Articles published on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) yesterday launched another magazine and their female cricket team at a simple presentation ceremony held in the canteen of one of their sponsors, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Brickdam.
Frank Anthony, Nagamootoo not elected The PPP Central Committee has elected its 15-member Executive Committee and General Secretary Donald Ramotar was re-elected unopposed when the recently elected Central Committee held its first meeting yesterday.
—Associate Dean, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies Good governance is critical to national, regional and international security which in turn provides an environment for foreign direct investment and for assistance from international donors.
-as runway light woes continue Runway light woes continued at the Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport yesterday as airlines were restricted to daylight flights and last night’s flights were cancelled.
—Guyana Press AssociationThe time has come for the print and electronic media to consider the value of establishing a Media Complaints Committee (MCC), the Guyana Press Association (GPA) says.
Fire destroyed the Observation Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) this morning.
REO issued cease-work order on own authority Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette says that Regional Executive Officer Shafdar Ali’s order for works to cease filling a trench at Plaisance was issued without consulting other officers of the region.
As the hunt continues for murder accused Trevor Major who escaped from a prison van several weeks ago, the police have concluded their investigations and the file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.
Gaulbert Sutherland concludes his account of a visit to Arau, an Akawaio-Arecuna village near the Venezuelan border The five-foot solar panel, dust covering its face, stood upright in a room at the health centre.
Dear Editor, I should be obliged if you would allow me the opportunity to correct some misconceptions in Mr Frederick Kissoon’s letter of August 10 in which he asserted that: “Mr Ramkarran made a mistake when he appeared in his speech to have opposed Moses Nagamootoo for condemning Mugabe as a dictator and for choosing Barack Obama as US President.
Trial adjourned after prosecutor, defence fail to appear The trial into the 2003 Ministry of Foreign Affairs remigration scam is at a standstill after Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton was again forced to adjourn after the special prosecutor failed to appear in court and the defence counsel through another attorney requested another date.
Dear Editor, With respect to the article, “Deferring of EPA signing on the horizon”, published on the 12th August, 2008 in your newspaper kindly note that the text of the CARIFOCUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement is available in all the official languages of the European Union.
Email caused misunderstanding; matter now settled The allegation that he was not invited to Carifesta X made by Harold Bascom against the organisers of the festival, may have resulted from a misunderstanding concerning whether an email had been sent in a personal or an official capacity.
Dear Editor, I think that I may be in a position to make a significant contribution to the character behind the saying “Bear yuh chafe like Banwahri”.
Three high profile matters which are being investigated by the police have been in the hands of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for weeks now awaiting advice on the possibility of charges being laid.
Dear Editor, This is a follow-up letter to the one I wrote and was published last Saturday, August 9th under the heading, “Myself and other Guyanese artistes have not been invited to Carifesta.”
Dear Editor, I am heartened with the enthusiasm being placed on the revitalization of the performing arts in Guyana in preparation for Carifesta 08.
—Amerindian Affairs Minister Micobie residents have complained that despite a cease order being issued to a miner who was working without their permission within titled village land, he has refused to move, but Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai says that weather has prevented the miner from moving.
-GDF spokesperson Many of the soldiers who deserted from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) this year have been responding to the organisation’s advertisements in the local newspapers and returning to the fold, according to spokesperson of the army, Colonel Windie Algernon.
Dear Editor, The Mahdia Housing Scheme project has been at a standstill for the past four years.
The Mayor and City Council says that action will be taken against persons who continue to dump dead bodies within the limits of the Le Repentir cemetery.
Dear Editor, The Essequibo Coast has somehow managed to remain clean and free of garbage compared with other parts of the country especially the east coast, Demerara.
– Baugh recalled National left-handed middle order batsman and former West Indies under-19 captain Leon Johnson along with Australian-born Jamaican Brendon Nash are the two new faces in the Christopher Gayle-led West Indies 15-man squad that will contest both the International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy in Pakistan as well as the tri-nation tournament in Canada.
Dear Editor, In response to Mr Al Haj’s letter captioned “I don’t suggest revealing dress is the only reason for rape” (08.08.12) it does not take a scholar to formulate a prognosis.
Dear Editor, With respect to the article, “Deferring of EPA signing on the horizon”, published on the 12th August, 2008 in your newspaper kindly note that the text of the CARIFOCUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement is available in all the official languages of the European Union.
Fifth Dan Black Belt Karate Master Winston Dunbar has returned home with a desire to generate greater interest in the art of Wado-Ryu after successfully attending the Wado-Ryu Summer Academy in England recently.
The body of an unidentified man was yesterday afternoon recovered from the Liliendaal foreshore.
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has said it is again advising all metal dealers that continued failure to comply with the requirements to which they have agreed may prompt a re-imposition of the ban on the trade in ferrous scrap metal.
Dear Editor, I am learning much through the correspondence on “Bearing your chafe like Banwari,” which is what I have been doing for most of my adult life in Guyana.
Dinanauth “Dave” Sharma was elected President of Neal and Massy Sports Club at its Annual General Meeting held last Friday at Neal and Massy Sports and Training Complex at Ruimveldt.
Permission must be sought from and granted by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) for the placement of any posters, flyers or banners on its poles and legal action will be taken against those infringing this, the electricity company has stated.
Dear Editor, I must thank the government very much for the D & I project which makes me meaningfully employed.
From the European Union (EU) side there is no obstacle preventing the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Cariforum countries, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Guyana Geert Heikens said.
Albion Community Centre Sports Club and Young Warriors Cricket Club will clash in the final of the 2007 Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/TELENEC sponsored 50-overs first division competition after registering comfortable victories in their semi-final matches on Sunday.
Dear Editor, On Saturday the 9th August I joined a minibus at Diamond to go to Grove EB Demerara.
There is a certain inevitability to the conflagration which has flared up between the Russian Federation and the Caucasus state of Georgia, once a republic of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Monday labelled a Kaieteur News headline which said he had admitted to purchasing drugs illegally, as a “blatant lie” while questioning the motive of the newspaper.
A 28-year-old man who allegedly robbed a woman of a quantity of jewellery was remanded to prison when he appeared before the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The Baveghens Rainbow Training of Martial Arts, a karate club affiliated to the Caribbean Freestyle Alliance based in Barbados, have begun to hold free martial arts classes at the Joshua Orphanage, Thomas Street.
Dear Editor, International Youth Day gives the World an opportunity to recognise the potential of youths, to celebrate their achievements, and plan for ways to better engage more young people in trade unions to successfully take action in the development of their trade unions.
