Daily Archive: Saturday, March 3, 2007

A 29-year-old driver accused of stealing a quantity of items worth over $200,000 was released on bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A young man who allegedly robbed another man at gunpoint of his Motorola V3 Razr cellular phone and was found with the weapon and ammunition was on Wednesday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who took gasoline without paying for it was fined $25,000 with the alternative of three months imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A third woman was yesterday charged for her alleged involvement in the CLICO insurance company fraud and she was granted $150,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the George-town Magistrate’s Court.

A man who allegedly caused the death of his best friend early yesterday morning when he drove his pickup dangerously was placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

In a statement to the United Nations on October 9 last year, following an in-depth study conducted on all forms of violence against women, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Mr Jos

Mortimer Stewart, Banks DIH Sales and Marketing representative, yesterday pledged the company’s continued assistance to the `I’ Movement Group promoters of tomorrow’s ‘Rasta’ versus ‘Baldhead’ football clash.

Demerara ended the first day of the Castrol inter-county under-15 two-day cricket competition in a comfortable position after routing Essequibo for a paltry score at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, yesterday.

The curtains came down Thursday night when national badminton player Candyss Odle Speirs and president of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Gokarn Ramdhani won the women’s and men’s Open singles trophy respectively at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall.

A second test run for the Providence Stadium is being considered.

Wednesday evening at the Toucan Industries Inc. Mash junior squash tournament turned out to be a night of five-setters.

It’s official: Guyana’s senior national male and female basketball teams will be returning to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships scheduled for Puerto Rico in August of this year.

Marketing Assistant of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Dexter Seaton on Thursday handed over the trophy to President of the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTF) Justice Cecil Kennard for the feature race carded on Monday.

The semi-finals of the Guyana Football Federation/Guyflag senior inter-association tournament will be played on March 11 at the GFC ground instead of tomorrow as scheduled.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is in need of financial assistance to send a team of boxers to the third Pan American Games box-off billed for April 20-28 in Trinidad and Tobago.

The final and third place play-off in the Guyana Football Federation/Pepsi inter-association under-17 football tournament will be played today at the GFC ground.

In observance of Mashramani 2007 the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport will kick off a one-day knockout seven-a-side football tournament today at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground from 10am.

By Edison Jefford Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony feels that a new approach is needed if there is to be development of school sport in particular across Guyana.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will stage its Annual National Youth and Junior Championships on March 8 and 9 at the Enmore Community Centre ground beginning at 10am.

Dear Editor, In today’s Stabroek Business page 6B, there is a sub heading” Most drinking water deemed microbiologically unsatisfactory” which indicated that it originated from tests carried out by the Food and Drug Dept during 2006.

Dear Editor, I like cooking, sharing my efforts with others, and sampling the food of different countries.

Dear Editor, On behalf of my mother and the entire Kennard family I would like to thank you and recognize the obituary published in your newspaper on Sunday, February 18 on the passing of my father Gavin B Kennard.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the board of directors, management and staff of Republic Bank Guyana Limited for embarking on the construction of a new building at Camp and Robb Streets.

Dear Editor, I find it sad that Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira told Stabroek News that the continued talks regarding an agreed framework for enhanced political co-operation between the government and the parliamentary opposition are unlikely to resume before the upcoming Cricket World Cup.

Dear Editor, I will be grateful if the Minister of Home Affairs, the Commissioner of Police or the crime chief can say under what conditions, authority or circumstances are the members of the Guyana Police Force authorised to kick down the doors of citizens’ apartments to gain entry.

Dear Editor, There will be an eclipse of the moon this evening.

Dear Editor, I would like to appraise you on the progress, or lack thereof, regarding the pursuit of remission letters from the GRA by pharmaceutical importers.

Dear Editor, I note the preparations that are being made for the Rio Summit and CWC 2007.

Dear Editor, Almost unnoticed, a little article headlined “Stabroek News to take over Guyana Review” (07.02.01) announced to the world the new publisher of the very prestigious monthly.

Dear Editor, I have listened to budget presentations and debates on a number of occasions, but have never quite paid keen attention, or had the patience to listen out the three/four hour presentation.

Dear Editor, Great leaders are born, they are not made, and we are seeing the evidence of this in our country today.

Dear Editor, It is a great honour for Guyana to host the Rio summit.

Dear Editor, Regional Chairman of Region Six Zulfikar Mustapha, at a recent visit to the #43 Fish Complex on the Corentyne disclosed that Region Six would soon become the “economic powerhouse of Guyana”.

