Daily Archive: Thursday, April 24, 2008

A member of the special constabulary is among four persons arrested by the police during a search at a Princes Street house on Tuesday night in connection with the abduction of Jiffi Lubes owner, Farouk Kalamadeen.

The launch of Carifesta X kicked off with great zest last evening at the Cenotaph Square, Main and Church streets in front of the Bank of Guyana.

As the protests against the issue of the Channel 6 suspension from the airwaves continued, protesters attempted to disrupt last evening’s launch of the tenth Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) even while President Bharrat Jagdeo expressed hope that the regional festival would bring unity.

The Human Services ministry yesterday started the registration process for its single parents assistance programme to create its database, which will determine the type on interventions required in each of the households.

Bakers in Antigua and Barbuda are reluctant to purchase and use flour coming out of Guyana’s National Milling Company and prefer instead the more expensive product offered from St Vincent, a report in the Antigua Sun said.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says the administration and the Joint Services are relentlessly continuing their efforts to dismantle the criminal enterprise, which created havoc in January and February this year by killing 23 persons in Lusignan and Bartica respectively.

Barticians are divided in their opinions regarding the alleged involvement of Roger Simon in the recent slaughter there even as the man’s relatives contend that he was not in the community on the night when gunmen killed 12 people.

The government is set to embark on a major public awareness campaign to implement the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) funded Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme.

GEMS Theatre Productions’ repeat of the drama Testament will be held at the Sea Breeze Hotel on Saturday and Sunday.

A man is nursing a gunshot wound after putting up a resistance when gunmen on Tuesday night invaded a Mahaica home and robbed the occupants before escaping in a waiting motor car.

The cheddar-topped, Caribbean flavour-ed pizzas of Trinidad’s pizza king Mario’s, is coming to Guyana in July under the Church’s Chicken franchise.

Civil society representatives are organising a public meeting scheduled for next month to discuss the workings of the proposed Constitutional Commissions.

The Japanese government is offering full scholarships this year to international students interested in studying at Japanese universities as undergraduate or research students, a release from the Japanese embassy said yesterday.

The National Water Council comprising eight independent professionals is now in operation and will advise the government on the management of water resources.

At the Springlands Court on Thursday, a Surinamese was sentenced to four years imprisonment after Magistrate Krishnadat Persaud found him guilty of stealing a quantity of Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) cable.

A partnership between the Ministry of Education and the Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) Guyana staff enabled a joint group to participate in a study tour to Canada that will inform education practices here.

In response to the poor results from the National Assessment tests, the Ministry of Edu-cation has launched a $115 million Fast Track Initiative Literacy Programme.

Lindener Valerie Adams-Sharpe has been accepted to participate in the Eight Commonwealth Small Business Deve-lopment Programme in India from June 8-13.

A Community Based Deaf Awareness Action that aims to teach sign language to deaf children, their parents and other resource persons was launched on Monday at the Diamond Community Centre.

Partners of the Americas (PoA) Guyana chapter recently donated a quantity of books to the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) courtesy of the Christian Veterinary Mission of Washington, USA.

– agri minister Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud told a seminar recently that one initiative being undertaken to deal with the feed and food price crunch is that land is being dedicated to farmers for feedstock production to boost the local livestock industry. 

Dear Editor, I wish to make my position on the Sharma-v-President Jagdeo issue quite clear as the various currents tend to obscure the fundamental dimensions of the issue.

Guyanese Charles Clarke and St Lucian Sabina Charles won the top awards at the Demerara Mutual Group of Companies Annual Sales Awards ceremony hosted on Friday.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “This article contains unattributed passages from other sources” by Vishnu Singh.

Dear Editor, I’ll appreciate if you can give some answers, or at least get some to these concerns which I think may not be mine only.

A 15-year-old boy accused of breaking and entering a woman’s home and stealing jewellery worth over $90,000 was remanded into police custody when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Replay set for today at DCC By Calvin Roberts  Rain had the final say in the first round game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Geddes Grant Jergens senior women Inter County limited overs competition between Demerara and Essequibo at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary, yesterday.

The Spanish ambassador to Guyana said he hopes the new embassy located in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) will help foster closer relations with Caricom and Guyana.

– sentenced to 21 years in prison At the Albion Court yesterday, Magistrate Chandra Sohan sentenced three men to 21 years imprisonment each after they pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery under arms and possession of firearm and ammunition.

Museums should be seen as more than just a storehouse for artefacts but as a bridge from the past to present, Culture Minister Dr Frank Anthony said in his address at the recent Commonwealth Museums Conference at the Umana Yana.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Mr Kissoon must ensure he checks his facts” (08.04.21) by someone who signs his name as Anand Persaud.

Upper Demerara retained the Pepsi Under-17 football Cup when they edged out Georgetown 1-0 in an exciting final played last Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

Dear Editor, I have been following the discussion about marginalisation of African-Guyanese in the newspapers and the claims of Dr Prem Misir that statistical evidence is needed to argue marginalisation.

The Guyana  Revenue Authority (GRA) is urging persons to ensure that they complete the self-assessment section on the  Tax Return which is due on or before April 30, as self-assessment is mandatory.

The speedy Bounty Colts point guard Kayode Murray drained a three-point dagger, with two seconds remaining, to give his team a miraculous 54-52 victory against the Junior Elites last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Bryden’s second division league.

A 24-year-old man was remanded yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on a charge of possession of a firearm without being the holder of a valid firearm licence.

A 54-year-old hire car driver was placed on $75,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of simple larceny before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Left arm spinner Shan Jairaj took 5-0 for Cornelia Ida (CI) when they opposed Zeelugt in the first round of the Barakat Brothers Twenty20 knockout competition that was organized for teams in the West Demerara area last Saturday.

Dear Editor, I am very  worried about the cost of certain basic commodities in Region One.

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn said the sustainability of security plans in civil aviation and other sectors has always been lacking because of complacency.

Dear Editor, This month marks the 38th anniversary of the Linden community becoming a town.

Around the museums of Guyana Lloyd F Kandasammy Louis Lemieux defined the museum as “an institution that collects and preserves objects that will compose its collections, that studies these objects in order to establish their importance and significance as part of the society’s cultural heritage, and disseminates the knowledge thus acquired by means of various educational formulas.”

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) is scheduled to serve-off its first tournament of the year today with a grand open doubles tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall beginning at 6pm.

A 30-year-old man was placed on $50,000 bail yesterday after he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on a charge of larceny by bailee.

Dear Editor, Anand Persaud’s letter captioned “Mr Kissoon must ensure that he checks his facts” (08.04.22)  is very disturbing for several reasons.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh said it was important to recognise the changing role of the Commonwealth Ministerial Debt Sustainability Forum in developing countries during his address, after accepting the chairmanship of the Forum for 2008/2009.

By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE – The sub-prime mortgage crisis has demonstrated once again how hard it is to tame finance, an industry that is both the lifeline of modern economies and their gravest threat.

Dear Editor, Recently I listened to a programme on world food shortages.

Rain prevented any play in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored first division semi final between Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar and Malteenoes Sports Club at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

A 37-year-old handyman who stole four bottles of his employer’s Johnny Walker whisky was given a two-year sentence yesterday when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said it remembers slain Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh as a committed member who served with distinction, on this the second anniversary of his death.

Had President Bharrat Jagdeo not been a member of the cabinet for nearly fifteen years, his latest instruction for an investigation into illegalities at the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Customs and Trade Administration would have been an impressive initiative to excise the cancer of corruption.