Articles published on Monday, December 7, 2009
By Sara Bharrat The first shipment of paddy, under the US$18.8M deal sealed with Venezuela six weeks ago, is now scheduled to leave for the neighbouring state this weekend, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says.
Berbice police have arrested a man they suspect to be a drug king-pin and several persons are to face charges today following major raids on Friday and Saturday.
-three men escape After exchanging gunfire with three men, who abandoned their car, at Madewini early yesterday morning police discovered a quantity of dieseline, a shot gun and several other items.
A three-day symposium on Agricultural Risk and Insurance is scheduled to open today at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture, with the support of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
`The past has been strewn with intelligent and qualified graduates emigrating to greener pastures merely to earn a decent living.
Bandits struck at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara and Parika, East Bank Essequibo on Saturday night carting away money and jewellery.
A 60-year-old security guard is in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following a hit-and-run accident on the Le Ressouvenir Public Road on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) on Saturday afternoon.
By Rawle Toney The Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) annual Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival came to an exciting end last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The much anticipated conference on a pact to curb global warming begins in Copenhagen, Denmark today with the government here still to release the updated Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) despite a promise that this would be done before the meeting opens.
Ownership of the Ocean View Hotel is expected to change hands again as the East Coast Demerara (ECD) business is in receivership.
Adelaide, Australia: Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach defied all odds on day three of the Second Test at the Adelaide Oval.
By Marlon Munroe Despite rain curtailing play for the morning session, Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) batsman Krishna Arjune managed a century in his team’s 247-3 from 69 overs against Everest in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) three-day first division tournament.
At the Blairmont Court on Monday, Magistrate Nigel Hawke sent a Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice woman on her own bail when she appeared before him to answer charges of ill-treatment of a child.
CLICO (Guyana) has appealed a preliminary ruling by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang and is now seeking a stay of his decision, a move which has deferred the actual hearing in the case.
In what is a repeat of their Guyana Football Federation’s Super League final, Alpha United will meet with the Guyana Defence Force in a quarter final match of the annual Mayor’s Cup seven-a-side football tournament.
The National Commission on Disability last Friday held a workshop to sensitize labour officials on issues affecting disabled persons, while the Ministry of Labour gave the assurance that disabled persons will benefit from the same quality service offered to the general public.
Fruta Conquerors swamped Uprising 7-0 as the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) DeSinco Under-19 competition continued over the weekend with several matches at the Tucville Playfield.
Commissioner of Police Henry Greene on Friday charged a set of “middle management” junior officers to do their jobs and ensure they serve the public whom they have sworn to protect.
Berbice under-15 all-rounder Shawn Perreira led Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes club to a hard-fought first innings points win over Young Achievers of West Berbice in a quarter-final encounter of the Berbice Tenelec Inc under-15 cricket tournament.
Dear Editor, Hardly a day passes without one reading the horrible story of someone killed or maimed for life on one of Guyana’s roads.
The large-scale Marudi mine in the Deep South Rupununi, Region Nine is now scheduled to be in operation by February next year after delays, including the need to undertake additional environmental assessments and acquiring duty-free import licences.
By Rawle Toney The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) under their Cellink brand on Saturday handed over $2.5m to the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation for the 20th staging of the annual football extravaganza which is set to kick off on Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.
Dear Editor, On Saturday, November 28, 2009 at around 6.45 pm in the presence of several residents of Le Destin, police officers instructed a visibly drunken driver to sit behind the wheel of a motor car and drive behind the police vehicle to their place of residence.
The campaign to remove illegal structures on state reserves will continue, Minister of Public Works and Communications, Robeson Benn says in response to remarks by a leading private sector official.
Andrew De Abreu, sponsor of the Kenneth De Abreu eight-week table tennis league competition which ended recently has pledged to continue sponsoring the tournament.
Dear Editor, I have read about the robbery committed some time ago on a magistrate.
