Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Dear Editor, Between 1944 and 1947 I was the pay officer for Old Age Pensioners and Poor Relief recipients, from Port Mourant on the Corentyne Coast to Kwakwani up the Berbice River.

A sixteen-year-old promise by the PPP/C government was delivered on yesterday when there was a limited opening of the bridge across the Berbice River and it was hailed as a motor for investment in the Ancient County and the end to crippling travel woes for commuters.

Dear Editor, My name is Kamal Kanhai and I am the proprietor of Kanhai’s Guyana Electrical Agency of 146 Regent Street, Lacytown, Georgetown.

Dear Editor,The basic problem facing Guyana can be stated in various ways.

Canada charges  Ontario businessman Some CDN$40M of cocaine was found by Canadian authorities in cartons of Guyana pepper sauce and a businessman was to appear in an Ontario court yesterday charged with importing and conspiracy to traffic in the illegal substance The cocaine was seized by Canadian police following months of investigation which saw them tracking the shipment from New Brunswick and letting the accused, identified as 45-year-old Mahendrapaul Doodnauth of Sequin Court in Etobicoke, take possession of it with only a small amount of the cocaine still in the packaging.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Fire Service has spent millions buying new machines but they never seem to get to any fire on time, and when they do arrive, they usually start looking for water.

Journalists urged to educate themselves Caribbean media practitioners need to improve their command of the English Language and continuously educate themselves if they are to become critical thinkers and understand the linkages of issues to the rest of the region and the world.

By Tony Cozier In NAPIER THEY obviously would not let on but the West Indies were relieved, rather than just content, to draw the second and final Test against New Zealand on an engrossing last day at McLean Park here yesterday.

Archbishop Dr. Philbert London was on Sunday crowned  champion in the Ten-Pin Bowl-0ff competition which took place at the Karma Bowling Alley.

-sources Well-placed sources say the police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has found that the ranks at the East La Penitence Station were negligent in their handling of the Ardell Haynes fatal beating two weeks ago and disciplinary recommendations have been made.

Dear Editor, With the close of 2008, the year President Jagdeo had promised social and economic advancement, Guyanese must begin to analyze their current status to ascertain whether or not these promises were met.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Monday granted $25,000 bail to a Sophia man accused of robbery with violence.

Canada charges  Ontario businessman Some CDN$40M of cocaine was found by Canadian authorities in cartons of Guyana pepper sauce and a businessman was to appear in an Ontario court yesterday charged with importing and conspiracy to traffic in the illegal substance The cocaine was seized by Canadian police following months of investigation which saw them tracking the shipment from New Brunswick and letting the accused, identified as 45-year-old Mahendrapaul Doodnauth of Sequin Court in Etobicoke, take possession of it with only a small amount of the cocaine still in the packaging.

The chorus of “I told you so” were audible even as far away as New Zealand.

A father of two and a mechanic who are accused of the manslaughter of electrician, Ardell Haynes were remanded  to prison yesterday when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, The call for a change of leadership in the PNC only scratches the surface of what is a larger and inherent problem.

Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) says that its largest shareholder, cement company CEMEX, plans to sell the 20% shares that it holds in TCL as that company feels the effects of the global financial crisis.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson remanded a Nandy Park man charged with stealing over 1M when he on Monday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dochfour residents will likely be surrounded by foetid floodwater this Christmas as up to yesterday the Hope koker and pumping station had not been effective in draining the area.

The only high ‘ground’ was here and so the goats, the ducks and the dog rested in this wooden shed at Dochfour on Sunday.

Dear Editor, In response to your news item, ‘Linden businessmen to press for broadcast licence,’ (December 22), I would like to commend the two Linden businessmen, Messrs Norman Chapman and Mortimer Yearwood, for daring to stand up for their constitutional right to not only operate a radio station, but also operate a place of employment.

By Tony Cozier In NAPIER Daren Powell has apologised to the New Zealand team for his angry outburst during the second day of the drawn second Test at McLean Park.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson granted a father of six, who allegedly wounded several persons, bail in the sum of $250, 000 yesterday when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, NY-based Guyanese have been gearing up for the Christmas holidays with their shopping and party arrangements.

Region Three says it has spent $178M on capital works as of November completing 88% of its capital works programme for the year.

A few weeks ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, decided in the face of a threat of a vote of confidence in his new government, to ask the Governor General of Canada to suspend sittings of the Parliament for a month.

– Johnson, Panday named as candidates Mum’s the word from Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) president Chetram Singh regarding any plans he may have to contest the presidency of the GCB which is due in the latter part of January.