Daily Archive: Friday, February 16, 2007

Okay I know. Much of what follows below first appeared five years ago in a feature article by me and published by the Stabroek News (January 2002).

Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday committed a man accused of murdering his brother in 2005 to stand trial for the capital offence in the High Court.

A North West man who was allegedly found with cocaine when police searched his home appeared on Wednesday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A man who admitted having in his possession ganja for trafficking was sentenced to prison and fined while his uncle and aunt denied the charge when the trio appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

In his book `The economics of development in small countries with special reference to the Caribbean’ William G.

If Digicel Guyana’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Bahrani declines to be pushed into “talking up” a marketing war with GT&T, the “body language” of the Guyana’s newest cellular service provider is sending an altogether different signal.

Stabroek Business has been reliably informed of what appears to be a major infringement of the Cricket World Cup Sunset legislation by local importers who are distributing CWC souvenirs and memorabilia to retailers and street vendors for sale as official CWC items.

This week marked the start of what promises to be a marketing showdown between GT&T and Digicel.

When it comes to avoiding work, it’s fair to say I have been exposed to the masters at this.

Last time a review of the government websites of Caricom countries was done to determine the facilities available on these sites and to get an indication of the level of e-government development of these countries.

Far from being unique to Guyana the recruitment of qualified and trained expatriates to occupy key positions in the hotel industry is a Caribbean-wide practice, according to Executive Director of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Maureen Paul.

Tomorrow’s national consultation forum on the creation of a log export policy convened by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) appears set to endorse sweeping recommendations contained in a discussion paper prepared by the GFC on the banning of log exports from Guyana.

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

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Young Warriors, winners of last year’s million dollar Shapoorji/Pallonji Twenty20 competition will take on the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the first competitive match at the new National Stadium at Providence today.

A much – anticipated battle looms at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight when old friends from Courts Pacesetters and Bounty Colts meet in the feature quarter-final game of the Next Level Entertainment nation-wide first division basketball tournament.

Georgetown clubs, Everest Cricket Club and Malteenoes Sports Club, will face off in one semi-final match of the 2006 Guyflag three-day, first-division cricket competition from today at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Camp Road.

President’s College will oppose Ace Warriors at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground today in one of five scheduled matches of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s under-19, limited overs, cricket competition this weekend.

The annual Mayor’s Cup Football tournament heats up at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground tonight when Camptown tackles Pele in an intriguing match-up as the quarter-final round commences at 6pm.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) commenced their Bounty Farm Mashramani handicap tournament Tuesday night with interesting matches being played.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) annual novices boxing competition gets underway tonight at 7pm in the GDF Auditorium at Base Camp Ayanganna, Thomas Lands.

Dear Editor, Crossing the Berbice river is a nightmare as Taijpaul Gainda said in his letter captioned “T & H D should employ another vessel on the Berbice crossing” (07.02.14).

Dear Editor, Mr. Clairmont Lye, who recently returned his Cacique Crown of Honour to the Office of the President in light of the spate of undemocratic, definitely authoritarian, moves by the Jagdeo administration, but especially its decision to withdraw state ads from the Stabroek News, should now use his decision a as catalyst to help re-launch the Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD).

Dear Editor, Stabroek News has been providing valuable and timely news service to the Guyanese Diaspora around the world.

Dear Editor, With the unfortunate reappearance of the “bookie” in India whose tentacles have tainted one of our own, do we need to ask questions here at home before the greatest show on earth touches down at providence?

Dear Editor, I wish to laud the government of Guyana on a well executed initiative in negotiating an effective strategy for the sustainability of the bauxite operations at Linden.

Dear Editor, I am very impressed with the level of intelligent discussions that has been taking place in your newspaper.

Dear Editor, As we approach the cricket world cup, mash, and other festivities here in Guyana, the citizens are told what a wonderful future we all have under a government dedicated to a stimulated economy, great new investments and a long litany of promises , starting with Dr.

Dear Editor, We once asked “who is in charge of this country?”.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Eusi Kwayana captioned “Kerik’s appointment was made without regard to due process” (07.02.13).

As a means of dramatizing this issue in a manner where empathy might be forthcoming or summoned up with the position of Mr Hamilton Green, the Mayor of Georgetown, and others left with a bad taste in their mouths over the descriptive ethnic insertion in the CWC brochure, let us rewind the clock back twenty five years or thereabouts.

An aircraft propeller yesterday morning decapitated a miner at Kurupung, located in Region Seven (Cuyuni/ Mazaruni), after he ran onto the airstrip in an effort to board the plane which was about to take off.

An Alliance For Change (AFC) Region Four councillor has expressed concern about how the party is being managed contending that there is no transparency or democratic system in place to allow members an opportunity to contribute to the debate and its development.

Thousands of Guyanese experienced high energy entertainment on Valentine’s night at the live Digicel “Experience” concert featuring Grammy-nominated R&B and Hip Hop singer Akon in the National Park, despite bothersome sound system problems.

The PPP has not discussed formally the issue of the withdrawal of government advertisements from the Stabroek News neither has it taken a position on the matter, the party’s General Secretary Donald Ramotar has said.

The Government Analyst/ Food & Drug Department yesterday said that certain batches of two brands of foreign peanut butter: Peter Pan and Great Value may contain salmonella which has sickened hundreds in the US and consumers should check their jars.

Earlier this week Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it would not let the new United Nations team headed by 1997 Nobel Peace co-laureate, Jody Williams into the country unless it dropped one member.

A transportation policy and the vision for a regional airline are expected to be the major focus of an urgent special meeting of the Caricom Council on Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Air and Mari-time Transportation.

President Bharrat Jagdeo recently called on traffic ranks to pay attention to what he termed “little transgressions” as he spoke about having to intervene in the operation of a car park since it was at a critical junction.

The first ever national Home Based Care (HBC) conference started yesterday.

A 38-year-old father of nine is nursing stab wounds to his left shoulder and abdomen at the Fort Wellington Hospital after being involved in an altercation with a relative a few nights ago.

Magistrate Chandra Sohan was unable to have a witness sworn at the Fort Wellington (FW) Magistrate’s Court yesterday, since the witness box is broken.

Three armed bandits yesterday morning robbed a poultry farmer and his wife at Yarrowkabra, Linden/Soesdyke Highway of some $55,000 cash and a quantity of other articles.

Current staff deficiencies in the higher levels of the judiciary will have to be addressed urgently, Attorney General Doodnauth Singh told the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Police are investigating an armed robbery committed by three gunmen on a Robb Street, Bourda businessman on Wednesday.