11 Village, West Coast Berbice who left home around 8.10 pm on Sunday to meet friends was killed in a hit-and-run accident at Bath Settlement around 10.30 pm.

Dear Editor, I am a local manufacturer who is seeking to promote my products regionally and internationally.

Dear Editor, Some friends of mine and I have discussed the crime situation.

– community youth empowerment programme ahead In the wake of alarming results from its recent recruitment drive, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is reaching out to unsuccessful applicants with remedial classes — the aim being to enable them to pass the entrance examination.

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the body of Tamasha Riddle said she died from deprivation of oxygen after possible suffocation compounded by blunt trauma.

Dear Editor, Senior police officers and policemen who failed in their duties to respond to a massacre that was taking place in Lusignan were first given a transfer.

Birding guides and other tropical forest based tour operators were yesterday urged to develop and practice good environmental and social skills in doing their work, as this could help bring more tourists into the country.

Dear Editor, Why does the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown have crews driving around, using vehicles and gasoline purchased by taxpayer dollars, harassing taxpayers who may be involved in repairs to their premises?

Dear Editor, The impression I am getting from the published letters is that the majority of Guyanese have fallen hook, line and sinker for the global warming theory.

Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice has chosen its top 12-14 cyclist Neil Reece to be a part of the contingent that will represent Guyana at the West Indies versus the Rest of the World Cycling series that is scheduled to be held in Trinidad and Tobago from 11th to 20th April.

Relatives of a 44-year-old West Berbice man who lost his life when a truck ran over him around 6 pm on Sunday at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara travelled to the city yesterday to identify his remains.

Voltage instability in the power supply to the Maternity Unit, New Market Street on Sunday resulted in damage to fluorescent lamp ballasts, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation said.

Dear Editor, You had published a letter by a grief stricken teacher on the death of one of her students who died with Leptospirosis.

By Calvin Roberts Some good goalkeeping from Alpha United Football Club’ Ronson Williams ensured his team added the 2008 Mayor’s Cup trophy to their overflowing silverware display, when they defeated Fruta Conquerors  Football Club in a penalty shoot out in the finals, whilst Camptown  came from behind to defeat Uprising Football Club 3-1 to claim third place at the Tucville ground Sunday night.

– stadium to be Carifesta hot spot By Miranda La Rose Two reports on Guyana’s staging of the Cricket World Cup 2007 matches have not yet been made public a year after the event and the board of directors to oversee the affairs of the Guyana National Stadium at Providence is still to be set up.

Dear Editor, The Region Two administration was finally able to complete work on a concrete bridge, which was done by two contractors to replace a wooden one across a trench aback of the Suddie Post Office during a six-month period of construction.

Keiv Chestney President of the Guyana Secondary Schools Basket-ball Association (GSSBA) Leon Christian has disclosed plans to further elevate the standard of secondary school basketball, by making a few key improvements to his association in its second year of operation.

By Calvin Roberts Following their dismal showing in the just-concluded three-day competition, the Demerara selectors have made some changes to the squad that will contest the limited overs format of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM under-19 Inter-county championship which commence today with Essequibo taking on Demerara at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary from 0930 hrs.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned “The Jamaican experience shows that corporal punishment does not work”, (08.03.12) by that concerned group which was very informative and should be given to every school and teacher.

The British High Commission yesterday made a donation of 50 radar guns to the Police Traffic Department, as the campaign started late last year as a response to the road carnage continues.

A 71-year-old woman accused of killing her 45-year-old reputed husband was remanded to prison on a murder charge when she appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Haimlata Temal yesterday appeared for the third time before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly embezzling millions from her former place of employment.

Dear Editor, The GDP per capita of Guyana in 1992 was US$380 (ref: The World Factbook 1992) and in 2007 US$1,270 (ref: The World Factbook 2007).

Efforts to revitalise the pig-rearing industry in Guyana received a shot in the arm yesterday when farmers from several locations countrywide received imported boars to boost their breeding stock.

Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) cricket commentator,  Guyanese Sean Devers, was robbed at gun point Sunday evening in Chaguans, Trinidad.

Accused claims self-defence Three weeks into her High Court trial, Letitica Bowen, who is accused of stabbing a woman to death in her school compound two years ago, said yesterday that she was attacked and acted in self-defence.

Dear Editor, The landlocked Himalayan nation of Nepal goes to the polls on April 10 to choose a national assembly that will be selected from a combination of the PR system Guyana currently has as well as a first past the post (FPTP) system that Guyana had during colonial rule.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly yesterday expressed its concern about the lack of supervision in the tendering process of the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC).

Recently-sponsored Ravens basketball club survived a 48-47 scare against Demerara Panthers on Sunday evening as play in the Guyana Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Brydens Second Division League continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Are criminal gangs politically motivated? Is there one criminal gang or many?

A 30-year-old minibus conductor who allegedly indecently exposed himself to three teenagers at the UG bus park was yesterday taken before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

– ups supply to EUThe Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) has reduced its supply of sugar to Caricom by 80,000 tonnes over 2004 levels and increased supply to the European Union, Chief Executive Nick Jackson said.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has scheduled its National Senior Championships for this Saturday and Sunday at the Police Sports Club Eve Leary and YMCA ground beginning at 1pm each day.

Dear Editor, I turned on my television on March 20, 2008 at approximately 21:30 hrs and began to watch CN Sharma’s Justice For All programme with Mr Joey Jagan.

by Sue Horton and Bjørn Lomborg  (- Sue Horton is Vice-President of Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.

Haiti has indicated its interest in making a cultural contribution to Carifesta X during its first participation and in its role as the most recent Caricom member state.