Day: December 9, 2010

Port of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing has signalled his intention to have bars in St James stop selling alcohol by midnight every night.Lee Sing said St James “the city that never sleeps” is still deemed a “residential area” according to the City Corporation’s development plans for the capital.Lee Sing said the implementation of a cut off time for the sale of liquor will have positive consequences for the country as a whole, with a drop in crime and road fatalities.He has also promised to stop new bars and restaurants from popping up in the already populated area

Dozens of farmers staged a protest outside the Port of Spain headoffice of State owned commercial bank, First Citizens Bank today.The farmers are up in arms over FCB’s policy not to use agricultural land as collateral for loans.The farmers claim that ths policy is in contravention to the government’s decision to make agriculture more viable.While loans for famers are granted by the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), some credit facilities are not available for certain projects, the farmers claimed.The aggrieved farmers are now asking for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Finance Ministe

Best Village, W.C.Dem. – Three armed bandits stuck at Best Village attacking businesswoman Pulmattie Ramkisson.
Investigations revealed that Ramkissoon was cleaning her house with her back door open, through which the men entered and held her up, along with two other occupants.  They then took away a quantity of jewellery valued at one million dollar and four cellular phones and escaped.
Ramkissoon was assaulted to her head during the incident and was treated at the West Demerara Regional Hospital and sent away.
 

East Coast Demerara – The police are investigating an armed robbery committed on Yang Xan, 35 years of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara by two men armed with handguns.
Investigations revealed that the victim was in the process of closing the Flower City Chinese Restaurant, when he was confronted by the two men who held him at gunpoint.The perpetrators then took away $150,000.00 (GC) from a drawer along with three laptop computers and a camera and escaped.During the incident Yang Xan was assaulted to his face and head by one of the men. 

Georgetown-Harry Kumar Sukhraj is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to Trafficking in Narcotics. The Police issued a wanted bulletin for the suspect Thursday and is asking anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Harry Kumar Sukhraj to contact the police on telephone numbers 225-6411, 225-2700, 226-2870, 225-1111, 268-2298, 268-2399, 911 or the nearest police station.

Race: East Indian

Last known address: Lot 23 Hague Jib, WCD.

Georgetown – Office of the President in a statement following President Bharrat Jagdeo to the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun, Mexico, President Jagdeo called for a translation of negotiating positions into meaningful collective action.

Georgetow- Measures have been taken by Government to ensure that pirate attacks on fishermen are stopped as plans have been put in place for security at sea.
  In line with this, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud  met with Chief Executive Officer and founder of RK’s Security service, Roshan Khan and Blue Tracker Verification and Monitoring System (VMS), Business Development Manager, Marko Sjekloca and its software management expert Chris Eckersley. 

Georgetown-With relation to the level of visibility of the tints that are used on the windows of vehicles, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said that the law stipulates that vehicles that are imported with manufacturer’s tint should not be used on the streets in Guyana. 
However, since more cars with tints are being imported into the country, Government instituted a provision where the Minister could use his discretion to grant a six-month waiver in order for the owner of the vehicle to acquire a fitness.

Linden- At about 1730h. yesterday December 07, 2010, lumber dealer Chen-Jui-Pin, 56 years, and his wife Suchen-Chen, 55 years, of Kara Kara, Linden, were proceeding along the Linden Highway on their motor vehicle.

According to the police, In the vicinity of Yarakabra, two men drove up alongside in motor car HB 6580 and signaled to them that something was wrong with a wheel on their vehicle. As they stopped to see what was the problem the two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, came out of their vehicle and held them up.