Daily Archive: Thursday, March 29, 2007

Bill’s coffee cup runneth over. So much to report, so little space.

The amelioration of social services in British Guiana was achieved in two phases.

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Q: My immigrant visa has just been issued. What can I do to prepare myself for a life in the U.S.?

Magistrate Oneidge Walrond-Allicock yesterday committed Marcel La Cruz, the woman accused of stealing a teenaged girl’s baby, to stand trial in the High Court.

A recent Financial Times brief on the political situation in Venezuela reported that “the final vestiges of resistance to Hugo Ch

South Africa eked out a one wicket victory over Sri Lanka despite a sensational bowling performance from Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga who created history by becoming the first bowler to take four wickets in four balls in international cricket in the first “Super Eight” match at the spankingly new Provi-dence Stadium yesterday.

The West Indies, yet again, came face-to-face with unavoidable reality in their first Super Eight match at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium over the past two days.

The hungrier team won yesterday. Aussie ruthlessness overcame West Indies submissiveness in a telling display of authority over the last two days in Antigua.

Sri Lankan right-arm fast bowler Separamadu Lasith Malinga overcame a man- of-the -match controversy yesterday to declare to the local and international media that he was happy with his record-breaking feat at the post-match press conference at the Providence stadium.

Thinking of going to World Cup cricket at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence?

South Africa’s captain Graeme Smith said yesterday that his team dominated 95 percent of the Super Eight match against Sri Lanka at the Providence Stadium.

The touring United Petrotrin Football Club of South Trinidad will take on Pele Football Club this afternoon from 4 pm at the Conquerors Football ground.

The Chico Sweets/Smalta/Giftland Office Max Inter-Secondary School Futsal tournament will continue tonight with the quarter-final matches at the National Gymnasium from 6:30 pm.

There were wins for teams A, E and F on Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club courts as the Guyana Squash Association’s Farfan and Mendes Easter team tournament got off to a flying start.

Dear Editor, I thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter captioned “The state media have not done enough to promote the preparation for Cricket World cup” (07.03.28) by Alicia Gonsalves.

Dear Editor, In a letter captioned Is the dredging vessel Steve N serviceable?

Dear Editor, I read with horror, the story of the family that was assaulted by 20 men outside the Sheriff Night Club and wish to voice my concern and, as a woman condemn this attack which saw the assault of innocent women who had merely gone out for some entertainment.

Dear Editor, The sudden closure of school for the Easter Term is in bad taste.

Dear Editor, The issues relating to the completion and management of the stadium that resulted in the ICC-CWC wresting control from the LOC is just another example of the poor project management capabilities that exist in the country.

Dear Editor, Your editorial of Tuesday, March 27, 2007, headlined ‘Predicting the Past’, observ-ed among other things that “In a crucial sense, once you cede the moral high ground in order to pursue a gang of stateless thugs, you may win all the battles but you can never win the war”.

Dear Editor, The adage that Rome wasn’t built in a day also applies to the Providence Stadium.

Dear Editor, What message is given to visitors and the public to read in the newspaper that a family was dragged out of a taxi, beaten, stripped, robbed and two of the three females sexually assaulted.

Dear Editor, HIV/AIDS is surely the most central subject in the agenda of all the various groups represented in Guyana today.

Guyana’s first world cup match at the spanking new Providence Stadium came off smoothly yesterday to the delight of local organizers but only about half of the 14,800 seats were filled for the big-name encounter.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) condemns the manner in which Republic Bank recently dismissed six employees and has since requested that its management review its decision.

Seven Guyanese who had been detained since last Friday in a “cold room” at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados were sent back to Guyana yesterday morning.

One city bar is buzzing with Cricket World Cup (CWC) tourists while the others are still awaiting the drove of expected visitors to these shores.

South Africa had been coasting to victory. With only 210 to make and Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis having stroked the unthreatening Sri Lankan ball imperiously to all parts, spectators had resigned themselves to another hour or two of dull play in searing afternoon heat eased only by Demerara River breeze.

A number of ICC CWC West Indies Inc 2007 volunteers (VIBES) received a shock yesterday when they were physically searched for money and jewellery, which two volunteers reportedly lost at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the National Stadium are medically equipped to respond to any emergency during the period of World Cup Cricket, and there were no reported glitches during the historic first match on local soil yesterday.

A fee increase for British consular and visa services takes effect from April 1 and this will affect the British High Commission in Guyana as well as all other UK embassies and missions.

Demerara Distillers Limited has constructed and launched the Demerara Heritage Rum Museum at its Diamond, East Bank Demerara location.

The Rotaract Clubs of Guyana have launched a national an essay competition “to provide a forum for young people to express their concerns about crime in our country.”

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says more than 600 cases are before the court since it launched its anti-littering campaign.

A Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara woman who claimed that bandits had robbed her of $700,000 in jewellery and US$1,200 last Friday is herself in custody as detectives probe the reported robbery.

In the wake of Monday’s robbery and assault of a family of four outside the Sheriff Night Club, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is calling for the immediate suspension of the club’s licence until investigations are completed and the perpetrators arrested.

An eight-man bomb squad from India is in Guyana to avert any bomb threat during the six Super Eight cricket matches, the first of which was played yesterday, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has announced.

For a country with no real cricketing history, Ireland has come a long way.

Two hundred years almost to the day after the Bill to abolish slavery passed the House of Commons, the Upper Chamber – the House of Lords – was the glittering venue for the launch of The Oxford Companion to Black British History.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said the water situation remains unchanged and low pressure will continue though there were reports yesterday of some amount of improvement in water delivery to various sections of the city.

A US appeal court judge is to rule this week on whether drug-indicted businessman Roger Khan should be given bail while waiting to face trial in New York.

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York, will arrive in Guyana next Wednesday for a private visit.