Daily Archive: Thursday, February 1, 2007

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Introduction It was the year of the Bandung Conference in Africa.

A minibus driver was fined and his licence suspended when he appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday after his speeding vehicle plunged into a rice field at Harlem, West Coast Demerara on January 12 after the right rear wheel came off.

A 26-year-old miner was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The woman who allegedly stole the newborn baby of a 13-year-old girl last December was yesterday released on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Oneidge Waldron-Allicock.

The Richard Ishmael student who is accused of stabbing a 34-year-old woman to death in the school compound in December 2005 will soon known her fate.

In an increasingly competitive world, the demand for learning is growing exponentially.

ONCE again, the final hurdle proved too intimidating and the West Indies took another terrible tumble with the winning post in the far distance here yesterday.

Guyana attained their first outright win of the 2007 Carib Beer Series cricket competition when they defeated the Leeward Is-lands by three wickets in the fourth round encounter at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

Guyanese-born Eon D’Ornellas who now resides in Canada said he had great moments in cycling, but his best was winning the Canadian national championship back-to-back.

The Guyana Amateur Basket-ball Federation (GABF) will begin a systematic attempt to correct some of the problems facing the sport as early as next weekend when the federation hosts its inter-association basketball championships.

Players on the ‘Golden Jaguars’ team treated young footballers in Linden with motivational talks last Sunday at a forum organised by the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) at the McKenzie Sports Club ground.

The founder and technical director of the Kokoro Ki Karada (KKK) mind-spirit-body International Organiz-ation of Martial Arts and Massotherapy, Dr.

It has only been two weeks since the formation of a new track and field club here and already the potential of the club has influenced overseas-based coach Clifford Wong in playing an active part in the club’s development.

Dear Editor, Over the past two years, the Rupununi Region, especially Lethem (the commercial and admimistrative hub), has slowly been undergoing a social and economic transformation, aimed at developing Lethem into one of Guyana’s major border towns.

Dear Editor, Not too long ago I attended my child’s school PTA meeting and listened carefully as two hostile parents declared that teachers at the school should not listen to the Ministry but they should “bust in my child’s tail”, in the words of one.

Dear Editor, There are so many topics that should have compelled me to write over the past months, that have either saddened the soul, vexed the spirit or gladdened the heart.

Dear Editor, Then Prime Minister of Guyana, Mr LFS Burnham, appointed Pt.

Dear Editor, The organizations listed below have developed this statement on VAT over the past three weeks.

Dear Editor, In response to the comments/explanation offered by the clerks of the markets and reported in SN 28/01/07, regarding the “removal time” for vendors at the Stabroek Market, I would like to say that the explanation given is both contradictory and inconsistent.

Dear Editor, It is rather interesting that we have not heard from either the government or the Ethnic Relations Commission on an important issue contained in the CWC 2007 Brochure.

Because of the misreading of the handwriting the letter in yesterday’s paper captioned “Two papers sell well at Moruka” was stated as written by Dennis Lord.

Dear Editor, In my letter on GINA’s attack on Rickey Singh, I stated that Rickey is the only person to receive an honorary doctorate from UWI for contributions to journalism.

Dear Editor, I am aware that a lot of improvement works are taking place especially in region four for the upcoming World Cup Series.

Dear Editor, The media reported that the combined religious groups comprising of 97% of the Guyana population are unanimous and unequivocal in their opposition to the Casino Bill.

Dear Editor, “Be Simple, Be a Sample, Be an Example”. Those are the words of Shri Prakash Gossai Ji, a personality of wisdom and understanding, a champion of selfless service.

The Government of Guyana and the Inter-American Deve-lopment Bank (IDB) yesterday signed an agreement for the US$22M Citizens’ Security Programme which aims to build capacity in the Guyana Police Force and the Ministry of Home Affairs and to enhance community policing in Regions Four and Six.

Corrective work being done on sections of the East Bank Demerara four-lane highway is causing residents some discomfort as the dust keeps blowing into homes there.

While some businesses are on track with filing their Value Added Tax (VAT) returns, which the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will begin accepting from today, others are still unsure about what needs to be done and will have to hire staff to complete this task.

Gunmen robbed a Bryden and Fernandes Company delivery van yesterday of over $1 million, during which time they ordered the workers to hand over the money or face death.

Bandits, posing as customers, robbed an East Bank Demerara laboratory of some $700,000 yesterday morning.

Instead of falling asleep during long-winded debates parliamentarians can now surf the internet as wireless internet connectivity (WiFi) has been installed in the Parliamentary Chamber and in the MPs’ Lounge.

Holders of the Guymine bonds have accepted the government’s payment offer of 90% on the US$21M and four million euros bonds and an agreement to this effect will be signed within two weeks.

Over 90 patients were attended to during the medical outreach the Rotary Club of Demerara conducted on Sunday at Hubu Village, East Bank Essequibo.

Issues such as the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 are deliberately being used by the current administration to overshadow the “issue of a parliamentary seat for the JFAP (Justice For All Party),” the party has said.

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Clarissa Riehl says that she will not be intimidated by persons who felt dissatisfied by her ruling on the Berbice Bridge motion debate in Parliament two weeks ago.

Recent changes in the schedule of the MV Malali, which plies the Adventure to Parika route in the Essequibo have not gone down well with commuters, though officials say the changes are absolutely necessary.

Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad says government is working with Berbicians to promote Region Six as a tourist destination.

Three gun-toting bandits on Tuesday evening robbed a Bee Hive woman of over $15,000 in cash and jewellery while she was having a bath in her yard.

Charity Shop patron Kayleigh Burgess yesterday opened her promised new store on Church Street.

Several businesspersons in East Berbice have expressed indignation over a recent exercise conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and the New Guyana Marketing Corporation in Regions Five and Six during which essential items were sold at “competitive prices” to two communities.

Guyanese in Richmond Hill, Queens accused the New York police of racism and abuse of their powers at a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday held at the Guyanese-owned Nareesa Palace catering hall on Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone.

The reference to ethnicity in the description of the Guyana stadium in the ICC CWC West Indies 2007 brochure was done by the marketing department of the organisers of the event, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said.

Four pieces of legislation bringing into being the single Caricom domestic space within which Cricket World Cup 2007 will be held were unanimously approved by the National Assembly yesterday and immediately assented to.

The Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) has declared Guyana open for business after President Bharrat Jagdeo briefed a group of Russian businessmen on the country’s business prospects.

Sixteen-year-old Earnest Nelson of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara has won this year’s Junior calypso crown.

Guyana Publications Inc has assumed responsibility for the publication of the Guyana Review monthly news magazine with effect from 1st January 2007.

An accident early yesterday morning during which a car hit a parked truck has left three persons nursing injuries at the hospital Indra Chintan, her 15-year-old daughter Padmini, of Endeavour, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD) and the driver of the car were admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Corporation.

A nine-month-old baby suffered burns to his face during a fire at a Sophia home on Tuesday night, which has left a once homeless family without a roof over their heads yet again.

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) is still awaiting a response from the Office of the President on its request to meet President Bharrat Jagdeo on the issue of government’s withdrawal of ministry advertisements from the Stabroek News.

A tuberculosis (TB) laboratory which has the capacity to conduct complete testing for the disease has been commissioned at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is conducting Value-Added Tax (VAT) outreach exercises in Region Three (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara).