Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 28, 2008

– EPA The improper disposal and treatment of plastic waste is one of the gravest environmental concerns facing Guyana and addressing it must involve all, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said.

Ten Guyanese who left Guyana to go to Trinidad and Tobago for employment interviews, and five others who were going on vacation were sent back home on Monday night.

– to know fate today Lieutenant Colonel Tony Ross will know his fate today after a military jury late last night found him guilty of failing to effectively manage the army’s weapons store resulting in the theft of 30 high-powered rifles and five pistols two years ago.

By Sara Bharrat A 48-year-old dredge owner was shot and stoned to death by two men on Sunday at his mining camp in Aranka; a small mining settlement along the Aranka River which branches off from the Cuyuni River, in the North-West region.

A 19-year-old construction worker bled to death yesterday afternoon at Bartica after an electrical saw, which he was operating, cut open his right thigh.

The Caricom Heads of Government and opposition leaders’ forum launched in July 2005 no longer exists and therefore could not be used as a forum for Guyana’s joint parliamentary opposition to present the country’s problems, Opposition Leader Robert Corbin said.

A businessman was robbed of $4 million, a quantity of jewellery and a cellular phone by two men armed with a handgun.

Barama Company Limited’s Chairman Girwar Lalaram has resigned from the post for personal reasons and will be leaving the company effective May 31, 2008, the company said in a press release yesterday.

– inquiry being held in his absence The disciplinary hearing into charges of misconduct levelled against former PNCR Central Executive Committee (CEC) member James McAllister began on Saturday last in his absence after McAllister, in a letter to the committee, refused to attend the hearing.

It is now three months since the discovery of the decomposed remains of a body believed to be Roselaine Hall, an American citizen who operated her Alpha Hotel on South Road and went missing in January, but police say they are awaiting the results of DNA tests.

Woman had said someone was tugging at her at night The 79-year-old Wakenaam, Essequibo Island woman who was found dead in her Sans Souci house on Monday, had complained on several occasions to her caretaker that she had felt a tugging at her underclothes often at night, and even though several reports were made to the police no action was taken, residents claim.

The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) said it is prepared to investigate the controversial shooting to death of a Riverview fisherman by a policeman on Monday morning, even as relatives of the dead accuse the police of being dishonest.

The government through the Privatisation Unit (PU) has warned that it will prosecute delinquent lessees and occupiers of its land at various industrial sites and these state lands will be repossessed.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from a reader, Mr Vaidram Persaud (‘What is the status of the Leonora Park cricket ground?’

– Sunburst Camptown scorches Army in Sweet 16 final By Calvin Roberts The action was intense, the pace was hot and the goals were sweet.

David James is an Amerindian, an Attorney-At-Law and an informed, passionate and articulate advocate of the rights of the indigenous peoples of Guyana.

Dear Editor, Significant attention needs to be focused on reshaping the exam-driven culture we have developed in Guyana. 

Imran Khan playing with a six handicap recorded a gross 75 to end with a net 69 on his way to winning the Scotiabank 40th Anniversary Golf tournament played last Monday (Independence Day) at the Lusignan Golf Course.

A team from the Ministry of Agriculture headed to Region Ten on Thursday to investigate the four days of flooding in several communities which caused a mudslide at Blueberry Hill and other damage.

 – to know fate today Lieutenant Colonel Tony Ross will know his fate today after a military  jury late last night found him guilty of failing to effectively manage the army’s weapons store resulting in the theft of 30 high-powered rifles and five pistols two years ago. 

Carib Masters Football team received the winner’s prize for the just concluded Coca Cola Masters Football League at the Presentation Ceremony yesterday at Thirst Park.

Dear Editor, I often read the comments of track and field athletes who say they train in foreign nations so they can prepare to compete at a high level, because we do not have the facilities here to accommodate them, or send them to international meets.

Lewis and the New World Economists This is the second of a lecture delivered by Professor Norman Girvan on February 20 at the UWI St Augustine campus to launch the year of Sir Arthur Lewis in commencement of the Caribbean’s first Nobel Laurette.

