Articles published on Saturday, February 17, 2007
Yesterday’s Twenty20 cricket match at the National Stadium at Providence arranged to test the pitch, outfield and the rest of the facility took a back seat to the observation of the operation of the facility.
A 16-year-old boy who is accused of being behind the chaos created at St.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Wales Magistrate’s Court on Thursday remanded a policeman to prison for perjury.
A 22-year-old labourer accused of raping an 11-year-old girl was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magis-trate’s Court yesterday.
A homeless man who allegedly stole a man’s leather bag containing a quantity of local and foreign currency, a bankcard and other articles was remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.
Six juveniles accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint of her cell phone and boxes of food several days ago, appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and were each released on $10,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.
The feverish attempts to get everything in order for Cricket World Cup are evidence of a significant flaw in successive governments running this country: the lack of attention paid to maintaining things.
Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony in his speech during the budget debate in Parliament disclosed his vision 2011 for sport in Guyana.
The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Bounty Farm Handicap tournament continued Thursday night at the Georgetown Club with surprise wins and defeats.
Dear Editor, I find the report in which the Forest Producers Association (FPA) complained about job losses to be incurred by a proposed log export ban extremely misleading (“Timber harvesting practices of forest producers under unfair attack” -Stabroek Business, February 9, 2007).
Dear Editor, I am tired of hearing about this ad dispute.
Dear Editor, I commend Mr Clairmont Lye in returning the CCH given to him for his sterling contributions in the political and social spheres.
Dear Editor, One afternoon, I stood on the corner of Regent and Camp Street observing a police officer, of Amerindian descent and in the oppressive heat, regulating the flow of traffic.
Dear Editor, Is it not strange that the head teacher of the Kuru Kuru Primary School can make a “decision” to announce to the PTA meeting without consulting the PTA or the parents concerned.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Security dogs should be treated properly” (07.02.12) by a Guyanese sister and humanitarian, Syeada Manbodh, on an incident involving an apparent sick dog she saw by Robb Street near Oronoque Street.
Dear Editor, Although there is a resident Magistrate who is functioning regularly in Region 2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam, a police inspector (name provided) is instituting charges against traffic offenders here with instructions to appear at a court in Georgetown.
Dear Editor, For the past forty years, Guyana has not moved past the very issues that plague it today: charges of racial discrimination, marginalisation, excesses in governmental powers, and lack of accountability, to list a few.
Dear Editor, As a resident in Agriculture Road, Mon Repos I am concerned about the lack of street lamps.
Akon and Michael Jackson to collaborate? Nothing is official just yet but Akon has confirmed that the possibility is being explored and it could happen in another few months or sooner.
Soca singing sensation Compton ‘Coody’ Hodges plans to make his own cultural invasion with his new soca release “Bumsey Rolling” as he seeks to describe the anticipated antics of revellers during this year Mashramani road parade.
Thirst Park was never so jammed in a long time. Digicel descended with a hype show that saw the venue jumping to the sounds of home-grown music and celebrating brilliant design two Fridays ago.
Since permission to enter Camp Ayanganna and other local army bases must come from some authority it only seemed logical to descend upon the National Cultural Centre (NCC) on Friday last to witness female ranks of the army competing for a crown.
We often believe that children have to be told what to do.
Hi Everyone, If the criteria for a national dish are that it must be the most popular and represent a nation’s heritage, then I think that we need to elevate Chinese Fried Rice to the status it deserves, a national dish.
The Carib Soca Monarch semi-final competition that was run off over the weekend at the Esplanade Ground, New Amsterdam, Berbice was intended to separate the ‘bees’ from the ‘wanna-bees’, but by the luck of faith some performers were spared the agony of being left in Berbice.
Marine turtles have lived in the oceans for over 100 million years.
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Dear Editor, the Brazilians have built a dam a few hundred kilometres south of Konashen almost in the middle between Konashen and Manaus.
An immigration and a customs officer have been interdicted from duty and are to face criminal charges following the disappearance of a British pilot who landed his plane at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri since Tuesday and has not returned for it.
The partly decomposed body of the woman found in Linden in a coal pit earlier this week has been identified as Nasleen Mohamed who had been missing for some three weeks.
Former Minister of the Public Service, George Fung-on, passed away yesterday morning at his 212 New Garden Street, Queenstown home following a prolonged illness.
In an editorial yesterday the Trinidad Guardian said that President Bharrat Jagdeo should take a step back from his stance on the withdrawal of ministry ads from Stabroek News to avoid a return to the dark old days.
Some leading members of the PPP are concerned that the decision by GINA to withdraw government ads from the Stabroek News was going against the PPP’s struggle for democracy and press freedom during the Forbes Burnham regime.
Television personality, Neaz Subhan has been appointed Director of the Government Information Agency (GINA) and assumed his position earlier this week replacing the former acting head, Dr Prem Misir.
Jamaican authorities have released the BK International ship on which two Guyanese sailors were caught with 335 pounds of compressed ganja on Tuesday.
Remedial work at the Vreed-en-Hoop Community High School has stalled allegedly because of a lack of funds and Regional Chairman of Region Three, Julius Faerber says that failure to resume work by a stipulated deadline will see the contract being taken away.
Severn Trent Water Incorpor-ated (STWI) only met two of the seven targets outlined in the UK-funded contrac it was given to manage the local water company, housing and water minister Harry Narine Nawbatt has disclosed.
Towering over the courtroom and speaking in a soft voice, beauty queen, Olive Gopaul appealed for her maid to be treated leniently after the maid admitted to stealing over $120,000 from her.
The Parent/Teachers Associa-tion of St. Gabriel’s Primary has decided that parents will keep their children home until several conditions including 24-hour security are met.
Almost four months after taking office, Regional Chairman of Region Six, Zulfikar Mustapha is meeting the challenges of his new post by being “on the ball” with regular outreach visits around the region.
In his closing address to the National Assembly on the budget debate that concluded just before 1 am yesterday, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said he found it difficult to take criticisms of the budget seriously.
Following a high incidence of suicide and suicide attempts at Moruca, Santa Rosa, Senior Public Education Officer at Help and Shelter, Dennis Cuffy, yesterday said persons who are in pain sometimes see suicide as the only way out.
The budget debate on Monday evening featured robust presentations from the opposition calling for more spending on infrastructure, education and health care, while government presenters re-stated their support for the $100B 2007 Budget.
A team from the Charity Hospital started outreach exercises about several weeks ago to communities along the Pomeroon River while work on the Diagnostic and Treatment Centre at the Suddie Hospital is near completion.
