Articles published on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Man dies after gunmen blast police checkpoint Cop in narrow escape as 20 shots fired By Iana Seales and Gaulbert Sutherland Gunmen opened murderous fire at a police checkpoint set up at Middleton Street, Campbellville last night killing a man and injuring three others in a lightning strike that sent shivers through the city.
-Go-Invest head slams story Head of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) Geoffrey Da Silva, marking the first time that a government official has publicly commented on the sale of Buddy’s International Hotel, yesterday noted that it was US$15 million and not US$25 million that it was sold for to a Turkish investor.
US gov’t source: ‘Phantom Squad’ killed over 200 here Guyanese drug accused Roger Khan’s criminal history and his alleged participation in a large scale criminal enterprise were among points a US judge considered in ruling in favour of an anonymous jury and a US government source has said that the infamous phantom squad murdered over 200 persons here.
Jamaica to buy 60,000 tonnes from Guyana per annum Guyana and Jamaica have reached a deal that grants the island a waiver of the Common External Tariff (CET) on 9,000 tonnes of rice en route from the US and provides a guaranteed market for 60,000 tonnes of this country’s rice per annum.
By Shabna Ullah The mother of the 18-year-old waitress who died after a suspected gang rape at Port Mourant, Corentyne on May 6 said she would not rest until the culprits are caught and brought to justice.
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter with disgust because I am fed up complaining to GWI concerning the sewerage system overflow in the Stevedore Scheme area.
A driver working with the PNCR was yesterday held for the use of a loud speaker without permission and was released on station bail.
Guyana is seeking further assistance from the Indian Government in such areas as training, bio-fuel and agricultural development, food security and health and the two have begun crafting their work programme for bilateral co-operation over the next two years.
Dear Editor,I am gratified to learn of the introduction of lie detectors as a means of weeding out undesirables from important public service departments.
The need for the private sector to implement similar measures as those applied by the Government last week with regard to the cost of living was one of the measures discussed when President Bharrat Jagdeo met with members of the Private Sector Commission at the Office of the President yesterday.
Dear Editor, The debate about the poll in the SN, (for example ‘Further questions about Bisram poll’ by Dr Anand Parsaud (13.5.08), can only be a healthy development for Guyana.
Dear Editor,Dr Anand Persaud is more sober but still confrontational in his second commentary about my poll in a letter captioned, ‘Further questions about Bisram’s poll’ (SN, 13.5.08)) than in his first attack on the poll (SN, 10.5.08).
A woman has been left traumatized after three armed men broke into her Kaneville, East Bank Demerara home early yesterday morning and one attempted to rape her as her daughter lay watching.
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Mr Mohamed Khan (former trade unionist) for his short but informative letter ‘This year’s May Day was a disgrace to the founder of the local movement’ (SN, 3.5.08).
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says the police are still sorting out issues regarding the brutal slaying of city businessman Farouk Kalamadeen but he reserved comment on reports suggesting that the man’s killing may have been drug-related.
Dear Editor, Corrupt GRA officers need to face the most harsh penalty since they are robbing the state of taxes when some of us have absolutely no choice but to pay a substantial amount of our meagre earnings in taxes.
The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) elected a new executive board at its AGM on Tuesday.
Three men who were charged jointly for stealing a cellular phone worth $34,000 appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, Recently, two incidents brought home forcibly to me the mistaken attitudes adopted by certain people, that nothing good has come out of Albouystown, or, in contradiction, that those from this community who have made good are likely to be ashamed of their roots.
-but Jeffrey, Arjoon and Khalil score easy wins By Calvin Roberts Raphael de Groot was pushed to the limit but Kristian Jeffrey, Alex Arjoon and Ashley Khalil scored easy wins as action in the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Woodpecker Products Limited-sponsored National Junior Championships got underway at the Georgetown Club courts Tuesday night.
Some sections of Bushlot, West Coast Berbice were plunged into darkness for several hours on Monday night after a truck travelling with its tray up pulled down wires causing them to burst and catch fire.
A 19-year-old construction worker who allegedly murdered Christopher Maloney, the son of city businesswoman Margaret Maloney, was taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, The death of a woman in my village recently prompts me to highlight the plight of the widows, poor and now increasingly the middle class which is joining the poor, since the introduction of the unconscionably high Value Added Tax (VAT), and the recent incredible increase in rice prices.
By John Mair in London They call it the ‘Guyana Bench’ at Grantley Adams airport in Barbados – it’s where the Guyanese are put to wait entry whilst en route to their homeland to and from the UK.
Peter Grimes (85), Michael Kendall (52 and 4-0) and Ravi Narine 5-5 highlighted the first round of the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Neal and Massey sponsored 40 overs first division cricket competition which got under way last Sunday in the Ancient County.
The inexplicable behaviour of Burma’s generals in the wake of Cyclone Nargis has provoked a crescendo of outrage from agencies struggling to save the two million people stranded by the storm from starvation and disease.
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) says it has not recently granted an increase in rates applied by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).
Dear Editor, The blow-up over the possible misappropriation of funds is an indication of the backwardness, mixed with corruption and deceit in the electoral process.
Untouchables of Berbice played unbeaten last Sunday when action in the Banks DIH sponsored Guyana Softball Cricket Association (GSCA) 15 overs a side competition continued.
In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline `Five charged over $11M fuel theft’ we incorrectly identified a policeman as one of the accused, Dameon Hunter.
Establishment of the PNC/UF Pre-Independence Alliance By Dr. Mellissa Ifill This article is the first of two that examines the circumstances surrounding and the implications of the formation of the PNC-UF coalition that formed the government in the immediate pre-and post independence period.
The Kuru Kuru man who was on trial in the High Court for killing his reputed wife during a spat in 2004 was slapped with a 15-year sentence by Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes yesterday after he opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
