Daily Archive: Saturday, March 27, 2010

Despite uncertainty about the holding of local government polls, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday emphasised that general elections must be held next year.

-Rastas slam harassment, intolerance Police interrupted a Nyabinghi celebration hosted by the Rastafarian Community early yesterday morning and members of the group are alleging harassment and cultural intolerance.

The Brickdam lock-ups were yesterday re-opened after a $14.4M facelift to make it more habitable for detainees, whose experiences led to calls for it to be closed.

The two sugar unions GAWU and NAACIE have written the Guyana Sugar Corporation seeking to have severance pay for 400 workers who were to be transferred from Plantation Diamond to other areas.

Barber Joel Albert was sentenced to five years imprisonment after confessing to a charge of trafficking in narcotics.

The AFC yesterday pledged its support for the renewed push to reform the local government system, while saying it expects good faith and fidelity to the Constitution as the process moves forward.

– education delivery, programmes suffer Lack of coordination between Regional Education Officers (REdOs) and Regional Executive Officers (REOs), Education Minister Shaik Baksh said, has been affecting the delivery of education in several regions.

Travellers on the public purse who have not cleared their advances beware!

The Haslington man shot in his head on Thursday night knows his attacker and during an argument more than a year ago threats were made to his life.

A building contractor on his way to pay workers was robbed at gunpoint of $1.2 million by two bandits on a motorcycle who were waiting for him at the Enmore Estate Road, East Coast Demerara.

The Task Force on Fuel Smuggling and Contraband yesterday condemned the attack on Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Chief Executive Officer Mahender Sharma and his family on Tuesday.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud is currently in Israel to further discussions on increased cooperation in agriculture.

By Kizan Brumell Walking Boys of Suriname recorded the first victory of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) club championships Guyana leg when they defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) team in the Group D match at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

The US government wants to talk with anyone who has ideas and or solutions to some of the pressing global challenges, but persons interested in the discussion must have access to the internet or a Facebook and/or Twitter account.

Guyana Power and Light (GPL) CEO Bharrat Dindyal said the power company is plagued by electricity theft and illegal connections despite efforts to curb the problem.

By Marlon Munroe Group three racer Ray Rahaman yesterday said that while he expects to win at the Guyana Race of Champions meet tomorrow at the South Dakota Circuit, he is playing the waiting game until today’s time trials.

-allegedly used runaway girl, 13, for prostitution The owner of the Hollywood-Bollywood Night Club was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after pleading not guilty to the charge that she allegedly harboured and prostituted a 13-year-old girl who had run away from home.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association’s Pre-cadet (13 years and under) teams left Guyana yesterday for Utuado, Puerto Rico where they will compete in the fifth annual tournament.

With talent flowing to her from both sides of the family, Soca singer Michelle ‘Big Red’ King has lots of steam to take her through the busy future she’s planning, which includes thoughts of returning her voice to the church.

A block-maker pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaking and entering when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.

Digicel continued its support for sports locally by donating uniforms and travel allowance to the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) yesterday at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel.

Two men were yesterday charged after allegedly attempting to steal several gallons of lubricating oil from Sol Guyana Inc.,

Eight of the top street football teams in  Georgetown will compete at the Parade Ground today as Digicel, Guyana’s leading mobile communications operator,  kicks off its highly anticipated FIFA promotion.

I like being right. Sometimes late at night, I lie on my bed staring up at imaginary stars and thinking about answers to everything.

Hi Everyone, ovens can seem as if they have minds of their own and for the uninitiated they are downright frightening.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Haier Cup second division limited overs competition gets cracking this morning at several venues in the city.

The display at the sculpture booth at the Performing Arts Association of Guyana (PAAG) exhibition at the National Library.

The Guyana Model Search team is reporting a huge turnout at its first round of auditions this year which was held in the city last weekend.

The 2010 Spready’s Bakery Under-19 limited overs cricket competition commences today with the first and second rounds.

Dear Editor, The Honourable Minister of Amerindian Affairs had met with some of the senior staff of her Ministry, and collectively, we had determined that the occasion of the Minister’s Media Conference of March 22nd, 2010 would provide the opportunity to inform the Guyanese people, and moreso our Amerindian population, about the Ministry’s programme of activities it was pursuing in 2010 in order to extend and  further improve the quality of the social services and infrastructure we have been providing in the Amerindian Villages/Communities; our support for Village economies, and concomitantly, the quality of life of its residents.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is “not very happy” that no one has been prosecuted under the old and new anti-money laundering laws.

