Daily Archive: Thursday, February 4, 2010

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) yesterday slammed newspaper ads that it said were distorting environmental issues and it also called for solidarity to ensure what it said was the “survival” of the mining industry.

– several villages flooded Persons living along parts of the Essequibo Coast, including farmers are counting their losses following a high tide which caused severe overtopping and crumbled sea defence infrastructure there over the past several days.

Around two dozen persons who thought they were going to seal a good deal paid down hundreds of thousands for cars which are yet to be delivered and the woman who dealt with them has since disappeared.

The aunt and uncle of three-year-old Charran ‘Sanjay’ Sahadeo were refused bail when they appeared before Magistrate Nigel Hawke at the Blairmont Court yesterday charged with assault causing actual bodily harm.

As arid El Nino conditions continue, the Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday that government has spent in excess of $250M since the phenomenon began and with reduced water levels, pumps in several regions have been activated on a 20-hour-basis costing $3.2M daily.

…says finally finished with him After Sandra Parks asked her live-in boyfriend to use the indoor toilet he became enraged, began beating her with a piece of wood and then almost severed her right foot with a cutlass.

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held talks about strengthening Russian-Latin American and Caribbean relations when they met recently in Moscow.

A potentially catastrophic occurrence was avoided last evening when a fire which ignited at the popular Pepper’s Brazilian Restaurant was quickly extinguished before any major damage was done.

Coach: National team gifted but players not realizing their potential By Marlon Munroe For the second successive year the national cricket team finds itself in a familiar position -the cellar – on a mere seven points after four completed rounds of the West Indies Cricket Board regional four-day competition.

Former Caribbean squash champion Alexander Arjoon was one of a number of national players to be eliminated after the opening night action of this year’s Bounty Farm handicap tournament at the Georgetown Club’s courts.

-two sets of men in ‘big brawl’By Cathy Richards Police are investigating an incident at Linden which started after members of a community policing group (CPG) were accused of assaulting a young man they claimed was acting suspiciously.

sident of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Aaron Bethune has announced that the 2010 racing season will rev off on March 28.

The Special Olympics Committee of Guyana has selected six athletes with intellectual disabilities to begin training shortly at the Colgrain and Castellani pools for the 2011 Special Olympics in Athens, Greece from June 25th to July 4th.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it has observed several acts of trespassing at its Central Ruimveldt Water Treatment Plant compound and advised persons to desist as the area is fraught with hidden dangers.

President and Co-Founder of the Women’s International Boxing Association, Ryan Wissow believes that the upcoming Shondel Alfred and Corrine DeGroot bantamweight rematch along with the Gwendolyn O’Neil and Carlette Ewell light heavyweight clash will be a historic event and he is also optimistic about the smooth running of the fights.

-Wavell Hinds chosen as replacement By Tony Cozier Dwayne Brave, their most dynamic all-rounder and new vice-captain, was Tuesday added to the long list of key West Indies players eliminated by injuries from the imminent series of five ODIs and two T20 Internationals in Australia.

Dear Editor, At the end of a wonderful visit to my beloved shores for the Christmas holidays, I patronized one of our renowned jewellery establishments (King’s Jewellery World, Quamina Street), enticed by their advertisement on the national television stations. 

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC – The players and match officials participating in today’s limited overs tour match between the West Indies and the Australia Prime Minister’s XI will be wearing blue ribbons to support the people of Haiti.

– court told Thirty-one-year-old Lakeram Ramcharitar of Grove, East Bank Demerara was placed on $85,000 bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly converting to his own use a quantity of raw gold and cash given to him by a woman to deliver to a man.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Under–19 assistant coach Roddy Estwick believes the talented Barbadians he saw in the ICC U19 World Cup last month should be fast–tracked into the national team.

Dear Editor, Good news for Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited depositors; the assets of that unworthy institution are to be sold (SN, January 27).

MIAMI, (Reuters) – North Americans call it “the  greatest show on earth” but in reality not much of the world is really paying attention to the Super Bowl.

The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) yesterday signed a $66.28M contract for the procurement of cold storage facilities for farmers.

Dear Editor, The steady increase in violence against women recently inspired action by the government, religious bodies and civil society.

Three men are in police custody following an armed robbery committed on residents at a Duncan Street, Campbellville home yesterday.

Dear  Editor, As we approach the 40th anniversary of our Republic, I wish on behalf of the Georgetown municipality to make an appeal to all businesses, institutions and individuals to make an effort to improve the environment where they live and/or operate.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz have kept their label as the No.1 ranked team in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) but  remain outside of the world’s top 75 teams.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday placed a 29-year-old father of two on bail in the sum of $400,000 when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly embezzling over $2.48M from Beepats on Regent Street.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – More than 200,000 people  were killed in the Jan.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr., whose  planned superfight with Manny Pacquiao fell apart last month  over drug testing stipulations, will fight Shane Mosley on May  1, the boxer’s promoter said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am extremely happy that the West Indies Cricket Team now has a new coach.

History This Week  – No.5/2010By Gwyneth George This article examines some of the major transportation issues in British Guiana in the 19th and early 20th centuries to explain the preferred modes of transportation and the type of transportation system established in the colony.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica lost one of its most revered cultural figures on Tuesday night when Professor Rex Nettleford, vice-chancellor emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and founder of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC), died, just hours before he would have celebrated his 77th birthday.

Dear Editor, I offer an evaluation of the person GHK Lall has opined is the better candidate for the PPP’s nomination of its presidential candidate in his letter, ‘The chosen one’ (SN, Sunday, January 31).

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Sitting at a table under  billowing bed sheets, David Delva tries to compile a list of  around 12,000 people who now live in an open field below a  hillside slum that collapsed in Haiti’s Jan.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Organization of American States’ human rights body on Tuesday called on Venezuela to investigate “improper use of force” during clashes that left two dead after the suspension of an anti-government TV station.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan Cricket Board chairman  Ejaz Butt resisted a call for his resignation yesterday during a parliamentary committee hearing into PCB affairs and the national team’s poor performance on their tour to Australia.

Immigrant Visas Installment Ninety-Seven Q: What is the process to obtain a U.S.

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday ordered that a 41-year-old man be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly using a gun to threaten a taxi-driver.

In May last year, local nurses met at a two-day summit where they sought to evaluate themselves and the profession generally and look at strategies to improve the sector – not the health sector, but their particular area.

TIMERGARA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban  claimed responsibility for a bomb yesterday that killed  three U.S.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt will open his 2010 season at a local meeting at the National Stadium on February 13.

Antigua urged to improve its tourism product Tourist destination Antigua and Barbuda is being urged to become more cost effective.

Three women who are neighbours were each placed on $20,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Tuesday after they each pleaded not guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm.

Dear Editor, Sometimes, I wonder if political wisdom suddenly is the new kid on the block among a unique breed of columnists, editors, and paid letter-writers of this country, who seemingly and arrogantly posture themselves as owning and controlling all the solutions to developmental problems here.