Daily Archive: Thursday, January 1, 2009

Cattle being sold out As the rain continues the Abary Creek has been flooded and residents have suffered losses to crops and livestock and some are falling sick.

Six senior officers were among those promoted when the Police Service Commission unveiled its list of promotions last night.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has been able to trace the shipper of furniture which was seized on Monday in Miami with cocaine in it and the net is being drawn tighter on those behind two shipments of pepper sauce cartons filled with the drug.

There will be no edition of the Stabroek News tomorrow as the staff will be on holiday today.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed acting commissioner Henry Greene as substantive Police Commis-sioner asserting that he took the position at a difficult time and has performed creditably in the two years.

The Guyana Red Cross says that given the torrential rains, it is on flood alert and the organization is inviting past and present volunteers to attend a meeting tomorrow at its Eve Leary Headquarters.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud was greeted with a series of complaints from residents about  acts of mismanagement by NDCs and officials yesterday when he visited several flood-affected communities on the Corentyne.

Cane Grove rice still under water Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Four, Clement Corlette, says there is virtually no groyne at the Hope koker and this has been cited by nearby residents as a prime cause of the heavy siltation there.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says preliminary indications show that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3% in 2008, which he called a significant achievement coming in the shadows of the worldwide financial meltdown, global warming and threats to national security.

2008 has been a year of extreme difficulty for citizens and 2009 must mark a decisive shift towards genuine national unity through shared governance, Leader of the PNCR Robert Corbin said in his New Year message.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) says General Manager at the Mahaicony Rice Mills Brandon Barton has made a commitment that all outstanding money for the first crop would have been paid by yesterday and the second crop by January month-end.

A Cuban orthopaedic surgeon died early yesterday morning when his car careened into the North Road canal in the vicinity of Alexander Street.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has been impersonated on the popular social networking website facebook.com,

Following the passing of Guyana Publications Inc (GPI) Chairman and Stabroek News Editor-in-Chief David de Caires, the GPI board announces the appointments of Anand Persaud as Editor-in-Chief and Cheryl Springer as Editor of the daily newspaper.

Director of Sports Neil Kumar yesterday stated that over $200m was allocated to sports for the year with a substantial amount of that figure spent on lighting at the Guyana National Stadium, National Gymnasium and the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) respectively.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday said that there was no budgetary allotment in the Ministry’s 2009 subvention for a cycling velodrome.

City Hall workers rang in the New Year without their December pay as their employers were still cobbling together the required funds.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Health (MOH), via its health care workers and no less than the Minister himself, has educated citizens about the threat of leptospirosis, especially during the rainy season.

Chief Executive of GuySuCo Nick Jackson says the new Skeldon sugar factory can be operational   if the Chinese contractor, CNTIC fulfills its obligations but was not hopeful that it would be in a state of readiness for the first crop this year.

Dear Editor, My Mahaicony family suffered another loss with the flooding.

By Tony Cozier in QUEENSTOWNA Sore left hand that sidelined Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the overall lack of experience, the absence of an authentic all-rounder and a tricky pitch exposed the West Indies limitations before rain ended the first ODI against New Zealand after 35.4 overs yesterday.

Brown has slim hold on golden bootsThe race for who would be crowned golden boots winner is now set to be decided in the finals of the 19th Kashif and Shanghai tournament slated for the Providence National Stadium on January 1, 2009.

The Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) is appealing to the government to re-examine the economy with a view to easing the tax burden on workers in the new year.

Dear Editor, With UG churning out so many attorneys-at-law what right do we have to employ lay magistrates/JPs?

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee recently handed over 30 bicycles to 12 community policing groups (CPGs) operating within the six police divisions.

Dear Editor, A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you and the entire management!

The man charged with murdering his grandmother-in-law and two of his sisters-in-law was committed to stand trial for the murders when the case was called at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony said he is committed to ensuring that students are given an opportunity to play chess and other sport in 2009 following the successful hosting of the National Schools Chess Championships last year.

-plans in train to link programme to school curriculum, says Kumar The National Sports Com-mission (NSC) said it has won the support of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the education and youth ministries for its proposed cricket academy.

For many years, the late editor-in-Chief of this newspaper used to celebrate his birthday, which fell on Old Year’s Day, with an open house for his friends and acquaintances.

Dear Editor, Commendations are in order for the AFC. Mrs Sheila Holder in SN of 21.12.08 admitted “the AFC hopes to encourage activism by empowering the citizenry through education programmes about their rights.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has announced a reduction in the boat fare between Parika and Bartica from today.

Old year’s day stash: Courts yesterday handed over a cheque for $1.5M to Lennox Barker (right) after he picked one of the money-laden briefcases in its Stash of Cash 2 promotion on Main Street.

Valerie Hart: The Woman at the Heart of the Rupununi UprisingIntroductionAccording to declassified Department of State Documents “At 8am EST [January 3, 1969] Valerie Hart contacted US Ham radio operator and broadcast appeal for help from U.S.

The Justice For All Party (JFAP) is urging Guyanese to embrace justice and conservation to ensure the future health and happiness of the nation.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday remanded to prison a forty-year-old man who allegedly stole a quantity of spanners and other construction tools from a man.