Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Reporter: And here we are at a highly anticipated press conference with Minister of Miseducation Shaik (Shaik it Shaik it baby) Baksh where he is expected to announce a complete ban on cellphones in school.

A man who allegedly shot at two police officers in an attempt to avoid detention was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Three brothers who were brought before the court for allegedly cultivating cannabis and having shotguns in their possession at Rupununi were yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who allegedly threatened another with a firearm was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A man who allegedly robbed his uncle of over $1.3 million in jewellery and other items six years ago was yesterday granted $75,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Secretary to the Guyana Defence Board Dr Roger Luncheon last Thursday accepted the keys to a huge warehouse constructed at a cost of US$350,000 and containing disaster relief supplies valued at US$250,000 from USA Ambassador Mr David Robinson in the presence of visiting Commanding General, US Army South, Brigadier General Purl Keen at Camp Stephenson, Timehri.

Brian Lara backed his team to rebound from adversity and hit the nail on the head when West Indies began their World Cup in the best possible way yesterday.

For the first time ever, the Annual Bartica Regatta will feature boat races that will involve female competitors.

Georgetown and Upper Demerara trounced their opponents on Sunday to set up a much-anticipated clash for supremacy in the final of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Guyflag inter-association football tournament.

Guyana’s return to the Carib-bean Basketball Confeder-ation (CBC) championships this year has triggered an overwhelming interest among players locally and internationally in the male and female national teams.

Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams will be the one to beat on Sunday when National Sports Commission’s cycle coach Hassan Mohamed sends the riders off in the 10th Annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial 50-Mile Road Race.

Campbellville ‘A’ team secured a 3-1 win over Sophia ‘B’ team when the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) sponsored Camptown inter – block tournament continued at the Cambellville Community Centre ground on Sunday.

Dear Editor, As reported by Stabroek News on March 9, the President’s long address to the Guyana Defence Force included reference to apparent inaccuracies in the latest edition of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, March 2007, from the US Department of State.

Dear Editor, Recently, there has been an orchestrated campaign to publicly call into question the leadership of Mr.

Dear Editor, The government in its haste to spruce up the city and its environs in preparation for CWC has embarked on a number of civil works whose execution are unlikely to achieve their desired purpose, inevitably resulting in a waste of scarce taxpayers dollars.

Dear Editor, I noticed Mr Vishok Persaud’s purported response captioned “I signed a letter of intent with BMW since December 2005 to establish Prestige Motors” (07.03.11) to the letter captioned “The company that got the contract to import the BMWs is part owned by Mr Reepu Daman Persaud’s son” (07.03.09).

Dear Editor, Recent events in three of our schools, confirm how rapidly Guyana continues its free fall into an amoral morass.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s pathetic public protestations against the recent US narcotics report on Guyana may have won a few nods of approval and a scattering of sympathizers, but at the end of the day, he is the President of a country that is a major transshipment point for illicit drugs, with its spin off effects on money laundering and gun running.

Dear Editor, The lunar eclipse of March 3 took place as scheduled, but it was mostly invisible from Georgetown because of the clouds on the horizon and of the haze higher up, which only allowed the moon to be seen as it emerged from shadow.

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter captioned “The beleaguered fishermen have got little help” (07.03.08).

Dear Editor, Dionne Warwick in her wonderful song “What the World Needs Now is Love” tells us that we don’t need anymore mountains, oceans, rivers, and valleys, since we have enough to last till the end of time, but “love sweet love” is what we need to make the world a better place.

Dear Editor, I read in Stabroek News of the March 2, 2007, excerptsfrom the US Drug Report on Guyana.

Dear Editor, It has been a pleasure to see the great strides being made.

Dear Editor, On February 22, 1967, the Bookers/Wales Estate, Cane Farmers’ Pilot Scheme(1956-1967) was transformed and renamed the Belle Vue Cane Farmers’ Marketing Co-op Society’, Registered # 967 and this Co-op Society was presented with their first rules and a copy of the Guyana Co-op Society Act, which the co-op are using to this day.

Attorney-General Doodnauth Singh says businessman Peter Morgan, who was arrested in Trinidad last Friday, would likely be one of the 14 Guyanese the US Govern-ment had indicated it wanted to extradite two years ago to face drug trafficking charges.

