Daily Archive: Saturday, March 31, 2007

Bill likes to quote great philosophers. Voltaire provided much intellectual backbone for the French Revo-lution; that formed modern Europe and its liberal freedoms.

Magistrate Brassington Reynolds on Thursday freed Shawn Richardson called ‘Jungle Commando’ following the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the 2003 murder of Enterprise taxi driver, Vivekanand Nandalall.

In the wee hours of Monday morning, a crime was committed so shocking in terms of bizarreness and cruelty that it can perhaps be termed a hate crime, particularly as it was perpetrated against members of a minority group-the indigenous people.

England, buoyed by an 82-ball 90 from Paul Collingwood which was good enough to earn him the Man-of-the-Match award, beat Ireland by 48 runs to win their first “Super 8” match at the Providence Stadium yesterday.

Any number of factors can be pinpointed for the latest West Indies World Cup defeat, but the reality is that the home team is suddenly playing as if it is in another competition.

International Cricket Cou-ncil’s (ICC) Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed has congratulated Guyana for delivering its part of the International Cricket Council’s 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC) competition.

The University of Guyana presented the first lecture of the 2007 Walter Chair Lectures delivered by Professor of history Winston McGowan at the National Library Auditorium on Tuesday.

The Farfan and Mendes Easter team tournament continued Thursday evening at the Georgetown Club court with both the leading teams in the competition experiencing their first defeat.

Sri Lanka’s captain, Mahela Jayawardene says his team might not have deserved to win the battle against South Africa but they were looking forward to any opposition that the West Indies would present.

Despite suffering a 48-run loss to England in their Super Eight round match at the Providence Stadium yesterday, the Irish cricket team came in for high praise from England’s captain Michael Vaughan.

The East Bank Football Association’s (EBFA) Bounty Farm under 15 knockout football finals will kick-off today on the Grove Centre Ground from 8:30 am.

Dear Editor, I have read most of the reports of last Wednesday’s memorable World Cup match: Sri Lanka vs.

Dear Editor, I must say the days of playing real cricket seems to be a thing of the past now.

Dear Editor, Cricket is here and the woes of the Guyanese people are here too.

Dear Editor, In your correspondent Roger Persaud’s welcome coverage of the launching of the book Cricket At Bourda (Stabroek News March 30) there is a correction that should be made.

Dear Editor, No outcry from the public concerning the importation of a contaminated shipment of Soya.

Dear Editor, Like others – we hope very many others – we were outraged to read in the Stabroek News about the atrocity inflicted on a family outside a nightclub on Sheriff Street.

Dear Editor, Tucked away on page 3 of Stabroek News dated March 16, 2007 was the news item “T&T drops VAT on food”, Trinidad being the wealthiest country in the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, Mark Forde’s letter captioned “A new leader must be found to replace Corbin” (07.03.22) seems to be nothing more than an ill-informed planned attack against Mr Robert Corbin.

Dear Editor, As I was sitting, awaiting my turn in a Guyana Power & Light commercial office, something struck me.

Dear Editor, I am not at all surprised that Mr Vishnu Bisram has finally come under attack for his dual role of pollster and political commentator/analyst.

Dear Editor, As an educator and a disciplinarian, but moreso an ardent reader of your newspaper since it started, I would like to congratulate the Minister of Education, Mr Shaik Baksh MP concerning the banning of cell phones in schools.

Dear Editor, I must congratulate Stabroek News’ Saturday supplement The Scene for running the series on Challeng-ing Corporal Punishment and for offering alternatives to this dreadful practice.

Dear Editor, Thank you for sending me a copy of the letter from Mr Mark Vasconcellos captioned “NCN’s radio coverage of the activities commemorating the abolition of the slave trade was inadequate” (07.03.28).

Dear Editor, The vendors of Region Three are now experiencing a taste of the fate suffered by the Stabroek Market vendors recently.

Drawing every molten note out of the steel, Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore had the kettle boiling with a high pitched whistle that ruffled the pores and entered the blood stream sending cells infected with the wailing notes rushing to the brain pounding the emotions and leaving no heart in the house untouched.

