Daily Archive: Monday, January 29, 2007

Prabhuran Lakhanran, newspaper vendor – `I don’t like that at all because gambling is not good.

The recent passage of the Gambling Prevention (Amendment) Bill, in spite of the serious reservations of religious leaders and the opposition political parties, has brought an entire series of questions about Guyana’s future to the fore.

A Surinamese national who is facing a charge for possession of ammunition was slapped with a charge of escaping from lawful custody when he appeared before Magistrate Chandra Sohan at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

High Court Judge Claudette La Bennett is currently presiding in the case of a man who is accused of killing his partner nearly three years ago at D’Urban Street.

Considering the indecent haste with which it was bundled through Parliament, the Gambling Prevention (Amendment) Act will leave critics shaking their heads in collective disbelief that the government has been so inconsiderate of well-founded concerns.

Off-spinner Narsingh Deonarine ripped through the Leeward Islands middle-order to end with 4-24 as the Leewards were dismissed for 187 in their first innings of the fourth round Carib Beer series match against Guyana at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

Off-spinner Narsingh Deonarine ripped through the Leeward Islands middle-order to end with 4-24 as the Leewards were dismissed for 187 in their first innings of the fourth round Carib Beer series match against Guyana at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

The Pepsi Sonics nation-wide invitational basketball tournament got underway Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with top teams Disciples and Courts Pacesetters ‘B’ completing impressive victories.

The 2006/07 Mayor’s Cup Football tournament will kick off on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground where defending champions Conquerors will tackle Uitvlugt in the feature match of a double-header card.

Everest defeated the Flood-lights XI by 48 runs in a softball showdown at the Everest ground on Camp Street on Friday night.

Enterprise yesterday scored a narrow six run victory over Malteenoes in the rain-affected final of the Hand-In-Hand second division cricket competition.

A century from Vishal Singh led Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) to a 262-run win over the Gandhi Youth Organi-zation (GYO) in the George-town Cricket Association (GCA) under-19 40-over cric-ket competition at the GYO ground on Saturday.

The Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) beat Third Class by 76 runs in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 40-over cricket competition at the GNIC ground on Saturday.

Central Essequibo defeated East Bank Essequibo by four wickets in the final of the Goodwood under-19 competition played at the Cotton-Field ground on Saturday.

Dear Editor, More appointments for Notaries Public are urgently needed in Region #2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam with a population of some ten thousand residents.

Dear Editor, I attended a Parent Teachers Association (PTA) meeting of the Anna Regina Secondary School.

Dear Editor, New Amsterdam residents complain that if the bridge is built at Crab island it will affect New Amsterdam.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the ‘bridge financing’ arrangement between (a) The Casique and Buddy’s Hotels on one hand and (b) the Government of Guyana on the other hand.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the ‘bridge financing’ arrangement between (a) The Casique and Buddy’s Hotels on one hand and (b) the Government of Guyana on the other hand.

Dear Editor, It is interesting to see the “push back” against religious fundamentalists trying to impose their will on the entire Guyanese populace.

Dear Editor, Who wants to look at dirty roads, parapets, and canals?

Dear Editor, Those councillors who are selected to serve on the Regional Democratic Councils in different regions on behalf of their political party are expected to attend every Regional Democratic Council meeting in their respective regions to discuss the economic development of their region, and to ensure that things are implemented in accordance with the demand.

Dear Editor, Watching the CBS news recently and seeing how Toyota is out-selling American cars and how Japanese vehicles and other domestic machines are more in demand I have come to realize that in 1945 when the USA bombed Japan with weapons of mass destruction Japan lost the military war.

Dear Editor, Generally, today’s world no longer supports or wants to be seen supporting the old destructive forestry practices (to the environment and to the forestry peoples, animals, plants, etc).

A woman is dead and two persons were critically injured after a speeding car crashed into another one on the Hutsonville Public Road, East Bank Demerara yesterday around 6.30 pm.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says that though an investigation into allegations of transfer pricing is still ongoing, there has not been any evidence to suggest that companies here are engaging in this.

Local wildlife dealers and trappers are to meet later in the week to discuss proposals on how the embargo on wild caught birds by the European Union (EU) can be mitigated.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says he is dissatisfied with the education bureaucracy and says he had suggested a long time ago that the Ministry of Education collaborate with the National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) to prepare special learning programmes to boost the sector.

The still traumatised children of Agnes Henry and Abdool Hafeez constantly talk about the night their father “kill heself” and at night they are terrified, their grandmother Bibi Shahidan Khan says.

In the six months that it has been operational, the Cancer Care Institute at the Georgetown Public Hospital has seen a continuous flow of patients.

The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (NGMC) will be sending mobile trucks with supplies of basic commodities to Berbice and Linden, offering zero-rated and exempt items for sale at competitive prices to residents.

How did an old hefty cannon found in the Demerara River disappear from the Ministry of Public Works compound, Wight’s Lane although it was supposed to have been closely guarded?

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has started to investigate a complaint of unfair treatment by Vreed-en-Hoop Primary School Headmaster Alvin Johnson following his request to the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) for a promotion.

Businessman Clayton Hutson was recently arrested by the police and questioned in relation to several matters.

The Ministry of Health played a lead role in urging government offices and private entities to participate in a national blood donation exercise.

The Ministry of Housing and Water is seeking to expedite the issuing of land titles and transports for house lots in squatter settlements and housing schemes countrywide, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported Friday.

City Mayor Hamilton Green is calling for a public apology or an explanation for what he considers an offensive statement in reference to Guyana in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 ticket brochure.

Two years after their plight was highlighted in the Stabroek News, a family of 12 of Vive-La-Force is still anxiously awaiting a house lot after numerous frustrating efforts and even though the Ministry of Human Services had promised to work along with the Ministry of Housing in securing same.

Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Development Kellawan Lall has called on officials to be more proactive in their respective communities by paying visits to schools and health facilities to assess, monitor, evaluate and give feedback to the Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs).

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) would be executing some 60 feet of emergency revetment work on the Boerasirie Water Conservancy to strengthen the structure.

He was the surprise hit of the British TV autumn; Mark Ramprakash, the once removed son of the soil of Cornelia Ida West Coast Demerara, Guyana danced his way to fame (and fortune?)

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington, has expressed deep regret at the death of Oliver Jackman who served his home country Barbados, the Caribbean region and the international community as journalist, diplomat and jurist.

The Junior Calypso Monarch Competition got underway on Saturday at the St Ignatius Sport Club Ground as part of Region Nine’s roster of events for this year’s Mashramani celebrations.