Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A huge Brazil trade delegation continued talks with local officials and businessmen yesterday and heard the Brazilian ambassador identify the road to Lethem and a reliable power network in the area as pivotal to deeper ties between the two neighbours.

A dredge owner shot himself in the head with his licensed firearm on Monday night, leaving relatives with no clues as to why he wanted to end his life.

Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire ended days of drama yesterday when she facilitated the release of a murder accused who was previously granted bail in her court but had been detained by prison authorities.

Residents of West Berbice are concerned about the growing number of drug gangs in their villages and have called on the police to take action.

Bahamian police are looking for a Guyanese man wanted for misconduct while teaching at a private school on the small Bahamian island of Eleuthera, according to The Eleutheran.

Government and the IDB on Sunday signed a US$24.8 million Road Improvement and Rehabilitation Loan Agreement aimed at enhancing urban and suburban mobility to support economic diversification.

By Cathy Richards The day before the burial of Cheryl Allsopp, who died of a heart attack suspected to have been induced by news that her niece was brutally murdered, relatives received a call from the ‘slain’ woman, who is in fact alive and well.

The Guyana  Agricultural  and General Workers Union (GAWU) has charged that GuySuCo’s practices have been responsible for millions of losses annually, in wake of the recent allegations surfacing after the dismissal of materials manager Asroodeen Shaw.

The body of Parika boat captain Vasdeo Persaud was recovered late Monday at a Venezuela beach.

-to boost yachting Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad has disclosed plans to set up a marina at Bartica to boost yachting.

Scotiabank has donated 100 computers to the Ministry of Education in its drive to equip secondary schools with computers as it joins with organisations such as Global Partnership for Literacy to foster the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) countrywide.

The parents of two-year-old Udesh Ragubar, who suffers from a heart defect, are desperately trying to raise the money for the corrective surgery he needs.

By Marlon Munroe President of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club Aaron Bethune told Stabroek Sport yesterday that the atmosphere is rife with anticipation as the Guyana Race of Champion approaches on March 28 at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri.

Bath Estate FC of Dominica yesterday failed to arrive in Guyana for their Caribbean Football Union clash with Alpha United which was scheduled to take place today at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.

With the support of international partners, the government has embarked on a project to develop a flood response plan.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Washington Wizards three-time All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas should get three months in jail for bringing guns into the team’s locker room,  prosectors said yesterday, but defense lawyers urged probation and community service.

By Cathy Richards Two contracts for the replacement and repairs of culverts and the maintenance of drainage at Wismar and Mackenzie, Linden amounting to $78,114,850 are expected to arrest the flooding and erosion problems on both banks.

Magistrate Priya Beharry recently dismissed a string of charges filed by the Ministry of Labour against a city businessman, citing procedural irregularities and in two instances, a lack of prosecution.

‘The Real Coolie Bully’ promises another clinical display By Marlon Munroe Elton ‘The Real Coolie Bully’ Dharry promises another clinical display of boxing against Wilmot Hutson on Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the second installment of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control and Guyana Amateur Boxing Association Friday Night Fights Pro/Am card from 20:00 hours.

Rayon Jarvis, the Guyanese caught attempting to smuggle 12 grammes of cocaine into the US in January, has pleaded guilty to importation and possession of narcotics and is expected to be sentenced shortly.

Seawall FC records first win Seawall Football Club of West Demerara recorded its first win while Milerock squeezed past Bakewell Topp XX in the latest matches of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League last weekend.

Congestion on GT&T’s cellular network was why several of the company’s subscribers had difficulty sending SMS messages and making calls on Monday evening.

Guyana’s Cleveland Forde successfully defended his 5000m title at the Southern Games in Trinidad and Tobago over the week-end.

Dear Editor, Another woman has died suspectedly as a result of domestic violence, and it would appear that the authorities sworn to stamp out Domestic Violence are happy to kill her again by refusing to investigate the circumstances preceding her death.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A director of the West Indies Cricket Board has reiterated that the decision to revert to one leg of matches in the recent regional first-class competition had more to do about quality and spending money wisely.

The Heroes Save Lives contest, which is to recognise outstanding individuals who serve those affected and infected with HIV/AIDS, has a new deadline-Thursday, April 1, 2010.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, CMC – World-renowned fight conditioner Roger Mayweather is scheduled to conduct a one-week training camp in Barbados next month.

Coast Guards apprehended a suspected illegal scrap metal dealer and a wooden boat at Canje, Berbice on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Work is one of the most fundamental aspects of a person’s life providing the individual with a means of financial support and as importantly a contributory role in society. 

A man, charged with misappropriating $3M entrusted to him to buy seafood, was yesterday granted $200,000 bail.

Dear Editor, The time has arrived for the authorities, in conjunction with the private sector, to review the performance of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – England took wickets at regular intervals to reduce Bangladesh to 172 for six at the close on the fourth day of the second and final test yesterday.

Dear Editor, In July, 2009 I wrote to these columns pondering whether inclusive government in Guyana was on the horizon.

Mechanic David Montage appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday charged with four counts of fraudulent conversion.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons was fined 10 per cent of his match fee for breaching the code of conduct during the second test between Bangladesh and England, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

(Cricinfo) “I’m just an ordinary cricketer who is working hard,” said Robin Uthappa during the mid-innings break.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A jubilant President Barack  Obama signed the most sweeping U.S.

Dear Editor, “Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.”

Four persons, accused of lifting flour from NAMILCO, were yesterday charged with conspiracy to steal.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican government is now making arrangements to house the 62 Haitians who landed in Portland by boat yesterday.

Keith Springer was refused bail yesterday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson charged with indecent assault.

Dear Editor, On behalf of my wife, Angela (Rani), family, and I, deepest condolences are extended to Brigitte and family, on the sudden passing of ‘Boyo’ Ramsaroop.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The man widely seen as China’s  next leader told Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday the world’s two most powerful emerging market economies  should help each other increase their weight in global affairs.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Shahid Afridi will  captain Pakistan at this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in West  Indies, the Pakistan Cricket Board said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The junior Minister for Forestry has been reported in daily newspapers recently as saying that three mangrove tree species are legally protected in Guyana. 

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A blaze raged on the Avila  mountain over Caracas for a third day yesterday, threatening  wildlife in its national park and sending smoke billowing over  the upper reaches of the Venezuelan capital.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said yesterday it  would deny a visa to the Senegalese-American R&B singer and  rapper Akon, whose plan to hold a concert there in April  infuriated Buddhists offended by one of his videos.  

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – Two-times All-Star Zydrunas  Ilgauskas has returned to his NBA roots by signing a deal with  the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team said yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have  jailed a former state governor and presidential candidate who  accused President Hugo Chavez’s government of links to  subversive groups in Latin America.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Google’s gambit in pulling  the plug on its flagship search engine in China leaves its  remaining operations there exposed to the whimsy of Beijing,  whose initial reaction is far from reassuring.

DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – Ireland have fond memories of the last time they played in the Caribbean.

An interesting editorial entitled `Time for a New West Indian (Caribbean) Commission’ appeared in one of our sister Caricom newspapers in Jamaica last Friday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. is surprised by what seems as a deliberate attempt to manipulate the facts and create instability for our workers attached to the Diamond cultivation.