Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Law enforcement authorities are searching for a number of other persons in relation to the recent Cdn$40 million drug bust in Canada including the brother of the Guyanese man held in Ontario.

On the heels of two major Guyana-linked drug busts in the last month, customs authorities at the Port of Miami, on Monday acting on a tip off unearthed 373 pounds of cocaine hidden in furniture aboard a vessel, whose last stop was in this country.

Glarey Bowling was a fighter. For nearly three years, she clung to hope and life after escaping a fire that claimed the lives of her mother and two young children.

Victoria breach causes rising water levels After 22 days Dochfour is still swamped by inches of stagnant floodwater and Victoria seems to be heading towards a similar fate with the water level steadily rising because of a breach in the village’s West Side Line Dam.

A 30-year-old man received an unwelcome Christmas ‘gift’ after being severely beaten allegedly by an off-duty policeman and is hospitalized with a broken leg and elbow at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Frustrated residents of the Mahaica and Mahaicony creeks continue to endure rising levels of floodwater after the Maduni sluice was opened following intense rainfall one week ago.

… opting to wait for the ferry Despite the long wait for the bridge across the Berbice River which was opened to the public on December 23, many commuters continue to use the Rosignol/New Amsterdam ferry because of the bridge toll.

… source says The six prisoners who attempted to escape from the Camp Street prison early Sunday morning had cut their clothing and made a long rope which they had planned to use to get over the high prison fence with its razor wire top, according to sources.

…recaptured escapee says “Your Worship I murder a man from de Essequibo Coast,” was Ronald Daniels’s response when Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson asked him what he was doing during the almost two years since he had escaped from the Mazaruni prison.

Khemraj Dhani, the man who killed his ex-wife and fatally wounded her first husband before turning the gun on himself in a Florida community on December 20 had been distressed at having to live on the streets and had vowed to end her life and then take his.

Although security posed the “most important” challenge of the year, the PPP said yesterday that its administration has seen returns on heavy investments in goods and services to the people.

Farms hard-hit Central Corentyne residents complained on Monday to Region Six Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha about the deep flooding they were experiencing and at Alness they blamed incomplete work by a contractor.Mustafa

Assiduous efforts are being made to ensure that all residents of Mahdia, including those at Campbelltown, receive potable water through their taps by next year, Minister Robeson Benn told members of the National Assembly on Monday.

Two drivers charged with death by dangerous driving were both remanded to prison on Monday when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says about $20M is being spent to boost the drainage system in Region Ten.

The Guyana Forestry Com-mission (GFC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently signed a $41M grant aimed at keeping the country’s standing forests intact and conserving the Moraballi Forestry Reserve.

Police are questioning a suspect in an armed robbery committed on taxi driver Hardatt Dookoo of Enmore, East Coast Demerara, on Monday night.

Vacancies exist for eight senior positions within the Central Ministry of Education and the Department of Education, Minister of Education Shaik Baksh informed members of Parliament on Monday.

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to a letter published in the Kaieteur News of December 29, 2008, (‘Letter on Victoria drainage contains inaccuracies’) in which the writer – National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Corporate Secretary Tiana Khan – makes certain assertions in response to my letter captioned ‘Little effort made to ease the flood sufferings of Victoria’ published in SN on December 27.

Dear Editor, Oh what a barrel of laughs Stretched-out Magazine had when it aired a few nights ago.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has condemned the Israeli government for the deadly attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza and has called on the US to cease its support for this terrorism.

Just like every other cricketer in the Caribbean, national all-rounder Christopher Barnwell has his sights set on wearing the maroon cap one day, to honour his uncle, the late national opening batsman Andrew Lyght.

Dear Editor, I am a senior teacher attached to President’s College and I am suffering from diabetes.

Dear Editor, I have been over the years a defender of the PPP/C government, as it relates to extreme and absurd criticisms, because I at least accept the need for genuine, constructive criticism.

What! No sports policy after 16 years? Recently Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

Dear Editor, It is the time of the year when everyone is rejoicing and celebrating the festive season, but at the same time many of us are experiencing a flood situation and are losing our crops and livestock.

By Troy Peters Football fans that missed the semi-finals of this year’s Kashif and Shanghai football tournament can expect a treat in tomorrow’s final between Georgetown gladiators Sunburst Camptown and Pele Football Club in a showdown that is much anticipated.

Head coach John Dyson has said it, so has captain Chris Gayle but, in case the younger players in the team didn’t hear, Ramnaresh Sarwan has stressed the point once again.

Dear Editor, Recently, there have been several calls, from some sources, for Mr Corbin to resign.

– Bodybuilder finally receives prize of two airline tickets for winning competition Finally, Mr.

By Esther Dyson – Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings, is an active investor in a variety of start-ups around the world.

As this year slips into the next, few persons pondering the state of the globe and Caricom’s place in it, will admit that among the events that might have occurred would be a global economic recession being compared, in terms of its potential, to the Great Depression that started in 1929, and never really disappeared until well into World War II.

Dear Editor, There seems to be an uprising to wake up or remove Mr Robert Corbin.