Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday granted $75, 000 bail to a man accused of violently robbing another man of a gold chain and a quantity of cash.

Charges recommended against Fidelity official, customs staff The Auditor General-led report into the explosive polar beer scam has concluded that fake documents were submitted to customs by both the broker and Fidelity Invest-ments Inc and charges were recommended against a top Fidelity official, a broker and 14 Customs employees from various departments who were complicit in the fraud.

-says she was victim of ‘hi-tech domestic violence’ Former First Lady Varshnie Singh yesterday accused President Bharrat Jagdeo of pursuing a vendetta against her and sidelining her children’s charity for showing up the inadequacies of the government’s work.

Three gun and cutlass-wielding men yesterday morning shot and killed a Mahaicony coconut estate caretaker and assaulted his wife in front of their one-year-old son before escaping with a shotgun, cash and jewellery.

Vice President of the Board the NTPYE Clinton Williams told 173 graduates at their convocation exercise last month that they should feel privileged to have accessed training that will allow them to meet employment needs.

Conservation International Guyana (CI Guyana)  will  provide the Guyana Forestry Commission with $8M to support the establishment of a special secretariat which will  be involved in  figuring out just how much carbon Guyana has in its forests and how to calculate it.

The Mash Secretariat says preparations for Mashramani 2009 are well underway with a preliminary roster and plans to host activities in every region.

A 30-year-old Bartica man underwent surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) last evening after being stabbed in the stomach in the mining community yesterday.

The Guyana Defence Force was yesterday presented with four complete computer systems, printers and other accessories by the Military Attaché to the Brazilian Embassy in Georgetown, Colonel Eudes Carvalho Dos Santos.

The deadline for submitting bids for the Conservancy Relief Structure at Hope/Dochfour  has now been extended to January 27, in order to facilitate bids from interested overseas-based engineers, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud told Stabroek News.

Guyanese jurist Mohamed Shahabuddeen has been elected to serve as a judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC), one of six new judges elected recently.

Minister of Transport Robeson Benn says the finance ministry is considering some of the financial demands made by air traffic controllers at the CJIA and Ogle airports as the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is unable to meet them.

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to an article in the Stabroek News, Tuesday,  January 20, captioned ‘Gas station owners allege kerosene discrimination.’

The Ministry of Human Services & Social Security removed 10-year-old Anita Pooranmal and her three younger siblings whom she had to care for from their Pine Ground, Mahaicony Creek home yesterday.

Dear Editor, In this letter I will seek to conflate two issues involving the President and the Auditor General (ag), Mr Deodat Sharma, which taken together convince me that neither of them understands key provisions of the constitution or the Audit Act 2004, hardly a trivial issue.

Had walked away from argument A 31-year-old man was fatally stabbed by his colleague after he walked away from an argument that ensued between the two at a poultry establishment.

-company contributes G$875,000 to Special Olympics Guyana Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has proved that they have ‘The Power to Make a Difference” when they presented a sponsorship cheque worth G$875,000 to Special Olympics Guyana (SOG) on Monday for the hosting of their upcoming Special Olympics Games.

Dear Editor I was happy to see in Sunday Stabroek of January 18, 2009, Mr Ivelaw Whittaker, Police Public Relations and Press Officer for whom I have regard both personally and professionally, responding to my thoughts and suggestions which, I assure you, are shared by many Guyanese sympathetic to the Guyana Police Force (‘The Guyana Police Force has a set of media relations guidelines which are working well.’

A drunken argument led to an altercation that resulted in the chopping to death of a 25-year-old farmer at Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi on Monday night.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has the development of cricket in the region high on its agenda and plans to pump some US$4M towards its developmental drive over the next four years.

Dear Editor, It is absolutely necessary for me to respond to Mr Christopher Ram whose letter in the Stabroek News of January 19, captioned ‘The Fidelity Report should be released immediately,’ casts aspersions on my competence and ability based on my response to a question by your newspapers on the Fidelity report to be tabled in Parliament.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says another batch of CANU officers has been trained to use the Itemiser 3.

Dear Editor,I had cause to visit the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) a few weeks ago, and was greeted by a pack of aggressively snarling common-breed dogs.

-immigration consultant A judge on the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has granted a  15-year-old Guyanese  girl refugee status  following  a hearing on October 7, 2008  in Toronto.

Dear Editor, The public needs to understand the constraints on a Regional Environmental Health Officer (REHO) under the law.

A relationship that started 13 years ago continues to be strong and one party has pledged to keep the relationship going.

In an effort to sustain projects across Guyana, the Mothers’ Union Diocese of Guyana yesterday launched a mobile snackette in front of the St George’s Cathedral.

Part of the march organized by Don Gomes to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States yesterday.

… as donors jostle for ‘And 1’ play From  Gary H.

Dear Editor, The inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama was an epoch-making moment, with the world holding its breath in excitement and joy.

Residents disappointed that creek not dredged Residents of the Abary Creek are disappointed that although President Bharrat Jagdeo had given instructions for the mouth of the creek to be dredged the work has still not been done and the water has remained stagnant.

Clearly the debate on the extent of the efficiency of the decision-making and implementation structure of Caricom will not go away.