Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

In Barbados with the compliments of GT&T, Caribbean Airlines, P&P Insurance, Noble House Seafoods, Papi’s Supermarket (Corriverton) and Oasis Water Company.

Floodwaters in the Mahaica Creek rose again by two inches yesterday following heavy rainfall after having receded by about a foot last week, which had led residents to believe that their misery would soon end.

While frowning on the opposition’s resistance to the call for MPs to fully declare their assets, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that new consultations would be held to “resuscitate” the Integrity Commission.

The Guyanese illegal immigrant who recently admitted raping a woman and attacking several others in Belfast, Ireland was before the court here for a similar offence but absconded after being granted bail.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has directed that an investigation be done into why the police are yet to charge anyone in connection with the theft of five Guyana Power and Light (GPL) transformers late last year.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday refused to respond to the allegation that his nine-year marriage to former First Lady Varshnie Singh was never registered, stating that all he wanted to say on the issue was contained in a statement he released after Singh went public last week accusing him of, among other things, ‘high-tech’ domestic violence.

Post-mortem examinations performed on the four persons who perished when fire swept through their heavily-grilled Charlotte Street, New Amsterdam home around 1:40 am on Sunday proved that they died from smoke inhalation.

Even as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) revealed yesterday that it was working to ascertain the extent and type of contamination of fuel delivered to its Essequibo location, President Bharrat Jagdeo said he had had asked for a full investigation.

The father of the two-year-old boy who died on Sunday after reportedly falling on a drinking glass in his South Ruimveldt home has been released from police custody.

Six months after it was imposed, President Bharrat Jagdeo says the ban on journalist Gordon Moseley from the Office of the President (OP) and State House will not be lifted.

Several stalls in the Bourda Market were broken into between Sunday night and early yesterday morning with many of the owners suffering losses while others counted their lucky stars that refortified locks on the inside of their stalls saved the day.

A 53-year-old Crabwood Creek pedal cyclist who was hit by a motor car succumbed to his injuries at the Skeldon Hospital on Sunday night.

A pedal cyclist was found to be in possession of an unlicensed revolver along with ammunition when ranks of a mobile police patrol stopped and searched him on Sunday night.

The finishing touches are being added to the road leading to the Takutu Bridge on the Guyana side, signalling the completion of the mega-project that links Guyana and Brazil by road.

Dear Editor, There isn’t any public outcry or protest which will deter the PPP/C government from passing a bill they intend to pass.

Dear Editor, I agree and endorse Dr McDonald’s Sunday feature ‘Ian on Sunday,’ January 25, where he said that a compilation of the achievements of Guyana’s past icons must be recorded for posterity in a published edition.

Dear Editor, If President Bharrat Jagdeo expects to be taken seriously in his support to end domestic violence in Guyana he has to respond to the allegations by his former common-law wife, Varshnie Singh, that he subjected her to high-tech domestic violence.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent statements in the press regarding the legitimacy of the Integrity Commission and whether or not this commission has the mandate at this time to carry out its function as stipulated in the constitution, since its composition and thus authority have been challenged in the court.

Dear Editor, The SN article dated January 21, 2009, titled ‘Gang-raped girl granted refugee status in Canada,’ has cast the Guyana law enforcement agency and the government in a bad light.

-Interviews former national midfielder Ivan PersaudBy Donald DuffThe Guyana Football Federation is yet to name a replacement for former Technical Director Jamaal Shabazz.

Middle-order batsman Assad Fudadin has been drafted into the Guyana team for their match against the Leewards Islands this weekend a Guyana Cricket Board release stated yesterday.

Dear Editor, Very interesting, the debate about the President and his ex-wife. I

Dear Editor, A small group styling itself ‘The Consumer Movement of Guyana’ has been sending letters to various businesses and other entities making appeals for donations of money and in kind.

Part Two By Eion Jardine This is the second installment on the peculiarities of the sweet science.

A Timehri teen who allegedly stole a gold and diamond ring from another woman was granted bail yesterday when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The 16th Annual Ricks and Sari Agro Industries race meet saw a classic feature race as Alonzo Greaves rode remarkably to hold off Geron Williams.

Dear Editor, It is with profound sadness that I read of the passing of music legend and broadcaster Ayube Hamid. 

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Andaiye et al (SN 25.1.09) captioned ‘Israel’s intrusion into Gaza is a war crime.’

A man who was reportedly found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Troy Mendonca in a recent interview with Stabroek Sport stated that 2009 promises to be a good year for football with bigger things in store as the interest in football has grown during 2008.

At the Albion Court on Friday, Magistrate Chandra Sohan remanded a man to prison after he appeared before him to answer charges of three counts of incest.

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department is asking wholesalers and retailers of foodstuff to remove from sale all products distributed by Peanut Corporation of America and King Nut Company under the brands Parnell’s Pride and King Nut.

Dear Editor, On behalf of my own and the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc, and its Humanitarian Mission and Guyana Chapter, I extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Persaud family on the passing of Mr and Mrs Ivor Persaud and their grandchildren who were burnt to death on Sunday morning.

Newly re-elected president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh and secretary of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) Hilbert Foster, yesterday lauded the late cricket umpire Compton Vyphius’s contribution to Guyana cricket.

Removing the Commissioner of the Civil Defence Commission in the wake of serious flooding on the East Coast of Demerara is a serious matter.