Dear Editor, Said Mr Modibo: “I wonder if he (Voglezon) knows he has shot himself in the foot or his analytical mind caused the admittance.
A new post office is to be built soon at Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara and with this modern facility it is expected that services on the East Coast would meet the needs of the customers.
The Guyana Football Federation is all set to ban Riddim Squad from this year’s Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India secured top spot in the test rankings for the first time after handing Sri Lanka a second successive innings defeat and wrapping up their three-match series 2-0 yesterday.
Dear Editor, I wish to express congratulations to Mr. Stephen Merai, on his new position as Commander for the county of Berbice.
COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – U.N. talks billed as a “turning point” in a bid to slow global warming open today seeking to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions and raise billions of dollars for the poor in aid and clean technology.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Jaime Bermudez Merizalde will be paying an official visit to Guyana today and tomorrow.
Dear Editor, The fresh democratic wind blowing through our country has had no liberating impact on our labour movement.
ATHENS, Greece, CMC – Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes celebrated her re-entry to the world’s top 100 players with a fine championship victory at the Greek Open on Saturday evening.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Friday ordered that a man pay a fine of $30,000 after he admitted to attempting to obtain a second passport by telling an immigration officer he had never applied for one before.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, (Reuters) – Thousands of people dressed in white demanded soldiers leave Mexico’s most violent city yesterday, accusing troops of provoking a surge in drug-war killings and running protection rackets.
Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson While at the launch of the National Schools’ Choir and Steel Orchestra at the National Park, we asked persons how Christmas has changed over the years for them and their Christmas wish for 2009.
Dear Editor, Guyana has several divides. There is the now historical divide of race and politics; it is external and apparent.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales was heading for a landslide re-election yesterday as voters backed his left-wing reforms asserting greater state control over the economy and increasing social spending on the poor.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton last Friday ordered that a 25-year-old mason be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly using a gun to rob another man of a quantity of cash and a cell phone.
SINGAPORE, CMC – Guyana’s world-rated Leon Moore has declared his readiness for next month’s pivotal title fight against Indonesia’s Marangin Marbun for the Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) super bantamweight belt.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday urged Senate Democrats to work out their differences on healthcare reform and pass what will be the most significant social legislation in decades.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St Lucian veteran Victor Ledger brilliantly paced himself to a sixth victory in the Powerade Marathon yesterday to highlight the closing of the annual Run Barbados Series.
Extension of the East Bank of Demerara Highway between Providence and Grove will soon move ahead as the Ministry of Public Works and Commu-nications has invited consultancy firms to submit proposals.
Dear Editor, The ethno-political consciousness of the Guyanese masses has been evolving on schedule.
In the Diaspora By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St.
Dear Editor, On Friday December 4, 2009 Guyanese woke up to the news blared across the two independent dailies that GuySuCo could not pay their workers their week’s wages.
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Somalia’s government fired the head of its police force and its military chief yesterday two days after a suicide bomber killed three ministers and several others in the capital of the lawless Horn of Africa nation.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A senior minister and close confidant of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez resigned yesterday in a growing banking scandal that has triggered a purge of businessmen with ties to the government.
In observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, members of the Region Five Women’s Affairs Committee (WAC) marched from Number 23 Village, West Berbice to the Fort Wellington Boardroom where a seminar was held.
It’s true of most of us that we spend an inordinate amount of time fretting ourselves, and the people around us, over things that are simply realities of life.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Briton Amir Khan retained his WBA world light-welterweight title in extraordinary fashion when he knocked out Ukraine-born American Dmitriy Salita in the first round of his first title defence in Newcastle on Saturday.
Pensioners will soon have to bear the cost for medication before seeking reimbursement from the National Insurance Scheme.
On August 11, the families of Jainarine Dinanauth, Henry Gibson and Ricky Jainarine were thrown into unending turmoil and grief after what seemed to be an accident in the Essequibo River.
