Guyana News

Dear Editor, I write in reference to Robin Williams’s letter captioned “Mr Bisram does not acknowledge his political affiliation” (07.03.28).

Dear Editor, I did not mean to spank you in my last letter; however I thank you for the more balanced reporting of the recent fire in Georgetown that occurred on Friday March 23, 2007 at Sir Chandra’s home.

Dear Editor, Help & Shelter condemns the horrific assault on the family whose members were robbed, stripped and physically and sexually assaulted outside a Sheriff Street night club on Monday 26 March 2007.

An 11.45 am Liat flight bound for Barbados was grounded at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) as a result of a hydraulic leak, forcing stranded passengers to wait until after 8 pm for another flight.

It is not the police but members of the Scout Association of Guyana who have been managing the car park at Pro-vidence, East Bank Demerara for the Super Eight matches.

Armed robbers made off with $1.8M in cash after an ambush in the city on Friday.

Guyana will sign on to the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has said.

Two men were held on Saturday in connection with the recent robbery at the Buddy’s International office on Brickdam.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday announced that they were attempting to contact the alleged perpetrators who beat, robbed and indecently assaulted a group of five persons last week Monday morning in front of the Sheriff Night Club on Sheriff Street, but their efforts so far have proved futile.

Demerara Tobacco Company Limited reported a net profit after tax of $651 million compared to $572.8 million in 2005, while declaring a dividend of $27.75 per share at its 73rd Annual General Meeting last week at Hotel Tower.

A discourse on beauty in the midst of the official season of beauty pageants is perhaps not the wisest choice of topic for a columnist, but whoever said columnists were wise?

Dear Editor, My relative whose NIS# is 10118735 has been waiting for over one year to collect his sickness and invalidity benefits from the National Insurance Scheme.

Dear Editor, I read with unadulterated joy (Lance will forgive the pun) that Almond Street has been renamed Lance Gibbs Street.

Dear Editor, We read in the Stabroek News dated 30-03-07 (pg13) that a 39 year old man was accused of indecently assaulting a 17 year old girl and her father wanted to settle the matter since the case would take him away from his work.

Dear Editor, It is unfortunate to see that the stadium is not being filled with spectators, one of the reasons for sure is that the price does not suit the working class people in the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, It is difficult to accept that the Traffic Division of the Police Department know so little about traffic management and control.

Six teams will compete for a $100,000 first prize when the inaugural Bartica Regatta football tournament fires off under floodlights at the Bartica Community Centre Ground this evening.

West Indies captain Brian Lara sought to diffuse any simmering feelings of angst in his war of words with selector Andy Roberts.

BOTH on the field and off it, the West Indies face a difficult few days trying to restore the initial public expectations of the first World Cup to come to these shores.

West Indies have reverted to the drawing board and are digging deep in their resources to end their World Cup Super Eight woes.