Articles published on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Ballistic tests on the spent shells found at the scene of the slaughter of eight miners at the Lindo Creek camp show no link between weapons used by gunmen connected to the Rondell Rawlins gang, well-placed sources in the police forensic unit have disclosed.
-man critical By Zoisa Fraser A 39-year-old taxi driver who was on his way home from the airport early yesterday morning was killed instantly on the Supply Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) when his vehicle collided head on with a minibus.
A 35-year-old tractor operator of No. 47 Village, Corentyne was killed on Monday when the tractor he was operating in a rice field overturned pinning him.
‘Many sexual offence cases are falling apart because of it’ Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack said she supports the scrapping of judges’ summation in High Court trials because many sexual offence cases are falling apart as a result of it, particularly when judges stress corroboration to jurors.
The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development is taking the lead in a European Union-funded research and capacity building project in forestry and sustainable development.
Rice farmers whose names had been published in the press due to outstanding debts with the MMA/ADA are being allowed to pay 30% of the amount and to enter into a phased payment plan.
Dear Editor, Pit Bulls were dogs originally bred to fight in pits.
Dear Editor, I have been hauled over the coals, and my cartoon labelled “racist” and anti-social by indignant individuals (Sunday Stabroek 15.6.08).
The new Magistrate’s Court building constructed at Fort Wellington is still to be occupied almost two years later even though West Berbice was made a magisterial district more than one month ago.
Three young men were remanded when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on separate charges of felonious wounding and the unlawful discharge of a firearm.
Dear Editor, Like electricity, water is an expensive and important resource, costly but necessary.
Former resident representative at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Saqib Rizavi is confident that Guyana’s policymakers are fully capable of maintaining macroeconomic stability, given the country’s track record so far.
Dear Editor, Messrs Campbell and Kwayana should be commended for their article captioned ‘Progressives and Pan-Africanists: Our collective duty to Zimbabwe’ in the features section of Stabroek News of June 23, 2008.
Omali Rogers was once again remanded when he appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle slapped with a charge of ‘accessory after the fact of murder’.
The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Medgar Evers College in New York have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to foster greater ties in areas of importance to the Caribbean and the diaspora in New York.
A 25-year-old Belmont, Mahaica farmer was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot in his chest during a family argument on Thursday and police have detained the man’s father and brother.
Elena Campitiello, an Italian who was charged for cocaine trafficking last year at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport but was granted bail, was detained twice by the police for overstaying in Guyana and is currently in custody.
Dear Editor, I am impressed by the forthright and forceful letter by K Juman-Yassin, attorney-at-law, published in Stabroek News on June 18, 2008, dealing primarily with the functioning of the High Court.
By Kizan Brumell John ‘Big John’ Edwards and Mervyn ‘Spongy’ Moses returned from the recently concluded North American Powerlifting Federation and International Powerlifting Federation powerlifting tournaments held in Aruba with a combined total of nine medals.
Dear Editor, More than ever, women are being treated very inhumanly.
The joint opposition is expected to complete the process of compiling signatures they obtained for a petition calling on Caricom Heads of Government to make recommendations to President Bharrat Jagdeo and his administration to meaningfully address a number of governance issues.
By Kiev Chesney Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Jamaal Shabazz said yesterday that Guyana might have lost Sunday’s World Cup qualifying encounter against Suriname but football won.
The PI into the advocacy of a terrorist act charge against Oliver Hinckson was once again adjourned for the prosecution to reply to the defence.
Locked up balls hamper Chinese table tennis coach(wife holds the key) Sorry we just liked that SN headline…And it’s true; the Chinese coach did get his balls locked up in a Cliff Anderson Sports hall locker.
The visit of a Taiwanese delegation to Beijing over the last fortnight suggests a determination of both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the new government of Taiwan to begin a process of normalization of relations – though without an as yet clear indication as to what form this will eventually take.
Police at Bartica with support from the community’s Speed Boat Association on Monday began regularizing a system of random security searches of persons entering and leaving the community.
The Carib Degenerates veteran side emerged big winners on the opening day of the Guyana Hockey Board’s Warm-Up Indoor Hockey Tournament with a 9-0 victory over the youthful Everest Hikers ‘B’ at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Monday evening.
The relatives of 19-year-old Ramesh Sawh who was found hanging by his jersey in the Enmore Police Station lock-ups last January, moved to the High Court last week and obtained an order for the magistrate or coroner in the area where the death occurred to show cause why an inquest should not be held.
39 passengers? This Zone 42 (Georgetown to Timehri) minibus was pulled over at the Grove Police Station yesterday.
Dear Editor, It was expected that a large section of the Guyanese population would have been outraged or deeply concerned with the views expressed in the Sunday Stabroek editorial of May 18, 2008 captioned ‘Normality.’