Customs Patrol Officer Keon Pryce has denied being involved in the irregular release and escorting of a truckload of seized polar beer and suspects being held at the Leonora Police Station and he gave a statement yesterday to the police.

Several labourers yesterday removed the brand name Lux from over 1,200 gross of soap bars which had been imported from China and falsely bore the trademark belonging to British company Unilever PLC.

Brazil and the United States last Friday signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) expressing their intention to cooperate on the development and deployment of biofuels, and they are to begin such work in Central America and the Caribbean to plug local production and consumption of the product.

Suriname President Dr Runaaldo R Venetiaan has charged youth commissioners to be consistent in their advocacy on the ideals of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) a press release from the Caricom Secretariat said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday presented in the National Assembly, three bills to facilitate security assistance to Guyana during Cricket World Cup 2007.

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) says the welfare of vendors is much more important in the long run than the economic boost the country may enjoy by the influx of tourists who will come to Guyana for Cricket World Cup.

Guyana contributed the sum of US$50,000 to the opening ceremony of Cricket World Cup 2007 and was represented even though the country did not send any artistes to the event.

With support from the PNCR-IG and GAP/ROAR the National Assembly yesterday passed the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Amendment) Bill, amending the 2000 legislation, to provide for the control of pesticides and toxic chemicals for export among other things.

Two of the three utility companies have reported a marked decline in the amount of vandalism they have suffered over the last couple months in the face of a more proactive approach by government in dealing with the problem.

On any given weekday after 2 pm schoolchildren congregate at the National Library on Church and Main streets and queue to enter in order to carry out their research.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) says the pressure parts of its boilers are undergoing their first pressure test at the state-of-the-art Skeldon facility.

A white paper on sexual offences legislation is currently being drafted and should be presented to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security by the end of next month.

The United States (US) Embassy says Guyana Publications Inc Managing Director Doreen de Caires is the Guyana honoree for the Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage.

A sum of roughly $12M from the Guyana Lotteries Company was deposited in the Consolidated Fund in December.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday launched a promotion which will see float valves being installed in 500 customers’ water tanks.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to get involved in the enhancement of the country as that role falls within the ambit of the agency.

Fourteen-year-old Rosetta Garnett who was hit by a speeding route 42 minibus at the weekend has undergone emergency surgery and is still in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Retailers of official Cricket World Cup (CWC) items are reporting moderate sales but remain confident that business will increase as tourists begin arriving for the Super Eight matches here.

The Linden woman who is in urgent need of surgery as she is suffering from a rare disease, Cushing’s syndrome, is yet to raise the US$12,000 needed for the surgery in Trinidad.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is appealing to the public to “demonstrate good sense at Easter time” and to refrain from flying kites near its power distribution networks and high voltage lines.

A mother is now in police custody after her 18-month-old baby who was reportedly left alone at home with his 14-year-old aunt fell to his death from stairs at the family’s Section ‘A’ Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara home late yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Works and Communication is now better equipped to conduct soil testing with the acquisition of a modern Cone Penetrometer Testing (CPT) machine.

Over one third of the nine-mile De Hoop Branch Road at Mahaica has been finished with the project set to be completed by April, the Government Information Agency (GINA) says.

President’s College (PC) defeated St Stanislaus College in the first debate of the Ethnic Relations Commission Inter-Second-ary Schools Debating Com-petition.

The Region Three Regional Administration Office says the head teacher’s quarters at Clemwood, Upper Demerara River will soon be reconstructed.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is calling on the authorities to maintain their efforts and to enforce the penalties for littering as the Cricket World Cup is imminent.

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown is celebrating world Rotaract Week with an entrepreneurial project, an international fair and a roster of other activities.

A new medical training centre is being mulled for the former New Amsterdam Hospital, which has been vacant for the last two years.

The installation of poles for the modern traffic lights at critical junctions around the city is expected to begin today, the Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday quoted Ministry of Public Works Traffic Safety Engineer Kadri Paris as saying.

A man who reportedly attempted to rob a businessman of his day’s sales last evening was instead met with opposition and is now nursing a stab wound to his back at the Georgetown Public Hospital.