Desist from employing child labour
Although it may seem to be a monumental task, it is becoming more and more necessary for the Ministry of Labour to deploy Labour Inspectors at various worksites to check on occupational health and safety practices to ascertain (1) whether they are in place, (ii) if they are indeed in place, whether they are implemented […]
Nephew charged with theft from uncle remanded
IMRAN Rahaman, charged with stealing from his uncle, was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.
Particulars of the offence said the defendant, 30, of Lot 7 James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, between April 18 and May 3 last, stole 20 zinc sheets and an antenna component, valued $330,000, property of Ahmad Rahaman.
The implicated […]
Exporter without permit fined $140,000, forfeits birds
VICTOR Antonio Corrica, 55, of Lot 22 North Road, Lacytown, Georgetown, was yesterday fined $140,000 for exporting birds without a permit.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle, before whom the defendant pleaded guilty, also disqualified him from engaging in the export or import for the minimum period of 12 months.
The Court also forfeited the birds to the […]
No-case submissions overruled
AK-47 Court Martial
Defence lawyers in the on-going court martial of the State versus Army Officer Tony Ross will tomorrow begin to plead their case, following the overruling of their no-case submissions on all four charges facing the accused.
Judge Advocate, retired High Court Judge, Oslen Small, at the resumption of the military trial yesterday, ruled in […]
East Coast cop Mothers’ Union softball six-a-side title
IT was a day full of excitement and entertainment at the YMCA ground when the Diocese of Guyana Mothers’ Union held its Six-a-Sixer Celebrity softball cricket competition on Monday, with the Mark Harper-led East Coast team emerging victorious.
Various activities included the cricket matches, which were organised by the Diocese, saw Harper’s combination defeat Clyde Butts’ […]
Marlon Samuels’ hearing set for Friday in St Lucia
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Media reports indicate that Marlon Samuels will face the Code of Ethics & Disciplinary Committee of the West Indies Cricket Board on Friday to answer charges of inappropriate conduct.
Radio Jamaica has reported that Samuels has retained two top Jamaican lawyers – K. Churchill Neita and Delano Harris – both Queen’s Counsel […]
Perkins named in WI training squad to prepare for Aussies
… notable omissions are Brendan Nash and Nikita Miller
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – William Perkins has been named in a 17-member West Indies training squad to prepare for the Australia tour of the Caribbean, starting later this month.
Perkins, a stylish opening batsman, had a modest Carib Beer Series in which he scored 234 runs at an […]
Katwaroo delighted with Windies U-15 title triumph
CLICO International U-15 Championship…
STEPHEN Katwaroo, the West Indies Under-15 captain, has spoken of his delight in securing the 2008 CLICO International Under-15 Championship final at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, on Sunday as West Indies beat Pakistan by 89 runs, with Kraigg Brathwaite top-scoring in their 228 for 9 with 82.
“It was a great […]
Happy over non-increase in bus fares
I AM happy that there are no increases in bus fares. I am living away from Georgetown, but because of my job, I have to travel to the city every day and this costs quite a sum back and forth.
Things are not so easy now with food prices going up because of global warming and […]
May-June rains are here?
IT looks as if we are in for the May-June rains. If it does rain as we are accustomed to seeing it in this period, then we have to take some extra precautions to avoid flooding which may occur.
Our rice farmers on the other hand who have almost completed harvesting the first crop, would welcome […]
