Daily Archive: Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Government yesterday an-nounced that the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has been mandated to prepare shelters for residents in flood-affected areas particularly those from the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary Creeks.

The details of four dead pensioners were used to perpetrate fraud amounting to almost $900,000 in the Pensions Department of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) which has seen some 18 employees being sent home, a senior source in the institution said yesterday.

By Vishnu Bisram A Guyanese father of three was fatally shot on Thursday afternoon in front of his Richmond Hill, New York house by a teenager from a nearby area.

Information has pointed police to another suspect they believe may have knowledge of or was involved in the execution-style shooting to death of  Environmental Protection Agency employee, Alicia Foster on October 12 last year.

Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officials yesterday held a confrontation with two of the suspects in the shipments of cocaine in pepper sauce cartons and they were told that their only viable option was to cooperate.

Residents not confident of drainage structures Heavy rainfall from Thursday night which continued sporadically throughout yesterday has caused floodwater levels to rise again along the East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Parasurama Rabindranauth, who was sought over the shooting of a man in the US and then attempted to flee to Guyana, has confessed to the murder which occurred over a piece of real estate and money spent on it, US reports say.

DNA tests have confirmed that a Guyanese man is the father of a baby boy abandoned at a Barbados Hospital five months ago by the Guyanese mother, who returned here the following day.

The Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) says citizens need to work hard at the individual and family levels to face the challenges of this New Year.

A rash of attacks on taxi-drivers recently has seen yet another operator losing his car to bandits.

A Guyanese man was remanded to a New York prison after he attempted to smuggle cocaine into the US in cookbooks.

-blame Cunha koker changes The recent heavy rainfall has left some residents in the village of Sarah Johanna on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) under several inches of water, severely affecting crops and livestock in some cases.

Dear Editor, I was fortunate to recently visit the road construction work ongoing at the Takutu Bridge and also over in Bom Fin, Brazil.

Dear Editor, The letter columns are a place where frustrations are vented, where lies and corruption are exposed.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, January 6, 2009, one would have expected all our vulnerable senior citizens, who must now tailor their lives to fit a paltry $6,300 per month, to be in receipt of their first pension for the New Year, if pronouncements from the Human Services Ministry are anything to go by.

Dear Editor, Reference the Stabroek News article on the reasons for my resignation from Parliament (‘Vieira withdrew resignation as PNCR-1G,’ 9.1.09).

Once a household name in Guyana, Olive Gopaul is rarely seen on television today, except for when she announces the winning numbers for the Guyana Lottery Company.

Dear Editor, Perusing the contents of a letter written by Mr Lall Kumar Ramsingh in the January 7, 2009 letter columns of Stabroek News (‘If so much money has been spent on drainage, why is the system not working?’),

Slumdog Millionaire Just who is Dev Patel? He could be one of those popular but largely unknown stars of Indian cinema, but not if you have seen the superb film, Slumdog Millionaire.

Dear Editor, I attended a funeral in the Georgetown cemetery and while there I decided to accompany some of my relatives to another section to check out the tomb of a late close relative.

More teams are likely to compete in the 20th anniversary of the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament later this year even as the organizers fine tune plans for a junior version of the tournament bringing together secondary schools from around the country by mid year.

A test of my patience Peeling and cooking  Katahar (breadnut) Hi Everyone, I do not shy away from hard work.

Dear Editor, I have seen for some weeks now a repeated statement that the Government of Guyana is refusing to pay a pension to a person employed by the public sector in past years.

This yard at Greenfield, East Coast Demerara has been flooded for almost a month.

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass says that the local body will be enforcing several of FIFA’s standards into the  game including doping control and he called on local officials to unite for the good of the sport.

A 38-year-old minibus conductor on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful assault when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

A farmer on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

Dear Editor, Although gas prices continue to decrease, and there has been an announced fare reduction by the Minister of Commerce, Mr Manniram Prashad on November 15, most mini-buses continue to overcharge their passengers.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday mounted a protest outside of the US Embassy in Kingston over Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip.

Dear Editor, The focus of Eustace Harlequinn’s letter to Kaieteur News (Jan 5), captioned ‘Is Van West Charles trying to become Leader of the PNCR?’ 

On New Year’s Day Lindeners resolved to put their disappointment over the relocating of the football finals behind them and lent support to a mega show hosted at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in an attempt to salvage some economic gains.

– Joseph S. Nye Jr. is Distin-guished Service Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Govern-ment and author, most recently, of The Powers to Lead.

A SUPPORT staff of manager, head coach, assistant coach, trainer, strength conditioner, physiotherapist and analyst is now attached to the West Indies team.

GWI says it will provide potable water to Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara from this week.

The long overdue bill to establish a Childcare and Protection Agency was passed in the National Assembly on Thursday last.