Daily Archive: Monday, March 5, 2007

This is what the man/woman in the street had to say when we asked them which team they thought would win Cricket World Cup 2007.

Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards has begun hearing the case of a South Ruimveldt man who is accused of killing a SIMAP employee three years ago.

On the eve of February 23rd there was reportedly a minor disturbance within the walls of the Georgetown Prisons; minor in the sense that it led to no serious breach of security and certainly not a break-out.

A new star was born on Saturday night when Alex Arjoon defeated arch-rival Peter de Groot to win category `A’ of the Guyana Squash Association/Toucan Indus-tries sponsored junior squash tournament at the George-town Club.

Darius Ali and Asharnica Persaud ran out winners of the boys and girls’ Under-11 categories of the Igloo Ice-Cream sponsored badminton tournament which climaxed Saturday at the Queen’s College courts.

Former West Indies’ leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo and Guyanese wicket-keeper Derwin Christian have been drafted in by the Moosai’s Sports Club for the remainder of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board local domestic season.

Essequibo cricketers were on the receiving end of yet another defeat on Saturday when they went under to Demerara by an innings and 33 runs as the first round of the Castrol inter-county, under-15, two-day cricket competition ended at the Georgetown Cricket Club Bourda ground.

Dear Editor, I am heartened that there are collaborations with the faith-based community and NGOs to combat HIV/AIDS in Guyana.

Dear Editor, With just days to go before the third most auspicious sporting event in the world graces the Caribbean, cricket fans are doing nothing to conceal their anxieties about what might be the likely outcome of the competition.

Dear Editor, I recently visited the zoo with my family and was disgusted and disappointed to see the zoo in such an impoverished and degenerate state.

Dear Editor, While many animal lovers are sickened by the cruelty being inflicted on animals, there needs to be a form of control whereby, only lovers of animals, caring and friendly human-kind can be allowed to have and to keep pets.

Dear Editor, In M.A. Bacchus’s letter captioned “The reality is that race is of major political significance in Guyana,” (07.02.26) the charge was made that Dr Randy Persaud and I may not have taken cognizance of the realities on the ground.

Dear Editor, It is refreshing to see Africans’ proud public expressions and read of their contributions to Guyana and the world.

Dear Editor, There is huge excitement in New York about the Rio summit in our beloved Guyana.

One fisherman is dead and another missing after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean about three miles from land on Friday night.

The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) will withhold funding for the commencement of the second phase of the Unserved Areas Electrification Programme (UAEP) unless the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc can cut its losses to 30 per cent from the present 42 per cent.

Former Editor of the Guyana Chronicle Anthony Calder died yesterday after a prolonged illness.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Ten Henry Rodney says allegations levelled against him and the administration by Regional Chairman Mortimer Mingo are a personal vendetta to get him removed from the region as other attempts by the chairman to do so have failed.

The residents of Crabwood Creek (CWC) who protested in front of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) office on Monday for the removal of the chairman, expressed satisfaction during a meeting with regional officials on Thursday about the decision to dissolve the NDC and install an Interim Management Committee.

The PPP/C has launched a booklet in honour of the late agriculture minister Satyadeow Sawh, almost one year after the minister and two of his siblings were gunned down at his Earl’s Court, La Bonne Intention (LBI) home.

Liberally sprinkled with powder of all hues and soaked with various colours of water, Guyanese across the country celebrated Phagwah, the Hindu spring festival yesterday.

An East Coast Demerara (ECD) man says he was mercilessly beaten by a police constable last Sunday and is calling on the police to ensure that this rank is charged and brought to justice.

Oil stakeholders are discussing the resumption of offshore exploration activities with the government now that an award in the arbitration proceedings in the dispute between Guyana and Suriname over their common maritime boundary is due to be announced shortly.

Deputy Mayor Robert Williams met with contractors last week to discuss the maintenance programme for the city’s drains.

Minister of Education Shaik Baksh on Thursday commissioned a $19M school at Shieldstown which will house 250 students and 13 teachers.