Daily Archive: Thursday, September 15, 2011

Articles published on Thursday, September 15, 2011

Office of the President Permanent Secretary Dr Nanda Gopaul (left) and Haier’s Sun Yongle signing the US$ 7.5 million contract yesterday.

US$7.5M contract inked for first OLPF netbooks

The government and Chinese firm Haier Electrical Appliances Ltd yesterday signed a US$7.5 million contract for the supply of 27,000 netbooks for the much-vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Project, even as the Chinese government is looking to provide an additional 21,000 computers by year end.

Gary Khanhai

Break and enter convict gets two years

A man who pleaded guilty to stealing items valued $187,000 after breaking into a woman’s home was yesterday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board Ramsey Ali (centre) addressing members of the media yesterday at the GCB boardroom. Other members of his executive from left are Dru Bahadur, Fizul Bacchus, Terry Holder, Anand Sanasie and Alfred Mentore. (Orlando Charles photo)

Ali: WICB recognizes current GCB administration

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Ramsey Ali yesterday refuted claims that an Interim Management Committee (IMC) was formed to run cricket in Guyana, maintaining that no one has sent his administration a directive to step down from office.

Longo’s husband and coach faces charges

(Reuters) – Veteran rider Jeannie Longo’s husband and coach Patrice Ciprelli faces disciplinary action following allegations that he bought erythropoietin (EPO) in 2007, the French cycling federation (FFC) said on Tuesday.

Divine intervention?

Dear Editor, I do not know if it is divine intervention or someone at City Hall woke up and did his job, but I am pleased to advise that the excavator has been removed from Anira Street, and at the time of writing there were no trucks parked on the parapet, giving the area a residential look.

Paintball

Paintball: These tyres in the National Park have been placed a short distance from the football field.

Ricky Ponting

Ponting’s return causes selection quandary

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The return of Ricky Ponting following the birth of his daughter and Ryan Harris’s hamstring injury have caused a selection dilemma for Australia as they aim to heap more misery on hosts Sri Lanka in the third and final test.

The authorities should do something about the transportation sector

Dear Editor, The transportation sector is one of the biggest employment sectors in Guyana employing directly or indirectly several thousand persons as drivers, conductors, mechanics, upholsterers, wash-bay attendants, gas station attendants, tint shop personnel, vulcanizers, number-plate craftsman, auto and spare parts store salespersons, auto electricians, road repairers – and the list goes on – yet it is the most unregulated sector.

Alfonso Portillo

Ex-Guatemala president fights extradition to US

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo pleaded with a US judge yesterday to block his extradition to the United States on money-laundering charges, saying he was improperly arrested in the Central American nation.

A fitting tribute to Champion of the Earth

Dear Editor, My acknowledgement of President Bharrat Jagdeo’s remarkable achievement both as an individual and as the leader of the nation, was inevitable once there was an initiative to formally recognize his profound contribution as the sixth President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

Memories of the past

A letter from a septuagenarian, published in yesterday’s Stabroek News, proposes lowering the age of consent from its current 16 to 15 years old.

Iron water

Iron water: A resident of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara collected this sample of water flowing through the tap in his yard.