Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 10, 2008

David de Caires was one of the most outstanding Guyanese newspaper editors of the 20th century.

– left to die in police station compound A 42-year-old electrician was battered to death by unknown persons between Monday night and early yesterday morning and so far police have been unable to determine the circumstances that led to the incident.

Former PNCR general secretary Hamilton Green has signalled his willingness to act as a mediator between the party leadership and former executives who say it needs to embrace a new political culture.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green says that in spite of severe financial limitations, the municipality is doing its best to deal with the problems posed by the recent heavy rainfall.  

City Hall yesterday urged the public to be alert when shopping for food for human consumption.

The government has reiterated that it is still in pursuit of plans to construct a canal that would lead directly to the Atlantic Ocean from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).

A long-running border dispute between Guatemala and Belize that was unresolved after exhaustive negotiations will go to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) if the people of the two countries pass referenda in support of the move.

 The family and relatives of a young woman are anxiously awaiting word on her whereabouts a week after she went missing.

– says was shut out, pulled from committees Denying the claim that he was axed as a Member of Parliament (MP) because of extended absences, former PNCR executive James McAllister said he was shut out from parliamentary duties.

Two members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are missing following a boating mishap on the Cuyuni River on Monday evening.

Guyana’s gangs have participated in diverse criminal activities − armed robbery, murder, narcotics-trafficking, gun-running and piracy − over the past decade.

A Herstelling resident was wounded during an armed robbery at her home yesterday afternoon, police said.

General Secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labour and former General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress Lincoln Lewis talks with the Guyana Review about the agenda of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) and the challenges facing labour in the Caribbean GR: In what respects does your role as General Secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labour differ from your previous position as General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress?

On November 17, 1978 Neville Annibourne flew to Jonestown in his capacity as an Information Officer with the then Government Information Service.

The murder of Vivian Walker, who was killed a week ago in Berbice, was the fatal result of a circle of revenge, a close relative says.

Guyana’s Colin France toppled a star-studded field of table tennis racquet-wielders, which included two former Caribbean champions, to capture the prestigious Reality and Maintenance Services Limited Supersingles men’s crown in Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend.

Dear Editor,I experience a deep sense of sadness every time I walk around Georgetown. 

“I am not being pedantic. In these metaphysical matters you can misplace a comma and be thereby liable to ten thousand words of aesthetic damnation.”

– GHRA Countries such as Guyana cannot justify their own falling standards with respect to torture, cruel and degrading treatment by reference to abuse of those standards by the United States, the Guyana Human Rights Association says in its message to mark International Human Rights Day.

A recent shipment of medical equipment for the National Ophthalmology Centre at Port Mourant, is currently being installed as the ministry hopes to start operations at the centre next year.

Dear Editor, The action by the Guyana government to push for economic incentives at the ongoing climate change talks, in order to maintain global mature rainforests, is to be highly commended.

It is not only the New Zealand cricket team that will confront the West Indies in the first Test, starting here tomorrow (tonight East Caribbean time).

Born in controversy in 1974, the Guyana National Service was dismantled in controversy in 2000.

Dear Editor, So we read in the SN of 7.12.08 that there was almost a mid-air plane accident back in October between a Delta and a CA flight.

The British Guiana Centenary Year Book, 1831-1931, edited by E. Sievewright Stoby, was published in 1931 to celebrate the centenary of the unification of the colony of British Guiana in 1831. 

Bakewell Topp XX aiming for  sixth titleBy Rawle Toney It is never questionable whenever someone says that Bakewell Topp XX is the most decorated team in the Kashif and Shanghai tournament since it began.

An 11-year-old boy was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday afternoon, after being hit by a motorcycle. 

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is urging civil society groups to renew efforts towards ensuring fundamental electoral reform before the next national polls.

– what are their chances? Asks Calvin Roberts With the 19th annual Kashif and Shangai (K&S) football tournament set to kick off in four days time, Georgetown’s Sunburst Camptown must be looking at their chances in Guyana’s mega football tournament, via a microscope.

Too little too late: Workers removing rubbish, including coconut shells, plastic bottles and Styrofoam food boxes from the Lamaha Street canal at Albert Street corner yesterday.

– Edwin Cameron is a Justice of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal.

Dear Editor, I believe the management of the National Communications Network Inc (NCN) has disappointed Berbicians this holiday season.

Guyana’s Allstars Women’s Sevens Team conquered all they encountered in winning the Trinidad Enthusiasts International Invitational Tournament over the weekend.

Dear Editor, Mr Robert Corbin should step down and call an election within the party if all the top brass of the party is leaving, or else hand the party to Mr Winston Murray.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – We are all Keynesians now.

Four Guyanese students were awarded for their outstanding performances at the Carib-bean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations at the opening ceremony of the 40th Meeting of the Caribbean Examinations Council last Thursday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson remanded to prison a 20-year-old man, who allegedly broke and entered the home of another man and stole a number of items and cash, when he appeared before her yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Marlon John, 26, of Edinburgh, East Berbice who was shot above his left eye is in a stable condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

The Reds Perreira Sports Foundation (RPSF) will host another “Night of Nostalgia” on Friday at the Umana Yana in Kingston featuring four great sports personalities of yesteryear.

Dear Editor, Christopher Ram’s article in your ‘Business Page’ of Sunday, December 7, captioned ‘Who’s left now?’

– Riza Berkan is a nuclear scientist with a specialization in artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, and information systems.

Dear Editor, As the Berbice River Bridge comes to a close, work proceeds to rehabilitate the Demerara Harbour Bridge for it to function for at least another 10 years, and the Takutu Bridge nears completion it would be fitting for the international bridge, ie the Ogle airport, to become fully functional as soon as possible.

Strykers of No. 78 Village destroyed Crabwood Creek’s Young Royals by a massive 198 runs in the New Building Society Challenge second division limited overs competition in Berbice.

– 16-year sentence affirmed The Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal against sentence by convicted child rapist Frank Cole and affirmed a 16-year sentence imposed at the time of his conviction in the High Court by Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards.

The National Gallery of Art is hosting an exhibition titled ‘The Colour of Truth.’

Dear Editor, As the festive season approaches, Guyanese will be looking forward for their government to ease their economic burden in the hope that their families have a fairly decent holiday.

(an extract from Schomburgk’s expedition to the interior. The work was translated from German by Walter E.

December 27 will have been a year since the assassination of Mrs Benazir Bhutto, then on the brink of resuming the leadership of her country after her removal by the military, and then the politically forced demitting of office by General-President Musharraf.

– donates Most Improved Player trophy By Rawle Toney Kayo’s Academy in Linden made its first contribution to the Kashif and Shanghai tournament when they presented the Most Improved Player of the tournament trophy to the organizers.

Twenty-three members of the joint services completed a nine-week junior officer’s course last Friday with the need for the continued training of officers as to better serve the public was emphasised. 

A 30-year-old Eccles man who reportedly stole a car and several other items from a woman was granted bail yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France and leader of the Socialist Party, is a member of the European Parliament.

Colin Klass’s refusal to step down as President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in the face of the rejection of his leadership by the  players whom he purports to represent  may have plunged local football into its most serious crisis ever.

Dear Editor, The following comments come from a person who has shed his share of blood, sweat and tears in the forest industry.