Daily Archive: Thursday, February 15, 2007

This month of February, 2007, marks the sixty-eight (68th) anniversary of the Leonora Protest or Strike and Riot of 1939.

Q: How can I work in the United States? Anyone going to the United States with the intention of working there temporarily must obtain a nonimmigrant work visa.

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New York Judge, Dora Irizarry on Tuesday ruled against the request for Roger Khan to be granted permission to use a laptop computer while in jail and she also denied a request for the court to hold a status conference on why Khan was moved from the Nassau County jail to a Federal prison and housed in a cell designed for terrorists.

Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) yesterday said Chief Justice Carl Singh last Wednesday approved a reorganisation plan it submitted last November.

A 21-year-old man appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being accused of conspiring with others to supply and export cocaine.

A Kitty resident was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after he admitted breaking into a man’s home and carting off over $100,000 in articles.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday remanded to prison a man accused of stealing items worth more than $200,000 after he pleaded not guilty when he appeared to answer to the charges.

A 44-year-old man who allegedly escaped from police custody after being arrested over an attempted rape allegation appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday remanded to prison a man accused of stealing mangoes and other items over a period of time and displaying threatening behaviour toward their owners, when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charges.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan on Monday sentenced a man to prison after he said he bought ganja to help ease his asthma “struggle” while his reputed wife was remanded after she denied the charge.

If Barack Obama becomes the next President of the United States, he should remember his enemies kindly.

Nets stepped closer to a national title bid Tuesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with an emphatic 23 points win over Maccabees in the last first round game of the Next Level nationwide first division tournament.

Guyana all-rounder Neil McGarrell has said it looks as if it’s the end of the road, as far as his career with the national team is concerned.

Defending champions Ceramic Merry Boys Sports crashed out of the Carib Sunday League Limited Overs competition when they were beaten by FCB Clarke Road Guyanese Homchand Pooran starred in the quarterfinal fixture, at the Wilson Road recreation ground in Penal.

Darren Haynes and Latoya Hope were the winners of the male and female categories respectively when the National Sport Commission (NSC) held its Mashramani novices table tennis tournament on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Tony Affonso and Ravindra Karim were awarded for outstanding performances by the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has received a football kit from Kit AID of Three Valleys Water in the United Kingdom.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) will be batting off with a Mashramani Open Singles & Doubles Tournament on February 19 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

National Sport Commission cycle coach Hassan Mohamed will run off the annual R&R International Limited 40-mile cycle road race on Sunday on the West Bank of Demerara.

The annual Mayor’s Cup quarter-finals will kick off tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with two mouth-watering clashes as what is widely believed to be the best eight teams in the country vie for the first prize of $500,000.

The Camptown Football Club (CFC) will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) today at the Campbellville Community Centre from 19:00 hrs.

Dear Editor, That we must protect and show appreciation for our rich natural heritage was a view supported by Mr Gavin Kennard (1920-2007).

Dear Editor, Most people expect that now that the Mirror and Mrs Jagan have spoken, the government will correct its excess regarding newspaper advertising, revise its new-found advertising cost benefit theory and come to order.

Dear Editor, It was with great interest I read the Stabroek News article titled, ‘Severn Trent water contract to be terminated’ published on February 10, 2007.

Dear Editor, As the story develops about the alleged attack on press freedom as claimed by the Stabroek News, because they say that government advertisements were withdrawn from them through an alleged political directive, we keep being told different things as time goes by.

Dear Editor, For several weeks now I am witnessing the whining and crying of Stabroek News, implying the Government of Guyana is “misusing taxpayers funds in an effort to suppress [their] newspaper.”

Dear Editor, With the World Cup fast approaching would our TV stations try to give us the weather forecast on a daily basis.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to the guest editorial (SN, 3.2.07) ‘The PNC at 50.’

Dear Editor, What better medium is there than our daily newspapers which can be used as a platform for me to testify to the good work of the people working in radio land – VOG.

Dear Editor, The unnamed writer of the letter ‘A feasibility study for hydropower should not take so long

Dear Editor, We the residents of Crabwood Creek on the Corentyne are very thankful and satisfied that the Regional Chairman of Region Six, Mr Zulkfikar Mustapha and his team are concerned about our community.

Valentine’s Day yesterday erupted in a cellular phone extravaganza as bargain hunters waited throughout the day in long queues for deals.

Two Guyanese sailors on a BK International ship delivering rice in Jamaica were on Tuesday morning busted with J$32M (US$536,000) worth of compressed ganja.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday urged the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) to focus on more initiative driven programmes as Guyana does not have the capacity to be involved in big research programmes.

Teachers at St. Gabriel’s Primary School have dispatched a letter to the Ministry of Education calling for an immediate security boost at the school following Tuesday’s incident when a cutlass-wielding man stormed the Oronoque Street school in search of a male teacher.

Opposition Parliamentarian Basil Williams in his presentation on the budget told the National Assembly on Mon-day that a living wage for public service workers re-mains an illusion according to the estimates presented this year.

The Caricom Secretariat says Caribbean countries hosting the Cricket World Cup (CWC) will get security assistance from a number of states and the region already has about 400 “roving” security officials for the matches.

Banks DIH said its success over the past 50 years is based on its relationships with shareholders and employees.

Digicel says it will soon provide Mabaruma, Region One, residents with cellular phone service.

In the wake of the speedboat disaster that claimed the lives of two passengers travelling “backtrack” (illegally) from Corriverton to Nickerie, aut-horities in Suriname are enforcing safety regulations in an effort to prevent a recurrence.

Caribbean telecommunications giant Digicel has plunged into the local industry bringing with it fierce competition and a new era of choice for mobile customers.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is advising employers that Form 11 returns for 2006 are due on or before February 28 and the deadline for Value-Added Tax (VAT) returns is today.

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) is opposed to the move which the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) is considering in laying off a number of workers.

The Ministry of Education says it has recorded significant changes in the performance of Grades One and Two students since the introduction of the Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) programme.

The Georgetown Book Club is hosting a public screening of the award winning film `Once were Warriors’ on Saturday, February 17.

The upcoming Rio Summit could expect some South American Heads of Government but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not know how many would be coming to the March 3 event in Georgetown.

The Guyana Organisation of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP) says, in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo, that interpretations of sections of the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as distinct from the whole is leading to negative interpretations in some African and Caribbean states.

PNCR-1G parliamentarian Amna Ally yesterday told the budget debate that many schools were built during the previous and present administrations but the key difference was how human resources were used.

Caricom heads have accepted a report by Professor Vaughan Lewis on governance of the community and wide-ranging consultations are to be held followed by the presentation of an interim report at the meeting of heads in Barbados in July.

The Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) remembers Cecil Griffith for his “skill, service and style” during his career and membership.