Daily Archive: Thursday, September 25, 2008

-as long as financing tied up The long-awaited Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Power (AFHEP) project is now expected to get underway during the first quarter next year once there is financial closure with a number of private and public sector partners.

Bandits went on a rampage on Tuesday night, breaking into Hoosain’s Halaal Restaurant, two jewellery workshops and a cell phone repair shop, located at Main & Pitt streets, New Amsterdam and carting off articles worth almost $500,000.

– PM threatens trade suspension Unscrupulous dealers in the scrap metal industry have caused the trade to flash up on the radar once more forcing Prime Minister Samuel Hinds to issue a public notice threatening to suspend all operations again if the vandalism continues.

Brazilian miner shoots wife, kills self – reports A Brazilian miner shot his wife dead on Tuesday at Oranapai, Mazaruni, before turning the weapon on himself.

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon Basin yesterday opened a meeting to frame an agenda to push the recognition of rights and sustainable growth for communities within the region.

Appeals for peace and forgiveness were made last Thursday night, when hundreds of Guyanese flocked the Lusignan Tarmac for the final of the three-night Pitri Paksh Satsang, offering prayers and remembering the 11 men, women and children who were murdered on January 26, this year.

…as will obscure Lighthouse If and when it is built, the new hotel in Kingston, George-town will have a unique feature, a beacon on its highest point, as it will obscure the present one on the nearby historic Lighthouse which currently serves to guide incoming vessels.

-NAMILCO’s dominant position leads to exploitation concerns The government will move to make the domestic flour market more competitive as it wants to ensure that the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) does not use the “dominant position” it enjoys to “exploit consumers”.

Dear Editor, It was with a great amount of pride and satisfaction that one welcomed Sir Shridath Ramphal’s public acknowledgement of the numerous agencies and persons who collaborated with him in the remarkable effort that concluded in the Triumph for UNCLOS.

Dear Editor, In a letter to SN on September 20 (‘Water balance studies were done for the Skeldon modernization project’), Mr Mohabir Raghunath stated that, “sugarcane in Guyana can hardly be considered an irrigated crop.”

Representatives from the nine Amerindian tribes in Guyana interacted with Culture Minister Dr Frank Anthony at the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology last month with several committing to providing items for the Museum’s collection.

Dear Editor, We have noted that in the course of his quarrel with Errol Arthur, Freddie Kissoon has written that there is no such person as Errol Arthur and no person called Errol Arthur was ever WPA.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr M Raghunath’s response to my letter on water balance for the Canje Creek sugar-cane development project (‘Water balance studies were done for the Skeldon modernization project,’ SN 20.9.08) and note that the new plant has been designed based on excess rainfall runoff pumped into conservancies for its irrigation water requirements, and not on the Canje Creek. 

Still no bail decision The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Oliver Hinckson of advocating a terrorist act was adjourned to September 30 yesterday so that State Prosecutor Sanjeev Datadin could respond to an objection made by the defence about diary testimony.

Pay Suriname FA US$8000 The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) the world governing body for football has ordered the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to repay their neighbours the Suriname Football Association (SFA) the sum of US$8,000 (G$1.6m) for expenses incurred during the return fixture of their 2010 World Cup qualifying tournament in June.

Dear Editor, The current EPA talks have fuelled a lot of hot discussion and support for Guyana  locally, and I applaud the President for airing his position in his UN address recently.

Atlantic Tele-Network Inc., GT&T’s parent company,   announced on Tuesday that its Board of Directors had declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.18 per share, payable on October 14, 2008, on all common shares outstanding to stockholders on record at  October 2 this year.

Demerara coach echoes captain’s sentiments Demerara senior inter-county coach Rabindranauth Seeram yesterday echoed the sentiments of captain Leon Johnson when asked about his expectations of the team in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) El Dorado-sponsored 50-overs-a-side competition.

Dear Editor, I think that it is a fair decision that the reward money offered for the capture of fugitives from justice, Rondell  ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and Jermaine ‘ Skinny’ Charles, who were subsequently  killed in an armed confrontation with a Joint Services unit, be divided between the informant and the Joint Services based on some equitable formula.

Some areas within the Demerara Interconnected System (DIS)  will be without power for a maximum of four hours daily until all the maintenance work currently being done on a few engines within  the DIS is completed.

The Ministry of Labour is awaiting a report on the death of the Malaysian man who was crushed at an interior forestry location on Tuesday, Minister Manzoor Nadir said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I was wondering why there is so much shouting and lewdness in the advertisments for consumer goods and services on TV, and reading Dr Ian McDonald’s column on Sunday, September 21, I found the answer.

– Over $250,000 up for grabs in  three-stage Macedo Memorial race Cyclists will pedalling away with fury this week-end when the National Sports Commis-sion (NSC) through national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed holds its cycling programme around the inner circuit of the National Park Saturday morning.

Dear Editor, An advertisement appeared in the Guyana Times on September 24, 2008, from the Guyana National Diwali Committee asking for young, attractive and unmarried women to participate in a Miss Diwali pageant.

– Fitzgerald teams up with Semple to take ‘Blind Draw’ doubles Norman Madhoo warmed up for the upcoming Guyana Open and Bryden’s sponsored South American and Caribbean Championships by winning the Clive Harrison-sponsored Open Singles title last Friday at the Salt Air Sports Club, Le Meridien Pegasus.

Dear Editor, It amazes me how mini-bus drivers continue to violate traffic laws despite the many police campaigns and traffic violation cases before the courts.

– Nine-time champs Covent Garden Secondary aiming for 10th title Some 16 teams have confirmed their participation in the Christmas Term indoor day/night male inter-school Windball cricket tournament with the first game getting underway this afternoon at the National Gymnasium.

Dear Editor, Why is it that the Traffic Department cannot put bold speed-limit signs on the road or on poles along the road so that the drivers of vehicles would comply with the speed limit?

Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Installment Sixty-Six Recently, the U.S.

When 2008 Junior Gold Cup gold medalist 17 year old Enzo Matthews takes to the road to compete in the Victor Macedo Three stage memorial race this weekend, he will doing so with a new cycle, thanks to the combined efforts of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) and veteran cyclists Wilbert Benjamin and Joseph Faria.

This used to be Hadfield Street, D’Urban Backlands.

While the US media diverts itself with the subplots of its increasingly operatic election, the gap between the pseudo-politics of lipstick on pigs, or sex education for children, and the very real politics of the impending collapse of the American economy could not be greater.

A man who stole a DVD player from his sister was sentenced to two years imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Work among women fifty years ago By Cecilia McAlmont In the Annual Report Guyana 1958 is an excerpt on Work Among Women.

Richards strikes double for Camptown Sunburst Camptown made its way into the semi-final round of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) DeSinco Trading Under-18 football Tournament yesterday at the Camptown ground with a victory over Beacon United.

Dear Editor, I would like to commend the efforts of the policemen and women who work tirelessly on the east coast and east bank to ensure road safety.