Daily Archive: Friday, September 12, 2008

Simels on US$3.5M bail The stunning arrest and arraignment of his lead counsel for witness tampering may cause the start of the Roger Khan drug trial in New York to be pushed back and the prosecution has also asked Justice Dora L.

A woman collapsed on the stairs of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday at around 9:40 am and was later pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Staff strike over security By Cathy Wilson A nurse was on Wednesday night attacked and raped by an armed man at the Upper Demerara Hospital at Wismar, while her colleague was forced to watch.

The PNCR yesterday issued a call to the government to publish the names of individuals and companies that have been awarded contracts since for sometime now it has been awarding substantial contracts  without saying who are the awardees.

Guyana will continue its lobby against the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in its present form but will ultimately sign it to avoid punitive tariffs, President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.

Rehabilitation works at the St. Stephens Primary School in Charlestown are still in progress.

Guyanese and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul yesterday shone as Durham overhauled Somerset’s meagre first innings total.

NGOs submit plan Rain doused burning garbage at the Princes Street dump yesterday causing clouds of noxious smoke to drift over nearby communities as the city and government mobilized machinery to fight the menace.

Cautions against ‘downside’ to tourist economy Retired Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal has told Stabroek Business that he believed that the Caribbean had been “seduced” by the short term gains deriving from the economic returns from tourism and has warned that the region must be mindful of its “downside”.

Sixteen-year-old Moolchan Sankar believes that he has been cheated out of a place on the Guyana boxing team to the Junior Commonwealth Games set for Pune, India in October.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to Freddie Kissoon’s feature article captioned ‘My wife likes Harry’ in Kaieteur News of September 10, 2008.

A 37-year-old Paradise man who was robbed early yesterday morning is nursing a gunshot wound to his left wrist in the Open Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

The PNCR yesterday reiterated calls for government to implement the Single Parent Fund as a matter of urgency as the social and economic circumstances of most families in Guyana, especially single parent families, are dire.

Dear Editor, World Literacy Day was celebrated on September 8. The various media houses offered global statistics: that 4 billion people worldwide are literate, that 774 million adults worldwide do not have minimum literacy skills of whom 64% are women; that 100 million children worldwide, 55% of whom are girls, are illiterate; that more than 72% of the world’s children are out of school and many more attend school irregularly.

-will further affect ties with international aviation industry The security challenges facing the authorities at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri are well beyond their capacity to effectively address in the short-term and the most effective immediate response would be to temporarily deploy ranks from the Guyana Defence Force to secure the airport after dark.

Guyana will be sending an eight-member squad to take part in the  3rd Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India from October 12-18.

There really is little more that can be said about the customary depositing of piles of garbage on streets and parapets and in drains in the commercial areas of Georgetown save and except that that there is no evidence whatsoever that the municipality, the state or the business community are prepared to treat the practice as a problem deserving of urgent remedial attention.

Dear Editor, I have today seen an article  (KN 8.9.08) in relation to Nicola Blades who unfortunately has a three-year history of paralysis of her legs.

Local beverage giants Banks DIH will square off with Republic Bank Ltd.

Ovena Braithwaite is still hoping that Gafoors representatives would return to take measurements for a home as promised and the Ministry of Human Services made contact with her yesterday and promised to render some assistance.

Old Fort ‘B’ pulled off two more draws against Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Spartans and Everest ‘B’ to take the top spot in the “B” division table with five points from their three matches as the Nobel House-sponsored Goal Galore Indoor hockey tournament continued Wednesday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, I am frustrated with the inadequate actions being taken to deal with the Mandela landfill site.

A 40-year-old man already serving 22 years imprisonment was handed a further sentence of 25 years by Justice Jainarayan Singh Jr after a jury in the Demerara Assizes convicted him of rape, buggery and robbery.

Dear  Editor, There is an immediate question in my mind: Where is Ms Teneisha Morgan?

Tradesmen trashed Daredevils XI this past Sunday at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) ground in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Memorex Enterprise 15-over softball tournament.

