Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Articles published on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Sportscope – Our opinion

It would be regrettable if Marlon Samuels is excluded from the West Indies squad for next month’s Cricket World Cup on account of the allegation that he leaked team information to an Indian bookmaker during the recently concluded ODI series in India.

Non Pareil family brutalised in robbery

A Non Pareil family was last evening assaulted and left traumatized by three armed men who invaded a shop they operated at their home and then escaped with an undisclosed amount in cash, jewellery, cellular phones and household articles.

Regional media reps meet Jagdeo on SN ads impasse

Representatives of the regional media yesterday met President Bharrat Jagdeo in St Vincent and expressed concern over the potential of the withdrawal of government advertisements from Stabroek News to escalate and also expressed a willingness to work with his government to resolve the dispute.

Staff, parents shut down L’Aventure school

After years of working under poor conditions and numerous letters to the authorities regarding the situation, students, their parents and staff of the L’Aventure Secondary School located on the West Bank Demerara yesterday locked the gates of the school to protest its deplorable state.

Anti-crime text service for March 1 launch

In an effort to beat the troublesome 911 telephone system, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company in collaboration with the Police Force will soon launch an emergency short messaging service, which would allow citizens to report crimes via text messages.

Digicel expands in Linden

Lindeners can reach more people on their mobile phones now that new cellular services provider Digicel has constructed three state-of-the-art base stations in the mining town.