Dear Editor, Thank you for inviting the Ministry of Agriculture to respond to Mr.

The management of the Guyana National Industrial Company Inc. (GNIC) is set to take over operations of a new US$4M transshipment terminal at Linden before the end of April and it is eying a start of operations before the end of the year.

Guyana’s Lennox `Too Sharp’ Allen will be in action tonight in the  United States of America.

Cinderella Promotions will host the inaugural Zeelugt Village Day weekend and has planned a string of activities which it says are family-focused.

A Britannia, West Coast Berbice cattle farmer is desperately seeking answers after 19-head of cattle belonging to her disappeared last month, while being taken to the pound at the Mahaicony Police Station.

(Rajasthan Royals 151 for 2 (Yusuf 73*, Lumb 45) beat Deccan Chargers 148 for 9 (Rohit 49, Tait 3-22) by eight wickets) (Cricinfo) Shane Warne did not set the IPL alight in his first five matches this season, but he was terrific yesterday in Ahmedabad.

Dear Editor, Contractor R. Bassoo & Sons are presently making initial preparations for the execution of a large building project in Great Diamond.

One of Guyana’s popular sound systems will celebrate its ninth anniversary next weekend with three big shows around the country with the celebration culminating with a big party in New York.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, Mar 26, CMC – Stuart Matsikenyeri and Shingi Masakadza have been dumped for the World Twenty20 Championship in the Caribbean starting next month, while experienced batsmen Andy Blignaut and Justice Chibhabha have been recalled to the 15-man squad named Friday.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad said enhancement works at Hope, and No.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack  Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sealed a landmark  arms-control treaty yesterday to slash their countries’ nuclear  arsenals by a third and will sign it on April 8 in Prague.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space to highlight the idiocy that passes for service in this country.

The award winning drama Fences by deceased American playwright August Wilson will be staged here next month to benefit students preparing for the upcoming CSEC examinations.

Dear Editor, The meeting between President Bharrat Jagdeo and Mr. Robert Corbin has generated considerable speculation about the nature and scope of that meeting. 

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian court fined President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for a second time this month for campaigning illegally in support of the ruling party candidate in the Oct.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Secularist challenger Iyad  Allawi’s coalition won the most seats in Iraq’s election,  according to preliminary results yesterday, but the tight race  foreshadowed long, divisive talks to form a new government.

Jason Montgomery, the Australian shot at Safraz’s Bar and Restaurant in early January, has described the attack as the “most expensive beer” he has ever had.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Fast bowler Vinay Kumar is the only uncapped player in a strong India 15-man World Twenty20 squad announced yesterday, with leg-spinner Piyush Chawla making a return to international cricket after a near two-year break.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to take time out to wish the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) every success in their first General Council Meeting for 2010.

(Trinidad Express) – The ANSA McAL conglomerate has recorded an after tax profit of $690 million for its 2009 financial year.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A volatile mix of vast  new oil wealth and election-year politics is straining  relations between Brazil’s states and complicating President  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s efforts to pass a landmark oil  reform before the October polls.

(Trinidad Express) – Prime Minister Patrick Manning faced an unprecedented protest outside his San Fernando East constituency office on Wednesday, involving union members pushing for him to reverse unpopular decisions amid growing public discontent.

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Rihanna maintained her No. 1 standing on the Billboard Hot 100 Thurs-day with her single “Rude Boy,” which topped the chart for a second week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Washington Wizards  three-time All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas was spared a jail term  on Friday, getting two years’ probation for bringing guns into  the team’s locker room.

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – As much an example of self-preservation as a film, Lbs features one of the most dramatic physical transformations captured on celluloid.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A schoolboy carrying a  rebel-made bomb died when it exploded before he reached its  police station target, officials said yesterday, marking the  rare use of a child in such attacks in Colombia’s war.

The Joint Services operation at the Stabroek Market square yesterday. The Joint Services continued operations in several parts of Georgetown as well as other areas around the country, during which road block exercises and searches of identified buildings were conducted.

After weeks of wrangling with the People’s Republic of China, Google finally closed its offices in Beijing on Monday night, and shifted its online search engine traffic to an uncensored server in Hong Kong. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies head coach David Williams has identified all-rounder Kieron Pollard as key to the regional squad’s fortunes in the upcoming World Twenty20 Championship.

Dear Editor, It is with dismay that I learnt via a news item on the Evening News of another breakage of one of the Municipal Markets, Stabroek to be exact at a jewellery stall.