By John Mair in London It was Guyana’s Indepen-dence Day and a British bank holiday.

– but no new leads coming Police have assured relatives of slain city businessman Farouk Kalamadeen that they are continuing investigations but were unable to provide an update in this regard, since no new information is forthcoming in the case.

By Barrington Braithwaite To fully give an informative and honest description of the position of any discipline, requires a case study plus the variables and conditions that influence positively or negatively the results of the particular study in question.

Dear Editor, The classification of ‘racist’ seems to have breached definitive boundaries to assume textures and meanings beyond established configurations.

A 34-year-old man who allegedly stole a bicycle was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) recently held the second of a series of seminars aimed at sports and the environment at Olympic House.

Dear Editor, I am disappointed that President Jagdeo did not find it necessary to inform the Guyanese people about the status of the torture report in his independence speech.

A 27-year-old man who allegedly indecently assaulted a four-year-old child was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Loris Nathoo emerged as the champion of the 2008 Independence Chess Tournament sponsored by Demerara Distillers Ltd under the Topco brand, which concluded Monday at  Keishar’s Sports Club.

By Juanita Cox Juanita Cox is a PhD student writing her thesis: ‘Edgar Mittelholzer and the Shaping of his Novels’ at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Dear Editor,I refer to distinguished Professor Clive Thomas’s ‘Rising prices and the relief package’ in his column this week in the Sunday Stabroek.

Humans are under siege Editorial When will the Bureau of Statistics release the Consumer Price Index figures for the first three months of 2008?

By Brendan de Caires C.L.R. James: Cricket’s Philosopher King, by Dave Renton (Haus Publishing, ISBN ISBN 78-1905791019, 192 pp) Urbane Revolutionary: C.L.R.

A 41-year-old woman who allegedly escaped from police custody was remanded to prison yesterday when she was taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

‘The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and parliament and the media review of recommendations for an informed democracy’ and ‘The role of the media as the Fourth Estate’ are among topics to be discussed between members of parliament (MPs) and media representatives this week.

The idea of establishing a national football league should be revisited Dear Editor, I refer to an article in SN (24.5.08), captioned ‘Alpha to represent Guyana at Cope de Guiana’s tournament’ by Calvin Roberts, where in paragraph one it is stated, “National Champions Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United by virtue of topping the league in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2006/2007 Cellink Plus sponsored Premier League competition has been chosen to represent Guyana at the Cope de Guiana’s football tournament scheduled for French Guiana from June 4-9.”

During his terminal illness several years ago I had a conversation with the late Aubrey Williams.

by Heleen Mees and Femke van Zeijl   AMSTERDAM – Truth is often said to be the first casualty in wartime. But

Dear Editor, I disagree with two sentiments: (i) a multiethnic party like the AFC will take Guyana to the promised land; and (ii) power sharing cannot work in Guyana.

A Cotton Tree, West Berbice rice farmer has obtained an interim injunction preventing the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary/Agricultural-Development-Authority (MMA-ADA) from repossessing, reallocating or cancelling his title licence: A-105, on the grounds that it is illegal. 

The Ministry of Education recently hosted a workshop for Mathematics teachers aimed at strengthening their skills.

Around the Caribbean many will be surprised at the continuing protestations by factions within the Cabinet of the United Workers Party of St Lucia that threaten to lead to the removal of Prime Minister Stephenson King, or cause the collapse of the UWP government altogether, and a return to the polls.

There has been favouritism in featuring table tennis players in the Sports pages Dear Editor, Having read the Stabroek News article of Wednesday, May, 21 2008 titled ‘Nepotism has no place in sport,’ the old creole adage ‘Pot telling kettle he bottom black’ immediately came to mind.

A group of eight guides from international tour operators and a travel and wildlife journalist have ended a familiarization tour of Guyana impressed by its immense potential to be a world-renowned ecotourism destination.