Daily Archive: Saturday, January 26, 2008

A man who allegedly abused his 13-year-old son by deliberately shocking him with a live exposed wire was granted $15,000 bail when he appeared at the Wales Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

Two sisters and their daughters appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with assaulting each other.

The news in the entertainment world this week that actor Heath Ledger had been found dead in his home at the age of 28, apparently from an accidental overdose of prescription medication was not only sad and shocking, but unexpected.

As expected, Guyana, West Indies and Durham middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was elected Sportsman of the Year 2007 while Alicia Fortune gained the nod for Sportswoman of the Year when the selection panel of the National Sports Commission met yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

After many years, President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Noel Adonis, has finally returned to the sport in which he was initially involved as a player.

Once again the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has launched another competition in the city to give Under-15 cricketers the opportunity to showcase their talent.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will run off its first event of the year tomorrow when athletes countrywide take to the trail for the AAG’s annual cross country race sponsored by Woodpecker Products Trophies and Sports a press release from the AAG stated yesterday.

Enterprise Primary School emerged as the champions of the Trophy Stall/AL Sports and tour Promotions 10th Christmas term windball cricket tournament when they defeated Uitvlugt Primary by 49 runs in the final at the National park recently.

Currently number one in the nation, Cummings Lodge Secondary managed to remain undefeated while tossing Tutorial High further down in the standings in their first match in the second phase of the season in the Guyana Secondary School Basketball Association’s league.

Dear Editor, I refer to your report of Thursday, January 24 2008, in the centre pages, which deals with the police issuing a wanted bulletin for Dataram.

Dear Editor, Over the many years of reading Mr M Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett’s opinions on a variety of themes, I have become a great admirer of his positions, many of which are a reflection of my own, especially those on religion and corporal punishment.

Dear Editor, I went on the 3rd January to the Passport Office only to be told by the security guard that the office will be closed for the day.

Dear Editor, I read Mr Lloyd Austin’s (continuing) lamentation about “academic piracy” in the photocopying of books.

Dear Editor, Anyone with an eye for aesthetics will be delighted with the effort at having refreshing scenery restored with the removal of vendors from the Co-op Crescent at Linden, which had become a real eyesore.

Dear Editor, I was amused after reading a letter by Desmond Saul stating that, “Songs can be written in English with the Indian Beat” (08.01.08).

Dear Editor, The problem of unemployment among the young people of this country is growing at a very fast rate, and it is time that they demand that the government create jobs for them.

Dear Editor, I refer to the management of GPL’s decision to make the operations at the company more efficient by severing employees.

Dear Editor, Immigrants, Guyanese included, are interested in immigration issues in the current US Presidential campaign.

Dear Editor, First, I wish to extend condolences to both the Guyana Defence Force and the relatives of the soldier who lost his life in a recent shoot-out in Buxton.

VAT, otherwise known as “de pressure”, the culture of poverty in Sophia, foreign loans, and a wisecracking doctor are among the barrel of social commentary that rolls into the city next weekend when the adult calypso competition kicks off at the National Park.

Did someone say J’ouvert? As in the all-night-til-morning party that leaves you high on, well party vibes, we hope, though many persons out there probably have stories to tell of getting high on something else?

Hi Everyone, I owe Barbados, for my love of the golden apple.

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The beauty, fire and intensity of Classique’s Dance Company’s popular production, ‘Dance Like You Do’ returns to the stage of the National Cultural Centre for one night only tomorrow, but with fresh new dances and performers.

A film, shot in Guyana and parts of New York early last year, was set to premiere in New York yesterday at the Kew Gardens Theater.

National Milling Company (Namilco) workers yesterday held a protest in front of Buddy’s International Hotel at Providence to coincide with the start of a Caricom trade meeting, charging that the business would go under if the dumping of Trinidadian flour continued here.

A week has passed since the heavily pregnant Tenisha Morgan left her Buxton home for the city to deliver a baby and things are beginning to look dire in the eyes of her relatives.

A 30-year-old hunter of Kilcoy, Corentyne cold-bloodedly gunned down the husband of his ex-lover around 5:30 pm on Wednesday in a fit of jealousy and police are on the hunt for him.

A decision to have an independent review of the recently concluded Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations between CARIFORUM and the European Union (EU) has been taken by the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED).

Acting Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene says drug-accused businessman Barry Datram remains in breach of a court order by not reporting to the police since his release and he is calling on attorney-at-law Vic Puran to disclose any information regarding his client’s whereabouts.

Gunfire rang out at West Back Road last night when a man walked up to another and shot him three times in full view of residents.

An initial technical agreement for the construction of two modern ferries in Guyana has been signed between the Ministry of Public Works and Communications and a Chinese delegation, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.

A Guyanese man was on Thursday remanded to prison in Trinidad after he was charged with trafficking in some 1.7 kilos of cocaine, a report in the Trinidadian Guardian said yesterday.

As the police continue their probe into Thursday’s startling discovery of $14M in counterfeit notes hidden in a metal barrel, an arrest is yet to be made.

The project to restore the Theatre Guild received a boost on Thursday when Scotiabank Guyana donated $500,000 to the rebuilding of the Playhouse at Kingston, formerly the centre of drama and the arts in Guyana.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says 80% of taxpayers have been issued a TIN which will enable it to collect taxes from persons who may have been delinquent.

Four of the seven fishing boats that were left stranded on the Coroni, Suriname shore after pirates attacked on Tuesday arrived at the Number 66 Fish Port Complex yesterday while the others continued working.

After a week of industrial action sugar workers in Berbice have agreed to resume duties on Monday following intervention by the Ministry of Labour.

The EPA says it will be enforcing littering penalties against defaulters through the Monitoring and Enforcement Unit it has established to execute its anti-littering programme.

Even with the power from the Skeldon Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP), Berbicians are still experiencing short blackouts as the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) does not have to capacity to accommodate the full supply.

In one of the most brazen attacks in recent history, gunmen last night blasted three policemen manning the western gate at the Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, hitting two in their legs and leaving the force scrambling to protect its base.