Articles published on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Agri Minister signals displeasure GuySuCo is likely to lose substantial revenue as the commissioning problems with the new Skeldon factory mean that little grinding for this crop will be done and the Agriculture Minister yesterday signalled his government’s displeasure at the situation.
Relatives still uneasy Hundreds of devotees and the relatives of those who were murdered during the Lusignan Massacre gathered last evening at the Lusignan Tarmac for the first of the three-night Pitri Paksh Satsang held in remembrance of the eleven people who were killed.
– conflict of interest cited Another of Roger Khan’s lawyers may not be able to represent him in the drug trial, as there could be a conflict of interest given that he had represented a woman from whose home evidence that would be used against Khan has been taken.
Suspect found with nurses’ jewels, other belongings Representative of the nursing body at Linden, Maurice Butters, Chief Labour Officer Mohamed Akeel and representatives of the Linden Hospital Complex yesterday negotiated an end to a strike sparked by the rape of a nurse in a hospital.
A lone gunman shot and robbed another man as he exited Pearl’s Bakery on D’Urban Street last evening.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has supported police recommendations for murder charges to be laid against two senior prison officers who have been implicated in the beating of prisoner Edwin Niles, sources say.
Local banks are not directly exposed to the fallout from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, which has filed for bankruptcy and the sale of Merrill Lynch and Co Inc to the Bank of America Corporation, but there could be trickle down effects on the local economy from the US financial crisis.
A Triumph young man who was knocked off his motorcycle by a driver, who was suspected to have been drunk, suffered a fractured skull and has been a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital since Saturday night.
Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram in his prolix letter titled, ‘According to Gallup Hillary Clinton’s speech had a seventy per cent approval rating,’ (SN 16.9.08) misled readers on a number of fronts and I’m disappointed that Stabroek News published the said letter knowing that it distorted almost everything I said in my previous one.
– commerce minister The opening of a new Royal Castle outlet is evidence that investors are interested in investing here, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad said at the opening of the outlet on Monday.
Dear Editor, According to Dr Carl Max Hanoman in the SN letter columns of September 12, ‘Local options should be exhausted before patients engage in fund-raising for overseas treatment,’ and I quite agree with him on that score.
Vendors of Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara have complained bitterly about having to remove their stalls from the front of a street leading into the area where they live.
Guyanese man, who says that his Guyanese partner abandoned their newborn baby at a Barbados hospital before fleeing the island for Guyana, is now awaiting the results of a DNA test before he can be united with his son.
Dear Editor, A press statement issued by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Monday, September 15, 2008, amounted to three pages of letter-size verbiage producing absolute froth.
Dear Editor, It looks like the Guyana government has not learned from Omai.
Shot Guyanese owner bemoans sloth in probe The Guyanese businesswoman, who survived an armed robbery on her restaurant and bar in Barbados in July, says the police are dragging their feet and breaking promises that they will do everything in their power to bring the perpetrator to justice.
The Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, retired Justice Cecil Kennard is scheduled to travel to Berbice this weekend to meet with members of the public who may wish to raise matters of concern with them.
Dear Editor, I was glad to see that the PNCR accepted my advice, offered in one of my letters to the editor, and moved their own motion for the parliamentary recognition of the work of Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, their late founder/leader.
A meeting was held here on Monday between the Ministry of Finance and the Inter-American Development Bank to discuss the IDB’s new country strategy for 2008-2012 which will govern the programmes and projects to be jointly undertaken by the bank and the Guyana government.
Dear Editor, Why isn’t bail being granted to Oliver Hinckson? Why was he being held in solitary confinement, sometimes for twenty-three- and a-half hours of the twenty-four hour day?
A 27-year-old man who allegedly indecently assaulted and buggered a female was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Two men who allegedly forged documents to obtain fuel purportedly on behalf of Sol Guyana Limited were granted bail Thursday when they appeared before Magi-strate Melissa Robertson-Ogle at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
“You can get male dolls circumcised or uncircumcised.” This attention to detail is what marks the work of British Virgin Islands resident Trenita Hodge, who makes dolls using the art form in this part of the world, called soft sculpture.
Chattergoon’s XI defeated Solomon’s XI by three runs in the first 50 overs-a-side under-17 trial match organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and played at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground yesterday.
Dear Editor, The New Amsterdam Multilateral Senior Secondary School (NAMS) celebrated its 33rd year of existence last Monday, September 15, 2008 with a simple assembly that was held in the school’s multi-purpose hall.
– Mackeson League Bakewell Buxton Stars and Victoria Kings failed to impress their fans against their respective opponents when play in the Ansa McAl Limited Mackeson Stout-sponsored East Coast Premier League football competition continued over the weekend.
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter headlined ‘We should welcome Brazilians’ by Mr Tony Vieira, published in SN on Monday September 15, 2008, and write to correct a major misconception by many Guyanese.
Digicel has committed US$1M to support relief efforts in Haiti following the passages of Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike over the island.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Monday remanded a 37-year-old man who allegedly obtained a quantity of cash by false pretence when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, It seems to some of us overseas that the President is either too busy to read about and question some of what is occurring in Guyana. The
The PNCR says it hopes that the Jagdeo Administration and Ministry of Education uses Education Month to examine ways in which “the conditions of our teachers can be improved and the education system bettered.”
-National darts champion Norman Madhoo is gearing up for a shot at this year’s World c/ships National darts champion Norman Madhoo is leaving no stone unturned in his preparation for two upcoming important engagements.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Thursday remanded to prison a 47-year-old mason accused of indecently assaulting a four-year-old girl.
Dear Editor, Last year when my child heard that ‘Sponge Bob Square Pants and Friends’ would be performing in Guyana, there was much excitement and anticipation on her part – and sure enough the show lived up to expectations.
– to co-sponsor Fast Bowling Clinic Courts Guyana Inc. yesterday handed over a cheque for US$400 to the `Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation thereby officially becoming a co-sponsor of the foundation’s upcoming fast bowling clinic.
Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Monday remanded to prison another man who allegedly robbed a woman and murdered her husband, a scrap metal dealer, on Brickdam in July.
The PNCR has hailed Egbert Benjamin’s achievements during his tour as the first mayor of Linden.
Dear Editor, The two major Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows, was a ‘tale of two sisters.’
Children singing at the remembrance last night for the Lusignan massacre victims.
Two men who allegedly robbed another man at gunpoint were remanded to prison on Monday when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson Ogle at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
New Amsterdam’s Bermine Cricket Club of Zone A joined Zone B’s Albion and Port Mourant Community Centres respectively in the Berbice semi-finals of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Neal and Massey 40 overs-a-side competition last weekend.
We wrote of last week as being an ominous one for the countries of the Caribbean Community.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has donated 250 wheelchairs of five different sizes to the Ministry of Health’s Material Management Unit at Kingston.
Dear Editor, Winning a lottery or inheriting $60 million are two ways I would suggest to the Joint Services and the informant in the case involving the deceased ‘Fineman’ that they would be comfortable with, but to accept that amount for personal use would do them no good.
Kishore Mahbubani is Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
