Articles published on Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Georgetown protests In what is being seen by Georgetown as another clear act of aggression, a Guyanese registered vessel was seized while travelling in the Corentyne River and escorted by three Surinamese military vessels to the Surinamese port of Nickerie yesterday afternoon.
Mother also chopped A 23-year-old mother of one of PNC Dam, D’ Edward Village, West Berbice was brutally hacked to death around 5 pm yesterday after she objected to a text message her husband had received.
– Havelock Brewster It appears that Guyana will be signing the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU after all.
Batter, rob family of $6M Heavily-armed gunmen last evening stormed a grocery at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo firing shots and robbing a family of $6M in cash and jewellery before escaping.
Frequent quarrels and fights characterized their life together culminating in death on Monday when 25-year-old Nafeeza Khan was stabbed to death at her Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara home.
An alternative site will have to be found for the Cubana disaster monument, as the current spot at the junction of Camp and Lamaha streets is not suitable, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn said yesterday.
Residents of Ituni can now have access to treated water following yesterday’s launch of the “Ituni Bio-Sand Filter” by the Guyana Water Incorporated.
A horse cart operator, who was allegedly intoxicated, died on Monday after the he lost control of the motor cycle he was riding and crashed head-on into a wooden bridge.
A 56-year-old man was on Monday discovered dead on the public road at East Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara with suspicious wounds to the back of the head but his relatives say that he was hit by a truck.
Dear Editor I normally would not respond to commentaries, because it would seem a useless exercise, but I am compelled to respond to an article in Kaieteur News, Sunday, Oct 12, because it seems so far removed from the truth, and it would seem not a lot of effort was made to contact others in the industry to get a more balanced view.
Vehicle found with different licence plate A Diamond taxi driver endured a terrifying ordeal on Monday night, when his three passengers forced him into the trunk of his car at gunpoint and after driving for some time released him in Albouystown but not before fleeing with his vehicle.
An East Bank Essequibo (EBE) farmer was killed yesterday when a tree he was cutting fell on him.
Dear Editor, It must be a frightening concern to every Guyanese to see what is happening within the Guyana Prison Service and in the broader Disciplined Services.
An unidentified man who was reportedly under the influence died last night minutes after he was struck down at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.
Dear Editor, There are several squatters along the northern railway embankment road reserve in Turkeyen, between Liliendaal and the University of Guyana Access Road.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to Radica Persaud’s letter, ‘Is this normal practice with all Banks?’
Morawhanna outpost to be resuscitated Commissioner of Customs and Trade Administration, Chabilall Ramsarup yesterday said wiping out corruption within the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will require more rigorous surveillance at ports across the country and an end to inducements from the local business community.
-Belize NGO official While HIV/AIDS treatment is free or provided at a minimal cost in most Caribbean countries, there are critical groups that are still not being reached, according to the president of an international HIV non-governmental organisation, Caleb Orozco.
-boxer records one of the fastest knockouts at the Commonwealth Youth Games All it took was 46 seconds!
Dear Editor, My relatives and I, who reside at Lot 178 Campbellville Housing Scheme, are enduring days of suffering at the hands of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) because a water bill for $3,345 was not paid on time.
GCB President’s Trophy competition – Left-handed opening batsman Vishal Singh struck a century against Rohan Kanhai Strikers on the first day of their three-day encounter yesterday Vishal Singh’s century along with half centuries from Homchand Pooran and Steven Jacobs (59) were the highlight of the first day’s play in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) /President’s Trophy match between the Clive Lloyd Super Cats and the Rohan Kanhai Strikers yesterday.
Haiti is getting special assistance from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to improve efficiency and professionalism in its public sector, according to a release yesterday from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown.
By Rawle Toney One of Guyana’s most decorated physically-disabled athletes will be hosting his sixth annual fitness walk this Sunday starting at the two Brothers Gas Station and will conclude at the Mocha Arcadia road head, a distance covering approximately two miles.
Dear Editor, On Sunday, October 12, 2008, the hundreds who attended the ACDA sponsored ‘Maafa’ event at the Sea Wall Band Stand, were fortunate to hear a forthright, incisive and exceedingly relevant statement by Sister Violet Jean Baptiste.
There are some 500 women living with breast cancer in Guyana with between 40 and 80 new cases every year, according to Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy who on Monday urged young women and men to learn to do self-examination of their breasts and to live healthy lifestyles so as to reduce the disease.
Yesterday the Stella Maris Primary School hosted its annual Inter-House Sports at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary where five houses vied for the title they would wear for a year until it is ready to be defended.
Dear Editor,The letter by Mr. Hamilton Green J.P., Mayor, `This is not a working democracy’ published in the Stabroek News of Saturday, October 11, 2008 launched into an attack on the PPP/C administration, mentioning numerous matters in an attempt to support his contention, and in which he refers to my letter `A return to democracy, we have come a long way.’
Former City Engineer Cephas James recently lost a High Court battle for damages he allegedly suffered after he was axed from City Hall more than three years ago.
Dear Editor Your SN edition of 14/10/08 carried a news item headlined `Ministry of Amerindian Affairs announces winners in Amerindian month essay contest’.
We suggested last week, in our editorial on “The EPA and Regional Undercurrents” that the manner in which the discussion on the outcome of the EPA negotiations with Europe had been conducted among governments, could well lead the onlooker to believe that there is a great divide among them on the issue of the appropriate path to economic growth and development and the role of ex ternal assistance in it.
Jagdeo the Maverick Apparently the only acceptable criticism of this government is self criticism.
Certificates were presented to Amerindians from Moraikobai, Region Five who constructed the Amerindian Village at the Sophia Exhibition Complex for Carifesta X.
By Rawle Toney Basketball players and fans alike in Linden will have to wait for the final of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Elite knock-out competition which was scheduled for last Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) hrd court.
