Daily Archive: Saturday, February 3, 2007

A 26-year-old mother of two on Thursday appeared in court accused of duping a woman of more than half a million dollars after pretending that she could get her a car.

A 30-year-old man who allegedly demanded with menace $1.2M from another after he had given the man some gold to sell appeared on Thursday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday remanded to prison a man accused of stealing money from his mother.

A man who allegedly shot another in the head at the 2005 Main Big Lime was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the capital offence of murder.

A North East La Penitence resident accused of stabbing to death a man he believed was having a relationship with his wife, whom he also injured during his rampage, was set free by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys on Thursday but was rearrested several hours later and recharged with the same offences.

A 20-year-old man who allegedly fondled a 19-year-old woman appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with indecent assault.

Three Essequibo residents who stole a bull and were later caught currying it in a large carahi at Windsor Castle were yesterday sentenced to a total of eight years in prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the People’s National Congress, Guyana’s second oldest, second largest and second most successful political party.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony and Chief Executive Officer of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 Karan Singh are both confident that the Providence Stadium will meet the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) requirements and that Guyana will host the Super Eight matches, scheduled to commence on March 28.

CMC-Gwendolyn O’Neil is talking confidently ahead of her second fight against the famous Laila Ali tonight at the Emperor’s Palace Casino.

BERBICE, Guyana, CMC – Narsingh Deonarine hit an unbeaten half-century that lifted Guyana to a comfortable six-wicket win and eliminated Leeward Islands, in the fourth round of the KFC Cup yesterday.

Guyanese rugby players Theodore Henry, Albert La Rose and Claudius Butts, members of the West Indies team which will compete in the World Rugby Sevens tournament in the United States of America next Saturday and Sunday were presented with their tickets to Trinidad and Tobago yesterday during a press conference at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) building.

The heat is on today with two of Guyana’s top teams doing battle in the Mayor’s Cup 2007 Football Competition.

The cream of the country’s Under-15 cricketers will be in action today when the Nafico/Nalico-sponsored Inter-Asssociation limited overs cricket competition gets cracking with two matches.

Harold Dhanraj was elected president and Vishnu Shradananda vice-president when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday.

Defending champion Vivek Joshi will be hard pressed to come out on top on Sunday when the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMRSC) stages its drag racing season opener at the South Dakota Circuit, beginning at 1pm.

FORMER Guyana and West Indies all-rounder Neil Mc Garrell saved the day for defending champions Ce-ramic Merry Boys and spurred them on to victory and one of the three qualifying spots in Group A of the Carib Sunday League on Saturday.

Dear Editor, U-Mobile has completely abandoned its customers for about a week now.

Dear Editor, At approximately 17:00 hours on Thursday, January 18, 2007 some youths from the Lodge Community were playing their regular game of cricket on the tarmac of the National Cultural Centre.

Dear Editor, I have just read something that I feel compelled to challenge (SN Monday 07/01/29), on pg 10 under the caption ‘Jagdeo unhappy with education bureaucracy’.

Dear Editor, I am an Antigua and Barbuda citizen residing in Antigua.

Dear Editor, Silly. It’s harsh I know, but it’s the only word I can think of when I read certain things in the newspapers.

Dear Editor, Mr. Hamilton Green recently aired his ‘paramount’ view on our heritage, writing in SN 1-26-07, “As Guyanese we must all be proud of our heritage, but to so blatantly advance one group is counter to our motto of One People, One Nation, One Destiny.”

Dear Editor, Cecil Griffith was a veteran journalist, who represented the best of the profession and was a principled individual who loved the profession and was always willing to give of his time to nurture young reporters.

Dear Editor, I am a constable, and a serving member of the Special Constabulary Guard Service attached to the Guyana Police Force.

Dear Editor, Did you see the news today? Sorry, no, electricity blackout prevailed.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority has been administering tax as efficiently as possible even before the implementation of the Value Added Tax.

