Daily Archive: Monday, January 14, 2008

By the time of the elections in Trinidad and Tobago, great tension lay across the land.

On Friday a public consultation on the University of Guyana was held at the Guyana International Convention Centre, Liliendaal.

A mother and a teenaged relative appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday jointly charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Friday’s commissioning of an $86.6M mobile drainage pump at Hope, East Coast Demerara must have lifted the spirits of residents in the area.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars scored a 1-0 revenge win over St. Vincent and the Grenadines Vincy Heat in their friendly international football match played at the Blarimont ground, West Berbice yesterday.

Guyana were battling to avoid a second successive defeat in their second round match against Barbados at the Kensington Oval yesterday.

The venue was the Waterchris Hotel on Wellington Street and the atmosphere was supposed to be jolly as befitting an awards presentation of the long-running and successful football tournament run by the Kashif and Shanghai organization.

Although still beset by general inconsistency and the technical deficiency of their batsmen, the West Indies emerged from their third series in South Africa stronger than when it began.

Like any good doctor, Colin Klass, president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Friday attempted to give an ailing football nation a surgery that would make the patient well enough to play in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.

Dear Editor, As a former Extension Officer of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (G.R.P.A.)

Dear Editor, I read Samantha Ali’s letter captioned “The male labour leaders talked a lot but achieved little” (08.01.10) in response to mine (08.01.07) to TUC President, Ms.

Dear Editor, One of the bases for opposition to the original draft of the US constitution, was that it appeared to place too much power in the hands of the Central Government, and this was seen as a prescription for potential abuse of the citizenry.

Dear Editor, Wasn’t Woman’s Liberation Day observed sometime in 1975. Sometime between November and December of that year I wrote a letter, which was published in the Guyana Chronicle (there was no SN at that time).

Dear Editor, There needs to be a law that requires a status report on government investigations or pending action by the DPP or others after every 30 days to an appropriate governing body(commissions, ministers etc).

Dear Editor, Contrary to what was reported in the print media and what was stated on national television by Mr Winston Brassington, the chairman of GPL, about the employees of the power company being awarded 9% across the board salary increases, no employee of GPL has received a 9% salary increase.

Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin says that the authorities are trying to divert attention from torture allegations made against the military by now saying that two weapons recovered from criminals were issued to a government ministry during the Forbes Burnham-led administration in the 1970s.

The Ministry of Agriculture has issued an advisory banning all poultry and poultry products from the Dominican Republic following a recent outbreak of the generic form of Avian Influenza in that country.

Swearing to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, soldier Michael Dunn on Saturday told of his experience with members of the Military Criminal Investigation De-partment (MCID) during a one-hour long interview with army officials at his home.

A pending insurance licence for the LEAF manager appears to be the reason behind the delay of a final tranche from the EU and as a result the loans committee has not met since October, disappointing a number of Lindeners who were hoping to tap new financing.

Sewkarran Nanhu, Chairman of the Enfield/New Doe Park Neigh-bourhood Democratic Council (NDC) says he has a vision for the NDC, which may not be achieved, as the council may soon be dissolved on account of petty jealousies and false reports.

If projections go as planned the Central Islamic Organ-isation of Guyana’s (CIOG) dialysis centre will be up and running by mid-year and the cost of treatment would be as low as US$75 per session.

A 43-year-old man died on Friday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) one day after a cutlass was pushed down his throat and police have since held the person allegedly responsible for the act.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is advising the public that processing of TIN applications is free and that no one is authorised to collect payments for any aspect of the process, in the wake of reports that persons have been soliciting money to complete the form.

With a view to heeding the warning that President Bharrat Jagdeo threw their way, Synergy Holdings Inc is making a greater effort for financial closure of its US$371M plan for the 100-megawatt Amaila Falls Hydro Project.

The Muslim Youth League (MYL) says Caribbean Muslim Scholar Al Haj Kamaludeen Ghanny will serve as guest of honour at celebrations being held for the Islamic New Year 1429 on January 20.