Articles published on Monday, July 21, 2008
Commissioner of Police (ag) Henry Greene yesterday said that two preliminary reports from the three Trinidadian forensic investigators who visited Guyana earlier this month to assist in the Lindo Creek massacre probe, support their “theory and support their position in terms of what happened”.
-GGMC to do further checks Mining operations along the Arau River in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) have damaged a section of the waterway, changing the lives of residents of Arau village as they struggle to cope with the environmental degradation and its effects on them.
Brother burnt in rescue bidBy Melissa Charles A 32-year-old father of one perished when his Third Street, La Bonne Intention (LBI) home burnt to the ground early yesterday morning.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that the ban imposed on Capitol News journalist Gordon Moseley is “another manifestation of the Jagdeo administration’s “intolerance of opposing views” and its preparedness “to crush anyone who dares to function outside the parameters of blind loyalty to the PPP.”
Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee yesterday said that only the Guyana Police Force has the task of dismantling the criminal enterprise and “not any private militias, not any phantom group, not any individual who has personal vendettas, that is an era that is left behind.”
By Nicosia Smith Linden residents say travelling in and around their community is taking a toll on their finances as the transportation fares are “too high” but the providers defend the rates as being reasonable in the light of rising costs.
By Calvin Roberts at Yorkshire Cricket Ground, Barbados Compliments of: Smalta, Cummings Electrical, Life-time Realty, P&P In-surance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited Jamaica were large and in charge at the end of the second day of their fourth round match against defending champions Guyana in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) TCL-sponsored 2008 regional under-19 cricket tournament at the Yorkshire Cricket Club ground, Barbados yesterday.
The ribbons to Kulanau, the Amerindian Village which has been constructed as part of preparations for the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta), were cut on Saturday when it was handed over to the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs.
Canadian-based Guyanese student George Bulkan won last Saturday’s Demerara Mutual sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf course.
The 22-year-old woman, who had disappeared after dropping her son off at her husband’s home in Berbice, emerged yesterday with a tale of being drugged and beaten.
Probably one of the most anticipated tournaments run by the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) the 2008 Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis tournament will serve off this morning at the Le Meridien Hotel courts.
A Co-op Society that had been trying to buy a piece of land at Foulis to build a housing scheme may soon see their plans come to fruition after a meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo set plans in motion at the housing ministry.
A 38-year-old man, who was beating his wife and then allegedly resisted arrest, was shot in his thigh but is now in police custody in Berbice.
Dear Editor, I remember, once when I visited London, I went to Hyde Park to hear a promi-nent Guyanese talking out against the Thatcher admi-nistration.
By Donald Duff Manager/coach of Guyana’s nine-member team to the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association(CABA) junior, cadet and female championships in Trinidad Carl Franklyn said yesterday he expected his small but strong team to be competitive.
A special constable, who intervened in an argument between his brother and a taxi-driver, is a patient of the New Amsterdam Hospital after being stabbed in the chest during the dispute.
Dear Editor, The quantum leap in electricity charges intended for Linden consumers, is an added economic burden which will further derail life in the community and ultimately lead to chaos.
A 36-year-old man, who was walking on the New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop public road died after being struck by a car, which drove away after the incident late Saturday night.
Webster untouchable after first roundLearie Webster jumped out ahead of the competition and into the lead in the Oasis Café Mega Chess Tournament which was held at the Oasis Too Café on South Road.
Dear Editor, I believe the speedboat service Vreed-en-hoop to George-town is of a high standard, but some of the captains and bowmen do not respect themselves or others.
Dear Editor, The impasse between Gordon Moseley and the ban on him from covering assignments at the President’s Office or the State House continues to attract valuable space in the newspapers to the exclusion of reports on government affairs which the press has a duty to cover and to report on for the benefit of the citizenry.
Dear Editor, I applaud your excellent editorial ‘Calabashing Naipaul’ (SN June 12) which makes reference to the long rivalry between St Lucian poet Derek Walcott and the celebrated Trini novelist VS Naipaul.
Dear Editor, I wish to applaud B. Singh for his brilliant suggestion of July 11 in SN (‘Ashni Singh for President’) as to who should succeed President Bharat Jagdeo when he relinquishes the presidency come the next general elections.
`The glue that keeps us going is our culture’This is an edited version of remarks given at the Tourism Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Awards Dinner in Guyana in April by Dave Martins In 1967, the year when Tradewinds became popular with Honeymooning Couple, I came back to Guyana for the first time and when the plane touched down I had tears in my eyes.
Using computers Photos and interviews by Sara BharratNikki Dey, cosmetologist I use the computer to browse the internet, send text messages and to download and listen to music.
Dear Editor Billed as the largest youth gathering of any kind in the world, the Catholic youth rally World Youth Day (WYD) began on July 15 in Sydney Australia.
Acting Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Friday granted $75,000 bail to a 40-year-old man accused of stealing $392,000 worth of household items from his aunt.
Women making cassava and a traditional drink, casseiri at a Kenrick Rudolph’s farm at Arau in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazuruni).
It has become increasingly clear that one of this government’s favourite methods of addressing controversies is to pretend as if it is doing something about them and to hope that public interest dies away.