Exciting or enduring, either word sums up a typical minibus ride depending on what time of the day you take one, sometimes which day and more importantly which route you are on because some have far more action than others.

Hi Everyone,Easter brings with it certain memories for me: vegetarian food on Good Friday; 9 am Stations of the Cross and the 3 pm service at Sacred Heart Church; Midnight Mass on Easter Saturday; baskets full of food, lots of kites and oh, cross buns.

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On a night when many Guyanese were home eagerly awaiting NCN’s cricket highlights broadcast to pass judgment yet again on the fading West Indies team, something special was unfolding at the Sophia Exhibition Site – the Guyana Gift and Craft Show.

Starting out as a reggae singer way back in the late 70s and early 80s Ras Marcus, who is $350,000 richer having gained second place in this year’s calypso monarch competition, has long been right there among some of the more accomplished statesmen of calypso.

One million dollars in cash and prizes and the gateway to a singing career are up for grabs, GT&T announced on Thursday when at the launch of its 2007 Jingle and Song competition.

Because marine turtles take many years to become sexually mature, during which time they suffer from many threats both as eggs, hatchlings, juveniles and adults, it is essential that everything possible is done to protect the species and prevent their total extinction.

Somehow the word got around that the West Indies cricket team was on its way into Guyana and, as a result, hundreds of persons made their way to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri to get a glimpse of the host team’s arrival.

Engineers continued yesterday to flush sediment from the Lamaha Canal and though water from the canal is flowing through the taps the utility has warned city residents against drinking it since it hasn’t been purified.

The police are said to be clueless as to the whereabouts of two remand prisoners who were charged with larceny offences committed two years ago and were supposed to be in the Camp Street prison.

In condemnation of Monday’s robbery and assault of a family of four outside a Sheriff Street nightclub, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday held a one-hour vigil outside the club which saw a turnout of about 35 persons.

If HIV and AIDS were a cricket team competing in Cricket World Cup 2007, South Africa would give it a sound thrashing, according to former Test cricketer Jonty Rhodes who said the key is to study the opponent, do the necessary research and execute as planned.

A multi-million dollar technical cooperation project to increase economic opportunities and generate income for economically disadvantaged youths interested in becoming entrepreneurs was signed yesterday between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Institute for Private Enterprise Development (IPED).

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was briefed on Bernard Kerik’s reported link to a company suspected of ties to organised crime before he appointed him the city’s police commissioner and Giuliani has now reiterated it was a mistake to nominate Kerik in the failed bid to head the Department of Homeland Security.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has bought over the contentious consignment of Bunker C fuel sealed off in 35,000 barrels on the BK International ship, New Horizon, docked midstream at the mouth of the Demerara River.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Immigration Department on Thursday evening confirmed the detention and subsequent departure of ten Guyanese nationals between March 22 and 27 for various offences.

A motion piloted recently by PNCR-1G MP James McAllister will see Parliament’s Natural Resources Sectoral Committee examining the setting up of a National Commission on Climate Change and submitting its recommendation in one year.

The Urban (Georgetown) Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January and February shows increases over the corresponding period last year of 9.3% and 8.5% respectively, fuelled by the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT).

Guyana’s national awards would be announced on May 26, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has said.

Some residents of Bush Lot New Housing Scheme are peeved that a contractor who was assigned to fix the streets in the area has taken almost two years to do the job and it is still not completed.

More than 850 persons who underwent eye surgery in Cuba have benefited from the spectacles laboratory established at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Cabinet has green-lighted a contract for over $57 million for the procurement and delivery of medical equipment for the Ministry of Health.

Caribbean governments will retain some security arrangements put in place for the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007.

The turnout at yesterday’s match between the English team and newcomers Ireland was even better than that for Wednesday’s opening game.

An overseas-based Guyanese was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday morning after feeling ill while at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Police yesterday afternoon raided a section of the Stabroek Market detaining at least ten men who were then carried to the Brickdam Police Station.

Police last night held a group of men after a raid in Kitty.