Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Putin: Dobry den! Comrade Bharrat Ilyich Ulyanov Jagdeo! I have heard great things about you.

Roger Khan’s US lawyer Robert Simels on Monday wrote to New York Judge, Dora Irizarry complaining about the drug accused businessman’s transfer from the Nassau County jail to the Special Housing Unit (SHU), a cell designated specifically for terrorists at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC) located in Manhattan, New York.

A 28-year-old University of Guyana (UG) student accused of raping a nine-year-old girl last year was released on bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Lakeram McKenzie’s overseas-based relatives are offering a reward for information leading to the apprehension of persons involved in his murder in December during a robbery, though the case has not progressed since the advertisement was published.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the burning to death of a woman last year commenced yesterday at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fazil Azeez.

The tragic incident in which two Guyanese women – Ashrani Hardat, whose lifeless body was found floating in the Corentyne River and Cheryl Peters, whose body is still missing – died after the boat in which they were travelling from Guyana to Suriname capsized in the Corentyne River, is not just another river mishap.

The Providence Stadium has been given the thumbs up to host the Cricket World Cup 2007 Super Eight matches by the International Cricket Council/Cricket World Cup (CWC) Inspection team, but there are still some minor works to be completed to make the Providence facility 100 percent ready for the gala event.

Not since “Iron” Mike Tyson initially made his massive, tremendously destructive mark in the late 1980s, when he kayoed boxers such as Trevor Berbick in quick order had I seen similar, unrelenting aggression and purpose from the winner, and plain fear, horror and disbelief from the loser, as I saw when Serena Williams absolutely destroyed the youth, myth and supposedly silky tennis of the Russian wonder-kid, Maria Sharapova.

General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Godfrey Munroe, has outlined several factors which he said were taken into consideration when selecting the four-man team to attend the LIEBHERR 2007 World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Croatia from May 21-27.

Despite flooring a number of chances and being without regular skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan for the entire day, Guyana held on to secure first innings points from Barbados after a spirited battle between the two teams on the second day of their Carib Beer Series encounter at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Bourda ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, From time to time, in interviews here and there, I’ve taken time to make the point that whatever I am as an artist I owe largely to Guyana, and that, despite the truly daunting problems the country faces, the crucible that is Guyana has forged qualities in its sons and daughters that underpin their successes all over the world.

Dear Editor, On a trip to Corentyne at the start of the year I observed a billboard that read: ‘GT&T: relax we’ve got you covered’.

Dear Editor, The recent and not so recent events in Linden that have occasioned attendance by students from our secondary, and even primary schools, while commendable, have left a very distasteful feeling in the minds of parents, and especially the mothers resident in this community.

Dear Editor, I remember going to school and miss would ask “what does the Amerindian word Guyana mean?”,

Dear Editor, According to a report in the New York Post, Guyana’s president Bharrat Jagdeo and former NYC Police Commis-sioner, Bernard Kerik, met over lunch in Manhattan to discuss Kerik’s new appointment as advisor to the Guyana government on fighting crime.

Dear Editor, An article by Vishnu Bisram published on Thursday,February 1, 2007 headlined “Guyanese in Richmond Hill charge police with profiling abuse” contained complaints by Guy-anese living there.

Dear Editor, Having a passion for politics and things political is one thing.

A seven-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were yesterday forced to watch their mother being stabbed more than nine times about the body and up to press time the police were seeking the woman’s reputed husband in connection with the murder.

Custom officers at Coventry Airport, England on Monday discovered 30,000 pounds sterling worth of cocaine hidden inside more than 140 prunes that had arrived from Guyana.

A Rosignol greens vendor is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after bandits shot him five times around his neck and shoulder yesterday morning in Black Bush Polder (BBP).

Justice BS Roy, in the Commercial Court, yesterday granted an injunction restraining an importer from disposing of a container of Lux soap from China which is suspected to be counterfeit Justice Roy, sitting in Chambers, granted an injunction preventing importer and defendant Mohamed Niazi Khan, of Multi Beverage Company, located at Cornelia Ida or 46-47 Hadfield Street from opening and distributing the contents of the container at John Fernandes Wharf.

The Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday pulled the remaining Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Value Added Tax (VAT) ads which had been booked earlier with Stabroek News.

The Austria-based International Press Institute (IPI) says that the withdrawal of advertisements from Stabroek News by two state-owned companies is “an indication that the government (of Guyana) has decided to increase its pressure” on the newspaper.

While one manufacturer on the Essequibo Coast has cut production to cope with slumping sales, other businesses are hoping that the rice harvest will fuel a shopping spree.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) recently revised the national standard for poultry feed in order to address quality concerns associated with it and to harmonise the standards for its use within Caricom.

Students from St. Roses High School and Christ Church Secondary yesterday kicked off the first round of the impromptu speech competition sponsored by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Regent Street Branch.

A group of aggrieved and visibly upset fishermen yesterday met with Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee over escalating piracy in the Corentyne River and complained that the police were not doing enough to address their woes.

Reports coming from Kuru Kururu indicate that farmer Mark Ritchie who was robbed and murdered there two Tuesdays ago knew the men who attacked him while he and his family were sleeping.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues has voiced concerns about Amerindian men working in the logging and other areas not being given remuneration.

A man and his dog are recuperating after being shot by two bandits during a robbery at a Stanleytown, New Amsterdam grocery on Monday morning.

Two Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) residents made their community proud by copping the first and third prizes in the Melody King Karaoke Singing Competition hosted by the Region Three Mash Committee.

Deputy Chief Immigration Officer George Vyphuis is confident that the Immigration Department will make Guyana proud as the country prepares to host the Super 8 matches of Cricket World Cup in a matter of weeks.

Muslims from across the country gathered last Sunday at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex for the 11th Annual Cultural Programme to mark the beginning of the Islamic New Year.

TravelSpan says its recently opened ticketing office and call centre at Corentyne, Berbice is fully equipped to offer convenient service to customers without the need to travel to Georgetown.

The government is reviewing issues of safety that have arisen following the boat accident that occurred in the Corentyne River on Friday and which claimed the lives of two women.

Police in E & F division at Linden are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 57-year-old woman.

Residents of Huntley, Mahaicony yesterday discovered the body of 19-year-old Praboo Ramotar called ‘Suresh” of the same village floating in the river.

The Barbados Nation newspaper has condemned the withdrawal of ministry advertisements from Stabroek News (SN) and has called on the Guyana Government to review its position.