Daily Archive: Thursday, January 4, 2007

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(Part 1) It is useful at the end of each year to assess the state of West Indies cricket at the highest level.

Installment Thirty Four Q: What type of visa do I need to become an academic student in the United States?

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday placed a postmaster and a postal clerk attached to the Mahaicony Post Office on $200,000 bail each for allegedly stealing just over $1.5 million on two different occasions.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday denied bail to a Brazilian man who police allegedly found with a gun and ammunition in his possession.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday remanded to prison a Linden businessman who pleaded not guilty to three charges of unlawful possession when he appeared before him at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

An 18-year-old cane harvester was denied his pre-trial liberty when he appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of rape before Magistrate Geeta Chandan.

Between 18th December 2005 and 3rd December 2006, there were eleven presidential elections in Latin America.

Guyana, under new skipper Narsingh Deonarine, will look to start the new year on a winning note when they take on the Windward Islands in their opening match of the 2007 Carib Beer Series at the Tanteen Recreation Ground today.

The Pepsi Sonics stopped one breath short of calling the Georgetown Amateur Basket-ball Association (GABA) a one-man show Tuesday when they released details of an appeal they filed with the association.

Former West Indies opener Ryan Ramdass says he anticipates a strenuous therapeutic work load after his cast is removed and to be back in form in time for the regional competition.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) hopes to select office bearers as early as next month at its annual general meeting (AGM).

Tucber Park ‘A’ defeated the Mibicuri Strikers in the quarter final match of the Republic Bank sponsored Under-15 Limited Overs Cricket Competition for Berbice teams.

Dear Editor, I have followed closely all releases, interviews and messages from the Guyana Revenue Authority, and all other relevant organizations with respect to the regulations governing the administration of Value Added Tax.

Dear Editor, I write to express my concern that many stores in Regent Street are not charging VAT on sales and they say to the customer that the VAT is in the price.

Dear Editor, I shopped at a supermarket (name given) and bought a similar basket of items that I buy there every week.

Dear Editor, On a recent trip to some of Guyana’s interior attractions, I was shocked to discover that an unsightly PVC pipe had been laid in the middle of the Orinduik Falls, for some unknown purpose, by the caretaker.

Dear Editor, The police force has improved in a short period of time.

Dear Editor, There are two factors that are absent from the analysis so far.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter purportedly written by an Abel Matthews captioned “Bishop Hammie has no congregation” (07.01.01) suggesting that the recent revelations by Mayor Hamilton Green on the “sorry state of affairs at City Hall” is the last spin of the Mayoral Dice, whatever that means.

Dear Editor, Recently, a report was carried on NCN Ch. 11 about vehicles with tinted windows.

Dear Editor, As they did in the last election, will ACDA advise African Guyanese on the politics of the upcoming local, government elections?

Dear Editor, “The private sector should be the engine of growth for the future of Guyana,” has now become Guyana’s most vaunted clich

Dear Editor, I commend Mr. Aslam Hanief for his brilliant letter “Alternative methods of punishment have to be taught and can’t be introduced overnight”, (SN December 31, 2006).

A supermarket, a hardware store and a restaurant are to be charged by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for contravening the Value Added Tax (VAT) law.

The year began tragically for a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo family after a man with a history of mental illness yesterday chopped his wife within an inch of her life before committing suicide by hanging himself as their four children looked on.

A man who allegedly murdered a Friendship man on Christmas Eve night was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan remanded to prison a man accused of murdering another when he appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Ministry of Public Works has embarked on a project to shape the shoulders of roads it repaved last year in order to mitigate flooding in Georgetown and its environs but some residents are unhappy with the way it is being done.

The Mayor and City Council has brought some of its old debt over to this year and some of its workers are still to receive part of what was to have been a one-off year-end payment, while some have not yet received any money.

Reports of an alleged altercation on board an incoming Travel Span flight from New York have reached the ears of senior officials within the airline and they are now trying to ascertain if this may have been a factor in the swaying and dive on the December 17 flight.

Traffic lights for a US$2.1M ($420M) project have been shipped. Approximately 50 traffic lights should be installed by mid-March, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.

The relatives of an elderly man are seeking the help of the public in locating him, after he left his Victoria home early on Old Year’s morning and never returned.

Bandits did a professional job in the $12M heist at R.

Two persons were injured on Friday night when they plummeted about six feet from a rollercoaster ride at an amusement fair set up at the Esplanade Park in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) Traffic Department says the number of fatal road accidents dropped by 16% and fatalities were down by 10.4% in 2006 as compared with 2005.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says the country’s hosting of several international events this year will create good conditions for social and economic advancement to the benefit of all.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) in its new year’s message, urges citizens to participate meaningfully and responsibly in the social, political and economic activities of the country.

Neal and Massy Guyana distributed a number of Teddies products to mothers of New Year’s babies in its Marketing and Distribution (M&D) Bundle of Joy promotions.

The body of a 22-year-old man of Good Hope, Mahaica who went missing last Saturday was found in a clump of bushes by residents around midday yesterday.

A middle-aged resident of Georgetown was robbed of his jewellery on Tuesday night while standing in front of a nightspot on Sheriff Street.