By Andre Griffith With the start of the new school year, the issue of intellectual property is again receiving attention with the widespread pirating of textbooks.

Dear Editor, It is an established fact that the attainment of food security is pivotal to the economic and social development of any nation.

Villagers at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice are echoing a cry for jobs heard across the country, though for them it seems more urgent as the majority of its youthful population are new graduates.

Dear Editor, The saga of signing the EPA highlights two important issues: Firstly, it reflects a lack of planning on the part of the government in terms of diversifying its markets for sugar, rum and rice, which are the main products that stand to be affected should Guyana choose not to sign the agreement.

General Secretary of the Caribbean Congress of Labour Lincoln Lewis formally receiving a cheque  and a number of computers from United  States-based Guyanese Odell Taitt on behalf of the Mark Benschcop Foundation.

Defending champions Berbice find themselves in a must-win situation when they oppose Demerara who need a draw in the final preliminary round match of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/CLICO  sponsored under-17 two-day cricket competition at the Wales Community centre ground from today.

BK International Western Tigers Devon Millington cannoned four stunning goals to lead his team past Beacon United in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Banks DIH First-Division League at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park on Wednesday evening.

IFC finds no major reforms In the absence of any major regulatory business reforms within the past year Guyana has slipped ten places in the global rankings on the ease of doing business, standing at 105 out of 181 countries.

Dear Editor, Over the past years and more noticeably recently, the world has witnessed calamities of a catastrophic nature.

Dear Editor, With the dust on Carifesta settled it is now time for the government and Minister of Culture, Dr Frank Anthony who spearheaded the celebrations to inform Guyanese at a minimum how $500M of taxpayers’ money was spent to make this celebration a reality.

In her very first appearance at the South American Squash Championships, Nicolette Fernandes collected her fourth straight title since returning to competitive squash in June of this year.

PSC secures CIDA funding for capacity building Stabroek Business has learnt that a meeting between government and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to discuss tax reform measures is likely to take place in the near future.

Says regional divisions reflect dangerous fracture in Caribbean diplomacy Retired Commonwealth Secretary General and former Guyana Foreign Minister Sir Shridath Ramphal has said that the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between CARIFORUM and the European Union (EU) “is anti-CARICOM, anti Caribbean integration and anti-Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME)” and that the current regional divisions on the signing of the agreement is “a manifestation of a lack of cohesiveness and, ultimately, a lack of vision in terms of our priorities” that raises serious questions about how the cohesiveness of the Caribbean is going to be sustained.

Dear Editor, Since penning my missive on an important topic with regards to Sports and which was unfortunately carried in one of the four dailies, it seems that I have become public enemy #1 and have raised the wrath of a few.

Dear Editor, SN’s editorial of Tuesday, September 7, ‘Some friendly advice’ revealed an anachronistic socio-political mindset which may have underscored the lack of vision for which the architects of the GNS must be credited.

Guyana’s sweet, bitter sugar “Political Struggle?” Changed Values! Frankly Speaking, the majority of my working-class countrymen don’t make time to study, even consider the ramifications of the EU/Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 268 Sep 08, 2008Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

A young man who allegedly behaved in a disorderly manner while being arrested by a policeman was granted $20,000 bail by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Robert Burchell Oclave Hart, many, many years ago, produced a popular newspaper article titled, ‘Things that bother me.’ 

Dear Editor, Lawrence Griffith’s letter captioned ‘Sport in Guyana is not going anywhere’ published in SN 3.9.08, despite highlighting a few positives in reality should be confined to the national archives, along with those of his mindset, to gather dust.

With the US presidential race currently too close to call and with the Republican camp moving shamelessly away from issues to the populist appeal of Sarah Palin among white women, blue collar workers, small town folk, Christians and conservatives, it is becoming a little difficult for the more discerning observer to take a dispassionate look at the candidates’ positions on the issues at stake.

A trio who allegedly assaulted each other was placed on a bond to keep the peace for 12 months after they refused to offer evidence against each other when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Wednesday at the Georgetown Court.