Daily Archive: Thursday, February 8, 2007

The history of cricket in Guyana is disputed by numerous sources but it is known that the game was ‘quite unknown here before the 1850s.’

Installment Thirty nine Q: I once lived in the U.S. illegally.

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A man who reportedly stole an empty barrel was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A Nandy Park customs broker and his reputed wife yesterday appeared in court accused of giving more than one kilogramme of cocaine to a Bahamian woman, who was later nabbed at the airport with the drugs hidden in false walls of her suitcase.

A new father was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $30,000 after he admitted having 15 grammes of cannabis in his possession when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s court yesterday.

We often make jokes about our mythical Region 11, whether it be Queen’s, New York, or as we say for everywhere Guyanese find themselves overseas, “Foreign”.

Theodore Henry and Albert La Rose, two of Guyana’s star players in the West Indies Rugby Team (WIRT) for the International Rugby Board (IRB) World Sevens Series tournament that gets underway on Saturday say they think the tournament will be “brutally tough,” but warned the more established sides to beware the underdogs.

The NSC, in collaboration with the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has indicated in a release that the tournament is expected to attract the cream of the country’s top players including 2006 junior sportswoman Trenace Lowe.

Pele Football Club will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday at Lot 40 Croal Street.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) will serve off their season with the Bounty Farm Limited Mashramani Handicap tournament from February 13-18 at the Georgetown Club beginning 5pm.

The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility will be running off a one-day pre-Valentine horse race meeting on Sunday at Alness Village, Corentyne.

Rose Hall Town Pepsi recorded a thrilling two-run victory to edge Young Achievers in the final of the Carpens Plumbing and Spready’s Bakery under-19 cricket tournament at the Albion Community Development Centre ground recently.

Prospective organisers wishing to host social events during the Cricket World Cup 2007 Super Eight matches here in Guyana are asked to register with the Local Organising Committee (LOC) at its office at 91 Middle Street, Georgetown, no later than February 15.

Barbados came roaring back from dropping first innings points to inflict a five-wicket defeat on Guyana fifty five minutes after tea on the third day of their fifth round Carib Beer encounter at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda Ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, Thanks for bringing to my attention the letter of Deodat Loaknauth which appeared in your newspaper of the 18th instant under the caption “My son was killed in a traffic accident nine months ago, I still don’t know what the Police intend to do”.

Dear Editor, The prisoners who escaped from the Mazaruni prison stated that they carried out the act because of the conditions in the prison, particularly the food issue.

Dear Editor, I totally agree with Dr Ramsammy’s intention to regulate the health profession.

Dear Editor, Some years ago, during the revision of the jurors list before a magistrate in the Suddie Court room my name was deleted having attained the age of 60 which brings about an automatic disqualification.

Dear Editor, I cannot help the deep feeling that the Jagdeo regime seems so intent on giving our country, Guyana, and the government, a bad name.

Dear Editor, Every year Guyana observes World Women’s Day, a day set aside to highlight achievements, progress and problems women face in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Some months ago, I was in the Suddie court room when the presiding magistrate fixed ten thousand dollars bail for a well known character whose name and address were provided on a charge of rape.

Dear Editor, While we are all proud and happy to know that we finally have a supposedly state of the art stadium, one was hoping that all other infrastructure would be of a similar standard.

Dear Editor, I still want to believe that we live in a country where freedom of speech and choice is our fundamental right.

Dear Editor, I have noticed that the Stabroek News is now carrying a daily statement on its front page, denouncing government for its decision to withdraw advertisements from the paper.

Dear Editor, I wish to laud you for your editorial dated Tuesday February 6, 2007, and captioned “Constantine’s Tale”.

Dear Editor, Now that the revelation has been handed down that we never had a secondary school in Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine before the JPE (Jagdeo Pradoville Era) and the PRE (Proletarian Revolutionary Era) we are eagerly awaiting the announcement that Mahaica had no multilateral school before these two pristine eras.

Dear Editor, I risk writing this letter unsure of its publication but cannot continue to silently watch the strategy utilised to influence the PPP government to change its position of withholding advertisements from Stabroek News (Guyana).

Dear Editor, The recent actions by the Government of Guyana in and out of Parliament definitely endorses my long stated contention that essentially we, the Guyanese people, are in the clutches of a communist regime.

Dear Editor, American President George Bush has not learnt anything from the defeat in the mid-term Congressional elections last November or the ongoing defeat in the war in Iraq.

Russian bauxite giant RUSAL will be considering the feasibility of a hydropower plant in the Upper Mazaruni area and this was one of three items covered in a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed during President Bharrat Jagdeo’s lightning visit to Moscow last week.

The exhuming of the body of a north west woman has led to claims that she had been buried alive while heavily pregnant.

The six-member board of inquiry that was set up to investigate the January 12 escape of nine prisoners from the Mazaruni jail yesterday handed over their report to Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee.

The Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) and the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) have slammed the Jagdeo administration over the cut-off of state ads to Stabroek News with the CPU describing it as a direct attack on the freedom of the press which would damage the government’s democratic credentials.

An accident on the West Bank Demerara claimed the life of a primary school student who was crossing the public road there yesterday.

Government’s “spurious” attempts at justifying its decision to withdraw its advertisements from Stabroek News cannot disguise its hatred of the newspaper and must be condemned as vicious and vindictive, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) said yesterday.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says it is unacceptable that Presid-ent Bharrat Jagdeo has taken a position recently that he is in no hurry to appoint a Commissioner of Police.

A Special Constable (SC) was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison and fined $30,000 for aiding and abetting the trafficking of three kilogrammes 236.5 grammes of cocaine back in July 2005.

The Ministry of Education is reviewing education management in Guyana, Minister Shaik Baksh said, announcing his intention to change the dynamics within the central ministry and redefine the role of the Chief Education Officer.

The ISA Islamic School commemorated five years of scholarship last week with an in-house programme that highlighted its achievements and challenges last Thursday.

The Mothers’ Union, a service organisation which advocates Christianity in marriage and family life, on Monday hosted its annual general meeting (AGM) at the Hotel Tower.

The Government of Guyana, in keeping with its promise to the Queenstown Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) group, gave the organization a $500,000 subvention for this year.

Nurses, medics and other health workers from around the country are currently pooling their knowledge and resources while reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the Maternal and Child Health programme.

One of two accidents on the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Tuesday night resulted in the death of a young man and injuries to his pregnant fianc

President Bharrat Jagdeo says he did not assent to a number of bills passed last year for “different reasons” including lobbying from the private sector and because of his personal concerns as well.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says it is “sad and pathetic” that Stabroek News (SN) would make the withdrawal of government ads from the newspaper an issue of press freedom.

First Lady Varshnie Jagdeo yesterday handed over to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy an eye surgery microscope and hospital supplies for the Suddie Hospital on the Essequibo Coast.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is calling on the Private Sector Commis-sion (PSC) to condemn the indiscriminate pricing by some businesses, a GRA press release said.