Daily Archive: Monday, February 12, 2007

Joseph Leeham, retired public servant ‘Personally I don’t think that that was a good thing to do.

During the 2006 election campaign, the ruling PPP/C placed no advertisements with the Stabroek News (SN) but advertised heavily with the state newspaper, the Guyana Chronicle (GC), and the privately-owned Kaieteur News (KN).

Georgetown easily defeated East Bank by 44 runs in the Inter-Association Under-15 limited-overs cricket final at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.

The last time a West Indian cricketer was entangled in the web of match-fixing, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) took an inordinately long time to mount an independent investigation into the claims against him by an Indian bookmaker whose overall revelations shook the game to its foundations.

As convenor of selectors, Gordon Greenidge usually gives away as little as he did with his airtight defence as the finest opening batsman of his era.

Dear Editor, From all the information I have garnered over the past few weeks, should it be more accurate than not, I am left with some amount of bitterness at the manner in which the beholders of Guyana’s cricket have seemingly disposed of Neil McGarrell.

Malteenoes defeated Everest by six wickets in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 limited overs cricket competition at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground yesterday.

Wismar Pistons and Georgetown’s Scorpions completed easy wins at the Mackenzie Hardcourt Saturday night to set up challenges with Kings and Berbice respectively in the quarter-final round of the Next Level nation-wide first division tournament.

Athletes from around Guyana stormed the Police Developmental meet yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground ahead of the official start of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) 2007 season this weekend with an inter – club relay championships.

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, two unsightly old cars parked at 50 Public Road, Kitty, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, On Friday January 26 2007 at around 5:30pm, I stopped at the corner of Robb and Oronoque Street when I noticed an elderly security guard taking a very malnourished security dog into a yard of an office.

Dear Editor, I am reluctant to enter into the fray of press freedom, except to observe that there are several angles to this banal discrimination by the State against Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I write regarding the misuse of one of the new cars given to the police recently.

Dear Editor, One might have thought that with all the concern and bustling preparation for the imminent Cricket World Cup 2007, and our tourism ambitions beyond that event, some thought would have been directed to a need to upgrade our stock of sanitary facilities for public use and convenience (no pun intended).

Dear Editor, I am again compelled to express my views on what I consider to be a fledgling revival of Burnham’s behaviour in Guyana politics and governance.

Dear Editor, The withdrawal of Stabroek News ads is giving Guyana too much negative world publicity.

Dear Editor, I write disgusted with the unconscionable practices by some businesses regarding high prices for goods that are expected to be reduced with the introduction of VAT.

Dear Editor, I recently read an interesting article in the Guyana Chronicle dated January 26th, headlined “President off to Russia today”.

Dear Editor, As we celebrate Valentine’s Day we must contemplate the significance of the word ‘Love’ which I believe is the greatest of all words in the English Language.

A policeman died yesterday after being shot several times during the Carib Soca Monarch contest in New Amsterdam causing panic and pandemonium and his alleged assailant was hit several times by a licensed firearm holder while attempting to flee.

National Hardware Guyana Limited and a company out of Costa Rica called Productos have embarked on a $100M joint venture that would see improvements to the way tiles are laid in homes and offices.

The People’s National Congress Reform-1G is disheartened that the 2006 national budget has not addressed the country’s foreign policy concerns and has cited the need for a well thought out diplomatic effort aimed at securing national interests.

Two Guyanese suffered serious injuries in a fire in Richmond Hill on Saturday.

A 23-year-old Guyanese college student was seriously injured in a car accident involving a vehicle driven by a drunk police officer.

Following its annual conference, the Guyana Police Force says it will aggressively pursue the reduction of illegal firearms and apprehension of wanted persons among other things high on its agenda.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Edward Collins on Thursday said that preparations to court-martial officers who might have been involved in the disappearance of 30 AK-47 rifles from Camp Ayanganna are moving apace.

A number of fruit vendors around the city have been given an ultimatum by the Mayor and City Council to make their stalls attractive and clean or they might not be able to vend during the Cricket World Cup season.

Internationally recognized credit and debit cards can now be used in Guyana with the introduction of “full” international connectivity for the cards by Scotiabank at its ATMs.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday hosted a workshop on Value-Added Tax (VAT) for Region Two residents to inform them of the penalties attached to filing late returns.

The National Psychiatric Hospital is a priority hospital for reconstruction and the government is now engaged in mobilising funds for this, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said.

More than fifty years have passed with barely a mention of an important moment in Guyanese history.

Government would be building two more packaging facilities at Charity and in Berbice to cater for the export of fruits and vegetables under its agricultural diversification project.

The two men who shot a goldsmith three times at his home on Saturday were about to rob him after pretending they were customers, his wife Devika said yesterday.