Daily Archive: Friday, May 2, 2008

Police have matched the spent shells found at the scene of the attack on the East La Penitence station on Tuesday night to those found at the scenes of the Lusignan and Bartica murders, providing for the first time a link between the two massacres.

-Chand urges at FITUG rally By Gaulbert Sutherland Subsidising some food items, restricting the export of certain commodities, price caps and anti-hoarding measures are what FITUG unions would like to see action on by the government, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) Komal Chand says.

Stabroek Business has learnt that senior Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officials whose responsibilities included administering the relationship between Fidelity and the Authority had been assigned “an inappropriate range of assignments” that could easily have led to irregularities like the fraud that is currently under investigation. 

Dear Editor, Once again it is with distress and deep anger that I read of traffic fatalities caused by circumstances which are completely avoidable, to wit, the loss of 3 invaluable lives at Bee Hive on Monday (SN, April 29, 2008), on account of wandering cattle.

By Johann Earle With the labour movement still deeply divided, speakers at this year’s GTUC May Day rally pilloried the government over the cost of living and the cutting of the state subvention to the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) among other areas and PM Sam Hinds was given a rough reception.

Tempers flare after ambulance, bus crash By Iana Seales A smash-up involving an ambulance and a minibus at the corner of North Road and Orange Walk yesterday boiled over into a heated row between the two drivers.

These are challenging times for the jewellery industry. Fast rising food prices and the more general rise in the cost of living have reduced the levels of disposable income among ordinary Guyanese, impacting on their ability to indulge in the time-worn pursuit of buying jewellery; but the Maraj brothers say that it will take more than tough times to cause them to loose faith in the jewelry industry.

– bronze for Smith, Sobers From Kiev Chesney in Suriname Earlando McRae registered stunning back-to-back victories at the Parima swimming facility here in Suriname yesterday to secure Guyana’s first two gold medals in stage one of the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games.

Dear Editor, I am a descendant of generations of parishioners be-longing to the Sacred Heart Church.

Dear Editor, It was inevitable that so many significant cultural journalists and observers should rush to pay homage to Wordsworth McAndrew, a genuine embodiment of the creolese environment, moreso within the context of the colonial society in which he and his contemporaries were born.

A majority of people polled in an opinion survey conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) last week say they are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed and would like to see improvement in the discharge of the duties of Ministers if not their replacement.

Goodluck leads charge on second day Guyana’s Ransford Goodluck led his country’s charge as first day leader Dylan Fields dropped to fourth place at the end of day two of the West Indies Full Bore Shooting championships ‘X’ Class Individual competition at the Twickenham Rifle Range in Jamaica.

We remain wedded to our position that the undertakings given by the President in the Customs/Fidelity affair should serve as an assurance that the ensuing investigation will get to the heart of the matter and that the masterminds behind the scam will be exposed and punished.

– Move over Michelle John and Trenace Lowe. There is a new kid on the block and his name is Nigel Bryan By Donald Duff Their battles have been epic ones and have taken place at home here in Guyana and elsewhere in the Caribbean, but there is a new face of table tennis in Guyana and the name is not Lowe nor John but Bryan.

Dear Editor, Your editorial in Monday’s SN  (28.4.08) and also Wednesday’s (30.4.08) dealing more with Haiti but on the same subject in part, are timely and informative.

Dear Editor,   The funds that will be expended on Carifesta are quite large, but as the saying goes, entertain the people lest their woes bother them.

The International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, United Kingdom has indicated an interest in participating in Carifesta X set for August.

Amelia’s Ward United Football Club got their 2008 season off to a successful start when they defeated Winners Connections 2-1 in their first game of the Upper Demerara Football Sub Association 2008 League competition at the Mackenzie sports Club (MSC) ground Tuesday night.

Guyana Small Businesses & Tourism Sectors could benefit from participation Each year, thousands of Guyanese in the diaspora look forward to Memorial Weekend Celebrations in Georgia.

Family renews search for head As police struggle to find clues as to who abducted and subsequently beheaded city businessman, Farouk Kalamadeen, relatives yesterday returned to Kingston where his body was found to look for his head.

Dear Editor, Many citizens seem confused as to whether persons involved in the Lusignan and Bartica killings can be referred to as terrorists or just criminals.

By Rawle Lucas Indicator of Price Level The Guyana Bureau of Statistics reported in its Statistical Bulletin that, by December 2007, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items had risen by 30 points from where it was one year ago in December 2006. 

– Courts to sponsor tourney By Kizan Brumell A `blast from the past’ has returned in the form of the once annual Peewee football competition.

By Rajendra Rampersaud The present rice shortage is currently creating havoc with the global economy after years of unfair treatment to rice farmers.

-UNESCO adviser tells media conference By Nigel Williams A senior UNESCO official yesterday said that the Caribbean was lagging behind in the implementation of freedom of information legislation and he emphasized that citizens could not participate in any democratic process where they did not have freedom of expression.

Dear Editor, I had sent a letter in April 2007 to the Guyana Revenue Authority requesting my Income Tax Refund from 1999 to 2006 and to date I have not received payment.

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club will bed a buzz of activity when it runs off its annual pre-independence Race meet next Sunday with seven events carded for the day including the feature race for `C’ and Lower Class horses.

Dear Editor, I read the sad report on the road fatalities on the Bee Hive Public road which claimed three lives, and viewed the weeping, grieving relatives on TV.

By Kiev Chesney The first stage for the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games blossomed yesterday morning  as host country Suriname put on a cultural extravaganza at the Parima Swimming facility for the other two participating countries, Guyana and French Guiana- who collectively completed a journey of more than 36 hours.

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) says an ambulance was dispatched on Monday night to respond to the fatal accident at Bee Hive.

(graph) GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 251’s trading results showed consideration of $1,634,900 from 60,118 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 250 which showed consideration of $1,012,339 from 43,334 shares traded in 8 transactions.

Paraguay does not usually feature prominently on people’s political radar screens, not even in Latin America.

Dear Editor, With respect to an article in circulation in cyberspace, ‘The show must go on,’ I would like to say that I wholeheartedly support Mr Corbin’s position that Carifesta X should be boycotted if concessions are not made to improve governance in Guyana.

– Heyliger misses out on ton By Calvin Roberts Keon Greavsande (66) Stephen Latcha (5-53) and Sahadeo Somai (4-66) were the outstanding performers on the second day of the first three-day Under-19 trial match at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground organized by the Guyana Cricket Board.

School of the Nations is hosting an intensive AS and AL course in business and economics at its Georgetown location.

Yesterday’s May Day               Critchlow, Cheddi and Chand – and Melas It was Labour Day again yesterday.

A 41-year-old minibus driver was stabbed to death yesterday morning by a man who is said to be of unsound mind, a short distance from his Friendship, East Bank Demerara home.