Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Now that the dollar has dropped 43% from its high against the euro, the process of global financial rebalancing is seriously underway.

A man who was said to be engaged to a girl under the age of 15 was refused bail after he appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan at the New Amsterdam Court recently to answer a charge of carnal knowledge.

Two brothers accused of attempting to kill another man were remanded to prison when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded to prison a man accused of robbing another man of items valued at $22,000 at gunpoint.

After months of official denial and failing memories, the Guyana Police Force unwittingly cast fresh light on the darkest period of criminal violence in this country’s post-independence history.

Local distance queen Alika Morgan and long distance junior sensation Dennis Horatio comfortably won the female and male 10km road races yesterday morning which kick started the 47th Annual National School’s Athletics, Swimming and Cycling Championships.

Travis Dowlin led a Demerara batting recovery with an unbeaten century which along with a four-wicket haul from off-spinner Zaheer Mohammed enabled Demerara to secure first innings points over Essequibo in the first game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter-County competition at the Everest Cricket Club ground, yesterday.

Just as they did last year, North Georgetown/ District 11, dominated the 40Km Open male cycle race of the 2007 National school’s cycling Championship, which began yesterday morning.

President of the West Indian Rugby Union (WIRU) Kit Nascimento yesterday urged Caribbean governments to provide financial support to their respective national teams preparing to compete in this week-end’s North America and West Indian Rugby Association (NA-WIRA) Sevens International tournament in The Bahamas.

Dear Editor, Recent letter writers, including the accomplish- ed Harold Bascom (13/11/07), on the matter of Guyanese culture being eroded by foreign influences or behaviours, while understandable, appear to be missing an essential point: culture is not a static condition; it is a dynamic one.

Dear Editor, With reference to your letter dated August 15, 2007 in relation to a complaint by Mr Romain Khan, in his letter captioned “Police are ignoring this continuing noise nuisance at Anna Regina” (07.08.14) I wish to advise that the complaint by Mr Khan of 43 Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast has been confirmed.

Dear Editor, In his letter captioned “This investment promotion seminar was valuable and Minister Persaud’s presentation was very informative” (07.11.08) Mr Wesley Kirton wrote: “…from the feedback I got at the conclusion of the forum, a majority of the participants were satisfied with the information which Agri-culture Minister Robert Persaud shared…”.

Dear Editor, I read Mr Urling’s letter about preserving one’s heritage and celebrating foreign traditions.

Dear Editor, For years, the residents of New Amsterdam/East Canje, Berbice have suffered myriad blackouts, scheduled and unscheduled at the hands of GPL with no seeming end in sight.

Dear Editor, The news releases and letters on the University of Guyana are not very comforting.

Dear Editor, Oh, what a timely article. I refer to an article published in your Monday, November 12, 2007 edition where an interview was done with retired chief of staff of the Guyana Defence Force Brigadier David Granger.

Dear Editor, Rickford Burke is the head of the Caribbean Guyana Institute of Democracy (CGID).

Dear Editor, Recent letters to your paper, including ones from us, demonstrate the interest in, and willingness of many Guyanese to actively contribute to the development of Guyana.

The captains and crew of 22 fishing vessels of the Number 66 Fish Complex were left stranded in the Corentyne River on Sunday, after armed pirates relieved them of their gasoline, engine coils and a quantity of fish glue.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is pressing its case for the introduction of new revenue earning measures arguing that its is currently operating at a deficit of more than $2 billion, while its collectable amount currently rests at only $1.6 billion a year.

A Triumph man was killed, two women hospitalized and several others injured when a minibus ran off the Public Road at Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) late Monday night and crashed into a bridge before landing in a trench.

Relatives of a man who died after a road accident on the Corentyne recently, have alleged that he was turned away from the Port Mourant Hospital and sent to New Amsterdam 14 miles away, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

An eight-year-old lost her life last evening when a car slammed into her as she was about to cross the Public Road at Liverpool, Corentyne Berbice.

As the world observes World Diabetes Day today, the Ministry of Health has announced that it will soon launch a programme to encourage corporate sponsorship of children living with diabetes.

It is said that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold and contagious sub-prime mortgage crisis in America, which spells trouble for the Caribbean is proving this right.

Vendors at the Mackenzie Waterfront Market turned up yesterday to find most of their stalls demolished and partly demolished, but after an emotional meeting with the authorities have been granted a respite.

Twenty-two University of Guyana (UG) graduates are participating in the Neal and Massy Guyana Group one-year Graduate Training Programme which opened on Monday at Demerara Oxygen Company (DOCOL) Board-room, at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.

The recent upsurge of violence committed against children, including the brutal sexual abuse and murder of a nine-year-old last week, has prompted the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) outrage and a call to action by all sectors of society.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday urged Caribbean indigenous banks to close the spread between interest rates for deposits and loans, warning that if they do not become more competitive, banks from outside the region could take their business away.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) said it found several violations in brands of cigarettes being sold to the public and reminds importers to ensure that their purchases are in compliance with the national standards for labelling.

Barama has been given a number of guidelines by which it has to commission an audit of its operations in the wake of a number of findings which an investigation unearthed some weeks ago leading to the company being fined $96.4M.

The resignation of Court of Appeal Judge Claudette Singh has reduced the number of Court of Appeal judges to only two – Justices of Appeal Nandram Kissoon and Ian Chang – in addition to the Chief Justice and acting Chancellor Carl Singh.

Police on the West Bank Demerara on Monday found 30 kilogrammes of marijuana packed in a tarpaulin and stashed in a clump of bushes.

A 26-year-old vendor who allegedly attempted to rob Citizen’s Bank at Camp Street was released on bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment (PAYE) that aims at engaging and empowering young people to enhance their contribution to development has been launched locally as part of a wider effort across the region.

A mother and four of her six children narrowly escaped injury yesterday when their home crashed to the ground damaging its walls and flooring.