Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Dear Editor,  The PPP government needs to stop trying to win the PNC over and recognise that opposition political parties are not there to help the government of the day.

Dear Editor, I wish to utilise your letter column to thank the President of Guyana for showing concern for public servants by affording them some financial extension to their current salaries.

– plans huge upgrade, eyes Hilton brand By Judy H. Fitzpatrick in St Maarten Buddy’s International Hotel, which was sold to Turkish hotelier Sudi Özkan last month for US$25 million, could soon bear the Hilton brand if current talks come to fruition and will see massive investment for an upgrade to a five-star property.

Dear Editor, The question of dual citizenship has arisen this time in Jamaica, a Caricom member country.

– as new minibus parking implemented The Stabroek area was a sea of confusion yesterday morning as minibus operators sought to verify their new parking places.

Dear Editor,I couldn’t help laughing out loud and then suddenly turning angry on reading your news item, ‘CANU staff who fail polygraph to be fired’ (May 10), attributed to President Bharrat Jagdeo.

– suspect held By Shabna Ullah A 65-year-old security guard of Rampoor Settlement, Corriverton was discovered dead at around 5.45 am yesterday at his place of work, the Skeldon Sugar Modernization Project (SSMP) and a suspect, said to be of unsound mind, has been taken into custody.

Dear Editor,I wish to express my appreciation to Stabroek News for publishing my letter ‘Concerned about poll published in SN’ (10.5.08) regarding the recently printed polls.

A man was up to press time last night fighting for his life after his wife stabbed him in the chest.

By Kiev Chesney Initiator of the Benschop Foundation, Mark Benschop, yesterday secured a range of sporting equipment valued at approximately $200,000 from the proprietor of West Indies Sports Complex, Mohamed Feroze Khan.

-calls on government to do more for basketball By Kiev Chesney After shinning as one of the premier scorers in the Asian Basketball League, Andrew ‘Mr.

Dear Editor, I could not help but get really angry when I read the letter from attorney-at-law, Mr Charrandass Persaud regarding the case of Ranvanlee Chan (‘Ranvanlee Chan still waiting for help’ SN, 7.5.08).

Three armed bandits terrorised a family at Number 79 Village, Corriverton for about an hour before grabbing cash and gold jewellery around 2.30 am yesterday, after faking a fire in the house so the owner could open his sealed bedroom.

Guyana’s Under-20 footballers are expected to begin their quest for a spot in the 2009 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship tomorrow when the Caribbean Zone qualification kicks off in Grenada.

Dear Editor, In reporting the new park for minibuses you mentioned Cornhill Street and give the impression that Cornhill Street runs north to south.

It is now left to President Bharrat Jagdeo and Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding to find a solution to the rice stalemate between the two countries, following Caricom’s Council for Trade and Economic Development’s (COTED) non-approval of Jamaica’s request for a waiver on the Common External Tariff (CET).

No leaks in the Caribbean Advance Proficiency Exam-ination (CAPE) have been detected locally and the examinations are going ahead as scheduled.

Dear Editor, The implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) has caused tremendous pain, suffering and hunger for many citizens, especially in the hinterland communities.

By Calvin RobertsAn impressive spell of leg spin bowling from former national under-15 leg spinner Abdel Fudadin helped Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) defeat Leguan Community centre by 55 runs to claim the third position behind winners Malteenoes Sports Club and runners up Albion Community Centre Cricket Clubs respectively when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored national first division Twenty20 competition climaxed at the Albion Sports Complex on Sunday.

By Daniel Da Costa Some proprietors at Number 67 Village Corentyne are up in arms over the construction of an ice factory on land, which they claim belongs to three of them.

Dear Editor, Dedicated to Red Thread  The world needs Mothering.

By Calvin Roberts A destructive spell of leg spin bowling from Berbice under-15 leg spinner Shawn Pereira  enabled Corentyne Compre-hensive High School (CCHS) to inflict a 7 wicket victory over Canje Secondary when the two met in the final of the inaugural Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club organized Kool Kidz Twenty20 tournament sponsored by the Guyana Beverage Company.

Another of the modern traffic lights installed less than a year ago, was severely damaged yesterday morning, in a three-vehicle accident at the eastern junction of Church and Camp streets, just opposite the St Agnes Nursery School.

Rose Hall Community Centre (RHCC) resisted the arrest of Berbice Police Sports Club to romp to a 53-run victory in their replayed (originally rained out) preliminary round match in the 2007 Telenec Inc.

Dear Editor, Let Robert Corbin hold his street protests as the rest of the world grapples with rising food costs.

– Alpha United and Santos play to draw By Kizan Brumell Sunburst Camptown blew away Pele ‘Football Club’ (FC)  2 – 1 in their  showdown on Sunday night at the Tucville Playfield whilst Santos FC had a ‘plaster for every sore’ against Alpha United drawing their encounter 0-0 on Mother’s Day (evening) as the Guyana Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus first division league continued.

A 33-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on three charges of carnal knowledge and one charge of indecent assault.

The Skeldon Sugar Moder-nization Project (SSMP) has become the first local project to be registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) under the Clean Development Mech-anism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol enabling it to sell Certified Emission Reduc-tions (CER).

Dear Editor, I am travelling in China at the moment and have been following the issue of the rise in the price of food and other essential commodities around the world, and at home in particular.

LEAP is continuing to provide institutional strengthening to the Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) of Linden through the setting up an electronic data management system.

The strides in the health sector such as open heart surgery have already been commended in these columns.

By Jamie F. Metzl New York – A perfect storm is brewing that could threaten China’s relations with the world.

A 21-year-old man was remanded yesterday when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the capital offence of murder.

Dear Editor,I wish to commend Opposition Leader Robert Corbin and the PNCR for the massive protest march and rally they organized on Friday April 18, April 25 and on Thursday May 8.

By Kizan Brumell The East Coast cricket team led by Mark Harper came out victorious at the inaugural Celebrity Cricket Softball Tournament held during the annual Mothers’ Union Family Fun Day and Fair at the Young Men Christian Association Ground, (YMCA) Thomas Lands recently.