Articles published on Saturday, November 29, 2008
Cop, three pirates dead – missing fisherman found tied to tree A shootout at Cromarty, Corentyne around 6.30 am yesterday has left a policeman and three pirates dead, while the partly mutilated body of a fisherman was discovered tied to a tree.
President Bharrat Jagdeo told an Agri-Business Investment Seminar on Sunday last that investing in the agriculture sector particularly in aquaculture will net high returns.
Ninety-five percent of the current rice crop has been harvested so far while sowing for the next crop has already started, the Ministry of Agriculture says.
A faction of the local trade union movement is rejecting assurances by the government that the world financial crisis is having no effect on Guyana, calling it irresponsible.
Creavone Thorne, the woman whose decomposing body was found in a trench on Thursday, died as a result of manual strangulation.
James shot five times Troy James, the Guyanese man who was gunned down in Cayenne, French Guiana almost three weeks ago, sustained five gunshots to the chest, one of which caused the fatal injury, a post-mortem examination has revealed.
The government is urging the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to enforce the tax laws as it relates to internet cafe owners involved in international telephone calling as they owe the state a substantial amount of revenue.
-driver tries to escape A 15-year-old cyclist died after being hit by a tractor on the Number Two Public Road, East Canje, Berbice yesterday afternoon.
Replacing light bulbs at the city’s municipal markets could take nearly a year, the final public hearing of the commission set up to investigate matters at City Hall heard yesterday.
Stanislaus Gomes, the victim of a deadly cutlass attack by his drug-addicted son on Thursday, was alive until the young man severed his head.
A new army base, costing $23.8 million, is to be built at Anna Regina, Essequibo, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon.
The government plans to review the access to and the operations of the VIP and executive lounges at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport since among other things there may have been lapses that could have contributed to trafficking in narcotics.
Six employees of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) were sent home following the discovery of a fraud of just under one million dollars in the pension scheme department, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon has said.
The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities will host a week of activities to mark National Disability Week starting with an awareness march and rally tomorrow.
The government is considering a single Christmas party for all government agencies to be hosted by the Office of President in its efforts to deal with the “fiscal constraints” it is facing.
Since a script is hard to come by in local theatre it turns out a young actor has to dig deep and in the right places to find one, even jostle a few veterans to hang onto it.
Sales-men…Shoes’ shopping! It is one of those pleasurable habits of mine that gets better as my economic status improves and as my fairy god mother, also known as mom, surrenders to my endless requests for contributions to my shoe fund.
The defending men’s and women’s champions were on the losing end on the opening night of action in the Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) International Indoor Hockey Festival Thursday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor, On Thursday, November 13, I attended a meeting at the Linden Foundation Secondary School, to which parents/guardians had been hurriedly summoned by the school’s authority to address the serious and dangerous issue of lighting squibs, firecrackers, and other such fireworks.
The Travis Dowlin-led Demerara team will open its defence of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Pepsi/Carib-sponsored Inter-County 20/20 competition against nemesis Berbice at the Blairmont Community Centre ground from 1pm today.
Great news! By Susan Harewood Guest columnist I’ve got some good news and some bad news.
Round two wraps up with a bang On Wednesday evening a large crowd witnessed the final eight matches of the second round of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Guinness `Greatest of de Street’ round robin knockout football tournament at the Albouystown Basketball Court.
Dear Editor, A report on a presentation by Major-General (rtd) Joe Singh, the CEO of GT&T and Ms Faith Harding at a symposium hosted by the youth arm of the PNCR is worth reading (Guyana Times November 27 page 3).
By Paul Harris
Why HJTV’s Glamour isn’t in style Somebody call the fashion police: The new HJTV fashion guide, Glamour, is a crime against good taste.
Dear Editor, During the last two decades a number of very important events have taken place around the world that have seen changes in situations that many of us thought were impossible to change.
Western Tigers Football Club yesterday received a donation of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and a quantity of football gear from their official sponsors BK International Incorporated.
-Singh Former national middle-order batsman Rabindranauth Seeram was removed from the selection panel of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) and did not resign as was reported in another section of the press.
Local designer Donette Brotherson brings ‘Holiday Treats’ to the Sidewalk Cafe next Friday evening.
Dear Editor, An advertisement at present being shown on television shows a set of young girls – who hardly look as if they are 18 years old − showing Carib beer corks and drinking Carib beers.
The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) and the National Parks Commission have signed a $24M agreement for the construction of a rest house and warden building at the Kaieteur National Park.
There has been no movement with the government’s proposal to introduce big buses to the public transportation sector.
Two brothers who were charged in relation to a fake vehicle window tint permit were each granted $95,000 bail when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, If rejecting envoys ever became an Olympic sport, the ‘government’ in Zimbabwe would have few rivals for the gold.
The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will hold an emergency meeting with affiliated club members tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club.
Nothing to Laugh About, a collection of satirical sketches, debuted last week at the Theatre Guild Play House.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said contrary to rumours it has no plans to deprive its staff of their November salaries rather it is verifying claims for overtime payments which will result in a three-day delay.
Dear Editor, Several years ago I wrote letters to the press maintaining that the Ministry of Home Affairs, in conjunction with the police should establish greater control over hire cars/taxis.
Its Classique’s world, we just live in it. Fresh off a Caribbean tour that cemented their status as solid contemporary dancers, Classique is back with a new production that takes a zigzag approach to dancing, literally.
Naomi Wolf, the author of The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot and Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, is a political activist and social critic as well as co-founder of the American Freedom Campaign, a US democracy movement.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in association with the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) FIFA Member Association Referees Course will commence at 10am today and run until December 3.
Often, when a murder is reported, one wonders what goes on in the mind of the killer.
-upgrades her kitchen “I buy a fridge, gas stove, microwave and blender with the money,” a maid, who admitted stealing $2 million worth of raw gold, told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson before she was hit with an 18-month sentence.