Today’s column considers the relation of interior/forestryroads to development within the context of the third cause singled out by the PRSP as contributory to endemic poverty: the absence of noncomplementing growth-oriented infrastructure (PRSP 2001, p.

The “Queen of the Band” is the Queen of the Road!

Mashramani 2007 might have been big and exciting but somehow it paled in comparison to previous years.

Understanding children’s stages of development can be helpful in avoiding confrontations that result in the need for punishment.

The Kiprich and Movado show presented at the Guyana Football Club ground on Friday last was maybe as good as fans could expect from two young headlining artistes only one half of who locally really has a big tune to his name.

Oscar-nominee, Will Smith’s film The Pursuit of Happyness will be screened at the Sidewalk Caf

Hi Everyone, Living in a multi-cultural society is exciting. Those of us living side by side with people from different races and religions gain insights that some people go a lifetime without glimpsing.

Following up on the success achieved in 2006, Michelle Cole and Trevor Rose of Facts n’ Roses (FnR) created the right balance to capture the prestigious prize of best full large costumed band in this year’s Mashramani.

On February 23, Cellink’s Blue Power mash band had the largest number of revellers on the road, an unrivalled dynamism and endless support as it moved through the streets of Georgetown on the way to the National Park but all that, aside the costumes were the real attraction.

Marine turtles are long-lived reptiles. This means that they are believed to live for 100 years and more!

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday challenged the Rio Group to broaden its outlook and take on the mantle of regional development and improving the quality of life for its citizens.

The head of the Argentine mission here for the Rio Group Meeting says that support should be given to Haiti in its struggle for democracy, and he called for the region’s backing for a resolution to Argentina’s age-old dispute with the United Kingdom over Islas Malvinas – the Falkland Islands.

AFC MP David Patterson has been named as part of the parliamentary delegation scheduled to travel to the US this month to study the Nebraska Legislature.

Guyana Elections Commis-sion (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally is refuting claims that he “turned down” requests for a meeting with JFAP leader CN Sharma.

Accredited foreign journalists last night flocked the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at Turkeyen on the eve of the Summit of the Rio Group Meeting and minor hiccups with the toilets have been rectified.

Member countries of the Organisation of American States (OAS) face issues such as a lack of transparency in governance, bureaucracy and corruption and Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza thinks that “the quality of governance is certainly progressing” in the OAS.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on his first visit to the Guyana School of Agriculture told students of the role their institution must play in the nation’s development programme.

Spanking new BMW’s were the mode of transportation yesterday for visiting delegations for the Rio Summit.

A ban on lorries and other vehicles along the East Bank Highway yesterday during the hours of 7 am to 9 pm left many flour trucks in limbo.

The parents of students attending the North George-town Secondary School staged a protest yesterday in a bid to win better security at the institution.

The Venezuelan authorities are yet to turn over a report to Guyanese officials on the shooting to death of a Guyanese by members of the Venezuelan army at Etering-bang in October last year.

Police in Essequibo were up to late last evening scouring the backlands at Bethany for the Mazaruni prison escapee who reportedly shot and killed the owner of a logging concession on Tuesday last.

The US Government says that Guyana’s anti-money laundering regime is ineffective and the regulations accompanying the Money Laundering Prevention Act are inadequate.

Five bandits who pretended to be taxpayers on Thursday robbed the Better Hope/La Bonne Intention Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) of more than $2M which represented deposits and wages.

Teachers and students of the Grove Primary School are upset over the water pressure level being supplied to the school which forces them to work and learn in an unsanitary environment.

A committee has been set up to investigate several discipline issues at the Wisburg Secondary School at Linden following an article in this newspaper and a report from the acting education officer in Region Ten.

Two months into the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT), low income earners including civil servants who constitute the bulk of the country’s consuming public are still reeling from the steep increases in the cost-of-living sparked by the tax system.

The Drop-in Centre for street children has recorded much success during the past year and marked development in the children who attend its literacy and nursery programme.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Thursday met with a team from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to discuss possible areas of cooperation in the aquaculture and pelagic (deep sea) sector.

The ‘A’ Division Community Policing Groups Management Committee made appointments at its 16th annual general meeting.

A man who was allegedly seen wheeling away another man’s motorcycle was on Wednesday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Holika Dhan or the burning of holika, which sets the stage for a day of gaiety and colour, takes place tonight at the Camptown Ground, Campbellville on the eve of Phagwah.