Daily Archive: Monday, January 17, 2011

Finance Minister Ashni Singh today disclosed that since the appointment of a liquidator, 4,567 Clico (Guyana) policyholders have uplifted cheques totalling $3.1B.

For many years, the single largest source of foreign exchange earnings, sugar was relegated to number four last year.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh has called on the University of Guyana (UG) to modernise the delivery of its programmes by introducing online degrees.

A former US Peace Corps volunteer in Guyana is one of six women who have told US television station ABC about being raped while overseas on assignment and feeling unsupported by the organization.

Joan Baveghems is the new PNCR-1G Member of Parliament. She takes up the seat left vacant on the passing of MP Winston Murray.

Finance Minister Ashni Singh this afternoon announced that the income tax threshold had been lifted from $35,000 per month to $40,000 per month and he also unveiled a drop in the corporation tax.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – The prosecutor of the U.N.-backed  tribunal issued today a draft indictment over the 2005  killing of statesman Rafik al-Hariri, a long-anticipated move  that has touched off a Lebanese political crisis.

Three Guyanese are feared dead after a day of fun turned tragic on Sunday afternoon at the popular Mayaro beach in South Trinidad, according to the Trinidad Express.

The People’s Progressive Party today extended best wishes to former government minister and Member of Parliament, Reepu Daman Persaud who celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand will look to bat  the first session of the fourth day of the second test against  Pakistan today and then reassess as to how to approach the  rest of the game as they attempt to level the series, pace  bowler Chris Martin said yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India will gamble on the fitness  of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Praveen  Kumar after the four injured players were included in the final  15-member squad today for next month’s World Cup.

Cleveland Forde and Alika Morgan dominated the senior men and women’s categories respectively of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) National Cross Country race, held yesterday afternoon at the National Park.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh yesterday vowed that the board’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held as scheduled and revealed that its audited accounts for last year will be handed over to the Registrar of the Friendly Societies this morning -paving the way for the AGM.

Many persons believe that cricket remains the national game of Guyana.

‘The pull-over:” Farmers yesterday moving their boat from the Craig Trench, East Bank Demerara into another waterway which leads to the backlands where many residents grow various provisions, vegetables and fruits.

Some time after 9 am today a Meadow Bank man was stabbed to the neck by a co-worker and died shortly after at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A Lance Corporal in the Guyana Defence Force died last evening after he lost control of the motor bike he was riding on the West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road and ended up in a trench.

The executive of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will be looking to create their own party atmosphere at the Queenstown venue for patrons to view the remainder of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Caribbean

A Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara taxi-driver died – reportedly of a broken neck – after being beaten by another man during a scuffle last evening.

At a meeting held at the Skeldon High School Annex at Corriverton yesterday, residents listened to the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) presidential hopefuls as they outlined their plans

The Ministry of Home Affairs together with other agencies has established what it has dubbed ‘houses of justice’ which aims at addressing pressing community problems and assisting persons to access critical

Former West Indies manager Omar Khan is urging new man Richie Richardson to gain the players’ trust and confidence.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee says the police are awaiting the results of samples sent to the US for testing in relation to the murder of Sheema Mangar.

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is scheduled to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 26 where plans for the present year are expected to be discussed; this is according to GHB Secretary Gregory Sills.

John July, the policeman who was injured in a vehicular accident involving Minister of Local Government Kellawan Lall, is recuperating and still crying out for justice.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Serenaded with chants of “MVP”,  Derrick Rose poured in a game high 34 points leading the Chicago  Bulls to a 99-96 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday, as LeBron  James sat out a second straight game.

Workers attached to a local dredging company at Mud Lot, Kingston on Saturday morning stumbled upon a piece of airframe debris, from the French Guiana-based, Ariane space agency.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday called on the Guyana Police Force to make a special effort to identify “the intellectual authors and perpetrators” behind the recent criminal acts and to find out whether

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United survived the  late dismissal of Rafael Da Silva to draw 0-0 at Tottenham  Hotspur and Kenny Dalglish endured a frustrating return to  Anfield as Liverpool were held 2-2 by Everton yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my utter dismay and disapproval at recent developments in relation to Simon & Shock Inc. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Captain Daren Ganga scrambled two runs to long on off the last ball of the game as Trinidad and Tobago held their nerve to beat a determined Canada by five wickets in a frenetic finish to their Group B clash in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Saturday night.

Dear Editor, I wish to address a letter published by Stabroek News dated January 11 captioned ‘Only one introductory LCDS meeting was held in Santa Rosa.’

The business community and residents of Linden were yesterday given the assurance that the Guyana Police Force will redouble its efforts to apprehend the lone gunman who fatally shot one of Linden’s leading

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies will return at the end of this month to contest three One-day Internationals.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer launches the  defence of his Australian Open title yesterday looking to  continue his recent purple patch of form against Slovakian Lukas  Lacko.

Dear Editor, US backed dictator,  Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, fled Tunisia after two decades of totalitarian rule.

TUNIS – Tunisian special forces fought a heavy gun battle  with members of the ousted president’s security force on  Sunday, a military source said, and the prime minister promised  a new government would be announced on Monday.

The Ministry of Agriculture recently launched the ‘Small Farmers’ Group Financial Facility to provide financial support for small farmers and processors at the Kuru Kuru Extension Centre.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson blazed a  magnificent 161 not out, and clubbed a six to win the game, as  Australia scored 297 for four to beat England by six wickets in  their first one-day international yesterday.

Shaunell Warrick is yet to regain consciousness after suffering a severe beating on New Year’s Day allegedly at the hands of her “on and off companion” but relatives are hopeful that she is getting better as they

Dear Editor, On the passing of our father, Nazir Mohamed, who was 90 years old, our deepest thanks and gratitude to all who expressed their condolences, the hundreds who came to see him, the many hundreds who came to the wake and the funeral, and those who continue to come to visit our mother and the family at home.

Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora column In their descriptions of Georgetown, older Guyanese in particular talk about the negative stereotypes associated with living or coming from the area known as ‘south of the burial ground’.

Dear Editor, I have been following keenly the euphoria regarding the imminent elections for the new executive of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

This week we asked the man and woman on the streets what they thought of the Stabroek Market Square following the demolition of stalls and removal of vendors.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Left-handed batsman Aneil Kanhai and uncapped leg-spinner Emile Rajah served notice on Trinidad & Tobago’s selectors during the first national trial match which concluded on Saturday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Attacks on computer systems now  have the potential to cause global catastrophe, but only in  combination with another disaster, the Organisation for Economic  Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report yesterday.

Saying goodbye to Clem: Veteran journalist and television personality Clem David was last Friday laid to rest following a funeral service at the

Dog handler Leon Thomas was on Friday charged with assault at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, which heard that he hit a fellow passenger in a minibus while jumping through a window.

At his press conference last Monday, President Jagdeo sought to address concerns over land at Plaisance which had been set aside for housing for him and senior government officials.