Articles published on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
-after New Providence bridge collapses Volunteers spend two hours freeing trapped manBy Melissa Charles A Friendship man was killed and his colleague seriously injured after the only access bridge to New Providence, East Bank Demerara collapsed sending the ‘Ready Mix Cement’ truck they were in overboard.
A $40M pontoon which will be used to dredge blocked outfall channels along the Coast was on Sunday handed over to the Agriculture ministry.
United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Gay McDougall is currently in Guyana and will meet with members of government, the opposition and civil society to discuss a number of issues relating to minority groups.
Relatives of Edwin Niles, the prisoner who succumbed to a clot in his lungs as a result of burns during an altercation with prison officers, are questioning the silence of the police on investigations and are insisting that something needs to be said very soon.
Work is ongoing on the Linden-Lethem road but the rain has been wreaking havoc with the maintenance, Engi-neering Coordinator of the Ministry of Public Works, Leon Goring says.
Customs efficiency at harbours and the absence of a deep-sea port were among areas identified as likely to affect the growth of local exports by sea, when the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) met recently.
Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Lynden Sinclair who is wanted for questioning in connection with the abduction of a two-year-old boy.
Dear Editor, Much has been written recently about the Queens Atlantic Investment/Sanata Complex divestment, most of it seeking to paint the government in an unflattering light.
Dear Editor, I refer to the statement attributed to Sir Allen Stanford that there are two many cooks in the West Indies Cricket Board’s kitchen.
The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) yesterday confirmed that the Timber Sales Agree-ment (TSA) of Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) has been suspended by Minister of Agriculture with responsibility for forestry, Robert Persaud.
Requests meeting with Jagdeo on range of issues The Guyana Press Association, (GPA), on Sunday announced that it had suspended the boycott of the coverage of President Bharrat Jagdeo, government ministers and Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon.
Dear Editor, I urge this government to commence the tender process to import the buses they have spoken about.
By Ravendra Kishore National coach and manager of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Team which placed second at the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) junior and women’s championships in Trinidad and Tobago Carl Franklyn, was yesterday full of praise for the team.
Dear Editor, Our leaders should be open-minded. They should not regard all criticisms levelled against them as originating from mindsets that bear them a grudge and are involved in the intrigue of conspiratorial theories.
Dear Editor, I noted that once again students of Annai Secondary School have performed excellently at a national art competition.
The Tax (Amendment) Bill 2008 was on Thursday passed by Parliament removing the Stamp Duty payable upon incorporation or increased capitalization.
– Three-time Caribbean squash champion Keisha Jeffrey tells Kiev ChesneyThree seemed to be the theme for the Guyana girls’ team at the 2008 Caribbean Squash Area (CASA) Caribbean Junior Squash Champion-ships.
Dear Editor, I refer to Mr T King’s letter captioned ‘Prisoner said he found bullets at army camp’ (GC July 26) in response to a letter by me seeking clarification on the government’s position on torture (SN July 25).
Skills centre set up at Canje The New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Inc (NJASMI) wrapped up its annual humanitarian mission in Guyana after three weeks of assisting the less fortunate, setting up skills centres, hosting fundraising activities and a blood drive.
From Calvin Roberts in Barbados Compliments of Smalta, Cum-mings Electrical, Lifetime Realty, P&P Insurance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited For one team Guyana, it will be redemption for the other, the Leeward Islands it may be revenge.
Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Stellon David recorded four of his team’s accumulated 10 goals against Uprising Football Club Sunday evening as the Georgetown Football Association’s Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League competition continued at the Tucville playfield.
Maxwell Parris, the man who sustained gunshot injuries to the left forearm and abdomen during an armed confrontation with the police on Lombard Street on the morning of July 21, was remanded to prison when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
There are no immediate plans to decentralize the issuance and collecting of passports at the local level as it could prove expensive and complex, Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee says.
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to a number of serious allegations levelled against NACTA and internationally reputed pollster and NY licensed teacher Vishnu Bisram by UG lecturer Freddie Kissoon in column captioned ‘Mr Bismuth Bisram in Grenada is due in Guyana’ (KN Jul 10) as well as in a series of other columns and letters published in KN and Stabroek News.
Fined $25,000 Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday ordered a 26-year-old man to pay a $25,000 fine or serve an 18-month sentence after he admitted to stealing two packets of cheese spread.
Minister of Home Affairs Mr Clement Rohee seems to have reached a fork in the road.
Dazelle Housing Scheme residents were treated earlier this month to a cement mixing demonstration and walked away with a number of prizes when TGI Guyana Inc (TGI) pitched its ‘Cement Tent’ in Paradise.
Dear Editor, I noted the announcement in the newspapers about the launch of a website for a popular funeral home.
Mike Mangal came out victorious in last Saturday’s Neal and Massy 40th anniversary golf tournament.
