Daily Archive: Saturday, October 27, 2007

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday denied an application by beauty queen Carolan Lynch’s attorneys to have her matter discharged after the prosecutor failed to attend court at the required time.

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday fined an overseas-based Guyanese man who admitted to driving under the influence and on the wrong side of the road, $45,000 and revoked his driver’s permit.

Five years ago, when the fight to rout Al Qaeda was still concentrated in Afghanistan, a witty UK resident painted these words on the side of his garbage bin, “Bin Laden – unless you emptied it”.

With his creditable fourth-place effort in a field of 19 riders in the Points Race at the recent UCI Masters World Track Championships in Sydney, Australia, US-based Guyanese Aubrey Gordon again proved that he is still a significant competitor in world-class competition.

Trinidad and Tobago Enthusiasts Over-35 rugby players arrived in Guyana yesterday for their one-off match against their Guyanese counterparts this afternoon at the National Park rugby field.

Can Santos come from behind or will Uprising hold on? After several weeks of invigorating youth football, the Chubby Under-13 league will see its last matches unfold today at the Tucville ground when the above question will be answered.

Will it be Kriskal or Errol, Shiv or Learie? The answer to who will win the 2007 Closed National Chess Championship which starts today at the Ocean Spray Hotel will not be known until the third week in November when the competition climaxes.

The Guyana cricket team are very disappointed following their defeat to Jamaica in the semi final of the KFC limited overs competition at the Three Ws’ Oval at Cave Hill, Barbados, on Thursday.

The programme of activities for local golfers will be stepped up this week-end with two major events at the Lusignan Golf Course.

The second instalment of the annual South American 10km Classic event will begin this afternoon at 16:00h at the Police Sports Club Ground Eve Leary and with athletes from Brazil, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago competing against the best local distance athletes nothing less than a classic is expected.

Local table tennis players will begin trading serves, loops and smashes today when the Dennis Patterson Memorial League serves off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to respond to a letter titled “Cement imports ensure a competitive price”, which was published in your newspaper on Wednesday, October 17, 2007.

Dear Editor, I observed over the past months that the quality of chicken feed produced by Guyana Stockfeeds Ltd, is poor.

Dear Editor, The cartoon which appeared in the business section of the Stabroek News edition of Friday October 19, 2007 inst was appropriate, timely and effective, illustrating the true state in which our major cemetery happens to be.

Dear Editor, Hi diddle, diddle, the man and his vehicle, the car crashed into the wall.

Dear Editor, Maybe it is the general public-the drivers and pedestrians alike-and not the traffic signals who should be characterized as nuisances.

Dear Editor, A serious miscarriage of justice was perpetrated on Ms Dawn Taylor of Lot 157 One Mile Wismar, Linden, when a matter that should have been prosecuted by the Ministry of Labour before Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys at the Wismar Magistrate Court on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 was dismissed by the Magistrate because the Ministry’s lawyer was not present in court when the matter was called at approximately 9.45am.

Dear Editor, “The world is changing in the United Nations favour as more people and governments understand that multilateralism is the only path in an interdependent and globalizing world.

Dear Editor, I would like to respond to Mr Norman Faria, Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Barbados, who penned the letter, “Are the authorities in Guyana obligated to provide authentication of these claims?”,

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Banning Buju Banton is not the answer” (07.10.18).

Hips are expected to sway wildly as the familiar and pulsating sounds of ‘Firewater’ and ‘Mor-tor’ along with other hits blast out later this evening when Neeshan Parboo better known as ‘De Hitman’ and Rikki Jai perform in what is promised to be “chutney music at its best”.

Who says Guyana is a poor country? Okay, we can hear the resounding `me’ being belted out by many because after all it is no secret that our country is poor compared to many.

Let’s be honest, many of us get anxious when we hear that one or more of our guests are vegetarian.

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After weeks of heady talk and bold assertions that the biggest music festival ever is about to hit Guyana, the moment is finally here.

The catfights, gossip, hot fashions, parties, runway shows and occasional back-stabbing that all make for must-see model search TV shows in the US will debut here as the committee which organised the electrifying Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) rolls out Model Search 2008.

A young Guyanese feels he’ll take the gospel world by storm when he launches his first ever album next November in Barbados.

Twenty-three-year-old Delroy Forde of Laing Avenue was shot dead around noon yesterday after he robbed a couple at the corner of Robb Street and Orange Walk, Bourda.

In a dramatic turn of events police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday morning intercepted two suitcases with firearms, ammunition, two fragmentation grenades, two detonators and 38 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana.

Toshaos at the conclusion of the National Toshaos Conference yesterday supported a resolution that urged the international community to create a framework to ensure that forest conservation efforts are adequately rewarded.

Amerindian contractors when applying for their first project in hinterland areas need not have Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) compliances but thereafter this is necessary, Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Juan Edghill told toshaos on Tuesday.

One week after he was hit by a police ambulance while attempting to cross the Mon Repos public road, 15-year-old Denis Ewing Chow succumbed to his injuries.

Three toshaos including a woman were elected to serve on the still to be formed Indigenous Peoples Commission (IPC) after more than 100 Amerindian leaders voted to elect representatives during the one-week Amerindian conference which ended yesterday.

Chaos erupted yesterday at the Smyth Street, Licence Revenue Department (LRD) as persons were turned away after being told that the office was out of provisional book covers and drivers’ licence covers.

Some residents of Montrose, East Coast Demerara are concerned about the overtopping of the koker dam during high tide and they fear this will weaken it and flood the community.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) private was shot on Thursday night during a confrontation between members of the Joint Services and armed men at the No.

The Medex Programme which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary has trained 270 persons since its inception and the Ministry of Health is arranging for a Structured Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme for this category of health workers.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) recently developed requirements for Point of Care Testing sites (POCT) to facilitate the expansion of such sites and enable monitoring by regulatory agencies.

Information on Carifesta X which is billed for Guyana in August next year can be accessed at its website, www.carifesta.net,

Berbician Ian Latchana Anamayah was admitted to the bar on Friday, becoming the third member of his family to join the legal profession.

For the second time around USAID and PEPFAR will be teaming up with Lifeline Counselling as they prepare to host the 10th annual Phillip Vanderhyden walk-a-ton which is billed for tomorrow.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has urged REOs to cooperate with his ministry to ensure that there is accountability and accuracy in the management of hospitals and health centres and he added that more authority will be given to them.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) are hosting Canje Night at the Rose Hall Community Centre in East Berbice, tonight.

Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) says that pipelines are being installed in Sophia B Field to establish a network that will serve residents and within 14 days it is expected that the Sophia No.

Five days after it was revealed that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had seized 4,000 carats of rough diamonds from a Belgian firm suspected to have been smuggled into this country there has been no charge against the company and authorities have been saying little.

Five days after it was revealed that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had seized 4,000 carats of rough diamonds from a Belgian firm suspected to have been smuggled into this country there has been no charge against the company and authorities have been saying little.