Daily Archive: Saturday, January 31, 2009

Dear Editor,I refer to Godfrey Chin’s letter, ‘More needs to be done to record the achievements of the small man’ as published in SN of January 27.

In statistical terms we do not know how successful the Ministry of Education’s literacy drive was last year.

It took decades for businessman Lawrence Duprey to build an empire that controlled more than TT$100 billion in assets spread across the globe.

-CEO Singh-Knight Following the dramatic takeover by the Trinidad Central Bank of some parts of the CL Financial Group which encountered liquidity problems, CLICO Guyana yesterday declared that it was solid and its statutory fund was in good standing.

– Central Bank Governor Following is the full text of the statement made by Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams at a press conference today: Some of you may know that CIB has been facing liquidity challenges over the past few weeks.

–T&T Finance MinisterAssets of depositors and policy holders at Clico, Clico Investment Bank (CIB), CMMB and British American Insurance will not be at risk, Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira said yesterday.

The MTV Channel 65 driver who was involved in the accident in which a 12-year-old girl was killed on Tuesday on the Agricola Public Road was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Guyanese man who admitted raping a woman and attacking two others within 48 hours in Belfast, Northern Ireland has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for the prisoner who escaped on Wednesday from in front of the Georgetown Prison.

A 47-year-old ex-army officer is the next kidney transplant patient and according to a source close to his family he will receive a kidney from his 25-year-old daughter.

Five masked men, some of them armed, attacked and robbed a family at Cumberland, East Canje around 8.15pm on Thursday of $700,000 worth of jewellery and $13,000 cash.

Police in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday busted a ship that arrived in that country from Guyana with over sixty million Jamaican dollars in cocaine.

-as probe of cocaine ring continues The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday questioned a businessman connected to the car trade suspected to be a key financier of drug trafficking.

Air traffic controllers were set to go on strike from midnight last night as efforts have failed to “amicably” work out a number of issues, chief among them retroactive payments, with the government.

… as complainant declines to testify Four men who were accused of attempting to murder another man, had their case dismissed shortly after the complainant refused to give evidence against them when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Fitzgerald Alexander Griffith, the former Executive Chairman of the Guyana National Trading Corporation (GNTC) died on Thursday at the Georgetown Hospital at the age of 84.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has reiterated the call for interventions to address deforestation during climate change sessions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin yesterday urged the government to pursue the full reconstitution of the Integrity Commission, as consultations began for the filling of two vacancies including the chairmanship of the body.

Rotary International District Governor Georges Nouh-Chaia has expressed satisfaction with projects in Guyana and he lauded the commitment of Rotarians and Rotary Clubs across the country.

– family calls for assailants arrest The family of a 29-year-old man, who was badly beaten after being accused of stealing a hammer and a water pump, is questioning why the police have not arrested the couple reportedly responsible for brutalising him last Monday evening.

Guyanese Onel Sanford-Belle has taken a quantum leap from broadcast journalism to film producing and landed squarely on her feet, with her music video being selected for screening at Cinemondays in New York, and her team winning best filmmaker(s) for the month of December last year.

Dear Editor, The Friday, January 23, 2009 edition of Stabroek Business carried an article on pages 16 and 18, under the caption, ‘Investing in the revival of the book culture,’ in which several comments were attributed to me.

-S&S promotions plan three boxing cards which will culminate with a middleweight fight against William Joppy Lennox Allen is all set to clash with Howard Eastman for the national middleweight title of Guyana with the winner guaranteed a fight against  former World Boxing association middleweight champion William Joppy.

Dear Editor, You could not have lived on the lower East Coast during the recent period of turbulence, without experiencing great misgivings.

Culture Box We have decided that we rather like the film Pretty Woman, and no, not because it’s a sort of modern-day Cinderella story; although that is as good a reason as any.

Dear Editor, Emblazoned on the front page of Kaieteur News of January 28, 2009, was a photo of GPL’s meters on lamp posts.

The National Rifle Shooting championships will now take place in March as Guyana’s shooters sharpen preparations for the West Indies Full-bore tournament in Trinidad and Tobago in the same month.

Hi Everyone, Raise your hand if like fried chicken. Raise both of your hands if you like homemade fried chicken.

A woman, who allegedly assaulted her landlord and was caught stealing electricity from an electrical pole, was granted bail yesterday when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Buxton’s Nykasie Liverpool is one of Guyana’s leading assistant referees. Liverpool recently officiated at the International Football Federation (FIFA) Women’s Under-20 World Cup competition which was held in Chile from November 16-December 7 last year .

Dear Editor, I have read with interest the numerous letters and articles written about the proposed design of the relief structure(s) for the EDWC.

The National Park is expected to come alive this evening with high-class gospel entertainment from both international and local gospel artistes. 

A footballer who is accused of attempting to rape a woman was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

By Calvin Roberts Guyana, West Indies and Durham dependable middle order batsman Shivnarine ‘Tiger’ Chanderpaul recorded another milestone in his life when he won the National Sports Council (NSC) Sportsman of the Year award, claiming the 2008 version via a unanimous vote yesterday.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson granted a woman, whose dog reportedly bit another woman, bail in the sum of $30,000 when she appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Former West Indies and Guyana all-rounder Mahendra Nagamootoo continues to impress in the domestic league in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says Basant Panchmi occurs today and as such devotees worldwide will plant holika.

The Mackenzie Sports Ground is set to come alive tonight when 15 soca singers square off to cop a place in this year’s final of the soca competition.

The Link Show turns 25 years old this year and for its silver anniversary, it will link with Cellink for special performances around the Mashramani season.

For over two weeks, the nation has been agog with the revelations made by Ms Varshnie Singh, some of which amounted to serious allegations against President Bharrat Jagdeo, who has elected not to respond to them beyond the brief statement he made after she first went public.

The Ministry of Public Works says removing vagrants on state reserves is an ongoing operation as many have been occupying busy intersections and impede the free flow of traffic.

A total of 22 Guyana-born players are currently playing as professional cricketers in the domestic cricket leagues in Trinidad and Tobago.