Author: TrakkerNews

 Georgetown – The Guyana Government will be moving to the National Assembly to put forward a legislation to have persons prosecuted for hacking in to websites.

Georgetown –  The Minister pointed to Stabroek  News and Kaieteur News carried letters from Mr. Christopher Ram, social columnist which states:

Hundreds of citizens visit the Rotunda of the Red House today to see Sir Ellis Clarke.Clarke is laid in State at the Rotunda in preparation for his funeral tomorrow.His casket remains closed however.There will be two ceremonies for Clarke tomorrow a private funeral service followed by a State funeral which is scheduled to begin at 11.30 am.Condolence books have been distributed nationwide for citizens to say goodbye to Clarke.The 700 tickets available to the public to witness tomorrow’s State funeral are almost finished

 Georgetown – Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon this morning said the 2011 budget will be presented before the end of January, 2011. The Budget will be presented by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh.

United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton has described Sir Ellis Clarke as the “consummate statesman”.Clinton made the description in an official release from the US in response to the death of Clarke, this country’s first president.”On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I offer my deepest condolences to the people of Trinidad and Tobago on the passing of their first president and last governor general, Sir Ellis Clarke,” the release today stated.”Sir Ellis was a towering figure on the Trinidad and Tobago landscape.

Georgetown-   Investigators are this morning examining the theory of whether the grenade which exploded yesterday morning was intended for a target in close proximity to the Stabroek Market. They believe the explosion may have been a planned attack gone wrong. TrakkerNews was informed that the dead man, a junkie, who works around the Stabroek area, may have been working for planners of the suspected attack. Up to late last evening the authorities were dismantling illegal stalls and structures at the market.

 Georgetown – The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) salutes the declaration made by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 2009 proclaiming the year 2011, International Year for People of African Descent. 

Seven hundred tickets are being supplied to the public to attend Friday’s State funeral for Sir Ellis Clarke. Clarke’s funeral will be held at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) on Friday at 11.30 a.m. NAPA can host 1500 people, the other 800 seats will be provided to dignitaries. Clarke was laid in State at the Rotunda of the Red House today between 6 a.m.