Dear Editor, There are contradictions in Dale Bisnauth’s letter. Why did he write if he thought he was disqualified?

Recently a music video burst onto the television screen that has caused everyone to stop and take notice.

Though there was an instance where no power (a blackout) shut down the Blue Power jam for a minute, GT&T has taken the lead by jumping out in front with a large coming-out party showcasing segments of the costumes to be used in its band come February 23.

Hi Everyone, When I was younger I never liked going to the market.

There is no doubt that Guyanese music has come a long way in recent years.

NULL

The Parkside Steel Orchestra continues to promote the Steel pan art form tomorrow on the Merriman’s Mall.

Recognise that the responsibility for children’s behaviour rests with adults, not children.

NULL

Projecting GDP growth of 4.9% this year, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday announced a budget of $100 billion for 2007, which is 2.9 per cent less than last year’s instalment and includes a slight increase in the income tax threshold from $25,000 to $28,000 monthly.

See Monday’s edition of the Stabroek News for detailed analysis by Ram and McRae of the 2007 budget.

A woman is dead and another is missing and feared dead after the boat in which they were travelling ‘backtrack’ from Corriverton to Suriname capsized yesterday morning in the Corentyne River.

Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise Tax should realise $24.8 billion this year, while collections from internal revenue have been set at $30.4 billion.

The New Amsterdam ferry started taking in water yesterday morning as it was loading to leave for Rosignol, resulting in some commuters being delayed for over two hours.

While the search continues for the large-scale operations needed to create thousands of jobs over the next five years, government is heartened by the many ventures underway in the various sectors around the country.

The Ministry of Agriculture says it is concerned about the excessive increase in prices for fertilizers and has contacted importer Geddes Grant and other entities on the issue.

Residents of the Bath Settlement area can now use their cellular phones without worrying about hearing the “no service” recording since the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) officially commissioned a new cellular site there on Wednesday.

In an effort to boost the service standards at the Carnegie School of Home Economics the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has refurbished the school’s kitchen at a cost of US$20,000.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has renewed his call for the private sector to increase its employment of differently-abled persons.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it is saddened by the passing of one of Guyana’s finest journalists, Cecil Griffith.

There are no leads yet in the investigation into the murder of Kuru Kururu farmer Mark Ritchie, police at Timehri said yesterday.

Twenty Parika farmers will be given 30,000 bull-nose pepper plants under a government/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) non-traditional agricultural diversification project.

Minister of Housing and Water Harry Narine Nawbatt on Monday told squatters along the Good Hope Sea Defence that they have been given house lots at Grassfield, Lusignan.

Government’s Education Plan through which it hopes to achieve “100 per cent functional literacy in children” through improved teaching methods and use of information technology has gotten a $15.6 billion boost in this year’s national budget.

In Suriname the Canadian-owned IAMGOLD’s Rosebel gold mine has been temporarily closed after striking workers reportedly flooded part of the plant, welded shut some gates and doors, and damaged 17 all-terrain vehicles, accor-ding to a company official on Thursday.

After she lost a friend in an accident last year, Earnesta Nelson put her feelings into song and won herself the 2007 Junior Calypso crown.

A two-member labour mission is currently in Guyana at the request of local trade union bodies to assist them with their unification efforts.

Over the next five years, government will execute major infrastructural works throughout the country with a view to stabilising and strengthening Guyana’s extensive sea and river defence network.

The Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) located in the Georgetown Public Hospital made medical history in Guyana yesterday by completing three angioplasties with the assistance of a team from the US.

Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) yesterday asked the High Court to pronounce on the constitutionality of the appointment of Justice William Ramlal as an appeal court judge when the court’s substantive members are ready and able to sit; the legality of the court; and the legality of the appointment of the substantive Chief Justice as acting chancellor.

A disagreement between a Guyanese man and his colleagues left him nursing injuries at a French Guiana hospital.