Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 28, 2007

A 30-year-old bartender appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with attempted murder and was remanded to prison.

Calabash Gift Shoppe, the official licensee of Cricket World Cup souvenirs and memorabilia, moved to the High Court last week against two local stores allegedly caught selling counterfeit CWC items and was granted an injunction.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday remanded to prison a man and his girlfriend after they pleaded not guilty to robbing a woman of a large sum of money and other items.

A remand prisoner who allegedly escap-ed from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lockups last week was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally is understandably upbeat about the 24th Summit of the Rio Group which opens in Georgetown today.

Pele Football Club took the `lion’s share’ of prizes in the just-concluded Mayor’s Cup knockout football tournament coordinated by Lennox Arthur.

The Rasta football unit will have their opportunity to exact revenge on the `Bald Head’ side when the two clash in an over-40 fixture Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground from 7pm.

The battle for supremacy in the 2007 Annual National Sports Commission (NSC) table tennis championships continues today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with play in the doubles competition.

Dear Editor, It is said that seeing is believing but in this case after witnessing many trials in my twenty seven years of watching cricket at all levels in this cricket loving nation of ours, I am again shocked and am now convinced that the reason for the decline in our cricket is our selectors at our under 19 and under 15 levels, especially in Georgetown.

The Caribbean is bustling with action, one week before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 bowls off with its warm-up.

Recently there have been conflicting reports about the factors responsible for Guyana’s poor performance in the just concluded regional four-day and one-day tournaments.

East Bank romped to a comfortable 58-run victory over East Coast in the Diamond Fire and General Insurance inter-association limited overs cricket competition at the Lusignan Community Centre ground yesterday.

La Ventura Secondary school held on to beat St John’s Community High school by 16 runs in an exciting encounter at the Versailles ground, West Demerara, yesterday.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate two entrepreneurial Guyanese from New York whose initiative and unity in working together has brought about what could be described as an outstanding collaboration in hosting cricket fans at an international calendar of events during Cricket World Cup in Georgetown, in March, and April.

Dear Editor, Our Community – Kwakwani is still trying to regain its composure after the terrible tragedy that claimed the lives of two women on February 7th 2007, one an elderly great grandmother who was caring for her blind husband and the other a single parent working to maintain her three children.

Dear Editor, With portions of the proceedings in the National Assembly being televised, members of the public are now afforded the opportunity to observe and evaluate the performance of their parliamentary representatives.

Dear Editor, I am pleased to see all of the work being done to clean up the National Park and the Zoological Gardens, but at the same time, I am wondering when the M&CC and the Ministry of Local Government will get around to cleaning out the surrounding trenches.

Dear Editor, Government chose to break the monopoly of the cellular services held by GT&T by allowing U Mobile which has now been replaced by Digicel to enter into the market.

Dear Editor, Raising the question of the absence of class politics as a medium of political mobilization in Guyana was intended to begin a discussion on the subject.

Dear Editor, It is again conceded that the job of an editor is to

Dear Editor, I have refrained from commenting on the allegations of attacks on the free media in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Some months ago I wrote about the word “Oxymoron” with reference to “Holy Wars”.

Dear Editor, As a youth leader with over twenty five years of experience I hereby make an urgent appeal to the Ministry of Education to review their current practice of allowing school children especially young females to attend regional cricket matches, Mash competition and other events.

Dear Editor, It is true, as Mr. Dev says, in his article on “Mental Slavery,” (KN.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd yesterday joined the growing group of billion-dollar developers with the turning of the sod for its $1.3 billion bank at Camp and Robb streets.

A fire at the Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC) complex yesterday resulted in five buildings being scorched and two abandoned buildings sustaining substantial damage.

A CLICO employee and a woman were yesterday granted $150,000 bail each at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan for allegedly being involved in a $6.5 million fraud at the insurance company.

A man was arrested yesterday when he went to the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) to uplift a parcel from Jamaica which contained 822 grammes of cocaine in several bottles of cocoa butter lotion.

Managing Director of Republic Bank (Guyana) Michael Archibald yesterday defended the bank’s decision to interrogate six employees in connection with the disappearance of $8 million from its Kitty ATM.

Citizens Bank and other creditors have agreed to accept US$5 million, and three-year government debentures to the total value of 90% of the bauxite bonds they now hold, following negotiations with government.

The mother of the man who perished in the Mabura road accident on Sunday said she only learnt of her son’s death at about 1 pm yesterday and she immediately begged God to help her deal with the tragedy.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has re-launched the Dayclean Newspaper, in a bid to stimulate “a real public dialogue” on national issues.

Police yesterday were seeking three other persons in connection with the TT $5.3 million cocaine seizure last week in Trinidad.

BK International has told the police that the Dominican Republic firm, to which a consignment of bunker fuel was headed when the vessel turned back two weeks ago, owes it some US$402,000 and as a result the company ordered the captain and crew to return to Guyana with the fuel.

A national budget for children is expected to be established this year as part of a work plan for 2007 as outlined by a government and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) project.

The Guyana Islamic Relief Organisa-tion (GIRO) recently handed over another container of medical supplies worth in excess of $300M to public institutions, particularly the Georgetown Public Hospital, the organization said in a press release.

UNESCO Secretary-General Dawn Braithwaite said it was time that raising funds for something as important as education and training for persons with disabilities stop depending on the hosting of special events.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is hosting a training workshop aimed at building the capacity of officials who prepare reports on the application of international labour standards.

The Canadian-owned company IAMGOLD announced last week that the proven gold reserves in the Rosebel mine in Suriname has increased by 19% from 3.2 million ounces to 3.8 million ounces, according to the Suriname daily de ware Tijd.

Students and teachers of Lachmansingh Primary School at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice on Thursday had a “ball” as they tramped behind a music system through the village to celebrate Mashramani.

Women in West Berbice would now be able to make better use of their spare time and be more self-sufficient through the work of an empowerment group that was formed five months ago.