Articles published on Thursday, November 8, 2007
Two years ago the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.) honoured Mary Noel Menezes, a former head of the Department of History at the University of Guyana, by awarding her an honorary Doctorate Degree for her invaluable contribution as an academic and philanthropist.
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Twenty-eight-year-old Gopinauth Perreira of East La Penitence was yesterday released on $250,000 bail by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys after being charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded to prison a Campbellville resident accused of stabbing a mini-bus conductor to death on Sunday.
A 58-year-old woman who allegedly fed her husband small doses of poison until he died was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.
A 46-year-old Rupununi man was yesterday slapped with an incest charge and remanded to prison for allegedly sleeping with his 15-year-old daughter and causing her to bear his child, who is now 4 months old.
Magistrate Krishndat Persaud denied a businessman his pre-trial freedom when he appeared before him yesterday at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court charged with possession of firecrackers.
What on earth did Minister of Home Affairs Mr Clement Rohee have in mind when he decided to present only an edited summary of the proposed Security Sector Reform Action Plan for the National Assembly’s approval last week?
A Man-of-the-Match performance from Safraz Esau (40 and 2-21) led West Bank Combined Branch to a comfortable 58-run victory over West Coast Combined in the West Demerara zone final of the Guyana Cricket Board/Republic Bank Right Start Under-15 school cricket competition played at the Cornelia Ida Community Centre ground yesterday.
With the first prize and virtually a Value Added Tax (VAT) waiver locked up courtesy of President Bharrat Jagdeo, the 18th edition of the Kashif and Shanghai tournament will be launched today with a press conference in the boardroom of major sponsor Banks DIH Ltd.
The Flying Stars Cycle Club will tomorrow stage a road race to help raise HIV/Aids awareness in Guyana.
The largest ever school’s basketball project will get underway tomorrow with the inaugural Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Association (GSSBA) league.
The Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored nationwide Twenty/20 cricket competition for first division clubs will continue today with six matches in the two zones.
The Mayor’s Cup Football tournament has a twist this year and that twist will mean four less players on the field.
Nicholas Ali and Anissa Rodrigues ran out winners of the Lower school boys and girls’ singles titles, as the Queen’s College Lower & Upper School singles badminton tournament, which was sponsored by DeSinco’s Trading ended on Tuesday at the Queen’s College auditorium.
Dear Editor, Here are a few quick reactions to the article `Corentyne ‘backtrack’ back in full swing – but with new rules’ by Shabna Ullah.
Dear Editor, First we are being “mimic men,” and now we are engaging in “cultural plagiarism” (see the letter “Celebrating Halloween is cultural plagiarism” (07.11.06).”
Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese living in Toronto and I am an avid reader of our newspaper, the Stabroek News.
Dear Editor, I refer to two items of news – “UG convocation must go on – unions” (SN 07.11.03) and “Turkeyen lecturers withdraw from Tain campus over ‘abuse'” (SN 07.11.05) and offer the following comments.
Dear Editor, I was horrified to read the views expressed by one Christopher Rambaran in the “What the people say” column (SN November 5, 2007).
Dear Editor, I have read the letters pertaining to IAST and Dr.
Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter headlined “I was not impressed with the presentation at the investment forum in Florida” (07.11.06) written by Mr.
Dear Editor, I live at La Grange and the residents of the community have received telephone service for some time.
Dear Editor, I am responding to gross inaccuracies in a report the Stabroek News carried (Nov 6) based on a statement by the Academic Board.
Two teenaged boys yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Mocha schoolgirl, Sade Stoby and one of them alleged that police forced him to admit to the gruesome crime.
Hire car and minibus drivers, cane-cutters and housewives yesterday turned out in their numbers at Tain, Corentyne to continue their protest against increased fines and fares and this time they also protested against the police’s use of “excessive” force.
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is pressing the government for a 14% wage increase for this year and for the wage deficit from 2002-6 to be taken care of but the government is standing by an offer of 8% for this year.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is advertising for the construction of a 25- megawatt heavy fuel oil power plant together with 69kV interconnection facilities as the company seeks to up its generation capacity for the end-of-year peak period.
A group of local and foreign individuals and company investors in the forestry, aquaculture, mining, handicraft and tourism sectors recently met with residents of Region One (Barima/Waini).
A group of Guyanese and Brazilian businessmen and others have formed a Guyana/Brazil Friendship Society, which was registered as a duly incorporated non-profit company in September 2007.
The Ministry of Health now has a new warehouse which is expected to strengthen its capacity for more effective drug distribution and ensure more accountability in its material management system, according to a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA).Minister
Some 30-40 buyers enquired about Guyanese produce after several samples were displayed at the 10th IFE America Food and Beverage Trade Show and Conference hosted in Miami last month.
The difficulty in obtaining credible and verifiable information from utilities by regulatory bodies is an issue faced here and within the Caribbean and this is slated for discussion at the Organization of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) which commenced their Fifth Annual Conference here yesterday.
Sea Freight Agencies Inc, a shipping line based in Miami that serves the Caribbean has donated $1 million towards the rehabilitation of the Theatre Guild Playhouse at Kingston.
(Trinidad Express) Justice Desiree Patricia Bernard has received many accolades during her long career in the legal system but she still felt overwhelmed receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Repairs to the roadway from Bartica to Issano, estimated at $20M, are slated to begin before year-end, a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release said.
For the second time in about four months the Lifeline Counselling Service has suffered at the hands of thieves and this time the loss is heavier than in July this year.
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is deeply concerned about the security lapses at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, particularly the placing of illegal drugs into the luggage of unsuspecting passengers.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it has not started house-to-house registration and any person purporting to be conducting same must be treated as an impostor and reported to the police.
Residents involved in attempting to beat up a fourth form student of Port Mourant Community High (PMCH) after he reportedly threw an explosive into the compound of Belvedere Primary around midday Friday may be prosecuted by the police.
President’s College’s board voted to reinstate the acting kitchen manager following a meeting and the woman turned out to work on Tuesday after she was issued with a letter to this effect.
