Guyana News

Dear Editor, Permit me to contribute to a response made by Ms Kathleen Whalen to a letter published in your Wednesday edition dated March 28, 2007 titled “An Agricultural Programme is needed for Region Ten”.

Dear Editor, It is clear to me, and to many others, that some group is on the prowl, hoping to unsettle the members and adherents of the PNCR-1G into some kind of internal toss-up.

Dear Editor, The picture of the people on the Grassy Mound in the stadium hit home how ugly Guyana has become in terms of economic class divisions.

Dear Editor, The agricultural sector must be closely linked with and serve as a base for manufacturing activities.

Dear Editor, The recent flurry of letters attacking Bro. Eusi Kwayana are not justified.

Dear Editor, I, like so many West Indian fans around the world, have been putting the West Indies team under the microscope and am buoyed by the continuous improvement in their all round performance with each succeeding match.

Caricom Chairman and Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves believes that some of the security mechanisms adopted by Caricom states for Cricket World Cup should be looked at for permanent implementation.

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon says there are “ongoing cost-sharing issues” between the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) and these matters would have to be resolved.

A Guyanese woman is questioning why Barbados immigration authorities had her and three others locked up at the airport for six days before they were deported, although they had their tickets to travel back to Guyana.

A company which will import Polar beer legally was launched yesterday with plans to establish a US$15 million beer plant at Ruimzeigt, West Coast Demerara (WCD) for both local consumption and for export.

One thousand secondary school students will be given the chance of a lifetime since the Ministry of Education and the Cricket World Cup Local Organising Committee have agreed to allow them to attend some matches at the stadium.

Operations at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri continued to run smoothly on Wednesday though a few passengers complained that they are arriving without their luggage.

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday appealed for more persons to donate blood so as to maintain an adequate supply at the blood bank, which only has 50% of its target, a release from the Government Infor-mation Agency (GINA) said.

The government yesterday issued a warning to the new (drop-line) Cable TV system set up recently in Corriverton to cease operations until it obtains the relevant licence to offer such services.

A couple was robbed on Tuesday night by three armed men as they enjoyed the cool air on the Plaisance seawall, a police release said yesterday.

Three masked gunmen last Tuesday evening robbed an Adventure Village, Corentyne, Berbice, family of cash and jewellery after bursting into the family’s kitchen.

The police yesterday said in a release that swift action by officers in the ‘G’ Division on Wednesday last, led to the recovery of a stolen shotgun.

The bandit who was captured after he and an accomplice robbed an employee of Harris Easy Cash Pawn Shop around 8.20 am on Wednesday is likely to appear at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court today.

Sheriff Night Club owner Rajpattie Bacchus is denying reports that a family of four was robbed and assaulted outside the nightspot early Monday morning but the victims are standing by their story.

A gang of men with “drug dealers’ connections” on Monday afternoon abducted a young man just outside of his Lama Avenue, Bel Air work place and later forced him to call two of his friends who are businessmen, from whom they demanded money.