Day: August 17, 2010

Although there is no broadcast legislation in Guyana, the advisory committee on broadcasting ( ACB ) headed by the lone member Evan Persaud calls for broadcasting houses to take caution when transmitting the changing times of music videos.
The ACB call came with the steady influx of Caribbean Chutney music with lyrics of the use of RUM. This they say sends a wrong message to the young people of Guyana since statistics shows the increase domestic violence and suicide stems from the abuse of alcohol.

Relatives of murder victim, Neeshad Ali, are expected to be wrapped in tight security when his funeral begins in just under an hour.
Ali, the cousin of Government Minister Fazal Karim, is expected to be laid to rest under Muslim rites at the Waterloo Muslim Cemetery.
His wife and daughter who had been kidnapped by his murderers, and subsequently rescued by police, are likely to be at the funeral but under a cloud of police protection. The two have been in protective custody since their rescue.