Daily Archive: Thursday, December 6, 2007

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Alpha United and BV/ Triumph United are the first teams through to the semi-finals of the NAMILCO knockout football Festival following tough quarter-final matches Tuesday evening at the Tucville Playfield.

The Berbice Cricket Board TELENEC 50-over first division cricket competition continued last week-end with five matches in the sixth round.

The Kashif and Shanghai organization on Tuesday received the sum of $500,000 from Bosai Mineral Group Guyana Inc.,

The Essequibo Cricket Board has selected a 14-man squad that will contest the upcoming Senior Inter-County 20/20 competition scheduled to begin on Saturday at the National Stadium, Providence.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Supligen U-20 competition will continue today with two Group `B’ matches at different venues.

This year’s national championships might have been affected by a lack of cooperation between the government, the Guyana Teachers Union and the regional representatives but it did not lack talent.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned “City Hall should give notice of any intention to fog using Malathion” (07.12.04).

Dear Editor, As a serious student of international politics, the invasion of Guyana’s territory, even though it is claimed by Venezuela, defies a logical analysis.

Dear Editor, With the holiday season on there is a big traffic jam at the Rosignol New Amsterdam ferry stelling .One

Dear Editor, This letter is the first of a few, all pointing to the quality of governance in Guyana today.

Dear Editor, Old age pensions for 2008 have been increased by 6% making the pension $3,895.

Dear Editor, In her capacity as former First Lady, Ms Varshnie Singh made a credible impact and provided tangible benefits to many children and adults, irrespective of race, who could not normally afford life-threatening medical treatment.

Dear Editor, It seems like shooting guns in the air is the new “in” thing for government officials.

Dear Editor, With the impending gloom for the world economy for 2008, is the Guyana Government addressing these concerns?

Dear Editor, The recent incident involving Minister Lall and another individual where shots were fired by the Minister should not be taken lightly.

Dear Editor, How unfortunate it was to have learned recently that Guyanese will be experiencing rolling blackouts this Christmas season, and that no ease or solution is in near sight to the present Guyana Power & Light (GPL) crisis.

Chaos struck at Barama Company Limited, Land of Canaan yesterday when news circulated that a 17-year-old female dryer operator had been gang-raped by three men in the wee hours of the morning while on duty.

Caribbean journalists have passed a resolution condemning the Guyana government’s withdrawal of state advertisements from the Stabroek News, deeming it “an attack on press freedom and an attempt to silence an independent newspaper.”

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday affirmed that a substantial number felled peeler logs are available to Barama Company Limited (BCL), dismissing its claims on Tuesday that it was forced to close its Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara plywood mill because of a lack of these.

President Bharrat Jagdeo should produce the “numbers” showing the Kaieteur News’s larger circulation, which he said on Monday was the reasons for the withdrawal of government ads from the Stabroek News, the Guyana Press Association has said.

A 28-year-old Guyana-born scientist has been recognized for her contributions to medicine by Black Enterprise (BE) magazine’s December 2007 issue, which is now on newsstands in America, a release said yesterday.

Government is proposing term limits for commissioners serving on the Elections Commission.

The country’s fiscal position improved as projected over the first half of the year with a surplus of $3.2 billion compared to $0.7 billion in 2006 and a 7.5% increase in takings from taxes on income.

The hosting of the investiture ceremony for national awards has now been shifted to some time after Republic Day 2008.

The investigations into allegations of misconduct against Senior Superintendent Steve Merai have advanced with the interviewing of a key witness, the Alliance For Change (AFC) said it had been reliably informed.

Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds has been arraigned in the High Court for the murder of self-confessed death squad informant George Bacchus.

An armed bandit got more than he bargained for when the schoo teacher he attempted to rob at a city hotel on Monday night snatched his gun out of his hand.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said yesterday that government’s efforts to increase the number of differently-able employed persons have intensified over the years and there are far more persons with disabilities working in both the public and private sector today.

A 22-year-old motorcyclist died on Tuesday following an accident on the Number 77 Public Road when he fell and struck his head after knocking down two pedestrians.

After spending three days in police custody, the eight Guyana Defence Force soldiers fingered in the theft of a single AK-47 rifle, yesterday returned to Base Camp Ayanganna.

Over 300 cane-harvesters and weeders yesterday downed tools and protested in front of Freedom House in New Amsterdam over the high cost of living, which they attribute to the introduction of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) and for machinery to assist in harvesting.

Two years after it had expired the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy was recently reconstituted and members yesterday held their first meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The General Minibus Association of Guyana yesterday called on the government to intervene in reducing the prices of fuel and vehicle spare parts and said it would take appropriate action if this was not done.

Rainfall over the next few days is expected to be intermittent but a prolonged wet season is forecasted, and the Agriculture Ministry says it is spending millions in preparation for this.