Daily Archive: Thursday, January 11, 2007

The first installment of this article examined the performance of the senior West Indies cricket team in 2006 in both limited-over and Test Cricket.

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Two Chinese nationals who allegedly breached the conditions of their two-week work permit granted in 2004 were yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

A day after the Demerara January Assizes opened, a man is on trial in the High Court for allegedly killing two teenagers at Enterprise Squatting area four years ago.

A man who allegedly had ammunition in his pocket was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.

Magistrate Melissa Robert-son-Ogle yesterday remanded two men who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of having cannabis and cocaine while going into the interior.

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The Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Stanford Twenty/20 cricket team stands a very good chance of wresting the National Sport Commis-sion’s (NSC) 2006 Sport Team-of-the-Year award from the 2005 winners, the Guyana Rugby Football Union’s (GRFU) Under-18 team, following its resounding success at the Inaugural Stanford Twenty/20 competition.

Organising Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major has said that Guyana’s Golden Jaguars were ‘unhappy’ with their 0-1 premature loss to Barbados in a warm-up match on Tuesday.

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Cricket Development Officer Colin Stuart, said yesterday the funds from the Stanford initiative had been used for a variety of projects geared towards cricket development.

Dear Editor, The selection of the Guyana Cricket team for the Regional competition should be reviewed.

A coaching upgrade workshop is scheduled today from 9am to 3pm at the National Gymnasium for the coaches employed by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

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Dear Editor, There is some confusion in the minds of this doddering old age pensioner in relation to the generous increase of five percent on the Old Age Pension.

Dear Editor, Further to your publication of a letter captioned “Our tourism sites must be properly maintained” (07.01.04) which you sent to us for comment we wish to make the following clarification and comments: * Orinduik Falls does not fall within the purview of designated public parks that are managed by the National Parks Commission.

Dear Editor, I was appalled to read recently a letter authored by Mr.

Dear Editor, Another year for the Kashif & Shanghai football extravaganza has come and gone and from all indications it has been another smashing success.

Dear Editor, Some years ago many Guyanese saw the need for the revival of standards such as good manners, etiquette, discipline, ethics and other fundamental practices which would help to make living worthwhile.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article “CCWU says 5% increase makes workers poorer” (SN 8th January, 2007).

Dear Editor, A new store has been robbed that had no adequate security provisions and the proprietor attributes this action to what he feels is our continued economic problems and this whole Value Added Tax thing and fears that crime will only increase.

Dear Editor, I saw a young man mercilessly lashing a little donkey with a cutlass on the Better Hope railway embankment last Sunday.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Mr. Mahadeo Kowlessar’s letter captioned “The GFC and the Guyana Revenue Authority need to tackle the prima facie case of falsification of export records for logs” (06.12.25).

Dear Editor, I refer to letters dealing with the government’s management of our natural resources.

Dear Editor, Immigration lawyers and families of deportees, including Guyanese, say more and more immigrants in the U.S

Dear Editor, It is said that lightening does not strike twice in the same place.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Minister Robert Persaud for the help he is extending to farmers in the Mahaicony Creek.

The Christian community is urging the government not to legalise casino gambling for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 or at any time; to defer discussions on the draft legislation until after CWC and to learn from experiences based on research.

Increases in the price of meat due to VAT have seen consumers cutting back on purchases and producers are worried as sales fall.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon spent several hours in hospital yesterday after he fell in his office and aggravated a chronic back ailment.

A cargo vessel sunk early yesterday morning in the Berbice River with early reports indicating that the incident may have been the result of heavy winds and rain.

The government is to withdraw a controversial Order that would have withheld pay increases from Members of Parliament unless they gave written agreement to them.

With local government reform listed as one of its priorities for 2007, the main opposition is hoping that the anticipated polls can be used as a starting point for shared governance.

Government will move to enact casino legislation in time for Cricket World Cup 2007 regardless of the opposition of the religious community and the fact that there has been little consultation with the major tourism industry players and other private sector interests.

The Ministry of Agriculture through its Department of Fisheries has signed an agreement with the University of Arizona to enhance the knowledge of production of fish through aquaculture.

A man is in custody following the discovery of an unlicensed shotgun at Arakaka Village, North West District last Saturday.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) says that Newland Lumberyard located at Blankenburg, Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara has failed to meet several requirements and a decision has been taken not to license the facility for 2007 unless these requirements are met.

Almost two months after students at the Annandale Secondary School were rushed to the Georgetown hospital after consuming items purchased at the school’s canteen the school’s vendors continue to ply their trade in unsanitary conditions.

Permanent Secretary within the Office of the President (OP), Dr. Nanda Kishore Gopaul has stated that Pandit Prakash Gossai has been appointed as Special Assistant to President Bharrat Jagdeo and not as an adviser to the President as the “Peeping Tom” article misleadingly stated in Tuesday’s edition of the Kaieteur News.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc is asking homeowners expecting visits from family and friends for the Cricket World Cup to inform the corporation of their intended installation of power-consuming additions to the home so as to accommodate the increase in demand.

Allegations of impropriety swirled around the Best/ Klien/ Pouderoyen Neigh-bourhood Democratic Council (NDC) as residents voiced their concerns in a meeting yesterday to determine whether the council should be dissolved.

The state-of-the-art Ophthalmology centre at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice is expected to be completed by June while renovations to the Port Mourant Hospital are ongoing.

Health care professionals representing a broad spectrum of the medical field have rejected the new controversial Health Facilities Licensing Bill that is scheduled for a second reading in Parliament today.

In the January 8 edition of Stabroek News under the headline `New money laundering bill being circulated for comment’ it was reported that the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Paul Geer “has indicated that he does not want to speak to the media on the work that the FIU is engaged in”.

The Forest Products Association of Guyana (FPA) says that it is able to meet the demands of the local businesses which expressed concern that they are unable to obtain supplies of lumber for their businesses.